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Growth & Sustainability: Development for a food secure Kamloops Page 2

KAC presents Elaine Burn’s work “The Birds” Page 5

The Canada 55+ Games: A celebration of sport and coming together Page 6

Hey, I’m back! by Clear Impact Page 11

What you need to know about bats Page 19

Father’s Day gift ideas for all types of dads

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Clara Vaal frames Mount Peter and Mount Paul with a dramatic sky and mirror of a river. Her recent entry for Kamloops This Week’s monthly photo contest captures a classic and familiar Kamloops scene.

his Father’s Day, families will gather to thank dads for all they do. Gifts often are part of Father’s Day celebrations, and here’s a list of gift ideas for dads with various interests.

Gaming Dad The draw of popular video games doesn’t abate for some men as they get older. If your dad is at home with game controller in hand, then gifts that feed his hobby can be ideal.

Virtual reality has made great strides. Devices that enable VR game play and other entertainment may appeal to Dad. There are a few options on the market, like the Oculus, Pico Neo, HTC Vive, and Valve Index.

Another option is to gift the Nintendo Switch Console, which enables your dad to play at home connected to the television or on the go with the handheld

controller and screen combination so he never misses a chance to engage in game play.

Sports Dad Tap into your father’s love of sports with gifts tailored to his passion. Baseball and soccer are played during warm months, so tickets to a game is something dads and their children can do together. You also can cheer his team on in front of a new big-screen television he gets for being such a great dad.

Outdoorsman Dad If your dad is most at home with a fishing pole and tackle box, kayaking a nearby body of water, or hiding in a tree stand during hunting season, then gifts that cater to his love of the great outdoors are perfect.

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Growth & Sustainability: Development for a food secure Kamloops

By Lindsay Harris & Krista Macaulay

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n January 2022, the provincial Agricultural Land Commission denied an application from Tranquille on the Lake to remove ~51 ha from the Agricultural Land Reserve for a housing development.

This decision was welcomed by the Kamloops Food Policy Council, who had advocated against the proposal due to the loss of agricultural lands, expected harm to a sensitive ecosystem, and lack of acknowledgement for an important Secwepemc cultural heritage site.

The KFPC envisions a local food system that is regenerative, sovereign, and

Krista just. This means we advocate for development policies that protect agricultural lands and support the food security of our community.

However, Kamloops is also in a severe housing crisis, and the lack of available, affordable housing is causing many families to struggle to put food on the table.

Unlimited growth, a mindset with deep roots in imperialism and colonialism, can lead to the devastating destruction of valuable agricultural land, sprawling expensive neighbourhoods, and car-dependent cities.

Growth for the sake of growth isn’t automatically

good. Yet, stopping all growth is a major contributing factor to our current housing crisis. Low development, NIMBYism, and zoning constraints have caused a dangerously low vacancy rate and disasterously limited housing inventory.

What would “good growth” look like in Kamloops? Growth that is resilient, compassionate, and smart can help us thrive. Growth that focuses on the needs, desires, and intricacies of our community can help us become a better place - unlike growth that focuses on building as many luxury homes as possible in a quarter.

The KFPC is advocating for policies and action from housing developers and local government that encourages the right type of growth that preserves our local food system and supports the distinctive needs of our community. More inclusive and economically savvy development - such as

infill, multi-family, housing cooperatives and affordable rental housing units in our pre-existing neighbourhoods are essential to increasing our low supply and meeting Kamloops’ current housing gaps. Housing that is netzero, resilient to heat domes and flooding, and doesn’t expand the wildland-urban interface even further is equally important.

Ensuring the right type of development is key to fostering the resilient long term health of Kamloops.

Let’s continue this discussion!

The Kamloops Food Policy Council will be launching a series on food and the city to explore a number of deeper civic discussions leading up to our municipal election. As the late urban planner and Canadian food advocate Wayne Roberts wrote, “food is a lever.” Food is how we connect to the land, our communities, and our traditions. And because food is so impactful in all our lives, it is a useful lever

through which we can create transformative changes in other areas. Strong local food systems can help us get to more affordable housing, walkable neighbourhoods, stronger local economies, spaces for safety and belonging, and more.

You can read our full discussion on the topic of growth and sustainability on our website: www. kamloopsfoodpolicycouncil. com/growth-andsustainability where you can also subscribe to stay in the loop about our food and the city policy series.

Radish Hummus Sandwich Krista’s grandmother Marg grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan to become the local grocer in New Westminster, BC. Her connection to food was an inspiration. But her ability to get her young kids to eat radishes was quite the feat! For snack time her and Krista’s toddlers would eat raw - yes raw - radishes. Sliced thinly and dipped in salt - they make the perfect “hors d’oeuvres”.

If that’s not your style she recommends adding:

• Thinly sliced cucumber • Thinly sliced radish • Sliced tomatoes

• Lettuce • Sprouts • Hummus • Mayo • Cheese • Mustard • Salt, pepper

on (homemade) sourdough. Makes a great spring lunch! June was always the month of radish sandwiches for her and her siblings on the farm.

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PART ONE

Quilting: Adding colour to life for decades

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f a friend invited you to a ‘Stack and Whack’ would you assume you’d been asked to attend, a) a pancake eating contest; b) a display of logging skills or c) an encounter with a homicidal maniac?

Likely the last possibility to cross your mind would be an introduction to a group of gentle people stitching fabric together. In other words, a quilting society.

Quilting, a combination of art and mathematics, has vividly descriptive terms all its own. “Stitching in the ditch, fat quarters, fat eighths, lazy angles and companion angles” all describe specific techniques.

The names of patterns reflect the society in which they were designed. “Double Wedding Ring,” “Kite’s Tail,” and “Log Cabin” go back to Colonial times in the U.S. “Cabin Fever,” “Shallow Crossing,” “Land of the Midnight Sun” and “Once Upon A Barn,” reveal their designer’s environment.

“Underground Railroad” and” Fifty-Four-Forty-or Fight”

commemorate historical events. “Fried Chicken,” “Endless Blues,” “Serpentine” and “Where’s The Logic?” are purely whimsical, proving that quilters of all eras possess above average senses of humour.

Like much of our western heritage, quilting combines new technology with traditional spirit. Quilters no longer use scraps of discarded jeans and jumpers to piece together a quilt. Fabric now-a-days may be hand-dyed batik from Bali or silk from Japan. However, today’s quilters, just like our pioneer ancestors, create beautiful and useful items which they often give away.

Quilting, piecing together three layers, top, batting, and backing, is a very old skill. One of the earliest examples—a stuffed quilt made in Sicily about 1400—is in the Victoria and Albert museum in London.

In pioneer times there was no manufactured bedding.

Rich people hired someone to make it for them. Poor women

pieced together scraps of leftover printed fabric or bits from clothing too ragged to wear to make bed covers and hangings for doors and windows to keep out the cold. A quilter in early North America would have one dress for Sunday best. When it wore out, it became pieces in a quilt. The first cotton mill in Canada began production in 1845 but not until 1880, after the U.S. Civil War, was there a regular supply of commercial fabric. Materials quilters used were often taken from their own farms; wool, down from geese, flax spun into cloth.

They could only dye the threads after weaving them and their choice of colours was small.

Quilting was done by hand. The Singer needle sewing machine, invented in 1851, was not readily available, especially to poorer women.

Often the only times hard-working women on isolated homesteads could get together was at a quilting bee.

Invitations went out to the neighbours, carefully including

the best quilters. During the day women exchanged news, recipes and quilt patterns as they worked. At supper they were joined by their men and, in the evening, there was a dance. The more men a young woman met, the better her chances of getting married.

Young men, of course, had an opportunity to assess their prospective wife’s abilities as a housekeeper after seeing her quilting and eating her food.

These women, quilting first by candlelight, and, after 1860, by the light of kerosene lamps, turned a utilitarian pastime into a lively social event.

Women kept blocks of quilting patterns as examples from which to work, often patterns which had come with the first settlers. So, “The Rocky Road To Dublin” became “The Drunkard’s Path.”

Carrie Hall, in her Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America refers to the “New Englanders, with their abstract and positive theologies, the Dutch with their home-making

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instincts and the luxury-loving Virginians.” Their quilt designs imitated their lifestyles. The westward journeys, after the Revolution, brought women from these varied backgrounds together; an unprecedented opportunity to exchange patterns. Much the same happened with the settling of the Canadian west, as Swedish, Ukrainian, German and English women mingled their quilting traditions with those of Americans moving up from the south.

