Even as a child, going
back to schooi was far more
attractive than my stepfa-
ther’s alternatives for idle
hands, and besides, there
was the arrival of my dream
machine to anticipate —

Timothy Eaton’s fali and.

. winter catalogue.

Summer always repre-.|

sented itself to me as some
sort of blowsy young
woman who’d let. herself
- go, don’t you’. know. Rib-

bens needing ironing, . bare
’ feet on the grubby side, and - ER A
- THE VINTAGE YEARS

tucked.

the hair! Good grief.
“So here. we are,’
° up, fuil of resolve,
- in’ and coming to.
And: have: I

firmed

order.

I'got a list for =:

Eleanor
Godiey

hearing and other parts.
A friendly physiotherapist
will lay hands on bodies,

- and will demonstrate actual

AS "soo start. would be:

the" Keep, ‘Well Fair: coming .
“to . the West - Van: Seniors
Centre .on: Sept. 19. Get
-yourself :in great.shape by.
hoosing- wellness. with the.

That stands. for.

‘Keeping Young, and
e.: got:.-.all - sorts of
ANCE. lined up’ to help

fair ‘is’ not “just. a
of .. diagrams “and
: is living,
ing “experts aud” pro-
ionals with whom you

F = fear. “of:

~ why “not.
chance to’ test your :

exercises and improvements
to posture. Food, toc, the
‘good-for-you kind will be
available as will some juicy
conversation about prepara-
tion. Joey Hanlon, the
busker, is coming along to
make you laugh. Isn’t. that
the best- medicine?

Starts at 11 a.m., goes
until 3: p.m. and there is no
charge for admission. It’s.

‘one of 38 similar - projects

being funded by the
Ministry of Health all: over

the province. You do havea |

‘responsibility towards that
body you’ve been inhabiting
all these years. Doesn’t hurt
te check. the props and
work on shoring up.

‘That. includes your
brains, too, of course. Keep
Elder.’ ‘College | in mind.
They’ re -Fepistering for the

new fall term also on
Saturday the 19th. You can
get all the dope between
10:36 a.m. and 1 p.m. that
day, including the brochure
of courses planned, times of
day and week, to help you
fit some new challenging
ideas into your life.

We senior students have
an assigned meeting-room
in the college now — it’s
number AQ10 on the lower
floor of the A_ building.
And before it all starts, if
you’ve an idea you'd like to

: be a facilitator of a course,

or if you’ve had the role
and need a_ brush-up,
there’s a workshop planned
for Sept. 23 from 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. Call 984-4906
to let. them know you’d like
tocome.  ~

Have you given’ any more

thought to trying out as a
Volunteer Grandparent? To.
help you get a closer feel -
for the situation, you could -

take a sammidge and .some
milk and cookies and: join
their annual picnic, which is
being held at Maple Grove
Park on Sept. 13, noon to.3
p.m. .
You’ll have a good
chance there to talk. to peo-

ple already in the program, .

and to be with children who
are hoping to find surrogate
grandparents. There’s a

continuing backlog. You

don’t have. to be a couple,
you know.
The Lower Mainland

“mayors are establishing ..

Volunteer Grandparents
week, actually, Sept. 13 to
20, because they know what
‘a stabilizing effect an older

peripheral person can have.

on families.

_ If you want to’ go to the:
Picnic call Scott. at 736-

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Surday, September 13, 1992 - North Shore News - 27

Mark your calendar with these activities

SEPTEMBER IS my favorite of the 12 op-
tions we have, not just for its pretty face, but
because it restores reguiarity. That makes it
sound like some kind of laxative, when what
it works on really is the spirit.

8271. He'll welcome your
coming and be pleased to
tell you how to get there.
One more this
September thing is a heavy
trip, eh? — and it’s to do
with seniors on the interna-

tional level. It comes under

between 9 a.m. and noon
on the 17th and 18th, and
another on Sept. 20 between
1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Hedy
Fry is to speak on the
morning of the 17th, and
other experts from the
United Nations and _the

46 If you cant push them back, 7

then embrace them. heartily, enjoy

their company. ”

the auspices of ISCA — In-

ternational Senior Citizens -

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sons in affiliation with the a

United Nations.”’

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