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2014 PREDICTIONS 2014: A Civic Election and Tough Year for the Bombers By Scott Taylor

Winnipeg mayor Sam Katz did bling infrastructure and the main- Curt Keilback, Veteran radio not have a very good year in 2013. stream media will continue to lead sports broadcaster Pounded relentlessly by a vitriolic, the criticism until such time as the all-out assault from the Winnipeg city and province try to repair the Free Press, Katz’s poll numbers crumbling infrastructure and then dropped to an all-time low while the the media will criticize both levels of city became an even better place to government for high spending and live and do business. gridlock. It was an amazing year-long We’re more than a week into onslaught brought to climax when 2014 and the New Year is already the Free Press blasted Katz because heating up – weather aside. It’s time civic employees have the opportuni- to ask our resident prognosticators ty to purchase Goldeyes, Bombers to give us the goods. Let’s ruminate and MTC tickets through payroll on the results of the crystal balls deductions. Huh? With the rest of wielded by some prominent “aging” the media piling on, Katz was blast- Winnipeggers about what we ed even when good things hap- should expect in 2014: Curt Keilback pened to people. Have to wonder Their answers were candid and who the editor was who thought sometimes, quite surprising: The 65-year-old Keilback is still that was a legitimate story? the best Jets play-by-play announc- Regardless, the mayor’s poll Marty Gold, “City Circus” Shaw er in the city and yes, he’s still in numbers dropped and people spent TV broadcaster: town, enjoying retirement and occa- most of the year wondering if after a sionally coming back to life on jun- decade at the top of the greatest ior hockey broadcasts and through growth in city history, if Sam Katz radio commercials. was done. While the Free Press did He’s our sports expert and our everything but demand he leave resident comedian: office now and take his damn fami- 1) The Canadian Olympic team will ly to Phoenix. achieve success beyond their However, while our local broad- wildest dreams in Sochi, winning sheet spent a lot of time urging the 12 gold medals. However the cel- mayor to leave town, it seems Katz ebration will be tempered by a might have other ideas. The base- loss in the hockey final to ball team he owns has never been Kazakhstan. Borat will sing the more successful (the Goldeyes were winner's anthem, while Anne Organization of the Year for the Murray will look on teary-eyed. eighth time in 11 years) and his Marty Gold 2) Dennis Rodman will travel to young family just might be growing. East Timor. While there he'll ask There is certainly a chance in 2014 Marty is outspoken and unafraid for the hand of the President in that 62-year-old Sam Katz might to say anything that’s on his mind. marriage. When Mr. Ruak just run again. His TV Show on Shaw is watched by accepts, sabres will begin rattling It certainly wouldn’t surprise me. anyone who really wants to know in North Korea. Rodman will be In fact, a lot of things wouldn’t sur- what’s going on at city council. known ever after as "Helen" as in prise me this year. A guy who has lived three or four Helen of Troy. I wouldn’t be surprised if the lifetimes in his 53 years on the 3) The University of Manitoba Winnipeg Blue Bombers announced planet, Marty Gold (AKA: Martin Bisons football team will have an in March that the club had suffered Boroditsky, Marty Goldstein), has unbelievable season, annihilat- massive financial losses at the new been a professional wrestler, a ing all comers. Their reputation stadium and then, without the abil- wrestling promoter, a TV producer, will become so widespread they'll ity to repair their problems on the cab driver, corporate whistleblower, be invited to Pasadena to com- field, finished the 2014 season in radio host and writer. pete for the Rose Bowl. There, the worse shape than they did when He’s also been a defender of the Bisons will defeat USC. The win- they finished 3-15 in the horren- little guy and an advocate for the ning point scored on a wide field dous 2013 season. As well, more people who don’t have a voice in our goal attempt. All of America is cost overruns on the stadium’s con- community. embarrassed. Texas secedes struction will be announced. No one Marty has five specific predic- from the Union. will be surprised. tions for civic and provincial politics As we suggested for the last three in 2013: Roger Currie, Journalist and years, social networking will con- 1) The real estate division audit due CJNU Radio Newsman Moving Furniture & Small Items tinue to grow at an alarming rate in 2014 will be twice as damag- ing to Mayor Katz and his 746-4318 bureaucrats (current and former) 746-6141 As we suggested as the fire station audit. Morris, MB “for the last three years, 2) The concept of reversible lanes (eg: north at morning rush hour social networking will and south in evening rush hour) SENIORS will finally be discussed among DISCOUNT continue to grow at an the public to ease traffic gridlock, alarming rate and Twitter and then will be summarily rejected by the City Transportation will completely replace department as being too compli- cated for them to implement. 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Theresa Oswald and CJNU’s morning news voice and news media as the preferred place Jennifer Howard are being pushed resident columnist here at Senior LIONS HOUSING CENTRES 55+ to receive breaking news. by the party lever-pullers but Scope always has his finger on the Independent Living Apartments Our citizens will continue to frankly, Kevin Chief is their only pulse of the city. 204-784-1239 whine about high taxes and crum- hope. Continued on page 6 V12N7 • January 15 - February 4, 2014 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] Page 5 To sleep, perchance to dream... ay there’s the rub By Roger Currie I want to talk about sleep, some- I wondered. In talking to Thank you Ed. two more hours. How I wish I could thing many of us have trouble get- people about sleep patterns, One thought I took away from have done it that way years ago in ting enough of every night on a reg- I found that many shared the that is that it’s worthwhile to com- the pre-digital age. When we were ular and consistent basis, and I same problem. pare your sleep pattern with friends caught in the grip of the Polar Vortex have a collaborator. Ed Labossiere of I found out that sleep researchers and loved ones. You might just dis- over the holiday period, the last Winnipeg is a retired teacher. We have gone through past literature cover that your personal pattern, thing I would have wanted to do met ten years ago when I was first and conducted sleep experiments. which you always thought was truly was get dressed and drive in a appointed to the Manitoba Film They discovered what is called the weird, is not so weird after all. frozen car to a radio station. Classification Board. I had to resign natural sleep cycle. Our body My habits are almost identical to I have lots of other sleep stories, from that body in 2006 when I clocks work on the day/night cycle those of Ed Labossiere. Monday including my experience with sleep moved to Regina, but I got back on and in the evening when we go to through Friday, I’m generally fully apnea. I’ll save that for a future the board last May, after moving bed it is completely natural to awake no later than 3am. This works issue of Senior Scope. ■ back to Winnipeg. sleep quite solidly for about four well with my current routine which Luckily, Ed Labossiere was still hours, then have a period of wake- includes what I call the Pajama News ...... there where I returned, and he will fulness and meditation. Some peo- that’s heard each morning on CJNU, be until May 1st. ple find that they feel like getting 93.7FM. It takes roughly two hours Roger Currie is a regular In addition to a keen interest in up and working on things. This to write and record my 4-minute contributor to Senior Scope. movies, and Ed and I share other may last for an hour or two and it package, and send it in to the radio interests, including our sleep pat- is followed by the “second sleep” or station by e-mail. He is heard regularly on terns. Even though he never “morning sleep”. It is also com- What happens next? Most often I CJNU, 93.7 FM. worked the horrendous hours that pletely normal for many of us to go back to bed and sleep at least [email protected] I did for many years when I was have a nap or siesta in the middle fulltime in morning radio, Ed was of the day. The eight hour sleep frequently rolling out of bed at the model may have been a product of same hour as me, and he still does. the industrial age that began in Who knew? the 19th century, but it does not He’s a man who loves to research conform to nature. Following the issues like this, and here’s what he natural pattern I described earlier came up with. enables a person to sleep better and to be more alert during the day. So it turns out that my wake/sleep pattern is quite nor- mal. It has put me at ease and In health educa- I think everyone should be aware tion I was taught of this information. If you sleep for that eight hours eight hours or so without waking of solid sleep was that is quite fine. ideal for health Each of us has hopefully devel- and wellness. Re- oped a lifestyle which best suits cently I came him or her and we can be consoled across some re- that by paying more attention to search about sleep our own body clocks and personal that astounded me. comfort levels, we can enjoy better The natural sleep Ed Labossiere health and a more satisfying life. cycle of human beings is different from what I had References: learned earlier. I had been con- cerned about sleep for quite some Internet: TED.com / Jessa Gamble / Natural Sleep Cycle” time because it’s rare for me to have a full night of uninterrupted Wikipedia - “Segmented Sleep” sleep. “What’s wrong with me?”

