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Many of us are happy with Ignatieff’s decision This campaign tells us more about the Conserva- to lead the Liberals. He is superbly articulate and tive party mindset, and that of some core support- knowledgeable. He is learning to reconcile varied [email protected] ers, than it does about Michael Ignatieff. Most constituencies. However, we dispute the Liberals’ Canadians are proud of how he carved out an in- decision to support mandatory jail sentences for ternational career as a respected university profes- serious drug offences. They don’t want to appear Montreal Neuropsychology Center sor at Harvard and observer of historical trends. He soft on crime, but the failed war on drugs in the Where we can help! U.S. shows this is the wrong approach. Are you having memory problems? 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She will be working with: The program recently won the Best - Pierre P. Cardin, DPM, podiatrist for 27 years English Community Radio Show of - Linda Cabana, administrative assistant the Year award at the 2009 SOBA - Simona Botis, Aux. Nurse, podiatric assistant (Sounds of Blackness Awards) Gala and will celebrate its 5th anniversary The Seaforth Podiatry Clinic, located since 1996 within the Seaforth on Friday, June 12, with local jazz Medical Building, dispenses the following services: artist Susie Arioli co-hosting the • Podiatric evaluation and diagnosis concerning foot pathologies show with Taylor. Photo: Kristine Berey (neurological, vascular, musculo-skeletal and dermatological) Surprisingly, Taylor is not the jazz Moz Taylor hosts a jazz radio show • Biomechanical examination, postural and walking evaluation, afficionado you’d expect him to be. as a composer, songwriter and audio leading to therapy by plantar orthotics for children, adults, seniors “I grew up listening to whatever was producer here and in the States. and athletes. coming out of the radio,”Taylor said. His definition of jazz is generously “I knew about jazz all my life,but came broad. “Jazz can be very elitist, like • Construction of orthodigital devices for hammer toes to it from a populist background. I’m 20th century music,” he says. “There • Regular follow-up / care of the evolution of the diabetic foot not a‘jazz freak.’I’m always looking for is the music our parents grew up lis- • Advice on adequate shoes according to the: an accessible edge in a song.” tening to, like Billie Holiday or the o morphology and specific functionality of the foot Though Taylor originally got a busi- other extreme, as soon as anything o occupation of the patient ness degree, something was missing starts sounding recognizable, you’ve from his life.“Music became an irritat- got to destroy it. I lean on the acces- Frequently encountered afflictions in podiatry: ing hobby – I wanted it to be more,”he sible side, globalization and cross • Plantar corns, calluses, onychomycosis said. So he got a second degree, this pollination of all styles.” • Ingrown nails - surgical correction and orthonexy time in music. “I had to reinvent my Taylor says everything, hip-hop, • Mechanical malfunction of the lower limb causing life, to make a leap of faith.” African, Indian, can blend into jazz. o sacroiliac instability (lumbar) His instincts were right on, and in “Just look at the jazz fest, with Stevie o patello-femoral syndrome (knee) the years before accepting the radio Wonder opening. It’s much more than o flat feet, plantar fasciitis (heel) gig, Taylor established his credentials Continued on page 5 o tendinitis, chronic ankle instability Do not wait, Walk Healthily and Consult our qualified podiatrists at Clinique Podiatrique Seaforth… By appointment only NB. Consultation fees are covered by most private medical insurance plans, but not by RAMQ.

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Anyone with open ears growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s knows the innovative pianist Dave Brubeck. His LP on Columbia, Time Out, featured two compositions in odd time signatures – Take Five and Blue Rondo à la Turk – that presaged the freedom explosion in music that was to follow. Take Five, written by the lyrical alto saxophoinist Paul Desmond, was in 5/4 time, while most jazz pieces at the time were Dave Brubeck Ornette Coleman written in common, or 4/4 time, or Brubeck who plays avant music with one, and his style fell out of favour in in ¾ or waltz time. Brubeck’s classic Marilyn Lerner and drummer Nick the rock-heavy 1960s. But jazz lovers Lee Konitz quartet, with which he turned Take Fraser, son of Graham Fraser, the recall his marvellous recordings with rather than depending on chord Five into a pop hit, included Commissioner of Official Lan- Bill Evans, in particular his rendition changes. And he constantly chal- Desmond, the drummer Joe Morello guages. Dave Brubeck’s 50-year trib- of Waltz for Debby, that helped pro- lenges himself by playing with peo- and bassist Gene Wright. ute to Time Out is at Salle Wilfid pel him back into the picture in the ple who could be his grandchildren. The band stayed together until Pelletier of Place des Arts at 7:30 pm, late 1970s. The Boulevard of Broken His gig here is with American bassist 1967, when Brubeck called it quits to July 4 and tickets cost $49.50 to Dreams was his first hit, but his sig- Jeff Denson, German pianist Florian focus on his first love – composing. $79.50. nature tune became his unique read- Weber,andIsraelidrummerZivRavetz. The fact that at 88 he is writing new ing of I Left My Heart in San Francisco. Lee Konitz and Minsarah perform on material and performing is extraor- Born Anthony Dominick Benedetto His vocal chords are not what they July 3 at 10:30 p.m. the Gesù, Centre dinary and his every appearance at in Queens, N.Y., Tony Bennett at 82 used to be, but he he remains a de- de Créativité. Tickets cost $36.50. this stage should be regarded as his- is widely regarded as on of the best lightful and entertaining icon. Tony toric. Brubeck’s wife, Lola, recently singer of standards the U.S. has pro- Bennett performs at Salle Wilfrid GeorgeWein, 83, began his career as said Dave used to make love to her duced. He has a superb voice, great Pelletier of Place des Arts, July 3, at a jazz pianist but achieved his greatest counting these very odd time signa- control, and a way of turning every 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $74.50 fame as founder of the Storeyville tures. Four of his six children are jazz song into his own. to $124.50. jazz club in Boston and in 1954 the musicians, including cellist Matt His route to the top was not an easy Newport Jazz Festival. It was the Texas-born Ornette Coleman,79, grandaddy of all jazz festivals and the taught himself to play alto sax, moved one around which all others are to Los Angeles and while working as modeled. Some of the great record- an elevator operator developed his ings of post-war jazz were made there. own harmonic concepts. His idea was Wein in 1960 created the Newport that an improvisation could develop Folk Festival, which became a mecca independent of a tune’s chord struc- for the burgeoning folk and youth ture. He tried it out at the Hillcrest culture, featured such giants as Pete Club in L.A. in a band with Montreal Seeger and Bill Munroe and show- pianist Paul Bley and they all got cased emerging stars Bob Dylan and fired. But history was made. Joan Baez. In 1982, Wein reunited Ornette remains a pioneer and hero some of the jazz greats who played at to those who enjoy the outer edges of Newport in its heyday, performing Best Wishes for jazz. He played here in the 1980s with here and at other festivals. his harmelodic group,featuring a dou- He’s back this year playing straight la Fête nationale ble rhythm sections and his session is ahead music with the so called New- and Canada Day a must. The Ornette Coleman Quar- port All-Stars,featuring the great tenor tet plays at 9:30 p.m. July 9 at Théâtre sax player, Lew Tabackin, the only Maisonneuve of Place des Arts. Tick- other senior in the group.Wein,by the ets cost $49.50 to $69.50. way, is also famous for his wine cellar. Meilleurs souhaits pour George Wein and the new All-Stars Lee Konitz, 81, rose to prominence perform July 10 at 8pm at the la Fête nationale as part of the Miles Davis nonet and Théâtre Jean Duceppe for Place des et la Fête du Canada the famous Birth of the Cool record- Arts. Tickets cost $38.50. ings that ushered in a new age. In contrast to the hot passions of Cover Photos bebop, where Charlie Parker’s alto sax was seen as the ultimate, Konitz Left to right became the chief exponent of the Top: Ornette Coleman cool school. His lean tone, dedica- Oliver Jones tion to the essence of a tune and Middle: pared down expansion has stood the George Wein, photo by John Abbott test of time in more than half a cen- Harlem Gospel Choir tury as a performer. Bottom: Tony Bennett But Konitz never stands still, never Joe Cocker repeats standard tunes ad nauseum Al Jarreau, photo by Rocky Schenck Hallway and fits easily into modal playing Other photos courtesy of FIJM 4 June 2009 www.theseniortimes.com THE SENIOR TIMES Much more than a jazz festival Continued from page 3 two other festivals, one in Ottawa a jazz festival, it’s a music festival.” and another in Burlington, that Tay- Taylor said the event’s success – in its lor will be covering.