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For those of you planning to attend the Celebration of Life for Cory Veldhoen on April 5th, the family wishes everyone to know that it has been postponed until things are more stable in the community.

I will post information about the rescheduled date, time and venue when I receive it from the family.

Best regards,

Gary Paukert
CSMS League Communications

Gentlemen,

Due to the increasing spread of the coronavirus in Calgary, all aspects of the upcoming 2020 ball season are on hold indefinitely. This includes all scheduled Board meetings, the Annual General Meeting, the start of the season and pre-season activities such as the evaluation day and draft.

We hope that everything will just have to be pushed back and we can get back to operating as usual in the next month or so. ,

The Board will be monitoring the news and government regulations and recommendations, and we intend to send out an update every two weeks.

I hope everyone understands that the health and safety of our members is our main concern, not to mention our responsibility to society around us.

Stay healthy and safe; we will be in touch soon.

Ernie French

The Board of Directors of Calgary Senior Men’s Slo-Pitch 55 Plus has executed an electronic board meeting (via emails) and has approved the postponement of all upcoming Board of Directors meetings and the spring AGM until the current coronavirus outbreak is less of a risk to our members and those they come into contact with.

In making this decision, the Board considered the age of our members, the advice of our government health agencies and the demographics present at the venue where we hold our meetings, (Canadian Legion).

Our President Ernie French will, after approval of our Board, announce the future dates for the Board meetings and AGM, and any changes to the dates of our planned activities such as the umpire’s clinic, the evaluation day, player draft and start date of the 2020 season.

Your understanding of the due diligence of your Board taking this action is appreciated.

Hello all,

Our President, Ernie French, has a new email address. From now on you can contact him at:

bigern1010@shaw.ca

Please update your records.

Cheers,

Gary Paukert

Dear League,

I’m very sorry to report that Cory Veldhoen, a long-time member of our league, has passed away. Through my work in archiving the history of the CSMS League, I’ve seen Cory’s name all over the documentation, including multiple years on the Board of Directors. He was clearly a huge influence in building and maintaining what we have.

I have received the following from Cory’s daughter Laurie Irwin:

Cory passed away March 3, 2020 at the age of 92 years and 11 months. He will deeply missed by his daughter Laurie (Lyndon) Irwin, and son Donald (Sheila) Veldhoen, his four grandchildren, and his nine great grandchildren.

Cory was one of the original signers of the CSMS constitution in 1993. He pitched for many of the teams in the A and AA divisions during his 30 years of participation in the league.

Cory was also known as the guy who rode his bike everywhere, a practice he continued well into his 90’s.

A Celebration of Life will be held Sunday April 5, 2020 at 1:30 at the Triwood Community Centre, (west door), 2244 Chicoutimi Dr. N.W. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Cancer Society would be gratefully accepted.

The family wishes to thank all the wonderful staff at Agape Hospice for the exceptional care during his brief stay there.

Regards,

Gary Paukert
Director, Communications