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Filling the gaps in housing Housing is becoming an increasingly challenging issue. Affordability combined with low vacancy rates make it difficult for people of all ages to put a roof over their heads. To help seniors and their families source potential housing solutions The Connector provides our readers with a Seniors Living Choices directory every six months, as on page 12 of this issue. The directory lists many of the housing options available to those requiring assisted living or more complex care, but stops short of independent adult options. Increasingly people can even remain in their homes and arrange for the care that they require. Homelessness is a serious issue for all age groups but it is aggravated by the complications of aging for those in their 50s and older. It is no accident that ASKWellness operates a program specifically for helping this particular cohort with housing challenges. Pamela Pickering is a Health Navigator with

by Moneca Jantzen ASK Wellness and works directly with those at risk of homelessness. She explains that this sector of the population starts to have chronic health issues often due to unhealthy or poor lifestyle choices such as smoking, poor diet, drug/alcohol misuse and unmanaged health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure and respiratory problems such as COPD. Age related diseases also start to appear around this age as well i.e. cataracts, dementia, etc. To further complicate matters they may be estranged from their families and quite isolated. Mental health issues may also factor into the equation. ASK’s philosophy is to provide housing first then other issues can be addressed and improved. “Working in partnership with P.A. & J.M. Gagliardi (known as Silver Threads) we take tenancy in ASK’s name for seniors age 60 and up who are homeless or are at risk of homelessness. They may have addiction and/or mental health issues but they must be

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managed with supports in the community as they have to be able to live amongst 125 other people in the buildings. We have a life skills worker in the building who provides supports as required on an individual basis. We have 10 units in this program. Another program we have is 15 units in the Fountain Motel, recently renamed Bridgeway for seniors aged 55. They are able to reside in these units for up to 2 years. There are still gaps for low income seniors in Kamloops, particularly if they have a pet,” said Pickering. While Kamloops does have many services available to the homeless such as hot daily meals, hampers from the Food Bank, washrooms, showers and laundry available at both ASK on Tranquille and the Aboriginal Friendship Centre, it is always preferable to get people off the street. “Our executive director ...recognized we have an aging population and found a funding source through the Homelessness Partnering Strategy (HPS) and the

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ARPA Investments will be breaking ground this fall on a complex SUBMITTED/ Arpa Investments that will add 43 units to the housing inventory aimed at seniors 55+. The tenancy program run by ASKWellness will oversee the units intended for people at risk for homelessness. Silver Threads program was born. Our agency is designed to meet the needs of the marginalized population the best way possible,” said Pickering. The aging senior population is poised to mushroom in the next decade or so and Kamloops agencies and organizations will have to be prepared to stay ahead of the problem. “There is always more to do. All community partners must play a part in meeting the needs of the marginalized aging population. This needs to be done in a partnership fashion.

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Story submitted by Dick Parkes. Photos by Dave Dickinson, the Editor of the local chapter newsletter, The Kamshaft Vintage Car Club of Canada, Kamloops Chapter Although not nearly the oldest member of our local chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada (VCCC), Jerry Wallin does own the oldest car in town—a 1911 McLaughlin touring. Jerry is basically another prairie boy, growing up in the small town of Torquay, Saskatchewan (population 255) where his father was the manager of the local grain elevator. This elevator was almost his demise when as a twelve-year-old, he and a friend climbed inside and Jerry was sucked down into the grain as it was augering out the bottom. His friend managed to climb out and alert Jerry’s father who shut off the auger and by the time they got to Jerry, he was buried up to his neck. This story could easily have ended right there but, luckily, they managed to get him out and he never played in grain elevators again after that. School, especially spelling, was not Jerry’s forté and when in grade 8, his dad suggested that maybe he should quit and get a job, so that’s what he did. He began pumping gas at a service station. Jerry can be described as a jack-ofall-trades with a varied list of careers over his lifetime. After the service station he worked as a farm hand for a full summer, making a total of $350, and then spent $300 of it on his first car—a 1947 Plymouth coupe. From farm work he went to Estevan for two years, helping to build mobile homes where he learned his carpentry skills. Once laid off there, he drove his ’58 VW Beetle to Thompson, Manitoba where he worked underground, mining nickel for eight years. Then it was off to Saskatoon Potash Mines for two years and this is where he met Vicky in 1968 and they were married there in 1970. Penticton was their next stop with Jerry

was going to chop the car up and use the engine as a water pump, but Charlie Bond of Clearwater, didn’t want this to happen so he traded a water pump for the car and owned it for 57 years until it was purchased by Shaw. Jerry has had lots of niggling little issues with the McLaughlin since acquiring it, trying to keep it running regularly. Parts, obviously, are very rare if not impossible to find and he has had to have several items handmade. A major setback occurred when it was stored for the

Clockwise from top: Jerry and Vicky with Vicky’s 1962 Mercury Monterey sedan that was purchased new by her father for $3,800; Jerry’s 1911 McLaughlin touring car; 1964 Meteor convertible in original unrestored condition. building houses. When things slowed down there, they moved to Kamloops, building more houses in the Westmount and Westsyde areas. They designed and built their own home in Westsyde in 1973 and they are still living in this gorgeous house today. Vicky has been through many career moves as well, working as a bookkeeper, payroll clerk and her final and favourite job as a secretary with the School District #73. Over the years Jerry has owned many different vehicles including a 1973 Meteor, a 1948 Dodge and a VW bus, but his interest in vintage vehicles was sparked in December 1990 by a chance encounter with a 1911 McLaughlin touring car that was undergoing restoration in a local body shop. The owner, Ed Shaw, who recently passed

away, was a charter member of our club and was just finishing up the car and had it consigned to sell at an auction in Arizona. Jerry fell in love with it at first sight and when Ed told him that it was for sale, the deal was done. This car is not only the oldest car in town, it is the oldest McLaughlin registered in the VCCC so it is a very rare and special Canadian-built vehicle. It also has an interesting local history as it was purchased new by an Isaac Leeman from the Hat Creek area and was the first car in Ashcroft. Many years later Mr. Leeman

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New Transportation Master Plan unanimously ratified by Council

Today, I would like to write about the updated Transportation Master Plan (TMP) which is arguably as important as the Official Community Plan (OCP) which I discussed the last time I wrote. These two plans were reviewed and updated in tandem to ensure cohesion and consistency. Where the

OCP deals with land use issues and opportunities, the TMP governs and guides Kamloops City Council and staff regarding transportation of all kinds be it vehicular, pedestrian, bicycle, scooting, wheeling or taking Handi-Dart. The new TMP replaces its predecessor—the 1999 Travel Smart Plan. Much has changed in the last 19 years including research on transportation and people’s desire and understanding of the health benefits associated with an active lifestyle. Moving one’s body as often as possible has tremendous positive impacts on a person’s health. The new TMP takes these realities into account by placing

significant emphasis on active forms of transportation. A Kamloops TMP Advisory Committee, made up of a diverse range of stakeholders, met throughout the updating of the plan to provide key guidance to staff including the creation of the TMP vision statement: “A transportation system in the city of Kamloops, consistent with the vision of KAMPLAN (the OCP), that provides a diversity of safe, accessible, affordable, and sustainable travel choices for all that integrate well, are effective to use, promote healthy lifestyles, and support economic prosperity.” When it comes to

understanding the challenges faced by persons with limited mobility my experience is informed by the many trips throughout the city that I’ve made with my grandmother, Verna Cavers. These trips have instilled in me the complete necessity of things such as curb cuts at sidewalk corners, bus stop pads to allow transit buses to deploy accessibility ramps, pedestrian crosswalk paint that is clearly defined and well maintained among many other design best practices. I have now been sitting around the horseshoe at City Hall as an Alderman for 7 years. During that time I have seen a lot

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There have been many changes in Canada’s political landscape since I first ran for elected office, but one of the most pivotal is the arrival of social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other platforms are now ingrained into the everyday of a politician’s life. We go to these websites to interact with constituents, to discuss policy issues, to reach out to reporters, and even to read the news.

As politicians, however, we often do not take a step back and consider the positives and negatives these websites have on relationships between Canadians and their elected representatives, between the Canadian government and nations around the globe. Social media does come with mixed blessings. I am a big user of Facebook and Twitter, and I recently began to dabble in Instagram. I love the access this gives me to those I represent and the issues being discussed in our riding of KamloopsThompson-Cariboo. Local happenings, police reports, community events, and the efforts of local businesses and organizations are right at my fingertips throughout my day. However, the negatives

frequently leap across our televisions and computer screens. Both Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau have shown an overreliance on social media to get their message out. The limits of these tools for diplomacy were clearly visible this summer, when Trudeau’s Foreign Minister engaged in a Twitter spat with Saudi Arabia. As many journalists wrote in the days that followed, there simply is not room for the nuance of complex, diplomatic issues when the writer is confined to 280 characters. I wish this was the only instance of negative consequences. The past three years have been marked by a series of failed diplomatic efforts – including Justin Trudeau’s disastrous trip to India – which stems from the Liberals’ use of

social media and photoops instead of proper diplomatic engagements. Social media is a ubiquitous tool, but has limits for relationship building both domestically and internationally. I know I still prefer conversations with constituents at local events, at their doors, over the phone, and in my office. For those who are interested, I invite you to share your thoughts on this and other issues. You can follow me on Facebook (@ cathymcleodmp), Twitter (@Cathy_McLeod) and Instagram (@ cathymcleodmp). I can also be reached via email (cathy.mcleod@parl.g.ca), and you can still send mail to your MP free-ofcharge.

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Unforseen long-term care issues What are your retirement plans? Aside from many seniors, people at any age, are not always ready for the curve balls life sometimes throws (car accident, stroke, or Early On-set Alzheimers, etc.), and unfortunately, you or your loved one could end up in long-term care. If this happened to you, how prepared would you be? Most adults going into long-term care have POA (Power of Attorney), which only covers financial representation. For complete protection, lawyers recommend having both POA and a Representation Agreement, “the only way to authorize someone else to make health and personal care decisions on your behalf.” Ideally, long-term care staff provide the best care possible by working with family members. But if you as a patient/ resident were incapacitated without legal representation, your family could likely be excluded from many decisions regarding meds and daily care, even though they know everything about you, while well-meaning staff do not. People with POA, but no Representation Agreement, may find it challenging to get representation especially if the person needing this is deemed “mentally incapacitated” in any way. Many people of authority can prove unhelpful and time-wasting due to much misinformation; going through

notaries or lawyers can sometimes be costly because of complications; and some notaries may choose not to handle Representation Agreements in such circumstances. Moreover, most information online (often written in ‘legalese’) makes it difficult to understand exactly what to do in simple steps. For citizens with financial constraints, Legal Aid BC recommends contacting NIDUS Personal Planning and Resource Centre at www.nidus.ca, a legally recognized, non-profit charitable organization in B.C. Go to info@nidus. ca (604-408-7414) for any information required about documents you need. Documents can be easily obtained and legally registered there for very reasonable, affordable fees. Having someone as your legal voice means they can speak for you when you cannot. Your representative cannot legally be denied or excluded from any decisions regarding medical and personal care. If after due process you are still unhappy with your care in a B.C. government-run facility, you can contact Patient Care Quality at 1-877442-2001 through Interior Health to resolve complaints. Thus, you will be prepared and protected. Ashala Harvie, Merritt

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Some decisions get made for us Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. ~ John Lennon I came to Kamloops 28 years ago for a two-week visit. But a funny thing happened — I got a job and I’m still here. Clearly I love living here and have had few complaints about my life since moving here. I have been mostly fortunate in my career, I have a roof over my head, some great friends, my beautiful daughter, my mom and some other family nearby. The one thing I don’t love about Kamloops is the dating scene. I have been profoundly unlucky in love here despite my most serious, however brief, effort back in the late 90s, which at least brought me my kiddo. I also dated a couple of good prospects along the way but I stupidly let them get away. By in large it has been an empty pursuit on my part. I always read my colleague Tara Holmes’ column about her matchmaking business with great interest and amusement. Reading that she struggles to find eligible men in their 50s to date all of the women that seem to be looking does not surprise me. I’m not entirely sure what is going on out there but it seems mostly an exercise in frustration. Add to the mix the reliance on dating apps like Plenty of Fish (POF) and Tinder and, well, its enough to make one just throw up their hands. I constantly vacillate between despair and trying “just one more time.” I never seem to totally give up hope until my next coffee date. While I am extremely clear about being a “larger woman” in my profile, I can’t count the number of times guys have agreed to meet me and they’ve made their mind up about me in the first five minutes. I’ve experienced everything from someone having an all out panic attack, to answering a phone call from their ex and talking at length, to being told my smile reminds them of their daughter. Then there are the ones that sit and talk for two hours and you never hear from them again. I’m not surprised anymore. My one and only recent Tinder date (which I approached with utmost trepidation and caution) was an unmitigated disaster. The fellow was far too eager to meet and drove two hours to come see me before we had really chatted. The minute he mentioned being super religious I knew we weren’t a good match. Then it just got worse as he explained how he had blown up both his job and his marriage. I googled him the next day and found out how serious his transgressions had been and congratulated myself for dodging that particular bullet. It makes me want a shower just thinking about it and not in a good way. Needless to say, Tinder is no longer on my phone. I languish in POF limbo and flip back and forth between giving up entirely on dating and focusing my efforts on other aspects of my life or, like a moth to the flame, I keep looking and remaining open. It seems like such a waste of energy as I wonder if anyone is seriously looking and if so, for what exactly. Some folks may think that at 55-years-old I should pack up my marbles and give up on this part of my life. It has never been a realm of success for me— something I’ve always attributed to the fact that I’m no Barbie. While no Barbie doll, I do have many other redeeming qualities and it baffles me that I can’t find a mate. I’m independent, intelligent, don’t smoke or do drugs, barely drink, and I’m funny and openminded. I’m not sure what it takes... I’m pretty sure the guys out there aren’t perfect either. Instead of thinking I’m the one that’s not good enough, I’m beginning to think its the other way around. I guess I should give up and move on and maybe then it will happen while I’m doing other things. Maybe.