“This becomes a 30th year it professes to be the biggest very busy time. I always feel like I jazz fest in the world – is partly due to need a vacation afterwards.” its musical diversity.“It’s been a long- The Montreal International Jazz Stevie Wonder standing discussion at the festival: Festival runs from June 30-July 12. How pure are they to their roots? Jazz For info call the Bell Info-Jazz line at is a very indie-driven music form. 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parties tried to fight back by setting Whether Harper stays or goes, his reveals Ignatieff to be an honest up a tripartite coalition that included decline in the polls has been mir- politician. Ignatieff has also said Pit Stop the Bloc, Harper cut his own throat rored by the rise of Liberal leader bluntly that he will not make further in Quebec by lashing out at the per- Michael Ignatieff. After he took over “concessions”to Quebec. He says this Neil McKenty fidious separatists. Tory numbers in from Stéphane Dion, some Liberals province has all the power it needs, the province dropped like a stone. worried that Ignatieff did not have a and he is not in favour of amending When Harper belatedly realized the killer instinct, that he was unable to the constitution to give it more. These days the federal Liberal party coalition was a real threat to his hold go for the political jugular. The Lib- Instead, Ignatieff has invited Que- appears to be on a roll. They are in a on power, he scuttled off to Rideau eral leader put paid to that when he becers to join a national project, and dead heat with the Conservatives Hall and convinced the Governor dispatched his old friend Bob Rae in that regard he has mentioned con- nationally and are well ahead of General to shut down parliament. It from the leadership contest. struction of a high-speed rail link them in both Ontario and Quebec. was a demeaning stratagem and the Rae’s only hope was to have a na- between Windsor and Quebec City. The Conservatives could easily lose voters recognized it as such. Hence tional leadership contest. Ignatieff The main Ignatieff policy plank their 10 seats in this province, and Harper’s drop in the polls. Hence the replied that the fight should be set- coming out of the convention was without Quebec they have no hope low grumbling in some Tory circles tled by the Liberal caucus. Ignatieff employment insurance. In keeping of winning a majority in Ottawa. that Harper will never win a majority prevailed and Rae threw in the towel. with his unity pitch, he is suggesting Which brings us to their leader. government and, indeed, will be A good thing, too. The last thing the a system of uniform national stan- Stephen Harper has been off his lucky to win another minority one. Liberal party needed was another in- dards to replace the existing patch- game for some time. Other than One name mentioned as Harper’s ternecine struggle between two can- work structure. And he is ready to building up the deficit – now $50 bil- successor is that of justice minister didates. After all, for years the party make this an election issue. lion and counting – Harper has little Rob Nicholson. He is Harper’s most was racked by the fight between the Even so,I doubt very much that there of import in the legislative hopper. competent minister. The big rap on Chrétien and Martin factions. will be an election before the fall. Nei- His minority government has little to Nicholson is that he is from the West. So Ignatieff was crowned at the ther the Bloc nor the NDP are ready, show for the first 100 days of the cur- After Manning,Day and Harper,some Vancouver convention last month and the Liberals need to raise a lot rent parliamentary session. Unless Tory strategists feel it is the turn of and the party emerged under his more money before they can match you count the recognition of the cap- the East, which would make Elmer leadership more united than it has what the Tories have in the bank. ital’s Beechwood Cemetery as the McKay a better fit. There is even some been in years. In his powerful con- Ignatieff is often described as“cool”. National Cemetery of Canada. talk that Jean Charest, now in his third vention speech, Ignatieff took on In that regard he resembles Pierre Harper’s troubles began last fall term as Quebec premier, might move Harper directly: “For three years Trudeau, also a public intellectual. when he ruthlessly tried to reduce back to Ottawa to lead the Conserva- you have played province against He has even been compared to public funds for his political oppo- tives. It is a long shot, but so was Mine province, region against region, indi- Barack Obama, arguably the“coolest” nents. When the three opposition That Bird in the Kentucky Derby. vidual against individual. When your politician on the planet. power was threatened last November Certainly there is no politician in you unleashed a national unity crisis, Canada who is provoking more buzz and saved yourself only by sending than Ignatieff at the moment. You TAXIS parliament home. Mr. Harper, you can tell the Tories are worried when have failed us. If you can’t unite they mount a series of expensive ads Canadians, if you can’t appeal to the slamming Ignatieff because he spent best in us – we can. We Liberals can so much time outside the country. build a federalism based on cooper- Actually, the Harper government is ation, not confrontation.” not really concerned about Ignatieff Since the convention, Ignatieff has having been away. What really con- not shied away from tough issues. He cerns the Tories is that Ignatieff is has said he might have to raise taxes. back and ready to take them on in In light of the biggest deficit in our the next election, which he has a bet- 24-Hour Service history, surely that is self-evident and ter than even chance of winning. 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Martin C. Barry age public transit I.D. passes. The hour for us is a lot harder than wait- cardboard. Initially designed to hold Monkland Centre shoot was one of ing is for students, most of whom up to six fares at once, these cards are Despite a claim by an official of the several the transit agency set up to were listening to their iPods,”he said, now being issued with just one fare Montreal Transit Corp. (MTC) that accommodate those unable or un- adding that there were no seats. at a time. implementation of its new Opus willing to travel downtown. A glance over the last few weeks at The MTC has encountered other electronic fare card is proceeding “They advertised they were going the Montreal Gazette’s Squeaky problems with the Opus system. For smoothly and there have been few to start at 10 in the morning, so we Wheels question-and-answer col- technical reasons, some combination if any complaints, some Montreal decided to get there at 9,”Hugh said. umn suggests that many transit users train, bus and metro fares can’t be on seniors say they have run into diffi- “There were about eight people ahead in Montreal are also mystified by the an Opus card at the same time. culties obtaining the card while of us, but unfortunately nothing had Opus system. The card can be pur- According to Marianne Rouette, an having their I.D. photo taken. been set up by the Opus photograph- chased at metro stations and at some MTC spokeswoman, nearly 672,000 Following the introduction last year ing unit. Nor had anything been set private retail outlets. Once you have Opus cards have been sold by the of the Opus card, bus tickets, as well up by the caretaker of the place. And a card, you must put put the monthly MTC since last year when they were as CAM bus/metro passes, have al- so people kept arriving and filling up fee on the card at the beginning of launched. She expressed surprise most disappeared. And electronic the seats and there weren’t enough each month at an automated con- upon being told of the complaints. cardboard passes loaded with six seats for everybody. sole, located in the metro station. “We made a lot of publicity about fares, which the MTC had also de- “Of course, there was a great deal of While instructions on the console the fact that we were going to have ployed, are gradually being phased confusion because no one knew who invite users to purchase fares by in- different places where the picture out as the MTC adopts Opus as its would be coming first,” McQueen serting $20, it is not clear that you and the Opus card could be issued,” pre-paid standard. added.