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Introducing the board:
Gary Grono — Proprietor and sports enthusiast
Strongstart brings generations together Every second Friday of the month, parents and children from the Arthur Hatton Elementary Strongstart program set out on a morning field trip to visit the residents of The Shores retirement home.
Oncore Seniors Society This month we’d like to introduce Gary Grono, a seven-year member of the board who has been living in Kamloops for more than 30 years. Originally from Edmonton, A.B., Grono’s family moved to B.C. while he was still in high school. He graduated from Peachland’s George Pringle Secondary in 1975, before finishing Okanagan College’s engineering technology program four years later. The next year he finished a carpentry apprenticeship program and he has focused his career on residential contracting with a
Gary Grono, Board Member Oncore Seniors Society concentration on renovations. In 1979 Grono married his wife, Wendy, with whom he has three children. In 1984 the family moved to Kamloops. In Kamloops, Grono was the proprietor of both Grono Interior Finishing for 20 years, and the Racquetor Squash Club for five. He also worked as a Sun Rivers construction manager for three years. Sports have always been a big part of Grono’s life.
See "A passion for sports” p.21
Story and photos by Veronica Kos It is a morning full of songs, stories and fun activities for everyone to enjoy as the different generations come together. The trips first started in February of this year when Mary Anne Sheppard, head of the Strongstart program, suggested the children visit with seniors. The Shore’s staff loved the idea, according to Delena Smith, life enrichment coordinator at The Shores.
“We like to have intergenerational interactions. Many of the seniors don’t have families or grandchildren of their own, so we were very interested when Mary came to us with this proposition,” said Smith. Although each visit is a little different, many include reading stories, singing songs, arts and crafts, and for this month in particular, an Easter egg hunt.
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Chartwell April Open House Spring forward to the next chapter in your life. Since Aurel moved into his Chartwell residence, he and his daughter Maja have transitioned from worry and concern about household responsibilities to spending more quality time together, including lots of family time for children, grandchildren and a new great grandchild. If you want to learn more about the benefits of retirement living, our Open House can help answer your questions. Chartwell.Com
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City council pouring over Ajax application Arjun Singh, City Councillor After almost five years of study and community comment, KGHM Ajax submitted their application for environmental assessment in mid January. I want to acknowledge the thousands and thousands of hours of work KGHM has done to study impacts, both positive and negative, of the proposed mine.
would be to Kamloops. I have personally stated the mine would have to reach a very high bar for my support. I am concerned about potential negative impacts on human health. I have committed to taking a position on the mine proposal after I have been able to assess the environmental assessment application. I, along with my council colleagues, am well into this process now. Part of this process for me has been an Ajax application “reading club.” Huge shoutout to Matt Tobey, Brad Serl, and Dave Reid for their participation and
Monitoring assisted dying legislation Your Voice in Ottawa Cathy McLeod, MP Last year the Supreme Court ruled in the Carter decision that the government must revisit Canada’s longstanding prohibition against euthanasia and assisted suicide. Guided by the court’s decision, a special joint committee was established and heard witness presentations for three weeks in February. The committee recently released its report entitled, Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach.
A Dissenting Report was also produced by Members of Parliament from the Conservative party. It noted many areas that the main committee’s report failed to address, including stringent safeguards to protect vulnerable populations, and protection for the conscience rights of workers and institutions in the health care sector. Further, the main report recommended allowing physician assisted dying in cases expressly excluded by the Carter decision, to include the possibility of mature minors at a future date. As well, there was no requirement for patients diagnosed with an underlying mental health challenge to undergo a psychiatric
assessment by a psychiatric professional to determine whether they have the capacity to consent to physician assisted dying. This issue has generated a lot of interest in Kamloops and I’ve received hundreds of emails and letters, some stating that the scope of the recommendations from the government report has shocked them. For anyone wishing a copy of the government or dissenting report, please contact my office and we will be pleased to provide you with this information. In the meantime I will be watching carefully for when the final legislation is introduced in Parliament in hopes that it addresses these very serious concerns.
commitment to being engaged and thoughtful citizens! On March 19, approximately 600 people attended a session at which SLR Consulting presented their preliminary findings from their review of the Ajax application. My first reaction was one of surprise at how many significant “deficiencies” (my word, not SLR’s) their review
identified. This situation might, however, be typical with reviews of environmental applications. And it’s important that we allow KGHM Ajax to respond to SLR Consulting’s review. I will be assessing KGHM Ajax’s responses as carefully as I can. I am concerned they may have left important items, such as full groundwater studies, out of their
initial application. Again, I await KGHM’s responses to form final opinions. On May 9, council will be discussing and deciding upon our final comment to the environmental assessment process. At that time, my assumption is that we will also be expressing our support or opposition to the proposal.
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Child, girl and woman, I’ve gardened. I know the pitfalls. So, in spring, I approach my mailbox with trepidation. For spring brings gardening catalogues. These purveyors of fantasy lure gardeners with pages of vibrant colour. There are tempting illusions of delectable-appearing vegetables and vivid flowers. Each page offers an implied promise that the reader can create a harmonious oasis of water, colour, leaf and loam, home to singing birds and friendly small animals. Such dreams of paradise have sparked religious fervour through the ages. Gardeners, too, are motivated by faith and hope. We truly believe that, this time, things will be different. This year tomato hornworms won’t outnumber the tomatoes; slugs (where do slugs come from in the dry Interior?), will not render the bushy astilbe a skeletal wraith; small green worms won’t descend from nowhere and, in 20 minutes, decimate the columbine; and the war against goutweed will be won. Usually such happy events don’t occur. Every year goutweed extends its territory, encircling asters and oriental poppies. Slugs send invitations to their kin to join them, till I’m convinced there are slug shuttles arriving daily from the Coast. Green worms continue their depredations. Now, gardening magazines, like other religious tracts, admit there’s a dark side, and include hints for outwitting garden “pests.” Encouraged that we are not alone, that we have allies in Comox and Kimberley, nay even in Calgary, grim fellow gardeners willing to share their “pest” antidotes, we soldier on. We may not win, but at least we’re in good company. Though, considering some of the suggested remedies, I’m convinced a few of these folks have been out too long without a sun hat. Who first proposed that the best way to destroy slugs is to ply them with beer? Sounds like the dubious recommendation of a gardener who’s given up and is having a few to console himself. That, or we’re faced with a small, slow, but shrewd, bibulous gastropod. There’s a frightening thought. None of these matters to the addicted gardener and the industry knows it. Pictures of flowers and
shrubs, all in perfect condition, most of them unobtainable at any garden shop I frequent, tempt me to buy them. I disregard my yard’s north-facing slope, constant sun and limited space available for experiments. In my yearning for exotics, I ignore the fact that the most successful plants I have are volunteers. The white lilac, cramped in its original yard, sent suckers under the fence and is now a handsome tree in mine. English ivy, a ground cover I always coveted, discovered that a few boards were no barrier to its creeping tendrils. I suspect that it’s taking over the neighbourhood, one yard at a time, held in check only by goutweed. At the back of the yard, remnant wild roses