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Metro, left, a resourceful soul for Senior Scope, arranged a visit with Rita Bartmanovich Rita has a place for every piece and village - totalling over 300 Department 59 to see her holiday display of fine porcelain collectibles, 25 years in the making. houses and countless figurines.

The Ice Castle is Rita’s favourite, with all it’s glamour. This is just the start of the fabulous light display in Rita’s yard and driveway.

If you’ve ever been inside Rita but she tries not to indulge too people, young and old, and putting Pembina in St. Norbert in a commu- Bartmanovich’s home around Christmas much as she has run out of room. smiles on their faces. nity known as Howden. Stop by and time, you’ll probably never experi- Rita’s husband, Peter, passed away The $500/mo. electricity bill is all say ‘hi’ and be sure to remember the ence a display like hers again in any in 2011, but when he was here and worth it. It used to be $2000/mo. directions for the next outdoor light home dwelling, unless of course, you well, he had their deck converted to but the new LED energy-saving display at Christmas. You can reach return the following year. a sunroom which served as a sun- lights reduced the cost significantly. Rita at 204-269-2027. Setting up over 300 fine porcelain room until the Christmas season Rita runs Bartmanovich Greenhouse There’s more to Rita’s story that Christmas house ornaments is a pas- rolled around. Then it became a starting in May. She is located at we’ll cover in the February issue of sion for Rita, but it’s also a tremen- Christmas paradise with seven levels 1040 Red River Drive, east off Senior Scope and Boomer Buzz. ■ dous amount of work. It takes 3-4 high of villages complete with ani- weeks to set up and only two weeks mated figurines and working lights. to take down and pack away, with She has had a guest book since the help of family and friends. Yes, 1967 with signatures from people cont’d from page 4 Rita’s collection remains on display from as far as China, Paraguay, 2014 Predictions, until mid-January, about the same Scotland, Arizona, and from all over The ageless Currie has been both terms with each other in what time that she starts planting her Manitoba and beyond. Visitors are a Bombers and Riders fan for used to be called a road movie or seeds for her greenhouse - a family arranged through family and friends. countless decades, a feat that very buddy picture. Whatever you business that started in 1993. And Rita also takes pride in her few people can pull off. He’s also a call it, director Alexander Payne she’ll start setting up again in plenty Christmas light display in her yard. movie insider, a brilliant writer and proves once more that character of time to have it ready for the next Again, it takes weeks of preparation. possesses that old-fashioned “Voice and script will trump mega Christmas. She starts in October fixing and of Doom,” on radio. budgets and special effects – at Rita started collecting the valu- replacing burned out light bulbs Roger has a few interesting least when you have the right able Department 59 pieces in 1989. and then she has family and hired thoughts: people in the lead roles. In case She started with the whole North friends who help her with the set- 1) The Blue Bombers will improve you’re wondering, the other Pole series. And it grew from there. ting up. She welcomes the public to from 3-15 to 6-12 and it still won’t black and white movies to win Her collection consists of villages drive through her yard to enjoy be enough to make the playoffs in the big one were Schindler’s List from the Heritage series including them. Some have come through the CFL with Winnipeg now com- in 1993 and The Artist in 2011. Kensington Palace, Buckingham about 10 times in a season. One boy peting in the five-team Western 3) Bad news will continue to domi- Palace, Big Ben and Westminster in particular thanked her for her Division. With the exception of nate in an election year at Abby. And then you have to pur- ‘Santa Land.’ And that’s why Rita the Banjo Bowl in September, Winnipeg City Hall, especially chase the figurines separately. She does it... for the satisfaction of Investors Group Field will not be concerning the sinkhole that is would like to keep collecting more, instilling the awe of Christmas in sold out. No one will really care the city’s new police headquar- that much with the CFL’s new ters. There will be at least five and richer TV deal now in place. serious candidates for mayor, and 2) For the third time in the past 20 Sam Katz will not be on the ballot. years, a black and white movie will win Best Picture honours at Welcome to the New Year. May the Oscars. Nebraska stars 77- you all have a bright and prosper- year-old pre-Boomer Bruce Dern ous 2014 from all of us here at and 43-year-old Will Forte as a Senior Scope. father and son who come to

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… Dementia Answers You Need Currie’s Corner By Roger Currie Courtesy Alzheimer Society, Manitoba We frequently see, hear or read education seminar will address The Canadian Way stories about dementia in the many of the concerns that arise media. Sometimes, it’s hard to know from media coverage of various top- Forty years ago, if you were driv- happened without a single shot if the information is from a reliable ics about Alzheimer’s disease and ing on the prairies, particularly in being fired, and without the pipeline source and whether or not we other dementias.” Alberta, you might have been jolted taps being turned off. It’s the should be paying attention to it. Four panelists will discuss sub- by a rather provocative bumper Canadian Way and it should make Often it raises questions you may jects frequently covered in the sticker. It said “Let the Eastern us proud. have about dementia. media, including memory issues, Bastards Freeze in the Dark”. It should also make us proud On Wednesday, January 29, the process of diagnosis, cardiovas- The recent ice storm that when electrical workers from the the Society is hosting a January cular risk factors that impact brain plunged many thousands into frigid prairies voluntarily give up Christmas Awareness Month event called health and practical guidelines you darkness in southern Ontario with their families and head east to Dementia… Answers You Need. The can use to evaluate what you see, sparked a grim reminder of that help get the lights back on. It was free public education event takes hear or read in the media. very ugly time in Canada’s national the same in southern Alberta last place from 7 to 8:30 pm in the One in every three Manitobans history. World oil prices were on the June when record floods created all Samuel N. Cohen Auditorium at St. has a family member or close per- rise, sparked by turmoil in the mid- sorts of misery for thousands of Boniface Hospital Research Centre, sonal friend with dementia. Last dle east and the Persian Gulf. people. I also saw it in Manitoba in 351 Tache Avenue, Winnipeg. year alone, there were over 4,500 Alberta wanted their piece of the the Flood of the Century in 1997. Norma Kirkby, Program Director new cases of Alzheimer’s disease or action. They were led by Peter Soldiers and police were close by, at the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, another dementia in Manitoba. By Lougheed who argued with great just in case, but they’re not really says this event is an opportunity for 2038, this number threatens to rise conviction that his province should needed like they are in some far people to learn more about dementia dramatically to over 9,350 a year. get full value for the black gold away places when disaster strikes. and ask questions about what they Dementia…Answers You Need which they had in abundance. Taking care of each other is what a are hearing regularly in the news. will provide insight, advice and In the other corner, representing country like Canada is all about. “When a story about dementia is answers about dementia. Those eastern interests, was Pierre Trudeau. We would do well to remember reported in the news, the Alzheimer interested can register online at Canadians paid less than world that as 2014 begins. ■ Society sometimes receives a flood www.alzheimer.mb.ca or call 204- prices, even for the oil we imported of phone calls,” says Kirkby. “This 943-6622. ■ from Venezuela. It took some major ...... constitutional showdowns, but the I’m Roger Currie provinces with valuable resources eventually got their way. Roger Currie is a Winnipeg writer

Coffee Break in Rural Manitoba Now all of us pay more than we and broadcaster. should when we pull up to the gas He is heard regularly on CJNU,