“I think for some of the people must first have an Opus card. she said about Shacter’s remarks. The Opus card, designed to be who came later than us, it was ex- The MTC also has a secondary sys- Concerning the seating problem, she loaded with 10 fares at a time for $20, tremely confusing and when we left tem of electronic passes made of added,“It might have been a busy day.” has been available until now for $3.50 there were still more people arriving, but is rising to $7 on July 1. After that and they had perhaps ten times as date, an Opus card will be the only many people waiting as had already way to get on the bus or metro, un- been served at that point.”Even now less you’re paying one fare at a time that the McQueens have their Opus for $2.75 in cash. While regular users cards, they remain confused about don’t require a photo on their Opus charging them with fares. pass, seniors and students who pay a Norm Shacter, a retired West- lower fare do. mounter, complained of being Josephine and Hugh McQueen, forced to wait in line after going to two retired residents of Notre Dame have his picture taken at the Opus de Grâce, went to the Monkland card photography outlet on Univer- Centre one recent Saturday morning sity St. He said he wasn’t aware there to be photographed. They had also were any other options even though decided to take up an offer the MTC he tried to find out on the MTC’s La Coupe had made to seniors of a free Opus website. “I felt it was unfair because card in exchange for their old golden we’re very elderly and waiting an EXÉCUTIVE HAIR

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When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant compared to “polyandry” (having more than one I could hardly stand to have the old man around. husband), which gets 317,000 Google hits. Of But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how The Word Nerd course, the propensity of men having a greater much the old man had learned in seven years. quantity of concurrent spouses than women will –Mark Twain Howard Richler not seem advantageous to some men. Cynics would have us believe that Father’s Day Let’s admit it, dads: Father’s Day does not have was established as a result of effective lobbying by the profile of Mother’s Day. Even on the eve of your father, (patricide), and even your dog and the Hallmark Corporation. In fact, when the hol- Our Day, Mom’s day“outgoogles”Dad’s 2-1, and rabbit (canicide & leporicide), the offing of your iday was proposed, there was no such thing as a according to commercial calculations, people husband is verboten. Father’s Day card. American Louise Sonora Smart spend significantly less on Father’s Day than on Aside from not possessing a word that legit- Dodd first proposed the idea of a “father’s day” in Mother’s Day. On the other hand lads, let us re- imizes “hubby-whacking,” here are several other 1909 after listening to a Mother’s Day sermon. frain from diluting our brew with maudlin tears, lexical pluses to carrying the y chromosome. To Mrs. Dodd wanted a special day to honour her because there are several lexical advantages to extend Simon & Garfunkel’s list, I’d rather be a father, William Smart, who became widowed being male. hammer, major, and governor than a nail, ma- when his wife (Mrs. Dodd’s mother) died in child- Most importantly, there is no term in English jorette and governess. Also, as a male, I can be de- birth with their sixth child. He was left to raise the that recognizes the right of a woman to kill her scribed as avuncular, which means resembling an newborn and his other five children by himself on husband. We have the word “uxoricide,” which uncle, with connotations of being friendly, help- a rural farm in eastern Washington state. It was entered our lexicon in the mid 19th century to ful and good-humoured, whereas a woman can after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized refer to the murder of a wife by her husband but only be so described by the entomologically the strength and selflessness her father had shown (so far) no word to describe the legitimate or ille- sounding “aunt-like.” in raising his children as a single parent. gitimate murder of a husband is recorded in any Notwithstanding that maternity is a matter of The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, dictionary. So ladies, remember that from a lexi- fact and paternity often a matter of opinion, men 1910 in Spokane, Washington. At about the same cal perspective, while the English language will easily outdistance woman in their ability to pass time in various towns and cities across America, countenance you killing your mother (matricide), on surnames based on their chromosomal other people were beginning to celebrate a “fa- your sister (sororicide), your brother (fratricide), arrangement. The term “patronymic” receives ther’s day.” In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge 391,000 Google hits; whereas “matronymic” re- supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. Fi- ceives a paltry 16,100. Patronymics – names de- nally in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson signed a Suzanne Lamarre rived from a male’s ancestors such as Davidson, presidential proclamation declaring the third Sun- Nadia De Riggi Ivanov, MacDonald, and O’Connor – are very day of June as Father’s Day. common. Matronymics, such as Dworkin (named Father’s Day, however, was not widely celebrated NOTAIRES • NOTARIES after Devorah) or Rifkin (named after Rivka), are in the US until the mid-1930s and was not quite rare. The presumption when one hears the recorded in print before 1943. In Canada, the hol- 3333 Cavendish Blvd. word polygamy is that it refers to a man having iday gained status in the late ’40s and took hold by Suite 198 more than one wife, but in fact, it merely refers to the early ’50s. having more than one spouse of either gender. The Enjoy your cologne or tie, guys. 514-484-2788 actual word for having more than one wife is Howard Richler’s latest book is Can I Have a Word “polygyny,” which receives 510,000 Google hits With You? Incontinence: nothing to sneeze at Kristine Berey researcher at the Institut Universitaire de Géria- Alzheimer Groupe (A.G.I.) Inc. offers ongoing trie de Montréal. SUPPORT GROUPS for spouses and It doesn’t kill you, but it can make your life hell. Dumoulin and her team are trying to refine and PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL GROUPS Incontinence affects 55 per cent of women over target treatments more accurately. for adult children, ACTIVITY PROGRAMS, 60 and can have devastating emotional, social “If we learn to better identify those who will ben- ART THERAPY and MUSIC PROGRAM and physical consequences, such as falling, iso- efit most from pelvic floor exercises, then it will be for individuals in the early to mid-stages of lation and depression. easier to get funding from the government to treat Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders. “One study shows it will take an average of 7 these women,” Dumoulin said. Right now, 70 per TRAINING for professionals and caregivers. years for a woman to talk to a health professional cent of women do improve with exercise, but in For further details, please call 514-485-7233. about her incontinence,”says Chantal Dumoulin, the other 30 per cent, the cause may be neurolo- gical, requiring a different approach. “My primary training is in physiotherapy,” ACCENT XL – Alma Lasers Dumoulin explains.“I look at the patient in terms The most recent innovation in multi-layer thermotherapy of general function. We found that incontinent • Accent XL is the only machine on the market offering Foyer Valiquette multiple radiofrequency technologies • FDA approved A friendly homey environment for seniors women will stay home more, have less strength in • A free Accent XL treatment (worth $200) their legs and are at a greater risk for falling.” • Pressure therapy session (worth $50) 1534 Valiquette Verdun Dumoulin is inviting women, both continent • One ( 1 ) slim-shaping Physiodermy gel (worth $150) and incontinent, to form exercise classes that may ACCENT XL PROMOTION: A $400 discount treat or prevent this insidious problem. will be given to the first 25 people who come for To all our clients & friends, Happy Father’s Day! a series of eight treatments “We evaluate the pelvic floor muscle and leg – Promotion is valid only for a limited time • 24 hour Supervised Care • Doctor Visits strength, provide training and follow up two to – By appointment – Free consultation • Well-balanced Meals • Social Activities five years later to see if their risk of falling has – Financing available • Private Rooms • Outdoor Garden Activities diminished.” 