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Best Paddling Films on one night at Princess Theatre in ‘Uptown Waterloo.
You must buy advanced tickets to the March 28th showing.
Showtime is 7:00,7:15 and 7:30pm.
See the link below for all the information.
https://www.princesscinemas.co
Thought it may be of interest to club members.
Janet Smith
Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.
Duration: An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!
Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
A few folks have asked when this date is.
Bett Fitzpatrick and her helpers will welcome members old and new to Rim Park on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 from 1 to 3pm.
If you are not planning on joining the club this year, 2024, please send an email to info@oldsaltsclub.com and we will remove you from the membership.
Likewise, if you have a friend that may be interested in joining, invite them to check out our website.
Hope to see you in March, if not before.
Please let Brenda Welch know if you plan to come for bowling AND if you
are coming for lunch or not.
Register:
Email Brenda brendajwelch@hotmail.com OR
Phone: 519-884-2168.
This is a land line. Do Not Text. There is an answering machine, you can leave verbal messages.
Please let Brenda Welch know if you plan to come for bowling AND if you
are coming for lunch or not.
Register:
Email Brenda brendajwelch@hotmail.com OR
Phone: 519-884-2168.
This is a land line. Do Not Text. There is an answering machine, you can leave verbal messages.
Hike: Lakeside Park, Kitchener
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Theresa Markus, who knows the area well, will co-lead this hike.
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
FreshCo Parking Lot, 720 Westmount Road, (Westmount & Ottawa).
Park near Westmount Rd. You’ll see a Dairy Queen in the strip mall.
Duration: An out-and-back 2 hour hike on a wide paved trail. You may turn back at any time. Come join us!
Notes:
Lakeside Park is a natural park in the heart of the city. It features a large pond, called
Shoemaker Pond, as well as Turtle Beach, created to provide a nesting habitat.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
Hike: Huron Natural Area, Tuesday, January 2, 2024
(NOTE THE TIME CHANGE)
Time: 1:30 – 3:30pm
Hike Location: Huron Natural Area, 801 Trillium Drive, Kitchener;
free parking; accessible washrooms
Duration: 1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time.
Come join us!
Notes:
Huron Natural Area, one of the City’s largest natural spaces, is home to more than 250 acres of protected forest and wetland and has more than 7 km of trails.
Huron Natural Area has evidence of Indigenous settlement dating back hundreds of years.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:00 and 8:00a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
Save the Dates
The Social Committee has booked some Bowling Dates in the New Year.
Bowling will be offered the 3rd Tuesday afternoon of Jan., Feb. and March.
So please join us on:
Jan. 16 ~ Feb.20 ~ March 19, at Victoria Lanes at 1:30 pm.
Cost is now $10 for two games of bowling and shoe rental.
More details closer to the event. So mark your calendars now!
Don’t miss out!
And have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Your Social Committee
OSSCC Hike: Bob McMullen Linear Trail
(Cambridge) Tuesday, December 19, 2023
Contact: Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join Bett and the crew for an enjoyable late fall hike. Please add cell # to your phone contacts in the event of delays or last-minute cancellations.
Since I’m not sure how much interest/availability there is in this ‘so close to Christmas’ hike, please let me know by 5:00 Monday, Dec. 18, if you will join us!
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
Bob McMullen Linear Trail (Cambridge);
Parking: Preston Memorial Arena, 1458 Hamilton Street, Cambridge (intersection of Hamilton St. and Bishop St; N43.38766, W80.34844)
Duration: 1½ — 2 hours. You may turn back at any time
Notes:
The Speed River, a major tributary of the Grand, flows through Wellington County and the Region of Waterloo in southwestern Ontario. It flows south from its source near Orton, through Guelph, where it is joined by the Eramosa River, then through the towns of Hespeler and Preston, finally uniting with the Grand River in north-west Cambridge. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed River
The Grand River (a Canadian Heritage River) is the largest river that is entirely within southern Ontario’s boundaries. From its source near Wareham, Ontario, it flows south 280 kms through Grand Valley, Fergus, Elora, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Brantford, Caledonia, and Cayuga before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie south of Dunnville at Port Maitland. wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand River
Reminder: Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
OSSCC Hike: Mill Race Trail (St. Jacobs)
Tuesday, December 12, 2023, plan to join Bett and the crew for an enjoyable late fall hike!
Time: 10:00 am
Hike Location:
Mill Race Trail, 33 Front Street, St. Jacobs. There may still be construction in the area, but the trail is accessible. Turn right into the parking lot next to Saliente Wood Designs (yellow building) and the Caboose (ice cream place in summer
Duration:
4 km out-and-back, approximately 1 ½ hours
Notes:
Come join us for this delightful, gentle walk on the Mill Race Trail, known locally as “Lovers Lane”!
The trail is an easy, level, stone-dust trail that parallels the mill race diversion of the Conestogo River from the old 1850s Snyder Mill (the first mill in St. Jacobs), upstream to the dam at Three Bridges Rd. west of the village.
There’s also the option for those who wish, on the return, to lengthen the hike by turning at the overhead railway trestle and adding on part of the Health Valley Trail.
Register-Contact:
Email Bett Fitzpatrick, bettfitzpatrick@gmail.com, or text 519-208-3408 if you plan to join us.
Please add cell # to your phone contacts in case of delays or last-
minute cancellations.
If it is necessary to cancel this walk, look for an email between 7:30 and 8:30a.m. the day of the hike.
Bett Fitzpatrick