Sewing in general was a livelihood for women who didn’t marry or who were widowed. An accomplished seamstress would always find work. When quilt patterns began to be published in newspapers, the women who designed them were paid.

Again, today, many women are making their living designing, writing and teaching about quilting.

More about modern day quilting will appear next month in Part Two.

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his column is a selfimposed task that I undertake each month.

I often struggle to find a topic to write about. I think I suffer from Imposter Syndrome each month wondering if I have anything of value to share with readers. No doubt there are those amongst you that My two cents think what I write is sheer Moneca Jantzen drivel. I hope that’s not the Editor case, but there’s no way to write something with which everyone agrees or appreciates. I wish I was funnier.

I wish I was more clever. I fear that I’m repetitive and unoriginal. I am always relieved when I manage to reach my word count on any given subject.

The truth is I don’t really have to suffer this struggle each month. I could seek out another writer to fill the space. Believe it or not, I could even resort to using an Artificial Intelligence (AI) robot to write my columns which is truly bizarre to me.

Here’s an example of something an AI wrote after I put in the keywords: “Ode to Dad” Tell Dad what he means to you Tell your dad how much he means to you by sending a message of admiration, respect and love for Father’s Day. If you are lucky enough to still have a father and grandfather, tell them how much you appreciate them.

Remind the fathers in your life that you appreciate their risks, their sacrifices, and the time and attention they spend with and away from your family.

It’s not horrible. It’s a bit odd and it goes against my instincts of being authentic and not plagiarizing. I would never be capable of passing off some AI’s blurb as my own, besides the fact I think one would actually have to re-work anything that the AI provides to really use it confidently.

To my way of thinking, it’s easier to just write something from scratch, hopefully making more sense than the AI. As if having a robot do our writing isn’t strange enough, I’ve also discovered that we can also get AIs to create graphics now. It won’t be long before a robot is doing my graphic designer job, I’m sure.

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While abstract, they do seem to provide fair attempts.

Depending on which style one selects you get a slightly different look each time you run a keyword.

As interesting as all of this appears to be, I don’t think it serves us terribly well. I for one would definitely feel like an imposter if I relied on AI to write or illustrate my column. All that aside, Father’s Day is coming up so make sure you celebrate the dads in your life or the dad that you are and do so as authentically as possible. Have fun and have a happy June!

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Kamloops Arts Council presents

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Elaine Burn’s “Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide: The Birds”

by Keiko Bolen

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he Kamloops Arts Council is elated to announce Elaine Burns as their new featured artist in its Main Gallery. Entitled “Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide: The Birds,” the collection features stunning depictions of our feathered friends in oil on panel. Oil paints are Elaine’s preferred medium, and her skill is apparent in the beautiful textures and colours exhibited in all eleven pieces.

Elaine’s inspiration for these spectacular creations was birthed from the tragic wildfires that recurrently plague British Columbia.

Starting in 2019, the first bird Elaine painted, entitled “First Call,” aims to express how she felt “knowing that birds and animals suffer from the wildfires, through loss of life and loss of habitat.”

From there, Elaine executed three smaller studies inspired by the same topic, but did

not have a complete, working concept until 2021, a record year for natural disasters in B.C. Elaine, like many of us, watched in horror as 870,000 hectares of land, homes, farms, towns, and rural communities were decimated by the forest fires, followed by a multitude of extreme weather patterns, such as a heat dome, king tide, and atmospheric rivers and floods.

When witnessing this onslaught of unusual weather activity, Elaine comments, “My heart went out to all those displaced, but it broke at the thought of the fear, pain, and loss experienced by animals and birds with ‘Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide.’ Each bird became a symbol of my reaction to these events and how overwhelmed I felt by the devastating loss of lives, homes, and communities.”

Although many animals were displaced by the historic forest fires and floods, Elaine chose to focus specifically on birds.

When asked ‘Why birds?’ Elaine answers, “[They] are such wonderful animals. To see a bird soaring high in the air, or gracing me with morning song, it fills my heart with so much joy. For me, they make the world a better place.” Elaine also feels that there is much we, as people, can learn from birds, specifically the raven, which is the breed she chose to style many of her birds off of. While ravens are

often associated with loss and bad omens, Elaine chooses to focus on their adaptability and great empathy, as she believes these are attributes that humans will be required to master, particularly in our rapidly changing world. “Adaptability,” Elaine says, “in our thinking of how we use our sources of energy, how we grow food for sustainability and how we turn the table on climate change, [and empathy] to recognize and understand each other and support each other in a non-biased manner.”

Evidently, Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide: The Birds is about more than beautiful depictions of birds.

Through her work, Elaine encourages us to consider nature, climate change, and how the two are intertwined.

She hopes that as we move through the exhibit, each avian story becomes clear and that it “sparks constructive conversation to better our world.”

The Kamloops Arts Council invites all to experience Elaine’s gripping work from Friday, May 13 to Saturday, June 4, 2022, at the Old Courthouse, 7 Seymour Street W. You may also view her work online on the Kamloops Art Council’s website, available at kamloopsarts.ca.

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by Canadians was down nearly 37% in the first three quarters of 2021 compared to the same period before the COVID-19 pandemic. But with the post-pandemic world opening up for travel, you may be ready to plan your next adventure.

Whether you’ve been dreaming of hiking in the

mountains, seeing the sights in a new city or simply relaxing on a beach, you don’t have to overspend to have a great time. Following these tips can help you keep your budget on track.

• Shop around.

Unless you’re picking an exclusive, ultraluxurious location, in the age of online, do-it-yourself travel planning, there’s no reason to overpay for your trip. Sign up for daily or weekly travel deal emails from companies like Expedia, Redtag or Kayak. They aggregate specials from a variety of tour operators and airlines, offering you an easy way to keep a pulse on the best deals.

• Be flexible.

Rather than picking a destination and then trying to find

a deal, why not pick your trip based on what’s on sale?

You may discover a location you might have otherwise overlooked. This doesn’t necessarily mean traveling during off-season. You could just as easily snatch up a discount for an up-and-coming destination, and even better, you’ll get to say you went there first!

• Set a budget.

Before you can stay on budget, you need to have a budget.

Decide the maximum amount you want to spend and stick to it.

This may mean being more selective when choosing souvenirs or skipping them altogether. (Do you really need another T-shirt or novelty shot glass?) While it may seem counterintuitive, tracking your purchases on a debit

or credit card may be easier, and safer, than using cash. At the end of each day, check your account to make sure you’ve stayed within your daily budget. Allinclusive vacations are another great way to keep costs down. Lock up your wallet in the room safe and don’t pull it back out until you leave to avoid tempting impulse buys.

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The Canada 55+ Games: A celebration of sport and coming together

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he highly anticipated 2022 Canada 55+ Games are just three months away, and this year’s games are sure to be memorable. The 2022 Kamloops 55+ Canada Games have been four years in the making; while the Games are typically held every two years, the 2020 Games were unfortunately postponed. It will be a true celebration of community.

The Games will be kickstarted at the opening ceremonies which take place August 23 at the Tournament Capital Center Fieldhouse.

As the registrations from each province begin to come in, more than 2,500 competitors from across Canada are expected to attend the four-day event from August 23-26, 2022. During this time, 26 games will be played out in some of the best facilities that British Columbia has to offer. Collectively, the variety of games focus on participants’ social, physical, and psychological wellbeing by including both physically and mentally challenging competitions such as ice hockey, golf, cribbage, and scrabble. While

winners will be declared for each event, the greatest reward will be coming together to reunite with friends from past Games, and making new ones along the way.

To make these games a success, the help of roughly 1,000 volunteers will be required.

Volunteer shifts are 4-6 hours in length and volunteers are asked to commit to a minimum of 8 hours.

The registration for volunteers is well underway, but we still have a number of open positions available. Interested individuals are

asked to register by filling out the digital volunteer registration form on our website. If you have any questions about volunteering, you may contact us by email at info@ kamloops55games. com or by phone at 250-828-3823.

Whether you are a local, or a tourist, we encourage you to attend this year’s Games as a participant, a volunteer, or a supporter. For more information about the Kamloops 2022 Canada 55+ Games, visit: www. kamloops555games. com.

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Organizing old pictures

THAT TECH GUY JEFFREY READE

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ontinuing from last month’s column, the next

step is the hardest part: organizing all those old pictures. For recent pictures it can be easy.

