No More Pain

YOUR OLDTIME STYLE PUBLICATION WITH TODAY’S NEWS FOR SENIORS SEPTEMBER - 2019 FRASER VALLEY - LOWER MAINLAND EDITION Volume 24 - Number 10 FREE - Please take a copy or by SUBSCRIPTION see page three CANADIAN PUBLICATIONS MAIL PRODUCT SALES AGREEMENT #40025695 Inside This Issue ACCORDION TO DAN by Dan Propp ......................................................... 3 VERY IMPORTANT BEES ON THE MOVE By Ursula Maxwell-Lewis ..................................... 4 BRUNCH AT FAIRMONT HOTEL VANCOUVER. by Lenora A. Hayman ........................................... 5 FINANCIAL NEWS by Rick C. Singh ................................................... 6 THE PHARMACIST REVIEW ........................... 7 STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSES MOUTH by Mel Kositsky ..................................................... 8 HOME IMPROVEMENT by Shell Busey ..................................................... 13 WORD FIND PUZZLE ....................................... 13 COZY CORNER by Janet Isherwood .............................................. 15 WRITE AS I PLEASE by Mel Kositsky .................................................. 16 THE ENGLISH SEASIDE by Rick and Chris Millikan ................................. 17 FOR SENIORS - BY SENIORS THE ENGLISH SEASIDE: AROUND RUSTINGTON AND LITTLE HAMPTON - Article pg 17 WITH NEWS YOU CAN USE No More Pain ŽŵƉƌĞŚĞŶƐŝǀĞWĂŝŶDĂŶĂŐĞŵĞŶƚ . ŚƌŽŶŝĐŝůŝŶŐWĂŝŶ . &ĂůůƐ . ĂƌĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ/ŶũƵƌǇ . ƌƚŚƌŝƚŝƐ . &ƌŽǌĞŶ^ŚŽƵůĚĞƌΘ>ŽǁĂĐŬWĂŝŶ ŽĚǇΘDŝŶĚtĞůůŶĞƐƐ /ǁŝůůĐŽǀĞƌĨŽƌ . 'ŽŽĚ^ůĞĞƉŝŶŐ ĐƵƉƵŶĐƚƵƌĞƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ . ^ƚƌĞƐƐΘŶǆŝĞƚǇ ĂĨƚĞƌƚŚĞĂĐĐŝĚĞŶƚ . WŽƐƚͲ^ƵƌŐĞƌǇZĞĐŽǀĞƌǇ . tĞŝŐŚƚŽŶƚƌŽů . ZŚŝŶŝƚŝƐ . ŚƌŽŶŝĐŽƵŐŚΘƐƚŚŵĂ DĞĚŝƉůƵƐůŝŶŝĐ 604 380 3377 604 469 2000 http://mediplus.clinic http://ryu.clinic Maple Ridge Port Moody 2 Today’s Senior Newsmagazine September, 2019 Medipac Travel Insurance Enrol and save more! YOU CAN SAVE UP TO 18% Save up to 10% with our claim-free discount. Save up to 8% with our loyalty credit. Claim-free discounts for new clients. 1-888-MEDIPAC 1-888-633-4722 • www.medipac.com Underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Company of Canada 2019MS Medipac ad Todays Senior 10.25x14.indd 1 24/07/2019 5:44:30 PM Today’s Senior Newsmagazine September, 2019 3 ACCORDION TO DAN Seniors, when they it, we’re seniors, it’s not think back to the past, our fault. It is a natural have a story or two to pleasant symptom and share. The comical and much more pleasant than amazing ones are often arthritis, back pain or the most fun. Having neuralgia. grown up in Gibsons, on the Sunshine Coast, we had THE NINETEEN one movie theatre that sadly burned down and a TV on SIXTIES rabbit ears. There were two TV channels from Vancouver’s Vancouver, the channel KVOS from Bellingham and Gastown, the days when maybe a couple from Seattle if one had the proper the Spaghetti Factory aerials on the roof tops. opened and the steam I always wanted to be a photographer and eventu- clock drove tourists crazy ally became a student at the Art Centre in Los Angeles. with their film cameras. Back in 1964, it was located on the corner of Las There was The Town Palmas and Third. The school was able to find me a Pump. We had Peter, Paul free room in Hollywood as long as I helped set up and Mary at the Queen chairs and took them down after weekly meetings. The E., There was love, peace, only other person who lived there and managed the and that song about wear- The famous Capitol Records off Hollywood and Vine during the groovy days. Hollywood YWAC was a friendly little old lady and, ing flowers in your hair in (Photo: Dan Propp) no, she was not from Pasadena. There were no resi- San Francisco. Robert dents. I even had a separate entrance, a great bed, beau- Goulet was on stage with Julie Andrews and Richard VANCOUVER MEDIA NOSTALGIA tiful furniture. Hollywood High was just around the Burton in the New York production of Camelot. Those Eric Nicol, Paul St. Pierre, Don Bruce, editor of the