Springfield News... pump, and that famous bumper Nostalgia Radio with Marion Clemens of Oak Bank, MB sticker is no longer relevant. It all www.cjnu.ca/c-corner.shtml After the overly busy month of as a technical teacher but also as December January has not much a counselor and adviser to students. to offer yet, except closed schools During the fifty years I have lived for the students to enjoy. near Oakbank I got to know Ralph “Let our New Year’s resolution be this: December 29 Ralph Kennedy as a very giving person. After moving We will be there for one another as fellow members passed away. All his life Ralph had into Kin Place, Oakbank in 2006, I been very visible in the public eye. witnessed how much Ralph was of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. He was born Feb. 2 1924 to Hilda doing for us residents. Like coming ~ Goran Persson Mae Kennedy (Tozer) and Michael in early in the morning brewing cof- John Kennedy in Antler, Sask. fee for us. He always stayed for at Ralph's wife Lois died in 2010. least an hour entertaining us with Ralph leaves to mourn his passing his interesting stories. He also dis- four sons and their families: Scott tributed tickets to everybody in the and Sharon with Ryan, Adam and dining room with which we could Micah, plus Darryl and children. win different kinds of gifts - I still Also his brother Bill, sisters have one of mine: A clock with a Bernice (Nels), Barbara, and Bonnie sailor leaning against it. (John) plus numerous cousins, I won this in 2007 and never had nephews and nieces. to put in a new battery! It still Ralph entered the Royal Canadian runs... a valuable reminder of Navy at age 17 and fought for liberty Ralph's generousity. as an ASDIC operator during WW II, During his funeral service, participating in the Murmansk January 4 at Oakbank Baptist Invasion of Normandy on D - Day, Church, several of his children and plus the North Atlantic Run known granchildren talked about their as the most intense submarine memories of Ralph as a very loving, battle in the war. caring, giving father, grandfather, In recognition of his services dur- husband uncle and brother. ing the war and also for his com- Thank you Ralph for all you did. munity, he was awarded the We will always remember you. Queens Golden Jubilee medal in That's it for the first column of the 2008 and also the Queens Diamond year - wishing you all warmer weather, Jubilee Medal in 2013. good health and contentment. After his Navy services, Ralph taught for 37 years at Tec Voc not only So long. Marion. Page 8 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] V12N7 • January 15 - February 4, 2014 THE BUZZ Interlake Sports Hall “of Fame Announces Inductees;” Rocket Humphreys bodychecked by illness; Assiniboia Downs to get a First Nations facelift.

Late last month, the Manitoba Jockey Club, which operates Assiniboia Downs, plus Peguis First Nation finally made an announcement we’ve known about By Scott Taylor for almost a year. The two business partners have created a company called FM Developments which will construct a hotel, new restaurant and a conference centre on the Downs site. The partners hoped Artists rendition of the new Downs. construction of the new develop- As proof, a supposedly non- “appears to think the Act and regu- ment would begin by this summer. political organization, the Manitoba lations gives them the right to micro- Harvey Warner, chairman of the Horse Racing Commission threat- manage and interfere with racing MJC, hoped the project would gen- ened to pull the Downs’ gambling when, in fact, that’s the pervue of erate $100 million in infrastructure license on Jan. 1, because they the Minister of Agriculture.” spending and jobs. were concerned about “names on a There was not a government rep- mortgage that would come due in “We will continue to fight for the resentative at the announcement. 2038.” Yeah, I know, it sounds horse owners, the breeders, all the The Downs was filled with Conservative phony or insane. The Downs sent people who are part of our indus- representatives. It was indeed out the following release: try,” said Jockey Club president strange to see Conservatives and Harvey Warner. “This is a great day First Nations people come together Simulcast horse racing at for racing and we’re excited about to beat up on the NDP. The provin- Assiniboia Downs will continue the future. I know a lot of people cial government has been doing uninterrupted into the new year never thought this day would everything possible to take the following an undertaking by the arrive. We’re thrilled to be able to Lorne Benson in 1954. Downs away from the Manitoba Manitoba Horse Racing Commission make this announcement.” Jockey Club and either give it to to issue an interim license pending a Induction Ceremonies to be held their political friends or have racing Feb. 25 court hearing to resolve ••• Saturday, Maty 24, 2014 on the shut down. However, this business The great T. Kent Morgan always arena surface at the Recreation issues between the Commission and has a terrific column in Manitoba partnership should allow the the Manitoba Jockey Club. Centre in Selkirk. Downs to continue operating with- Hockey News and in the latest This year’s five Athlete Inductees The Commission had withheld edition he writes about “a legend out government support. the 2014 license after expressing will be: “Today is a great day for in recreational hockey circles Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers concerns that the Manitoba Jockey around Winnipeg, Frank (Rocket) Manitoba, for the city of Winnipeg Club had entered into an agreement runningback *Lorne (Boom Boom) and for First Nations people,” said Humphreys. Humphreys, 88, is Benson from Riverton. Benson will with its new partner, Peguis First recovering from heart surgery and Peguis chief Glenn Hudson. “With Nation, and was concerned about be inducted in the all-around cate- Peguis First Nation leading the way, Morgan tells the story of the time in gory because along with his brilliant the agreement’s potential impact of 2003, there was an article entitled this presents a historic moment for the 2038 Racing License. football career (he played with the us as First Nations people.” The Game of Our Lives in the Bombers from 1951-55), he also MJC lawyer Jeff Rath said the national magazine Canadian Living. In its efforts to either shut down Commission agreed to issue the played hockey and lacrosse, was a horse racing in Manitoba or “give” It labeled Humphreys as The Other boxer, a curler, baseball pitcher and interim license after the MJC sought Rocket. For years, Rocket played the Downs to its political friends, an injunction in the Court of Queens’ also played softball at an elite level. the NDP government has done four-to-five games a week. On sum- But it was as a football player where Bench to prevent the Commission mer Wednesday evenings at River everything politically and legally from doing anything that would he excelled. In fact, he won the Dr. possible to destroy the industry. Heights CC, the group at times Beattie Martin Trophy as the top interrupt racing in the new year. included Jets Barry Long, Lyle This new partnership should save Rath said that, at the Feb. 25 Canadian Rookie in 1952 and held an industry that employs 450-500 Moffat, Randy Gilhen and Dale the CFL record for most points in a court hearing he would be challeng- Hawerchuk. When Rocket reached people during its peak summer sea- ing the constitutionality of the Horse play-off game (30, when touch- son and creates more than $50 mil- his 85th birthday, a friend suggest- downs were worth five points each) Racing Commission Act and its regu- ed that perhaps it was time to cut lion in economic activity within lations. He said the Commission and most touchdowns in a play-off Manitoba. back and the place to start might be game with six (all rushing). Both a Friday game at St. James Civic records were established on October Centre organized by former Jet 28, 1953 against Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Mineral Spa Mike Ford and his speedy brothers Roughriders. Bus Tours Steve and Tony. Rocket respond- ed, “That’s where I get my fastest Golfer Glen Hnatiuk from Selkirk. ••••••••••••••••••••• hockey.” You can read more of T. • Relax with a body treatment Already a member of the Manitoba at Temple Gardens Sun Tree Spa! YOU PAY Kent Morgan’s stories in Manitoba Golf hall of Fame, Hnatiuk won more Journey to natural healing in the $110.00 pp dbl occ Hockey News, now available at all than $2,400,000 on the PGA Tour. • geothermal mineral water pool! River City Sports outlets. An outstanding Manitoba amateur, Explore YOU RECEIVE he played collegiately at the • Al Capone's secret world $110.00 casino slot play ••• in the Tunnels of Moose Jaw! The Manitoba Sports Hall of University of Southern Mississippi • Shop the historical downtown area Trip Includes:Motorcoach transportation, Fame has a regional branch and from 1984 to 1988. He played full- discovering many boutiques! 2 nights lodging at Shooting Star Hotel, last month, Rick Brownlee of the time on the PGA Tour in 1998, win- Game in the attached Casino! $110.00 Casino Slot Play, Duty Free ning $148,000. He remained on the • Shopping, Target & Wal-mart Shopping Hall, announced the names of the 2014 Dates: 2014 Interlake Inductees. 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THE BUZZ, cont’d from page 8

Chuck Lefley back in the day. Harry (Pee Wee) Oliver with the New Volleyball coach Jim Schreyer. The late, great Jimmy Skinner. York Americans in the 1930s.

Basketball player Cathy Holtmann Fame in Toronto and into the was born in 1965 and raised on a Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. dairy farm in Rosser, Man. A gradu- ate of Warren Collegiate (1983) and Four Builders will also be inducted: the University of Winnipeg (1987), where she played basketball from Stonewall’s *Merv Farmer, was 1983-87, she also graduated from born in Portage la Prairie on July 3, the University of St. Michael’s 1938 and moved to the family farm College in Toronto (1999) and north of Balmoral. Farmer was icon earned her doctorate from the in the Interlake region. In addition University of New Brunswick. She to his hockey “builder” resume, he excelled in several sports but espe- was the editor of five newspaper cially in basketball and volleyball. weeklies, a volunteer firefighter, In 1987-88, she played profession- writer, town councillor (1965-66), ally with First Division MTV farmer, sportsman and father of Wolfenbuettel in Germany. In 1984 seven. A resident of Stonewall and 1985, she was a member of since 1955, Farmer passed away on Canada’s national B team. July 24, 2102.