flourish, blending the yard with the wild hills. But, oh the charm of those new plants, featured on page 54! There’s worse to come. Once the budding gardener shows signs of being truly caught — can’t pass a seed rack without clutching packages of plants he’d never eat — chard, bok-choy — keeps a garden journal, sketches plans for next year. The garden industry ups the ante. It’s time to get that gardener hooked on the hard stuff. Yes, I mean garden tools. Why, my own favourite garden magazine slyly included with its spring issue an introductory catalogue from an upscale garden tool supplier. Not a complete catalogue, just a sample — just enough to tantalize. To make the recipient wonder, “If there are so many treasures in 50 pages, what delights must await me in the regular book?” Does it work? Just ask me. These, you see, aren’t ordinary garden tools. No sir. They are forged by master smiths, following blue prints from structural engineers. The metal, one infers, was mined by dwarves, from deposits protected since Toledo was a by-word for superb steel. Just the descriptions leave one salivating, filled with a yearning which can be appeased only by
buying one or all of the items. Do I need them? What’s that got to do with it? To be sure, my home is located on old glacial till, soil so shifty that watering is a matter of delicate precision lest a hole the size of the Carlsbad caverns, but offering considerably less tourism potential, open beside the hawthorn tree. When watering for short periods, often only by hand, almost any sprinkler will do. That doesn’t hinder me from gazing longingly at a Germanmade oscillating sprinkler which covers 2,000 feet in one pass. Just think, for only $l00 plus taxes and shipping, I’d be the smug owner of the supreme sprinkler and could at least sit and admire it when it’s not my turn to water, sprinkling being restricted here. No less ingenuity is given to weeding, that detestable chore. A waterpowered weeder, a weed torch, dandelion diggers, all combine to ensure that none of the yellow menace defaces the perfect lawn. But, for sheer covetousness, nothing matches my feelings as I gaze at the pruners. Swiss made, and we know what sticklers the Swiss are. Surely the life of the most hapless gardener would be joyous if she used these professional tools? A dominant fantasy dispensed by the gardening trade is organization, every tree and shrub placidly in its place. Naturally gardeners are lured by the dream of imposing order on even a small piece of an increasingly chaotic world. Alas, it doesn’t always go as planned. Certainly I know of tidy flower beds, regimented vegetable plots, every plant an exact distance from the next, growing only to a specific height. They’re an example to us all that those pictures in magazines have some basis in reality. But, surely, mine can’t be the only garden in which plants actively resist any attempt to regulate them? There’s a fine clump of Sweet William which flourishes only as long as I refrain from touching it. It seeds and flowers as it wishes. It’s a mildmannered pushover compared to the evening primrose, (oenothera biennis). Six feet tall with perfumed yellow flowers which open in time lapse mode, they bloom every second year. See “Scrupulous protection” p. 18
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Pharmacists play a vital role Health Matters Missagh Manshadi, B.Sc, Pharm Pharmacist/Owner
March is Pharmacist Awareness Month (PAM) and I would like to let you know all the valuable services pharmacists provide that contribute
to your health and offer you tips of how to use pharmacists to promote your health. It takes at least five years of university education to become a pharmacist — one or two years of an undergraduate program (with some science courses required) or maybe a degree — then you apply to a college of pharmacy. And if you get accepted, there is another fouryear professional degree
pharmacy program. The four-year degree program focuses on developing therapeutic knowledge and medication education. These days, most of the time dispensing and counting of medications are done by pharmacy technicians and pharmacists. As drug experts, they spend their time checking for errors on prescriptions, looking for possible drug interactions, suggesting
and administering vaccines, providing emergency refills of medications for people who cannot see their doctor, managing chronic health problems such as diabetes or high blood pressure, compounding medications in different formats, encouraging healthy living (such as targeting smokers and encouraging them to quit smoking), counselling patients on over-the-counter medications, providing
prescription information, providing community presentations. The list goes on. They are approximately 39,000 pharmacists in Canada. That means if you have any healthrelated questions, you can walk into any pharmacy. A pharmacist will assist you and help you to navigate your concern(s). I heard there are close to 30,000 people in Kamloops without a family physician.
Pharmacists are working harder than ever to address the concerns and questions of people seeking help. The walk-in clinic by our pharmacy is usually full by 9.30 a.m., and we get large number of people who cannot see a doctor. Pharmacists can help you and your family in finding peace of mind, especially during physician shortages.
Foods that detoxify Natural Health Cathy Lidster, B.Sc, GCFP, ACNRT
The word “detoxification” conjures up all sorts of reactions these days. It has been interpreted to mean different things to different people. Medically, detoxification is most often viewed as a withdrawal method for drug or alcohol dependency. To others, it might mean a spiritual ritual or a way to lose weight (fat cells store toxins). For most of us, however, detoxification is a healing strategy — particularly if we suffer with chronic pain, fatigue, allergies, immune disorders, musculoskeletal problems, depression, brain fog, digestive complaints, headaches, cancers, arthritis and
many other ailments. Did you know that your body goes through its own natural cycles of detoxification, mostly during the night? While you are resting, the body’s job is to repair, replenish and replace parts so that you are ready to go in the morning. So, if you are waking up stiff and sore, or are not feeling rested, alert and ready to go in the morning then your body has not been able to do its proper job during the night. Your body, if given the correct raw materials and not over-burdened, is an amazingly efficient waste treatment plant. The problem is that in our modern world we are living, breathing and eating in a toxic soup. The best way to detox the body is to provide quality raw materials it needs to clean out the elimination pathways and filter and convert the toxins to water soluble compounds that can be eliminated.
There are certain foods that help the body’s natural detoxification mechanisms. They are, of course, naturally grown foods in the form of vegetables and fruits. Here are just some of the more helpful foods: Lemons, oranges, caraway and pumpkin seeds, beets, endive, and escarole, the cruciferous vegetables (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, watercress etc.), spinach, tomatoes, peas, yams, dandelion, kale, radish, garlic, cilantro, grapes, and berries. Some of the more helpful herbs are: yarrow, chamomile, peppermint, milk thistle burdock, yucca root and radicchio. Isn’t that great? Nature has provided us with all these plants and more so that we can live healthy, happy and long lives in spite of ourselves. What is definitely not on this list? Big Macs, corn dogs, pasteurized dairy products, diet sodas, bagels, pastas, breads and cereals,
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ensure your medications are given appropriately should you have to go to the hospital. If you have any allergies, include what you are allergic to and what reaction(s) you have to each product or chemical. Keep these lists easily accessible and ensure someone other than yourself knows where the lists are and can ensure they are given to hospital or emergency personnel. Upon leaving the hospital, a discharge prescription should be prepared and given to the person (or the person’s caregiver) and faxed to the pharmacy of their choice every
time. If medications are automatically substituted in hospital, the discharge prescription should make a note of that so the physician can change the medication back to the original. If your medications are blister packed at your community pharmacy, a discharge prescription is even more critical as medications in the pack may need to be corrected or changed. It is a good idea to take any blister packs in to your pharmacy with a discharge medication. It will allow the pharmacy to make changes and ensure all medications are
reconciled appropriately. Just remember to give the pharmacy time. It can take several hours to verify and make appropriate changes to blister packs! By being prepared and aware of what can happen, it will help ensure that no medications or allergies are missed in the event of a hospital or emergency room visit. This makes everyone’s lives just a little easier. Remember that you are the most important part of your health care team. Some awareness and preparedness helps your team help you when you need it most!
