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JULY, 2003 SENIOR CONNECTOR www.seniorconnector.com PAGE 13<br />
My Favourite Things Thinking<br />
<strong>Senior</strong> exercise<br />
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Recently Julie Andrews is reported to have done a concert for<br />
1<br />
Pass this along to your senior friends. For those of us getting<br />
along in years, here is a little secret for building arm and<br />
AARP, at which she sang her hit from The Sound of Music, June 21, we want to take you<br />
but the words were changed. Here are the new words to this out for dinner.” So, my niece<br />
shoulder muscles. Three days a week works well.<br />
tune (sung to “My Favourite Things”):<br />
and nephew arrived at my<br />
Begin by standing outside behind your house, and with a<br />
door on the evening of June<br />
five-pound potato sack in each hand … extend your arms<br />
Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,<br />
21. Carole had visited with us<br />
straight out to your sides and hold them there as long as you<br />
Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,<br />
in B.C. a couple of times in<br />
can.<br />
Bundles of magazines tied up in string,<br />
the past ten years, but Ron I<br />
After a few weeks, move up to 10 pound potato sacks, and<br />
These are a few of my favourite things.<br />
had not seen since his mother’s<br />
funeral in 1976 — almost<br />
then 50 pound potato sacks, and finally get to where you can<br />
lift a 100 pound potato sack in each hand and hold your arms<br />
Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses, 27 years ago. The boy I knew<br />
straight for more than a full minute.<br />
Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,<br />
then, is now a 6’ 3” man with<br />
Next … start putting a few potatoes in the sacks, but be<br />
Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,<br />
a receding hairline and a gray<br />
These are a few of my favourite things.<br />
mustache. His first words<br />
careful not to overdo it.<br />
were “I have something here I<br />
When the pipes leak,<br />
want to deliver to you, it’s<br />
When the bones creak,<br />
only 63 years late” and with a<br />
When the knees go bad,<br />
hug and kiss he handed me the<br />
I simply remember my favourite things,<br />
card my dear sister had drawn<br />
And then I don’t feel so bad.<br />
for me so long ago. It was a<br />
short but wonderful reunion.<br />
Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions, The trip had taken them over<br />
No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,<br />
11 hours to drive from their<br />
Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring, respective homes in Red Deer<br />
These are a few of my favourite things.<br />
and Stettler, Alberta.<br />
Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin’<br />
Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin’<br />
And we won’t mention our short shrunken frames,<br />
When we remember our favourite things,<br />
When the joints ache, when the hips break,<br />
When the eyes grow dim,<br />
Then I remember the great life I’ve had,<br />
And then I don’t feel so bad.<br />
Wildlife Express<br />
celebrates 25th<br />
anniversary<br />
On Father’s Day, the<br />
Wildlife Express celebrated<br />
its 25th anniversary of operation<br />
at the Kamloops<br />
Wildlife Park. Free train<br />
rides were provided and new<br />
artefacts – a velocipede, two<br />
historic track motorcars and<br />
a handcar – were on display.<br />
Dunk Andrews, retired systems<br />
rules instructor, says<br />
that if a train was coming up<br />
behind you while you were<br />
on a velocipede it was a<br />
great motivator to pump<br />
hard so that you could go<br />
faster!<br />
In the first year of operation,<br />
1978, the Wildlife<br />
Express carried 6,000 riders,<br />
but since then hundreds of<br />
thousands of people has<br />
enjoyed the adventure. The<br />
Wildlife Express is a wonderful<br />
park attraction. In<br />
2002 there were 58,440 riders<br />
over the course of 192<br />
operating days. The dedicated<br />
volunteers of the KSCRS<br />
contributed a staggering<br />
5,347 hours this past calendar<br />
year operating the train<br />
and maintaining the facilities.<br />
The society has 80<br />
active members consisting<br />
of retired CP, CN and BC<br />
Rail employees who volunteer<br />
with their spouses to<br />
operate the miniature train.<br />
The provincial department<br />
of Safety Engineering<br />
Services and Railways<br />
inspects the Wildlife<br />
Express, track and facilities<br />
each year, and the KSCRS<br />
has a tremendous reputation<br />
for operating the safest<br />
miniature train in the<br />
province.<br />
There are 70 species of<br />
wildlife at the park and<br />
some terrific recent<br />
improvements.<br />
The park will host a summer<br />
camp for children from<br />
Monday, <strong>July</strong> 21 through<br />
Friday, <strong>July</strong> 25 this summer.<br />
For information on this or<br />
other park activities phone<br />
573-3242.<br />
✑ ✑ ✑ ✑ ✑<br />
Thanks to Lori and Mike<br />