Hockey star Chuck Lefley. One Gordon Fines from Stonewall/ of the greatest athletes in Manitoba Balmoral was a founding member of 1973-74 Selkirk Steelers Centennial Cup Champions. history, Lefley, now 64, played his the minor baseball executive that junior hockey with the Winnipeg restarted minor baseball in Stonewall MJHL with both the Falcons and As well, the 1973-74 Selkirk Rangers of the MJHL from 1964-66 in 1985. From 1987-92, he was the Rangers and senior in the SSHL Steelers, will be inducted as a and then the 6-foot-2, 180-pound president of Stonewall Minor Baseball with Flin Flon. He played for the team. The Steelers won Manitoba left wing/center spent the next few with participation increasing from Indianapolis Capitals (AHL) in Junior Hockey League title then years with the Canadian National 196 to 328 players during that time. 1944-45 and then two seasons with defeated the Prince Albert Raiders Team program and was selected in He was a key organizer for the 1999 the Omaha Knights (USHL) playing 4-2 to win the Anavet Cup. They the first round (6th overall) of the Pan-American Games and many with such future legends as a went on to beat the Kelowna NHL draft by the Montreal Provincial and Western Canadian teenaged Gordie Howe, before turn- Buckaroos of the BCJHL 4-3 to win Canadiens. He played a total of 407 Championships and was a major ing to coaching. Jim Skinner spent the Abbott Cup and then knocked NHL games recording 128 goals and driving force in fund raising, acqui- more than 30 years with the Detroit off the Smiths Falls Bears of the Red Wings’ organization in the capac- Central Junior A Hockey League 292 points. He won two Stanley sition of land, building diamonds ■ Cups with the Montreal Canadiens and constructing facilities at ities of player, General Manager, 4-3 to win the Centennial Cup. in 1971 and 1973. He was inducted Quarry Park in Stonewall. Fines Coach, Director of Scouting and into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of was inducted into the Manitoba Chief Scout. In 1986, he was (Note: * Posthumous induction) Fame in 1998. He was also an Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009. inducted into the Manitoba Hockey outstanding ball player, curler and Hall of Fame. golfer. Jim Schreyer from Selkirk is one of Manitoba’s most experienced Hockey star *Harry (Pee Wee) coaches, and achieved success at Oliver: Oliver was born in Selkirk all levels. He played for the on October 26, 1898. The rightwing/ University of Manitoba Bisons in centerman won a Stanley Cup with the 70’s, but his contributions to the Boston Bruins in 1929 and coaching volleyball in Manitoba are helped form the high-scoring FOG unparalleled. He has coached vari- Line with fellow Manitobans Frank ous teams to five national champi- Frederickson (inducted in 1981) onships and has also coached his and Perk Galbraith. His profession- Selkirk Royals to six MHSAA high al hockey career spanned 16 sea- school championships as well as 11 sons almost 600 games and more MHSAA championship appearances. than 200 goals scored. A former He was inducted into the MB Mayor of the town of Selkirk, Oliver Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2012. died on June 16, 1985. He was also The legendary *Jim Skinner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of born in Selkirk, played junior in the Glenn’s Moving Service • Household / Commercial Over 30 Years SENIOR’S • In House Moves Experience! DISCOUNT • Local & Long Distance • Appliance Removal For more information,

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- PART ONE Thailand © Story by Rick Goodman. - AO NANG to KOH LANTA, KRABI PROVINCE Photos by Beatrice Daigneault.

