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Vol.23 No.40
October 9, 2019
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Seniors party hearty
Column Six
The Green Olympics
Second annual event sees good turnout
A modest proposal BY COLIN BREZICKI
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BY DAVE BURKET
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Pelham’s second annual Seniors Information and Active Living Fair took place last Tuesday at the community centre. Starting at 9 AM, visitors could stroll the lower lobby, where some two dozen vendors had set up tables with information about products and services. Program demonstrations were made for Nordic walking, Zumba, and pickleball. Introduced this year were healthy snacks to munch on as William Thomas, the syndicated humour columnist, gave a keynote address to some 250 rapt listeners, then afterward sold an impressive number of copies of his book, The Legend of Zippy Chippy, at $20 a pop. Recruiting members for their new joint effort with the Town—the 55+ Active Living Lounge, located on the centre's second floor—Pelham Senior Advisory Committee chair Sharon Cook, and vice chair Del Leney, were the first to take out official member-
Shayla Metherall, left, happily issues Active Living Lounge membership cards to Sharon Cook, center, and Del Laney. DAVE BURKET PHOTO
Columnist William Thomas talks Zippy Chippy, the horse that didn't win 100 races. VOICE PHOTO
One of our goals is getting people to come out and have a cup of tea
ship cards, assisted by Town staffer Shayla Metherall, who accepted their $36 annual joining fees. “One of our goals is getting people to come out and have a cup of tea, and have them come out and participate,” said Cook.
The committee is hoping all the leisure activities, like exercise classes, the walking track and pickle ball, will have a “spillover effect,” and result in more people dropping in after working out. With an expansive view to the north, the lounge is set up in the special functions area overlooking the atrium, an entrance from the walking track providing access, and is available from 7 AM to 4 PM daily for those 55 years and older. Furniture, access to Wi-Fi, and other amenities will be offered in the space designed to encourage social interaction.
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R ETA DIDN’T mention sports. Maybe it wasn’t in the script, but its footprint is gargantuan. And growing by the day. This week the Chicago Black Hawks and Philadelphia Flyers open their NHL season in Prague, of all places. Do league owners have expansion in mind? Of course they do. Hockey season will run until June next year. Same with basketball. Baseball’s been going since March, and football will last into February. NBA teams traveled more than 1.3 million air miles last season and its arenas hosted 730,000 spectators. The top ten traveling teams out of 32 in the NFL totaled 250,000 air miles to play their eight away games. To figure out what it takes to transport an NFL team, its bloated staff and equipment, we can start with the New England Patriots’ recent purchase of two retrofitted See COLUMN SIX Page 6