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Montezuma-Life’s a Jungle! “Pura vida” ~ Costa Rican expression meaning ‘Pure life’ Having survived the perilous journey on an insanely narrow road, along an impossibly steep cliff, packed like sardines in an airless, rickety bus, the violent thunder storm that welcomed us to Montezuma, Costa Rica seemed just par for the course. With a wicked crack of thunder, my intrepid daughter and I grabbed our backpacks and sought shelter. We found refuge on the edge of town at the Luz De Mono Hotel, right by the beach within the jungle rainforest. Exhausted yet starving, we changed from our soaking clothes and headed into town in search of dinner — a challenge, as the still-rumbling storm had left Montezuma powerless. But with the Tico’s (Costa Ricans) ‘pura vida’ outlook, improvisation is a way of life. Montezuma is a Costa Rican village lost in time on the southern coast that has a Bohemian surfer vibe. Despite its remote location and wee size, it offers eclectic dining options and has lots of funky shops. We filled our days there with lazy, flip-flop walks, yummy patio dining (often with a cat or dog waiting patiently, nestled at our feet), beachcombing and treks to local waterfalls. Yet, some of our most memorable moments

were spent at the hotel. Walking through the gardens to our unit we’d dodge the giant cane toads, while seeking out the shy agoutis. Herds of purply-orange Halloween crabs would scurry by us sideways — signaling the coming rainy season. Arriving at our door, we’d peer above to the peaked frame and count the bats, hanging like gothic ornaments. Watching out our window, we’d giggle at the acrobatics of the white-faced capuchins. Our first night we awoke to a Stephen King-like living nightmare — spine tingling, throaty howls roaring from the jungle. We cracked open the door to spy the infamous howler monkeys lurking nearby. One time we came home and I went to sit on my bed. Amy shouted “Watch out Mom! There’s poo

on your bed!” (Not something one hears everyday!) I took a nervous creep through our room. Who was the culprit? Finally I looked up to find unwanted gecko roommates decorating the ceiling. On another occasion, I went for a swim in the cement pond. After a relaxing float on my back I righted myself to discover the pool sides populated with crabs, while large iguanas basked around its edges — yikes! Our day trip to Isla Tortuga was an added adventure. It was challenging just getting aboard for the hour ride there. Montezuma’s waves are so rough, one must wade out and haul oneself into the bobbing speed boat. It took the driver several attempts to get close enough to shore to reach us. Eventually we managed, and were delighted to have a school of

dolphins escort us to the island. Once there, we had a marvelous time swimming, snorkeling, exploring the whitesand beach and chowing down on a BBQ lunch. As we boarded the boat for the ride back, the sky suddenly turned darkly foreboding. The waves became choppy and a squall ensued. Ten of us were aboard, and as the situation became dire we grew deathly silent, while keeping a white-knuckled grip on our seats and life jackets. The mounting tension was hilariously broken when one of the passengers started belting out the theme song from Gilligan’s Island — of course we all joined in! It was a skilled captain with a ‘pura vida’ attitude that delivered us safely home that day, taking us on an emergency detour so he could dock and call for land transport!

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Most of us have moved at least once in our lifetime and those memories can be enough to scare the pants off ourselves so that we put off moving until it’s almost too late. The larger issue of making a move in our ‘mature’ years can leave us in a situation where ‘selection’ will turn into ‘placement,’ especially if there is a crisis event that has occurred. Not all moves are doom and gloom. If you are one of the few that are going to do it solo, here are some tips to make your journey more enjoyable. 1. Know your new floor plan and play with it on paper. Pencil in the furniture that you know is going with you so that you can see the configuration on paper. Then, once you are satisfied with the results, mark those large items with green painters’ tape. This will help you in that

you won’t feel like you need to remember every minute detail. If you see it with green tape you know its going. 2. If you are moving into a building where elevators are being used or into structured retirement living, ensure that you have contacted the building manager or marketing coordinator to ensure your move-in date coincides with their schedule. 3. Hire your moving company ensuring that they are professional and are available on the dates you need. Create a schedule to pack and stick to it. Also determine what kind of packing supplies you will need: cardboard, FrogBox, totes, etc. Remember that the average person packs 50-60 percent more volume than they should so be realistic. 4. Pack only what you will need. This is harder than it sounds. Our rule

of thumb is that if you haven’t used the item in the past year, don’t take it. Chances are you will not use it. 5. Prepare light meals and snacks ahead of your start date. You will be tired and making a nutritious meal might just be too much. Then what typically happens is we eat junk food, quick restaurant meals and our bodies do not work to maximum capacity if it’s not fuelled properly. Have meals and snacks that are high in protein as that helps our brains make better decisions. Also, drink A LOT of water! Packing and decision making is hard work. 6. Remember that moving is stressful, so be patient: both with yourself and others. However, if this is too much you can always call us for a free estimate.

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Funding your grandchildren’s education

One of the best gifts a grandparent can give a grandchild is helping to pay for a university or college education. If you’re a grandparent considering helping out with education expenses, make sure you choose the right vehicle for your contribution. This will help the money you put toward education grow faster, as well as minimize taxation. Contributing to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for your grandchild is the best approach. But depending on the circumstances, there may be other options worth exploring. When it comes to an

RESP, a grandparent can open up a plan with the child as a beneficiary. However, because the parents may already have an RESP for their child, it may make more sense to contribute to an existing plan. If parents don’t make full contributions each year, there is an opportunity for grandparents to make up the difference. Not only will this help maximize the level of annual contributions, it will ensure the RESP is eligible for the maximum Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) of up to $500 a year. A grandparent can gift money to the child’s parents, who can then make the contribution on their behalf. And doing it this way can eliminate the confusion that having more than one RESP for a child can create. If grandparents do open a separate RESP for a child, they need to exercise caution. If parents and grandparents

have plans, total contributions need to be carefully monitored to ensure the allowed maximums are not exceeded. Another concern for grandparents opening an RESP is the possibility that the child will not further his or her education. Under certain circumstances the growth of the funds in the RESP can be transferred back to the contributor’s Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) if a child doesn’t go to college or university. But a grandparent may be beyond RRSP age, and funds cannot be transferred to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF). This means returned amounts could be heavily taxed. Grandparents can also open a family RESP, through which they can name their grandchildren as beneficiaries. If one or more children choose not to attend a post-secondary institution, other grandchildren can use

the money, up to certain maximums. If there is no available contribution room in a child’s RESP, grandparents may want to consider an in-trust account. This is a type of informal trust set up to allow an adult to manage funds on behalf of a child. When the child reaches the age of majority, he or she takes control of the funds in the trust. An in-trust account, which can be set up at a financial institution, is a good way to contribute amounts beyond those allowed by an RESP. There are no contribution limits, although unlike an RESP there is no tax deferral. However, if set up correctly, taxes can be managed by having capital gains taxed in the hands of a child-whose tax liabilities will be nonexistent or small. There are some potential disadvantages. The donor is taxed on interest and dividends earned in the plan. Once the child has control of

the money it can be used for any purpose-not just education. And an in-trust account does not qualify for the CESG.

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It is car insurance renewal time, and we receive the letter with the long list of coverage options on the letter and the associated costs. How do we know what is worth it and what is not? In the pile of bills to pay, car insurance feels like an expense we can do without. We are careful drivers and wouldn’t cause an accident, so It just doesn’t feel necessary to pay all that money for something that only “might” happen. But in an accident or emergency, even if it is someone else’s fault, I assure you that you would give anything to have had the coverage. It is not just piece of mind, it can make the difference between carrying on as normally as you can in the given

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How to recognize and avoid poison ivy

I saw a lady at our store with severe rash and oozing blisters caused by poison ivy. I chose to do this article since lots of people spend time outside and may come in contact with it. Poison ivy has a oily sap called urushiol which will bind to skin protein and cause an immune response. This allergic reaction will occur in 3 out of 4 individuals. The rash can range from mild to severe, depending on how much sap gets on your skin, what area of skin and how sensitive your immune system is

to it. Problems can also happen if the plants are burned. Airborne sap can cause irritation to the eyes, nose, throat and respiratory system. The best way to deal with poison ivy is to learn to recognize the plants, and avoid them. Leaves of three, beware of thee. Longer middle stem, stay away from them. Berries white, danger in sight. Side leafs like mittens, itch like the dickens. Red leaves in spring, it’s a dangerous thing. Hairy vine, no friend of mine. How to treat it: 1) Wash with a cloth and cold water 2)Wash everything that may have the oil on its surface. 3) The plant rash is not contagious, however, the

urushiol oil can spread. 4) Topical hydrocortisone is the most widely utilized product. 5) Calamine lotion can also be applied to the skin to relieve itching. 6) In order to avoid infections, do not apply ointments to open lesions. 7) Cooler shower, cold compress, bathe in oatmeal (Aveeno) or a cup of baking soda in bath water. 8) Prescription corticosteroids orally and/or topically may be necessary for severe cases. 9) See a doctor if: fever is present; rash covers large portion of skin; swelling occurs around areas of the eyes or mouth; blisters appear infected or rash worsens and is not responding to treatment.

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Transitions Along the Dementia Journey: How Can We Survive the Changes of Dementia • Understanding the Process of Change • Learn About Resources • Hear Experiences from Other Caregivers • Getting to Know Dementia: Tue., Sept. 18 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. This introductory session reviews basic information about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and the impact of receiving a diagnosis. Participants will learn about the different types of support available throughout the dementia journey, including an introduction to programs and services offered by the Alzheimer Society of B.C. This session is only intended for people experiencing early symptoms of dementia, as well as family members or friends who have recently begun supporting a person with dementia. Dementia Dialogues: Warning Signs and Diagnosis: Thur., Sept. 20 1 – 3 p.m. Dementia Dialogues and interactive learning opportunities for family caregivers to connect with one another and increase their knowledge about dementia and caregiving skills. Each session is an opportunity to learn about a different caregiving topic followed by a guided discussion. These informal sessions are facilitated to allow

caregivers to share their experiences and to take home practical information. Dealing with the Diagnosis: What Are the Warning Signs for Alzheimer’s Disease and How Do We Get A Diagnosis: Learn about the 10 Warning Signs and the differences between dementia and delirium. Understanding the process of getting a diagnosis and navigating the health care system. Your Voice Matters: Advocacy Tips for Family Caregivers: Tue., Sept. 25, 10 a.m. – noon. When we need support, it helps if we have an understanding of how to speak up and ask for what we need in the most effective way. In this workshop, participants will learn. How to become more successful advocates for themselves and the person they are caring for, with a particular focus on residential care advocacy. All workshops will take place at the Alzheimer Resource Centre #405 235 1st Avenue. Call to register 250-377-8200. Email: info.kamloops@ alzheimerbc.org. Preregistration is required. Programs with insufficient registrants will be cancelled. Minds in Motion: A fitness and social activity program for people with early symptons of Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia and a care partner. Includes 45-60 minutes

of exercise led by a certified fitness instructor, followed by an hour of social time with activities and light refreshments. New participants are encouraged to visit the community centre for information or to register. Minds in Motion: Kamloops, 8 Wednesdays Aug. 1 – Sept. 19, Sept. 26 – Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. For registration in the program, please call the John Tod Centre YMCA at 250-554-9622, 150 Wood St., North Kamloops. For questions regarding the program, please contact 250-3778200. Cost: $35 per pair, prorated for 8 week session. Kamloops Volunteer Alzheimer Society of B.C., Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5K6 Phone: 250377-8200 Fax: 250-3778484 info.kamloops@ alzheimerbc.org Twitter: @AlzheimerBC Facebook: AlzheimerBC Charitable Registration Number: 11878 4891 RR0001 No one should have to make the uphill journey of dementia alone. Participate in the Climb for Alzheimer’s on Sept. 30 and raise funds for support, education and advocacy for families making the journey, and to enable research that will advance knowledge of the disease. Who will you climb for? Register as an individual or with a team by visiting alzbc.org/ climb-2018.

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Can nourishing the brain help prevent suicide?

