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INTRODUCING THE BOARD:
Dr. Terry Simpson joins the conversation
Oncore Seniors Society Dr. Terry Simpson is ready to add to the conversation as one of Oncore Seniors Society’s newest board members. With a background in medicine and as a Kamloopsian of over 40 years, Simpson brings his expertise in medicine and knowledge of senior’s issues to the table. Simpson was born in New Westminster, B.C. and was the eldest of eight children — five sons and three daughters. His teenage years were spent in the city of Armstrong, B.C. Soon after high school he studied sciences
DR. SIMPSON at the University of British Columbia and finally medicine. As part of his education, Simpson spent a year in London, Ont., between his third and fourth year. Gaining experience while working in the hospital was only part of the adventure — the other part was spending time with his future wife. They would be married a few years later after starting their new life together in Kamloops, B.C. Sharon Simpson, originally from P.E.I., trained to be a nurse and
A rube since the beginning by Jessica Messerer-Trosin Claude Richmond is the last original member of The Kamloops Rube Band which formed in 1949. He started when he was just 14 years old. The band began as a promotional tool for a blood donor clinic being organized by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. One chamber member, Gordon (Ginger) Clow, wanted to get a “clown band” together to raise awareness for the blood drive. “We thought we’d dress funny, like idiots,” Richmond said. Clow managed to assemble a group of about 12 to parade and play music which helped to create a successful event. The group had fun playing music and decided to keep the band together. Although he didn’t play any instruments himself, Clow singlehandedly kept The Rube Band together in the early years, said Richmond.
The Kamloops Rube Band has delighted audiences all over the world with a variety of jazz, Dixieland, ethnic and even classical musical performances The Kamloops Rube Band’s name came from another band that played on Canada Day in Kamloops the same year: The Hayseed Band, the Rubes from Williams Lake. “‘Rube’ is an old circus term. The carnival people called the locals rubes,” explained Richmond. Serving as bandmaster from the beginning until about three years ago, Richmond noted that the band has changed since its inaugural year.
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to do shows and travel “We were kind of a more, that was a big rag-tag bunch for a change in the band — long time, not much become a bit better leadership and a small musically, and do some group when we started funny acts and play out,” he said. Despite playing several more difficult music. That was a big change,” local performances Richmond said. year-round and making In addition to now annual trips to the being on the world stage, Calgary Stampede and the band had to adjust the PNE Parade, it their set for the expo. wasn’t until the group Until this point, decided to go to Expo they had been only a ‘67 in Montreal for marching band, but Canada’s 100th birthday in Montreal their that things dramatically performance would be changed in the band. on a stage. “When we decided See "Different audiences" page 3
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Different strokes for different folks Continued from page 1 Dixieland Jazz in New Orleans. They put together a show and tried “That made us all feel good,” it out for different audiences around town to figure out what would work and Richmond said. From the beginning the motto of the what wouldn’t. They had guns shooting, band has been to look funny and act rubber chickens, water flying and funny, but sound good. breakable cymbals. “If the music isn’t “By the time it was good, it loses everything time to go to Expo 67, we because anyone can look were ready!” Richmond funny and act funny said. and sound bad. That The performance doesn’t take any talent,” was a huge success, Richmond said. thanks in part to some “We always work very unplanned humour. hard to keep the music at Every show at the expo as high a level as we can.” had to be announced in When The Rube Band English and in French. was formed, Richmond’s Initially this was a instrument was the tuba, problem for the band, which he played in his but ended up being part high school band at the of the comedic element Claude Richmond as MLA time. of their set. He has also played the Myrt Wilson, the wife bass and tenor saxophones. During a of one of the drummers, was French stint in the Air Force and a member of Canadian. She translated the MCs the Air Force Band, Richmond played words into French. However, instead euphonium, which resembles a small of translating conversationally, like tuba. someone would speak in French, she Upon his return to The Kamloops translated everything literally. One of the songs the band performed, Rube Band, he began playing trumpet because the band was missing a “Tijuana Taxi,” was translated to trumpet player. He’s been playing that “Le Taxi de Tijuana,” although the ever since. title should have remained the same “The trumpet is the boss horn. regardless of the language. The literal There’s no question,” he said. translation was hilarious to the Richmond also played trumpet in the francophones in the expo audience. first few performances of the Kamloops The band maintained this routine for Symphony, was a member of the every song title after realizing why the Shriners Band and had his own dance audience was laughing hysterically. band for about eight years. “We’ve had a lot of fun. It’s been a These days, The Kamloops Rube fun band,” said Richmond. Band plays about 35-40 performances Since Montreal, The Kamloops Rube per year, many of them charity jobs Band has tried to plan a large trip throughout the city. every two or three years, taking them As an amateur group, it’s never to places like Osaka, Japan in 1970 and certain how many people will be able to Nijmegen, Netherlands in 1980. attend a performance. Usually it’s 18-24 Richmond’s favourite trip with the people, which provides a good balance band was to New Orleans for Mardi of instruments. Gras in 1974. Throughout his various careers, The Rube Band walked in the parade music has served as a way for for almost 20 kilometres and was the Richmond to take a break from only group to play Dixieland Jazz, his responsibilities. which originated in the Louisiana city. “Music is therapy,” he said. That night the band went to see Pete “When you’re playing there is nothing Fountain, a famous clarinet player, else on your mind, because it takes all perform at his club. of your mind to play the music, which is According to Richmond, Fountain great. Everything else is just gone. You told the audience that it was amazing don’t even think about it because you’re that a band had to travel 5000 miles reading or you’re improvising. Music is from ‘Kamloop’ to show how to play
great therapy. It’s good for the soul.” Music has brought many positive things to his life, but Richmond is still considering walking away from the band soon. “I can still play as good as anybody in the band, but I can feel that I have to work harder at it because to keep your embouchure in shape you have to play more. It’s all muscles in the face,” he said. “The older you get the tougher it is to keep it so you can play properly because the muscles just aren’t how they were when you’re in your 20’s. I keep wondering if it’s time to retire or not, to go out when I can still play well instead of fading away.” The group is always looking for young
people to join, said Richmond. “We encourage young people to come play in the band, because if they don’t, the band will die out.” There are about 32 members now, the youngest being 22 years old. For now, the band has made some adjustments. They don’t march anymore, and instead sit on a lowbed trailer for parades. “Marching and playing an instrument is not easy. Especially a trumpet where the mouthpiece is small. You step in a rut or something and the mouthpiece slips and almost takes your nose off,” Richmond said. “It also gets a little rough when they put you behind the horses and you’re trying not to step in anything.”
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Speaking up & economic development I feel strongly that councillors do have a lot of individual ability to express opinions. It may not always be wise or productive but, often, it can be. And it’s one of the foundations of strong grassroots democracy. I don’t write this column as an official representative of the view from city hall but as an individual councillor. Another interesting debate in many communities revolves around the best ways city councils can promote economic development. Some communities have an economic development department or staff person within city hall. Some communities share an economic development office with regional neighbours. Kamloops has, in the past, had both these setups. Currently, we have an independent economic development organization called Venture Kamloops. City hall provides about $600,000 a year to Venture Kamloops. Led by board chair Margot Middleton and executive director Jim Anderson, Venture Kamloops provides a whole array of advisory services to existing businesses in the community, as well as to people looking to open businesses in Kamloops. Lots more information on the work done here on behalf of the community is available at www. venturekamloops.com. City council has also invested money in promoting tourism, specifically sports tourism in Kamloops. We provide $250,000 to Tourism Kamloops, which is combined
with more than a million dollars in hotel tax proceeds to create a pretty amazing tourism promotion effort — www.tourismkamloops. com. We also set aside $200,000 a year for bids for large sporting events like the World Womens’ Hockey Championships, the Brier and the B.C. Lions training camp. I have had the good fortune to serve on the Tourism Kamloops board in my last term on council and I serve on the Venture Kamloops board this term. Tourism has had year over year growth for many years. We have access to hard statistics. It’s often tougher to gauge the efforts in economic development agencies like Venture Kamloops. Businesses that access services are less willing, for competitive reasons, to share information about the impact of Venture Kamloops assistance. Executive Director Jim Anderson has, over the past couple of years, led an effort to try to sharpen Venture Kamloops’ metrics. I am hopeful this will bear fruit. City hall does support many different endeavours in the community. We have relatively robust funding programs for non-profit arts organizations and social agencies, for example. We try to stay away from core funding of some groups/activities that traditionally are funded by other levels of government. The important goals of economic development are to help efforts to create jobs, support entrepreneurs and to maintain a healthy tax base to fund the services city hall manages on behalf of us all.