1 Place du Commerce clinique Classes are formed as soon as there are enough Dian & Jindra participants. 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anything,” she says. Her ex-husband was meeting Photo: Scott Philip She says that the realization that she can no with a Dawson teacher who was setting up a new Greta Nemeroff takes her Dawson College students longer handle many tasks at once is shocking. program called New School. So Nemiroff advised to museums, the theatre and the symphony But she doesn’t envy the young people that she him.“And that was that,”she says. She explains that she still faces a lot of challenges teaches one bit. “One year, my students asked me She saw an ad looking for staff for New School when trying to appeal to CEGEP students. “I’ll if I feel jealous of them, because they’re 18 and in and didn’t apply. “The coordinator phoned me often ask kids,‘How many of you have read a whole a wonderful state and I’m a hag. And I said ‘Well, and asked why I hadn’t applied. I said that I was book beginning to end?’ Most of them haven’t. I if I were a believer, I would be down on my knees quite comfortable at Vanier and he said,‘That’s the just feel that a whole culture is closed to them.” thanking the goddess that you only have to be 18 trouble, you shouldn’t be comfortable.’” She says that if the students had the motivation or once in your life.’” She began teaching at New School in 1973 and self-discipline to read a great work, or to go to a mu- was asked to be the director in 1975, a post she seum, they would discover interests and broaden held until 1991. their understanding of what happens in the world. She says she recognizes the generation gap be- “It’s hard to sell that to students because they’re tween her students and herself. “I am really very dealing with so many things in their lives. They’re bored with teenage culture. I don’t find it very deep dealing with a world that can spin very much out or very interesting. So I told the kids that I wanted of control very quickly for them.” them to learn about my old lady culture.” She ex- She finds that it can be a challenge to get them to plains that she wants to show her students what focus, one of many Nemiroff faces as an educator. Montreal has to offer because many of them only “Each human being is a mystery and learning to know a very narrow world. She takes them to the understand that person and where that person is theatre, the symphony and museums. “My job as coming from is a task. I learn a lot about human an educator is to help people stretch their worlds, motivation.” Fulfilling Needs not retract them into even smaller little circles.” She loves to learn about people and what makes Senior Residence Being with young people doesn’t make Nemiroff them tick.“Tome, it’s extremely exciting to see peo- at Every Stage • Retirement lifestyle of distinction & quality • Round-the-clock feel younger. It reminds her how old she is. “I ple grow. What could be better than to see young think that I am 71 years old. There is nothing like people grow and see their consciousness change? caregiving by full nursing staff • Quality service • Luxurious being with young people to realize that you are not I’ve been in touch for 30 years with people I have accommodations • Recreational programs • At-home atmosphere a young person,” she says. But she always tries to taught and saw them through having babies.” Visit us today! pick topics for her classes that her students can re- She says that following the lives of past students 4432 St. Catherine St. West, Westmount late to.“I want to find something that’s important and getting to know so many people is interesting. to them. First I come up with a theme: friendship, “It’s like living in the centre of an extremely com- 5 1 4 9 3 5 - 1 2 1 2 w ww .p la c ekens in gto n.c o m love, home...” plicated novel.” A DI VISION OF FAIRWAY MANAGEMENT CORP.

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SOUVLAKI Photo: Michael Miller Magician Blair Marshall (right) joins Generations’ Natalie and Adrian Bercovici along with students A WARM GREEK EXPERIENCE! and lunch supervisors Rose (left) and Jacqueline (back) from St. Gabriel School Mon-Sat: noon - 10 pm & Sun: 4 pm - 10 pm HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Generations sends kids to camp 6544 Somerled Natalie Bercovici, co-founder of Generations The event raised $80,000 in spite of the H1N1 flu virus, the new St. Leonard location and the econ- 514 227-0505 • 514 227-0606 GenerationsFoundation’sSummerBreakfastatBuf- omy. Our supporters know the importance of a fetLaStanzainSt.LeonardMay22 was sensational. summer camp experience. Through their sponsor- Reception Hall • Fully Licensed The EMSB, CSDM and LBPSB school boards ship, many kids will have the chance to be in the were represented by busloads of kids with their country enjoying outdoor activities. There will be Extended Lunch Menu principals, teachers, and counsellors. Participants fewer children and teens on hot summer streets. Monday to Friday till 5:30 pm included Services Financiers SFL, the Junior Generations Foundation feeds more than 6,500 Greetings to all our Hockey Club of Montreal and Expos Denis children daily in 72 schools and learning centres, in- Boucher and Ron Piché. The Junior Hockey Club cluding single and expectant teen mothers. Teach- Fathers & Grandfathers and the Montreal Canadiens donated auction items ers say the daily meals make an enormous difference and prizes, and there were door prizes from many in their interaction with students. There is no fee for RESTAURANT companies. Magician Blair Marshall performed and students, nor do we receive government grants. created animal balloons. Unfortunately, some of our loyal supporters have The new Q 92.5 team broadcast on location with died, and coupled with the financial downturn, Fireside Ken Connors and Suzanne Desautels. The Q on- funds have decreased. That is why the breakfast air auction offered two packages, each containing fundraisers are so important to us. We will hold a a weekend getaway at Wyndham Cap Tremblant, a Back to School Bagelthon Fundraiser at St. Viateur 4759 Van Horne (near Victoria) day at Fanny’s of Westmount, a gift certificate Bagel on Monkland in September to kick off the start from La Coupole and lunch with Aaron Rand at of the 2009-2010 school year. Please join us then. To 514-737-5576 La Sirène de la Mer or golf with Ken Connors. help Generations help kids, call 514-933-8585.

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CONNIE JACOBS-WARDEN, Eat well at Café London Bus. We have healthy fresh food, hot meals and sandwiches prepared daily CHEF/PROPRIETOR to suit your taste, and the best coffee in Westmount. Happy Father’s Day! Enjoy a carafe of house wine, appetizer, entrée, and 4126 St. Catherine W. a dessert to share.* It’s simple – you bring someone Westmount fun to the table, we’ll bring you something delicious. 514.931.5571 *Available from Sunday to Wednesday Facing Westmount Square Ask your server for details at specic locations. 24-28 North Main Street, St. Albans, VT and the Royal Bank • Mon-Fri: 6 am – 8 pm Lunch Wed-Sat 11:00-4:00 • Dinner Mon-Sat 4:00-9:30 • Sat-Sun: 10 am – 5 pm (802) 524-1405 www.chowbella.us Free Wi-Fi 14 June 2009 www.theseniortimes.com THE SENIOR TIMES Garden-fresh Asean fusion Happy Father’s Day! Shannon Rose Upstairs, a large dining area for 1201 Guy 514 931-3811 parties and catering seats up to 85. 