Editor’s Note: A healthy diet is an important foundation towards the prevention of many illnesses including those affecting our mental health. Depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviour have complex causes. While these issues may be prevented or respond well to a healthy change in diet, it is important to consult your doctor to be sufficiently informed when facing such issues and seeking treatment. September is Suicide Awareness month. The World Health Organization estimates that 800,000 people a year take their own lives. Within this statistic is an increasing trend of suicide among our youth. Why is it that suicide is now the second leading cause of death among our 10 to 24-year-old population? And why is Canada rated third highest among the industrialized nations, for youth suicide? Nothing exudes more joy than a smiling, giggling baby. It is their

natural state. How does it happen that they can go from this state of happy bliss to the depths of despair in such a short lifetime? Most children nowadays eat a SAD (Standard American Diet). Interesting acronym, isn’t it? (SAD is also an acronym for Seasonal Affective Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder). This diet of fast and processed non-foods are primarily carbohydrates and mostly sugar. Soda, candy, poptarts, twinkies, cookies, doughnuts, bread, french fries, sugared breakfast cereals, fast foods etc. are produced for profit with no consideration given to their effects on the adolescent brain. These products are nearly devoid of real vitamin B and omega-3 fats–the essential brain foods. And, this diet tips the gut microbiome balance toward carbohydratefeeding parasites, yeasts, viruses and unhealthy bacteria that influence moods through the gutbrain connection. When the brain is starved of the appropriate fuel it longs for, it may become nervous, irritable, anxious, depressed and fatigued. This might contribute towards serious forms of depression or worse. Oddly, a standard medical indicator for a diagnosis of depression is suicidal thoughts. That’s a little like waiting for the damn to break

before acknowledging the leak. By then, urgent intervention is required, and anti-depressants are prescribed that come with a warning. “Especially in children, (these drugs) may cause severe depression and even suicide.” A ‘Catch 22.’ What if, as an alternative to waiting for a prescription, parents were willing to feed their kids whole foods complete with whole vitamin complexes, balanced minerals, and whole fat foods to nourish their children’s brains? What if parents became aware of the relationship between the gut microbiome and their children’s brains and sought out garden grown vegetables and probiotic friendly food? A brain friendly diet consists of whole fat milk, yogurts and cheeses from healthy grass fed, nonanti-biotic and hormone fed dairy cows: green leafy and fresh vegetables like spinach, green peas, turnip greens, asparagus, and avocado: lean beef, and healthy pork, poultry, turkey and liver: seafood and shellfish like salmon, crabs, mussels, tuna: fresh fruits like bananas, grapes and berries: fresh eggs from foraging chickens: wheat germ and rice bran: and condiments like nutritional yeast, sea salt and homegrown raw honey as sweetener. Could this type of diet make a difference in the health and welfare of our

children? I will admit that this idyllic diet may seem difficult and time consuming for some already overwhelmed parents to implement. Their youth may be deeply addicted to sugar, drugs or perhaps even alcohol and are exhibiting behaviours that are escalating beyond negotiation. When asked about more immediate means of relief, I am fortunately able to recommend an energy - based method of calming the nervous system and affecting brain activity to help lift the depression. This method is called Access Bars and works with 32 points on the head that gently release the built-up charge from thoughts, feelings and emotions held in the brain. Those who receive a session usually feel a rather immediate sense of biological optimism as their brain calms. The good news is that in the month of September, Access Bars practitioners locally, and worldwide are voluntarily offering free clinics and sessions for those affected by suicidal thoughts. How does it get any better than that? Our youth are our most precious asset and the future of this planet. What could be more important than creating more joy in their lives now, and optimizing their future health and welfare?

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Not dying to get there At the end of November, I saw my mother die along with a ten year care-giving role. After that, three dear friends died, and my own sense of immortality disappeared in an emergency ward during a health crisis. In my lifetime, I ushered my grandmother, four parents, an aunt, a husband and two brothers-in-law into graves. I came to understand that no matter how well I take care of myself and others, or the whole world for that matter, it’s only a matter of time until I say goodbye to it all. But I’m fond of saying I don’t want to go to my deathbed wishing I’d done more dishes. I actually got that, and found myself overwhelmed by a deep sadness, a sorrow more heartbreaking than anything I’ve ever known. In hindsight, I’m seeing this recent crisis as a gift. Without the sorrow of knowing nothing will last, I wouldn’t be taking charge of the path I’m on here and now. I was forced to consider what I wanted to do with the life I have left. In fact, I feel a little reckless. I’ve had crises before, a “where did these kids come from?” crisis, and then a “where did these kids go?” crisis, and a “what do I do now” midlife crisis, and a “who am I when I’m not part of a couple?” crisis when my spouse died. But this time I’m looking at the measly time I have left rather than the seemingly endless time ahead of me when I was younger. And questions of purpose and meaning have risen to the top like congealed fat on top of a simmered soup bone. Humans pretend things will stay more or less the same, and the people around them will always be there. But if we look around, it’s easy to see the truth of impermanence. Some people go one step further and ask the question “if this is so, what do I want to do today?” They may even take on mindfulness; that is a gift. It’s difficult and painful when we may discover we really don’t know what we want. We’re not who we used to be, or want what we used to want. Healthcare needs and loss

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Silky Tip of Tail By Marilyn Brown

Educated By Tara Westover A memoir, 334 pages, Harper Collins 2018, Available in bookstores and through the TNRD library system

In September, most girls and boys in North America return to school after a summer hiatus. Parents ready their children for a new school year, not just by gathering supplies and refreshing wardrobes, but also by helping the student set goals for the school year, and for older students, perhaps discussing educational possibilities after grade 12. This pattern is alien to the child, Tara Westover, who defines herself by the fact that she does not go to school. The Westover family are Mormons whose extreme version of the faith severely limits critical thought. The father becomes increasingly agitated by the belief that government and its systems are evil. Hence, even in situations where his catastrophic ineptitude in the family-run scrapping business results in life-threatening injuries

to family members, doctors and hospitals are out. He says, “Everything that happened to our family, every injury, every near death, was because we had been chosen, we were special. God had orchestrated all of it so we could denounce the Medical Establishment and testify of His power.” The family relies on the mother for her knowledge of herbalism and midwifery. The Westovers ceaselessly amass food supplies, water, gasoline, and guns, waiting to survive the end of the world. Tara yearns to expand her life and at 17 is allowed to enrol in school. A violent and deranged brother chooses Tara in particular as his victim. In a heart-wrenching series of events spread out over a number of years, she struggles to disengage from the dangerous situation at home. With

a few members of her family, a handful of friends, and support from key people in her church, she finds her strength. Simultaneously, she yearns for the love and approval of her parents. This memoir reads very much like a psychological drama. Tara takes the academic world by storm, earning scholarships and eventually a PhD in 2014 from Cambridge, gaining recognition as an independent thinker, at the great cost of rejection by some who are important to her. Her memoir is mesmerizing. Tara Westover was raised in Idaho. Her first degree was from Brigham Young University in Utah. From there she earned her Master’s degree in intellectual history and political thought from Cambridge in 2009. She lives in England.

Walking the walk Continued from page 3 of smaller transportation related plans, namely the Bicycle Master Plan, the Pedestrian Master Plan, and Trails Master Plan, chug their way along. The new TMP will bring all of these smaller plans into alignment under one umbrella. Sidewalk projects laid out in the Pedestrian Master Plan continue to roll out across the city with an emphasis on the North Shore where many areas still lack basic sidewalks. We need to invest in these areas so that being a pedestrian isn’t a risky but rather an enjoyable experience. Installing more curb letdowns and

bus stop pads to increase accessibility for those with limited mobility has been a tenant of pedestrian infrastructure investment in our community for the last decade. Much more needs to be done in all areas of transportation, but in my view pedestrian infrastructure needs to be our top priority. The TMP strongly emphasizes the need to invest in “Active Transportation,” in other words, forms of transportation like walking or cycling. Public transit and Handi-Dart service is also a very important component of the new Transportation Master Plan. Last year alone the

Kamloops transit system provided over 3.5 million rides. Can you imagine if all of those trips had instead been done by car? The TMP further endorses investing in transit to ensure that everyone, regardless of ability to drive or afford a private vehicle, can get to important appointments or to attend social gatherings in a way that is comfortable, convenient, reliable and accessible. Implementation of the new TMP is where the real work comes in. We have the vision. We have the plan. It won’t happen overnight but it’s time for us to get moving!

inky darkness slipping and weaving through the vineyard, she undulates to and fro, sinuous ears pricked upright to catch whispers of prey melody drifting on the north wind slapping the leaves and grapes greenly bunched and scrunched, yellow jackets drunk on nectars ready to attack she is the messenger of twilight evening crisply stretching to touch the silky tip of tail fading to blackness ~ Bitterroot

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P: 778-470-2596 F: 778-470-2597

info@brockgemstone.ca Funded - set by IHA Private Pay - Please call Funded - 125 Private Pay - 5

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P: 778-376-2000 F: 250-376-5380

1607 Greenfield Ave, Kamloops, BC V2B 4N4

trowe@chartwell.com chartwell.com $2,333/mo & up 97 units All inclusive with a Private Shuttle available

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P: 250-554-9244

$2,450/mo & up 21 units *Salon, craft & games rooms, theatre.

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ARBOR LODGE

331 8th St. SE Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4C9

P: 250-833-3583 arborlodge.ca

$1,695/mo & up 22 units *Offer 3 meals/day

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CHARTWELL RIDGEPOINTE 1789 Primrose Court, Kamloops, BC V1S 0B7

P: 778-376-2003 F: 250-851-8809

jamon@chartwell.com $2,524/mo & up 109 units *Driver Service - All Inclusive

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Rates based on government regulations 92 units

P: 250-376-9596 F: 250-376-9516

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greenfieldplace@shaw.ca $901 - 1 bdrm • $1021 - 2 bdrm 31 - 1 bdrm | 2 - 2 bdrm units

RIDGEVIEW LODGE

P: 250-374-5671 F: 250-374-8873

jenna.hodak@siennaliving.ca $5,200/mo 129 beds (106 IHA funded)

THE HAMLETS AT WESTSYDE

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live@parksidecommunity.ca $1,975/mo & up 47 units *Only Eden Alternative Registered Community in BC’s Interior (1 of 4 in province). Visit website at parksidecommunity.ca to find out more about this Elder Directed philosophy of care.

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755 Mayfair Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 5L7

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760 Mayfair Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 0E5

P: 250-376-6536 F: 250-376-6513

pamela@ocservices.ca $1,495+ (studios) $2,200+ (1-bdrm) Rates based on income 60 Studio Suites & 6 1-bdrm Suites *Three Meals Daily

953 Southill Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 7Z9

P: 250-554-2323 F: 250-554-5557

Rates based on government regulations 183 beds

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P: 250-376-0315 F: 250-376-0325

sharen.marteny@ siennaliving.ca $2,400 - $3,200/mo 66 units *Meals

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YELLOWHEAD PIONEER RESIDENCE SOCIETY RIVERBEND MANOR

OVERLANDER RESIDENTIAL CARE

870 Westminster Ave, Kamloops, BC V2B 1N9

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THE SHORES RETIREMENT RESIDENCE

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P: 778-471-7600 F: 778-471-7661

P: 250-579-9061 F: 250-579-9069

P: 250-320-0400 F: 250-679-4469

MAYFAIR MANOR

3255 Overlander Drive, Kamloops, BC V2B 0A5

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743 Okanagan Avenue, Chase, BC V0E 1M0

pamela@ocservices.ca $1,495 & up based on income 20 units *Three Meals Daily

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PARKSIDE COMMUNITY

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lesley.lewis@thehamlets.ca 64 units AL, 112 units EC *Salon, specialized spa tub, walking paths, Red Seal chef prepared meals, tuck shop, entertainment, weekly live music, dancing, recreation room & gym.

activecare1607@gmail.com

101-1835 Greenfield Ave., Kamloops, BC V2B 8R5

P: 250-376-3131 F: 250-376-3151

628 Tranquille Road, Kamloops, BC V2B 3H6

ACTIVE SENIOR CARE SERVICES LTD.

GREENFIELD PLACE

920 Desmond Street, Kamloops, BC V2B 5K6

CHARTWELL KAMLOOPS RETIREMENT RESIDENCE

P: 250-571-1800 F: 250-571-1799

425 Columbia Street, Kamloops, BC V2C 2T4

bjohnson@ retirementconcepts.com $2,200 - $3,500 depending on size of suite 101 IL/AL plus 114 EC *Recreation Programs

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PONDEROSA LODGE

1220 Hugh Allan Drive, Kamloops, BC V1S 2B3

P: 250-377-7275 F: 250-377-7276

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KAMLOOPS SENIORS VILLAGE

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4557 Barriere Town Road, Barriere, BC V0E 1E0

P: 250-672-0019 yprsal@telus.net 70% of yearly income 10 units

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LEGEND

The Connector’s 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 surrounding communities. Each residence was contacted via email and/or phone and asked to fill out a onepage questionnaire. Any facilities missing from our list were either unable to respond to our questionnaire or were not considered to be providers of extended, assisted or supportive living situations to the best of our knowledge. Aside from our list, there are many housing options for those seeking independent, mature adult communities and are not necessarily requiring care options.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSISTED LIVING EXTENDED CARE HOUSEKEEPING TRANSPORTATION UTILITIES INCLUDED PLANNED ACTIVITIES SMALL PETS ALLOWED

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Calling the salmon home

The Wild Salmon Caravan is an Indigenous-led event where participants travel from the Salish Seas to the Adam’s River. The Caravan stops along the way in communities to do ceremonies, prayers, and parades to celebrate and call for the protection of wild salmon. It is an arts-based event where gigantic salmon puppets, water spirits, traditional singers and drummers, and colourful flags scatter the carnivallike atmosphere on the streets. This year is the 4th annual journey of the Wild Salmon Caravan, which will include a parade in our region in Chase, on Saturday, September 29th. I had the opportunity to participate in the Wild Salmon Caravan last year, and the experience was insightful, fun, and deeply moving. Participants had the opportunity to engage in and witness ceremonies that Indigenous people

have done since time immemorial to call the salmon home. We also learned about the many ways that the ecosystem has changed since the start of colonization. In the Fraser Valley, for example, we saw how a tributary to the Fraser, that was once clear and salmon bearing, is now murky and opaque,

salmon, preventing them from reaching their spawning grounds. These experiences made me realize how fragile and sensitive the salmon are to the changes that humans make in the environment. Indigenous Elders repeated that if the salmon become extinct, so too will we. We depend on the very same environment that the salmon depend on for life: clean water, healthy oceans, stable temperatures, intact forests, and fresh air. If these integral systems become too polluted for

See “Wild Salmon Caravan” on page 23

A Moment of Thanks for the Grandparents Who Spend a Lifetime Caring

Photo: Tristan Semeniuk

By Bonnie Klohn, KFPC Food Policy Lead

due to the agricultural fertilizers that have run off into the water system and disrupted the balance of nutrients in the river. We heard about a Secwepemc Elder who saw the Thompson River run red with salmon when she was a child, and was not able to harvest or receive salmon for the first time in her life in 2017, due to the declining salmon stocks. We heard about the dead zones under the open net fish farms in the ocean, and the fish lice that infests so many of the migrating wild

Happy Grandparents Day! 250.372.8811 • info@cfelaw.ca Downtown Kamloops - #300 - 125 Fourth Avenue

C F E L AW. C A

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BEST JOKE OF THE YEAR

Fall fair time at the seniors’ community centre

Son: The mailman told me he was going on holidays to Spain...so I asked was he going to ‘Parcelona’ and he continued to ignore what I believe was my best joke of the year. Dad: Well did you say it right? The key to a good mailman joke is the delivery.

