June - Senior Connector

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Relay for Life
Volunteers Needed!
The Canadian Cancer
Society needs volunteers for
the 8th Annual Relay for Life
on June 7. Assistance needed
for: site set-up, registration,
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CREMATION
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MAUSOLEUM
COLUMBARIUM
PRE-ARRANGEMENTS
A TRADITION OF SERVICE AND TRUST
SERVING KAMLOOPS AND AREA FOR
OVER 100 YEARS
Funeral Service (1961) Ltd.
activities, food, luminaries,
clean-up, and more.
Volunteers needed for 2-6
hours between Friday, June 6
and Sunday, June 8. Please
contact the Canadian Cancer
Society at 374-9188 or email
kamloops@bc.cancer.ca
374-1454
513 SEYMOUR ST.,
KAMLOOPS, B.C. V2C 2G8
COMMERCIAL CRIME SECTION
SENIORS’ FRAUD BEAT
Personal Safety
The first step to staying safe is being aware that you are a
potential victim of personal crime. Your best protection is
awareness. Be suspicious - too much trust in human nature
can make you an easy target for a criminal.
• Stay alert to your surroundings and trust your instincts. If
something or someone makes you feel uncomfortable, take
action and do something to get out of the situation.
• If you can, stay on busy well-lit streets where there are
other people.
• Do not carry a purse unless you have to. Criminals always
associate a purse with money. Consider using a beltpack,
fanny pack or wallet that can be concealed on your person.
• Opening the door of your house to a stranger can be dangerous.
Place a peephole in your door and do not open the
door to anyone you do not know without some kind of verification
or identification. If someone claims to need help -
offer to telephone for help on their behalf.
For more information on protecting yourself, visit our website
at www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca
Emergency, police, & fraud phone numbers
IF,and only if, there is an emergency, call 911
IF you have been a victim of a crime, call the RCMP at 828-3000
IF you have information that could help to solve a crime,
call Crimestoppers at 374-TIPS (8477) 1-800-222-TIPS(8477)
IF you would like information about the legitimacy of a company,
such as a telemarketing fraud, call Kamloops District Commercial
Crime Unit at 828-3174 or Phonebusters at 1-888-495-8501
SENIOR CONNECTOR
ROYAL INLAND
HOSPITAL RETIREES
Join us for a
Kamloops Heritage
Railroad Ride
Friday, June 20
at 11:00am
For more information and to
confirm your attendance
please call
Margaret 579-9677 or
Anne 573-5472
www.seniorconnector.com
B.C. Seniors’ Games - Zone 8 report
BY WILF SCHNEIDER
This is a very busy time
of the year for those
involved in the Seniors’
Games. We have one playoff
date that needs to be corrected.
The correct dates for
the 55 to 64 age group in
Slo-Pich play-downs is June
14 & 15 and the date for the
65+ is June 18. Just a
reminder that in some of the
events, even though play-off
dates have passed, it is a
good idea to contact your
area representive or sport coordinator
to check if there is
still room for more competitors.
We don’t seem to fill
up on sports like Track &
Field, Swimming, Tennis,
Table Tennis and Bocce.
Our fund raising dinner at
Robbies on May 12 was a
huge success. We were sold
out and we did make some
money. We also had 50-50
draws and gave away door
prizes. The winners of the
door prizes were: Dave
Schultz, Margo Cochrane,
Joe Weeks, Jack Harder,
Dwayne Allen, Hank
Alexander, Keith Wallace,
Barb Lucas, Ron Wark and
Jamie Power. A big Thank
You to John Plowman and
his committee of Dorothy
Schofield, Pearl Wark and
Barb Olsen, for making this
a success. John is already
planning another dinner,
probably in November.
We have more winners to
report. Men’s Golf qualifiers
are Andrew Webster,
John Sagan, Don Gordon,
Rich Pye and Bill Lee, all
from Kamloops. Also qualified
are, Les Kyle from
Chase, Bill Foucault from
Little Fort, Cliffe Moore
from Ashcroft and David
Miller, Bob Slingsby and
Leo Kreke from Clearwater.
From Logan Lake we have
Lee Andrews, Jim Turner,
Bob Stephens, Fred Johnson
and Orval Humphrey. First
place winners in 5-Pin
Bowling were Bud Prockin,
Judy Mullan, Grace
Kennedy, Marg Haller and
Walter Crandlemire, all from
Salmon Arm. Second place
winners were a team from
Kamoops, consisting of Fred
Wonnenberg, Hank Mori,
Yvonne Tremblay, Bill Lee
and Alice Hallam. Carpet
Bowling winners were Leah
Fowler, Ted Fowler and John
Livingstone from Little Fort
and Mac Livingstone, Dale
Clearwaters and Nina
Clearwaters from Barriere.