3300 des Sources 514 683-0225 The entranceway to Asean Garden We got the royal treatment. We is a large, sunny, stone terrace. As sampled a variety of dishes from the you enter there are comfy booths to all-you-can-eat option. First came the left and a bar that stretches the rainbow and veggie maki. The pres- length of the restaurant to your entation was beautiful with the right. At the back, there is a colour- wasabi sculpted into the shape of a ful fish tank (the contents are not leaf, soy sauce in teapot-shaped dish, for eating) and the kitchen, open to and the rolls arranged in a circle with viewing. The owner greeted us im- lettuce adornments. The chilled, mediately and led us to a table at the just-prepared sushi was excellent. It centre of the restaurant. was served with the good kind of Asean Garden offers three different chopsticks that don’t break apart and menus and options. The lunch spe- splinter in your hand. cial includes soup, a spring roll and Next came the salt and pepper rice and starts at $7.25; the all-you- squid. It was a little bit spicy, but not can-eat option is $22.95 Sunday excessively so and arrived garnished JTrul ardyi nAuthentic Asea Asiann Ga Tasterden through Thursday and $25.95 Friday with red and green peppers and Szechuan • Dimsum • Thai • Sushi and Saturday. This is not your buffet onions. The squid was breaded and style. You order from the menu and not too salty. ALL YOU CAN EAT choose from sushi, Thai, Chinese, The last dish we tried was the Pad Sunday - Thursday $22.95 dim sum and Szechuan dishes. Of Thai, served with jumbo shrimp, Friday - Saturday $25.95 Dining Room Only course, you can also order à la carte; lime, nuts and tofu. It was hearty and main dishes start at $11. the sauce was thick. FREE DELIVERY The chef has 20 years of experience, Asean Garden is located at 5828 MONDAY - THURSDAY which is evident in the taste. Every- Sherbrooke W., corner Regent, in 11:30 am - 2:30 pm thing is fresh, from the sushi to NDG.The restaurant delivers to Mon- 5 pm - 10 pm everything in the all-you-can-eat treal West, NDG, Hampstead and FRIDAY - SATURDAY 11:30 am - 2:30 pm choices. The owner told us the fish is downtown. Open daily from 11am to HAPPY FATHER’S DAY! Reservations: 514-487-8868 5 pm - 11 pm never frozen. Chicken dishes are 2:30pm and from 5 to 11pm Thursday SUNDAY 5828 Sherbrooke St. W. (corner Regent) 11:30 am - 2:30 pm made from all white meat jumbo to Saturday; 5 to 10pm Sunday to www.aseangarden.ca chicken breasts. Wednesday. Info: 514-487-8868. 5 pm - 10 pm Steeldrums: more than just fun Playing the steeldrum is an ideal ÉPICERIE TRATTORIA form of music therapy because it FINE CAFÉ keeps you mentally alert and main- tains digital dexterity. Savoys Steelband workshop is a non-profit organization whose mis- sion is to teach the techniques of SPÉCIALITÉS ITALIENNES playing the steeldrum, an instrument that was invented in Trinidad and ITALIAN SPECIALTIES Tobago in 1939. To raise funds to buy more of these Their focus is to introduce the expensive instruments they will per- steeldrum to seniors. They have form Sunday June 14, at Theatre Du grown from four students to 14 in Grand Sault, 7644 Edouard at 6:30 Reserve early for Father’s Day! the past nine years. pm. Admission: $5 donation. The As a consequence they don’t have seniors will be up against a group of sufficient steeldrums for all of their young steelband players at this event. 5768 Monkland • 514-486-4343 students. Info: 514-595- 7187

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www.theseniortimes.com June 2009 15 THE SENIOR TIMES On with last summer’sGreek island cruise:Kos and Syros

Times and Places Barbara Moser

Dining out in Kos Syros: our beautiful, welcoming and all-around favourite Greek island After Bodrum Turkey, our Easy Life That evening we dined on the Cruise sailed to the Greek island of seashore watching children and par- Kos, not far away, but I believe ents playing on the rocks. We met a the ship just sat out on the sea lone Canadian tourist and exchanged overnight to give us the idea that stories about our travels. And then we were sailing far, much like the we slowly walked back to our coffee overnight train to Toronto does. shop for more Wi-Fi and half at- We walked into the old part of the tended an outdoor concert of musi- town and then along the beach for two cians playing on the plaza. kilometres until we turned inland and Some time in the middle of the found a mom-and-pop place for night our ship sailed to Syros, which lunch. Hidden in a nondescript alley, again wasn’t far, and turned out to be it served up the best Greek food we ate our favourite island. that week. The couple – and their par- Mykonos, the stop after Syros, was rot – were friendly, serving us, their our ‘unfavourite’ island. The two are only customers, on the terrace. polar opposites. Syros is real; This friendly couple and their parrot served us our best meal of the week Weloved our Kos coffee shop,not far Mykonos is unreal. Syros is authentic; from the port, and spent hours that Mykonos is plastic. Syros is friendly; day playing chess and making use of Mykonos is unfriendly, especially their free outdoor Wi-Fi to e-mail our when you ask them why it costs $5 for children. a cup of coffee. “This is Mykonos,” Forgive me for not mentioning the they answer. “What did you expect?” sights; my knee doesn’t do sightsee- I’ll probably give in to Mykonos next ing. That is perhaps why I have been issue with a picture gallery of the super- accused of writing about little else ficially beautiful but off-putting island than food in my travel pieces. And to wherewewererelegatedtoeatingoutside prove my point: a grocery store a kind native led us to.

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16 June 2009 www.theseniortimes.com THE SENIOR TIMES Our first view of Syros was of the We found a delightful women’s co- gentlemen chatting and reading the operative cafeteria for lunch, one of morning paper along the port in lit- two on a lane that runs parallel to the tle cafés. They had left their wives at sea. You pay per portion and it’s all home, as older generation Greeks home cooked, literally. and Italians are wont to do. We took a bus ride to a nearby We and our cruise mates seemed to beach and bathed ourselves in the be the only tourists. There is a reason clean beauty of the bay. for this: Syros is the administrative For those with more time and bet- centre of the Cyclade islands, so the ter knees, there is an archaeological economy is doing just fine without us. museum and a medieval village, Ano In an effort to do a better job on Syros. From there you can visit the Syros than I did on Kos, let me en- Catholic Cathedral of St. George and lighten you on some history. Syros the monasteries of the Jesuits and has been inhabited since the stone Capucins from the 18th and 17th cen- age. Homer called it Siriin. Legend turies. Ano Syros holds music festi- has it that the first inhabitant, Ker- vals every summer. aunus (Lightning), went to the island We returned to the ship after our Our Kos Cafe Syros men enjoying the morning riding on the back of a dolphin after beach excursion and ate on board – his ship had sunk. On Syros, the old- always a disappointment. If we ever est acropolis in the Cyclades has been find another Easy Life Cruise going found. Its architecture has been to islands we haven’t yet visited we’ll strongly influenced by the Venetians, know not to take the half board. Un- who settled there at the beginning of fortunately, all the cruises seem to go the 13th century until the Turks took to Mykonos. over in the 16th century. We spent most of the day in the cap- ital, Ermoupolis, or Queen of the Cy- clades.Wetoured theApollo Theatre,a mini copy of Milan’sLa Scala,then me- andered around the lanes behind the port and found a café with tables out- side, playing Greek music. We bought the CD, but this music never sounds Children playing on the rocks in Kos the same when you take away the warm sea breeze, the painted white and blue shops and houses, the cobblestone lanes and the sounds of Greek emanat- ing from the surrounding venues. The women of the co-op cafeteria Manoir Westmount

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Or as the Firesign Theatre once lowers” currently include an Aussie urging me to noted“How can you be in two places at once when buy real estate in Melbourne and a woman in Texas you’re not anywhere at all?” who can show me “how to make $37,000 from Now, I can do many things while I am at the key- your computer in just a few short hours.”Enough. “How do I tweet thee, let me count the ways.” board – work, watch TV, listen to the radio or I am putting myself on a Twitter diet (and ditto That’s what Elizabeth Barrett Browning might music, network – often all at the same time. One for all social networking sites). I will ration my time write if she were around today. thing I can’t do is cook. And this is where the at the keyboard so that I can increase my time at 150 years ago, however, a lass sent a sonnet by FlavourGuy gets worried. the stove – and maybe squeeze in more time for Royal Mail knowing it would get to her man. Recently I have noticed that I am making larger Browning and love. Let me count the ways. Today, she could use Canada Post (with but one de- meals,enough to last several days.Steak for two?Why In the meantime, with Father’s Day approach- livery a day and none on weekends), but she’d do this when I can cook one for 10 and have lunch ing, I share a family favourite that my dad whipped more likely send Robert Browning a love note by ready for the next several days. Or fruit. “Wham!” up following a European trip many years ago: cur- email or Twitter and she’d keep in touch with him goes the knife as pineapple, cantaloupe, apples, or- ried herring. It’s simple and