Submitted by Penny Ouchi

Join the fun!

FALL FAIR Saturday, September 15th, 2018 11am-2pm Seniors’ Community Centre Desert Gardens LIVE ENTERTAINMENT

FAIR FOOD

GRANDMA’S KITCHEN KID ACTIVITIES

EXHIBITS BAKE SALE

Traditional Fall Fair Contests: SEWING KNITTING BAKING and MORE!

Win the BLUE RIBBON !

540 SEYMOUR ST., KAMLOOPS, BC

Call VISTA at 250-314-6810 for more info!

Hair Clips salon

Professional Hair Care & Styling

Our fall fair is planned for September 15 from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. so come on down to our Centre and join in the festivities for lots of fun, games, crafts, food and exhibits. We encourage everyone to enter into our exhibits which include baking, sewing, painting, veggies, flowers and all the usual fall fair entries. Entry forms are available at the front desk. Granny’s kitchen will be in full swing offering pie and ice cream and baked goods available for purchase. The silent auction, draws and entertainment will be held throughout the day. Yummy hamburgers, hot dogs and bannock will be available. It is shaping up to be an amazing day and what better way to spend a beautiful fall day than at Seniors’ Community Centre at Desert Gardens. Hopefully, the smoke is beginning to wane and once again we will see clear skies. On the other hand, we cannot thank enough those fantastic firefighters whom are so tirelessly putting themselves on the line to save and protect all of us and

Seniors’ Community Centre SUNDAY

MONDAY

Centre Hours: Mon-Fri: 8:30 am - 4 pm Weddings & private functions: Anytime!

WE WanT YoU! We do haircuts, perms & colours

Open Monday to Saturday 9 am - 5 pm

250.828.0708

EVERY SUNDAY The Gospel Message 3:30 pm

(Formerly Goessman Denture Clinic) ROBBY JAROUDI • ROY JAROUDI • ALLEN E. GOESSMAN

PERSONALIZED & PROFESSIONAL DENTURE SERVICE • Complete Dentures • Repairs • Dentures Over Implants • Partial Dentures

Two great locations to serve you better! 10-2025 Granite Ave. Merritt, BC 1-888-374-9443

603 St. Paul Street Kamloops, BC 250-374-9443

LINDY IN THE LOOPS, WORKSHOP 10 AM

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Oasis Cafe: Open Mon-Fri: 8:30 am until 1 pm Dinners on Tue & Thur 5:30 pm

LABOUR DAY

A Proud Tradition of Denture Crafts

Phone: 250-372-5110 • Fax: 250-372-3429 Email: desertgardens@hotmail.com Website: www.desertgardens.ca

WEDNESDAY

CLOSED

KAREN

430 - 500 Notre Dame Drive, Columbia Square Plaza (Beside Bed, Bath & Beyond)

TUESDAY

Our Two Toonie Tea continues each Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. Come down and enjoy a sweet and tea/ coffee. We would love to see you. Our Oasis Café is open to everyone daily from Monday to Friday - 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for breakfast and/or lunch. On Tuesday and Thursday nights at 5:30 p.m. we are open for dinner. A full course meal with coffee/ tea and dessert included - all for $12 (except special dinners - $15). Please call to make your dinner reservation at 250-372-5110 (preferably the day before). On another note, the Seniors’ Community Centre will be open once again from Monday to Friday inclusive. Don’t forget to book your Christmas party early as reservations have already begun. Come on down and enjoy some fun and friendship. You are always welcome. 540 Seymour Street, Kamloops V2C 2G9

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our homes. With the arrival of September our programs will be back in full swing. We hope you will drop in and see everything we have to offer from card games, table tennis, square dancing, mahjong, scrabble, chair yoga, chair fitness and the list goes on. If not able to pop in, feel free to give us a call and get an update, 250-372-5110. We have some requests for knitting/crocheting classes and carpet bowling. If anyone is interested in either teaching or learning please give us a call. Square Dancing will be starting dancing/lessons on Thursday evenings from 7 - 9 p.m., September 13th thru to the end of April, 2019. Everyone is welcome to come and join in. All the groups welcome new players and/or participants. For your information, if you do not know how to play any of these games - they are more than willing to teach the fundamentals. Let’s get together and meet new friends and socialize.

KAMLOOPS BLAZERS BOOSTER CLUB DINNER 6:30 PM

EVERY TUESDAY EVERY MONDAY Weightwatchers 5:30 pm Chair Fitness 9:30 am Coffee Club 10 am Coffee Club 10 am Weightwatchers 11:30 am Chair Yoga 11 am Kiwanis Club 11:45 am Grape Vine 12 pm Bridge 1 pm 18 17 SCC Dinner Party 5:30 pm Table Tennis 7 pm

EVERY WEDNESDAY Coffee Club 10 am Chair Yoga 11 am Scrabble 1 pm Mahjong 1 pm Two Toonie Tea 2:30 pm

EVERY THURSDAY 6 Toastmasters 7 am Chair Fitness 9:30 Coffee Club 10 am Gamblers Anonymous 11 am Grape Vine 12 pm Table Tennis 12:30 pm 13 SCC Dinner Party 5:30 pm Toastmasters 7 pm Gamblers Anonymous 7 pm Square Dancing 7 pm (starting Sept. 13)

LINDY IN THE LOOPS 7 PM EVERY FRIDAY

Weightwatchers 9 am Coffee Club 10 am TGIF 10 am Chair Yoga 11 am Mahjong 1 pm Cribbage 1pm 21

2018 SCC FALL FAIR 11 AM

LINDY IN THE LOOPS, WORKSHOP 10 AM

LINDY IN THE LOOPS, COOL AUTUMN SWING SOCIAL 7PM

LINDY IN THE LOOPS, COOL AUTUMN SWING SOCIAL 8PM

MUSIC WITH MARK 12:50 PM

Seniors Healthy Living • Questions about your medications? • Having trouble remembering to take your medications? • Do you know what compounded medications are? “Your prescriptions & compounding specialist”

FREE DELIVERY

ZOSTAVAX

(Shingles Vaccine)

& TRAVEL

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Give us a call or drop by our pharmacy and see for yourself how we may be able to help.

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North Shore Community Centre Update

KALS FALL COURSE OFFERINGS

Submitted by Cathryn Oginski If continued learning is something you are interested in, sign up with the Kamloops Adult Learners Society and enroll in a few classes. They have classes on everything from learning about the history of Kamloops to creative writing. To sign up for a class, please register either online at www.kals.ca or go down in person to 262 Lorne Street during office hours (8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Closed for lunch at 12-1 p.m.) and pay with one of the three ‘c’s: Cash, credit-card or cheque. Looking further down the road, the North Shore Community Centre will be holding our second annual Ladies’ Night on Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 from 7-9 p.m. This event is for home-based businesses to congregate in one space and allow for the masses to come to you. Please call the office at 250-376-4777 for more information and application for table rentals. In November we are having the annual Christmas Craft Fair on Saturday, Nov 3 and we are taking applications for table spaces. The cost is $25 per table and you can ask for more information by calling the Centre at 250.376.4777.

Hello September! Happy Labour Day weekend! The Centre will be closed Monday, September 3rd as we all get out there and try to hold onto summer for one last camping trip. Tuesday, September 4th will bring all the children back to school. We wish to remind all that the Centre is located in a school zone that will be in effect all school days during the year. Please use caution and drive safe. With the summer months waving goodbye for this year, we turn around and see the busy season of fall calling out to us. It’s that time folks—time for us at the Community Centre to welcome back all the programs that took a few months off. We would like to welcome back Gentle Nia, Social Dance, Ukulele lessons, German Choir and Woodcarvers. Regular classes such as Zumba, Zumba Gold, Yoga, Carpet Bowling and Fitness Fun for Seniors are also on the calendar. If you have any questions about activities listed in the calendar, please call us at 250376-4777 and the office would be glad to help answer your queries.

North Shore Community Centre SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events -

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

452 – 730 Cottonwood Ave Kamloops V2B 8M6

Ph: 250-376-4777 • Fx: 250-376-4792 E-mail: info@nsccs.ca 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY 1 Weightwatchers 8 am

3 Labour Day Centre Closed

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Pattern Dancing 10 am Fitness Fun for Seniors 1:15 pm Ukulele 1:30 pm Woodcarvers 6:30 pm

Beginner Yoga 9 am Pattern Dancing 10 am KALS AGM 10 am Fitness Fun Chair Yoga 10:30 am for Seniors 1:15 pm Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm Ukulele Group 1:30 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

Beginner Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm Gentle Nia 6 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

NSCCS Board Mtg 9 am Pattern Dancing 10 am Fitness Fun for Seniors 1:15 pm Ukulele 1:30 pm Woodcarvers 6:30 pm

Beginner Yoga 9 am Pattern Dancing 10 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Fitness Fun Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm for Seniors 1:15 pm Gentle Nia 6 pm Ukulele Group 1:30 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

Footcare 9 am 5 Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm Weightwatchers 5 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

Diabetic Clinic 9 am Cribbage 1 pm Tina’s Ukulele Group 6:30 pm Bridge 7 pm

Yoga 9 am 12 13 Forever Footcare 9 am Diabetic Clinic 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Cribbage 1 pm Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm Dance with Me 6:30 pm Cotton Pickers 1pm Bridge 7 pm Weightwatchers 5 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

Hair by Loreen 9 am Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Fitness Fun for Seniors 10:30 am

20 Yoga 9 am 19 Diabetic Clinic 9 am Whole Health Care 9 am Cribbage 1 pm Chair Yoga 10:30 am Dance with Me 6:30 pm Cotton Pickers 1 pm Tina’s Ukulele Group Weightwatchers 5 pm 6:30 pm Zumba 6:15 pm Bridge 7 pm

Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am

27 Yoga 9 am 26 Diabetic Clinic 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Cribbage 1 pm Carpet Bowling 12:45 pm German Choir 1:30 pm Cotton Pickers 1pm Dance with Me 6:30 pm Weightwatchers 5 pm Bridge 7 pm Zumba 6:15 pm

28 Hair by Loreen 9 am Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am Fitness Fun for Seniors 10:30 am BCRTA Luncheon

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15 Weightwatchers 8 am

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14 Yoga 9 am Chair Yoga 10:30 am

Sign up online or in person to register for some of these great course offerings from Kamloops Adult Learners Society. Interesting, affordable and best of all, NO EXAMS!

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Kimberley and Cranbrook host 55+ B.C. Games Submitted by Linda Haas Starting with accreditation at Kimberley on Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on the start date of an activity, participants and supporters (registered non-competitors who may take part in the entertainment on Thursday and Friday) obtain all their official credentials for the Games as well as some financial reimbursement.

Brimming with the 22 events will have enthusiasm, they may started. The Thursday start competition on afternoon Socials feature Wednesday, ahead of a Party in the Park in the Opening Ceremony Cranbrook and a Party in at Cranbrook. There, the the Platzl in Kimberley. public can also enjoy the That night, the AGM, competitors’ march-in, which involves the the official welcomes, provincial B.C. Seniors cultural events and other Games Society Board of entertainment, and share Directors and 6 delegates the rising excitement of from each of the 12 zones, things to come. including the Director By Thursday, See “55+ B.C. Games” page 21 everyone in

Lakeview Community Centre Society SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events SUNDAY

of capacities have slowed me down and, I no longer want to multi-task or hurry, desiring less stress. Death is not only about biological death but about the death of other things that occur throughout our entire life. The quality of our lives, our thoughts, feelings, stories, fantasies, dreams, hopes, ambitions, acquisitions, and finally delusions about who we are and who the people in our lives are change throughout a life time– serial endings followed by new beginnings. I taught a class in human development in another life. I remember the chapter title – “The Age of Losses.” I’ve seen elderly people struggle with (and now me) loss of their spouse, decrease of physical and

mental capacities, memory, and energy, loss of youthful appearance, giving up homes where they raised families, downsizing the demands of houses and gardens, loss of familiar neighbourhood communities, closeness to family and friends, and finally the loss of a sense of immortality we carry with us in our early life. My mother was only five days into her 99th year when she died. Some people said, “oh well she had a good long life!” She did have a good and eventful life, and was a mother who left a huge hole in the lives of her children, grand and great grandchildren. I hope I do the same. I hope I’m as ready to let go as she was.

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Labour Day

Table Tennis 1-3 pm

17 Table Tennis 1-3 pm

5 Bridge 7 pm

11 Arts Group 10 am Bring lunch!

Table Tennis 1-3 pm

SATURDAY

Bingo 7 pm

18 Bridge 7 pm

Table Tennis 1 - 3 pm

Bridge 7 pm

TUESDAY

21 Table Tennis 1 - 3 pm

Bingo 7 pm

Arts & Crafts Group 10 am Bring lunch!