North Shore Community Centre April News submitted by Jo-Ann Eisenberger To begin this update We look forward to meeting at 10 a.m. on for the North Shore seeing The Late Bloomers Tuesday, April 26. This Community Centre we at our next Community will include the election would like to extend a Dinner on Sunday, April of officers for the coming huge thank you to all of 10 at 5 p.m. The cost for year and a financial report. our volunteers. Those a dinner is $15 a person, We hope you can make of you who volunteered and everyone is welcome to it! We will also be having for our Spring Antiques attend. The menu is roast our Spring Used Book Sale & Collectibles Sale a few beef by Harold’s Restaurant from Monday, April 25 to weeks ago, we couldn’t and you can purchase your Friday, April 29 — 9 a.m. to have done it without you. tickets in advance from 4 p.m. daily. This event is one of our the front desk at the North Also, thank you to those bigger fundraisers for the Shore Community Centre. entertainers who come back year. Thanks to all of you We would like to invite again and again to perform who attended! We hope all members of the North for our Community Dinners you found exactly what you Shore Community Centre and other functions. Special were looking for. to the annual general thanks goes out to the Late Bloomers (Mike Keetch and Judy Bregoliss), Linda and Loyal order of Moose • women of the Moose • Moose Legion Brianna Fenrich, Gordie West, and Danny Case. We are very grateful to THE FAMILY FRATERNITY have hosted a community concert recently by Saskia and Darrel, which helped raise $265 for the Centre. Open everyday 11 am April is of course volunteer Meat Draws Friday at 7 pm & Saturdays at 3 p.m. NEw MEMbERs ALwAYs wELcoME! appreciation month and we are having a volunteer Loyal Order of Moose Lodge #1552 appreciation celebration on 730 Cottonwood Avenue • 250-376-8022 Monday, April 11 at 11 a.m. All volunteers are welcome to attend. Our next big event coming up on Saturday, May 7 is our Mother’s Professional Hair Care & Styling Day Tea, Bake Sale, and Plant Sale. Tickets are $6 each for the tea and must be purchased in advance at the front desk at the North Shore Community Centre. The Bake Sale and Plant Sale opens at 1 p.m. and the tea begins at 2 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the Late Shauna, Karen & Tiffany Bloomers. The Plant Sale Cuts: Adults $18 + GST is new this year and there Seniors (65 & up) $15 + GST will be a variety of flowers, herbs and vegetable 430 - 500 Notre Dame Drive, Columbia Square Plaza plants available. 250.828.0708 bedding (Beside Bed, Bath & Beyond) Happy Spring to everyone!
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Take care with your power of attorney Legal Ease By Kerri D. Priddle A Supreme Court of British Columbia case was released this month, Reliable Mortgages v. Chan et al., which is a cautionary tale for the care we must take with our powers of attorney and joint accounts. In this case, a once trusted son and nephew, Mr. Lee, fell in with the wrong crowd and used a temporary power of attorney his mother granted to him for while she was out of the country to put a mortgage on her home and then accessed the money through their joint account. He then forged a power of attorney in his aunt’s name, using the former power of attorney granted by his mother, and put a mortgage on his aunt’s home as well. The funds were placed in the aunt’s account and she allowed her nephew to remove the funds from her account, believing his story that they were
mistakenly placed there by his business. The court held that both the mother and the aunt were willfully blind to Mr. Lee’s actions and were held liable to repay the mortgages he placed on their homes, even though neither woman had the benefit of those
funds. Although the mother and aunt could seek repayment from Mr. Lee for those mortgage funds, he passed away before they could do so. What we can learn from this unfortunate family saga is that a power of attorney is a powerful legal instrument. The attorney appointed has the authority to buy or sell property, handle bank funds and obtain mortgages in the
name of the person who appointed them. However, there are duties and responsibilities of an attorney appointed. They must not use the funds for their own use and must carefully account for all monies spent and actions taken.
However, not everyone is honest and forthright, as we saw in the case of Mr. Lee. When choosing an attorney to appoint in your power of attorney, selecting a competent and trustworthy person is very important. It is wise to appoint someone who has administrative experience, is organized, and has the utmost integrity and honesty to serve in this role. Also,
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Organizing for ‘me’ time convinces us that we I love the word are better people if we “holiday.” It evokes a live in the nicer home, feeling of anticipation drive the fancier car just saying the word. and holiday in the most But, how many of expensive places (but us actually take a we forget they do this holiday? How many so that we spend our of us can afford hard-earned money a holiday? on their products or My answer is services to put more everyone can afford a money in their jeans). holiday. Perhaps not a Oh yes, back to the physical holiday where holiday thing. We you pack up and go to Kim Watt-Senner truly don’t need to go Mexico for two weeks, anywhere to have a but all of us can afford holiday. We can do that a mental holiday. right in our own space. Taking a break from our busy lives How about turning off the TV, is very important. Relaxing and taking lighting a candle and enjoying a glass time for ourselves is not selfish... of wine with your sweetie? How about it’s needed. And I’m noticing this taking your dog for a nice long walk more and more the older I get. I see to your favourite spot? How about that when people don’t take time for baking cookies with your grandchild? themselves, and continually push the How about heading to your favourite envelope sort of speak (day in and coffee shop with a good book or day out), they get run down and sick. magazine and ordering a cappaThey age quicker than in comparison frappa something-or-other and just to their friends of similar age, and sitting and relaxing by yourself for major health problems begin to an hour? These are all things that do plague their lives. not cost a lot of money, are not age I guess at the end of the day for exclusive, but each of them in their what? More money? More stuff? More stress? That does not sound like own way are rejuvenating. Doing more of the things that make you feel a winning combination to me. Let’s happy, better about your life and help see if I get this straight...we have to you enjoy the things that put a smile work longer and harder to have more on your face. In my humble opinion, money to buy more stuff. It increases that is success. our stress to have all the “stuff” and we miss the everyday family time in Kim Watt-Senner is the founder of order to keep ourselves in that status. Western Canada’s largest professional I don’t get it. organizing company. The corporate We can’t take anything with us head office is located in Kamloops, when it’s our time to leave this earth, BC with other offices throughout so at the end of the day why do we Western Canada. Visit our website do it? I think I know why — because at everythingorganized.net or call the media says we should. Media 1-877-578-7601 for more information.
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If you’re concerned about preserving wealth for the next generation, or just want to manage investment risk, there may be a place in your portfolio for segregated funds. In many ways, segregated funds are similar to conventional mutual funds. But there is a key distinction: Segregated funds guarantee that you’ll get part or all of your original capital back after a number of years. They offer other features, such as estate planning advantages, a death benefit guarantee and potential creditor protection. Segregated funds are a way to make sure you get at least part of your original investment back, regardless of what happens with financial markets. This makes them excellent vehicles for retirement investments. Segregated funds are made possible by combining the features of mutual funds with insurance protection. These funds get their name from the fact that each fund represents a pool of assets that are “segregated”, or held separately from, an insurance company’s other assets. When you die, your beneficiaries receive the greater of the current market value of the
investment or between 75 per cent and 100 per cent of the invested amount (less withdrawals). If you designate a beneficiary outside of your estate, your investment will be free of probate and executor fees upon your death. Beneficiaries receive proceeds quickly and privately. A segregated fund is really a variable annuity in the form of a contract with a specified maturity date-typically 10 years from the date of purchase. At maturity, the investor is guaranteed to receive a portion or all of the initial investment. Most funds guarantee the return of 75 per cent of the original investment when they mature, although some offer a 100 per cent guarantee. When you invest in a segregated fund, you purchase an individual variable insurance contract. Premiums are paid to the insurer, based on the value of the fund. When the investment is redeemed, the insurance company returns premiums, based on the current value of the units in the fund. Like conventional mutual funds, segregated funds can be easily purchased and redeemed, offer the potential of capital gains, and a large selection of funds is available through mutual fund organizations that have teamed up with life insurers to sell these investments. Segregated funds cover the same asset classes as mutual funds, including Canadian equities, U.S. equities, international stocks, bonds and money markets. Some can be
purchased without sales charges, (“no-load” funds) while others incur charges (“loads”). Segregated funds are available in both Registered and NonRegistered plans. The demographics of the Canadian population is changing, with a growing number of baby boomers heading towards retirement. Insurance companies have started to develop new segregated fund solutions to match the needs of these Canadians. Living longer and concern about having enough income during the retirement phase of your life can pose some challenges. Income solutions such as Guaranteed Withdrawal Benefit options are starting to emerge to help Canadians better manage their income during retirement. However, there is a price to pay for the features of segregated funds. These funds usually have higher management fees than similar mutual funds to help cover capital guarantees and the insurance portion of the investment. Insurance and annuities are offered by Edward Jones Insurance Agency (except in Québec). In Québec, insurance and annuities are offered by Edward Jones Insurance Agency (Québec) Inc. Member Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Member – Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.
