18 — Sunday, Apri! 28, 1996 — North Shore News Useful meeting of the minds 1 EARNED my bac- calaureate in meetings when we went to live in the Highlands 50 years ago. The area was in its very early days, and was sparsely inhabited, so as the popula- tion thickened we needed lots of meeting. After.all, we wanted a school, we wanted a church presence, we wanted the gravelled roads to be improved, we were zealous at guarding the natural woods and we especially needed library service because of our isolated site. We had meetings about all those things, and I got pretty good at it over the years, but then I left that kind of life to be'my husband's office man: ager and that entailed moving into the simpter (and more selfish) style of the apartment. ‘But now I find myself again involved in meetings, ~ needing to know what senior people want and can expect. On the 18th of this month L was at another one, perhaps the best organized meeting I'd been a party to. It’s quite pos- sible that meetings per se have all been improved and « this may well be the. new design. "In any case it’s good news. This meeting was held under the aegis of the North Shore _Health people and convened in the atiditorium of Kiwanis Lynn Manor. Half-a-dozen long tables had been set up, each with seating for maybe 16, 18 people.and each table -concerned with one of the specifics relating to where, ‘and kow, we old people want ‘to live, : If- you sat here at this table you were wanting to talk about transportation, its short- comings in the view of the, - elderly, and how best to change and correct. If you sat over there, you "were going to-get into how to. “get help to turn your mattress or move the planters on the "- deck. There was another con- . cemed with the sociability available to us old folks, how "to go about a lunch club, for : instance, or a monthly dinner . ~ Ff When visitin your d doctor, it is a idea to bring a list of ALL the f medications you are taking with the doses of each, Include non-prescrip- H tion medications in your list as well. f ichelps give your doctor a complete picture of your medication con- sumption, Keep that list with you ar I times. You never know when it might be very important in an _ emergency. y One. of the most satisfying aspects of our profession is talking 10 you, our customers. It's this person-to- “person interaction chat we feel is important when it comes to filling your prescription, Make our ¢ phar- macists your pharmacists. DAVIES > PHARMACY 985-8771 1401 St. Georges Eleanor Godley the vintage years out in a nice place, or getting in touch with children to talk to them about lif: in our times. The beauty of it all was that all these items had been under wide discussion for the previous three or four months, here and there,’ with different input, and the resulting ideas- had been sorted out and writ- ten down, making a great base for expanding and * amending. A splendid piece " of thoughtful organization. Amongst the ideas that were broached was the possi- bility of gathering old people together with a group of youngsters and telling them about our own childhoods. To tell them about chores, at the wood-pile or in the vegetable garden, and about our sort of school days in bus-less times, with lunch packed ina lard pail chat said “Swilt’s” on it The few “anti™ remarks had to do with Handy Dart buses, which are always either full or going the other way. There was much praise for the Karen Magnuson facility along the road, but also the complaint of it being over- crowded, It was pointed out that the Kiwanis Auditorium itself is presently under-used, and that more use could be made of the Recreation Committee's vans for the anticipated luncheons and occasional dinners out. Much appreciation was directed at the residents of Lynn Manor itself, who took over the business of lunch, ‘served by their men. Huge generous sandwiches and marvellous sweet bars and cookies, as well as tea and coffee. It was a very successful meeting, full of positive thought and awakening us all to our own situation. There's a lot to be said for the fruits of old age. ¢ ‘Even if you wait until the last minute to send in your tax form, we'll be here fo serve you. The first 50 people to send their return after 8 pm will have it maited for free. If you're not one of those lucky people, remember titat income fax mailings vary. 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