corner. A block away was the Perry Mason Studios. were idealistic times. Thus, this song. BC Motorist magazine. Bill Bellmen who founded Raymond Burr, (from New Westminster), of course, RINGS A BELL CHQM. All those rich Vancouver memories, we share. was the star. However, I never saw him. Up the street Do you recall the nineteen sixties about going to Vancouver media that once had been. The CBU studios was Hollywood Boulevard. The only star that I did see, San Francisco when it was popular to wear a flower in located in the Hotel Vancouver and, of course, Monty up close for about five seconds, was a famous come- your hair? Do you still remember that nineteen sixties McFarlane on CJOR at the Grosvenor hotel downstairs. dian. Thus, the following rhyme. world view? There was so much idealism everywhere, Like Jack Benny comment, ‘we’re still thinking them A HOLLYWOOD PREMIERE out there. How about the Camelot years, that musical over’. One still shares. It was a hot Hollywood night, off the boulevard, I with Richard Burton, Julie Andrews and Canada’s “Precisely”, as Jack Webster always said and who was watching the big celebrities arrive in their limou- Robert Goulet? When there simply was not, a more could ever forget Jack Wasserman’s Vancouver Sun sines for a premiere. What a sight! What excitement! At congenial spot, plus the hopes and dreams we dreamt in column. Compared to some of the stuff we are fed the Egyptian Theatre, across from the Grauman the years of JFK. today. I suppose we should be stoic about it and less Chinese, all those lucky celebrities going inside. The Some of us seniors remember those days well and solemn. year was 1964. I thought perhaps, I should go around many ponder how so much has changed. Looking back Please visit www.Nostalgicroads.Weebly.com the corner and go inside. Hey, you can never tell. I was can ring many a bell. Search for Song CD’s by Dan Propp via cdbaby. in luck the doors were opened. What a score! From that transistor radio or TV screen the follow- com and also www.soundcloud.com I sauntered in and leisurely walked up the aisle, and ing bit of rhyme might take you back...just a tad. Plus books via www.amazon.ca suddenly I couldn’t believe my eyes. There he was, Red Skelton, in person, right in front of me searching for his seat. He was walking in that well known character Clem Kadiddlehopper style. What a surprise, but soon NEWS & ADVERTISING DEADLINE us few daring types were pleasantly shown the door. Was I totally star struck? You bet. Now, it’s just one of BY THE 20th OF EACH MONTH those senior memories for this dinosaur. Next Publication Date: TODAY’S SENIOR NEWSMAGAZINE LTD. Talking about dinosaurs and show biz, the memo- Fraser Valley / Lower Mainland Edition Wednesday, September 28th 2019 ries revert to Dinah Shore and Patty Page and, of Box 61533 - Brookswood P.O. Langley, B. C. - V3A 8C8 course, that famous 1950s song ‘How Much Is That E-Mail: [email protected] Doggy In The Window’. This thought takes me back to Telephone Contact Numbers Publications Mail Registration #40025695 all kinds of Vancouver memories such as doing ama- PRODUCTION / DISTRIBUTION Printed in Canada, Blackpress teur theatre at the original Old York Theatre on Main Office / Distribution 778-751-4188 Commercial Drive with that doggy in the window Publishers / Copyright Disclaimer: Main Office (previous) 604-574-1964 melody connecting to both the present and the past. No part of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transferred OFFICE HOURS: 9:00am-Noon INSPIRED BY VANCOUVER LITTLE THEATRE without first obtaining written permission from the Publisher, but we Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday AND PRESENT TIMES do welcome requests. The opinions expressed herein are those of the writers and do not Online: todaysseniornewsmagazine.com How much is that chocolate bar in the window that necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the publishers, staff or used to cost a nickel or a dime? 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