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Facing chronic disease and the advice of the unknowing The Insight Story Wendy Weseen
I remembered the words of my father almost spoken on his deathbed, “Wendy, when you turn 60 your body goes to hell in a hand basket.” When I reached 60, I made the mistake of looking closely at my hands. The skin was wrinkled parchment. Their backs were fanned with blue veins like branches of gnarly Manitoba maples, with brown spots looking like leaves. I pinched the skin and it stayed peaked like a miniature mountain. And after all these years, my nails were still daintily bitten, the same way I shaved off portions of a chocolate cake I’d already decided not to eat. Then my doctor called me in. “You have high blood sugar,” she said and then left the examination room and forgot all about me. After waiting 45 minutes for her to return, I’d said aloud. “How the hell long am I expected to sit here?” I looked at the anatomical diagram of my private parts on the wall, got up, walked out and never went back. My doctor was upset, tried to make amends but I was having none of it. When I found a new
doctor, it didn’t change anything. My pancreas had stopped working. Diabetes is in my family. My grandpa died of its complications when he was 46 years old, two years before the advent of insulin. My son has it; he is 42 and his diabetes was discovered after a heart attack a year ago. And I have it. I don’t suppose it helped that I carbohydrate-toted for 55 years so I could survive the brutal Saskatchewan winters. I don’t suppose
it helped that I yo-yo dieted most of my life and adopted a low-fat diet compensated for by increased carbohydrates added to alternate foods. But the thing is, Type 2 diabetes is caused by a worn-out pancreas and cells desensitized to receiving insulin. The popular media says I can reverse it if only I eat this or that. I have to admit I’ve become irritated by the notion that if I only did “something” other than what I am doing, I
could be cured. Over the years I’ve been advised by mostly non-diabetics that if I eat acai berries, cinnamon, turmeric, green coffee bean extract, cider vinegar, and if I nix sugar, alcohol and artificial sweeteners, it would be reversed; I challenge anyone to never have lemon pie again. I’m not going to lie. Looking for a magic bullet, I’ve tried most of those things and despite my efforts I became insulin-dependent anyway with the complications of nerve damage in my feet despite balanced blood sugar most of the time. If you’re a nondiabetic, refrain from advising a diabetic about what they should or should not do. It takes years for a single person to understand their diabetes and the unique relationship of their body to its insulin shortage. And if you are a young person, watch high carbohydrate foods; they wear out the pancreas. And remember, there is a gigantic marketing engine out there trying to cash in on the remarkable increase of diabetes. In my opinion, this increase was the result of an earlier marketing enterprise that persuaded my generation to eat a diet of increased carbohydrates in fast and processed food.
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Spring is a welcome season for gardeners. With winter’s retreat, dreams of bountiful and beautiful gardens warm the heart, and planning this year’s garden begins. There is also pleasure in perusing books about gardening, particularly when it’s a book by a B.C. author. Growing Food in a Short Season: Sustainable, Organic Cold-Climate Gardening is such a book. As Canadians deal with the recent dramatic increase in the cost of produce, more people support our local growers, and may also consider growing at least some of one’s own vegetables and herbs. This book could be a valuable resource. The author shares her first-hand experiences as a gardener in the B.C. Peace River area, and in the Prince George region, zones 2 and 3 as indicated in Agriculture Canada’s plant hardiness zones. (Gardeners in the Thompson-Okanagan region will appreciate her knowledge of the challenges of growing in clay soil or sandy soil.) Although the emphasis is on northern regions, there are many practical tips on how to make any garden more productive,
including tips on how to organically build up the fertility of soil, things to consider when deciding on a garden site, on choosing suitable plants, and even on how to “farm badly” by letting nature do some of the work. Watts clearly values selfsufficiency, demonstrating how to make use of objects that are low-cost or no-cost, in order to build cold frames, row covers, and cloches, all of which extend the growing season. Photos complement the instructions. The book’s last section is focussed on the pleasure of eating what one has grown. Watts includes some of her favourite recipes, with emphasis on taste. Pesto, fermented foods, multiple uses for green tomatoes, and spicy flavourings contribute to the creative uses of wholesome, home-grown vegetables and herbs. Growing Food in a Short Season: Sustainable, Organic Cold-Climate Gardening supports healthy, economical living. Melanie J. Watts and her family kept sheep and farmed in the B.C. Peace River. She now lives in Prince George.
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Celebrating Our Volunteers | Volunteer Week April 10 - 16 Volunteering Fun Fact
Eighty-two percent of Canadians volunteer informally, meaning helping people directly, without the involvement of an organization or group. This is almost double the formal volunteer rate! The most common types of informal help are housework, home maintenance, health-related or personal care, shopping and driving someone to a store or appointment. The informal volunteer rate is highest (91%) among young Canadians aged 15-19 and decreases with age, with just over half of Canadians aged 75 and older volunteering informally.
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Fornelli is also involved with the Heart & Stroke Foundation, the Out of the Cold program, and was a volunteer Snow Angel for Oncore Seniors Society this past winter. These are only a few of his volunteer ventures. “So many in our community have gifts and they share those gifts,” said Fornelli. Joel Rodrigues, 15, has been volunteering at the Kamloops downtown YMCA since November, 2015. “I am an assistant swim instructor,” said Rodrigues. Two days a week (with a few weeks off), Rodrigues helps the swim instructors and the kids with their lessons. He believes volunteering is good for the future and enjoys what he does. Lindsay Stobbe, 30, has learned what volunteering can accomplish
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Celebrating Our Volunteers | Volunteer Week April 10 - 16 VOLUNTEERS!
Oncore Seniors Society relies heavily on volunteers to fulfill its programming mandate. From the annual Snow Angels; Grocery Shopping Assistance; Friendly Visitor; Income Tax Service programs to name a few, volunteers make it possible for this organization to help fill the gaps for our elders that require that little bit of extra help. Oncore loves and appreciates their volunteers. They couldn’t do it without you!
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The splendour of Messiah
The dancers wear regalia — sometimes articles of old pieces passed down in families. All regalia is sacred, taking a lot of time, skill, precious materials and talent to hand make, usually by the dancer themselves or by someone in their family. Countless hours of work goes into these stunning creations.