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Issues don’t take holidays Your Voice in Ottawa Cathy McLeod, MP As an opposition Member of Parliament it is my job to hold the government to account and assess its progress on your behalf. This past summer a number of issues of significant concern have come to the forefront, which I believe everyone should be monitoring. We learned last month from Statistics Canada that we are now reporting the largest month-overmonth job loss in five years with approximately 110,000 full time jobs disappearing. Further, our trade deficit with the
pay the money back and world swelled to a record this will result in raising level of $3.6 billion in June. I have been eager to taxes on Canada’s middle see the government’s plan class. I look forward to seeing the Finance to grow the Canadian Minister’s Fall Economic economy; unfortunately all we have seen is raising Statement, to date he has failed to admit that the taxes on job creating Canadian economy has businesses which makes contracted significantly it harder for the private with reports last spring sector to create full-time of the country’s worst jobs. Further, they have one-month performance confirmed that they plan since the depths of the to introduce a Canada Pension Plan tax hike that Great Recession seven will cost a family with two years ago. Not a week went by this working parents as much summer without another as $2,200 annually. We report of a terrorism have also watched them incident somewhere in slash the amount that the world. We are not Canadians can save taxfree, all while breaking its immune to this threat in Canada as a terror attack promise to reduce taxes was recently thwarted for small business. As in Strathroy, Ontario. they continue to borrow Thanks to the efforts billions of dollars to pay of our law enforcement for its out-of control spending, there See "Thanks to law officers" page 21 is no plan to
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activities, or for activities offered by community centres located in or near schools. Also, many playgrounds or other recreational facilities are used by students during weekends and summer daylight hours and the “dawn to dusk” reduced speed zone is in effect 365 days a year in those zones Fines for exceeding the speed limit in posted school zones range from $196 to $483 and a charge of travelling even one kilometre over the speed limit comes with three driver penalty points. As of May 2016 the fine doubled for passing a school bus with its red lights flashing. It is now $368 and three driver penalty points. A second offence will also lead to a “Driver Risk Insurance Premium” of $300. After a third offence, the increase to insurance premiums amounts to $640, plus the fine. Some points to remember for back to school safety: · Watch for school safety patrollers and stop as directed. · Watch for children between parked
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was an early faculty member in the School of Nursing at Cariboo College. They were married for 40 years. Simpson and his late wife enjoyed years of being season ticket holders for Western Canada Theatre and
billeting members of the symphony at least once a month. Now Simpson enjoys biking, weight lifting and golf in his spare time. He also spends time with his two children — a son and a daughter. Simpson served the community at various full
service general practices before retiring at 66, including the now closed Irving Clinic. He will continue to utilize his education and years of practice while sitting on the board at Oncore.
Mrs. Porter A new bride was a little bit embarrased on her honeymoon and didn't want the hotel to make a fuss over the newlyweds, so on the way into the hotel she said "Honey can we not tell them we are on honeymoon, in fact, can we make it appear we've been married a long time?" He replied "Sure you carry the suitcases up!"
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A cliché is a cliché is a cliché The Insight Story Wendy Weseen
Anyone worth his or her salt knows a good writer doesn’t use clichés. Books on howto write and editors tell you, “Whatever you do, find another way to say something. Never, never use a cliché.” Asking me not to use them is like cutting away half my speech (which might not be so bad) but they might as well tie me up and gag me. I was raised on clichés and aphorisms with a goodly number of
superstitious chants thrown in for good measure. When things went belly up at our house, my mother’s axioms were there to glue things together. But I’m a verbal klutz and despite the fact that my childhood was riddled with them, rolling stones ended up in ball parks, cookies were put into someone else’s court, and I never knew for sure whether frailty or vanity defined a woman. Us four kids would be squashed in the backseat of our ancient car, a 1948 grey Dodge if I remember right, with Mac the dog whacking his tail against our feet, taunting each other with ‘she’s looking at me,’ picking our noses, sucking candy-coated liquorice, one tiny bullet at a time to see who could make it last the
longest, getting our feet in each other’s way, and repeating each other’s sentences and phrases until the verbal chaos was like a murder of monkeys stealing cameras from tourists on the Rock of Gibraltar. Mom broke in, “Hey look!” she said and pointed to a flock of crows rising from the ditch as she recited, “One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a letter, four for a boy, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told.” This would stop us cold. These birds, black and foreboding, embodied my future by their very number and I was spellbound. No wonder chants, clichés and aphorisms still mess up my life. This summer I noticed aphorisms and
inspirational sayings crossing my Facebook page like cloud shadows crossing a prairie field. Sometimes I must admit the saying seems dead on for something I’m currently tussling with in my life but other times I just say, “That’s all very well but what about…?” But it feels comforting to have a pat answer to my problem: a ready-atmouth view of life that contains predictable promises and answers to what to do instead of the messy complexity of my real life. And clichés and conventional sayings pepper our speech and make us sound informed, colourful and interesting. And we all know the cliché about the cliché: there is some truth in them; that’s why they persist. Or is it the other way around?
Saving is not investing Financial Focus Submitted by Lili Seery of Edward Jones
It’s a good thing to have some savings. When you put the money in a low-risk account, you can be pretty sure it will be readily available when you need it. Nonetheless, “saving” is not “investing” — and knowing the difference could pay off for you far into the future. Think about it this way: Saving is for today, while investing is for tomorrow. You need your savings to pay for your daily expenses, such as groceries, and your monthly bills — mortgage, utilities, and so on. In fact, you might even want your savings to include an emergency fund containing six to 12 months’ worth of living expenses to pay for unexpected costs, such as a new furnace or a major car repair. These are all “here and now” expenses — and you could use your
savings to pay for them. But in thinking of your long-term goals, such as post-secondary education for your children and a comfortable retirement for yourself, most individuals typically can’t simply rely on their savings — they’ll need to invest. Why? Because, quite simply, investments can grow — and you will need this growth potential to help achieve your objectives. To illustrate the difference between saving and investing, let’s do a quick comparison. Suppose you put $550 per month into a savings account that paid hypothetical 2 per cent interest. After 35 years, you would have accumulated about $330,000. Now, suppose you put that same $550 per month in a diversified investment portfolio that hypothetically earned an average of 6 per cent a year. At the end of 35 years, you would end up with about $785,000. (These hypothetical
examples are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the performance of a specific investment. They also do not include any transaction costs or fees.) This enormous disparity between the amounts accumulated in the two examples clearly shows the potential difference between “saving” and “investing.” Still, you might be thinking that investing is risky, while savings accounts carry much less risk. And it is certainly true that investing does involve risks — investments can lose value, and there’s no guarantee that losses will be recovered. Nonetheless, if you put all your money in savings, you may actually incur an even bigger risk — the risk of not achieving your financial goals. In fact, a low-rate savings account might not even keep up with inflation, which means that, over time, you will lose purchasing power.
Ultimately, the question isn’t whether you should save or invest — you need to do both. But you do need to decide how much of your financial resources to devote toward savings and how much toward investments. By paying close attention to your cash flow, you should be able to get a good idea of the best savings and investment mix for your particular situation. For example, if you find yourself constantly dipping into your longterm investments to pay for short-term needs, you probably don’t have enough money in savings. On the other hand, if you consistently find yourself with large sums in your savings account even after you’ve paid all your bills, you might be “sitting” on too much cash — which means you should consider moving some of this money into investments with growth potential. Saving and investing — that’s a winning combination. Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Member – Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.
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As a pharmacist, I have noticed a steady increase in the number of antidepressants and sleeping medications Adam Sawula, being prescribed. Upon pharmacist discussions with many of these clients, I find they are in a care giving role that has been ongoing for some time. These people frequently have a family, a full time job, or their own health issues and are also looking after a relative with a chronic severe illness. These people frequently get so busy with what they are doing for everyone else that they forget about themselves. They work all day and care give and support all night and frequently get almost no time for themselves. Unfortunately as chronic stress progresses, a vicious spiral will typically ensue leading to burnout or an increased risk of other health conditions (insomnia, depression/ anxiety, decreased immune function, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc). These once energetic, caring, wonderful individuals are now, tired, upset, and unable to cope with the demands of life, but they keep pushing and refuse to slow down, ask for help, or take time for themselves. As a result of this, the caregiver and everyone around them may suffer. It is a sad but true tale for many people today. As someone who sees this as a common occurrence, I would like to remind caregivers that it is absolutely critical to consider your health and stress levels as a priority. If you do not look after your own health today, you will not have your health tomorrow.
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class through a series of fun exercises that are suited to seniors in a very safe environment with chairs available to those that have balance or mobility issues. Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese form of exercise that increases health, wellbeing, vitality and longevity. Classes are now available on Mondays at 10 a.m. in the Dogwood Room starting on Sept. 12. Please call the centre at 250-376-4777 for more information. These classes are facilitated through The Canadian Tai Chi Academy. The website is www. canadiantaichiacademy. org. Looking ahead to the end of the month, our Antique & Collectibles Sale takes place on Friday, Sept. 30 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mark this on your calendar! There are new vendors with everything from fun collectibles to vintage treasures. Admission is only $3 and children under 12 are free. We hope to see you there. Cheers!
