September 2021
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VOL. 30, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2021 POWERED BY KAMLOOPS THIS WEEK | A PROUD PART OF ABERDEEN PUBLISHING
Meet the new Executive Director of the Kamloops Arts Council Page 5
Music in the Park Page 8
Grandma’s Socks Page 16
Good things to come*
The Great Work
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Third Age Learning
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M. Rhonda Whalley’s KTW photo contest submission of a simple, brilliant sunflower brings some cheer following a long, hot, smoky, intense and tragic wildfire season. Collective hopes and expectations for September beg for relief.
he Kamloops Adult Learners Society (KALS) is heading into it’s 16th season of providing a full slate of courses and programming to its some 200 members. Ginny Ratsoy is co-chair of the publicity committee, as well as a coordinator and teacher of KALS courses. She has been involved with the organization almost since
its inception. “I began as a volunteer instructor for KALS in 2007, at the behest of my then-colleague at TRU, Anne Gagnon, who was KALS’ first teacher back in 2005,” said Ratsoy. “The breadth of courses we are offering is impressive: students can
AT KALS
improve their physical literacy, learn how to write a
personal essay, delve into local history, join discussions about local, provincial, national and Continued on p. 17
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