Handel’s sacred oratorio, Messiah will be performed in its entirety, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 22, by the combined forces of Vivace Chorale, with a 60-voice choir, and The Kamloops Brandenburg Orchestra. All will be under the direction of their music director, Cvetozar Vutev. Soloists
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will be: Carlene Wiebe, soprano, Ingrid Mapson, alto, Paul Moore, tenor, and Jim Floris, bass. The concert will take place at Calvary Community Church, 1205 Rogers Way. Tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for students and are available at Kamloops Live Box Office and at the door on concert night. This is probably the first time that the entire Messiah will be performed here in Kamloops. Messiah is one of the best known and most frequently performed choral works in western music. Although today Messiah is an almost obligatory music offering during the Christmas season, the original debut concert was planned for Easter and took place on April 13, 1792 in Dublin, Ireland. Georg Frederick Handel composed this oratorio in 1741 with a scriptural text compiled by Charles Jennens from the King James Bible. Handel wrote Messiah to tell the story of Jesus to ordinary people, through music, the language of the heart. So, almost 300 years after its initial debut in April of 1792, the entire Messiah will be presented for Kamloops’ audiences by Vivace Chorale and The Kamloops Brandenburg.
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There were plenty of love songs when Lucy was a girl of 17. She especially enjoyed lyrics and copied them down to remember. An acquaintance, Johnny, listened to the great music of the 50s on his car radio. The common denominator drew them to each other, and on their very first date, which was Valentine’s Day, they ice skated to tunes they both liked. Three months later, following a youth conference, something wonderful took place as they drove home. It was 1958, and over the radio of Johnny’s ‘57 Ford, Ed Townsend crooned his #1 hit, “For Your Love.” Turning the volume up, he and Lucy listened intently to the song, paying close attention to those great lyrics, “For your love, I would go anywhere, I would go anywhere for your love.” The second stanza followed with, “For your kiss, I would do anything; I would do anything for your kiss.” Lucy repeated the lines to her sweetheart. Turning to his girl as he drove, Johnny repeated them to her just as sincerely. Less than a kilometer down the highway, they pulled off, and with Lucy tightly wrapped in his arms Johnny asked, “Did you mean that?” “Oh, yes Johnny, I sure did.” A quiet man of few words, Johnny asked, “Would you marry me?” “Oh, Johnny; I’d marry you in a minute!” Over the moon with joy, they married in 1959. Their love song rarely aired on the radio after its 13-week run on the hit parade’s pop charts, and Townsend never put out another top hit. With an anniversary coming up, Lucy got the idea to find the song they often hummed and spoke of whenever they relayed how they got engaged. Browsing in Zellers one afternoon, their ears picked up a faint but distinct sound... Townsend singing! “For Your Love,” piped in “elevator-music” style which you never really notice, hit them like a bolt of lightning. The three minute song — the
short span given a tune to air on the radio — ended; they’d heard it for the first time in over 30 years! They learned, from the manager, it was unavailable because it came on a huge reel, sent by a distributor, only to Zellers stores. Eons ago, they’d promised they “... would do anything,” so together they relocated to S.E. Asia, “...for your love,” Lucy told her husband on their 35th anniversary. She bought him a disc with the title of their song printed on the cover. Disappointedly, they heard an entirely different song. Years later, in Canada, the determined folks checked through hundreds of CDs and tapes, in second hand stores, with no luck. Thrust, by then, into the computer age, Johnny visited a friend for help, checked his email later and called Lucy to the desk as he clicked on attachment. The wellover-the-hill pair, kissed and wept tears of joy as they played it over and over at the computer and sang with Townsend. The next day, they made a recording. Poor quality didn’t matter; they had a treasure. The End? Uh uh, not so fast. Years sped by when, at an estate sale, an old tape of the hit by the original artist was the bargain of a life-long search, and they replayed the music for many years on their anniversaries. In the 7th decade of their lives, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary in Lake Tahoe, Lucy slipped into her still elegant wedding gown for a stunning photoop before slicing their cake traditionally hand over hand. The highlight, a cruise on The Tahoe Queen paddle wheeler around Emerald Bay, found them in a crystal lit lounge with The Steve Walker Band taking requests. “For Your Love? Can you play that for us? It’s our 50th,” Johnny asked. The lead guitarist, Steve, responded to the request with a shrug; not sure they knew that one, he promised to deliver something nice for them. “Congratulations on your
50th anniversary, Johnny my good man and your lovely wife, Lucy; this one’s for you.” The band struck a familiar note and played a couple of bars of the old folks’ memorable song. The emotional wife and husband held hands... but the music died out. Apologetically, Steve murmured something about those few lines being all they could remember. The couple clapped exuberantly anyway, enthralled over the brief moments of de ja vous. Carrying on with other favorites to please the crowd, the performers improvised and a brief impromptu prelude, almost like a drum roll, got the guest’s attention. No warning, the fivepiece band suddenly changed key striking up those first familiar bars again — this time to continue with Steve warbling to perfection those meaningful lyrics word for word, all the way through to the very end — as fine a performance as the artist Ed Townsend himself had given the popular hit in 1958! Breathlessly thrilled, Johnny and Lucy trembled with tears of emotion and disbelief. The crowd stood and cheered, whistled and hollered congratulations to the dear old folks embracing in a single wingback chair near the band. Regaining composure, Johnny and Lucy addressed the adoring crowd, thanking everyone, especially that wily guitarist, Steve, and the great dudes in the band. Lucy asked, “How did you guys know that song?” Someone replied that they know all the good ones. Leaning near Steve’s ear, she sighed, “I’ve got a secret for you; Johnny proposed to me with that song! “You old dog, you” Steve teased, pointing straight at the fellow blowing his nose. Laughter erupted as Steve revealed Lucy’s secret. Following hugs and handshakes, the honored duo went upstairs to the observation deck to gaze at the starry sky over the
shimmering bay. Their lifelong search had come to a splendid end with the real song. “... I would go anywhere; I would do anything, for your love”. Lyrics linger; truth does too, and Johnny and Lucy would reflect, for the rest of their days, their very personal and truthful promises...played live!
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Scrupulous protection of small plants Continued from page 4 The first year is given to scrupulous protection of the small plants where ever they may decide to grow. It makes for interesting flower combinations. As for pruning, don’t try it on the mock orange. The two trees here filled the air with perfume until the Significant Other, who believes in order, took to pruning them. They sulked. They refused to bloom. Two year’s neglect and they are almost back to their lush selves. The day my latest garden magazine arrived it was 25 below, counting the wind chill. Gullible tulips which had
trusted the signs of spring, were 3” high frozen green spears. Twenty-four hours later they’d disappeared under several inches of fresh snow. I mourned them as lost. When the snow melted, though, there were the tulips, still growing. I’m happily planning next year’s crocuses. That is, I intend to plant, this autumn, bulbs which may not bloom for two years. Because gardening really is about faith and hope. Faith that, in the worst of times, we can still create refuges of beauty, and hope that others will love them as we do.
The Village of Chase would like to thank all of our volunteers for keeping our community resilient, vibrant & growing!