Your phone or digital camera embeds data into the pictures such as date, time, even GPS location that you can sort by (if the feature is enabled).

Current operating systems can make it easy too. With them you can create folders, even albums and collections based on locations, years or even

subject matter. You can cross reference them as well so they can be in multiple collections.

Thankfully recent photos are easier to catalog since we take so many more than when I was a kid. I can remember my family taking pictures at gatherings, vacations and other events.

Probably because film cost actual money to process back then.

Now, even I’m guilty of having tons of pictures

I’ll use “eventually” on my phone and PC. For older pictures you’ll have to manually insert the tags, which is more time consuming than anything else.

You can use other software to organize your pictures, such as Adobe Lightroom, though it does cost money. In this case a monthly subscription.

There are numerous “out of box” picture organizers when it comes to software,

some free and some that cost money. Far too many to list here.

Explore them, see what you like, what features you want and need to make it easier for you.

In the end what works for you may not work for someone else.

Apple can even create physical photo albums of your family’s adventures, though they are not cheap.

Again, it saves time but I feel it loses some of the personal touch. My

uncle and dad would make photo albums for family members and would work on them tirelessly to make them special for each person, inscribed them for one specific person.

Technology is wonderful but sometimes it costs the human touch. There are plenty of options out there and finding the right mix is as individual as the person using them.

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Whoever is responsible for the reason to litigate pays for any Estate litigation costs. If the Deceased is the one that made the mistake or failed to do something legally, the court costs come out of their Estate funds. If the litigation is due to an unhappy beneficiary, that beneficiary may

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Clients in Estate matters can usually get an initial file review and legal opinion from a lawyer at a low cost to determine what steps are required, the chances of success and an estimated cost to move forward. In many circumstances, the lawyer may take the file on a contingency basis or provide an estimate as to the cost of the litigation proceedings.

Chamber Musicians of Kamloops presents “After a Dream” On Saturday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. at Kamloops United Church, 4th and St. Paul, CMK presents After a Dream. From the serene sounds of CPE Bach to the dynamic and powerful sounds of Louise Farrenc, this concert will be a delightful exploration of great composers in history.

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trength and compassion were defining aspects of Jack Buckham’s character in life and continue to be part of his legacy through a special fund established by his children, Aaron and Brad, with the BC Interior Community Foundation (BCICF).

Focused on Jack’s influence as an educator, coach and mentor, the Jack Buckham Team 73 Leadership Award will be given to high school athletes in Kamloops who not only excel on the field of play but also show great leadership qualities.

To honour Jack, one short year after his passing, a Celebration of Life has been planned for July 2.

Later that day, family and friends will host the ‘One More Time for Jack’ memorial dinner to raise funds to support Jack’s legacy.

“My father was instrumental in ensuring that all students had the opportunity to be involved in athletics,” says Aaron Buckham.

“But more than that, he tried to instill the values of leadership and self-worth.”

After a lifetime of coaching and inspiring young athletes, the memorial fund created in the name of the late Jack Buckham is a legacy that reflects the life he lived and will forever give back to the youth in our area.

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Vince O’Hara chose the BC Interior Community Foundation because he wanted to support his community long past his lifetime.

Mr. O’Hara left money in his will to start a fund in his name.

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“Oh,IIIam, am,”””Marsha Marshaassured assured “Oh, “Oh, am, Marsha assured him,“but “butshe shemoped mopedaround around him, him, “but she moped around thismorning morningand anddidn’t didn’twant want this this morning and didn’t want togo goto toschool schoolbecause becausehe he to to go to school because he can’tbe bethere. there.Some Somenights nights can’t can’t be there.

Some nights she creeps out of bed very she creeps out of bed she creeps out of bed very very late or at the crack of dawn late or at the crack of dawn late or at the crack of dawn justto toget geton onthe thephone! phone! just just to get on the phone!

All she does is inquire All she does is inquire All she does is inquire aboutwhat’s what’sgoing goingon onin in about about what’s going on in his life.

Last night she stole his life.

Last night she stole his life. Last night she stole downstairsin inher hernightshirt nightshirt downstairs downstairs in her nightshirt and made another call.This This and made another and made another call. call.

This time, though, someone on time, though, someone on time, though, someone on the other end of the line put the other end of the line the other end of the line put put her down about calling at her down about calling at her down about calling at aaa badhour. hour.From Fromout outin inthe the bad bad hour.

From out in the hall I heard her muffling her hall I heard her muffling hall I heard her muffling her her sobs in a pillow.

When she sobs in a pillow.

When she sobs in a pillow. When she sawme methere, there,she sheblurted blurted saw saw me there, she blurted out, ‘Chip’s sleeping, and out, ‘Chip’s sleeping, out, ‘Chip’s sleeping, and and they told me they won’t pick they told me they won’t they told me they won’t pick pick up next time I call!’

She was up next time I call!’

She was up next time I call!’ She was sosad, sad,Joe. Joe.””” so so sad, Joe. Joe comforted Marsha, Joe comforted Joe comforted Marsha, Marsha, then he went to Sydney’s then he went to Sydney’s then he went to Sydney’s roomto tocomfort comforther. her. room room to comfort her.

“What’s up, young lady?”

“What’s up, young “What’s up, young lady?” lady?”

Listening with empathy, he Listening with empathy, Listening with empathy, he he finally said, “I’m so sorry, finally said, “I’m so sorry, finally said, “I’m so sorry, butit doesdisturb disturbpeople people but but ititdoes does disturb people to get calls so late or so to get calls so late or to get calls so late or so so early. ” They laid together on early. ” They laid together early.” They laid together on on top of the bed until Sydney top of the bed until Sydney top of the bed until Sydney quitsobbing. sobbing.The Thefamily’s family’s quit quit sobbing.

The family’s landline was her lifeline landline was her lifeline landline was her lifeline toChip, Chip,though, though,and andshe she to to Chip, though, and she suffered in silence even after suffered in silence even suffered in silence even after after being consoled. being consoled. being consoled.

“There’snothing nothingworse worse “There’s “There’s nothing worse than rejection or unrequited than rejection or unrequited than rejection or unrequited love,Joe, Joe,and andthat’s that’swhat whatour our love, love, Joe, and that’s what our daughter must be feeling. ” daughter must be feeling. ” daughter must be feeling.”

“Yeah,IIIsuppose. suppose.By Bythe the “Yeah, “Yeah, suppose.

By the way, Marshy, how did he get way, Marshy, how did he way, Marshy, how did he get get that nickname, Chip?” that nickname, Chip?” that nickname, Chip?”

“Haven’tgot gotaaaclue. clue.Listen Listen “Haven’t “Haven’t got clue.

Listen to this!

Sydney got me to this!

Sydney got me to this! Sydney got me laughing;she shetold toldme meshe she laughing; laughing; she told me she was anxious to find out was anxious to find out was anxious to find out if ifif Chip’s a good kisser!”

Chip’s a good kisser!”

Chip’s a good kisser!”

“Oh,you’re you’rekidding. kidding.That’s That’s “Oh, “Oh, you’re kidding.

That’s hilarious, ” Joe bellowed. hilarious, ” Joe bellowed. hilarious,” Joe bellowed.

Then,with withno notip-toeing tip-toeing Then, Then, with no tip-toeing going on, the rest ofthe the going on, the rest going on, the rest of of the night was silent. night was silent. night was silent.

Chiplived livedabout aboutten tenklicks klicks Chip Chip lived about ten klicks from Sydney’s house, but to from Sydney’s house, but from Sydney’s house, but to to her it felt like he was on the her it felt like he was on the her it felt like he was on the otherside sideof ofthe themoon. moon.She She other other side of the moon.

She rarely got over there because rarely got over there because rarely got over there because shecouldn’t couldn’tdrive, drive,much muchless less she she couldn’t drive, much less own a car, and she depended own a car, and she depended own a car, and she depended onher herparents parentsthe thefew few on on her parents the few times she got a visit inwith with times she got a visit times she got a visit in in with Chip.

At those times, her Chip.

At those times, her Chip. At those times, her

parentssaw sawhow howshe shelit litup, up, parents parents saw how she lit up, and there was no mistaking and there was no mistaking and there was no mistaking howshe shefelt. felt.However, However, how how she felt.

However, it was obvious, too,that that it was obvious, it was obvious, too, too, that Chip barely responded.

He Chip barely responded.

