Page 10 <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Connector</strong> www.seniorconnector.com<strong>January</strong> 2007There is growing evidencehat no matter what yourge, brain health is moremportant than ever before.That’s the theme forhe national campaignor Alzheimer Awarenessonth titled, Heads Up forealthier Brains.“The Alzheimer Societyf B.C. will be promotingways to reduce the risk ofeveloping Alzheimer’s disase,and ways to take actionor a healthier brain,” saidTerri Maynard, support andducation co-ordinator forhe Alzheimer Society of.C.As part of AlzheimerAwareness Month, and toelp promote Heads Upor Healthier Brains, theAlzheimer Society of B.C.nvites you to participate inhe “Walk for Memories.”870 Westminster AvenueKamloops, B.C. 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Discover how 30 minutes is all it takesto get a total body workout with our total support.sho04_suitesFREEINITIALCONSULTATIONWeekend, Home and HospitalAppointments AvailableTelephone: 372-8811There’s no time to lose inthe fight against Alzheimer’sdisease, so sign up today toparticipate in the AlzheimerSociety of B.C.’s annualInvestors Group Walk forMemories and collect pledgesto help those in our communitywho are affected bydementia.The walk will be held onSunday, Jan. 28, at the InteriorSavings Centre in Kamloops.The walk is a noncompetitiveevent for peopleof all ages.Participants collectpledges for the chance towin great incentive prizes,including a chance to win agrand prize.“This is the fourth yearfor the walk in Kamloops,and this year the walk isbeing held in memory ofBeth Desjardine and in honourof the Desjardine family,”explained volunteer eventorganiser Marg Rodgers.“The enthusiasm theevent has generated hasreally helped us make a difference!”An estimated 61,000British Columbians haveAlzheimer’s disease or arelated dementia, a diseasethat also has a huge impacton family and friends.Approximately 14,000new cases are diagnosedeach year in B.C.The Alzheimer Societyof B.C. provides a variety ofinformation, programs andservices to support peoplewith Alzheimer’s or a relateddementia, caregivers, andfamilies.The Alzheimer Society ofB.C. ensures people whoselives are affected by dementiaare connected to a communityof information, servicesand support. Fundsalso go towards research tosearch for the causes andthe cure.Register for the Walk forMemories today!For more informationon Alzheimer’s disease, theAlzheimer Society, or toregister for the Walk forMemories, contact the local*Offer based on first visit enrollment, minimum 12 mo. c.d. program. New members only. Not valid with any other offer.Valid only at participating locations. ©2006 Curves Internationaljcw01Alzheimer Society of B.C.Resource Centre at 377-8200 or 1-800-886-6946, orvisit www. alzheimerbc.orgor www.walkformemories.Walk for Memories 2007,KamloopsIn memory of Beth Desjardine,and in honour of theDesjardine family.Sweethearts since theywere 16, Joe and Beth metwhen they were pinsetters ata local bowling alley on VictoriaStreet in Kamloops.Married on Feb. 2, 1949,they celebrated 57 years ofmarriage in 2006. Theyraised four children, twosons and two daughters.They also have eightgrandchildren, and threegreat-grandchildren.Joe worked as a brakemanfor CN Rail, until helost his sight. Then he starteda poultry farm in Westsyde,where he raised hensfor local egg farms.During this time, Joe alsohelped start the WestsydeVolunteer Fire Department,and was made an honorarymember.After seven years, Joemoved the family intodowntown Kamloops. Therehe ran the CNIB Kiosk inthe Liquor Store on SeymourStreet for 22 years.Beth enjoyed raising herfamily, and worked 20 yearsfor Woodwards, until sheretired in 1988.Together Beth and Joeenjoyed baseball and longwalks. Beth was a big fan ofbaseball.When they were young,she watched Joe play on ateam at Riverside Park whileshe helped pass the collectionplate to raise donationsthat kept the team going.Beth was also a hugeToronto Blue Jays fan.Are you or a member of your family, livingwith a chronic health condition?This can be any health condition that goeson for a long time and has affected your dayto-daylife, such as diabetes, heart disease,osteoporosis, chronic depression or manyother conditions. Thompson Rivers UniversitySchool of Nursing needs your help.As part of TRU’s nursing program, firstyear students visit families with chronichealth conditions.Please consider volunteering your timeto help TRU’s nursing students education.You will be asked to participate in three visits(about one hour in length) with a nursingstudent.The purpose of these visits is to learnabout health challenges from the familiesperspective. This perspective enables nursing“Supper would be late ifthere was a Blue Jays gameon,” laughed Joe.They were fortunateto have the opportunityto attend a Toronto BlueJays home game in 1992.In 1998. Beth and Joe alsotravelled by train (somethingelse Beth loved to do), toNew York to visit family.There they took in a baseballgame at the famous YankeeStadium.Beth also loved towalk. She could walk greatdistances, and very fast.Together, Beth and Joeenjoyed many walks and aparticularly lovely adventurealong the Oregon coast.However, Beth’s enthusiasmfor walking also becamea concern after she was diagnosedwith Alzheimer diseaseat age 70.For six years, Joe caredfor Beth at home, with thehelp of family and friends.Joe described Beth asalways being a very healthyperson, and he said she nevertook pills, until her diagnosisof Alzheimer’s disease.Then she was prescribedmedication for Alzheimer’s,but she did not want to takeit. Joe said she would havetrouble remembering whohe was.