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fundraising lunch at noon on April 21 at the Lotus Inn Restaurant, 512 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops. Tickets cost $12 and will be available from members, or contact Linda at 250-679-3557 or lindahaas@xplornet.com. Please buy or reserve by April 15 as the restaurant needs to know numbers. Besides a delicious lunch buffet, there will be a shared pot draw, bucket auction, and candy guess. It’s a fun event that lets you spring into summer while supporting active 55+res. The next meeting is April 21, 10 a.m. at the Chief Louis Centre, Tk’emlups Indian Band, on Shuswap Rd. Crests for the Coquitlam Games will be available for sale there, as well as other Zone 8 apparel. Words of wisdom from Margaret Hagerty, 91-year-old runner and Guinness world record holder: “Trash self-doubt. Dare to be yourself!”
There’s a bunch of doctors gathered together at a convention. One doctor catches the eye of another from across the room. The female doctor notices also and the next thing you know, they’re sitting next to each other. After dinner, he asks the woman if she wants to go up to his hotel room. ‘’Sure,’’ the woman says. ‘’Let me go wash my hands first.’’ After she washes her hands, they have sex. After they are finished, she washes her hands again. This is really starting to annoy the male doctor so he says, ‘’You know, you must be a surgeon, because you keep washing your hands.’’ Annoyed by this remark, the woman says, ‘’Well, you must be an anesthesiologist, because I didn’t feel a thing!’’
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one event at the Games. The first known playoff dates are: Darts, April 9 at Kamloops Legion on Lansdowne St. Register 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., with play starting immediately after. Contact Brad Filipig, 250-371-7942 or bfilipig@hotmail.com; 5-pin bowling, May 3 at Falcon Lanes, Kamloops. Contact Bill Smedley, 376-0573 or kambs12@ shaw.ca preferably by April 21. Floor curling, May 6 at Heritage House, Kamloops. Contact Wilf Schneider, 250-374-7201 or schnei95@telus.net. You can also contact Liz at 250-372-5493. Golf playoffs, if needed, will take place in May or June. Contact Inky Wholly (ladies), 250679-8723 or biwhalley@ cablelan.net and Monty Kilborn (men), 250-8322815 or mklefty22@ gmail.com to let them know if you are interested in playing. Folks of all ages are welcome to our
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While many seniors find working with computers frustrating, others recognize their utility. Look under Zone 8 on the www.55plusbcgames. org website for up-todate information on playoffs, minutes of the last meeting, contact information for the executive, sport/ event coordinators and area reps. It’s time to prepare for the fun and excitement of the 55+ BC Games in Coquitlam, September 20-24, 2016. Final Zone 8 registration deadline is July 8, with forms, membership and zone registration fees needed by then or by playoff dates. It is important to let the sport event coordinator know if you intend to take part, since interest dictates whether playoffs need to be scheduled. You may try out for more than one event, but you may only participate in
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Zone 8 seniors spring to life
Box 1552 — 31 Hudson Ave. NE Salmon Arm, V1E 4P6 250-832-3015 Drop in Pool 10 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday
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Recipes of the Month
Reprinted with permission and in loving memory from Eleanore Moore’s cookbook “Family Favourites, Past & Present”
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Put in greased casserole dish In a separate bowl combine the following to create sauce: 1 cup brown sugar 1 tsp vanilla 1 tbsp margarine or butter 2 cups hot water Mix well until sugar is dissolved. Pour gently onto dough mixture. Bake in 350F oven for 30-35 minutes. During baking liquid will create sauce on the bottom of this cake like pudding.
Combine until mixture resembles cornmeal. Reserve ¾ cup of crumbs for topping. Mix the remainder with: 1 cup raisins 1 egg (beaten) 1 cup sour milk* or buttermilk 1 tsp baking soda (dissolved in the milk) 1 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/4 tsp cloves 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla *Make sour milk by combining 1 cup milk and 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice Combine until well blended. Pour batter into a greased 9” square cake pan. Sprinkle reserved crumble mixture over the top and press down gently. Bake in 350F oven for 40-50 minutes or until center tested with toothpick comes out clean. Handed down through generation after generation of our family, this pudding was always a treat, especially if times were tough.
Poor Man’s Pudding Rub together: 1 cup flour 1/2 cup sugar 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 cup margarine Pinch of salt
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CLEARWATER ELK’S PANCAKE BREAKFASTS every Saturday!
Dad’s Favorite Chocolate Cake
1/2 cup rolled oats 1 cup boiling water 1/2 cup butter or margarine 4 tbsp cocoa 1 ½ cups brown sugar 2 eggs 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla Pinch of salt In a mixing bowl put rolled oats and boiling water. Without cooling, add margarine or butter and cocoa. Mix well; add brown sugar and eggs. Beat with a wire whisk. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla and salt. Beat again with whisk. Pour batter into a greased 9” square cake pan. Bake in 350F oven for 30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. Serve with whipped cream, ice cream or chocolate icing.
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Womens Institute volunteers get together to make emergency bags for the 23 Y Women’s Shelter.
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Continued from page 1 He grew up with three sisters, and in Edmonton he was actively involved with soccer and hockey. In Kamloops, he has been a youth soccer coach for 12 years. He’s also an avid back country hiker and camper. Grono has a special interest in Peruvian Andean cosmology which has
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taken him on two trips to Peru. He has turned another hobby of his – classic wooden boat building – into a business with “Kamloops Fine Boats.” Previously, Grono was a volunteer at the “Out of the Cold” program.
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A passion for sports
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Don’t you love it when things go well? The seedlings you’ve just planted are starting to sprout or the cleaning lady recently hired is already like your best friend forever. Well, the March events for Overlander WI were most gratifying. The emergency bags for Kamloops Women’s Shelter and the estimated 100 dozen cookies made for Meals on Wheels.
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Royal Canadian Legion Br. #52 APRIL 2016 Calendar of Events - The SUNDAY
Parole Board of Canada The following is part of a series of informational articles aimed at the increasing public awareness about their services provided by the Kamloops Victim Services Unit. The Parole Board of Canada (PBC or the Board) is an agency within the Portfolio of Public Safety Canada. The board is an independent administrative tribunal that has exclusive authority under the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) to grant, deny, cancel, terminate or revoke day parole and full parole. According to the CCRA, all offenders must be considered for some form of conditional release during their sentence. Parole is a carefully constructed bridge between incarceration and return to the community. Just because an offender is eligible for release does not mean that release will be granted. Conditional release does not mean the sentence is shortened; it means the remainder of the sentence may be served in the community under supervision with specific conditions. The PBC must assess an offender’s risk when they become eligible for conditional release. Board members either through an in-office file review or a face-to-face hearing make
parole decisions with the offender and their parole officer. Board members consider all relevant and available information in assessing an offender’s risk to reoffend. Information from the police, courts, Crown attorneys, mental health professionals, correctional authorities, private agencies, and victims of crime is used in assessing an offender’s risk to re-offend and whether that risk can be safely managed in the community. This information can take the form of judges’ sentencing comments or recommendations, employment history, and psychological and/or psychiatric assessments. The CCRA has two basic principles, which guide the Parole Board in its conditional release decision-making — that the protection of society is the paramount consideration in the determination of any case, and the Board makes the least restrictive determination consistent with the protection of society. Board members conduct a thorough risk assessment in all cases. Offenders must agree to abide by certain conditions before release is granted. These conditions place restrictions on the offender and assist the parole supervisor to manage the risk posed by the offender. Whether on parole
or statutory release, offenders are supervised in the community by Correctional Service Canada (CSC) and will be returned to prison if they are believed to present an undue risk to the public. The PBC has the authority to revoke release if the conditions are breached. Under the CCRA, victims of crime are entitled to certain information about the offender who harmed them. This information is available, upon request, to the victim of a criminal offence. Victims may also present a victim impact statement to the Board members at a PBC hearing (in person or on audio/CD or videotape/ DVD) about the impact of the crime and any concerns they have for their safety or the safety of the community. In the spirit of openness and accountability, and to contribute to better public understanding of the parole decisionmaking process, the CCRA permits observers to attend PBC hearings. To learn more about the different forms of release and the process to attend a PBC hearing, contact the PBC regional office at www.pbc-clcc.gc.ca/ contus/offices-eng.shtml. We acknowledge this information was taken from the Police Victim Services of B.C. Insight Newsletter.