Chip barely responded. He He seemed to be distracted seemed to be distracted seemed to be distracted byhis hissiblings siblingsand andmother mother by by his siblings and mother and paid little attention to and paid little attention and paid little attention to to Sydney’s idolizing eyes.

Sydney’s idolizing eyes.

Sydney’s idolizing eyes.

Marshapondered ponderedtheir their Marsha Marsha pondered their relationship.

“I’m glad relationship.

“I’m glad relationship. “I’m glad Chip’sfamily familywere werefirm firmwith with Chip’s Chip’s family were firm with Sydney about those phone Sydney about those phone Sydney about those phone callsat atall allhours. hours.She Shedoesn’t doesn’t calls calls at all hours.

She doesn’t get it.

She really needs to get it.

She really needs get it. She really needs to to grow up a little more.

As for grow up a little more.

As grow up a little more. As for for Chip, I wonder if he’s even Chip, I wonder if he’s even Chip, I wonder if he’s even matureenough enoughto toknow knowhow how mature mature enough to know how to act around girls!” to act around girls!” to act around girls!”

Bannedfrom fromusing usingthe the Banned Banned from using the phone ‘after hours’ , times phone ‘after hours’ , times phone ‘after hours’, times werehard hardfor forSydney.

Sydney.In In were were hard for Sydney.

In Chip’s household, nobody Chip’s household, nobody Chip’s household, nobody botheredto totell tellhim himwhy why bothered bothered to tell him why Sydney wasn’t calling any Sydney wasn’t calling Sydney wasn’t calling any any more.

His situation was more.

His situation was more. His situation was uniquein inthat thathe’d he’dbeen been unique unique in that he’d been born with issues and hadto to born with issues and born with issues and had had to stick to a specific diet as well stick to a specific diet as well stick to a specific diet as well asmaintain maintainaaaschedule schedulein in as as maintain schedule in order to gain strength and order to gain strength and order to gain strength and goodhealth. health.He Herequired required good good health.

He required special attention andlacked lacked special attention and special attention and lacked the maturity of social skills. the maturity of social skills. the maturity of social skills.

Truth be known, he was like Truth be known, he was Truth be known, he was like like spoiled kid and content aaaspoiled kid and content spoiled kid and content withoutSydney Sydneypawing pawing without without Sydney pawing over him with her eyesand and over him with her over him with her eyes eyes and insatiable infatuation. insatiable infatuation. insatiable infatuation.

Severalweeks weekspassed. passed.

Several Several weeks passed.

All the while hopeful ofan an All the while hopeful All the while hopeful of of an idyllic relationship with idyllic relationship with idyllic relationship with Chip,Sydney Sydneynever nevergave gave Chip, Chip, Sydney never gave up on imagining a perfect up on imagining a perfect up on imagining a perfect connectionwith withhim. him.She She connection connection with him.

She pined for him, but worked pined for him, but worked pined for him, but worked hardat atschool schooland andlooked looked hard hard at school and looked forward to her last dayso so forward to her last day forward to her last day so her summer romance could her summer romance could her summer romance could bloom.She Shewas wasold oldenough enough bloom. bloom.

She was old enough to know that June bugs and to know that June bugs to know that June bugs and and brides would come out soon brides would come out soon brides would come out soon and,if Chipwas waswith withher, her, and, and, ififChip Chip was with her, she’d be in for a lot of fun! she’d be in for a lot of fun! she’d be in for a lot of fun!

The fun started when she The fun started when The fun started when she she had a part in her graduation had a part in her graduation had a part in her graduation program.Her Herheart heartwas wasas as program. program.

Her heart was as full of wonder as her frilly full of wonder as her frilly full of wonder as her frilly dresswas. was.She Shemelted meltedinto into dress dress was.

She melted into an emotional blob, like ice an emotional blob, like an emotional blob, like ice ice cream dripping from its cream dripping from its cream dripping from its coneon onaaasticky stickyday, day,when when cone cone on sticky day, when Chip’s parents gave her Chip’s parents gave her Chip’s parents gave her Chip’sspecial specialgift giftand andaaacard! card!

Chip’s Chip’s special gift and card!

She opened the box to find She opened the box to find She opened the box to find brightlycoloured colouredcandy. candy. brightly brightly coloured candy.

Whataaathrill thrillthat thatwas. was.The The What What thrill that was.

The card’s note read: card’s note read: card’s note read: DearSydney: Sydney: Dear Dear Sydney: Congratulations on Congratulations Congratulations on on graduating!You’re You’reaaa graduating! graduating!

You’re beautiful big girl,and andyou you beautiful big beautiful big girl, girl, and you areentering enteringaaanew newrite riteof of are are entering new rite of passage.

I’ve grown a lot too, passage.

I’ve grown a lot passage. I’ve grown a lot too, too, andIIIknow knowwe’ll we’llhit hitit off. and and know we’ll hit ititoff. off.

We’ll nibble candy.

(Signed) We’ll nibble candy.

(Signed) We’ll nibble candy. (Signed) Chip.

Chip.

Chip.

Laterat atSydney’s Sydney’splace place Later Later at Sydney’s place foraaabar-b-q, bar-b-q,Chip Chipjoined joined for for bar-b-q, Chip joined Sydney to playfully toss Sydney to playfully toss Sydney to playfully toss andchase chaseaaaball. ball.The Theheartheartand and chase ball.

The heartwarming sight indicated warming sight indicated warming sight indicated thefull fullmeasure measureof oftheir their the the full measure of their undeniablecompatibility. compatibility. undeniable undeniable compatibility.

Taking a long deepbreath, breath, Taking Taking aa long long deep deep breath, Martha,with withtears tearsfilling filling Martha, Martha, with tears filling her eyes said, “They areboth both her her eyes eyes said, said, “They “They are are both soyoung. young.”””She’d She’dseen seenthem them so so young.

She’d seen them cuddle, and their sappy kind cuddle, cuddle, and and their their sappy sappy kind kind oflove lovewas wasthe thereal realthing. thing. of of love was the real thing.

“First love’s like that, isn’tit “First “First love’s love’s like like that, that, isn’t isn’t itit Joe?Like Likethe thelove lovedescribed described Joe? Joe? Like the love described in Corinthians, it’s loyaland and in in Corinthians, Corinthians, it’s it’s loyal loyal and patient.””” patient. patient.

Later,bonding bondingas asthough though Later, Later, bonding as though theyhad hadmade madevows vowsto to they they had made vows to never part, Sydney and Chip never part, Sydney and never part, Sydney and Chip Chip cuddledon onthe thelove loveseat seatin in cuddled cuddled on the love seat in puppy-love kind of way. aaapuppy-love kind of way. puppy-love kind of way.

When Sydney’seyes eyesgot got When When Sydney’s Sydney’s eyes got heavy and closed, so did heavy and closed, so did heavy and closed, so did Chips’...Seeing Seeingthem themdoze, doze, Chips’ Chips’ Seeing them doze, what else could be said what else could be said what else could be said exceptthat thatit wasworth worththe the except except that ititwas was worth the wait for them to hold out for wait for them to hold out wait for them to hold out for for almostsix sixweeks weeksand andthen then almost almost six weeks and then be together in a forever way! be together in a forever be together in a forever way! way!

Thatevening, evening,Sydney’s Sydney’s That That evening, Sydney’s mom, dad and Chip, the mom, dad and Chip, mom, dad and Chip, the the weaned,pick-of-the-litter pick-of-the-litter weaned, weaned, pick-of-the-litter springy Spaniel, sattogether together springy Spaniel, springy Spaniel, sat sat together onSydney’s Sydney’sbed. bed.Before Before on on Sydney’s bed.

Before Marsha whispered goodMarsha whispered Marsha whispered goodgoodnightto toSydney, Sydney,she sheread read night night to Sydney, she read the back of the card written the back of the card written the back of the card written tothe thealmost-six almost-sixyear-old year-old to to the almost-six year-old graduate of kindergarten: graduate of kindergarten: graduate of kindergarten: P.S.IIIcan caneat eatkibble kibblenow now P.S. P.S. can eat kibble now and those coloured dogand those coloured dogand those coloured dogcandytreats treatstoo! too!IIIhope hopeyou you candy candy treats too! hope you likethe thefuzzy fuzzychip chipof ofwhite white like like the fuzzy chip of white wagging at the tip of my tail wagging wagging at at the the tip tip of of my my tail tail whenyou’re you’rearound! around! when when you’re around!

