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. Capricorns ~ January 1–19 Happy Birthday… T he Goat. Capricorn is the most Harmony Court Care stable and serious sign of the

zodiac. Reliable, resourceful, Rosewood January 2015 th Verna Engelstad January 12 7195 Canada Way and determined, Capricorns make excellent leaders and Burnaby, BC V5E 4A6 Wedgewood managers. th Reception: 604-527-3300 Elsie Weeks January 10 Special Events Recreation: 604-527-3328 Louisa Shori January 11th Aquarius ~ January 20–31 th th The Water Bearer. Witty, clever, Isamu Hori January 16 Tuesday the 6 st and honest, Water Bearers Kathleen Mazur January 21 Ladies Lunch Club A Whole Year of New Years

desire independence above all Wednesday the 7th Many people around the globe will Coincidentally, April is also the

and are not afraid to deviate Scenic Drive to be counting down the seconds until hottest month in Thailand, so from the crowd to pursue their January 1 to shout, “Happy New thousands of people drenching Queen Elizabeth own interests. Year!” But there are also many each other with water in the streets Notable Park people who won’t be celebrating a provides the perfect means of on January 1. Some escape from the scorching heat and Quotable th Thursday the 8 cultures do not even consider it to suffocating humidity. “Truth is like the Pub Night with be the year 2015!

sun. You can Steve Warner It is tradition amongst both Chaplain's Corner – January 2015 For many Chinese, the New Year Ethiopians and Jewish people to shut it out for a time, but it ain’t th festival is the most important of the celebrate their New Year in goin’ away.” A new year …. a time of new beginnings. The whole premise of the Holy Wednesday the 14 year. February 19 marks the September. Enkutatash in Word of God is: through God’s love, every living human being has the Scenic Drive to Pitt beginning of the year of the sheep, falls on , marking the ~ Elvis Presley potential to be forgiven and start brand-new. Lake considered an unlucky year, for end of the rainy season and those born as sheep are said to commemorating the return of the The disciples wanted to know how many times they should forgive an Tuesday the 20th be meek. Queen of Sheba to Ethiopia after offender. They said: “seven times?” Our Blessed Lord said “70 x 7” -- once her visit to King Solomon in and for all assuring the very worst of us that we will always have access to Men’s Lunch Club New Year’s in Thailand, known as Jerusalem in 980 BC. The forgiveness. Wednesday the 21st , is celebrated over three Ethiopian is also eight days from April 13–15. The Thai years behind the Western calendar, In conclusion, there is a philosophy I’ve been living by, and which I want to Scenic Drive to people take the notion of spring so the year 2015 will be 2008. lean on more heavily in 2015 - it is this: Burnaby Mountain cleaning seriously, and they & Birthday Party celebrate their New Year each spring , the Jewish New Trust the past to God’s mercy, with Greg Alcock with a festival of throwing water. Year, begins at sundown on The present to His love, September 13. It will be year 5776 And the future to His providence. Thursday the 22nd on the Hebrew calendar! It is customary for this first high holiday Pub Night with to be announced with the blowing of Happy New Year ! Steve Hillis the shofar, which is a hollowed-out ram’s horn. Your Chaplain, Dan Wednesday the 28th Lunch Outing to Those of the Islamic faith do not celebrate their New Year until the Swiss Chalet evening of October 13, which marks

th st the first day of the month of Jan. 25 – 31 Muharram, the first month of the Theme Week: 50’s Islamic calendar, and the year will Rock & Roll be 1437.

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RECREATION NEWS Read This, By Cracky!