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Maintain your bathroom fan Home Maintenance Tips Lyle Killough, Homewell Services Co. Many people think the bathroom fan is only there to remove odours. While this is a useful function, the most important thing that a fan does is remove water vapour generated by bathing and showering. This is one of the major sources of the approximately 2.5 litres of water vapour per day,
each occupant of a house produces. If you were to pour that much water onto your floor each day, you would quickly decide that reducing it would be a really good idea! The fans are fairly simple and reliable, but given enough time and sufficient neglect, they will become noisy, inefficient and will eventually seize and stop working. I see quite a few bathroom fans that are in this state, and the good news is that they often can be reconditioned. If your bathroom fan is not working properly, here’s what you can do: 1) Turn off the fan switch.
2) Remove the grille, most often by gently pulling it downward then squeezing the spring clips and wiggling them out
of the fan housing. The grille is usually covered in lint that will wash off with soap and a brush. 3) Remove the fan
and motor assembly. Generally there is one screw that holds this into the housing. Remove it and lower the fan and motor. Pull the motor power plug from the receptacle in the housing. 4) Clean the lint and dust from the fan and motor. A dry toothbrush might be a good tool for this job. Do not get the motor wet. 5) Oil the motor bushings with one drop (never more) of light machine oil. There is a bushing under the fan, which is usually pretty hard to get the oil into. In case you don’t know, a bushing is the fixed part of the motor housing that
The world of window coverings your needs best. Here are a few of the window covering types that we often hear questions on:
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Cellular shades: Cellular shades work wonders on keeping your home cool during the summer and retaining heat during the winter. Cellular shades have extreme insulating value as the foil backing works to increase energy efficiency in your home. Not to mention these shades come in a variety of colours and patterns making for some very cool combinations.
Cafe style: If you’re someone who has an eye on style, then cafe blinds are exactly
what you are looking for. Cafe style blinds roll from the bottom up, which gives the room a very chic look. In addition, the bottom half of the blind can be covered while still letting light in through the top half, so no sacrifices need to be made in regards to lighting or privacy.
Faux wood: You may think that buying faux wood isn’t the same as buying real wood, but when discussing window blinds, it’s a new ball game. Faux wood is often an improvement on real wood for a couple different reasons: Faux wood is lighter and much easier to roll up, and faux wood resists
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the rotating shaft goes through. The motor should now spin freely; and without its layer of lint, the fan will run more smoothly which results in quieter operation and more air movement. A little maintenance will keep these important pieces of equipment running reliably and help control the humidity in your home. Of course you could hire a home maintenance contractor to do this for you, but consider getting together with a group of your friends to do this work... that way you can have your own fan club!
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Isn’t it wonderful what God has done? Spiritual Thought Rev. David Schumacher
Jesus was born in an obscure village — the child of a peasant woman. He worked in a carpenter shop until He was 30, and then for three years He was an itinerant preacher. Jesus never wrote a book. He never held an office. He never placed a foot outside the country of his birth. He didn’t do any of the things that usually accompany greatness. He had no credentials but Himself — fully human, fully divine. While still a young man, the tide of popular opinion turned against Him. He was turned over to His enemies. He went through the mockery of
a trial. He was nailed to a cross between two thieves. His executioners gambled for the only piece of property He had on earth while He was dying — and that was His cloak. When He was dead He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave through the pity of a friend. And then, He rose up from the dead. Twenty centuries have come and gone and today Jesus is the centrepiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress. I am totally within the mark when I say that all
the armies that have ever marched, all the navies that have ever been built, all the parliaments that have ever sat, and all the kings that have ever reigned, put together, have not affected the life of humankind upon this earth as powerfully as Jesus has. The apostle Paul writes, “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things —and the things that are not
— to nullify the things that are.” (1 Corinthians 1:27-28) From obscurity to the centrepiece, isn’t it wonderful what God has done? Keep this in mind. You have the witness of history behind you. God’s gift of love and life began with one man and a handful of ragtag disciples stuck out in the middle of nowhere. Look where it is today — a worldwide network of institutions and churches that share the same irrevocable, irreplaceable, and unchanging truth - the cross and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. God’s love, God’s life, God’s presence, for you — in you — forever with you.
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The Kamloops Heritage Society and the Friends of St. Andrews on the Square are looking to add to our supporters. Your membership helps the Kamloops Heritage Society keep the doors of our beautiful building open and preserve a valuable piece of Kamloops’ history. We welcome you to join us in our efforts at “preserving our past for the future.” Please visit our website at www.standrewssquare.com. Hurray! Spring is here and it’s time to come to the Kamloops Garden Club meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. at the Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. (Riverside Park). We’ll have an informative guest speaker and time to talk gardening ideas with the group. New members are always welcome. Kamloops Tai Chi Club practices Yang-style short form Tai Chi, Sword form and Qigong. Join our nonprofit group every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. For more information contact Dave at 250-372-0717 or Claudette at 250-851-0944. Please visit our website at www.kamloopstaichiclub. com. Bridge players wanted at Desert Gardens. Join us on Tuesdays, 1 p.m. All levels welcome. For more information please call Katie at 250-682-0906 or Marty at 250-828-2595. The British Columbia Government Retired Employees Association meets every third Friday of the month (with the exception of July, August and December) at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. For further information please phone 250-376-3119 or 250-372-2743. The world famous Kamloops Rube Band practices every Monday evening (except holidays) at the Kamloops Yacht Club, 1140 River St. News members with playing experience are welcome to drop in and join us, having fun with music. For further information please contact Dick Parkes at 250-573-5740 or rparkes@telus.net. Learn to play the Ukulele. We are now offering a series of six lessons for beginners, a one time charge
DOWNSIZING? What will you do with all your unneeded items? Habitat for Humanity ReStore will take all re-salable items and turn them into homes for families, right here in Kamloops. Drop off at 28-1425 Cariboo Place or call for a pick up at 250.828.7867 LARGE ELECTRIC SIT-TO-STAND CHAIR with extended footrest. Suitable for tall/large person. Dark green. Very clean, excellent condition. Asking $950 OBO. Four small wheel transfer chair used once $130. Transfer belt (safety belt) $25. Call 250.376.4459 Kamloops
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of $10. You are also invited to stay and enjoy our regular Tuesday practice and sing along. For more information visit our website at www.ukuleleorchestraofkamloops.com or call Dorene at 250-376-5502. Kamloops Cango Grannies are looking for new members. We are a group of women who have fun while fundraising to help African grandmothers raise their AIDS-orphaned grandchildren. We support the Stephen Lewis Foundation, which works in Africa with the grandmothers. Our monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Contact Ann at 250-374-0114. The Council of Canadians meets at 5.30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 - 7th Ave. Please join us. Call Anita or Dalton at 250-377-0055 or 250-377-0055 for more information. You can also visit www.kamloopscanadians.ca. It has been said that change is better than rest. We at Kamloops Riverside Lawn Bowling Club invite you to find out for yourselves. Bowling takes place six days a week from March to September. Come as an individual or a group. The first three sessions are free. For more information contact Roy Simmons at 250-374-2135 or visit www.kamloopsriversidelawnbowlingclub.com. The Kamloops Naturalist Club meets on the third Thursday of each month, September through June at 7 p.m., Heritage House, Riverside Park. Guests are welcome. We are dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the natural world. Please call 250-5541285. Kamloops’ original Coffee House. From town, take the Trans Canada Hwy. east to the Dallas Petrocan. Follow Dallas Dr. to Barnhartvale Rd. and keep going for seven km. Barnhartvale Hall is on the left. Thank you for supporting local live music! The next open mic will be April 16, with feature act: Jeremy Kneeshaw. Doors open at 7 p.m. and music starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is