so good every deli throughout the day on social networking sites such anges and bananas are diced into a fruit salad large should stock it. Thanks, Dad. as LinkedIn (where “relationships matter”), Face- enough to last a week. If this looks sluggish after the Take a jar of marinated herring. Drain off the liq- book and MySpace. You need to use all of these to second day I can always throw in yogurt and ice and uid. Add a few tablespoons of sour cream and a ta- make sure something gets through. blend up a smoothie. After the third day, it’s not bad blespoon of curry powder. Mix this together and But what does this have to do with the Flavour- as a topping on ice cream. As it slides from compote let it sit overnight. It should keep in the refrigera- Guy? What does this have to do with cooking? toward compost, I freeze it at the penultimate mo- tor for several weeks and is great on toasted rye Lately, I have been on Twitter. People who use ment and have it ready for muffins.Nothing is wasted bread or bagel slices. twitter put out “tweets”.These are messages of 140 and hours are gained for more tweeting. Contact [email protected] or follow characters. That’s short for any message. Mrs. But does this does make sense? After all, the him at http://twitter.com/barrylazar. Browning’s would be limited to haikus. 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Sandra Phillips is the author of Smart Shopping Montreal. You can find money-saving ideas on her shlog at www.smartshoppingmontreal.com. 18 June 2009 www.theseniortimes.com THE SENIOR TIMES Trust grandchildren to make the right choice feelings is important. The child feels as possible with everyone concerned. reflection, that she was “happy to a conflict: He wants to be with his The third factor, no less important come to the Passover Seder.” Fur- Grandparents friends (particularly intense with than the other two, is the need to thermore, she announced that she Michael Schleifer preteens and teens) and would be sad consult the parents, and to get their might raise the question of why Girl and disappointed to miss out on the view of the matter. If possible, one Guides had scheduled their party on activity (soccer, girl guides), but also tries for a common position. If the evening of an important Jewish worries about hurting the grandpar- grandparent and parent do not Festival! “Do I have to come to Sunday night ent’s feelings. Will the grandparent agree, it will be more difficult. How- Dr.Schleifer (Ph.D. Psychology, dinner? I have an important soccer be sad or angry? ever, they can at least present the two McGill; B.Phil. Philosophy, Oxford) is game.”A fellow grandparent asked Assuming a close and loving rela- points of view, and still leave the de- a Professor of Education at UQAM. my advice on how to respond to her tionship, the grandparent (particu- cision to the child. He is the author of Talking about 13-year-old grandson’s question.As larly we adoring ones) will be Postscript: The grandmother who Feelings and Values with Children an educator and psychologist, I tempted to try to please the grand- raised this question has reported that and Mutual Respect with Teenagers.” have reflected about and written on child. 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the number of people asking for our food bank services and decreased the quantity of food items received as donations. Thus, we saw a 13-per-cent Here at Sun Youth increase in demand and a 30-per cent decrease in Nicolas Carpentier donations last summer. Now that our country is officially in a recession, more and more people are knocking at our doors Now that the nice warm weather is upon us, peo- for emergency assistance. At this moment, Sun ple are making their plans for the summer. Youth provides emergency food assistance to over Whether planting flowers, working around the 2,500 families a month. This represents an increase yard or taking a trip with the family, everyone of 24 per cent over last year. Despite the amazing wants to make the most of this season. SunYouth generosity that the public and companies showed is also planning ahead for the summer. during the last holiday period, these resources For the second year in a row, Sun Youth will em- won’t be sufficient to assist all of the underprivi- bark on a summer food drive in order to cope with leged families requesting our services this summer. the increase in demand for the emergency food In that spirit, we urge Senior Times readers to bank. In 2008, even before there were talks about contribute to our emergency summer food drive. recession and financial slowdown, our organiza- Donations can be dropped off directly at Sun tion was making an urgent appeal to the public Youth headquarters at 4251 St. Urbain. Pickups and to companies to receive non-perishable food can also be done for large donations collected at donations to replenish our almost empty ware- organized food drives. Companies such as food Photo courtesy of Sun Youth house shelves. The increase in basic food prices distributors are also encouraged to donate to our Richard Légaré (left) of RBC Royal Bank presents and the high cost of gas have both augmented food bank, and pickups can be arranged. a $10,000 donation to Sun Youth’s Tommy Kulczyk Although this latest emergency food drive has purchase perishable food to include in the food just been launched, some companies and founda- hampers given to our clientele. tions have already answered our cry for help. On Bell employees also contributed over $5,000 to Château sur le Lac May 28, Sun Youth received a very generous this summer’s food drive by giving funds to pur- Nursing Home donation from the RBC Foundation. Tommy Kul- chase milk and eggs. • Family Atmosphere czyk, Assistant to the Executive Vice-President and Sun Youth would like to thank everyone who has • Professional Care Director of Emergency Services at Sun Youth already contributed as well as those who will sup- received a cheque of $10,000 from Richard Légaré, port us this summer. For more information on how For more information, please contact us e-mail: [email protected] vice-president for the Montreal-centre region at to contribute to Sun Youth, call us at 514-842-6822 RBC Royal Bank. This amount will be used to or visit us online at www.sunyouthorg.com. 16289 Gouin Blvd West, Ste-Geneviève Tel: 514-620-9794 Revenue properties: Invest in your future renovations are even more critical.A renovated full electric plex with breakers is always more desirable, Real Estate Realities especially when the tenants pay their own heat. Home & office security systems Location is an important factor, too. 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Martin C. Barry Melzack published an exten- sion of the gate theory, propos- Dr. Ronald Melzack’s interest in ing that pain is a subjective, studying pain started off as a scien- multidimensional experience tific problem, much like studying produced by parallel neural vision or hearing.“It was just plain networks. curiosity about pain,”he said about Another breakthrough was his recent induction into the Cana- the development in the mid- dian Medical Hall of Fame. 70s of the McGill Pain Ques- It wasn’t until he was a postdoctoral tionnaire, now the most widely fellow in medical school at the Univer- used method worldwide for sity of Oregon and “met all kinds of measuring pain in clinical re- people in terrible pain that could not search. It was developed during be treated” that the study of chronic Melzack’s postdoctoral years, pain became his lifelong passion. when he recorded more than Last month during a ceremony in 100 words to describe pain. Montreal, Melzack was inducted into Then with the help of a statisti- this country’s medical hall of fame cian, he obtained quantitative along with four other individuals measures for each descriptor. recognized for winning their place in His fascination with phantom Canadian medical history. Located in limb pain led to the publication London, Ont., the hall of fame is in 1989 of the “neuromatrix dedicated to honouring Canadians theory of pain.” In it he pro- who have changed the world’s health poses that we are born with a care landscape. genetically determined neural Photo: Martin C. Barry “I’m thrilled,” Melzack said of be- network that generates the per- Ronald Melzack is “thrilled” with his induction into the medical hall of fame coming a member of the Hall of ception of the body, the sense of Fame that has honoured such med- self, and can also generate chronic that there are trigger points, sensi- strange tension for reasons not ical pioneers as Banting and Best, pain, even when no limbs are present. tive areas in the body where you’re known. It produces depression and is known for their discovery of insulin. The world’s