MONDAY

Full Breakfast 8 for $7.00 8 - 11 am Lions Meatdraw Doors open 2 pm Draw 3 – 5 pm

Table Tennis 1 - 3 pm

Passchendaele Road, Sorrento, B.C. Phone: 250-675-5358

President: Ralph Lutes 250-675-5485 Hall Bookings: H. Skulmoski 250-675-2126

SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events SUNDAY

Bridge 7 pm

Sorrento Drop-In Society

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Labour Day

AA 8 pm 9

Church 16

Church

10 Glee Club 9:30 am

17 Glee Club 9:30 am

Pool 1 pm Rock Club 7pm 11 Pool 1 pm

Exec Mtg

Pool 1 pm 12

Pool 6 pm

Pool 1 pm

Pool 6 pm

25 Pool 1 pm

26 Pool 6 pm

AA 8 pm Church 30

24 Glee Club 9:30 am

AA 8 pm

Church

Crib 1:30 pm

Cards 1 pm

Chase Seniors Centre SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

6 Quilting 9am

Pool 1 pm 13

Quilting 9am Pool 1 pm 20

Quilting 9am Pool 1 pm 27 Quilting 9am

Pool 1 pm

Core Tight Exercise 10 am 14 Core Tight Exercise 10 am Ladies Snooker 1pm 21 Core Tight Exercise 10 am Ladies Snooker 1pm

Scottish Dance 22

Fashion Show 2 pm

28 Scottish 29 Core Tight Dance Exercise 10 am Ladies Snooker Pool Tournament 1pm 10 am

Chase Creekside Seniors

542 Shuswap Avenue • 250-679-8522

Open 8:30 to 11:30 am, 1:00 to 4:30 pm THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

COMFORT & SECURITY IN A BEAUTIFUL SETTING

LIMITED ROOMS AVAILABLE

1607 GREENFIELD AVENUE | 250•554-9244

FRIDAY

Anglebay 12 Entertainers 1-3 pm FMI call Alison 250-955-2588

Arts Group 10 am Bring lunch!

24 Table Tennis 1-3 pm

4 Arts & Crafts Group 10 am Bring lunch!

AA 8 pm

We are a home that offers an active social life, nutritious meals and a carefree lifestyle. For more information on our unique, home-style assisted living residence, call or email activecare1607@gmail.com.

Squilax/Anglemont

Carpet Bowling starts mid September Mondays & Thursdays 10am -12pm FMI Denis 250-955-2899

The age of losses Continued from page 9

MONDAY

Lakeview Centre

Labour Day 3 Guys & Gals Exercise 8:30 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

Bells & Bows 10 am Bingo 1 pm

Guys & Gals 5 6 Wood Carving Exercise 9 am 9 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Drop In Carpet Canasta 1 pm Bowling 10 am Jam Session 7 pm

10 Guys & Gals Exercise 8:30 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

11 Guys & Gals12 Bells & Bows Exercise 9 am 10 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Bingo 1 pm Canasta 1 pm Jam Session 7 pm

17 Guys & Gals Exercise 8:30 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

18 Guys & Gals19 Wood Carving 20 Bells & Bows Exercise 9 am 9 am 10 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Drop In Carpet Bingo 1 pm Canasta 1 pm Bowling 10 am Jam Session 7 pm

Exercise 9 am Crib 1 pm

24 Guys & Gals Exercise 8:30 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

25 Guys & Gals26 27 Wood Carving Bells & Bows Exercise 9 am 9 am 10 am Pool/Snooker 1 pm Drop In Carpet Bingo 1 pm Canasta 1 pm Bowling 10 am Jam Session 7 pm

Exercise 9 am Crib 1 pm

13 Wood Carving 9 am Drop In Carpet Bowling 10 am Club Mtg 1 pm

Exercise 9 am Crib 1 pm

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Good fences Story by Trudy Frisk

Revelstoke Seniors

Phone: 250-837-9456 www.revelstokeseniors.ca

SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events SUNDAY

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Genealogy 1pm 9

Genealogy 1pm

Carpet 6 5 7 Bowling 9 am Billiards 9 am Senior Exercise Coffee Drop-in Senior Exercise Crib 1 pm 9:30 am 10 am 10 am Ballroom Dance Whist 7:30 pm Ballroom Dance

Carpet 13 10 12 14 Carpet 11 Bowling 9 am Billiards 9 am Bowling 9 am Bingo 1 pm Coffee Drop-in Senior Exercise Senior Exercise Bridge 7 pm Crib 1 pm 9:30 am 10 am 10 am Darts 7 pm Ballroom Dance Whist 7:30 pm Ballroom Dance

Carpet 20 17 19 21 Carpet 18 Bowling 9 am Billiards 9 am Bowling 9 am Bingo 1 pm Coffee Drop-in Senior Exercise Senior Exercise Bridge 7 pm Crib 1 pm 9:30 am 10 am 10 am Darts 7 pm Ballroom Dance Whist 7:30 pm Ballroom Dance

Carpet 27 24 26 28 Carpet 25 Billiards 9 am Bowling 9 am Bingo 1 pm Bowling 9 am Senior Exercise Coffee Drop-in Senior Exercise Bridge 7 pm Crib 1 pm 9:30 am 10 am 10 am Darts 7 pm Ballroom Dance Whist 7:30 pm Ballroom Dance Drop-in 7 pm

BC Day Bingo 1 pm Bridge 7 pm Darts 7 pm

Carpet 4 Bowling 9 am Drop-in 7 pm

Drop-in 7 pm

Genealogy 1pm

Drop-in 7 pm

Genealogy 23 1pm 30 Genealogy 1pm

Drop-in 7 pm

Brock Activity Centre

9A - 1800 Tranquille Road

Kamloops, B.C. V2B 3L9 info@csikamloops.ca • 778-470-6000

SEPTEMBER 2018 Calendar of Events SUNDAY

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 am - 4 pm

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SATURDAY 1

3 Labour Day

Rentals only 4 pm BINGO 6 pm

Closed

Chair Fitness 10 am Lost Dog Sunday Night Dance Lunch 11:30 am - 1 pm Rentals only 4 pm BINGO 6 pm Euchre 1:15 pm 7:30 - 11 pm Pound Fitness 7 pm $10 at the door

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30 Sunday Night Dance 7:30 - 11 pm $10 at the door

Chair Fitness 10 am Lunch 11:30 am - 1 pm Rentals only 4 pm BINGO 6 pm Euchre 1:15 pm Pound Fitness 7 pm

5 Lunch 11:30 am - 1 pm Cribbage 1 pm

12 Lunch 11:30 am - 1 pm Cribbage 1 pm

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Chair Fitness 10 am Lunch Stitchers Club 9 am 11:30 am -1 pm Bridge 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

Prostate Cancer Chair Fitness 10 am Support Group Stitchers Club 9 am Potluck Lunch 10 am Bridge 1 pm 12 pm Social Dance Club Canasta 1 pm 7:30 - 11:30 pm Chair Fitness 10 am Lunch Stitchers Club 9 am 11:30 am -1 pm Bridge 1 pm Canasta 1 pm Chair Fitness 10 am Lunch Stitchers Club 9 am 11:30 am -1 pm Bridge 1 pm Canasta 1 pm

Office Hours: 2 pm to - 4 pm Monday - Friday

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Office: 250-374-1742

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Lounge Open 2 pm - 11 pm Crib 7 pm Darts 7:30 pm

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Lounge Open 2 pm - 7 pm Crib 2 pm Everyone welcome to play

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Lounge Open 12 pm - 7 pm Meat Draw 2:30 pm `

Old wooden fences still partition the West. Reminders of another era, they stand solidly beside highways in cattle country or gently tilt back to earth along forgotten trails. Their very names, snake fence, Russell rail fence, leaning rail fence, bring to mind a time when a skilled fence builder was a very desirable ranch hand . In those days frugality was as important as skill. Miles of wooden fence were built using materials at hand, often without nails or wire. Building these fences wasn’t just a matter of sinking in some posts, attaching wire and moving the tractor or 4-wheeler along. Some of them didn’t even have posts. The snake fence, for example, began with bottom logs, placed on the ground. Notches, or saddles, were cut in these logs and the building logs placed carefully into them. No posts or nails were needed. The weight of the logs and the zig-zag style of construction held these handsome fences in place. It was heavy work— a definite two man job. A snake fence might be as low as 3 feet or as

high as 6, but the average Built properly, the was 4-5 feet high. Logs Russell rail fence used varied from 8” to was a work of art, all 16” in diameter and were symmetrical and the same debarked before use height. It was a fence to make the fence last adapted to any landscape. longer. There were no holes to Logs for building were dig nor posts to rot. It cut from both sides of could easily wind around the right of way so the corners, march over hills material didn’t have or meander down in to be hauled a great hollows. distance and the land The Russell rail fence was cleared as the fence used tripods for fence builders moved along. posts. The top rail was The snake fence had set on top of the tripod many advantages; it and the rest of the rails was sturdy, used readily hung by wire from the available trees, needed no top rail. One leg of the hardware, and required a tripod, the ‘tie piece,’ was minimum of skill. staked into the ground. It was the best fence The other legs, all above of all for country ground, were wired or inhabited by game, in nailed to the stake. This fact government used stake kept the rail fence to require that only from collapsing off into snake fences be used in the distance like a string important wildlife areas of dominoes. since they would stop The leaning rail fence cattle from wandering but is similar to the Russell, game could usually find a except that all the rails are way over them. placed on the tripod, not Like the snake fence, hung from the top rail. the Russell rail fence was These wooden fences built of nearby trees. lasted for decades, In Cariboo country, the primarily because there jackpine, a hardy pioneer was very little in the species, usually of small ground to rot. If the dimensions, was the bottom of a tripod rotted, perfect size. The fences the fence just gradually could be up to 7 feet high, got lower. If the bottom but the average height log on a snake fence, the was 6 feet. See “The wire fence” page 23

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Barriere & District Seniors Society

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‘Round the bend By Rita Joan Dozlaw

shoreline… a sort of ‘before’ shot. She put the camera aside and gazed downstream as something rounded the crook in the river. Moments later tears misted over her eyes when she recognized the “Pride of Kamloops”. Named the Wanda-Sue, the replica 19th century sternwheeler slowly fought against eddies and currents making its way to the Shuswap shores of Salmon Arm, B.C. “Thank you for getting me down here! We could miss so much if we didn’t linger, look and listen,” she called to Bob. “I see Wanda-Sue, and I hear the rhythmic splash of her remarkable paddlewheel.” Quickly, Julie got up from her lawn chair and ran across the field to her neighbour’s yard. Calling them to the door, she announced, “Wanda-Sue is coming up the river!” Without waiting for them to follow, she headed back to the wharf, grabbed her field glasses and sat stunned at the approaching beauty. “Hey Julie, get some pictures for me, please,” the neighbour called across the fence. Sipping lemonade as the paddle wheeler came near, Bob and Julie

See "’Round the Bend" page 25

6 7 Adult Support 5 Bingo 9:30 am to 1 pm Carpet Bowling Doors Open 5:30 pm Early Bird Games Canasta, Pool & 9:30 am 6:30 pm Fun Cards Regular Bingo 7 pm 1:30 pm

13 Adult Support12 9:30 am to 1 pm Adult Support Carpet Bowling Canasta, Pool & Carpet Bowling 9:30 am to 1 pm 9:30 am 9:30 am Fun Cards 1:30 pm 16 17 18 Adult Support19 20 Whole Health 9:30 am to 1 pm Adult Support Carpet Bowling Canasta, Footcare Pool & 9:30 am to 1 pm 9:30 am Fun Cards Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm 9:30 am 23 24 25 Adult Support26 27 9:30 am to 1 pm Carpet Bowling Adult Support Carpet Bowling Canasta, Pool & 9:30 am 9:30 am to 1 pm 9:30 am Fun Cards 1:30 pm

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Julie leaned into the Adirondack chair and drew deeply from the coloured straw in her ice cold glass of lemonade. She swallowed hard when Bob came up behind and surprised her. “I brought your camera out,” he said, hanging it over the arm of her chair. “Something on your mind? Why do I need the camera?” “You’ll see; just don’t leave. In fact, let me take your chair closer to the water.” He carted it down the bank of the South Thompson River and parked it near the wharf. “You’re going to want to see this close up!” “See what?” Julie asked as they strode together to the river’s edge. She couldn’t imagine anything other than the family of beavers feverishly repairing their precarious dam. Heading back up the slope to get a pair of field glasses, Bob’s voice echoed across the yard. “Watch way down the river. Something’s coming up!” He came back with binoculars and a hoodie; for, the cloud overhead had burst into a sun shower and quickly darkened into a downpour. Without knowing what she was to watch for, Julie snapped a photo of the distant

Carpet Bowling 9:30 am 11

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(unless otherwise noted)

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6 Wells Gray 5 Country Seniors Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm Society meeting 10am Seniors Room Writer’s Circle 2 pm Library Crib 1pm Legion

Hike: Meet 7 @ Strawberry Moose 8:30 am Darts, 7 pm @ Legion

11 12 13 Sit & Be Fit Learn and Lunch, 10:30-11:30am Carpet Bowling Evergreen Acres (EGA) 1-3 pm Elks Hall Crib 1pm Legion

Hike: Meet 14 @ Strawberry Moose 8:30 am Darts 7 pm @ Legion

Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm

10 Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm

16 3rd Sunday Social 12:30 Wells Gray Inn

17 Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm

18 Bunco 1:30-3:00pm Seniors Room

Sit & Be Fit 19 10:30-11:30am Evergreen Acres (EGA) Cyber Seniors 3:15-4pm Seniors Room Crib 1pm Legion

20 Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm Writer’s Circle 2 pm Library

Hike: Meet 21 @ Strawberry Moose 8:30 am Darts 7 pm @ Legion

Sit & Be Fit 26 10:30-11:30am Evergreen Acres (EGA) Cyber Seniors 3:15-4pm Seniors Room Crib 1pm Legion

27 Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm Book Club 2pm Library

Hike: Meet 28 @ Strawberry Moose 8:30 am Darts 7 pm @ Legion

24 Carpet Bowling 1-3 pm

Ashcroft-Cache Creek Senior Society SUNDAY

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• Respite care • Personalized, continuous care • Mobile chair massage • Snow removal

3 Labour Day

10 Bridge Club

17 Bridge Club

Serving Kamloops since 1994 | Offering 24/7 Care 250-851-0078

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15 Dinner 5pm @ Legion

22 Meat Draw @ Legion 3 - 5 pm

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5 Bridge Club

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18 Carpet Bowling & Cards 12 - 4 pm

13 Drop in - Choice

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Carpet Bowling & Cards 12 - 4 pm

Meat Draw @ Legion 3 - 5 pm

Patricia Kilt, President

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Carpet Bowling & Cards 12 - 4 pm

