November 3, 2010 Volume 6 • Number 44 50¢ Newsstand Price
INSIDe
north shore
Keep iTatclean!
ROBO
Kamloops wins Best Blooming Community award – page 3
CARWASH
& convenience Store
Also
imperial Oil
Benchwarmers Café on 12th - page 5
228 Tranquille Rd 250.376.1710
your neighborhood. your newspaper.
Play cribbage for fun and friendship
The world has changed a lot over the past 100 years for better and for worse. The information age is definitely upon us and we as a society have fully embraced it. With the Internet we no longer have to sit through our neighbours’ awful slideshows of their last vacation because we can just browse through it online. We can reach people from all across the globe with the click of a button and are much better informed about what is going on around us, both from a local and global
perspective. There are many great things about the information age but on the flipside, have we had to give up too much to get these things? Where did the days go when kids ran down the street, people visited their friends instead of texting them and we didn’t spend all day friending people on Facebook? Many people are finding that they are disconnected from their peers and much of their social interactions are happening online. Social groups and organizations that have been around
for decades are finding that their membership is depleting and growing old with no interest from the younger generations to join. Friends are the people we grow old with, they support us through good times and bad. Real friends do not come on computer screens, and like all relationships it takes work to have great friends – but in the end it is well worth it. One great way to get out into the community is to partake in an activity that you enjoy. Charlotte Bengert and the CN Railroaders
Somewhere near Burnaby, Kim is wondering how her Mom is adjusting. Even hip surgery wouldn’t slow mom down. And a move to Burnaby was out of the question. RiverBend offers mother – and daughter – peace of mind. Kim sleeps better knowing mom’s bathroom has grab bars. And mom sleeps better after a night of salsa dancing in the RiverBend Room.
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invite everyone and anyone to come out to crib night twice a month at the Parkview Activity Centre here on the North Shore. “Anyone is welcome, just show up,” said Charlotte. “We had a good crowd of 25 the other night. CN started these crib nights about 40 years ago. Unfortunately we don’t have any more people from CN come. Most of the players have been coming for several years. I have run it for seven or – continued on page 2
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