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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello PrimeTimers Members. October2019 A friendly reminder: do not forget to purchase your Christmas Banquet tickets. You can contact Dennis Longmire or Bill Patterson at torontoprimetimers.gmail.com. As always, I am available to talk if you have any question or concerns. Thanks, Steve Minnie, PTT President

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Thursday coffee will switch to Croissant Tree on Support the generous businesses and Thursday November 7, 2019. individuals who advertise and support PTT Prior to that any Thursday with inclement weather we will go to Croissant Tree.

Jim Fraser 22-Oct Tasis Lemonidis 24-Oct Michael W. Dorman 28-Oct Jim Mackenzie 4-Nov Stephen Weiss 7-Nov Roy Miles 10-Nov Peter Erlendson 13-Nov Bill Graham 14-Nov Terry Clark 17-Nov

Toronto PRIMETIMES Newsletter - October 2019 2 October 19, 2019 MONTHLY SOCIAL at 2pm SPEAKERS Paul Farrelly and Connie Langille from the Church Wellesley Neighbourhood Association will talk about work going on in the community. - Community Safety, Crisis Response and the Downtown East Action Plan. - Placemaking: Parks issues; improving the public realm in Church St Redesign and YongeTOmorrow (the redesign of Yonge St from the Lake to Davenport). - Heritage Preservation and the planned Toronto Heritage Survey. - Development projects: Do we need, and how can we secure, more community space? - Connecting with community. You can find brief info about CWNA at http://www.cwna.ca/board-of-directors.html ENTERTAINMENT Line Dance Demo and Teach

by PTT Member Geremy Vincent
Geremy Vincent’s been in the LGBTQQ2 community for decades (since the 70’s).

He found his political activism with a meeting the Friday night after the Thursday February 5, 1981 bathhouse raids.

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PAUL Macd: [email protected] ED: [email protected] STEVE: [email protected] 416-928-1925 416-588-5969 416-557-8120 October November November 4 – Il Fornello – October 21...Free Times Café November 11 – Bishop and Belcher – October 28...Saigon Pai November 18 – Fushimi –

User’s guide to LGBTQ dating apps:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/10/08/queer- users-guide-wild-terrifying-world-lgbt-dating-apps/

Drag Brunch at The Drake:

https://www.thestar.com/life/2019/10/11/drag-brunch-is-fun-for- the-whole-family.html

The Oct charity will be The Rainbow Railroad.

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HAMBURG OLSON KAZEN LAW Professional Corporation Residential Real Estate, Wills & Estates, Notaries 120 Carlton St., Suite 215 Toronto, Ontario M5A4K2 t: 416.968.9054 f: 416.968.9023

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Toronto PRIMETIMES Newsletter - October 2019 5 JOIN US FOR EUCHRE! Prime Timers Toronto holds weekly progressive Euchre at the 519, room 301, on Tuesday at 1PM start. John Smye is the director. Cost is $2.00. Coffee is served and members bring snacks/sweets. A good time is had by all. Come out and join.
 


  
 
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