“The most difficult waswhen Beth would forgetwho I was. I would try andconvince her I was her husbandJoe, but she would say,‘You may be Joe, but you’renot my husband. ‘ She wouldeventually remember when Itold her things only I wouldknow as her husband,”explained Joe. “After Bethwas admitted to PonderosaLodge, the nurses made sureshe took her medication andthen she always rememberedwho I was.”Beth could also rememberher phone number, butnot her address. Joe saidBeth’s walking became wanderingaway, and that washard on the family becauseshe was such a quick walkerand could go a long distance.“Luckily they were alwaysgood people who would helpand bring her home,” Joesaid.Joe contacted theAlzheimer Society of B.C.after Beth was admitted toPonderosa Lodge.In the Caregiver SupportGroup he found people whoshared similar experiences.However, Joe recommendsthat people contactthe Alzheimer Societyand attend a support groupsooner.Joe participated in theWalk for Memories in 2005and 2006, along with Beth’syounger brother Jim Freathy.Jim was a very special personto Beth, because withher being 12 years older,she helped take care of himwhen he was a baby.“Once at a family dinnerat our son’s, while wewere eating ice cream, Jimstopped by for a visit. Bethloved ice-ream, but shedidn’t finish it because shewould rather be with herbrother than finish her icecream,”Joe fondly recalled.The love Joe has for Bethis obvious in how he speaksabout her and their lifetogether.Sadly, Beth passed awayin July 2006, after eightyears with Alzheimer’s disease.On Jan. 28, Joe and Jimwill Walk for Memories inmemory of Beth Desjardineand in honour of their familywho lovingly supportedBeth and Joe during theirjourney with Alzheimer’sdisease.Wanted: Families with chronic health problemsstudents to become more caring nurses whenworking with families throughout their nursingcareer.As a benefit for the families, they areoften able to identify or reaffirm theirstrengths and resources used in coping withtheir health circumstances.If you or someone you know meets thecriteria and is interested in participating inthis assignment, please contact Mona Taylorat mtaylor@tru.ca or phone 828-5478.Holly – Early Christians of NorthernEurope decorated their homes andchurches with this easily grown evergreencalled “Holy Tree,” later “Holly,” becausethe pointed green leaves reminded themof the crown of thorns and the red berriesof the drops of blood at Jesus’ crucifixion.
<strong>January</strong> 2007 <strong>Senior</strong> <strong>Connector</strong> www.seniorconnector.com Page 11Winners of the Worst Opening Line in a Novel contest announcedSubmitted by The Shuswap Association of WritersGail Anderson-Dargatz (Salmon Arm’s celebrity author) andLes Ellenor (retired Salmon Arm English professor and stupendousstoryteller) took up the challenge.It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it. Think ofthe hours of giggling and belly laughs they endured readingevery last entry for the “Worst Opening Line of a Novel”contest.Bad sentences found their way to Salmon Arm fromsouth-of-the-border states like California, Oregon andWashington; and from B.C. poetry paradises like Fort Nelonand Williams Lake to the north, Gabriola Island, Vicoriaand West Vancouver on the Coast, and throughout thekanagan Valley.“It’s ironic that writing a bad opening sentence is morehallenging than writing a good one,” says Penticton SecndarySchool teacher Andrea DeVito, who encouraged herrade 11 and 12 English students to enter the contest.Meanwhile, contest organizers rustled up a separate catgoryto honour the budding novelists’ entries.The winners were announced Saturday, Oct. 21 at therestige Harbourfront Resort, following the Shuswap Assoiationof Writers’ (SAW) day of mesmerizing readings byeanna Kawatski and Michael Blackstock.The winners are as follows:First:: Marg Shand (Salmon Arm)Belinda’s long lacquered “ruptured spleen red” fingernails slidown the shovel’s polished handle as she eyed the nervous strangernd cooed, “Is that a poached salmon you have down your longjohnsor are you just glad to see me?”Marg won an all-day pass to the May 26, 2007 ShuswapLake International Writers’ Festival, and a one-year membershipin SAW.Second: Kati Irons (Tacoma, WA)“I know you just got home from the salmon packing factory,Zebediah,” remarked Pearline, “but what are you doing outside inyour long-johns with Marcel’s shovel, and where is Marcel?”Kati won an autographed copy of Salmon Run: A Florileiumof Aboriginal Ecological Poetry by Michael D. Blacktock,and a one-year membership in SAW.By Arlene ShorskyWhat is a Knight? He isman committed to actngon his faith and helpngthe world, a man whosetrong dedication to