Ashcroft, B.C. 250-453-9828

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Dinner 5pm @ Legion

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Fall Variety Fair 9 am to 1 pm

Evergreen Acres

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7 Carpet Bowling & Cards 12 - 4 pm

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8 Bingo 12:30 - 4 pm

15 Bingo 12:30 - 4 pm

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2 Spiritualist Church 10:30 am - 1 pm

3 Labour Day Mt. Ida Painters 9 am - 2 pm

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17 Mt. Ida Painters 9 am - 2 pm

Spiritualist Church 10:30 am - 1 pm

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Bingo

Doors open 4 pm Walk Ins: 6 pm

Potluck Dinner 5 pm

8 Bingo

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15 Bingo

Carving 9 am - 12 noon

Doors open 4 pm Walk Ins: 6 pm

Carving 9 am - 12 noon Computer Class 9:30am - 1:30pm

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Doors open 4 pm Walk Ins: 6 pm

Carving 9 am - 12 noon Computer Class 9:30am - 1:30pm

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RAINBOW CAFE 11:30 AM - 1 PM

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www.5thAveSeniors.org

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POOL ROOM OPEN MONDAY - FRIDAY 9AM - 4PM 2

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9 Duplicate Bridge 1 pm

16 Aud. Rented 8 am Duplicate Bridge 1 pm

Duplicate Bridge 1 pm Jammers Dance 7 pm

Duplicate Bridge 1 pm

10 Table Tennis 8:30 am Board Mtg 9:30 am Keep Fit 10:45 am Crib 1:30 pm

Kitchen/Office re-opens Weightwatchers 8:30 am Scrabble 9:30 am Darts 1 pm Weightwatchers 5:30 pm

11 Weightwatchers 8:30 am Scrabble 9:30 am Darts 1 pm Weightwatchers 5:30 pm

Table Tennis 8:30 am Weightwatchers 8:30 am Scrabble 9:30 am Keep Fit 10:45 am Darts 1 pm Crib 1:30 pm Line Dancing 1:30pm Line Dancing 1:30 pm Shuswap Photo Arts 7pm Weightwatchers 5:30 pm

24 Table Tennis 8:30 am Keep Fit 10:45 am Crib 1:30 pm Line Dancing 1:30pm Camera Club 7pm

Weightwatchers 8:30 am Scrabble 9:30 am Darts 1 pm Line Dancing 1:30 pm Weightwatchers 5:30 pm

5 Table Tennis 8:30 am Canasta 9:30 am

12 Table Tennis 8:30 am Canasta 9:30 am Square Dancers 7 pm

19 Table Tennis 8:30 am Canasta 9:30 am Square Dancers 7 pm

26 Table Tennis 8:30 am Canasta 9:30 am Square Dancers 7 pm

Keep Fit 10:45 am Whist 10 am Social Bridge 1 pm Table Tennis 2 pm Crib 7 pm

Canasta 10 am No Birthday Lunch Bridge 1 pm

Keep Fit 10:45 am Whist 10 am Social Bridge 1 pm Table Tennis 2 pm Crib 7 pm

Canasta 10 am Bridge 1 pm Aud. Rented 4 pm

Keep Fit 10:45 am20 Whist 10 am Social Bridge 1 pm Table Tennis 2 pm Shus. Inter-Generalization Choir 3:45 pm Vintage Car 7 pm

Sing-A-Long 9:45 am Canasta 10 am Bridge 1 pm

Keep Fit 10:45 am Whist 10 am Social Bridge 1 pm Table Tennis 2 pm Shus. Inter-Generalization Choir 3:45 pm Crib 7 pm

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Mt. Ida Painters Painting Group 9 am - 2 pm 8:30 am - 2 pm Spiritualist Church Mt. Ida Painters 10:30 am - 1 pm Church Business Meeting Spiritualist 7 pm - 9 pm 10 am - 12 pm

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Bingo Manager, Wendy Bond ............................250-253-3506 Carvers, Olena Bramble .....................................250-803-9688 Computer Class, Darcy Calkins .........................250-463-4555 Hall Rentals, Olena Bramble ..............................250-803-9688 Mount Ida Painters, Olena Bramble ..................250-803-9688 Seniors Outreach, Leanne or Brenda .................250-833-4136 Spiritualist Church, Gloria Makey .....................250-832-8058 Tuesday Painting, Ross Chester .......................250-832-3579

Shuswap Lake Senior Citizens Society SUNDAY

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U E T A Z R A S P B E R S E E S K L I K E O I D E A N E A R D A K E S P A L S W E T A B N C O R B Y J A B O A G I V E B A C E S S G E L S O

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by Adrian Powell

320A Second Ave. NE

Seniors’ Resource Centre - Salmon Arm

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Get creative with apples this fall Autumn is apple-picking season, and many farmers markers, grocery stores and even roadside apple stands are chock-full of delicious apples this time of year. That makes fall the perfect time to whip up some apple-inspired foods. This recipe for “Elsie’s Stewed Apples” from Laurey Masterton’s “The Fresh Honey Cookbook” (Storey) requires a tad more effort than traditional applesauce recipes, but the extra work is well worth it in the end. When shopping for apples in advance of preparing this recipe, avoid apples that have a mealy texture as well as those that are overly sweet.

Elsie’s Stewed Apples Serves 6 to 8

Merritt Senior Centre

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Reduce the heat to low and add the honey, wine, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1⁄2 cup water. Cover and allow to cook until the apples are tender but still firm; you don’t want them to turn into applesauce.

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Doors open at 11 am

10 11 Bingo 1 pm Crib 1:30 pm Doors open at 11 am Exercise Class 10 - 11 am

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Drop-in 10am to 3pm

Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm

24 25 Crib 1:30 pm Bingo 1 pm Exercise Class Doors open at 11 am 10 - 11 am

TUESDAY

Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm

19 Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm Court Whist 7pm

Labour Day 3 Savona Weight Loss Club 8:15 am

Savona Weight Loss Club 8:15 am

General Meeting 1:30pm

20 Floor Curling 1pm

Drop-in Lunch $5 12 - 3pm

Carpet Bowling 1:30 pm

28 Drop-in 10am to 3pm Rummoli 7pm

O.A.P.O Branch #129

6605 Buie Road/Savona Access Rd

Donna Schwieger 250-373-2334

WEDNESDAY

Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

24 Savona Weight Loss Club 8:15 am

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25 Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am UPS 7 pm

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Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am Crib 7 pm

Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

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Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

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Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am

26 Exercise 8:30 am Coffee 9 am UPS 7 pm

Logan Lake Seniors 50+ SUNDAY

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23 30 Pot Luck 5 pm

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17 18 Crib 1:30 pm Bingo 1 pm Exercise Class Doors open at 11 am 10 - 11 am

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• Strangers coming to your home • Length of time to sell your unit • The right price to ask Don’t • Legalities of selling want to consign? • Wasting your free time We’ll • Clean-up & detail costs buy your • Etc., etc., etc. unit!

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The Connector is appealing for your favourite family recipes to be featured in future editions. Our readers love recipes! Please email to editor@connectornews.ca or mail or drop in to 1368B Dalhousie Drive, Kamloops, B.C. V2C 5P5. Hopefully it comes from your great-grandmother but if not please include the source of the recipe if it comes from a cookbook or website and is subject to copyright.

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Crib 1:30 pm

Serve this in a bowl, tuck in a couple sprigs of fresh sage from your garden, and tell your guests all about sage honey.

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2 to 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 2 pounds apples, peeled, cored and cut into thick slices 1⁄2 cup honey, preferably sage honey 1⁄2 cup white wine Zest of 1 lemon Juice of 1 lemon Fresh sage sprigs for garnish Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the apples, turn the heat to high and sauté until they begin to brown on the edges, about 5 minutes. If some are getting too well done, remove them and place on a plate while the rest continue to cook, then return them to the skillet when all are done.

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20 Open 9 am - noon General Meeting 1pm

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2018 Kidney Walk featuring McIvor & Read Two well-known Kamloopsians — Louis (Big Rig) McIvor and Larry Read — will be part of the 2018 Kamloops Kidney Walk. The Kidney Walk, which is in support of kidney transplantation and organ donation, is scheduled to take place at McDonald Park, 501 McDonald Ave., on Sept. 23, with registration at 10 a.m., and the walk at 11 a.m. McIvor, who is a kidney donor, will provide musical entertainment prior to and after the walk. He co-hosts the morning show, The Big Rig Breakfast, starting at 5:30 a.m. on weekdays, on Kamloops radio station New Country 103.1. As a musician, he is a vocalist and also plays guitar and banjo, among other instruments. McIvor comes by his nickname honestly — he has his Class 1, with air, and actually drove truck for 23 years. Read, a former on-air personality at CFJC-TV, will be the emcee for the Kidney Walk. The sports information officer with TRU Athletics since 2007, Read frequently is seen in the emcee’s role at events in Kamloops. He was the

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media chair for the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops, and the media co-ordinator for the 2013 B.C. Senior Games and the 2015 B.C. Special Winter Olympic Games. He is on the Kamloops Sports Council’s board of directors and the organizing committee for Raise A Reader. As a freelance broadcaster, he plays host to Off The Bench, a local sports show that can be heard Saturday mornings on Radio NL 610. The Kidney Walk raises funds for programs and services to support kidney patients. When a transplant comes available, patients must spend a minimum of six weeks in Vancouver. The Kidney Walk takes place on the River’s Trail from McDonald Park to the entrance to McArthur Island. You are more than welcome to attend if you

would like to walk or even if you prefer not to walk at all but just show support for someone whose life has been impacted by kidney disease. A silent auction will be held as part of the festivities, with items available on site. As well, the Brock Central Lions Club will serve pancakes and sausages, with coffee, all by donation. There also will be a cake available as we celebrate because Sept. 23 marks the fifth anniversary of Dorothy Drinnan’s kidney transplant. She was a co-honouree at the 2016 Kidney Walk and is a cofounder of the Kamloops Kidney Support Group. To donate to a team or an individual, please visit kidneywalkbc.ca. The 2017 Kamloops Kidney Walk raised $16,736.20.

Help KidSport Kamloops Help More Kids The week of September 8 to 15 marks the 3rd annual KidSport Week in Kamloops and throughout the province of B.C. This year’s focus is to bring awareness to our local charity so that we can help more kids afford the cost of sport registration and equipment. Every year KidSportKamloops raises local funds through generous support and donations to help over 200 local kids play sports in our community. We grant over $60,000 annually. Our organization is volunteer based so virtually 100 percent of funds raised go directly to the kids. KidSport provides support to children up to 18 years of age. The grants provided are a maximum of $500 per year per child and are applied to sport registration costs and equipment. Our mission is to remove financial barriers that prevent our local kids from playing organized sport. KidSport has volunteer driven chapters in 42 communities across the province and over 170 across Canada. “Kamloops is an amazing community. The financial support we receive from our donors is overwhelming. Our biggest challenge is spreading the word,” said Scott Andruschak – Chair of KidSport Kamloops. “Last year we helped over 200 local kids but we are certain there are more kids we can help. We just need to let them know that we are here to help.” For more information about KidSport, to apply for a grant or to make a donation, visit: www.kidsport.ca/kamloops/

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“I want to be an undertaker. Do I need to go to school?”

A lot of people go back to school in September. Mostly children, of course, but a few brave adults head off to “Funeral School.” Two such individuals, Erin Saunders and Nathan Harwood have recently joined our team and are starting funeral school in September. Nathan works at our North Kamloops location and Erin works at our original Kamloops location on Lansdowne. What lies ahead for these two brave souls? How do funeral directors get educated? What courses do they take? How long does it take to graduate? I hear these questions all the time, so I thought I’d share the answers with you. To become a licensed funeral director and embalmer in B.C. you

first have to get a job with a funeral home. Then, with your employer’s approval, you apply to the Canadian College of Funeral Services to enter the two year training program. Yes, it takes two years! And, it’s not an easy road. Many people start the program but aren’t able to maintain the grades required (70 percent or better). Some people can’t keep up with the intense course load. Other students are ‘good’ at some subjects but not good at others. For example, students take courses in diverse subjects such as the psychology of death, communications skills, funeral law, ethics and biology/anatomy. Most of us are good at arts and ‘soft’ sciences, but not ‘hard’ sciences, or vice versa. The funeral school expects you to thrive in both spheres. Then, there’s the embalming theory, which is a 400 page text book full of detailed information, photos and theory. One must study almost every page. Students take exams three times a year and they aren’t easy either. Finally, there are practical, ‘hands on’

exams and you have to pass those too. Suffice it to say, it’s a grind! Becoming a funeral director hasn’t always been this challenging. According to colleague Dan Devlin (who started working in funeral services in 1964) it was very simple to become a mortician. You simply had to apply for a job at the funeral home, put on a black suit, and start working as a mortician with guidance from your boss. “It had to be a black suit, a gray one wouldn’t do” said Dan. In a short time, you’d be performing embalmings, organizing funeral services, driving the hearse, and handling just about everything else involved in funerals at that time in history. If you wanted to apply for a certificate as a “Qualified Mortician” you could, but it wasn’t mandatory. Government introduced strict laws and regulations in the past couple of decades, so you can’t just buy a black suit and become a mortician anymore. You have to study for two years and pass the course. But, if it’s any consolation, you don’t wear a black suit here!