Snooker winners were Mel
Atelevich from Sorrento,
Paul Owen from Salmon
Arm and Rollie Storla from
Chase.
Social Bridge winners
were Betty Swallow &
Shirley Yoemans, Kamloops;
Larry Nelson & Ray
Stewart, Logan Lake; Jack
Kocourek & Hogey
Carmichael, Kamloops, and
the Alternates are Alwilda
Van Ryswyk & Nancy
Anderson, Kamloops. The
Duplicate Bridge, 0 to 300
category, winners were
Marcella Leibel & Harry
Larsen, Kamloops; Elvira
Tetlock & Olive Lazzaretto,
Revelstoke; Lil Smith &
Rita Chadwick, Kamloops
and the Alternates are Walter
& Marg Semenick,
Kamloops. The Duplicate
Bridge, 300+ category, winners
were Margo Cochrane
& Peggy Thorniley, Audrey
Weeks & Joe Exner, Thelma
Munroe & Bev Lister and
the Alternates are Norma
Howard & Eleanor
Donnelly. All in the this
division are from Kamloops.
A number of cheques
were donated to the Zone.
The Salmon Arm Senior
Citizens Association -
$200.00; Merritt Seniors
Association - $100.00;
Barriere Seniors - $200.00;
Barriere Carpet Bowlers -
$100.00; Clearwater
Bowlers - $67.00 and the
Sorrento Seniors - $200.00.
Thank you all for your donations.
We appreciate any uniforms
that are no longer
needed being returned to the
Zone. Our next meeting will
be at the Heritage House,
10:00 A.M. June 19. All are
welcome.
RETIRED TEACHERS!
The District
RETIREMENT BANQUET
sponsored by
Kamloops Thompson
Teachers’ Association,
S.D.#73, Kamloops
Thompson Principals’ &
Vice Principals’ Association
will be held on
Wednesday, June 11th
at UCC Grand Hall
Dinner - 6:00 p.m.
Tickets through the KTTA
Office — 554-1223.
PLEASE CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION
OR TO RESERVE YOUR TICKET. DEADLINE
FOR RESERVING TICKETS IS JUNE 5TH
Canada has one
of the highest
rates of multiple
sclerosis in the
world.
JUNE, 2003
Search Engines
Search engines refer to a
special class of programs
that enable the retrieval of
electronic information.
More commonly we use the
term to refer to a WWW
based resource that allows us
to search the Web for information.
This is the type of
search engine I will discuss
in this article. There are
many popular search engines
available to Web users.
Google, Altavista, All the
Web are just some of the
hundreds of search engines a
person can choose from. I
will try to give a basic
understanding of how they
work and some techniques
people can use to optimize
their searching.
Web search engines must
first create a database on
pages. Running a type of
program called a “spider”, it
grabs as many web pages as
possible from web servers.
The information collected is
then organized using an
“indexer” to create an index
of the words contained in the
web pages. Lastly, the
search engine will use some
type of algorithm to search
these indices for relevant
results. An algorithm is
basically a set of rules for
completing a task. For a
search engine this is very
important for providing useful
and well-organized
results. Generally, both the
size of the index and the
BY MARJORIE KRECSY
I will be away visiting
relatives and friends for a
portion of this month of
May. I see Barbara has a
very fine variety of entertainment
arranged for the
first part of May. We also
had Mother’s Day in May.
Isn’t it so very nice to be
coddled and pampered We
are forever children at times.
We are never alone when we
have children and grandchildren.
Let us say a prayer for
those dear parents and
Mothers who raised us. They
Thrupp Manor
algorithm’s ability to sort for
relevancy will dictate a
search engine’s usefulness.
Search techniques can
also be helpful in finding the
information you want.
Some basic rules to keep in
mind are:
1. Be specific. Too
general a search term can
yield far too many search
results.
Use the advanced search
feature in most search sites.
This will bring up more
options and allow you to
modify searches to be more
effective.
Use search engines to
find other resources. While
a search engine may not be
good for finding a person’s
phone number it would help
find a phone directory site.
Google ( HYPERLINK
“http://www.google.com”
www.google.com) is one of
the best search engines
available. It has a large database,
excellent algorithm,
many advanced features and
a clean, easy to read interface.
Both beginners and
experts will find it an excellent
search tool.
People with some WWW
experience who would like
to improve their searching
skills may consider taking
Intermediate Internet skills
at the Kamloops Public
Library. Phone 372-5145
for details.
worked very hard to feed and
clothe us and give us a bit of
education.
We have been enjoying
the blossoms on the lilac
bushes. Such an old-fashioned
shrub and we are still
entranced with its beauty and
perfume.
Several residents are busy
with balcony flowers and
garden plots. it is so nice to
be able to move easily in and
out of the fresh air.
I will not be writing again
until the latter part of
August.
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$92,500
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