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Desert Gardens Ladies’ Auxiliary Time is sure going fast; it’s already the end of August and the kids will be back in school. We will be open again on Mondays in September. Crib and euchre are under new management, so come on down and play cards with them. We have some different things in the shop right now. Don’t forget we are having an indoor garage sale Nov. 19. We
will have tables for rent for $15 per table. If you would like to book one come to the gift shop and put your name down. We are taking donations as well, so go through your house and see what you don’t want anymore. You can leave it at the gift shop. Our hours are Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hope to see you in the shop or for coffee.
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at the marshaling area at the back of the Poirier Arena. Entertainment includes Dynamic Aerial & Acrobatics with their trio contortion act, and Fat Jazz, with tunes ranging from swing, to Latin grooves, to funk and rock. Since our regular September meeting falls too close to the Games this year, our next, and
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Despite the later than usual date for the 55+ B.C. Games, Sept. 2024, and the third year the Games have been held beyond Hope, participants and nonparticipants are looking forward to putting Zone 8 in the spotlight. Schedules for all sports will be posted on the Coquitlam Host Society website about one week prior to the start of the Games.
Accreditation, which is compulsory for all participants and nonparticipants, takes place at the Poirier Forum, 618 Poirier St., 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 20 and Wednesday, Sept. 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you have entered an event on Wednesday, you must pick up your accreditation package Tuesday; if starting your event on Thursday, package must be picked up by Wednesday. Even if you decide not to compete in your
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Doctors must wean patients off opiates, sedatives and stimulants
Missagh Manshadi, B.Sc, Pharm Pharmacist/Owner
better quality of life than before. I know this can be an extremely difficult undertaking and scary for many people. However, be open to change and see if that can work for you. There are many other forms of therapy that do not include opiates. I have seen people with chronic pain and fibromyalgia use treatments such as a TENS machine, compounded ointments and creams, physiotherapy and chiropractic manipulation, marijuana capsules, acupuncture, vitamins and herbs, physical activity, yoga, meditation and prayer, mindfulness, counselling and visiting a chronic pain clinic. These treatments must be customized to each individual patient. Please talk to your doctor and pharmacist regarding these treatments and be open to new possibilities.
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 the 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. It is no accident that Mother Nature provides a bountiful harvest every fall. Autumn is the ideal season for your body to be supported with a detox diet — after indulging in summertime snack foods and before needing winter comfort foods. 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, grapes, and berries. Some of the more helpful herbs are: Yarrow, yellow dock, chamomile, peppermint, milk thistle, burdock, yucca root, Siberian ginseng, chicory, cilantro
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 noton this list? Big Macs, corn dogs, pasteurized dairy products, diet sodas, bagels, pastas, breads and cereals, lowfat and fat-free snacks, “healthy heart” products, synthetic supplements, etc. You get the idea. These processed products erroneously described by some as “foods” are made with human ingenuity which alas, cannot hope to meet the standards that nature has set for us. Cathy Lidster, Health Educator/Energy Nutrition & Allergy Practitioner, offers free seminars monthly. To book a seminar seat or for more information on safe and effective detox please visit www. cathylidster.com, phone 250-314-4106 or email cathylidster@gmail.com.
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For the first time in Canada, B.C. is spearheading a bold action and our 12,000 physicians are legally responsible by the mandatory prescribing standards put forward by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in regard to opiates, sedatives and stimulants. There is a certain population of patients that are in palliative or end-of-life care that these guidelines do not apply, and this population of patients requires our utmost attention and empathy to relieve them from symptoms such as pain.
prescribing practices and standards and not to write these drugs out of habit or pressure by patients. We should remember doctors could prescribe these drugs for shortterm therapy for acute conditions and, under some circumstances, can prescribe them on long-term bases — they must carefully document their rational in the patient records. In our pharmacies we see many people slowly coming off opiates and sedatives as result of this guideline. Physician and pharmacists are working together to reduce anxiety and withdrawal symptoms as result of the reduction in prescribing these drugs and closely working with patients to slowly come off them. Change is always painful and no one likes it except a baby with a wet diaper, however it can sometimes help us to seek other choices and can provide us with
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These new strict guidelines dictate that physicians must take careful patient history and refrain from automatic renewal and avoid giving large quantity of these drugs. There are several reasons that the College of Physicians and the Ministry of Health have taken such a bold actions. First and foremost is the high number of people that are dying. We had 400 deaths in the first half of 2016 as result of illicit drugs overdoses, which is greater than 300 per year average caused by motor vehicle accidents in B.C. Another reason is through research; a recent meta analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that chronic pain is only slightly reduced when given opiates, and the author concludes that being active is the best therapy. Also physicians themselves want to adhere to best
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The following is part of a series of informational articles aimed at increasing public awareness about the services provided by the Kamloops Victim Services Unit. The Unit offers a variety of information and services, at no cost, to any victim or witness of crime or trauma. All Unit members have received specialized, comprehensive training in victims’ issues, the criminal justice system and crisis intervention techniques. The Unit is located at the main Police Detachment at 560 Battle St. Victim Services operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week and may be accessed by calling 250-828-3223. A criminal record can limit the ability to work and travel. Eligible individuals can apply to the Parole Board of Canada for a record suspension, formerly known as a pardon. A record suspension allows individuals with a criminal record to have it set aside, therefore
enabling access to employment, educational opportunities and travel. A record suspension does not erase a criminal conviction, hide the criminal conviction from a vulnerable sector check or guarantee entry to another country. To be eligible to apply for a record suspension, a person must have been convicted of a federal offence as an adult, and have completed the sentence, meaning all fines, surcharges, restitution, jail time, and probation orders have been carried out. Additionally, there is a five-year waiting period post sentence for a summary conviction offence, and a 10-year waiting period post sentence for an indictable offence. Persons are not eligible for a record suspension if the offences involved children, or there have been more than three indictable offence convictions resulting in incarceration for more than two years. Individuals can obtain
an application form from the Parole Board of Canada website, or your local RCMP Detachment. The cost to process an application is $631, plus additional fees for fingerprints, copies of your criminal record, court documents and local police record checks. There are many third party service providers that can assist you to apply for a record suspension, however this will not accelerate your application or guarantee a successful outcome. A record suspension can be revoked by the National Parole Board if you are convicted of a new offence, found to no longer be of good conduct, or have been found to have provided false or misleading information For more information on obtaining a record suspension, check out the National Parole Board website at www.recordsuspension. gc.ca or call the NPB at 1-800-874-2652.
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September 2016
Never too late to date
What is it like to be in your later years of life and yet still long for romantic love? Want to be held once again in someone’s arms and enjoy companionship and affection? UBC Okanagan professor Mary Ann Murphy has teamed up with Interior Savings Credit Union to research and organize local screenings of the New York film documentary, The Age of Love. Director Steven Loring, inspired by family circumstances including the loneliness of his widowed father and the new romance of a 78-year-old uncle, obtained permission to film a speed-dating event for participants 70-90 and then followed their experiences. The result became a documentary, The Age of Love, a poignant look at the ultimate desires of older adults. “What first attracted me to the film was that the subject dealt with an aspect of love and romance popularly considered the exclusive domain of younger persons,” said Murphy. “The average internet dater is only 33, and my initial instinct was that Loring had broken new territory in examining speed dating for seniors ages 70-90.”
“Ageist attitudes, powerful social norms, and our own stereotypes limit common thinking about love and romance to generally include the young and middle-aged. I knew Loring’s film addressed an unchartered aspect of ageism that was both innovative and novel,” added Murphy. She reached out to Interior Savings, as she knew the Credit Union was also working to change the stigma our society places on aging. In partnership with Loring and Interior Savings, Murphy developed a
research proposal — the only formal, ethics board-approved work undertaken on this film — and organized bringing the documentary and the director to various Okanagan venues this spring and now to the Kamloops community this September. According to Kathy Conway, CEO of Interior Savings, and presenting sponsor of the screenings, “We recognize ageism as an issue in our society and we have made a commitment to help change that. We’re welcoming the public to enjoy a free screening
of this award-winning film and afterwards, to support Dr. Murphy’s research by sharing their opinions about age, aging, ageism and love and romance for people of all ages.” In August, Interior Savings reached a major milestone towards that commitment when it received certification for becoming an Age Friendly Business. That means over 75 per cent of its employees received training on how to serve and support an aging population with care, consideration and understanding. Kamloops residents of all ages are invited to attend a free film screening on Sept. 21 at the Landmark Cinema (downtown) or Sept. 22 at the Centre for Seniors Information. Director Steven Loring may be connecting through Skype to talk about his inspiration and the making of the film. Following the 78-minute documentary, audience members 19+ will be invited to voluntarily join smaller focus groups to discuss the film. “We are pleased to have Centre for Seniors Information Kamloops and Oncore Seniors Society work with us to promote this event,” noted Murphy.