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ords have never been spoken with such a quiet disregard, or rather emanating from feverish fingertips instead of forming on the tips of tongues.

Intention and opinion can span a thousand miles with a mere click of a button, impacting a human mind you have never met. Verbal communication to me has become one of the most trivialized activities humanity has slowly begun to disengage from. We have regressed, almost blissfully unaware of its importance and ability to morph, reshape, and completely obliterate our culture, our logic, and our natural born instincts.

I was sitting by the pond out on Tranquille, pretending to still enjoy the cool breeze that wiggled its way between all my layers to skim across my skin.

When intertwined with the gentle howl of this “spring” zephyr, drifted

a chaotic menagerie of melodic voices. No particular individual vied for centre stage.

No one jousted to have their voice to be considered more important than the rest. Each simply yabbered freely, unhindered until one direct note emerged from the edge of the crowd.

Despite a plethora of orders being present all understood the sound.

Silence fell and hardly a moment later the sleek form of a Merlin darted swiftly between the brush and trees. Its 22-inch wings expertly navigated with surgical precision the narrow openings between limbs and reeds a mere 3 feet above the ground.

The tiny bodies of Hammonds Flycatchers, RubyCrowned Kinglets, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, White crowned Sparrows, Tree sparrows and a host of other Sparrow, flycatcher, and Warbler species, scurried to tuck themselves beneath the woody protection of the surrounding greenery. I stood there astonished.

It was not a domino effect or chain reaction, one species slowly realizing the sound was an alarm. No, it was an instantaneous understanding. I couldn’t help but

wonder, as I sat there listening to the diversity, if the species could in fact understand each other?

The Syrinx is the vocal organ in a bird which ranges in shape and size depending on Genus. This slight difference gives us the variance we hear. But the over all parameters for each type or meaning of a call, seem to follow similar tonal patterns. Sharp calls for distress, coons of mating, moderate tones for greeting and communicating, and urgent cheep cheeps for calling a parent.

Studies have proven that many predatory birds engage in mimicry to lure their prey, so it stands to reason that a general understanding must allow them to decipher each other’s sounds.

So, the next time you find yourself amidst the hustle and bustle of our multicultural world, take a listen and see if you can pick up and find the patterns and nuances that are a part of our ability to communicate universally. And never forget that no one’s voice is any less or more important than another’s.

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As wise as nature’s wings

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ext month I’m completing a Cry of the Earth Project. I’m launching a book of handmade illustrated poetry I have titled “as wise as nature’s wings.” The idea came to me at the beginning of the COVID storm.

In my unique boat of chronic diseases, I wondered how I could fulfill the purpose and meaning in my life if isolated from other earth activists. But as an artist, I could still make art and write poetry. This project marries visual art and poetry in a book that might increase people’s commitment to the multiple cries of the earth. With the encouragement of fellow artists, family, and friends, in March of 2020, I began the cry of the earth project not knowing what would unfold, not knowing if I could do what I envisioned without becoming overwhelmed.

My feelings were a mixed bag—bitterness of

“why me?,” the sweetness of mental health perhaps becoming a priority, the joy of embracing the simple things, grief about the huge number of COVID deaths, regret of not recognizing sooner the priorities we wished we had, the poignancy of fulfilment from the slow down of our usual pace, the frustration of surgery waiting lists, and finally the fatigue of too many challenges and restrictions at the same time as a strong sense of victory of accomplishments.

The last chapter of a textbook entitled ‘The Multiple Losses of Aging’ I read when learning about Developmental Psychology came to my mind and I wondered why the turning point of my own aging and accompanying chronic illness came in the same year as a pandemic that locked me away from people who love and support me and why I landed in a cocoon of isolation and loneliness.

With memory losses, an increase of anxieties and the fear of becoming overwhelmed and a burden, I was afraid my project meant biting off more than I could chew.

It’s brave to talk about feelings in our culture; we don’t deal well with emotion. We place judgements into two camps, good feelings

like happiness and contentment or bad such as hurt, jealousy, and anger. Emotional responses can be a source of wisdom and a point of opportunity.

Managing transition in the last part of an aging life involves multiple losses and is challenging enough without COVID-19. I had to remind myself my feelings and situation are not special or better or worse than others, but unique and different from others.

My transition could be worse – I could be starving, caught in the absence of affordable senior housing, have cancer, in the middle of a natural disaster – a plague of locusts, a swarm of killer bees, wildfires, a landslide, or heaven forbid on an airplane with a design flaw.

Now my books are completed, the joy and salvation of making them might make a difference to the current challenges of climate change, and I’m celebrating, but aware I had used the pandemic and my losses as an opportunity.

Join my celebration on June 4 at the Kamloops United Church. The celebration starts at 6:30 p.m. and ends with cake. Proceeds from the sale of the books will be donated to earth activism.

Gratitude belongs to The Kamloops Arts Council and Transition Kamloops for partnering and sponsoring me on this project.

Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind.…to be happy, rest like a great tree in the midst of them all.

Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Rumi 1207-1273

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supposedly for the 2020 Games. Now we can finally make use of it!

We’d like to thank all those who attended our fund-raiser lunch after the May 12 general meeting. We are also very appreciative of those who supported the “shared pot,” and who bought items offered in the silent auction. And there wouldn’t have been an auction if it were not for the generosity of donors with a variety of items, and those who made monetary donations.

As this article heads to The Connector in midMay, we are still hoping the weather warms up to more seasonal levels.

But take heart from this quote: The nice thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later Mother Nature will have to keep it.

We would love to see you at the next general meeting on June 9 at the Kamloops Sports Council Building on McArthur Island at 10 a.m. As ever, please help yourself and others to keep well and stay safe.

Gift-giving inspiration for Father’s Day Continued from page 1 Insulated thermoses, waterproof bags for storing phones or wallets, multitools, backpacks, and hiking boots make great gifts.

Techy Dad Does the idea of the latest “smart” offering get your father all revved up? Then purchase gifts that cater to his love of gadgets. Maybe he can use a new tablet or laptop that bridges the gap between home and office.

Could it be time to upgrade

his smartphone? A doorbell camera or home security kit can help Dad keep an eye on the comings and goings around the house when he’s away. Or help him create surround lighting effects that can react to content on the screen or music being played with LED smart lighting strips.

Practical Dad Some fathers don’t want flashy gifts, instead preferring ones that can be used

everyday. Think about a new paper shredder or identity block roller stamp to keep sensitive information safe.

If Dad takes long road trips, then he might be able to use a car visor extender or a smartphone holder. Shelving, racks or storage straps for the garage also may put a smile on Dad’s face.

This year, make Father’s Day a smash hit with gifts that cater to Dad’s interests.

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has passed, contact the sport coordinator to check if there are still any openings for registration in the sport in which you are interested. Update: Golf playdowns in zone 8 have been canceled as the maximums have not been met. All registered players will advance to Victoria at this time.

Any later entries will be a first come first serve acceptance, so contact the golf coordinator.

Please keep in mind that the Membership Application & Registration Forms must be completed in full if you plan to participate in the Victoria Games. If you have already submitted the Membership section 1 with the $20 fee, you will only need to complete Section 2, read Terms & Conditions, and sign the declaration & waiver and submit them to the Treasurer with the $75 participation fee by June 18 latest. This could be done at the June 9 general meeting, or before. This year we are again able to pay the sports fee for each participant from the last Community Gaming Grant Zone 8 received,

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We especially recognize people of all ages who continue helping keep our population safer through the ongoing concerns re: Covid and ailments in general. Thank you!

June seems to be a month to feature a number of people. There are still some seniors alive who survived WWII, as well as their families who remember. Seniors’ Week salutes those over 55 who aim for fitness of body and mind. On a more somber note, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is one we wish could no longer be needed. Then, just as mothers were feted on May 8, fathers get to be recognized on June 19.

Check the website: 55plusbcgames.org.

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55+ BC Games, Zone 8 salutes seniors

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dwin St. Jean St. Andrew prefers contemplation to action. He has the means to enjoy his position as a man of leisure, self-styled as an English “gentleman farmer” recently arrived on the shores of Canada in the year 1912. He is one of many young men who are genteelly booted to a British colony while the first-born sons of nobility inherit their family’s estate. Unbound from his family and at loose ends, he immerses himself in the vastness and beauty of nature, taking up sketching and painting as an interest. Neither in the not-quite English city of Victoria, nor in the verdant forests of the west coast of B.C., is he entirely at ease. When he stumbles into a particular patch of trees and vegetation he suddenly experiences violin notes, scents, and a peculiar whooshing noise, leaving him in a state of vertigo and confusion. Far in the future, similar experiences occur to others.