servinghe Church is rooted in hisrder’s humble beginnings.Time and time again,nights have proven thathrough unity our individualfforts to improve our comunitiesare magnified.As men of faith, Knightsre committed to making aifference by helping othrs,including the poor andhysically challenged.Local Knights of Columusactivities involve donaionsto RIH, St. Ann’s andur Lady of Perpetual Helparishes, Hospice, Caribooanor, St. Ann’s and OLPHchools, Pro Life Society,NIB, Boys and Girls Club,anadian Paraplegic, KamoopsFood Bank, NorKamry Grad and St. Vincente Paul.The Knights are also affilatedwith Christmas Amalamated.Le Jeune Manors operated by the KnightsThird: Lois Higgins (Salmon Arm)Agnes, who preferred to be called Celine, carefully wrapped thesalmon in her brother’s red woolen long johns and reached for hershovel as she fondly recalled the wild night of passion under thegibbous harvest moon on the banks of the roaring Adams River,when she and black-eyed Sebastian chose the beautiful dead fishas a memento of their undying love; alas now both salmon andlove are rotting and Celine, a.k.a. Agnes, will bury them deeplyin her rose garden and in her sorrowing heart.Lois won an autographed copy of Clara and Me: TheStory of an Unexpected Friendship by Deana Kawatski, anda one-year membership in SAW.Honourable Mention: Maureen Egan (Salmon Arm)Her classmates at St. Mary’s School for Incorrigible Youthtaunted her with jeers of “Salmon, Salmon-Ella, never kissed afella,” whereupon Ella-May Longjohns, a big girl for her age (111/2), bit her lip, hard, until it hurt more than the teasing hadhurt her feelings; and with a sudden inspired ferocity, she lumbereddeterminedly across the schoolyard and over to the groundskeeper’sworkshed, where, propped against the side of the ramshacklehut was a particular piece of equipment that Ella thoughtmight inflict similar pain upon her tormentors when strickenacross their bony shins - the rusted iron shovel with the gnarledoaken handle that was used only to dig the weekly grave.Penticton Secondary’s English 11 and 12 student winnersare:First: Alan K.[A] while ago, in October, I saw a very big guy with purplelongjohns doing what looked like fishing with a shovel but hemissed the salmon and hit his knees that were beneath his longjohnsand he fell into the water then the salmon attacked him andI haven’t seen him since.Second: Holly EksalOnce upon a time all the salmon lived together in a world in ariver together until a man came wearing golden longjohns bearinga shovel and dug up the whole river so there was no waterand all the salmon cooked in the sun and became smoked salmonand that’s how smoked salmon was invented and then he atethem and got fat; this is why obesity is bad and smoked salmon isthe cause.Knights of Columbus in Kamloopsof Columbus, where one ofthe Knights, John W. is themaintenance man.Donating financially isnot the only part of bettermentof society. The Knightscontribute more than 55million hours of volunteerservice, such as Blue Massesto honour and pray foremergency rescue personnel,blood drives to assist thosein need, clothing and foodcollections to help the lessfortunate, providing rides toshut-ins and by volunteeringat area soup kitchens.Members of the Knightsof Columbus give their timeto Special Olympics by volunteeringin a wide varietyof roles.Today, the Knights ofColumbus is the largestCatholic service organizationin the world.But they are not complacentor unconcerned, infact they are tireless in theirsearch for the next generationof Knights. These aremen of character and convictionwho are driven bytheir faith and conscience toselflessly serve their families,Church and communities.May God bless all of youKnights and your families.Third: Jordan SullevanOnce upon a time, in a ugly and big galaxy that was a superduper long ways away there was a hippo that wanted to eatsome salmon on a longjohn from the Tim Horton’s fresh bakerywhich made him grab his extra long snow shovel and embark onhis quest which brought him to Quizno’s to get directions to TimHorton’s which helped him get to Tim Hortons, but when he gotthere, the lady at the counter said, “We no sell you longjohn causewe out of them,” so he drove across North America which broughthim to...Each student will receive a certificate suitable for framingthat proclaims his or her prowess with the English language.Watch the Shuswap Association of Writers’ website (www.saow.ca) for further contests, readings, festivals and fun.STONE & COMPANYCertified General AccountantsWishing everyone aMerry Christmasand a Happy New Year.j443 Tranquille Road, Kamloops 250-554-2533Brookfield Centre, Clearwater 250-674-2532From beautiful surroundings, to recreation facilities, to exceptional dining - going out of our way toexceed expectations is the goal at Berwick on the Park retirement residence.ber21_janKamloops • British ColumbiaOur Promise to youTo exceed expectations at every turn#60 Whiteshield Crescent South, Kamloops, BC V2E 2S9(250) 377-7275Your Premier Retirement Residencewww.berwickrc.com • Email: bop.marketing@berwickrc.comWinter HoursNow in EffectLunchandDinnerSpecialsDailyKamloops • 554-3211jsls06_decMCG07_NOVR