Get organized for ‘back to the grind’ With August behind us the vacations are wrapping up and it’s time to start putting the nose to grindstone again. It’s now time to get the kids back to school and get everyone back on the old routines. Everyone loves time off from routines but it’s tough getting back onto those routines. It is best to get started early! For the little ones, it’s best to start these routines a few weeks prior to the start of school so they get used to waking up early. Getting plenty of rest will help them deal with the new stresses of new classes, new teachers and perhaps new environments. Going to bed earlier to get onto a new routine is good for anyone, as the more
rest we get the better our minds and bodies work. Now to start the routine…First, try to do as much as you can in the evening to prepare for the morning. Making lunches in the evening can be a fun time for families and everyone is more likely to have a healthier lunch as you’ve had time to prepare it rather than rushing to get out the door. Picking out what clothes are going to wore the next day is another task to do in the evening to make sure your ready for the upcoming day and that everything you need is clean and ready. In the morning it’s now time to do the most important thing you can do to ensure the best start to any day and
that’s to have a healthy breakfast which needs to include protein to feed the muscles. I’ve heard from people that say they can’t eat in the morning but that’s just a habit the body got used too and that can be changed. I like to think of our bodies like a vehicle because when you jump in your vehicle the first thing you do before going on a trip is to fuel up to make sure you’ll make it where your going and it’s the same for our bodies. After work or school it’s time to clear the mind by doing the to do list that we all have and that can be chores, homework, setting appointments or just making a call to touch base with an old friend. It’s best to get the
to do list done for day done before play which is good lesson for children and adults because it clears the mind of all the nagging your mind goes through when you have things that need doing and allows a person to truly relax. Shawn Ferguson is a Professional Organizer in Kamloops, B.C. He specializes in Senior Transition, Downsizing, Estate Liquidation as well as Hoarding and Chronic Disorganization. You can visit our website at www. everythingorganized.net. Do you have a topic that you would like Shawn to write about? Please email him at Shawn@ everythingorganized.net.
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Book Review By Marilyn Brown
Homegrown: Celebrating the Canadian Foods We Grow, Raise and Produce By Mairlyn Smith, PHEc With Recipes from the Ontario Home Economics Association Whitecap Books 2015, 407 pages Available in book stores and through the TNRD library system
The end of summer and beginning of autumn is an ideal time to appreciate the fresh, nutritious, and tasty bounty of the seasons. Homegrown: Celebrating the Canadian Foods We Grow, Raise, and Produce provides over 150 recipes utilizing topquality Canadian ingredients combined with panache. The idea is to eat what is in season whenever possible, to know the source, and to eat well. Those who choose to eat wisely, particularly individuals who may be living with challenges such as diabetes, will benefit from the precise and up-to-date information offered here. Each recipe has relevant nutritional data, including not just the calorie count, fat, vitamins and minerals, but also fibre, added sugars, and carb choices.
Smith even inserts gentle reminders that some of the treats such as apple fruitcake with whisky glaze are calorie dense, to be enjoyed only once in a while. The book is well organized and beautifully presented, with gorgeous full-colour photos, printed on high quality paper. I found the font size a smidge too small, particularly with the lists of ingredients, which are also on a beige background, further
making the items a little more difficult to read. Nevertheless, the recipes I followed resulted in exceptionally scrumptious fare. Mairlyn Smith is a celebrity cook, with six successful cookbooks to her credit. With the help of other professional home economists she offers a variety of new approaches to Canadian ingredients, along with helpful hints and sciencebased information that makes the book practical and fun to read, whether you are a novice in the kitchen, preparing the perfect hard-cooked egg, or an experienced chef, interested in French-inspired veggie shepherd’s pie, or Tandoori crusted cod. The author’s style is informal and light. (She has also performed with the Second City Comedy Troupe, and is a frequent guest on TV.) Her note to readers ends with “Peace, love and fibre.”
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By Rita Joan Dozlaw Remarkable life experiences leave strong memories; some revealed in diaries or journals, others are simply tucked away in the mind to pull out at random. An atypical season in Joan’s life offered up the very best memories because she could literally touch them. What does “literally touching one’s memories” mean, exactly? The answer begins with the fact that reflections on the past are notably richer when they involve an old or growing friendship. After travelling separate paths for years, Joan, and Mae Grace, reconnected and struck up a mutual passion; albeit, a subconscious one — to make new memories. The kindred spirits shared stories, pods of watercolours, homemade ice cream and strolls along the river shore. Their like-mindedness also gravitated towards the harmony of their favourite tenors. Amazingly, in a stream of eastern daybreak behind a burgundy curtain, a muse hung around encouraging their ideas and talents to bounce off each other like rubber balls against a wall…in this case, Joan’s studio wall. Mae’s familiarity with every nook and cranny opened the door for her imagination to browse among the graphic details. No others in their circles of friends was privileged to meander, or be privy to, the corners which left both Joan and Mae soaring with inspiration. Working and chatting in the untallied hours of their visits allowed their crazy antics and creative juices to mingle into a delightful cocktail of memories which only true friends ever make. Hours dissolved fleetly like gusts of flurries over a campfire. One evening, realizing how late it was, Joan opened up the daybed for Mae to stay the night. Joan loves
the memory of romping childlike across the courtyard to the chalet and taking the stairs, two at a time to the window in the loft. She’d seen one of the starriest nights of her life while her friend lay dreaming. At first light, with cocoa and a couple of granny shawls, she shuffled back to her studio and got a cozy flame going in the fire pit. Her teeth chattered as she waited on the porch for Mae to stir from slumber. She remembers that, like a couple of kids who’d snuck out in their pyjamas, she and Mae yawned and shivered as their breaths appeared over their mugs of chocolate like the mist floating over the bubbly South Thompson River. With no effort, the chums fabricated memories to remember forever. Mae, a Kamloops Miniature Club member, also fabricated doll houses and furnished them with minute handmade Victorian décor. That spring, the club’s historical spectacle of miniatures appeared as a special presentation in the Kamloops Heritage Museum. To view the awesome made-to-scale displays themed, “Life in Miniature”, Joan wore spectacles on her nose and maneuvered a magnifying glass as she sauntered the isles. Peering over Plexiglas encasements to an extra-
charming structure, a sense that she had been there before swept over her, and the recognition of a very familiar room caused her mouth to fall open. Bending over, she looked closely at a quaint shingle hanging from a soffit of the unique art form. The cursive calligraphy, carved into the grainy wonky slab of wood shaped like an artist’s palette, confirmed the truth. It read, “Palette Studio” and, scripted on a folded card beside the display, her friend Mae’s name appeared in full! “That’s my studio!” Joan stammered, to a stranger, in spite of a lump clogging her throat. “My friend made this one. Isn’t it incredible!” The grinning curator, who noticed she almost lost her balance, slid a chair over for her to collapse on. She sank into it and pressed her forehead against the glass, fogging it with an uncontrollable breathlessness. The uncanny resemblance of her hallowed space enthralled her. Not only had the authenticity been captured, by its creative artist, but an aura of where the friends bonded, could be felt. Weakened by emotions, and unable to finish the tour, she got to her car and leaned limply over the steering wheel to privately and freely allow her tears of joy to be released. In the weeks
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to follow, she revisited Palette Studio in the museum; the last time she went, it was gone. On her April birthday, Mae gifted her with the quaint interpretation. Up closer than before, Joan took special note of the tiny wooden desk complete with pull-out drawers! On the desktop and bookcase, her writings were displayed! She sighed deeply at the sight of the fine, minutelycrafted reproductions of her personal poetry booklets. Among the collectibles, a flawless bride doll in a replica of Joan’s 40-yearold wedding gown packed punch to her memory bank. Mae had included the symbolic figure because a highlight of the buddies’ history had been Mae’s secrets: to find and surprise Joan with the return of her borrowed/ long-lost wedding gown… but, that’s another story! Some time later, Joan sorrowfully bid farewell to her country place but happily relocated near her friend’s neighbourhood. As the moving van pulled away, with extreme care she unpacked Palette Studio, reached inside and, in her mind’s eye, entered the shrine of a world she once knew. Thanks to the enduring friendship with Mae, Joan re-connected to her infinite memories, literally, as her fingertips grasped the top-drawer knob of the wee cabinet
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and drew out the tiniest envelope and valentine card ever made — one of the many touchable reminders. Epilogue: It’s been almost two decades since receiving Mae’s “labour of love.” Still feeling the
love, I journey into the indelible memories and appreciate more than ever, if that is possible, Mae’s thoughtfulness and the sentimental depiction of a season of our lives in the early 2000s.