Centuries later, Earth is over-populated and merely a base for some humanity, while colonies in space are home to millions, lives contained within domes, inhabitants unconscious of the hum of the artificial atmosphere, regulated cloud patterns with perfectly timed rain intervals, or even the attempt at beauty in architecture and simulated nature. Few are aware of a secretive institution dealing with experimental time travel. One trainee in the program realizes that a pandemic is about to annihilate humankind. No anomalies are tolerated in his work: changing the past is forbidden.

The Sea of Tranquility (the title named for the landing spot on the moon of NASA’s Apollo 13 mission in 1969) encourages the reader to contemplate not just nature and its wonders here on earth, but also the nature of reality itself. The author allows the reader to enjoy the adventure of time and space travel, while the characters emphasize the very core of the story – the prime importance of the people we love.

Emily St. John Mandel is the Canadian author of Station Eleven, a powerful science fiction story set partially in Toronto, and The Glass Hotel. Station Eleven won numerous literary awards and was made into a tv series.

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have personally experienced auto theft from breaking into my vehicle to having a beloved motorcycle stolen and neither experience was fun!

I recently had a discussion with the RCMP Crime Prevention people here in Kamloops and they happily provided the following information: Tips for preventing theft from and of vehicles Recommended Best Practices: • Do not leave any property in your vehicle or expect to find it gone when you return later. Thieves will break in for as little as a few coins or a cigarette lighter. If you absolutely must leave items in your vehicle, secure them in the trunk as many thieves routinely check the glove box and under the seat for hidden items. Typical items stolen from vehicles include purses, wallets, credit cards, GPS units, passports, house keys, cash, clothing and sunglasses.

• Do not leave any personal identification in an unattended vehicle or you could become a victim of identity theft. (includes drivers license, financial documents, credit/debit information or any mail that could identify who you

Submitted by Gary Miller, Retired Service Advisor & Certified Automotive Specialist

are). Often, the thieves are taking only identification and credit cards from purses, but leave the purse behind and the owner may not realize a theft has occurred until much later. Once armed with a few cards, thieves are able to then apply for, and receive loans in your name, additional credit cards, and cash advances. If you don’t notice the theft for a number of days, the damage done could be extensive.

• Invest in a good anti-theft device, particularly a passive immobilizer. Use a steering wheel lock every time you park your vehicle.

• Secure your license plates with bolts – Criminals commonly steal license plates and use them to avoid being identified while committing other crimes.

• Do not set the ‘Home’ function on your GPS device to your home address, but rather to a nearby intersection, thereby not allowing the suspects to know exactly where you live.

• Do not keep your garage door opener in your vehicle along with any identifying information as this could result in directing the suspects directly to your

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residence.

• Always wait for an automatic gate to close behind you when entering or leaving a controlled parking area.

• Do not keep spare keys to your vehicle in the vehicle. Police see this happen all the time. What would have been the theft of some change in the ashtray, turns into a theft of a vehicle.

• If you see any suspicious persons or activities near a vehicle, call the police immediately. Report suspicious activity while it is happening – Try to get a description of the suspects and their vehicle (including license plate). Do not confront the suspects. Let the police determine if it’s a crime in progress.

• People often fail to report suspicious activity while it is occurring because they don’t want to be embarrassed if their suspicions are unfounded. The police prefer that you call in suspicious activity so it can be investigated, resulting in criminals being apprehended and further criminal acts prevented.

• Park in open, visible areas. Avoid parking behind fences and hedges.

• At home, light your driveway at night.

Elsewhere, park in well lit areas near

pedestrian traffic.

• Record the serial numbers of all items of value. The serial number is the best way police have of tracking property and returning it to the rightful owner.

• When fueling your vehicle, ensure that you have your vehicle’s key with you at all times and lock your vehicle when you go in to pay.

• Key fobs were designed to only unlock the driver’s door when the unlock portion was pressed and it required a second activation to open the other doors. This was designed to minimize the potential of, in a parking lot, someone hiding on the passenger side of the vehicle to suddenly open the door and steal whatever of value you had just put on the seat. Also the outside door lock was eliminated on the passenger side for this same reason.

By the way, I really missed that motorcycle that was stolen, although thanks to a police officer friend, it was recovered 3 years later, but it just wasn’t the same.

Any concerns or questions please don’t hesitate to contact me at bigsix8280@ yahoo.ca.

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B.C. Seniors Advocate invites British Columbians to participate in the second landmark survey of people in residential care

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he Office of the Seniors Advocate is launching the second province-wide survey of the experiences of residents living in all 294 publicly-subsidized long-term care homes in B.C. and is calling on all interested British Columbians to join the survey team.

“In 2016/17, we conducted the most extensive study of residents’ quality of life in Canada. Over 800 caring and committed British Columbians volunteered to visit every care home in B.C. and gave voice to over 10,000 residents,” said B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie. “Five years later, we once again call upon those who want to be part of improving the quality of life of seniors in longterm care to volunteer and join the survey team. We know British Columbians care deeply about seniors, and through participating in this survey, you can help shape the future for people in residential care homes across the province.”

Members of the survey team will include British Columbians from a wide variety of backgrounds who engage with the seniors as equals in a conversation about what life is like in the place they live. The surveyors are supported by health care professionals from the Ministry of Health,

health authorities and individual care homes.

Volunteers will be screened for suitability and participate in training sessions to prepare them for conducting surveys with a minimum of 10 care home residents during the survey period.

Information about joining the survey team is available at www. surveybcseniors.org or by calling the Office of the Seniors Advocate toll free at 1 877 9523181 or 2-1-1.

The long-term care quality of life survey examines topics such as food, safety, comfort, respect and responsiveness of staff, personal relationships, medications and activities. Residents will be interviewed in person and their family members will be invited to participate by phone, online or via a written survey. The survey will be conducted at care homes across the province between June 2022 and February 2023.

A final report is planned for spring 2023.

The 2017 final report ‘Every Voice Counts: Provincial Residential Care Survey Results’ made recommendations for system improvements including: • increasing care hours and ensuring staffing levels are enforced and monitored by heath authorities; • increasing flexibility

of how and when care and services are delivered; • examining opportunities to improve the mealtime experience; • advising health authorities to administer a similar quality of care survey to care home residents and family members in 2019/20 and publish the results; • increasing training focused on the emotional needs of residents; • foster greater engagement with family members particularly in regard to family councils and visitor handwashing; • better physician care and increasing the role of nurse practitioners to improve care; • increasing the range of activities, particularly in the evenings and weekends; and • undertaking the survey again in five years.

The Office of the Seniors Advocate is an independent office of the provincial government with a mandate of monitoring seniors’ services and reporting on systemic issues affecting seniors. The office also provides information and referral to seniors and their caregivers by calling toll free 1 877 952-3181, BC211, via email at info@seniorsadvocate. ca, Canada Post and the OSA web site https:// www.seniorsadvocatebc. ca/.

What you need to know about bats

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s more people head outdoors across Interior Health, it is likely they may encounter bats.

Bats can carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans. This PSA provides tips on how to avoid bat exposures and when to seek health advice.

Bats and rabies In B.C., between four and eight per cent of bats that come into contact with people test positive for the rabies virus. In 2021, 132 people in the region were treated for potential exposure to rabies. Treatment, which involves a two-week long period of vaccinations, should be administered as soon as possible after exposure. Without treatment, rabies is almost always fatal.

It is very important that people avoid handling bats with their bare hands to prevent bites or scratches. This is particularly important

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for children, who tend to find bats on the ground and play with them.

Anyone who has been bitten or scratched by a bat should seek medical attention immediately.

Precautions to protect yourself from contact with bats: • Do not touch live or dead bats, talk to your children about not touching bats lying on the ground as these creatures may be potentially sick.

• Make your residence “bat proof.” Keep doors and windows closed, make sure window screens don’t have any holes and keep attic vents properly screened and openings closed.

• If you find a live bat in a room of your home, open the window and close interior doors until the bat leaves.

• Seek professional bat-control advice (from a pest control or wildlife specialist) if your home is inhabited by bats.

• Avoid locations

where bats are likely to be found (e.g. caves).

• Vaccinate your pets against rabies.

If you suspect you have been bitten or scratched by a bat: • Thoroughly wash any bite or scratch wounds with soap and water.