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$5. For more information contact Chrisy at 250-5730025 or visit www.barnhartvalecoffeehouse.com. Kamloops United Church Thrift Shop has moved across the road to 387- 4th Ave, 250-3723448. Our hours there are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Friday. We have excellent merchandise and prices and welcome new customers. Kamloops and District Diabetes can be reached by calling toll free 1-888-628-9494, which will connect you with the regional office in Kelowna. There are two support groups in Kamloops. Community speakers are always welcome.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles welcomes you, 755 Tranquille Rd. Saturday and Sunday: Meat draws from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday: Pull Tab draws from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday: Horse races from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Ping Pong / Table Tennis: Experience the wonderful enjoyment of the game — all ages and beginners are welcome. Experts say it is also good for your brain. We play on Tuesday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday 12 :30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Desert Garden Community Centre, 540 Seymour St. FMI call 250-372-3965. The Afternoon Auxiliary to RIH meet the first Monday of the month (except January, July, August
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The Kamloops Family History Society meetings take place on the fourth Thursday of each month (September to May) from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at Heritage House in Riverside Park. All are welcome. For more info call Catherine at 250-5799108. Kamloops Floor Curlers meet Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Heritage House, top floor, Riverside Park. New members always welcome. Free parking for members. No special equipment needed. The group runs all year. Call Kay at 250-376-0917, Kay at 250-828-0819 or Liz at 250-372-5493.
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Kamloops Celiac Chapter meetings take place the second Tuesday of each month (Jan. to Nov.) from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., above Living Kitchens at 1361 McGill Rd. (side entrance). All are welcome. For more information call 250-314-1404. Do you enjoy singing in harmony and a great variety of songs? Kamloops Happy Choristers invites new members who are 55 and over for a social atmosphere and a chance to sing for senior residences and public concerts. We meet every Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Heritage House. For more information call Sharon at 250-579-9505. Alzheimer Caregiver and Early Support Stage groups meet the second Thursday of the month, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and the fourth Thursday of the month, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Alzheimer Society Resource Centre, 405, 235 – 1st Ave. For more information please contact Tara Hildebrand, support and education coordinator Alzheimer Society of B.C. at 250-3778200. St. Paul’s Thrift Shop, 360 Nicola Street is open Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm. Wheelchair accessible from back lane entrance. Great bargains every week. Excelsior Rebekah Lodge: April 10 -District Meeting; April 12-Regular Meeting (7:30 p.m.); April 18-Past Noble Grand Meeting (7:30 p.m.); April 26-Regular Meeting (7:30 p.m.); April 25-28-Sessions in Penticton, B.C. (Grand Lodge Assemnly. 886 Overlander Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association will be holding their AGM for all members on April 13, 2016 at the home of Alex Sim at 2322 Parkcrest Ave. Kamloops, B.C. (North Shore) at 1400 hrs (2 p.m.). All members in good standing are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Mike at 250-318-5777.
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This full day event is filled not only with information and educational opportunities for seniors and care providers in our community, but also will provide a day of social, interactive and self-care for those attending.
KEYNOTE: Neena Chappell, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Neena Chappell, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS is the former Canada Research Chair in Social Gerontology and Professor of Sociology and Centre on Aging, University of Victoria, BC. Neena’s work includes gerontological research on caregiving, social support, dementia care, health services, health care policy, and healthy aging and is a published author whose work is known nationally and internationally.
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Living with diabetes? If you are living with diabetes, you are welcome to attend the Westsyde Support Group. The group will provide opportunity to discuss and learn about topics related to diabetes. Where: The Hamlets, 3255 Overlander Dr. When: Mondays, 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. April 4th with feature Dr. Mark Hyslop. For more information, please call Diane at 250-579-2526. April Coffee Connection: April 26, 10 a.m. until noon at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Admission is $5. There is parking at the back and designated parking on the street. There will be coffee, goodies and door prizes. No need to reply, just come and bring an RIH friend who has retired or is on LTD. Make Memories Matter: Kamloops. One in three Canadians knows someone with Alzheimer’s disease — who do you know who’s been affected? Show your support on May 1, 2016 at the Tournament Capital Centre Indoor/ Outdoor Track, 910 McGill, Kamloops, by registering today for the Investors Group Walk for Alzheimer’s, in support of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. Here in Kamloops the Walk honors Brian Mulhern. Start a team, join a team, volunteer, donate or sponsor today! Go to walkforalzheimers.ca or call 250-377-8200. Heads Up: Introduction to Brain Health: Healthy aging is important for everyone, and it is essential not to forget the health of your brain as well! This workshop encourages participants to actively engage in protecting and maintaining their brain. Learn strategies and set goals for improving the health of your mind, body and spirit. Anyone interested in brain health is welcome to attend. Thursday June 16, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Location: Alzheimer Resource Center, #405-
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235 1st Ave., Kamloops, B.C. Call to register: Tara Hildebrand 250-377-8200 or email thildebrand@ alzheimerbc.org. Family Caregiver Series: Wednesday, May 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. A five-session series for family members who are caring for a person with dementia. Learn about dementia, practical coping strategies, and early planning. Location: Alzheimer Society Resource Center, #405 235-1st Ave., Kamloops, B.C. To register call Tara Hildebrand at 250-377-8200 or email thildebrand@ alzheimerbc.org. You are Invited to “Let’s Scrap Breast Cancer - round 10!” Saturday April 9, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Brock Community Senior Centre, (9A-1800 Tranquille Rd- in the Brock Shopping Center). This fantastic two-day
scrapbooking fundraiser is all about friends, fun & crafty chaos! Enjoy great space to work on your projects, door prizes, games, draws, classes, lunch, snacks and so much more included with your registration. Only $60 for both days! Please register early to avoid disappointment! To register, or for more information, call Jacki at 250-579-0195 or email avonjacki@gmail.com. All proceeds from this event are donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, CIBC Run For The Cure! 886 Overlander Wing of the Royal Canadian Air Force Association will be holding their AGM for all members on April 13, 2016 at the home of Alex Sim at 2322 Parkcrest Ave. Kamloops, B.C. (North Shore) at 1400 hrs (2 p.m.). All members in good standing are encouraged to attend. For more information contact Mike at 250-318-5777.
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Pamper Yourself! We have a registered esthetician/hair stylist in a newly renovated salon. We offer haircuts, colours, styles, manicures and pedicures.
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