Keetch, new owners of <strong>Senior</strong><br />
<strong>Connector</strong>, I now have my<br />
computer at home. By the<br />
way Mike, you did a fine job<br />
of your first column last<br />
month.<br />
I am having some difficulty<br />
in writing this column<br />
because I recently had a<br />
stroke. I want to urge our<br />
readers to heed the advise<br />
below. It comes from literature<br />
given to me by a neurologist.<br />
The stroke hit the vision<br />
portion of my brain and he is<br />
currently sending me for tests<br />
to try and determine what<br />
went wrong and what steps<br />
need to be taken to help prevent<br />
it from happening again.<br />
“The symptoms of stroke<br />
happen suddenly. Common<br />
symptoms include:<br />
* Weakness, numbness, or<br />
paralysis of the face or arm, or<br />
leg (especially one side of the<br />
body)<br />
* Difficulty speaking or<br />
understanding speech<br />
* Sudden loss of vision in<br />
one eye<br />
* Sudden dizziness and<br />
inability to walk<br />
* There is usually no pain<br />
“Until recently, no emergency<br />
treatment was available<br />
for a stroke. A new medication<br />
that breaks down blood<br />
clots called tPA is available<br />
for stroke, but it is only effective<br />
if it is given within three<br />
hours of the stroke onset.<br />
“It is critical that everyone<br />
be aware of the symptoms of<br />
stroke and seek medical attention<br />
immediately. Many<br />
patients who might benefit<br />
from the tPA treatment are not<br />
getting to the hospital fast<br />
enough to be treated.”<br />
Cedar Creek<br />
Camp Raffle<br />
& more<br />
Our Adventure 2003 Camp<br />
raffle features a number of<br />
great prizes and a very affordable<br />
price - $2.00 per ticket or<br />
3 for $5.00. Volunteers will<br />
be at the Farmer’s Market<br />
throughout the summer selling<br />
tickets as well as at<br />
Canada Day and Hot Nite in<br />
the City. Tickets are of course<br />
available through our office as<br />
well. We are depending on a<br />
successful raffle more than<br />
ever this year to replace goods<br />
lost in a break in last month.<br />
Our shed was vandalized as<br />
well. Cedar Creek Camp is<br />
on White Lake, a rustic but<br />
accessible camp on a crown<br />
land lease with several cabins<br />
and other amenities. Our<br />
members call it “a little piece<br />
of heaven”. We use the camp<br />
for our programs as well as<br />
rent it out to other groups and<br />
individuals with people with<br />
disabilities being our primary<br />
users. We still have some<br />
dates available so folks are<br />
welcome to call us at 376-<br />
7878 for further information.<br />
Also coming up, a Day<br />
Trip on <strong>July</strong> 16 to Lac le<br />
Jeune and Logan Lake,<br />
returning to Kamloops via<br />
Ashcroft and Highway 1.<br />
These trips are proving very<br />
popular so we urge people to<br />
call right away to book a seat.<br />
Transportation is provided on<br />
board our 16 passenger,<br />
wheelchair accessible, airconditioned<br />
bus.<br />
Heather Archer<br />
Executive Director<br />
People In Motion<br />
Problem Gambling and <strong>Senior</strong>s<br />
<strong>Senior</strong>s can find themselves with a lot of time on their hands.<br />
Gambling is an option. How does an activity that’s supposed to<br />
be fun take over your life and turn it into a nightmare<br />
Problem Gambling programs exist throughout the province.<br />
If you would like more information call 1-888-795-6111<br />
In the Thompson/Cariboo region call:<br />
Problem Gambling Program, Phoenix Centre<br />
(250) 374-4634 or email gamble@mail.ocis.net<br />
Tour the<br />
Okanagan<br />
Come with us to the beautiful city of Armstrong. We will visit the gift<br />
shop at Planet Bee, where an interesting assortment of honey and<br />
health products can be purchased. And then it’s off to the Chickadee<br />
Ridge Miniature Farm to see and play with the fascinating mini ponies,<br />
a monkey, and even a wallaby! Lunch will be served outdoors in the<br />
shade. Following lunch will be a tour of the famous Village Cheese<br />
Factory, where we will see cheese being made and sample the results.<br />
On the return trip home we will be coming back through Salmon Arm<br />
and if time permits we will stop at one of the many fruit stands.<br />
All locations and the bus are accessible.<br />
Date: Wed., June 18, 2003 • Time: 9:30 am to 4:00 pm<br />
Cost: $42.50<br />
Registered passengers will be picked up at one of two pickup points between approximately<br />
9 and 9:30 am and returned to the same points between 4 and 4:15 pm.<br />
Call us NOW at 376-7878 to register.<br />
Space is limited and pre-payment is required.<br />
60%<br />
Leased<br />
Piccadilly Terrace now under construction<br />
91-unit Rental complex<br />
* Kitchenette in all suites * 2 Chef prepared meals daily * Housekeeping and linen service<br />
* Organized Activities * Shuttle Bus * 24 Hour Staffing, security call alerts and more . . .<br />
Located at 810 10th St. SW, Salmon Arm, across from the Piccadilly Place Mall<br />
For more information, call (250) 803-0060<br />
Box 161, Salmon Arm, BC V1E 4N3