raveling is usually a lot of fun. TThat's pretty much the idea of being a tourist or traveler. Generally I like to think of myself as a travel- er, who to my way of thinking, is someone who is interested in bring- ing back some small understanding of the people and the life they lead in the places Bea and I go. Like any tourist you get out of your comfort zone, go and see new sights and experience new things. But... some parts of some trips can go really, really wrong. A bad day at home is just a bad day but a bad day twelve time zones away from your regular haunts is some- Monkeys move freely in Thailand. thing to remember. We were sitting on Phra Nang beach outside of Ao Nang Krabi, come off the van at the same time. Thailand when I got the sudden Sitting in the back of one of these urge to go and see the island of Koh Phra Nang beach outside Ao Nang Krabi, Thailand. This is one of the limestone for- hope-to-be air conditioned mini- Lanta. It's supposed to be beautiful. mations that rise out of the Andaman Sea. You can walk out to it at low tide. vans, braking and accelerating, There is something basically lurching side-to-side thru traffic, up wrong with the human animal, or at hills and around curves, party-boy least with this one. Here we were beside me turning more colors than sitting on the most beautiful tropi- a chameleon, gave a sensation of cal beach we had ever seen. The real speed. But I seriously doubt we water was warm and clear, cliffs were doing any more then two or towered above us, the sand was soft three hundred kilometers an hour. and the air was cool in the shade. After about four hours of cramped Whenever we felt like it we could misery we arrived in Koh Lanta. Our walk down the beach to the "sand- party boy celebrated by upchucking wich" or what we called the "7-11" everything but his rectum and then boats and buy grilled chicken, corn rolling out of the van in a fetal posi- on the cob, thai food and cold drinks. tion. Why oh why couldn't he have These are floating fast food reversed the order of events? vendor carts - longtail boats that Now maybe it's just me, but don't anchor on shore. You walk up and you think that if you were a minivan order, they cook it on board and driver with fifteen hot disgruntled you're on your way. passengers on board the first thing I walked up to one and the lady you would want to do is get them to said, "Hello." their various destinations, try and I said, "Hello," back. smile, and wish them well? At this Then she asked, "What you Beach cliffs at Phra Nang beach. point it wasn't about service and want?" good business practice, it was the " Two Singa beer, please." This is where my continuing edu- had to endure. humane thing to do. Well, this son of She hollered to the back of the cation in the finer points of adver- After we were full of people this a *@#%!* drove us all over the place boat, "Two Singha," and then at me, tising got started. guy drove us around town some delivering newspapers. And then he "Give me money!" One thing, us North Americans more, picking up bundles of news- stopped on the main highway, So I hollered back, "Give me learn to appreciate here in the trop- paper. looked at Bea and me and said, "Get beer!" ics is air conditioning. The lady at That done, it was time to hit the out!" Then he pointed at a sign that She nearly died laughing. Not used the desk said, "You go by van, air open road. Nobody drives as crazy pointed down a long dusty road with to backtalk from farang tourists conditioning, and driver take you to as commercial traffic. Time is Lanta Riviera Resort on it. Dumping I suppose. guesthouse. Maybe two hours. You money so get them to the other end our luggage, he left us standing on Or we could walk the other way, go ferry, you pay extra for taxi to and get rid of them as quick as you the side of the highway in a cloud of along the cliffs and watch the guesthouse. No air conditioning." can is how they operate here. Unless dust and burning rubber. tourists promenade and the mon- Well, sign me up for the van then. of course the driver is running a And that's how we arrived at the keys swing thru the trees. Too hot, How bad can it be? paper route at the same time. resort. On foot. With a backpack, a dive in the water. Too cool, step into This is what happened, for true, Nobody paces themselves, it's all front pack, a belly pack, a camera the sun. and I am not exaggerating. That acceleration and braking, weaving pack, a beach mat, snorkel, diving I spent a lot of time floating on my kind of thing just isn't in me. thru traffic with the van straddling mask, flippers, a laptop, eight note- back looking up at the cliffs hang- Apparently vans being advertised the center line on a two lane high- books and a left sandal soggy with ing over me. They are limestone and as being air conditioned fall into way so the driver can pass on either vomit, a parting gift from party-boy. over time stalactites have formed three basic categories here. Those side. Oncoming lane or shoulder, it We saddled up with all that stuff and the rock itself has eroded into that have air conditioning, those doesn't matter. Honk, honk, hang and headed down that long dusty the most amazing shapes. There are that used to have it, and those that on boys and girls, coming thru. trail in the hottest part of the day, dragon claws and anything you can might have had air sometime in the The horn goes steady. It might past a steaming heap of garbage, imagine to be found up there. past and hope to have air again at mean, "Want a ride?" Or, "Get out of fourteen cats, a dog with mange Water drips down in places. Huge some unknown point in the future. the way," or, "You are a dumb ass," and a monkey abusing himself in a drops falling from what is probably a We got a van that used to have air or even," Gee Mom, look at me go!" tree. I stumbled and weaved along, hundred meters. I'd float on my back conditioning. It was 27° C in the For passing you don't need panting and surrounded by flies, and watch them coming, clear and shade and with the humidity it felt enough room to get back in your Bea moving grimly ahead of me wobbly, getting bigger and bigger, like 38° C. own lane, you just need to be ahead cursing that driver with diligent and falling faster and faster the closer We were the first people on the by a nose when you crank the wheel grim enthusiasm. By the time we they got and then disappearing into van and after the driver loaded us back to where you should be. made it to reception we looked like the ocean beside my head. "Bloop," up he drove around Krabi three Nobody likes a flaming wreck so a couple of the last survivors of the and they were gone. Talk about let- times picking up other people. This people will use their brakes to get Bataan Death March. Except not as ting the inner child out for a romp. took an hour and a half. One of the out of the way. Usually. frisky. ■ You would think a body would be people he picked up had been out There are speed limits posted on perfectly happy and content with a the night before and was in no the road. As near as I could figure To be continued... it does get better. setup like that. Well I had read that shape to travel. I took one look at out by direct observation, commer- ...... Koh Lanta was supposed to be him, said to myself, "It's just a mat- cial traffic takes the highest posted beautiful as well, so that night Bea ter of time before we find out what number and then multiplies this by Rick Goodman lives in Ile A LA and I found a place to stay online this fella had for breakfast." Quite a a factor of at least two. This will be Crosse, Saskatchewan. He likes and had the lady in our guesthouse lot as it turned out. Just another your minimum suggested speed to travel and can be reached at organize a minivan to take us to our helping of misery the other fifteen of and you must try to never go slow- [email protected]. new temporary home. us crammed in that rolling hellhole er than this unless all the wheels V12N7 • January 15 - February 4, 2014 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] Page 11 FOUR FARCES FOR Constipation CHEKHOVFEST 2014! The conversation Merlyn Productions Theatre Company will present two separate no one wants to have productions at the Ellice Theatre in By Trevor Shewfelt, Dauphin Clinic Pharmacy the 2014 Master Playwright Festival, staging a grand total of four out of the seven one-act plays attributed to Everyone’s uncomfortable talking sume more fibre. Russian author ANTON CHEKHOV about being regular, but we all want You should visit your doctor if by festival organiser MTC! our bathroom routine to be effort- your constipation seems more com- less. Constipation can make the plicated or you experience any of the “A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL” bathroom an awkward and uncom- following symptoms: rectal pain or (January 28 to February 1): Love, fortable place. Well, let’s agree to bleeding, blood in the stools, fever, marriage, and... palpitations of the talk about what can be done to abdominal pain, nausea or vomiting, heart!? Tensions build (and so do make bowel movements easier. very thin stool, or constipation last- the physical ailments!) as a stub- “A MARRIAGE PROPOSAL” When food is eaten, it passes from ing more than two weeks or recur- born suitor, a headstrong young the mouth into the stomach where ring for more than three months. lady, and one poor parent of the Directing both programmes is digestion begins with the help of Being regular is important for would-be bride clash comically! This Merlyn Productions Artistic Director stomach acid and enzymes. Then the optimum health. If you exercise, eat will be the happy union of the irre- JOHN CHASE. food is broken down in the small fibre and drink lots of water, you sistible object and the immovable intestines, and the proteins, vita- will find going to the washroom can force – if they manage not to kill one VENUE: The Ellice Theatre – mins, minerals, fat, carbohydrates be an effortless part of your day. another first! With opening act: “A 585 Ellice Ave (at Sherbrook) and water are absorbed. Leftover (Phew! We made it.) ■ Tragedian in Spite of Himself”. SHOW TIMES: Tuesday to Friday waste is pushed by muscular con- at 7:30 PM; tractions through the large intestines Saturday matinée at 2:00 PM and towards the rectum. When suffi- “THE ANNIVERSARY” *Doors open 30 minutes before cient waste accumulates, the individ- (February 4 to 8): What could pos- show time. Latecomers not ual feels the need to have a bowel Simple Facts sibly go wrong at the bank's jubilee admitted. movement (BM), which occurs when celebration, with the board of direc- TICKETS: General Admission - tors due to arrive? Murphy's Law $10 or ChekhovPass / the anus muscles voluntarily relax. • Simple constipation is usually Normal BM frequencies vary hits the heights of comic disaster Seniors (65+) - $8 from three per day to three per caused by lifestyle. with a pompous chairman, a crotch- RESERVATIONS: Online at week. Therefore, the best way to • Elderly people are constipated ety book-keeper who must finish MERLYN.BIZ or by phone at massaging the numbers in time, and 204-415-2714 define constipation is a change more often than younger from your normal BM frequency or two meddling wives who unwittingly stool consistency. Some constipa- • Women are constipated more plunge the occasion into total chaos! For further information, please tion can be caused by factors such often than men. With opening act: “On the Harmful contact Merlyn Productions at as diseases or medications. If you Effects of Tobacco”. 204-415-2714 or [email protected]. suspect this is your situation, con- • Constipation can cause sult your doctor. different symptoms in Simple constipation is usually different people. caused by lifestyle. Ignoring the urge to empty your bowels and a low fibre • You should visit your doctor diet are main factors. Other lifestyle if you experience rectal pain, issues include insufficient fluids, bleeding, fever, abdominal irregular meals and lack of exercise. pain, nausea or vomiting, or Elderly people are constipated more often than younger, and women are constipation lasting more constipated more often than men. than two weeks. Constipation can cause different • Exercise, eating fibre and symptoms in different people. Common symptoms are difficulty in passing a drinking lots of water helps stool, uncomfortable abdominal bloat- you maintain regularity. ing, cramping, headache and lack of interest in food. Attempt to avoid simple constipa- tion without the use of drugs. Consume at least 10 grams of food fibre every day, but aim for 15 to 30 grams. Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day. This amount is always up for debate, but water really does help fibre do its job. Respond to the urge to empty your bowels as soon as January 18, 2014 JACKPOT possible, but don’t strain when on the toilet. Regular, moderate exercise brings many benefits and keeps your $32,000 organs functioning properly. Kin Pot If you are suffering from simple $500,000 constipation, I would recommend starting with a glycerin suppository to get your bowels moving quickly, generally within 30 minutes. Glycerin suppositories are safe and Kingo Bingo will will not interfere with prescriptions. not be available If the idea of a suppository makes until further notice you uncomfortable, I would recom- mend 10 mg bisacodyl oral tablets. This is a stimulant laxative and can cause cramping, so it shouldn’t be used long term. Once you have had a bowel movement, a stool softener like docusate calcium or an osmotic lax- ative like PEG 3350 every night for two weeks to a month will keep your bowels moving. Of course, you will also need to increase the amount of water you drink and con- Page 12 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] V12N7 • January 15 - February 4, 2014 Hotel Palacio – The Birthplace of James Bond By William J. Thomas - Humour Columnist After leaping from a speeding pages faster, Chum, I’m between motorcycle onto a moving train and films at the moment.” wrestling an armed terrorist half to Today The Palacio is a lot like death while ducking under overhead Sean Connery’s Bond – suave and tunnels, Skyfall’s Daniel Craig looks graceful, intriguing yet friendly, calm and rather natty that evening classy with a sense of style. Today as he chats up a dark-haired beau- the Palacio is back to the business ty at the bar. The muzzle of a gun of providing elegance and luxury for touching the back of his head comes travelers who want to be dazzled with a question: “Who are you?” He and pampered. From the hush of its bats the gun aside like it’s a fly and plush carpets to the twinkle of delivers the movie’s trademark line: hall chandeliers and the glistening “The name is Popov. Dusan Popov.” brass of the bar – The Palacio earns “No, no no-cut!” The name ‘Popov’ all five of its stars each and every was never going to carry the same day. With a welcoming staff which reverential currency as “Bond, is both gracious and fun to be James Bond.” Yet, had novelist Ian around, The Palacio exudes a casu- Fleming stuck to the facts while alness and a comfort level most writing the greatest series of spy great hotels resist. thrillers the world has ever read, nessman or a lawyer or on a third trash. Whenever a Brit confided sen- The Palacio became such a that’s exactly who Sean Connery visit, a private citizen. sitive information to a hotel employ- favorite of celebrities, a row of swim- and six other leading men would However in 1941, whenever the ee, he expected it to be passed on. ming pool suites are nostalgically have been portraying in fifty years advogado Popov checked into The most powerful collector of named after them – Orson Welles, of Bondmania. Dusan M. Popov, The Palacio, Fleming the jornalista secret information could well have Gina Lollobrigida, The Aga Kahn, code name “The Tricycle.” was not far behind. Often they been Antonio Pinto, the head Rex Harrison et al. Even James It all began in 1941 at The Palacio would go to the casino, fast friends concierge at the Parque. With the Bond stayed here when On Her Hotel in Estoril, a quiet but spectac- in the milieu of microfilm and tiny tidbits of gossip he gathered from Majesty’s Secret Service was filmed ular oceanside resort town, 16 miles transmitters, hidden cameras and waiters and chamber maids, bus at the hotel in 1969 and the north of Lisbon, Portugal. Together – maps drawn on flash paper. Popov boys and bartenders, he could Australian actor George Lazenby The Palacio, The Atlántico, The Parque was an expert in concocting invisi- have replaced “The Tricycle” as played Agent 007. Concierge Jose Hotel and the Casino formed a ble ink which he mixed in a Britain’s’ biggest asset. But he did Diogo who had a part in the movie square around a palm-treed park. In Champagne glass. not. The Portuguese took their helped organize its 50th anniversary front was the train station and Some believe, wrongly, that oath of neutrality seriously. at The Palacio. Kings – Umberto of beyond that the Atlantic Ocean with Dusan Popov earned the code name After the war, a CIA lamented Italy and Don Juan of Spain – have white breakers churning inland ‘Tricycle’ because he was a triple that Pinto’s knowledge was worth graced The Palacio with their royal toward a grainy brown beach. threat, working for the Brits, the the work of a dozen agents but “the presence as well as Queen Noor of Portugal had remained staunchly Germans and the Americans. The man was a sphinx.” “Senor No” did Jordan. The photo gallery along the neutral during WWII and Estoril, Americans could only wish they had not share his spy stories with any- hotel’s hallowed hallway boasts too long a haven for disposed kings and such an asset. Fleming and his one … except Ian Fleming, once the many Counts to count. displaced dictators became what British colleagues nick-named him war was over. The Palacio’s location is perfect Casablanca was in the movie by the “The Tricycle” because he always Hotel staff saw it all – from the for a tourist seeking an oceanside same name – a rabbit warren of showed up for an evening wrapped married German couple who did not secluded oasis or a base to visit the spies and shylocks trading in secret around several beautiful women. sleep together and ran up $600 a bustling city of Lisbon next door. information. But it was the maids at The Palacio day in phone calls, to the vases of The sandstone beach is a brief walk The Nazis spies and their Axis who endorsed Popov’s code name flowers that came back to the across the road and the lovely little allies had established their head- with stories of the Slav’s hearty kitchen imbedded with tiny listening electric tram that hugs the seashore quarters at the Hotel do Parque, fill- appetite for three in a bed … at once. devices. When they tore down the into Lisbon is a few minutes from ing it to capacity with goose-step- The fake writer and the phony Parque Hotel they found bugging the lobby. ping officers and Gestapo operatives lawyer met almost every evening at devices on the roof and a maze of The Palacio is a spectacular hotel in broad-brimmed hats. The over- the large and elegant lounge in The hidden wires in the walls. When they with a naturally beautiful golf course flow of the Third Reich stayed at The Palacio. But then all the spooks, raised the Atlántico, signal lamps for that has hosted the Portuguese Atlántico, closest to the sea. The Allied and Axis came to The Spies communicating visually with sub- Open and a world-class spa called Palacio, the largest and most stylish Bar, then and now the best drinking marines off the coast were found on The Banyan Tree where green tea is of the hotels became home to British establishment in Estoril. the roof. The Swastika flag, the one served up with heavenly Thai mas- and American spy agencies, M15 “They called it the Champagne the Germans draped out a window sages. A sumptuous breakfast comes and the OSS (Office of Strategic News Service,” said Jose Diogo, The to insult the Brits and Americans with the room and The Grill serves Services), the forerunner of the CIA. Palacio’s gracious concierge. On walking by, was still intact. as an intimate and refined foray into Ian Lancaster Fleming, a high- those nights when Germans mum- M15 plant Ian Fleming, handler of Portuguese fine dining. To treat your- ranking British Naval Intelligence bled in their beer and right next to double agent Popov and valued self to refinement and quiet luxury, Officer was sent to Estoril by M15 them, Fleming and Popov slugged client of The Palacio sopped it all up The Palacio is a dream destination. to manage a very talented and effec- back the house wine – nobody’s like a sponge and later wrung it out Now, in the evening, a goodnight tive double agent from Yugoslavia. team was winning. But when onto the page. After the war Fleming chocolate kiss is placed upon your Dusan Popov loathed the Nazis as Abwehr agents insisted the barkeep returned to The Palacio, checked pillow. In 1941 a guest from Berlin much as he loved the Brits. He took break out the best Champagne, himself into Room #516 and didn’t at the Parque Hotel would always money, lots of it from the Germans everybody knew the Bismarck had check out until he had the first draft end his heavily-coded conversation for providing Abwehr, their intelli- sunk another ship or Tobruk was of Casino Royale in his suitcase. The with “Goodnight Fritz.” And then to gence division with information under siege. Likewise when Fleming book was based on the gaming Fleming and Popov hunched on a pre-approved by M15. He would and Popov shared a bottle of Moet & house he frequented with “The balcony of The Palacio with accept nothing from the Brits but Chandon at the bar, the Germans at Tricycle”, the one he could now see receivers to their ears he would add: the joy of working for a country he “Good night also, to my British the tables squirmed in resignation. as he wrote from his balcony. Casino ■ much admired and the pleasure of Days later, world news services Royale was a smash hit in 1952 friends, wherever you are.” Fleming’s company. would confirm that the Allies had establishing a faithful following that Contrary to the declarations on crossed the Rhine or breached the would go on to purchase 100 million www.williamthomas.ca their registration forms at The Siegfried Line. When Germans at the copies of eleven Bond novels and ______Palacio, Fleming was no more a bar spoke brashly in loud voices, the watch 25 Bond films which earned journalist than Popov was a busi- IF YOU GO … Getting There: Americans knew they were talking $5 billion and featured several differ- SATA (416-515-7188) and ent leads. On Her Majesty’s Secret Air Transat (1-800-872-6728). Service was shot on location at The Both offer direct flights from Toronto to Lisbon Palacio. This odd marriage of Fleming each week. Also SunMed Holidays can arrange air Pick up a and Popov, born out of deception & accommodation packages (1-800-263-0858). copy at your and deception, has enjoyed a 50 year Where To Stay: local book- honeymoon in Hollywood that shows The Palacio, of course. store today! no sign of ending. www.palacioestorilhotel.com How lucky can a writer get? The Manager Patricia Domingues will happily arrange material, the settings, the contacts, your stay. Join local Manitoba writer & photographer the secret note pads – everything Where To Eat: Bill Stilwell on a photographic exploration fell into Fleming’s lap the day he The Grill at the Palacio offers first class fine dining of some of Manitoba’s most scenic sites. retired from M15. His sensational specializing in Portuguese and international cui- Bill will provide Manitoba’s little known, yet career could only have been more sine, with a well-orchestrated live theater of cook- outstandingly beautiful places. Scenic certain if a young Sean Connery ing. Otherwise, a scenic 20-minute walk along the secrets—for you to enjoy. ocean’s malecon to the picturesque town of had met him at The Palacio’s small Cascais offers a dozen diverse eateries. Ph: (204) 476-5210 Email: [email protected] www.manitobawild.ca elevator and said: “Turn those ______V12N7 • January 15 - February 4, 2014 Senior Scope • 204-467-9000 • [email protected] Page 13 Things to do in Winnipeg EVENTS The Finns of Manitoba Committee - VOLUNTEERING St. Chad's Anglican Church - now wor- Lion's Place Adult Day Program - Social are gathering stories for a website of shiping at 472 Kirkfield St. Service of Holy day program for seniors - physical, mental, people with a Finnish heritage from the Misericordia Health Centre - accepting Eucharist and Sunday School,Sunday at and recreational programs. Transportation & earliest immigrants, late 1800's, right up volunteer applications for Spiritual Care vol- 9 am. Fellowship time with tea and coffee hot lunch provided. Membership $8.06/day. to the present. The Finnish settlements in unteers. Involves supporting a safe environ- after service. Call 784-1229. Referrals to the program are Manitoba will be featured as well as stories ment for Senior residents by accompanying made through WRHA at 940-2655, or call those wishing to attend services. Call 204- Spiritualist Fellowship Church - spiritual from individuals. Send your story to Finnish ou. your Home Care Case Coordinator.