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Home Maintenance Tips Lyle Killough, Homewell Services Co. Rats and mice and skunks and squirrels and bats. These are all animals that will occasionally decide to move in with us, and this is never good for us, our homes or for the animals. As we approach the end of summer, many of these animals are looking for a good winter home, and really they just want the same things in a home that we do — a safe and warm shelter with food and water. Mice are probably the best at finding a way into a house because of their small size. A hole the size of a dime is often quoted as the minimum front door for a mouse, and a juvenile rat is supposed to fit through a hole the size of a quarter. These are pretty small holes;
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This month, let’s talk about something a little bit different — flooring for your walls. Yes, you heard that right! Feature walls have long been used as a way to add some style in your home and help certain features of a room really stand out. Often, this is accomplished with a different or bolder paint colour and lighting scheme. One recent trend that you may have already seen in homes or magazines is using old wood boards on a wall to create a very unique feature wall and give your
a loose piece of siding leading to a small gap in the sheathing can easily allow a mouse into the insulation inside of the wall. Mice and rats love to tunnel through insulation. An entrance like this would be hard to spot, so start with the easy ones. Check for gaps around doors and windows. Look for big cracks in the foundation, and make sure that the holes that have been cut through the exterior walls for the gas, electricity, cable, air conditioning and vents have been properly sealed. Even cracks too small for a mouse will still let bugs and cold air in. Caulking and weatherstripping will benefit you. Bigger openings still need sealing too. A spray can of expanding foam insulation, which contains a bitter-tasting additive that rodents dislike will seal larger openings. This is even more effective if the hole is packed with steel, wool or steel mesh before the foam is used.
Read and follow the instructions on the can carefully as it is easy to create a huge mess with spray foam! Look up, too, because it isn’t just the squirrels that climb. All rats are excellent climbers, and of the two introduced rat species likely to be a problem, one of them is actually tree dwelling in their natural habitat. They find attics very acceptable too. Tree branches overhanging roofs and bushes and vines growing up buildings just make the climb easier, so think about controlling vegetation close to the house. Watch for gnawed holes around roofs and in the soffits under the eaves. If you have a hole in the soffit that needs plugging, use wire mesh or a metal grille so that you don’t interfere with proper attic ventilation. A thorough inspection of the exterior of your home and perhaps a bit of sealing and caulking could go a long way toward keeping unwanted guests out of your home this fall.
Flooring, not just for floors home a very rustic feel. Flooring on your wall has just opened a door of options. Tile has long been used for backsplashes and showers, but now, other types of flooring can be used and they look great! Your options now include: laminate, cork, leather and ledgestone. That rustic look we talked about earlier can now be achieved with laminate specifically designed for your wall. These boards come in a variety of different colours and styles, which can create the rustic look without you needing to have skill with a saw! Similarly, cork, leather and ledgestone make for great feature wall looks. Have a yoga or workout
room? A cork feature wall could give that room a calming and earthy feel that is perfect for your ideal zen atmosphere. Have a home office or formal dining room? A feature wall of either leather or ledgestone would work to accent the room with an elegant air. Flooring on your wall is something you don’t hear about every day. Just know there are plenty of options out there to complement your style. From classic to unconventional, the choice is yours! Whatever option you choose will elevate your home’s style and puts a fun spin on what was once a classic wall. As always if you have any questions don’t hesitate to call or drop by.
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Arbor Lodge is a 22 unit independent living retirement home, with reasonable rates & personal service.
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Call Christina for more information and to come for a tour.
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331 8th St. SE, Salmon Arm, BC • 250.833.3583 • arborlodge.ca OFFICE HOURS MON, WED & FRI 10-2 PLEASE LEAVE A PHONE MESSAGE SUMMER HOURS KITCHEN CLOSED WEDNESDAY
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320A Second Ave. NE
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Table Tennis 8:30 am Keep Fit 10:45 am Crib 1:30 pm Social Bridge 7 pm
Potluck Dinner 5:30 - 7:30 pm
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KITCHEN & OFFICE OPEN REGULAR HOURS SEPTEMBER 6TH Table Tennis 8:30 am Canasta 10 am Chess 6:00pm
Spiritualist Church 7 pm - 9 pm
Doors open 4 pm Walk-ins 6 pm Regular Games 7 pm
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A comfortable, clean community
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Email-christieklane@gmail.com | www.facebook.com/happytohelp84
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Seniors’ Resource Centre - Salmon Arm
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A variety of support services at affordable rates. Visit our Facebook page for more info!
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Drop in Pool 10 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday
Bingo: ................................................................................................Wendy 250-253-3516 Hall Rental:.............................................................................................Dave 250-833-0902 Seniors Outreach: ...................................................................Sheila or Dave 250-833-4136 Better at Home: ................................................................................ Wysteria 250-253-2749 Computer Class: ...................................................................................Darcy 250-463-4555 Tuesday Art Group: ................................................................................Ross 250-832-3579 Spiritualist Church: ..............................................................................Norm 250-832-0442 Mount Ida Painters: ................................................................................... Al 250-832-5149
Drake Smith, mSW President
Happy To Help Community Outreach and Support
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Box 1552 — 31 Hudson Ave. NE Salmon Arm, V1E 4P6 250-832-3015
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Little Fort Community Centre SUNDAY
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Recipes of the Month
PO Box 140
Little Fort, BC V0E 2C0
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4431 Barriere Town Road
For those Back to School day lunches
Box 791 Barriere V0E 1E0
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Clearwater Seniors’ Activities
Evergreen Acres (unless otherwise noted)
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Yummy snacks
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Reprinted with permission and in loving memory from Eleanore Moore’s cookbook “Family Favourites, Past & Present”
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1/2 cup oil 1 1/4 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa 2 cups grated unpeeled zucchini 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups flour 1 tsp salt 1 1/2 tsp soda 1 cup chopped nuts Beat sugar and oil together. Stir in zucchini and vanilla. Add flour, salt, soda and cocoa. Stir in chopped nuts. Add a little water if the batter seems too dry (depends on how much juice is in the zucchini). DO NOT ADD ANY EGGS. Pour into a 9 x 13 prepared pan (lightly greased). Bake 18–20 minutes at 350F or until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool and ice with your favourite chocolate frosting. If desired sprinkle with chopped nuts. This recipe is one my mother and grandmother used to make.
3” apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Press balls down with a fork. Bake at 350°F for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: About 4-5 dozen
Crunchy Cookies 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup brown sugar 1 egg slightly beaten 1 1/4 cups oatmeal 1/2 cup cornflakes 1 1/2 cups flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp soda 1 tsp vanilla 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 cup coconut In a mixing bowl, cream together margarine and sugar. Beat in egg, and vanilla. Crush cornflakes and add with oatmeal. Add dry ingredients. Batter will be stiff. Shape dough into balls and place on lightly greased cookie sheet. Press balls down with a fork. Bake at 350F (180C) for 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Yield: Approximately 3-4 dozen cookies
Peanut Butter Cookies Unbaked Cookies “Dog Biscuits” 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 cup shortening (half shortening, half margarine) 2 eggs 1 cup peanut butter, scant 2 cups flour 1 tsp soda Pinch of salt
In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening/ margarine, sugars, eggs and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Add flour, soda and salt. Shape dough into balls and roll in sugar. Place balls about
First boil together for five minutes and no longer: 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup milk 1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 tsp vanilla Then add: 3 cups rolled oats 1/2 cup cocoa 1 cup coconut Cook two minutes longer. Drop onto wax paper and let cool.
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Ask Drake Drake Smith, Funeral Director In many ways I can relate to Murray. Although many people see value in funerals and memorial services, others don’t. Funeral homes like them, of course. Among other things, they help produce a healthy bottom line. And the media seems to love to run sensational stories about “way out” funerals as if that’s the trend. For example, I remember seeing a photo in the newspaper of a poor fellow who was embalmed, dressed in his favourite motorcycle outfit and propped carefully aboard his beloved Honda Gold Wing for all to see! That photo even gave me the creeps! Fortunately, 99.9 per cent of the people we serve in the Kamloops area want something more modest and basic, not to mention less expensive.