knowledge of pain likely to find the same pattern in vir- activated by depression. But now Melzack’s pioneering research into might be a different today if Melzack tually everybody, which means that there’s so much more research on it pain mechanisms and pain control had chosen to pursue a different path. these muscles seem to be under some and it’s become so prevalent.” spans more than a half century and While working toward his postgradu- has had a major impact on every ate and doctoral degrees during the field of medicine dealing with pa- early 1950s, his brother, Louis, was tients who suffer from pain, in par- establishing the foundations of the ticular chronic pain. Classic Book Shops chain that would Born in Montreal, Melzack first be- eventually become one of Canada’s came interested in the connection leading retailers of paperbacks. between pain and environment at “They wanted me to go into the McGill when he studied the reactions book business and I didn’t want to,” of dogs to pain stimulus. For the first he said. “By this time I was really six months of their lives, one group hooked on psychology. Louis thought of dogs was raised in kennels while an academic life was nice, but I would the others were raised in homes with never really earn a living.” small children. The dogs who had no That’s when Dr. Victor Goldbloom, interaction with children reacted who was then a young pediatrician and more to “being pinched.” a regular customer at one of the book A leader and visionary in his field, shops, advised the family that they Melzack made four major contribu- should give the future Dr. Melzack tions in the field of pain. their full support.Goldbloom remains With the support of Dr. Joseph in touch with him to this day. Stratford, Melzack co-founded the Mrs.Hull,whom Melzack had met in first pain clinic in Canada known as the course of his postdoctoral research, the McGill University Montreal Gen- was instrumental in developing the eral Hospital Pain Center where he McGill Pain Questionnaire.A diabetic, served as research director from 1974 she experienced phantom pain follow- to 2000. The clinic is known to be ing the amputation of her legs. “She one of the best organized centres for would get throbbing pain, burning pain treatment in the world. pain, crushing, all these adjectives,” In 1965, Melzack developed the Melzack said. “And then I began to gate-control theory of pain in col- write down all these adjectives. And laboration with neurophysiologist then other patients would use other Dr. Patrick Wall. adjectives – a variety of them.” The theory produced an explosive Pain researchers are getting a better growth in research and resulted in understanding of a condition known experimental and clinical psychology as fibromyalgia, according to becoming an integral part of pain re- Melzack.“The stress system is highly search and therapy. Then in 1968, involved in it,” he said. “We know www.theseniortimes.com June 2009 21 THE SENIOR TIMES To reserve your spot call: MOVERS & SHAKERS 514-484-5033

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ART Tuesday June 16 from 7pm-9pm Loblaws Thursday June 11 at 3pm the watercolor art class Cavendish hosts lawyer Allan Gold, who will lead of Place Kensington Seniors Residence presents a lecture and discussion regarding wills. 6600 St. their annual vernissage and painting sale. Portion Jacques. Info: 514-933-0643. of proceeds donated to Batshaw youth and family June 17 at 2pm and June 18 at 7pm Robert Adams centers. Wine and cheese will be served. 4430 St. reviews Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones at the Oscar Pe- Catherine W. Info: 514-935-1212. terson Concert Hall. $25. Info: 514-488-1152. Until June 26 Concordia University presents their Starting July 2 CSSS Cavendish is offering Jog Your 7th annual graduating students exhibition with Mind - a free ten week series for seniors designed works representing a wide range of fine arts disci- to promote cognitive vitality. 5800 Cavendish, plines at 1515 St. Catherine. rooms 20-21 from 9am-11am. Info: 514-848-2424 ext. 7962 Info: 514-484-7878 ext. 1366. Until August 2 Mile-End Gallery presents Ab- straction, an exhibition of abstract art by the artists MUSIC from the Collectif Ame-Art. Vernissage June 18 Tuesday June 16 at 6:30pm Symphony Grand from 6pm - 8pm. Info: 514-271-3383. Salon in Delta hotel hosts the MCO’s Viennese Concert Ball. The Montreal Chamber Orchestra is CLUBS fighting to continue its mission of providing free Mondays at 10am the Teapot 50+ Center has a concerts to Montrealers. Proceeds go to Funding walking group at 901 St. Joseph, Tuesdays there is the MCO. $150, $70 tax-deductable. a cycling group, and Fridays Scrabble is offered. Info: 514-871-1224 Info: 514-637-5627 Friday June 19 at 8pm St. Johns United Church, June 10 at 7:30pm Atwater book club discusses 98 Aurora in Pointe Claire, hosts the Palmetto The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf. Co-owners of MonTango: Andrea Sheperd and hus- Mastersingers and Montreal Welsh Male Choir. 1200 Atwater. Info: 514-935-7344. band Wolfgang Mercado doing the tango at NDG park Repertoire: Mozart to Motown, Beethoven to Bea- Saturday June 27 at 9:30am Montreal Urban Hik- MonTango, 5588A Sherbrooke W., offers free trial tles. $15. Info: 514-693-1186. ers walking club hold their monthly weekend walk classes in Argentine tango from June 22 to 25 at in Nun’s Island at 38 Place du Commerce. There 6pm. The regular summer session begins June 29. THEATRE will be a car pool from Lionel Groulx Métro at Also, from June 26 to Aug. 28, the school holds June 12-20 St. Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival 9am. Confirm before June 20 and bring water and tango in NDG park every Friday from 6 to 9pm, presents Alex Eddington performing a solo comic comfortable shoes. $2. Info: 514-366-9108. with an introductory lesson at 6:30. Everyone monologue titled Tired Cliches at 4170 St. Urbain. welcome, with or without a partner. $11. Info: 514-849-3378. CLASSES Info: 514-486-5588 or www.montango.ca. Friday June 12-14 at 8pm Westmount Commu- Wednesdays from 11am-12pm Centre Greene, nity Theatre performs The Ballad of the Sad Café 1090 Greene, offers tai-chi based movement and 50+ Center invites you to join them for a day in at Westmount Park Church Hall, 4695 de Maison- stretch classes. Info: 514-931-6202. the 1860’s and travel back in time to a place where neuve W. Free. Donations are welcome. Thursdays at 2pm Centre Greene, 1090 Greene, everything was simple at Upper Canada Village. Info: 514-486-7423. offers ballroom dance classes for those living with $33. Info: 514-637-5627. stage 1 and 2 Parkinson’s. Must bring an able-bod- June 20 at 8pm Single Person’s Association invites VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES ied partner. No drop-ins. Info: 514-484-2016. all 35+ singles to their June Mix and Mingle Dance CLSC René-Cassin is looking for volunteer August 24 to 28 Centre Greene holds the Green Party at St. Catherine Laboure Churrch, 448 greeters to man the medical clinic. And on Mon- Avenue Ballet Camp. Age 8 and up. Registration Trudeau. $12. Info: 514-366-8600. day June 15 volunteers are needed to help out at ends July 17. $240. Info: www.centregreene.org June and July National Council of Jewish Women an elder-abuse awareness event. This Spring and Summer Atwater Library offers of Canada offers its 2009 summer travel festival Info: 514-488-3673 ext. 1351. computer workshops in Flicker, family history re- with trips to Ottawa, Charlevoix, Hudson Village June 17 - June 25 from 10am to 11pm the Yiddish search, booking travel online, facebook, job Theatre, Saratoga Ballet, Upper Canada Play- Theatre Festival is looking for volunteers to help hunting, ebay, blogging, powerpoint, searching house, Lac Brome Theatre, and Festival de staff the festival. Participants will be assigned the web, windows, e-mail, excel and word. Info Lanaudiere. Info: 514-733-7589. hours according to their schedules. There will be and registration: 514-935-7344 Sunday June 28 at 10:45am Unitarian Church of an orientation session on June 15 at etiher 5pm or Montreal hold their annual picnic service in West- 7pm. Info: [email protected] EVENTS mount Park. Bring your own chairs, food and Friday June 12 from 1pm-3:30pm the Catherine blankets. Info: 514-485-9933 Booth Hospital hosts its Osteoporosis Clinic day at June 25 and 30 Atwater Libaray presents a beading 4375 Montclair. Refreshments. Info: 514-481-0431. workshop at 1200 Atwater. $25, includes supply $5 discoun t with this ad Saturday June 13 at 7pm and 9pm Studio 303 kit. Advance registration required. presents Danse Pour Tous with performances of Info: 514-935-7344. African dance, yogadance, contemporary and hoopdance. $5 in advance, $10 at the door. LECTURES Info: 514-393-3771. Monday June 15 at 7:30pm the Jewish Geneolog- Wednesday June 17 at 10:30 am Unitarian Church ical Society of Montreal presents a lecture by of Montreal hosts a midday meal with music. Simon Jacobs titled The History of the Jewish Com- Bridge and scrabble at 10:30am, music and meal at munity Quebec City, at the Gelber Conference 1:30pm. $5. Info: 514-934-4956. Centre, 5151 Côte Ste. Catherine. Wednesday June 17 at 1pm Scottish Centre of Info: 514-484-0969. COOKIE DIET 410 Lafleu r, Ville LaSalle Montreal hosts a Gordonians Whist at the centre Tuesday June 16 at 7:30pm Rabbi Ebbin leads a Now in Pincourt and Ville LaSalle 514.366.6693 103 Car din al Lége r, Pin co urt located at the corner of Stephens and Champlain. discussion titled What’s Love Got To Do With It: We brought them here for you to try! The REAL Cookie Made in the USA ! 