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Continued from page 2 winter at the White Post Museum in Tappen. The radiator didn’t get drained and the engine block froze and cracked. With the help of fellow Club member, John Bone, Jerry had to repair and rebuild the entire engine but that has now been accomplished and it is back in running condition again. Once Jerry acquired the McLaughlin, he was introduced to the VCCC and has been a very active member for the last 28 years, with a stint as Property Director and being involved with Club restoration projects of a 1930 Model A Ford, our 1945 Ford wrecker and 1952 Austin ambulance. Jerry’s woodworking skills were especially appreciated during the Austin restoration as most of the body is wood-framed. Jerry is also very involved with our catering whenever our cook trailer is out and about serving up our famous pancake breakfasts. Of course, once you have been bitten by the vintage car bug, you can’t just have

one vehicle and Jerry has had a couple of Model T Fords, a 1970 GMC stepside (his first construction truck), a 1945 Chevrolet fire truck, a 1946 Ford two-ton truck and is currently finishing up the total restoration of a 1947 Ford two-ton flatdeck truck. The Wallins can be seen at many local events driving around in their mint condition 1964 Meteor convertible, which they purchased locally from the original owner a few years ago. Vicky also now has her own vintage car, a 1962 Mercury Monterey 4-door sedan that was purchased brand new by her father in Moose Jaw and she has the original bill of sale listing the purchase price, with options, of $3,800. This car has never been restored and is in absolutely original condition. A rare find indeed! Jerry also has other interests including a membership in the Shuswap Pioneers Collector Club where he regularly exhibits his

1922 wooden International threshing machine in working condition. Not many people have one of these in their collection! We are happy to have highlighted the Wallins and their contributions to the vintage car hobby. A little bit of McLaughlin history: Around the turn of the previous century, Sam McLaughlin was Canada’s premier carriage maker and as the automobile was beginning to replace the horse and buggy, Sam’s two sons persuaded him to start building cars. The first McLaughlin cars were built in 1908, using Buick engines in bodies built entirely in Canada and became this country’s most popular Canadian-built car. Mclaughlin eventually merged with General Motors of Canada, becoming McLaughlin Buick, and were built exclusively in Canada until World War II shut down production in 1942.

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he Hamlets at Westsyde is an assisted living and residential care community located just ten minutes north of downtown in the bustling area of Westsyde. Established in 2007, The Hamlets currently serves 178 residents and is undergoing a 48 bed expansion due to complete in 2019. The 145 employees provide quality care services to senior residents houses in 62 assisted living units and 112 residential complex care, dementia care and specialized care beds. This dynamic community provides an in-house hairdresser, on-site health services, church services, daily recreation and outings and on-site events. There are also a number of clubs to join as well as music therapy and more. A proud member of the community, The Hamlets often gives back and conducts regular fundraisers for various charities. To discover more about The Hamlets or organize a tour, call 250-579-9061.

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one touching the ground, rotted, it would be replaced. Then there’s the wire fence. Barbed wire, of course, isn’t a modern invention, it’s been around since 1881. Songs and stories of the old West recall the difficulties of fencing in the open range. While not as decorative as the wooden fences, wire seemed much more practical, especially in places were there weren’t a lot of convenient trees. But, a post and wire fence with posts sunk in the ground had as many rot problems and took just about as much maintenance as any wooden fence. Once treated fence posts were available, the barbed wire fence became economical. Wood or wire, though, fences are the curse of a rancher’s life. On any big ranch there was, or ought to have been, a steady fencing crew monitoring fence lines and replacing posts. In busy times or slow, there’s always fencing to be done. That’s the theory, anyhow. It didn’t always happen. Any urgent problem with the fence being down always happened at the wrong time. A hasty call to round up strays usually came right in the middle of haying. Once the cattle were collected and the fence patched up, the rancher would vow to repair it as soon as possible. But, then there’d be an early snow and a hard winter. Pretty soon, right in the midst of calving and branding someone would yell “Part of the fence is down and the steers are out!” “Good fences,” wrote New Hampshire poet Robert Frost, “make good neighbours.” Frost didn’t mention gates. Probably because, where he lived, a gate was a sturdy, low, well-balanced item easily opened by even a small child fetching the family’s milk cow. If he’d ever struggled with the average ranch gate, Frost might have given it a stanza to itself. Not the formal, ‘Welcome to the Ranch’ main gate which is usually pretty handsome. The gates to contend with are the ones out on the range. Maybe it’s a test of muscle and determination, a way of weeding out the weak and infirm. Whatever the reason, shutting a gate usually means picking up a quarter mile of fence along with it. Shutting a slip wire gate is best done in stages. First, the easy part, you hug the fence post to get leverage and carefully place the bottom of the gate in the wire loop. To get the top of the gate in its loop you hang on to the fence with your arm around the post and barb wire digging into your shoulder, pull on the gate and all that wire and, quickly, before you’re permanently maimed, snub the top part into the loop. Sometimes this works. Or, you can spend a frustrating twenty minutes trying to tighten the fence and wire enough to secure the top. Good fences may make good neighbours, but good gates make happy employees and ranch visitors. So, why not a sturdy, latched gate? It probably is a test. The old wooden fences may be slowly vanishing, but the physically challenging West is still here.

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Isn’t it time you learned to square dance? A new square dance season begins Sept. 13 at the Desert Gardens Community Centre, 540 Seymour Street, 7 to 9:30 p.m. All ages and abilities are welcome. You are never too young nor too old to learn to dance, so put on your shoes and come join us for this free introductory evening. Free dessert provided. Dress code is casual and comfortable. The first two lessons are free, Sept. 13 and 20. Only $60 for 10 lessons or $7 per night, Thursdays from Sept 27 to Nov 29. Graduates

receive certification so they can attend square dances anywhere in the world. This year the Thompson Valley Stars welcomes Jim Flak as Caller. Jim has been a member of the Square

Dance community for 12 years and brings new talent and humour to the learning. Call 250-372-1462 or 250-320-5858 for more information or see you on the 13th.

KAMLOOPS ADULT LEARNERS SOCIETY For 12 years the Kamloops Adult Learners Society (KALS) has been offering affordable daytime classes for seniors and adults who like to share ideas and make new friends in a comfortable, stress-free environment. We are indebted to the many knowledgeable, community members who give so freely of their time and talents! This semester we are offering 38 courses. You are sure to find a subject of interest. This is learning for sheer enjoyment. NO EXAMS!

Ongoing registration continues until November online, by mail or in person. View course calendar at kals.ca • OFFICE: 262 Lorne St., Kamloops, BC, V2C 1W1 Office Hours: 8:00 - 4:00 Monday - Friday • Phone: 236-425-4414

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Wild Salmon Caravan September 29 in Chase Continued from page 13 salmon to live, we too will not be far behind. Faced with these truths, the Wild Salmon Caravan also gave me significant hope. It was a time for people to share about how they envisioned a future where both humans and the salmon could survive and thrive. It provided a glimpse into a respect for the land as a teacher and as a relative. It lifted entrenched thinking and opened up space for reimagining what change could look like. The intent of the art in the Caravan called for creative energy not only in the costumes and puppets in the parades, but also in our thinking about how to shift our relationship with the ecosystems that we depend on and with each other through decolonizing relationships. So many of us in this area have visited the Adam’s River in the fall to see the colours and wonder at the salmon who swim so long and far to spawn and die. We see bears pulling salmon out of the water and dragging them inland where

their remains become integrated with the forest and trees. We look forward to sitting down to eat salmon, everyone having their own favourite way of preparing the pink, flaky and rich protein as a meal. Joining the Wild Salmon Caravan is a way of learning more about the connections we have with this keystone species and voicing your support for their protection. Please consider coming to share your creativity and ideas, acknowledge our reliance on salmon, and celebrate the return of those who have made it home. More information about the Wild Salmon Caravan can be found on their website (wildsalmoncaravan.ca) or Facebook page (@wildsalmoncaravan). KFPC’s monthly network meeting in September will be focused on the Wild Salmon Caravan. Join us from 5:30 – 7:30 PM on September 5 (140 Laburnum Street) and bring a dish to share in our legendary potluck!

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A picture sometimes really is worth a thousand words. This one certainly was. A snake was coiled in the strike position, preserved in its moment of death by fast-moving heat and flames. Its escape from danger wasn’t going to happen so at the last minute it turned to fight its foe, a battle it had no chance of winning. These are the forgotten victims of the wildfires which are consuming much of our province. The insects, the birds, and the animals of the forests and the land,

along with the animals who are being evacuated to various facilities around the area. In the Christian story of creation animals and creatures were created on the fifth and sixth “days” of creation and named as good. There’s a song that says “all God’s critters have a place in the choir, some sing low and some sing higher – some sing out loud on the telephone wire, and some just clap their hands or paws or anything they’ve got.” All God’s critters are an important part of our world. In the late 12th century, Giovanni di Bernardone, a wealthy young man from Italy left his life of affluence to devote his time and energy to a ministry among the poor. His heart held a special place for animals as well. His father’s nickname for

him became the name he used in ministry, and he is known to us as St Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. Francis died on October 4, 1226. In honor of his memory and legacy, special blessing of the animals services are often held on or near the anniversary of his death. This year, on September 29th, the ecumenical group known as LUA (Lutheran, United, & Anglican churches) will be hosting a special Blessing of the Animals service at McDonald Park, 501 McDonald Avenue on the North Shore. A short service of blessing will begin at 10 a.m., with drive-by blessings available from 10:30 – 11 a.m. All animals must be on a leash or in a carrier. Donations will be accepted for Four

Paws, the group which, in addition to other great work, has put in much overtime caring for animals evacuated due to wildfires. Refreshments, including special treats for all animals, will be available. For more information about this special service, you are encouraged to contact any of the sponsoring churches: Hills of Peace Lutheran, Kamloops United, Mount Paul United, Plura Hills United, St George’s Anglican and St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral. Rev LeAnn Blackert ministers with the congregation of Mount Paul United Church on the north shore of Kamloops (www. mtpauluc.ca) and loves hanging out in the wilderness!

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80th Provincial Fair – Kid Zone with Petting Zoo Volunteers and Parking Volunteer from Sept. 2124. Volunteers will provide general supervision and direct activities in the Kids Zone. Volunteers are also needed to help direct parking. Kamloops Immigrant Service – Various Positions as followsComputer Mentor- Works with newcomers and established immigrants who have basic computer questions. Helps mentee with programs such as MS Office, email, internet, typing, and other basics. After School Club Facilitator- Works with a small group of children from newcomer family’s grades 1-4. Help plan games and crafts, provide homework help, and help children practice English. Kamloops Hospice Association – Flutter Buys Thrift Store - Various Positions as follows- Cashier, sorters, and floor. Volunteers will sort/ organize donations, use the cash register, and use customer skills. Volunteer Kamloops and The Happyness Centre – The

Happyness Centre in partnership with Volunteer Kamloops is hosting a First Responders Resilience Workshop on Sat. and Sun. starting Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. The workshop has four seats left. The workshop is free for participants. Contact Edith Farrell at Volunteer Kamloops. Adaptive Sports at Sun Peaks – Volunteer Ski and Snowboard Instructors (15+) are needed to commit to one weekend day throughout Jan., Feb., and Mar. each snow season at Sun Peaks. There are a limited number or season passes that are available to instructors who commit to give 100 hours per season. John Howard Society – Volunteer (19+) – Volunteer help individuals reintegrate from the criminal justice system. There are various positions including peer support, counselling, addictions, nutrition, cooking skills, etc. Kamloops United Church – Thrift Shop Volunteers (19+) – Volunteer will work in the thrift shop. Duties include sorting, pricing, shelving, and

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‘Round the bend remained mesmerized by the motion of the wheel, the choppy swirls following its path, the glamor on the crystal water and the pelting rain. The willow above the couple’s heads kept them somewhat dry as it swayed and waved its tearful goodbye. “It makes me sad to think this is her last voyage,” Julie sighed reminiscing about the locally made labour of love which had taken seven years to build. For twenty years it had traveled the scenic route up and down the Thompson ferrying tourists, families and friends each summer. Thoughts of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin in Mark Twain’s books about cruising the Mississippi in steamboats left Julie nostalgic and feeling a deep loss. “Nothing stays the same; nothing is permanent,” she muttered under her breath. “Gone are the days of all the old steam-powered paddle wheelers passing by elegant plantations, little river towns, fields and farms in the olden days. Gone are the days, too, when the charming Wanda-Sue was piloted past Kamloops’ beautiful shores and hosted banquets and special-

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occasion parties,” she said pensively. “This wonderful paddle wheeler had her hay day, her may-day, Julie, and this morning the old 108-tonne vessel’s having a ‘one-for-the memory’ day.” “Oh, Bob, it’s sad, but I do understand the economic reasons why she has to leave our waters. It’s hard to see her trundle past our dock though. It’s really hard to say goodbye, isn’t it.” “Yes. It is like the end of an era.” Bob and Julie stood at the end of the creaking-rotten deck of the wharf. Soaking up the rain and clicking away on her camera, Julie knew it was the end for folks to lounge on the decks and enjoy exciting conversations. “People sat on seats from retired school buses. Remember that?” “Yeh, I remember they were hard! It’s the end of making quaint summer memories on this river of ours,” he added. “Between Kami the Fish and Wanda-Sue, there were few better icons representing the good old days here in the River City!” As she spoke, Julie felt certain Wanda-Sue would never be resurrected, and CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILLOR

KAMLOOPS MUNICIPAL ELECTION 2018 The Connector reached out to as many municipal election candidates as we could contact and invited them to share a photo and brief bio. The following candidates opted to participate and have provided their profile below. With so many candidates running, voters will have to do their homework before going to the polls.

CANDIDATE FOR COUNCILLOR

I represented the citizens of Kamloops and the Thompson Valleys for 17 years as your MLA: 1996-2013. My greatest satisfaction in public service was in bringing benefits to your community, and solving problems for individuals. Some examples are TRU, TRU Law, the Kamloops Art Gallery building, improvements to Royal Inland Hospital, Thrupp Manor, and new Seniors’ Housing options all over Kamloops, the Tournament Capital Centre, New Life Mission’s building and funding, and many more. Target issues for me will be:

KEVIN KRUEGER 250.851.1802 kevindkrueger @gmail.com Authorized by financial agent Ron Olynyk, 250-372-1116

• Personal Safety of Seniors and all citizens in your homes, and in public. Tight collaboration with the RCMP. • Continual improvements in housing options for Seniors and all citizens. Expansion of “Aging in Place” choices. • It is well understood that people’s health and longevity are optimized if they are supported in their own homes. • Mobility through safe and convenient public transportation. • Expanding convenient, easily accessible recreation options: parks, paths, trails. • Facilitating both employment and volunteering options for citizens of all ages. • Listening to the ideas and concerns of all citizens, with appropriate action in responding and meeting needs.