Murray didn’t want a fancy funeral. Can we do it ourselves? Almost 90 per cent of British Columbians opt for cremation these days. Most of them choose “no service by request.” It’s become the norm, although it’s not completely new; for decades, a small number of people have chosen “no service.” This drives some funeral homes crazy because it reduces revenue (e.g. few caskets sold), and there’s a lot of unused and expensive overhead (e.g. $75,000 hearses gathering dust). But like it or not, more and more consumers are speaking loud and clear: “We’ll take cremation with no service, please.” So, Murray’s going to be cremated. But then the family proclaims: “We’re going to have a little party in the back yard anyway — a Celebration of Life — whether Murray likes it or not!” What could possibly go wrong? Funeral directors are good at organizing Celebrations of Life, and in many cases our expertise might be money well spent. I’ve seen some
(not all) do-it-yourself Celebrations go drastically haywire. But the homemade celebration shows no sign of slowing down. Because of this, I recently wrote a booklet called, “Drake’s Guide to the Last Goodbye...How to Hold a Celebration of Life.” It’s only eight pages long but it’s full of helpful tips I’ve gathered from “do-it-yourselfers” over the years. Your free copy is only a phone call away (250-377-8225). You can drop by to pick one up, or you can download it from my website. Drake Smith, MSW, is the Owner and Funeral Director of Drake Cremation & Funeral Services. www. DrakeCremation.com. Locations in downtown Kamloops (250-3778225), Clearwater (250-674-3030) and Barriere (250-6721999), serving since 2005. He’s waiting for YOUR question! Catch him on the Rivers Trail with his beagle Maggie. Or email: Drake@ DrakeCremation.com
September 2016
Logan Lake Seniors 50+
Drop-in Centre 80 – 150 Opal Village Centre Mall
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Donna Schwieger 250-373-2334
Exercise 8:30 am
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Hall 11:00 am Bingo 1 pm
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1675 Tutill Court • Phyllis Riley, President THURSDAY
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Open 9 am - 3 pm Bingo 1 - 3 pm
THE MERRITT SENIORS ASSOC. and O.A.P.O. Br. #168
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September ignites competitive spirit for Zone 8 Thanks to law officers
Continued from page 10 If you cannot make this meeting, the cheque will be given to your area rep or sport rep. But we would like to see you, as well as supporters and anyone interested in next year’s Games in Vernon. Participants, if you won medals, wear them with pride! The Annual General Meeting will wrap up this year’s business, and elect a President, Registrar, and Director for two-year terms. If you have a nomination for any of these positions, please contact Phil Maher at 250-371-1860 or
supra88@shaw.ca. Please contact Linda Haas at 250-679-3557 or lindahaas@ xplornet.com with your nomination of a Zone 8 senior for the Joe Ziebart award, to be presented at the Annual General Meeting. This award, honouring Joe Ziebart who on his retirement became an advocate for seniors, recognizes people aged 55+ for their efforts in Zone 8 and promotion of the 55+ BC Games. Following the AGM, there will be a fundraising lunch buffet noon at the Lotus Inn Restaurant,
Royal Canadian Legion Br. #52
Office Hours: 1 pm to - 4 pm Monday - Friday
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Office/Pager: 250-374-3331 Toll Free: 1-877-374-3331
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8 Stitchers Club 10 am Bridge 1 pm Whist 1 pm
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Sunday Night Dance 7:30 - 11 pm $10 at the door Vern’s Music
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9A - 1800 Tranquille Road
Brock Activity Centre SUNDAY
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For Real Estate Results in Kamloops, call
Office: 250-374-1742
Bar Open 12pm-11:30pm Dance Strange Brew $10pp
Thanks to the efforts of our law enforcement and intelligence officers, they are working around the clock to keep us safe from potential attacks. Unfortunately, the government campaigned on a promise to strip these officers of some of the essential investigative and enforcement tools which have proven to be wisely used to disrupt terrorist activities nearly two dozen times since last fall. I will be calling on the government to ensure that these security and intelligence tools are kept in place in order for our front line officers to continue doing their jobs. I will be heading back to Ottawa for Sept. 19 as Parliament is scheduled to resume and will continue to keep you informed in the coming months as changes to our nation are considered and debated.
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meet, and Zone 8 swim coordinator). Terry won two gold, six silver and one bronze, Candace won six gold and two silver, and Elizabeth won seven gold medals at the Washington State Senior Games. Congratulations! We wish all participants in the 2016 55+ BC Games a successful adventure, and we look forward to hearing about their experiences in and around Coquitlam. See you on Oct. 20!
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512 Tranquille Rd., Kamloops. Tickets are $15 and will be available from any member or contact Linda Haas or Phil Maher to reserve. The Lotus Inn put on a terrific lunch buffet last April, and we were in a roomy private meeting place. Tickets must be purchased or reserved by Oct. 15. Many members do not just compete at the 55+ B.C. Games. Our swimmers often excel at other meets, even outside the province. We are very proud of Terry Van Meer, Candace Reklinski and Elizabeth Naylor (oldest competitor of the
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21 Lunch 11:30 am-1pm Cribbage 1 pm
22 Stitchers Club 10 am Bridge 1 pm Whist 1 pm
23 24 Lunch Pancake Breakfast 11:30 am-1pm 9 -11 am Canasta 1 pm
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29 Stitchers Club 10 am Bridge 1 pm Whist 1 pm
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1220 Hugh Allan Drive, Kamloops, BC V1S 2B3
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760 Mayfair Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 0E5
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The Connector Senior Living Choices directory gives readers a look at seniors’ residences providing extended, assisted and/or supportive living features in the city of Kamloops and communities in outlying areas. Each residence was contacted via email and/ or phone and asked to fill out a one-page questionnaire. Any missing from our list were either unable to respond to our questionnaire or were not considered to be within the parameters of extended, assisted or supportive living features to the best of our knowledge. Aside from our list, there are a plethora of seniors’ independent housing and adult communities. A few resources for listings of such nature can be found at The Centre for Seniors Information and Oncore Seniors Society. Oncore also has a Safe Suite program that provides two emergency suites, free of charge for individuals in crisis. Please call 250-828-0600 for more information.
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Larks & owls by Trudy Frisk
It’s one of the fundamental natural differences — larks and owls — morning creatures and evening creatures. Innate biorhythms governed by light affect plants, birds and animals. Other species seem quite content with the situation. That’s probably because all members of a species are either diurnal (day) or nocturnal (night). Sure, there may be an occasional wolf, which resists going out to hunt with the pack at night, but peer pressure would soon change its mind. Possibly some laggard deer object to browsing at 5 a.m. in the relative safety of the herd. They don’t last long. No, the problem arises when the two opposing behaviours, natural cycles over which we have no control, occur in the same species, as they do in humans. Opposites must attract. Larks and owls always seem to team up, leading to controversy, misunderstanding and downright heated arguments. But, since we’re both here, there must be some evolutionary advantage, don’t you think? Well, when we were hunters, we were active when the game was, which meant being on the trail in the morning or early evening — more likely early morning. No rational hunter would want to cut up a carcass and drag it back to camp while followed closely by a cave lion or pack of jackals in the gathering dusk. Morning was an advantageous time. The coming of agriculture didn’t change the routine much. Nobody has to tell a farmer about the benefits of getting up and at ‘em early in the day. Cut that hay at first light. It’s comfortable for the man on the mower
and the hay has a good chance of drying in the sun during the day. The same goes for picking crops; once the overnight moisture’s dried, the earlier, the better. Ask any dairy cow if she’d prefer a longer sleep to an early milking and you’ll get a resounding “Moo.” Range cattle solve the problem themselves. They graze until it’s too hot, then settle down together under a large tree to chew their cuds and doze away the afternoon. Bovine siestas! Of course, for most of human history, natural light was all the light we had to work by so our ancestors took advantage of it. That’s changed. Ancient flint knappers may have needed good strong sun, but artificial light keeps modern factories going round the clock. Even farmers, with lights on their equipment, can be out in the fields before dawn and long after dark. But, old habits linger. If the evolutionary benefits of larks are so obvious, what about us owls? What part did we play in the success of humanity? For, here we are. If you doubt it, wake one of us, when we’re not ready and the grumping will convince you. Larks have a certain cheery smugness, which, coupled with their belief that they, alone, keep the wheels turning, makes us even crankier. You’ll hear them say, “Why, I was up at 5:30.” The unspoken, “While you were lolling in bed, you lazy wretch.” is understood. “It’s the most beautiful time of day,” they insist. “All the birds are up.” Well, I’ve been up at 5:30 and it is lovely, and the birds, as promised, are chirping. I feed them, tour the garden,
and, like a sensible person, go back for a longer snooze. It’s not that owls aren’t productive; in fact most of us have day jobs. We just don’t want to go for a nice 10 kilometre run at 4:30 or whenever it’s dawn. We don’t like to do complicated mathematics, bake a cake or install a new floor before our bodies and minds are awake and ready. Now there’s medical evidence that we shouldn’t. Recent research at the Mayo Clinic proves that human blood vessels are less flexible in the early morning. Experiments, done on healthy young people, showed that flexibility was reduced by more than 40 per cent at 6 a.m. By 11 a.m. it returns to normal. Heart attacks and strokes are more likely to occur in the early morning. So, we owls are just following our body’s instructions. “Take it easy. No sudden moves. By about 11:00 a.m., you’ll be ready to go!” So, you ask, even if it’s natural, what good are owls? Well, I think we kept the tribe together. Have you noticed that larks aren’t the most sociable creatures? They’re just so pleased, the busy little creatures, to be grabbing the first gazelle or leading the dawn climb up Mt. Whitney, but, come 8 p.m., they’re in the tent mumbling, “Keep it down out there!” as the rest of us sit around the campfire inventing new verses to Kumbaya. It was likely just the same in pioneer times. After a hard day fording river and finding trails, some of the westward
migrants must have wanted to tune up the banjo and sing a few choruses of “The Old Chisholm Trail” or “The Red River Valley”. It was a chance to chat a bit with your neighbour without yelling at him to get his ox- cart out of the way. I’ll just bet the larks threatened to come out with a whip and shut the whole party down. Some things never change. What good did we do in ancient times? I believe owls were the artists and philosophers, the shaman, priests, teachers. After all, to observe the movement of stars and planets in the night sky, one has to be awake to see them, and have leisure to calculate their orbits. It’s possible, but it’s not likely, that one can devise a totem mask or spirited dance while hunting or plowing. And, who but the shaman had the time to consider the meaning of life, and the significance of other creatures and their spirits to the tribe? Food was essential to the group but so were the social and religious bonds, which made them a community. I think owls composed ballads, told stories, and created ceremonies, which united the tribe and kept their history alive, and were just as important for survival as physical nourishment. Owls were probably regarded with suspicion then, too. After all, they were abroad in the dark, studying strange matters, when decent larks were safely in bed. Odd or not, owls expressed the legends and beliefs of their people, as writers, actors, painters, and musicians still do today; just as long as we’re not awakened too early.
