BEING an old lady in
this day and age takes
a good deal of forti-
tude, let alone cheek.

There is so much around
us that is changed, it seems
almost daily, that one must
do a lot of fancy footwork
just to keep in place.

For instance, I have just
learned that if you have a
computer in the house, you
can pay a very reasonable
sum to gain access to the
whole of the Encyclopedia
Britannica for an entire
month, or it will cost you 10
times that much for the
entire year.

Imagine how children are
going to be growing up.

And Len Marchand —
who has been a Senator long
cnough, he thinks, bless his
heart — wants to quit the
useless body and go home to
British Columbia.

Is there any way we could
extend this intelligent deci-
sion to the rest of those
loafers?

Another quote from
Queen Elizabeth puzzles me

- greatly. She says it’s OK for

females to occupy the
throne. Hasn’e she been
doing that for the last 50
years? I don’r get it.

Whilst we’re on the
Royals, there have been
adjustments made to Diana’s
will. Her butler had been
overlooked in the one she
had had drawn up, but now
he is to reccive some consid-
erable pile of pounds.

Why? What do butlers
do? Besides sifting the
callers, making sure the right
ones get in?

Likewise, the Dionne
girls. We can’t call them

“girls” anymore, but to you
and me they will always be
remembered as five pretty
little kids leading an extraor-
dinary life. They are slated

north shore news

é\ CENIORS

to receive, each one, $2,000
per month.

Someone has called it

“psychological and financial
blackmail.” They were
exploited shamefully through
their entire girlhood. We're
probably going to miss
another interesting story.

Chris Patton, for so long
the master in Hong Kong,
on the Queen's behalf, has
written a book about those
years and it was apparently
being, shall we say, “adjust-
ed” by the chosen Harper-
Collins to suit some other
agenda. His book is now
with Macmillan.

Patton does his own
adjusting, thank you.

And now Russia has
apparently decided to give
the Romanoff family a prop-
er burial after all these years.

Their bones have been
resting uneasily in the Urals
for 80 years, but are now in
even 2 inore restless situation
because of considerable
doubt on the part of the
Russian Orthodox church

NEWS photo Terry Peters
EMI Shimazaki (left) and Hosein Kazarany share a joke during their final iunch together Feb. 24. The Golden
Circle project paired seniors with Japanese students for a seven-week program of cultural exchange.

Liz to be a De

tigers fan?

that they are in fact the
authentic remains. But
apparently their blood
matches Prince Philip’s and
that’s good enough for the
scientists.

Russia’s other big news
this week was the grand
opening of their first
MacDonald’s, which adds
fuel to the fire of those old
fogies who mourn the
advance of the American
style, not only in food and
drink but clothing too, and
the attitude of the young.

‘Twas ever thus, ch?

But when you think
about it, if it continues, and
there doesn’t seem to be any
Way to escape it, in a few
years we will all of us recog-
nize cach other’s wants and
talents and appearance and
taste in food, and will rhat
not be a good thing? That
we are no longer at logger-
heads?

Can’t you just see Queen
Elizabeth cating a hotdog
and rooting for the
Dodgers?

Sunday, March 8, 1998 — North Shore News — 31

eniors form
circle of friends

PROGRAMS that
enhance quality of life
can have a significant
impact on the health of

seniors.

That’s the idea behind the
Golden Circle, a seniors’ out-
reach program designed to
seck out and assist frail and iso-
lated seniors in keeping welll
and staying connected to their
community,

A recent project paired
about 20 North Shore seniors
with students from the
Canadian International
College.

During seven afternoon
sessions at North Shore
Neighbourhood House
(NSNH), the students shared
their culture, teaching the
seniors sushi-making, origami,
and other activities. In turn,
the seniors shared their life sto-
ries with the — students.
Friendships were made, and

MONDAYS

Free INCOME TAX
PREPARATION for seniors
and others with low incomes.
Appointments necessary. N.S.
Community Services, “#204,
Capilano Mall. To March 31.

April 1-30, 9:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Carpet Bowling. Daily
except. Tuesdays. Silver
Harbour Centre, West Van.
Call for times: 980-2474.

West Vancouver Seniors’
Activity Centre offers a
variety of programs. Info:
925-7280.

Music and Motion easy
fitness class. 10 a.m. Silver
Harbour Centre. 980-2474.

— Aun Hasilron

both groups benefitted from
the program, said coordinator
Gait Burchett.

“This makes a huge differs
ence in people's lives,” said
Tricia Andrews, NSNH direc-
tor of community. services.
“Often, seniors go to the doc-
tor because they’re so lonely.”

Hosein Kazarany, 73, who
attends Golden Circle with his
wite Shereen, said the program
has been like a prescription for
youthful health. Said
Kazarany: “Instead of going to
the doctors, we go here.”

The Golden Circle mects
Tuesdays, 1 to 3 p.m. at North
Shore Neighbourhood House,
225 E. 2nd St., North
Vancouver. For more intorma-
tion, call 987-8138.

— Layne Christensen

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