Home Adaptations
for Seniors

————» If you are a senior ona
low-income, or a landlord
with a senior accupant,

you may qualify for financial
assistance of up to $2500.

This financial assistance applies to adaptations
from insta!ling lever door handles and grab bar
in your bathroom to lowering cupboards and
counter tops -all designed to make day-to-day
living easier for you in your home, whether you
rent it or own it.

But hurry, funds are limited and applications
for the HASI Program must be received by
January 3, 1997.

To qualify for funding you must be G5 years or older,
have a low income and have difficulty with activities
associated with daily living.

Old news cl

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recall simpler days

viniage
years

WHY we have them
amongst our things is a
puzzlement.

Neither of us has any rec-
ollection of receiving them
from someone or unearthing
them from somewhere —
they were simply in a card-
board box, one of several in

the locker that the manage-
ment of our apartment allots
each tenant.

f had gone into the hap-
hazard collection to look for
Christmas decorations, and
the box looked battered
enough to have seen a few
Christmases so F brought it
out along with some more
identifiable stuff. Whar it held
was a clutch of old newspa-
pers. I mean old, really old,
likelO11,1917, as well as sev-
eral dated in the 1950s.

The *50s ones are devoted
to issues covering the death
of George V and the corona-
tion of Elizabeth. Saving

- these is understandable, they

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ored earlier by a visit from
the then-Princess and her
consort.

But the really old papers
are the most fascinating,and
the mystery is complicated by
the fact that they are issues of
the Victoria Daily Times. No
one in either of our families
lived on the Island. Why
cherish these interpretations
of the progress of the war in
Europe?

The front-page headlines
are all about the Russian
drive towards Lemberg, this
is July 11, and British aero-
planes raiding the skies over
Constantinople. The Greek
army was organizing seven
fresh divisions and the
Germans had been driven
from Vimy Ridge, and it is
announced that the Allies, at
last, dominate the Western
Front. It had taken three
years,

For us, at this stage, the
astonishing news in these
papers is that pure Irish line
hankies could be had for 49
cents, and that a lady could
purchase an all-wool tweed
suit for $16.95. Women’s
summer frocks were reduced
at Gordon’s store on Yates to
$9.95, and a ton of new
Wellington coal was yours for
$7.50.

Summer sandals for the
kids, leather, could be had for
a dollar twenty-five. Two
twenty-five if you wanted to
go all out. You could take a
round trip to Alaska for 60
dollars, courtesy of the
Canadian Steamship
Company. Government
creamery butter was three
pounds for SI.30.

You could go see Sarah
Bernhardt for 15 cents, two
bits in the evening. An cight-
room house with all modern
conveniences, was going for
under $3,000, and a gentle-
man’s British-made flannel
suit would cost you $12.95.
An extra pair of pants put
you back $4.75.

Stephen Wang
Pharmacist

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COMMENTS

Ifsomeone gives you a gift of your
very own bloed pressure monttar-
ing machine, here are a few things
to remember about taking your
own blood pressure:

Sit in a comfortable seat and allow
a five minute test period. (Physical
exertion can increase blood Pres:
sure.) Support your arm so it’s at
heart fevel. (You can get variable
results if the arm is not at che right
height.) Also, dont talk while you
are taking your pressure. (Talking
can increase blood pressure.)
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