• Contact your local public health unit, primary care provider immediately or go to the emergency department.

Although less frequently, other mammals can also carry rabies. Please consult with your health provider or emergency department if you had a close encounter with a potentially rabid animal.

• If possible, safely contain the bat to prevent others from being exposed. Keep the bat in a safe location until a trained public health official can arrange to pick it up and test it for rabies.

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Searching for the diamond in the rough

everything organized SHAWN FERGUSON Everything Organized

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’m writing this just after having a relaxing yet exhilarating hike through the woods for five hours looking for beautiful morel mushrooms. It is quite exciting to find these tasty morsels throughout the woods, but they came with a price.

Perhaps I painted this picture a little too light as these mushrooms grow after devastating forest fires, so in order to capture the essence of the morel mushroom, I, or someone else, has to walk through the charred remains of a forest fire in search. It is absolutely astonishing to see all of the destruction that happened to the forests and the people surrounding them. At least out of this fire comes new growth and beginnings for different life in the wilderness after such destruction that has hurt so many.

It was a great experience, but I still ended up walking out of the woods looking like I’d been through a forest fire myself as there is so much charred wood everything up there, it’s hard not to bring that back with you. I must

note, I only searched the mushrooms on crown lands that are not privately owned.

I wouldn’t want to infringe on someone’s property especially after what they went through last year and am very disappointed in people doing such things.

I really enjoy these mushrooms which are a newer addition to my diet.

Up until a few years ago I had never heard of them and now they are a very welcome treat at meal time. I found after others tasted the morels that everyone had to have more of them. Needless to say, I have had people asking to go mushroom picking with me after tasting the morel. I have a few more charred forest trips planned very soon to show more people the joy of this mushroom.

With this new addition to my menu comes new meal planning. Meal planning can make dinner time so much more enjoyable with much less waste. With the cost of food these days it will pay to be less wasteful. To plan out your meals ahead of time, flash through the cupboards to find old ingredients you haven’t used in a while.

You can check for dated products while you are at it, to use things before they get too old. Keep in mind most items don’t expire at that date they are just fresher by that date. This way you get to be creative with new and “old” ingredients and you get to clear out the cupboards to make room for the new finds. I have to say we have discovered some amazing creations this way that have become new favourites.

The internet can help to use ingredients in different ways, you just have to search for it.

At least that searching is less dirty than searching for the morel mushroom.

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Fear not: the Kamloops Repair Café is here to help!

Our team of volunteers will assist you in troubleshooting the problem and fixing it.

Anything you can carry in (except computers and cell phones) is fair game: clothing, bikes, lamps, hair dryers, toasters, furniture, toys, costume jewelry and more! And here’s the best part: it’s free!

The next Repair Café is on Saturday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Sahali Centre Mall, 945 Columbia Street West.

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“fixers” have the experience to advise, assist and teach you how to carry out the repair.

We can even repair some items that are no longer manufactured.

Since 2018 our skilled volunteers have diverted hundreds of items from the landfill. If we find the item is not repairable, we will offer advice on where to recycle it.

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Student showcase concert raising money for Peter Collins memorial fund

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he Kamloops Symphony Music School is showcasing several of their advanced students in a recital that is taking place in Kamloops United Church on Friday, June 10 at 7:30 p.m.

This performance will be a

fundraiser for the Peter Collins Memorial Fund, which provides the money for a bursary to help struggling youth be able to take music lessons as well as an annual scholarship for a student from the Thompson Nicola regional District who is studying music in university.

Peter Collins started singing at a very young age and turned his love of music into a new career, becoming a music teacher and voice coach in 2008. Whenever Peter encountered a student who struggled to make lessons happen financially, he would do whatever he could to help them out. He knew what it was like to love music so much and to struggle to learn the craft, and he wanted to help any

willing student to make their dreams happen. When Peter passed away the Peter Collins Memorial Fund was established to continue his legacy of helping struggling and deserving youth be able to pursue their passion for music like he did.

Following two years of virtual offerings, the KSMS is delighted to return to an inperson performance for this year’s recital. Tickets are $16 for Adults, $10 for Youth (19 & under), and are available to purchase from Eventbrite or by calling the KSO office at 250372-5000. All proceeds will go to the Peter Collins Memorial Fund to continue Peter’s legacy of assisting youth to pursue their passion for music.

Benefits of laminate flooring

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ood floors and the timeless look they offer have always been a popular choice for homeowners.

However, real hardwood may not be best suited for your lifestyle based on your daily activities and the type of traffic your floors experience.

On the other hand, laminate flooring offers many benefits for busy homes and the hightraffic areas in those homes. This month we are sharing 6 benefits of laminate flooring to help you decide if it is the right choice for you and your next project!

Affordability This is maybe at the top of everyone’s list when it comes to the benefits of laminate. If you are looking for a genuine wood look but don’t have the budget for real hardwood, laminate is a great alternative for homeowners. Laminate can cost 50 percent less than real hardwood floors.

Appealing Look & Styles Technology has come so far in recent years that you can hardly tell laminate apart from real hardwood. With such realistic visuals and texture, a new laminate can give your space any look you desire. There is an option for you, whether it is a rustic floor with some saw cuts or a wide plank beach.

Maintenance If you have a busy household with children and/or pets, laminate is a good choice for you.

Unlike real hardwood, laminate is not as susceptible to water and moisture. Where

hardwood will warp and crack when exposed to moisture, the outer layer of laminate protects the material from fluids.

With most laminates now having a waterresistant coating, it’s as easy as wiping up the spills when they occur. When it comes to cleaning, regular vacuuming or sweeping is all you need, no waxing or polishing is required.

Doesn’t Fade Even when installed in rooms that are exposed to a lot of sunlight, laminate does not fade.

Over time, flooring like carpet and natural hardwood will start to fade from the sun’s UV rays through windows and skylights. No need to worry about your laminate floors when it comes to fading.

Child and Pet Friendly As we have mentioned, laminate is a great solution for homes with children and/or pets but why is that? Not only is laminate waterproof/

water-resistant, but laminate is also durable, scratch, and stainresistant. Real hardwood will begin to fade and start to show wear over time, laminate on the other hand is great for high traffic areas because it is more resistant to scratching.

Installation When installed properly laminate can go in any room in your home. This is great for cutting down on the different floorings and transitions needed between rooms. In addition, you don’t need to worry about adhering it to the subfloor and in some cases, you can install it on top of old flooring.

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Start with this one question Submitted by Erin Chambers,

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t’s important to let others in your life know what is important to you.

Sometimes it can feel really difficult to have these conversations, to express our hopes as well as our fears or, in some cases, to even ask questions. It’s necessary to have these conversations with others, but it’s essential to have these conversations with ourselves so we can gain clarity about what it is we truly desire.

What lights you up? What brings a smile to your face?

What do you truly value in life?

Realizing and connecting with our values is very powerful. Gaining insight into ourselves helps strengthen our own character and it also offers a secure foundation for others to respect our choices, both now and in the future.

Sometimes exploring our beliefs and values can bring up some scary things too. It can make us realize what we really don’t want or, perhaps, what we fear most.

So, start with this question:

What are the three values that are most important to me and why?

Reflect on this. Write about it if that helps. Refine this list so you can clearly articulate what matters to you. It might take awhile and the list may change over time—most people’s do.

And, finally, I challenge you to share your values, and potentially some of your fears, with someone close to you. Who knows where the conversation may go from there.

Communicate and share this valuable information with yourself and others now so it helps you to live a fuller, richer life while you are still living.

No matter what your age or stage in life, this exercise is beneficial. Get curious about yourself. Have a heart-to-heart with others.

Get in touch with what matters. Visit my website for information about monthly chat sessions and workshops at griefenergycoach.com.

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A little bit of kindness abused verbally by people they are trying to help. We’ve seen the pictures in the news – people standing outside hospitals and medical facilities screaming at employees as they Colouring outside the lines come and go.

It’s true. This REV. LEANN BLACKERT Wild Church pandemic has not been kind to us humans. It has Kill them with brought death, kindness. isolation, and It’s what my mom despair. It has caused used to tell us when deep division among someone was not us – sometimes nice to us. I’m not even between family sure it would be an and friends – over acceptable adage in whether precautions today’s world. The taken for the good word “kill” evokes of the greater images of violence. community are Perhaps a cartoon necessary or not. drawing of these It’s almost like Dr words would depict Bonnie Henry knew one person shooting what was coming sharply pointed when she first offered arrows at someone, the advice to “be while that person kind, be calm, be lobs hearts back at safe.” them.