Y healing Sundays. Classes on Auras & Canadian Club President John Samli 788-8134, [email protected] [email protected] Colours, Spirit Guides and Guidance. or by mail to Finnish K.I.N. Resource Council for Seniors - Classes $10 each. 300 Arlington St. at MAKE YOUR LISTING Club, The Scandinavian Centre 764 Erin Bluebird Lodge Congregate Meal Program, Portage Ave. (behind the Royal Bank.). STAND OUT. Street, Winnipeg, R3G 2W4. Call John: 97 Keewatin St., seeking volunteers to help 204-333-5364 www.spiritualistfel- 204-895-2781. Call , ADD A BORDER FOR ONLY with the 4:30 meal - 3 hours once a week. lowshipchurch.info $10 PLUS GST Winnipeg Harvest - Call 204-774-3085 for details. 17th annual Live Pembina Active Living (55+) - Winter CALL 204-467-9000 Music is Better Coffee House, Sat. Feb. 1, Volunteer Opportunity: Fort Garry programs start Jan. 6: Fitness, creative 8 pm, 195 Collegiate. Admission $5 and Women's Resource Centre (FGWRC) - expression, mind/body, clubs, drop-in a tin for the bin. A & O: Support Services for Older Seeking feminist-minded women willing to programs and more. For more info, visit Adults - serve on our board for 2 years for our 2013- West End at the Clifton Fort Garry Women’s Resource Centre www.pal55plus.ca or call 240-930-5290. Community Ctr., 1315 Strathcona St: For (FGWRC) - 15 term to serve on Community Relations 5th Annual Fab Fem The Salvation Army - Seniors 55+ activities, call 204-975-5167. Osborne Fundraiser, Wed. Feb. 19, 7:30 pm, at the Committee & Personnel Committee. Call: 204-477-1123 or [email protected] Program, Tuesdays, 9:30-11:30 am, at the Village at 400 Stradbrook Ave: For activi- West End Cultural Centre. Celebrating the Barbara Mitchell FAMILY Resource Centre, ties, call 204-956-6490. Visit www.ageop- wonderful artistic contributions women Vista Park Lodge Personal Care 51 Morrow Ave. Coffee/tea, conversation, portunity.mb.ca for info. bring to our community and provides an Home in St. Vital - Volunteers needed. crafts, board games & more. Call Sheila: Senior Centre Without Walls through evening of entertainment. Everyone wel- Call Janet Paseshnik: 204-257-6688 204-946-9152. come! Tickets $20. Call 204-477-1123. A & O - Support Services for Older Adults Bethania Personal Care Home and Magdala House - offers free educational and recreational Winnipeg’s Scottish Country Dancers - Weekly hot meals for Pembina Place - volunteers needed for St. Vital community to help people deal programs over the phone, for socially iso- Valentine's Ceilidh Sat. Feb. 8 at the Silver Meal assisting, 1 hr. time commitment. Training with a lack of nutritious food daily. lated older adults 55+ living in Manitoba. Heights United Church, 199 Garrioch, provided. Call: 204-654-5035 or email Tuesdays: 10 am - coffee/tea and light Individuals and groups welcome. Free to near Ness and Mt Royal Rd. Dance to live- [email protected] snack, 12:30 - hot meal. Open til 3 pm at join. Call using toll-free number or we can ly Celtic music. Simple dances on Sat. 5 St. Vital Road. Donations, assistance of call participants into the line when unable Feb. 8. Admission $5 Southeast Personal Care Home - to do so themselves. Call 204-478-6169 204-284-4667 any kind, and volunteers gratefully accept- [email protected] at door. Call or is looking for volunteers during the day, evening ed. Call: Dayle 204-269-5528 or email: or email: for info. www.rscdswinnipeg.ca or the weekend to assist with the recreation [email protected] programs. Call 204-269-7111 ext. 2247 Dufferin Senior Citizens Inc., Westminster Concert Organ Series - Good Neighbours Active Living Centre - 377 Dufferin Ave. - Various activities. presents Rochester NY organist NATHAN Rupert’s Land Caregiver Services - Ring- Every second Sat: Dance 12-4 pm, with a offers special events, classes, outings, 204-986-2608 LAUBE, Sun. Feb. 16, 2:30 pm at A-Ride program needs drivers to take clients presentations, workshops, and more. Call 4-piece band and lunch. Maryland at Westminster. The newly refur- residing in Southwest Winnipeg to appoint- 204-669-1710 or visit our website at. bished organ console with additional new ments, shopping and social outings. Call Elmwood-East Kildonan Active Living Home Maintenance Program in Winnipeg Centre - 180 Poplar Ave. & Brazier. Various pipes in the pedal division are in a setting 204-452-9491 or email [email protected] for people 55+ who are looking for various with superb sight lines of the console and scheduled and drop in activities. Call 204- types of help in their home - call 204-806- 669-0730 to confirm if activity still on. great acoustics. Tickets $25, Seniors BECOME A SNOW ANGEL. 1303 or email [email protected] or $20, Students $10 at door, or McNallys. Adopt a neighbour – older adults www.gnalc.ca Dakota 55+ Lazers Program - Progams or persons with disabilities - who at Jonathan Toews Community Centre, 1188 The Happy Homesteaders men's Seine River Seniors Southdale barbershop group - could use help shovelling their Dakota. Call Karen: 204-254-1010 ext. 206 is recruiting singers. Community centre - Creative Writing ev. Rehearsal is Mondays, 1:30-3:30 pm. sidewalks and driveways. Make a difference in someone’s life. 2nd Thur. Call 204-275-1353; Bridge Norberry-Glenlee CC - Programs for seniors Usually perform 1-4 times a month. Sept. Mondays, Cheapy Tuesday Movies, 1st at 26 Molgat Ave., St. Vital. Call 256-6654 thru May at seniors' residences and personal 204-888-4214 Tues. of mo. St.Vital mall entrance to cine- care homes. Call, Joe Cels: ma; Call 204-452-5439 Le Conseil des francophones 55+ - or Doug Stewart: 204-837-8943 SOCIAL PROGRAMS/ is a community-based non-profit org. SERVICES 55+ Men’s Club - meets Wed. & Thur. Its mandate is to ensure the accessibility The Manitoba Coin Club - meets 4th and availability of French-language Mary Jane’s Cooking School - afternoons, 1-4 pm, at 3172 Portage Ave. Wed. each month (except December, July Super Various activities: art and hobby classes services and support programs for the and August), 7:30 pm (1-1/2 hrs approx.), Soups and Vegan/Vegetarian Cooking, or just enjoy a cup of coffee. 987-8850. French-speaking population 55 years at the Fort Rouge Community Centre, Feb. 1-8-15 & 22, 1-4 pm. at 252 and up who live in Winnipeg to help 625 Osborne St. Frequently there is a Arlington St., just south of Portage Ave. Mensheds Manitoba Inc. - peer run them maintain their autonomy and to Coin auction. Visitors, guests and new $40/class. Call 775-2522 or email program by men for men at Woodhaven improve their quality of life. 793-1054, members are welcome. Call Barré Hall: [email protected] for info. Community Club, 200 Glendale Blvd, 400-107 Des Meurons St. St-Boniface, 204-296-6498 for info. Woodhaven in St James, Tue. and Wed. Bereavement Support Group - for Wpg., [email protected] Red River Coin & Stamp Shows - afternoons, 1 pm-4 pm. Call Doug: those 55+ years of age and experiencing 832-0629 or 804-5165 The St. James-Assiniboia 55+ Centre - monthly through June 2014. Free adm. the loss of a partner. Six weekly sessions:

Please mention Senior Scope when contacting our advertisers. It helps them track their ad effectiveness in Senior Scope. Thank their ad effectiveness in Senior Scope. Thank Please mention Senior Scope when contacting our advertisers. It helps them track 3-203 Duffield St. The Centre offers a variety Charterhouse Hotel, 2nd Sun. of mo., 10 Wed. Feb. 26 - Wed. Apr. 2, 2014, 10-12 Archwood 55 plus - offers a variety of of different programs and services to adults am-4 pm. All welcome. Coins, Bank Notes, noon, at Access NorWest 785 Keewatin programs/activities starting Jan to Mar. 55+. Visit www.stjasc.com to view tokens, bullion, Canadian and Foreign, Buy St. To register call A & O: Support Yoga Fit/Pole Walking, Pickle Ball, Zumba, programs and services. (204) 987-8850 or sell. Call Andy Zook: 204-482-6366 Services for Older Adults (intake): Art classes, line dancing, trips, etc. Call 204-956-6440 *Group may be cancelled 204-416-1067 archwood55plus The Winnipeg New Horizons Band - or visit or postponed due to an insufficient inc.weebly.com for more info. We offer a friendly, informal, opportunity number of registrations to develop your musical skills. Must have access to instrument and music stand. Practices: Sat. mornings, Sept.-May at 800 Point Rd. Will perform 2 or 3 concerts Email ready-to-print PSAs to: each season. Visit www.mbnewhorizons [email protected]. No faxes please. band.freeservers.com for more info.