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Why, indeed! Spiritual Thought Rev. David Schumacher To be committed to something means you put your whole heart and mind and body and soul into something. To really be committed means you’re not going to settle for anything but your best. It means giving it all you’ve got, day in and day out. It is to this very nature of commitment that Jesus alludes to when He cites the greatest commandment of them all.
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your mind, and with all your body, and with all your soul.” (Matthew 22:37) Now, that’s commitment! And that’s exactly what Jesus is calling you to do for Him — to commit your life totally and radically and irrevocably into His care, into His good hands. Yikes! Mind you, it certainly begs the question: Why? Why would you want to give your everything to Jesus? Why, indeed! It’s really all God’s fault. You see, He did the same for you.
God committed His life into your hands by allowing His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross for you. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16) God is all in for you. He loves you completely and totally and always has your back! But, in order to make a difference in your life, He had to provide a way to get you back to Him — in one piece. To win you over, so to speak. So, He died for you. The ultimate sacrifice. Jesus says it Himself: “Greater love has no one than this, that he
lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13) That’s how much God wants you back. So much so, that He died for you. And when you believe this — that Jesus died to bring you back to God; that Jesus is your Savior — then, and only then, will God begin His good work in you. In fact, Paul puts it like this: “In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that HE who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:4-6)
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Sat & Sun Liturgies Saturday 7 pm Sunday 8:30 am 11:30 am, 6 pm
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Sunday Service 11:00 am Children’s Church 11:45 am Friday Women’s Prayer Meeting 10:00 - 11:00 am Ladies Night Out - September 19 6:30 - 8:00 pm Prayer Journey - Sept.26-29 “Fight the great war against human trafficking” Bible Study “Experiencing God” Please visit our website for more programming
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Confession Times Saturday 4-5 pm Sunday 5:30-6 pm Wed 5:15-5:35 pm 1st Friday of the month 5:30-6 pm
Weekday Masses Monday 7 pm Tuesday 7 am Wednesday 9 am Thursday 7 am Friday 9 am Saturday 8 am
255 Nicola Street • 250-372-2581
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www.kamloopsunited.ca 421 St. Paul St. • Sundays 10 am Rev. Bruce Comrie
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Kidney Walk: Sept. 25 at MacDonald Park. Registration is at 10 a.m. and the Walk is at 11 a.m. Sign up today at kidneywalkbc.ca. Kidney disease is a silent killer. Dialysis will allow patients to survive for a period of time, but a kidney transplant will let them live. Only 20 per cent of British Columbians have actually registered on the official organ registry. The Courthouse Gallery, 7 West Seymour Street, Kamloops will be featuring “Ed Jensen, Traditional Artisan” Sept. 1 to 30. Ed’s work is based on the traditional knowledge and oral history of the Secwepemc people. His art forms, obsidian pendants, deer and elk antler earrings, and finely crafted knives mimic tools and implements used for generations within the valleys surrounding Kamloops. Visit the Courthouse Gallery to see this fine exhibition. Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Free parking, handicap accessible. Visit: kamloopscourthousegallery.ca. The Kamloops Brandenburg Orchestra presents a concert featuring music by Rossini, Schubert, Vivaldi and Grieg at St. Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, 360 Nicola St., Saturday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets: Adults $20, Students $10 at Kamloops Live! Box Office and at the Door.
Events
The Kamloops SuperWalk for Parkinson’s Disease will be held on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2016 at the Rotary Bandshell at Riverside Park. Registration starts at 10 a.m., the walk starts at 11 a.m. Thompson Valley Activity and Social Club (TVASC) present: “Let’s Dance,” Sept. 10 at the Brock Activity Centre. Please note there is a change in the venue. It will be held at the Brock Activity Centre, not the Kamloops Curling Club. The September dance is also a membership drive, so if you pay your membership of $20 for the upcoming 2016/17 year, your admission is this dance free. The event will run 8 p.m. to midnight, with music by Sleepless Nights. Contact 250-571-5111 for more infomation. Now in its 17th year, the Kamloops Children’s Arts Festival is a two-day, fun-filled, creative event with artistic, musical and theatrical activities and performances for children ages two to and up. The entire Saturday is free for children and their families. Sunday features an indoor-ticketed performance at the Sagebrush Theatre by Bobs & LoLo. Saturday, Sept. 17, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Riverside Park.
“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” Join Strides for Melanoma: Walk for Awareness to raise funds towards melanoma patient support, prevention efforts and education. In North America, one person dies from melanoma every hour. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. Register Today. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk commences at 10 a.m. on Sept.25. Bike Crawl AND Block Party: Occurs on Friday, Sept. 30. Meet at Pioneer Park, and ride your way through the afternoon by The Noble Pig and Red Collar for a couple pints before getting priority entry into the Block Party and secure parking for your ride while there. Entry to block party and a beer at the Pig and the Collar included! Visit Kamloops Live! Box Office. World Rivers Day at Riverside Park, Sept. 25. Organized by the City of Kamloops, World Rivers Day is a free, family event to celebrate the rivers and culture in our community. Enjoy multiple entertainers, live music and arts and crafts as you learn about our rivers, watershed stewardship and other sustainability issues. Look for the KAG booth to find out about our programs and to participate in fun river-related art activities.
Stress management is number one
Continued from page 8 If you don’t have your health tomorrow, how will you look after anyone else? It is my opinion that stress management is the number one thing that a caregiver can do for themselves and everyone else around them. Antidepressants and sleeping medications may help, but without stress management and coping strategies you will not
recover or improve. Fortunately, there is help and support for caregivers. Healthlink BC (www.healthlinkbc. ca or dial 811) has lists of caregiver support groups across the province and information on stress management. Also, www.caregiverstress. com is a wonderful site providing information and resources for caregivers. The Mayo
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Clinic also has an excellent site on caregiver stress. Your family doctor or local health unit will likely have other local resources or contacts too! Caregiving is an incredible gift to give to a person. The challenges and stresses can be immense so I implore all caregivers to ensure they look after themselves too! Remember that you
are the most important person in your life and without your health, you may not be able to help the ones you love. There is help and resources available for all caregivers so please try to use them before you burn out or suffer from the effects of excessive stress. An ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cure, especially in this case!
~ Elbert Hubbard
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Groups
Overlander Women’s Institute members look forward to fall Overlander WI is ready to start its fall schedule and the plans are to be busy. If you have a chance come see what we are all about. Our first meeting is Sept. 23, starting at 10 a.m. It is a business meeting, but it really is to find out how everyone’s summer went. Four of our members from our branch alone went to the World ACWW Conference in London, England. We are planning a potluck
lunch for October and a workshop with competitions — making green tomato mincemeat, birdhouses and more. Then we are planning our Rural Women’s Tea for later in October. If you would like more information please do not hesitate to contact Cathy at 250-376-9810. We are more than an “old ladies group.” We use our skills to help make our country a better place to be.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE TO GROUPS LISTINGS CONTRIBUTORS: Due to the number of “Groups,” we ask that group members please contact us at least quarterly (beginning in September) to confirm that their group is still active and if any changes to their posting is required. Listings will not run if we don’t hear from you. Please email editor@ connectornews.ca.
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Aberdeen Lions Club meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at noon. Meetings are held at Cece’s Kitchen, 1835 Rogers Pl.. New members welcome. Call 250-828-1765. 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 250-377-8200. Army Navy & Airforce Veterans in Canada - Unit 290: We are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping veterans and the community. We are located at #9-177 Tranquille Rd. Contact information: 250-5542455. We still have our Tuesday night free bingo starting at 4:30 p.m. and our Wednesday darts starting at 1:30 p.m. We have our karaoke on Friday nights at 7:30 p.m. and on the weekends we have our meat draws on Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m. 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. Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer Connection a source for cancer information can be accessed at 1-888-939-3333. 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 250-3770055 or 250-377-0055 for more information. You can also visit www. kamloopscanadians.ca.