514 .45 3.20 00 $2.50. Info: 514-768-1301. Sex in the Bible at the Beth Zion Congregation, You can lose 10 lbs in 3 weeks! 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Across the province, Hope came also from Marguerite Blais, the min- 20 other Alzheimer Societies organized walks as ister responsible for seniors and families, who said well, with the goal of raising $2,000,000 to im- that the province recognizes the crucial role care- prove the Society’s programs and services.“We givers play in managing the illness and that funds make up a large family of solidarity,”said Mon- would be available to help them. “Of a budget of treal mayor Gérald Tremblay.“There is a strong $200 million over 10 years, at least 75 per cent will message of hope; every step is important.” be devoted to people who work with patients suf- Alzheimer Montreal raised over $83,000. fering from Alzheimer’s or a related illness. The ul- The supporters of the 5km walk heard some good timate goal is to sustain, accompany, relieve and news as Yves Bolduc, minister of health and social inform people who care for their loved ones in cir- services, said that Quebec will create an action plan cumstances that are often very difficult.” regarding the management of Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease, a neuro-degenerative illness, and other chronic illnesses. Bolduc made public a has no known cure and no reliable method of early report drafted by a team of experts, led by Dr. diagnosis. Although medications can now slow its Howard Bergman, an internationally renowned progress, there is no treatment that can alter its

course.With the aging of the population, the num- Photos: Kristine Berey ber of people affected is rising astronomically.“One 500 walkers joined the memory walk at the Old Port out of five baby-boomers can expect to suffer from Research is also important, Dr. Bergman said, Alzheimer’s,”Dr. Bergman says. because it is conceivable that not far in the future While this year 100,000 Quebecers have the dis- a medication may be developed that may alter the ease, in 20 years 160,000 will be affected. In the course of the disease, in which case early diagno- United States, the advanced stage of the disease is sis would be imperative. Recently Dr. Hemant diagnosed in a patient every 70 seconds. In 2000, Paudel of McGill University and the Lady Davis costs related to the illness across Canada reached Research Institute at the Jewish General Hospital A first at Caldwell Shopping Centre $5.5 billion. took one step closer to that goal. Paudel discov- 5757 Caldwell, corner Kildare Yet, internationally, research into Alzheimer’s and ered that the action of a single phosphate on a par- 514-484-4757 related dementias remains chronically underfunded. ticular protein in the brain is the culprit 10% DISCOUNT TO ALL SENIORS According to Bergman’s report the funds allocated responsible for the tangles that wreak havoc in the Free delivery with minimum purchase of $20 to Alzheimer’s by the Canadian Institutes of Health brains of Alzheimer’s patients.“The possibility of Visa, Mastercard and Interac accepted Research represent 3 per cent of their budget. In early diagnosis now exists,” Dr. Paudel says. “The 2007-08, $26 million was allocated to Alzheimer’s enzyme which puts this phosphate on [the pro- Weekend special from Fri. to Sun. research while $170 million was earmarked for can- tein] can be targeted by drugs, so therapies can be 6 Bagels, 70 g Lox, 200 g Cream Cheese cer research.The impact of this disease on the health 10.99 tx incl. developed. This discovery gives us, for the first Additional 10% for seniors care system is underestimated, Bergman says. time, a clear direction towards the early diagno- For example, Alzheimer’s patients with another sis and treatment of Alzheimer’s.” chronic illness will stay in the hospital twice as long Dr. Bergman’s report is available in French at as a person the same age www.msss.gouv.qc.ca. and with the same illness For information or to donate to the Alzheimer but without Alzheimer’s. Society of Montreal, call 514-369-0800.

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The 19th edition of the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival runs from June 11 to 21 and includes 90 pre- sentations. Most are about an hour long and will be shown six or seven times each. Prices range from $4 to $12. The paid events are spread out in 10 the- atres and three “off fringe” venues downtown. In addition, there are 43 Chris Gibbes is detective Antoine Feval free events at the Fringe Central out- dated versions of his best work. As door stage, located at St. Laurent and well as adding some new pieces, Jem Rachel, along with the beer tent and also promises to be more theatrically The cast of Pre/Intervention box office, where you can pick up the physical to heighten his comedic, lyri- ing and Dracula. He has been able to essential free program of events. cal and always witty repartee. corral an all-star cast of four to put on Now for this year’s top picks. Dance Animal, choreographed and Katherine Dempsey’s play about sex Dance Animal is wild Brazil Nuts marks the fourth ap- directed by Robin Henderson, is our and technology through two couples This highly visual show mixes verba- pearance in Montreal of the inven- own Montreal version of Hollywood’s at different stages of life and love. tim testimony with endearing comedy. tive Susan Jeremy. Her 1998 show Busby Berkely. Featuring 10 well- Tired Clichés, created by the“King of Antoine Fevalis“Victorian England’s Was That My 15 Minutes? won the coached dancers, this extravaganza the Fringe,”T.J. Dawe, will knock your most overlooked detective” who Just for Laughs prize. Brazil Nuts literally explodes before your eyes. socks off. Although this year marks emerges from the shadow of Sherlock deals with gay and immigrant rights. Pre/Intervention is written by actor T.J.’s first absence in Montreal since his Holmes as embodied by Chris Gibbes. How to get your Foot in the Door Graham Cuthbertson. Six top young first appearance many years ago, he is Clueless deduction meets deceit in 75 Without Losing It brings back Derick Montreal actors portray a family in cri- well represented by a new production deliciously funny minutes. Lengwenus,a favourite deadpan comic. sis as the daughter moves into her first of this show,performed by award-win- Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of jem roll will perform his newest apartment. They describe the piece as ning Alex Eddington, resident artist Being Earnest is adapted by Neal routine, Leastest Flops, having a “meta-theatrical comedy of errors.” at Tarragon Theatre of Toronto. Corrin into a streamlined 75-minute recharged his batteries in Laos and Penumbra is directed by Montreal Last year, Jonno Katz of Australia version. Vietnam. This energizer bunny motor favourite Paul Van Dyck, who has per- impressed with his direction of the This group of grads from N.Y.U.’s mouth is ready to charm us with up- formed in Paradise Lost, Sahara Cross- successful show The Sputniks starring heralded theatre program have be- Elison Zasko. This year, he wrote and come a favourite of the Edinburgh acts in The Accident, a fusion of the- Fringe. Sportssexdeathporn is de- atre, comedy and dance involving scribed as a dance theatre multimedia two brothers and cooking. work centering on a naïve housewife Six life-size puppets and the live, ef- lured into her husband’sPonzi scheme. fervescent Lana Schwarz come from Don’t overlook the many fine Australia in Granpa Sol and Grandma French shows as well, including one Rosie. Schwarz plays Nurse Jackie at an by Pablo Picasso (yes, that Pablo!). eldercare facility, who discovers there For information, call 514-849-FEST is far more to aging than getting old. or visit www.montrealfringe.ca.

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