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Selkirk Community Choir - Valentine The Quarry Choristers, a women’s Teulon & District Seniors Resource The Services to Seniors programs in Coffee Evening, Feb. 11, 7:30 pm, Lutheran musical group based in Stonewall - Council Inc. - (Teulon, Gunton, Komarno, North Eastman - Services: transportation, Hall on Manitoba Ave. in Selkirk (next to Annual Dinner Theatre, May 1-4 and May Erinview, Malonton, Inwood, Narcisse, friendly visiting, phone calls, foot care, house- Safeway Parking Lot).. Enjoy an evening of 8-10. Showtime 6:30. Also, Dessert Chatfield & surrounding areas). Driver pro- keeping, yard work, minor home repairs, popular love songs and enjoy some coffee Matinee, May 4, 2 pm. Tickets on sale gram, CancerCare driver program, Victoria Meals on Wheels, Congregate Meals, Lifeline, and dessert. Donations at the door. All are Feb. 6-8 at KornerKuts (364 Main St., Lifeline, handi-helper, housekeeping/laun- etc. Brokenhead Outreach for Seniors 204- welcome. Conductor, Kendra Obach: Stonewall) 10-5. For tickets aft. Feb. 8 dry, friendly visiting, telecheck, medical 268-7300, East Beaches Resource Centre 204-785-1929, [email protected] or or for info, call: 467-8348 or 467-8619 equipment loans, E.R.I.K., volunteer income 204-756-6471, Springfield Services to Thea Ostermann: [email protected] tax program, yardwork, monthly bbq’s dur- Seniors 204-853-7582, Two Rivers Senior East St. Paul 55 Plus Activity Center - ing summer months. Call 204-886-2570 Resource Council, Lac du Bonnet/Pinawa Springfield Seniors - Healthy Together Accepting memberships from East St. Paul 204-345-1227 Ritchot Senior Services or Whitemouth/Reynolds sponsored activities FREE to Springfield area residents. Various activities and quilt- (serving seniors 55+ in 204-348-4610 and Winnipeg River residents: Pickle Ball, Chair Yoga, Zumba ing open to all members. Call 204-661- the RM of Ritchot and Lorette) - Need people to Resource Council 204-367-9128 Gold Chair (204-444-3567), Men in the 2049 or 204-654-3082 (msg). be on our list of available drivers, friendly visitors, Kitchen (204-853-7582), Safety and housekeepers etc. Call Denise: 204-883-2880 Security for Seniors (204-853-7582).

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Lemon Butter Veggies

Metric Ingredient Imperial 1 kg mixed vegetables; carrots, parsnips, peas, 2 lb kohlrabi, squash, broccoli, cauliflower 125 ml butter 1/2 cup 15 ml lemon juice 1 tbsp 2lemon rinds 2 -salt & pepper to taste - 125 ml heavy cream 1/2 cup 50 ml fresh chives, chopped 1/4 cup

Peel or trim vegetables; cut into small pieces. Place in shallow pan; add a little water and cover. Cook for about 10 minutes until tender-crisp, stirring occasionally.

Meanwhile; melt butter in pan; add lemon juice, rind, salt and pepper to WORDSEARCH taste; pour in cream. Beat vigorously. Drain and serve vegetables on a warm plate, sprinkle with chopped herbs and pour sauce over top.

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How Knot Too Right (Humour)

I would like to undress you all In fact, we should condemn the Students have always had a now and refuses to croak, but I today concerning a serious educa- film industry’s affluence which knack for irrigating their teachers, digest again. tion problem facing this nation – the emphasizes fantasy and violence, but today’s kids can be especially I think you can see what I’m inability of the younger generators rather than educating an audience. disruptive. Just the other day, incinerating here. No student likes to write properly. And with their rampant erotic I read of a child who opened all the to be prepositioned by a teacher. It’s a very disturbing trend, themes, it could be argued that faucets in his school’s arrest room. But developing writing skills can be because there is a vast suppository Hollywood had been grossly neg- The water damage was so severe, a huge advantage when competing of knowledge lodged in the collective ligée in this area. they had to evaporate the school. for employment. minds of today’s youth who desper- Much of the fault (and it’s not Honesty, this nautical behavior For instance, what kid wouldn’t ately need to espresso themselves just a pigment of my imagination) leaves me with Butterfingers in strive to become an extinguished better. also rests with the parents – and my stomach. American libel filmmaker like As one of our grating vice-presi- you know who you are. If you don’t, Students need guidance – emo- Michael Smore? Or a renounced dents, Dan Quayle, appropriatingly modern forensic genetic science can tionally and academically. Teachers vice-president such as Joe Bidet? mistated: “Verbosity leads to unclear, help with the aid of NBA testing. and parents have a responsibility to Or even a visionary inventor, such inarticulate things.” I could not The simple fact is that today’s enrage a student’s mind by forcing as Henry Forward? depress it any better than that. parents are often too busy to think them to develop communication So I would ask all parents and So why do students have difficul- about insuring their children’s aca- skills and the ability to repress grandparents to work with teachers ty writing? demic success. Some parents are so themselves in writing. to make more young Americans Well, let me play the devil’s stressed, they even resource to I know teaching the rules of com- legitimate. Let’s stamp out mixed avocado for a moment. Perhaps we drinking. I personally know several position often goes down like a lead meteors forever, and never spit could place the blame on the coun- who regularly attend Alcoholics baboon, but they are essential tools another infinitive again. try’s broken education cistern and Unanimous. for invective expression. (For impugning his writing skills, its incontinent teachers. But this As a result, children are neglected: Let’s examine some writing basics. the author would like to acknowl- just adds a salt to injury, which they return home to empty houses Tenses. These often cause trou- edge his11th grade English teacher, really stings. Our educators are and have to blow wave their own TV ble, especially if you forget them Miss Marla Props, a graduate of the the finest in the world, so we dinners or eat junk food. Where are when camping. But I digress. Norm Crosby College of Electrocution). shouldn’t place the blame at our the parents to warn that Cheetos Punctuation: No English teacher ...... teachers’ feats. never prosper? They also have to wants to send home students with Students must accept some struggle alone to copy homework conjuctionitis or have to perform a Nick Thomas has written responsibly. They are often too essays from the Internet. semicolonoscopy on a term paper features and columns for focused on afterschool extra- vehic- It’s no wonder kids neglect their rife with punctuation errors. over 350 magazines and ular activities, as well as sports, studies and create mischief at What about grammar, I hear you newspapers. playing with their X-boxers, and school, even those who come from ask? Well, the old battle-ax has He can be reached at his blog: movies. effluent families. been living with us for seven years http://getnickt.blogspot.com LETTERS... Whatever happened to our Age-Friendly society?

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