Chronic Pain Association of Kamloops meets the last Wednesday of each month at noon at People In Motion, 182B Tranquille Rd., for resources, support and fellowship. Parking in back. Call Ashley at 778257-1986 or email ash. westen@gmail.com. Tuesday afternoon cribbage takes place at 1:30 p.m. at McArthur Park Lawn Bowling clubhouse, next to Norbrock Stadium. Come for crib, coffee and good-company. Free parking. Call 250-5790228, 250-579-8259 or 250-376-0917. 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. 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. Are you serious about writing? Network with people who are supportive, informative and interested in publishing. Why not check out Kamloops’ own Interior Authors’ Group, which meets the second Thursday of each month (except July and August) at 6:30 p.m. at Chartwell Ridgepointe (Pineview), 1789 Primrose Crt. Call Elma, 250-3741750, or go to www. interiorauthorsgroup.ca. Kamloops Antiques, Collectibles and Heritage Club meets on the second Thursday of every month, September to June at Heritage House on Lorne St. (Riverside Park). Guests and new members welcome. All meetings
start at 7 p.m. For more information call Bernice at 250-372-0468 or 250377-8364 and ask for Joyce. 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 AIDSorphaned grandchildren. We support the Stephen Lewis Foundation. Our monthly meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. Contact Ann at 250-374-0114. Kamloops Chapter of the Kidney Foundation: A group of dedicated volunteers who try to make a difference in the lives of renal patients. Through our parent organization, the Kidney Foundation of Canada B.C. and Yukon Branch, programs and services designed to improve the lives of those living with kidney disease are made available as well as raising awareness about organ donation and supporting innovative research on kidney disease. Call Linda at 778-470-8236. Kamloops and District Diabetes can be reached by calling toll free 1-888-6289494, which will connect you with the regional office in Kelowna. There are two support groups in Kamloops. Community speakers are always welcome. Kamloops Elks Lodge #44 meets at 7:30 p.m. every second Thursday of each month at 784B Victoria St. We have served the community since 1920. You are invited to come and meet the members. The hall is also available for gatherings, meetings, etc. For any inquiries please call 250-372-2737 or 250-573-4632. 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 Connie at 250-852-3218.
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. New teams are drawn each day. The group runs all year. Call Kay at 250-376-0917, Kay at 250-828-0819 or Liz at 250-372-5493. Kamloops Garden Club - Need more veggies in your diet? Check out the Fall Auction on Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. to bid on fresh local vegetables and find out what the Kamloops Garden Club is all about. Held at the Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. (Riverside Park). Kamloops Heritage Model Railroad Club meets on the first Friday of each month at 7 p.m. Come and investigate a great hobby. Call 250-554-3233 for more information. 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. St. Andrews on the Square is owned by the City of Kamloops while operated and managed by the Kamloops Heritage Society. We welcome you to join us in our efforts at “preserving our past for the future.” Please visit our website at www. standrewssquare.com. Kamloops Kidney Support Group will meet the on the second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m. This is an informal, non-medical group which will welcome drop-ins who have kidney issues or know someone who does. The purpose of the group is to provide peer contacts for those wishing to talk about their concerns or just have coffee with a group who understands what you’re going through. The place, day and time will
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Kamloops Naturalist Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 7 p.m., at Heritage House in Riverside Park during the months of September to May. An interesting guest speaker is followed by refreshments prior to the business portion of the meeting. We are dedicated to the promotion and preservation of the natural environment. Guests are welcome. For more information phone 250-554-1285. Kamloops' original Coffee House in Barnhartvale. Thank you for supporting local live music! For more information contact Chrisy at 250-573-0025 or visit barnhartvale coffeehouse.com Kamloops Parkinson Awareness Group meets the third Wednesday of each month from Sept. to June, at Desert Gardens, 540 Seymour Street — 1 p.m. For more information contact Rendy at 250-374-0798. Kamloops Photo Arts Club meets at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays (September to June) for learning and sharing. Meetings are held at the Henry Grube Education Centre, 245 Kitchener Cres., Rm. 1B. Phone: 250-3721778 or our website is kamloopsphotoarts.ca for more information. Kamloops Prostate Cancer Support Group meet at 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month at The Seniors Activity Centre, 9A-1800 Tranquille Rd. Phone 250-376-4011 or email larube_kam@shaw.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 kamloopsriverside lawnbowlingclub.com. 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. Kamloops Tai Chi Club practices Yangstyle short form Tai Chi, Sword form and Qigong. Join our non-profit group every Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church. For more information contact Dave at 250372-0717 or Claudette at 250-851-0944. Please visit our website at kamloopstaichiclub.com. Kamloops Stamp Club meets at 2 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Mt. Paul United Church, 140 Laburnum. Contact 250-314-1021. Kamloops Stroke Recovery Group, a support group for people who’ve suffered a stroke and their caregivers, meet the second, third and fourth Thursdays of the month from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The group also offers a speech software program to help those with speech recovery. To confirm dates of meetings, location and other information, call Shona at 250-320-1348. Kamloops United Church Thrift Store has come home to 421 St. Paul Street. Contact number: 250-372-3020. We are located in a brand new addition to the church. Kiwanis Club of Kamloops welcomes new members every Tuesday at noon to Desert Gardens. Call 250-374-2316 for more information. McArthur Park Lawn Bowlers on McArthur Island meet Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 7 p.m., with an arrival at 6:30 p.m. New members are always welcome. Free parking, free instruction and free use of bowls for first years. Requirements are flat soled shoes (no heels or cleats) plus enthusiasm. For more information or to make arrangements for instruction, call Brenda Clark at 250 579-5775. Municipal Pension Retirees Association:
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Next meeting is Sept. 2-, 9:30 a.m at the CSI Activity Centre in the Brock Shopping Centre. Join us to talk to other retirees, meet former coworkers and have a voice about your MPP Pension. For more information call Jean at 250-374-1191. National Association of Federal Retirees welcomes current and retired federal employees which includes Armed Forces, RCMP and Federal Judges. We are a non-profit advocacy group with savings found through the services of our preferred partners and friendships at our meetings and events. To learn about us go to:www.federalretirees. ca. To contact us: email is kamloopsoffice@gmail. com and voice mail is 250-571-5007. North Kamloops Elks Lodge #469, #102-1121 12th St., 250-376-2924 (leave message). We meet the third Tuesday of the month at 7.30 p.m. New members are welcome. Crib tournaments every Wednesday, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. North Kamloops Royal Purple: We are a fun-loving, dynamic and dedicated group of volunteers helping children and our community. Meetings are on the first and third Tuesdays in the afternoon. New members are welcome. Contact Eleanor Vernon at 250374-2806 or Merrilyn Pennanen at 250-3744941. Overlander Women's Institute meets the first and third Friday of every month from 10 a.m. to noon on the North Shore. For women to meet other women, to become informed, involved and to enjoy an abundance humor. For more information call Cathy at 250-376-9810. Ping Pong / Table Tennis: Ping Pong is a low-impact activity and keeps the body and mind healthy. We welcome all ages; beginners and competitive players and we continue to play through the summer months. You can make new friends and have lots of fun. We play Tuesdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Desert
Garden Community Centre., 540 Seymour St. Drop in fee is $2. Please call 250-372-3965 for more information. Probus: A Probus club is a social club of semi-retired and retired business and professional people. There is no fundraising and no attendance requirements. Probus is nonpolitical and nonsectarian. Probus meets once a month for fellowship, coffee and a short business session and an interesting guest speaker. An information meeting will be held on Sept. 29 and the Foundation meeting will be held on Oct.27. For more information contact reg.lucas@gmail.com. Rebekah Lodge No.23: Sept. 5 - Hall Society Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept.13 - Regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept.19 - Past Noble Grand Meeting at 7:30 p.m. Sept.27 Regular Meeting at 7:30 p.m.
Simply the Best Thrift Store is open Monday to Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 662 Seymour St., home of the clothing and footwear bag sale! 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. Taoist Tai Chi® practice offers many health benefits to both body and mind. We are a registered charity that holds classes on Tuesdays from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Heritage House in Riverside Park; Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Ralph Bell School, 1764 Valleyview Dr; Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at St. Andrews on the Square, 159 Seymour St; Fridays from 10 a.m. to noon at Ralph Bell School. Everyone is welcome to join any class at any time.
Contact our answering service at 250 –372 –8125 or visit taoist.org/ Kamloops. Ukulele fun! Come, play and sing along with the beginner-intermediate ukulele group on Tuesday afternoons from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Cottonwood Centre Games Room. For more information visit our website at ukulele orchestraofkamloops.com. For information regarding beginner ukulele lessons you can call Dorene at 250-376-5502. Anyone for a train ride? The Wildlife Express Volunteer Society is looking for new volunteer members to help operate the "Wildlife Express" miniature train at the BC Wildlife Park. Anyone interested in helping to run or maintain the train, perform cashier duties or assist with the track maintenance, please call 250 579-8938 or email emrobinson@telus.net
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