KATHY SINCLAIR CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR

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where love and memories were once lost and found ‘round every bend, there would be no more fantasy on the river. “It is a shame there was no formal public farewell. It feels like Wanda-Sue is being spirited away and few people even know these are her final hours. It is even fitting that this is a dark and rainy day.” “The sun will come out again for her, Julie. She is going to have a good season in her new waters, not to worry,” Bob comforted his sentimental wife. Epilogue: And, Wanda-Sue did have a good season -- following which, she came back to her home town of Kamloops, her old stomping grounds, or rather, to her old paddling waters in Valleyview. These days, the favored child of the people of Kamloops is in limbo, treading water, marching on the spot… whatever you choose to call it, she is quietly awaiting an extension to her future. Taxes, raising a family, and those many years of volunteering... you’ve put in your time to help make Kamloops a success, and our community is better for it! On Oct. 20, re-elect Kathy Sinclair to keep building a city we’re proud of. Initially elected to City Council in September 2017, Kathy looks forward to continuing the work she’s begun. Kathy is committed to fiscal responsibility, personal and community health, affordability, housing, and accessibility of services to all. She is focused on growing tourism and the economy, fostering an environment that attracts and retains small business, and sustainability—social, environmental and economic. Seniors need a strong voice. Seniors matter. What matters most to you this election? I want to hear from you.

Call Kathy at 250.299.1203, email hello@kathy4kamloops.ca or visit her website at www.kathy4kamloops.ca Authorized by financial agent Dušan Magdolen, sinclaircampaign@outlook.com

Ken Christian is a 40 year resident of Kamloops and is proud to serve as the Mayor. “Since becoming Mayor, Council has been very effective in attracting new construction and new business to the city. We have seen almost 20 million invested in affordable housing and we have overseen organizational change and committee alignment at city hall. If I am fortunate enough to again receive your support I will continue to work on the hospital project, I will work with the University and I will work with business to ensure Kamloops remains one of the most affordable and safe communities in BC. My campaign is about making Kamloops better for your family and for mine.” Christian served for 18 years as a School Trustee six years as a Councilor and has been Mayor since 2017.

I moved to Kamloops 17 years ago as a young, single parent to create new opportunities for my family. Since then I’ve completed three university degrees and worked a wide range of jobs from natural gas pipelines to educational program delivery, from editor to fundraiser. The one constant in all of my varied experiences was (and is) the power of community. People coming together to build community and communities coming together to build people. With my academic skills and life experience I’ll to bring a unique and reasoned perspective to council. It’s my way of helping the community that came together to help build my dreams. I want to build a safe and open community for all generations, one with increased access to employment, mobility and community enjoyment, a business-friendly city, one with equitable taxation policies, and a city where all citizens have access to safe and affordable homes – across the entire spectrum of need. It’s time to decide what kind of community we want Kamloops to be – I see an inspired, inclusive and innovative community full of opportunity.

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Excelsior Rebekah Lodge No.23: General meeting second Tuesday of every month 7:30 p.m. Regular meeting fourth Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. 423 Tranquille Rd. If you have kidney-related issues and questions, and would like to chat with someone who has been there, the Kamloops Kidney Support Group is here for you. We meet on the second Saturday of each month at Romeo’s Kitchen in the Coast Kamloops Hotel and Conference Centre, 1250 Rogers Way and on the second Wednesday of each month at Denny’s, 898 Tranquille Rd. at 10 a.m. You won’t get any medical advice from us, but we are here to share our experiences, whether you may be pre-dialysis or on dialysis, a kidney donor or a recipient, a family member, or anything in between. FMI call Edna Humphreys at 250-376-6361, Dorothy Drinnan at 250-573-2988, or Margaret Thompson at 250819-3135. Mutliple Myeloma Support Group for Kamloops and Region. Meetings will be scheduled at the Kamloops Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre once an agenda is in place for a meeting and/or a speaker have been arranged. If you are interested, please contact one of the following people and provide us with

your email address (or phone number) and we will notify you of future meetings. Bob T.: ridgerunner@telus. net 250-376-3292; Anne E. akevenrude@shaw. ca 250-372-8077; Bob H. rhamaguchi@shaw.ca 250-374-6754. The Afternoon Auxiliary to RIH Thrift Seller is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Located at 146 Victoria St. We welcome you to come shop, donate or volunteer. Aberdeen Lions Club meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at noon. Meetings are held at 9-A 1800 Tranquille Rd. New members welcome. Call 250-828-1765. Alzheimer Caregiver and Early Support Stage groups meets 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. Brock Central Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. Meetings are held at the Centre for Seniors, 9-A 1800 Tranquille Rd. Call 250-3710115. Army Navy & Airforce Veterans in Canada - Unit 290. ANAVETS by the river is a non-profit organization

dedicated to helping veterans and the community. We are located at #9-177 Tranquille Rd. Contact info: 250-554-2455 anavets290. ca. The club is open 7 days a week. On Wednesdays fun darts starts at 1 p.m. and welcomes everyone. We have our karaoke on Friday nights at 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday meat draws at 3 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Council of Canadians meets at 5.30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of every month at the Smorgasbord Deli, 225 - 7th Ave. Please join us. Call Anita or Dalton at 250-377-0055 or 250377-0055. You can also visit 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. There is parking in the back.Call Ashley at 778-257-1986 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 & good company. Free parking. Call 250-5790228, 250-579-8259 or 250376-0917. Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 3453 & Ladies Auxiliary Welcomes you, 755 Tranquille Rd. Join us. Big Jim Horse Races Wednesday at 4 p.m., Darts Thursday at 7 p.m. Wii League Bowling Friday at 6 p.m. Meat Draws

Saturday & Sunday at 3 p.m. Karaoke w/Michelle Sunday at 7 p.m. FMI 250-376-4633. 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. Kamloops Duplicate Bridge Club meets at Heritage House every Monday at 7 p.m. Beginner and open games. Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. for intermediate games. Friday 12:30 p.m. open game. Thursday at 7 p.m., at Cottonwood, intermediate and open games. FMI visit website kamloopsduplicate bridgeclub.ca Kamloops Elks Lodge #44 meets at 7:30 p.m. every second Thursday of each month at 784-B Victoria St. We have served the community since 1920. You are invited to come and meet the members. New members are welcome. The hall is also available for gatherings, meetings, etc. For any inquiries please call 250-372-2737 or 250-5734632. 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. There are two games and coffee 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 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 FMI. Kamloops Prostate Cancer Support Group meet at 10 a.m. on the third Saturday of the month at The Seniors Activity Centre, 9A1800 Tranquille Rd. Phone 250-376-4011 or email larubekam1947@gmail.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. The world famous Kamloops Rube Band practices on Monday evenings (except holidays), 7:30 p.m. at the Kamloops Yacht Club, 1140 River St. New members with playing experience are invited to drop by and join the band, having fun with music. FMI, please call Jordan Amon at 250-572-6271. Kamloops Stroke Recovery Branch meets at Riverbend Seniors Community at 10:30-1 p.m. on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Email: kmshelton@hotmail. com or phone: 250-377-1961.

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. North Kamloops Elks Lodge #469, #102-1121 12th St., 250-376-2924 (leave message). Meet the third Tuesday of the month at 7.30 p.m. New members welcome. Crib tournaments every Wednesday, 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Kamloops Breast Cancer Support Group meets at Kamloops United Church - Ponderosa Room the 3rd Monday of each month at 7 p.m. The support group is for all women at any stage of their breast cancer journey whether newly diagnosed or years out of treatment. The Kamloops Tai Chi Club is a member-driven non profit group. We meet Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 p.m., St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, 1136 6th Ave. Experience the benefits of tai chi & qigong: increased flexibility, balance and agility. To join our class, email: info@kamloops taichiclub.com. Kamloops Garden Club The Kamloops Garden Club meets on the 4th Wed. of the month at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. Riverside Park, 7 PM. Come and enjoy our Sept. meeting ‘Fall Harvest.’ Where fruits and veggies from our gardens will be auctioned off! Everyone wecome. Contact Judy at 250-374-4181 FMI

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Riverside Lawn Bowling Club Come try lawn bowling. Free Lessons. Phone Bruce or Laurel at 250-554-5177 for information. McArthur Park Lawn Bowling invites new bowlers to try lawn bowling free. Lawn Bowling is low impact, easy to learn and very affordable. There is something for everyone; drop-in social bowling, leagues and tournaments with a little competitiveness, and Provincials, 55+ Games, and Nationals for the more serious bowler. The Lawn Bowling facility situated at McArthur Island, is open from May to September for more information call: Brenda 250579-5775, Ron 250-319-3255 or Al 778-470-6047. Ping-Pong is billed as a brain sport. It is also said it could be the elixir of youth and it brings a lot more to the table. We meet Tuesdays 7 to 9 p.m. and Thursdays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Desert Garden Community Centre, 540 Seymour Street. We welcome more players. Drop in fee is $2. Having fun is something we did all the time, why change with age? FMI call 250-372-3965. The Kamloops Family History Society meetings take place at Heritage House on the fourth Thursday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. (September to May, except December) FMI contact Connie at 250-852-3218.

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August and December) at the Hal Rogers Center, 2025 Summit Drive. Contact number 250 320-3038. Anyone with an interest in vintage vehicles is welcome to attend.

Kamloops Parkinson Awareness Group: We meet at 1 p.m. on the 3rd Wednesday from September through June at Desert Gardens, 540 Seymour Street. Contact Rendy at 250-374-0798 FMI.

Interior Authors Group Interested in writing? We’re people who love to write in all styles, forms, and genres. We’re aspiring authors, veteran authors, and everything in between.

St. Paul’s Cathedral Thrift Shop 360 Nicola St is open Fridays 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. to June. Handicapped access from the alley between Nicola and St. Paul. Kamloops Antiques, Collectibles and Heritage Club meets on the second Thursday of every month. September – June at Heritage House on Lorne Street, Riverside Park 7 p.m. Guests and new members welcome. FMI call: 250-3720468 Bernice or 250-3778364 Joyce. Diabetes Support: There are two support groups in Kamloops. RiverBend (760 Mayfair St), last Tuesday/ mo., ph: 778-470-8316 for details; and, Hamlets (3255 Overlander Dr.), first Monday/mo. (except July & Aug.), ph: 250-579-5707 for details. Open to all and features monthly speakers. Kamloops Chapter of the Vintage Car Club of Canada meets at 7:30 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of each month (except July,

If you want to learn more about the craft of writing, or about publishing and self-publishing, or anything else related to writing, come check us out. Meetings are the second Thursday of every month except July and August, 6:30 p.m. at Chartwell Ridgepointe (Pineview), 1789 Primrose Court, Kamloops, BC, V1S 0B7. FMI visit interiorauthorsgroup. wordpress.com/about/ or look for Interior Authors Group on Facebook or contact Elma 250 374-1750, elmams@shaw.ca. Juniper Sams of Good Sam RV Club is for those who are able to get together during week days for outings in B.C. Good Sam has clubs throughout Canada and the U.S. that have outings all through warm seasons. Friday morning coffee and winter monthly breakfasts are ways to get together and meet club members. FMI call Bev at 250-372-5791. Municipal Pension Retirees Assoc.The next meeting will be September 18 at 9:30 am. Location

is Activity Center, Brock shopping center. Mark your calendar.Join us to talk to other retirees, meet former co-workers and have a voice about your MPP Pension. FMI: call Jean at 250-3741191.

Fundraiser walkers wearing the ‘red’ of Myeloma cancer

The Old Time Fiddlers of Kamloops has planned an open Fiddle Contest for beginners to accomplished musicians. With a dance to follow on Saturday, Sept. 8 at Heritage House, 100 Lorne St. Dance to follow the contest. Applications for entry can be obtained by either texting or phoning 250-319-3680. Kamloops Social Club Dance, Sept. 15, 7:30 11:30 p.m. Brock Activity Centre, 9A - 1800 Tranquille Rd. Music by Home Brew Tickets $10. Contact for tickets: Francoise 778220-8010 or Norma 250-299-7221 or Zonia 250-372-0091. Information Line: 250-571-5111. Email: kamloopssocialclub2017@ gmail.com Website: kamloopssocialclub.com The Connector would like to feature your group! Please send a photo and a short write up describing the activities of your group to editor@connectornews. ca. Submissions will be published as space permits. Changes to your regular listing should also be emailed to editor@ connectornews.ca and again, listings are published space permitting.

High fives for Anna living with multiple myeloma doing the 5 km fund raiser walk. Myeloma Canada is a registered non-profit organization created by and for, people living with multiple myeloma. We are the Kamloops Support Group for people diagnosed and living with Multiple Myeloma, commonly referred to as Myeloma. This is a blood cancer that affects the plasma cells found in the bone marrow. Everyday eight Canadians are diagnosed with myeloma and although there is yet no cure, it is treatable. It is a very complex cancer as it can present itself in so many different ways, which complicates treatment. Myeloma is a cancer few people have heard of and this group helps people understand their diagnosis and treatment regimens. Every September communities across Canada rally for a 5 km walk to increase awareness, raise funds to drive research and to support advocacy for accelerated access to new, game-changing therapies for Canadians living with myeloma. The Kamloops Support Group coordinates this walk for our community. For more information contact Bob Trudeau at: ridgerunner@telus.net, or Anna Evenrude at: akevenrude@shaw.ca. For more information, visit, www.myeloma.ca

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