In his teachings, I traveled recently Jesus advised to “do – and nearly unto others as you everywhere I went would have them do there were signs unto you.” Treat one or announcements another the same asking people way you would want to be kind to to be treated. Jesus those working in offers these words in the airport, the a time when Roman restaurants, the colonizers failed to stores, the cabs. see the humanity Perhaps the biggest of those they were exhortation to oppressing – and kindness, though, when even those came in a surprising being oppressed place. My father assigned hierarchical needed a trip to values to humans the hospital, and I based on their gender was struck by how and age – a time not almost apologetic the so very different from different nurses and our own. His words technicians were in are a call to see the dealing with us. They humanity in others seemed afraid we – to see ourselves would shoot arrows in one another – to at them and were see the oneness of all doing everything humanity. We are all they could to avoid conceived and born that. I have listened in the same way. We as medical staff in a all breathe the same few places describe air. We all bleed the how often they are same colour. And we

all will die one day.

In the Christian faith, there is a spiritual practice associated with Gregorian Chant, the melodic chanting of sacred song in Latin. This practice involves a deepening bow, from slight incline to bow to profound bow. It is similar to the bow associated with namaste, a practice of placing the palms of the hands together and bowing to one another, believed to come from the Hindu faith and often understood to mean “the divine in me bows to the divine in you.” This echoes the idea that God or holiness resides in all people.

The bowing part of these practices holds a lesson of humility.

When we bow deeply, we lower our heads beneath our hearts and we make ourselves vulnerable to the one we bow to. In The Book of Awakening, Mark Nepo says: Time and time again, the head must be brought beneath the heart or the ego swells.

If you do not bend, life will bend you. In this way, humility is accepting that your head belongs beneath your heart, with your thinking subordinate to your feeling, with your will subordinate to the higher order.

This acceptance is key to receiving grace.

Humility and kindness go hand in hand. Perhaps the key to finding kindness in difficult circumstances is to think of the person you love the most

and treat that person in front of you the way you would want that person to treat your beloved.

Because that person in front of you is someone’s beloved – someone’s child, spouse, sibling or friend.

So instead of “killing” them with harsh words, shaking fists, screams or curses, first try “seeing” them. Then try loving them. Lob hearts, not arrows.

The admonition to “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” is found almost universally across all faith traditions.

And it is an ethical practice that doesn’t require belief in God to endorse and embrace.

Be humble. Be kind.

Namaste.

Rev LeAnn Blackert works with Michele Walker, Linda Clark and Lesly Comrie in ministry with Wild Church in Kamloops, Sorrento and the Okanagan (wildchurchbc. org). She considers herself a seeker in her faith journey and wanders the wild world looking for soul-nourishing connection with the Great Mystery and fellow seekers. To join her and others on this journey, visit wildchurchbc.org and be in touch!

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Should Alice (or you) pre-pay?

ask drake DRAKE SMITH Funeral Director

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ave you seen the ads on TV telling you to buy insurance to help cover your $10,000 funeral!

The goal is to get you to pre-pay, perhaps on a monthly basis for the next several years. What about the ads on the radio telling you to get your affairs in order and achieve ‘peace of mind’ by talking to a ‘friendly counsellor’ in the funeral home? Hundreds,

perhaps thousands, of Canadians see and hear these ads each year and march into their local funeral home, cheque book in hand. I’d like to tell you about the funeral pre-payment industry, how it works, and what you might wish to consider before you decide to write the cheque!

Pre-paying your funeral or cremation isn’t necessarily a bad idea, as long as you know what you’re doing.

And most people don’t know what they’re signing when they prepay. Do you read every word on every contract you sign? I don’t. Why? Because the print is so tiny, it’s usually several pages long, you may feel pressure to sign quickly and you’d have to have a Philadelphia lawyer there to translate

the gobbledygook anyway. But remember, the fine print is there for a reason. And the companies who write these forms know exactly what they say and mean...they hired the Philadelphia lawyers to make sure of it!

Pre-paid funerals can be set up in two basic ways: the funeral home either opens a trust account or they send your money off to a big insurance company.

Many people have told me how happy they were to pre-pay (trust or insurance), but I’ve heard about many bad experiences too. For example, one lady told me that she pre-paid her funeral several years ago, and the funeral home set up a trust account for her money. It sounded good, but a few years later, when she told the

funeral home that she wanted to transfer her funeral arrangements to another funeral home in a different town, the first funeral home kept 20 percent of her money and she got almost no interest on the money they’d held for over 20 years! They’d done very little work, but kept $600 of her $3000 policy, almost all the interest it produced, and it was completely legal for them to do so. Please read the fine print!

Another lady in the Kamloops area recently told me that she was paying $40 per month to an insurance company on a 10 year payment plan for her cremation and memorial service, but her circumstances changed and she couldn’t afford to keep making the payments so she stopped

making payments after 18 months. She’d contributed over $700 to the funeral insurance company. She wanted her money back. The insurance company argued that they took the risk for 18 months.

They offered to give reduced coverage upon her death. She told me that if she’d known about this she wouldn’t have signed up in the first place! “It’s in the fine print” they said.

So, why are funeral homes so eager to have you pre-pay? Pre-paying your funeral generates significant commissions for the funeral home or the insurance agent.

It also literally or figuratively locks you in with the funeral home; if you pre-pay with Acme Funeral Home, you’re less likely to end up at a different funeral home

when the time comes than if you don’t pre-pay.

Am I against prepaying? No. Pre-paying your funeral may give you peace of mind— that’s for you to decide.

It’s done so for many people over the years and there are many wonderful funeral directors and insurance agents out there. But, as the old saying goes, “the devil is in the details” and the details are in the fine print. If you’re thinking of pre-paying your funeral, save this article and take it with you to the funeral home or when you meet with the insurance sales person/‘friendly counsellor.’ Take a family member with you if that helps. Take your time before signing anything and read the fine print!

A new battle at Vimy Ridge

FRANK CAPUTO KAMLOOPSTHOMPSON-CARIBOO MP

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was honoured to be chosen as a part of the Canadian delegation to France to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Last month, I was proud to stand on Juno Beach, where more than 14,000 Canadians landed by sea or parachute on D-Day. It’s one of the most sacred spaces in Canadian military history,

but it’s currently under threat.

A condo development on Juno Beach is set to change the current landscape. The project would have two significant consequences.

The first is straightforward.

Canadian Veterans, Veterans organizations, Members of Parliament and many Canadians believe this space is hallowed ground. The development of this space is disrespectful to those who fought and paid the ultimate sacrifice in service of their country.

The second is more nuanced. The development is directly adjacent to the Juno Beach Centre, a museum and memorial dedicated to those who fought. A private road that was built by the Juno Beach Centre is on their private property. After a twoyear legal battle, a French court recently ruled that the Centre must give road access to construction equipment

and vehicles. The private road may be damaged and visitors may not be able to reach the Centre.

Contrary to what many believe, the Juno Beach Centre is a non-profit and is not owned by the Canadian government. It is struggling to stay open after two very difficult years and need its attendance to get back to pre-pandemic levels as soon as possible. Any more challenges to their operations could prove fatal.

The government must work with its French counterparts to stop this development and further support the Juno Beach Centre Association. In my role as M.P. and Shadow Minister for Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister for National Defence, I will continue to pressure the government to do the right thing.

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THIS FATHER’S DAY, GIVE THE LOVE OF HEARING You can make a difference Hearing loss doesn’t just affect the person who has it. It also affects spouses, family members and friends.

How hearing loss affects loved ones

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Increased frustration: Loud TVs, constantly repeating yourself, or having to “translate” for your loved one can be frustrating.

• Gently remind them of their hearing loss every time you “translate” or repeat something for them

Heightened concern and worry: Hearing loss increases the risk of falls, injuries and missed warning sounds — which increases everyone’s worry and stress.

• Encourage them to visit a hearing professional to get their hearing tested and their questions answered

Recurring miscommunication: When instructions or information get lost in translation, the chance for mistakes and misunderstandings grows.

• Talk to your loved one about their hearing concerns

• Offer to schedule and attend a hearing consultation with them • Remind them they have nothing to lose and potentially so much to gain by seeing a hearing professional

Sadness: Watching a loved one gradually withdraw from the people and activities they love can be painful and sad.

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