The Award Winning Voice of Seniors throughout the Thompson/ Nicola/Shuswap Districts • Over 35,000 distributed monthly Volume 23, Number 1, May 2014
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Senior Connector The Seniors’ Own Newspaper
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What is in a name?
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Central Services Suzan Goguen
As the relatively new owners of the Senior Connector, we know how important this publication is to our dedicated readers. We also know, based on the feedback from the community at large, that the paper is serving a broader demographic than the name suggests. There is an ongoing debate about what language we should use to describe people who have advanced beyond the middle of their lives — those who consider themselves to still be young at heart. People who work with older people talk about
the “young-old,” or those aged 65 to 75 and the “old-old,” a group that tends to have more health issues and perhaps physical limitations. On the other hand, many readers do not respond to the terms “elderly” or “older adult” and prefer the term “senior.” The general consensus is that we shouldn’t label people no matter their age and we should instead focus on the interests, desires, needs and lifestyles of individual people and groups. We have decided to turn to you, our dear readers, to help us find a new name for this publication that will speak to a broader population who are 45 and over. Our panel of judges will announce the winning name on June 16 and an announcement will be featured in the July issue. Thank you for your input! For details on how to submit your entry, please see our ad on page 14.
Falling in love with the girl next door By Amy Reinitz
Love was in the air as April 5 marked the wedding of Anne Harrison, aged 68 to Nigel Powell, 78, at The Hamlets at Westsyde. The couple was fortunate to be married in the same place that they met, in a beautiful ceremony that the staff at The Hamlets helped to organize and decorate. A group of about 100 residents, friends and family celebrated while marriage commissioner Sandy Alexander administered the wedding. Harrison and Powell met at The Hamlets just over a year ago, shortly after Harrison moved in. They met when Powell was visiting with his brother Michael, and walking his dog Mocha in the courtyard. Harrison happened to enter the courtyard with her dog, Sarah. Harrison had previously been neighbours with Michael Powell for thirty years, but had never
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Nigel Powell and Anne Harrison say I do! The wedding party consisting of Dave Taylor, Jane Harrison, bride Anne Harrison, groom Nigel Powell, and Michael Harrison. In the front, VIP guests Sarah and Mocha wait patiently for their walk.
met his brother before. Michael introduced them, and thus began a friendship and then something more. “I’d never met her that way, although they were neighbors for thirty years!
So he introduced us and we started going out gradually,” said Powell. Although with age comes wisdom, when it comes to romance some things never change. “Well at first I didn’t know
he was interested,” said Harrison. As they began to attend hockey games and concerts together, Harrison realized that Powell did in fact want to spend time with her. See "Very much in love"...page 9
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