Happy New Year and welcome to January 2015! Hope everyone had a wonderful Dagnabbit, it’s time for Talk Like a to its guarantee that anyone who holiday season. We definitely had a busy but entertaining month at Harmony Court. We Grizzled Prospector Day on January found gold on the property as part want to send out a big thank you to all of the volunteers and families that helped out 24. You’ve never heard of it, you of the “panning for gold” attraction say? Perhaps you have heard of could take it home. Every January and attended our special events and Christmas parties. For those who were not able to James Marshall, who, on January 24, 24, Knott’s Berry Farm holds its make it, the recreation staff will be delivering pictures from the events to resident’s 1848, discovered gold that started annual Prospector’s Day parade. rooms for residents and families to enjoy. the California Gold Rush. Almost 100 So dadgummit, hitch up yer For January, we will be starting off the month putting away all the Christmas When the “panning for gold” attraction years later, a farmer named Walter overalls, grab yer dumfungled pan, decorations and getting ready for the New Year. opened at Knott’s Knott built a western-themed ghost and get ready to pan the whole Our bus outings will be on the 7th, 14th & 21st. We will be going for a scenic drive to Berry Farm, gold town on his berry farm. Knott’s Berry consarn territory for the sockdologer Queen Elizabeth Park, Pitt Lake, and Burnaby Mountain. If you would like your family th sold at $33 an ounce. Farm drew a wide audience, thanks of payouts!. member to attend a particular outing please let me know. On the 28 we will be having a lunch outing to Swiss Chalet restaurant. Please be advised that these outings Hi-Yo, Silver! depend on weather and if weather conditions are poor the outing will be cancelled. th st Our theme week for this month is 50’s rock and roll January 25 -31 . There will be a The call of “Hi-Yo, Silver! Away!” first perhaps most evident in the variety of 50’s programs including crafts, reminiscing social, 50’s party, movies, baking, echoed on Detroit’s WXYZ radio character of Tonto, the Lone trivia, special lunch and fun facts. station on January 30, 1933. A Ranger’s faithful Native American We are looking forward to another great year at Harmony Court. Please keep a close mysterious masked cowboy known sidekick, who uttered simple phrases eye on the calendar for special events coming up. as the Lone Ranger went on to and groans. During early episodes, Wish you all a safe and healthy 2015. become one of the most famous the Lone Ranger was often stuck

and influential western heroes of talking to his horse, Silver. The

All the best, the 20th century and beyond. writers realized they needed a

Justine second character, so they introduced

Recreation Manager WXYZ station owner George Tonto on February 25, 1933. Like the

Trendle and writer Fran Striker Lone Ranger, Tonto was also a

co-developed the idea of The model of justice and truth, and often Lone Ranger, yet neither of them provided the brains of the duo. had any experience with cowboys or the Wild West. To them, this By the 1950s, The Lone Ranger hardly mattered. After seeing the had moved to film and television, success of the movie The Mask of and starred Clayton Moore as the Capable Cables Zorro, they wanted to develop an masked hero. The western craze hit American version of a masked full stride, and a string of hit shows On January 17, Cable Car Day, Gulmarg—the Himalayan swashbuckler. Furthermore, they followed: The Roy Rogers Show, cable cars all over the world will “meadow of flowers” in India’s wanted their hero to set an The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, garner attention. Cable cars use Jammu and Kashmir regions— example of good morals and to Bonanza, Gunsmoke, Maverick, cables to pull them up or lower boasts the highest cable car ride at stand for truth, justice, and and Rawhide. Some argue that the Tonto’s name for them down. San Francisco’s iconic 13,058 feet. One of the longest freedom. The show was an instant western declined with the Red the Lone Ranger, cable cars are moved by a system cable car rides is in Switzerland’s success and eventually drew an Scare, the Space Race, and the Kemo Sabe, means of cables underneath the street. Alps. The 30-minute journey from audience of 20 million faithful Cold War. Yet others contend that “trusted friend.” The high-flying cable gondolas of the village of Grindelwald to listeners three times a week. westerns never went out of style. San Francisco’s cable Rio de Janiero carry people to the Mannlichen allows visitors to enjoy The Lone Ranger struck gold in cars use wooden Christ the Redeemer statue atop the rugged Alps without a pair of The writers did not worry about 1933, and westerns have been brake shoes. Sugarloaf Mountain. The valley of hiking boots! historical accuracy. This was treasured ever since.