I BRING you good tidings.
These news wilt shore up your
self-esteem, refresh your optimism
and restore your hopes for an in-
teresting and dignified old age.

The message is that we are not
coming unstuck. Our problems
with memory are, rather, the pro-
duct of overload, of trying to
cram the daily minutiae in on top
of our already overflowing memo-
ry bank. The great thing is that
we can take actual steps to rid
ourselves of nuisance and embar-

_ Fassment.

Think about what we've already
got stored in our heads. Seventy,
80 years of living, the word is that

WHAT'S

MONDAY

Same 15-Ongoing. N.S. Neighbour-
hood House Keep Weil Program. Free
drop-in for adults over SO yrs. Walk-
ing club, 9 a.m.; hands-on program,
10 a.m.: exercise, 10:30 a.m.; relaxa-
tion, 11:30 a.m.; hot lunch, 12 p.m.
Also: ‘Slides fram exotic places’ with
Lisa Dowding. Info: 987-3138.

see
Sume 15—Ongoin; to Sept. Mon-Fri
social tennis, all fevels, NV. & W.V.
courts. Application forms available at
secCentres & seniors’ centres. Info:
Seniors’ Tennis Association of the
N.S., 922-9690 or 987-1723.

eee
Same 15—-Ongoing. N.S. Diners Club,
meal program for seniors. 3-course
dinner, 2 evenings per week in the
company of others, Cost $4.25. Info:
N.S. Home Support Services Society,
Maggi or Hilary, 984-9511.

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deme 15~—Ongoing. Bingo, 1:15 p.m.,
Silver Harbour Centre, 344 EB. St.,
NLY. Also: Variety of Day ‘trips
through to Aug. Info: 980-2474.

EERE SE,
TUESDAY

Jame 16—Cogoitigz. N.S. Keep Well
free drop-in program. Massage, relax-
ation, gutrition, counselling. Walking
cub, 9:35 a.m.; hands-on program,
10:30 a.m.; Lions Manor, 4299
Naughton Ave. Deep Cove. Info:
987-8333.
ese

Sene 16—-Ongoing. Music lectures for
sts. 12 a.m. Van. Academy of Music.
Continues as long as interest. Mr.

Goldberg of Van. Academy co-ord.

Info: 987-0670.

WEDNESDAY

Jane 17—Ongoing Tues. & Wed. to
July 29. Free legal advice for those
with low income 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
‘Silver. Harbour Ceatre, 144 E. 22nd
St, M.V. By appointment Also: An-
nual general mecting, 1:30 p.m. at
‘Centennial Theatre. Info: 980-2474.

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Jeane 47-Ougoing. N.S. Keep Well
Program. Free drop-in program at
Silver Harbour Cente for adults over
SS yrs. Exercise, massage, relaxation,

RY 9:30 a.ma.-12 p.m. Small

fee for thot fwuch, 12-1 p.m., walking
dub meets 9:30 a.m., hands-on pro-
gram, 10:30 a.m. Info: 980-2474.

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ane 17—Cnagoing. Senior cyclists meet
at 9:20 a.m. at W.V. Senior Activity
Centre, 22nd Ave. & Marine Dr. in
W.Y. No riding if it is raining. Info:
985-5038.

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Yume 17-—Ongoiag. Seniors’ Bingo.
HS. Neighbourhood House, 225 E.
2ad St., N.V. 1-3 p.m. Free drop-in
includes refreshments. Everyone wel-
corse. Back-up volunteer bingo caller
needed. Also: Seniors mini-tip ta
Arts Ciub Theater ‘‘Lend Me A
Tener’ 1-5 p.m. Fee: $13.50 includes
transportation, entrance and refresh-
ments. Enfio: 987-2138.

Jane 18—Seninrs tus trip io Lake

Cowichan Native Cultural Centre. 7:36

each of us carries at minimum a
quadrillion of separate bits in the
memory portmanteau.

Add the fact that each bit has
countless associations amongst the
other bits, and think how trying
just to link your own personal
mass of clues puts remarkable
pressure on your thinker. Imagine
what a scurry goes on in there
when you ask it to retrieve a
name, or a game, or an old flame!

It's a wonder, really, but given
an adjective or a destination or
whatever you are trying to recall,
the mind doesn’t give up. That’s
why you ‘come to’’ hours later
saying “That’s what it was!’"

The brain cells once given a

task don’t rest till the answer’s
achieved!

AH these interesting explana-
tions came to me from a little
book called ‘Dealing With Mem-
ory Changes As You Grow
Older.”” It’s crammed with infor-
mation and strategies and sup-
ports, and it’s free.

You can write to Gloria Levi,
who with Kathleen Gose wrete the
book, at 3856 West 12th in Van-
couver, area code V6R 2N8, or
you can call a lady named
Suzanne at Seniors Resources,
telephone 733-2310. Postage con-
tribution would be welcome, 1!
think.

The book reminds you that all

a.m.-7:30 p.m. Fee: $32 (excludes
Iunch). Info: 987-8138, N.S. Neigh-
bourhood House.
eed

Sune 18-Onguing. N.S. Keep Well
free dvop-in program, 8:40-11:30
a.m., W.V. Activity Centre, 2ist &
Marine Dr., W.V. 8:40 & 9:15 a.m.
mild exercise; 10:30 a.m. hands-on;
11:39 a.m. hot lunch (24 hr. reserva-
tion required). Also: pharmacist in at-
tendance. Also: ‘Standing Up Fai
Yourself video and discussion with
Jovce Schmalz. Info: 926-4375.

June 18-Ongoing. Seniors’ drop-in.
Pick-up at Lions Manor or arrive on
your owa. 1:15-3 p.m., recCentre Ron
Andrews. Info: Phyllis, 929-8937 or
John, 987-PLAY.

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dune 18-Ongoing. Bingo, 1:15 p.m.,
Sitver Harbour Centre, 144 E. St,
N.V. Info: 980-2474,

ee
June 18—-Ongoing. N. Shore Chapter
of North American Chronic Pain
Association (NACPAC). Regular
meetings for support and self-help.
Info: Joan, 985-8304.

Da
FRIDAY

June 15-Ongeing 2nd & 4th Fri. of
each month. Sake-a-walk program for
seniors, $2.25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. N.S.
Neighbourhood House, 225 E. 2nd
St., N.Y, Pre-register: 987-3138.

Sune 19-Ongoing. Craft Circle. 1-3
p.m. N.S. Neighbourhood House,
225 E. 2nd St.. N.V. Refreshments.
Donations of craft supplies welcome &
volunteer craft instructors are needed.
fafo: 987-8138.

EAE

SATURDAY

June 20-Ongoing. Learn to square
dance, lessous for people aged 60 &
older, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., W.V.
Seniors’ Activity Centre. Info: Doreen
Sillery, 987-5397 or 926-4375.

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June 20--Ongoing. Vancouver rape
relief training session for volunteers.
Info: 782-8212. .

SUNDAY

Sune 21-Folk Fest. Dispiays, crafts,
food ard entertainment. !-3 p.m. at
Silver Harbour Centre, 144 E. 22nd
Sty NV. Free admission. Info: 980-

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June 21~Ongoing. M.S. Society self-
help groups for varying needs. Info:
437-3244.

For more Coming Events see first
page of Classifieds, What's Going
On, or Kids’ Stuff. For arts and
entertainment listings see the
Around Town column in Wed-
nesday’s North Shore Now sec-
tion.

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scurry to find a name, game or old flame

this wonderful lifetime inventory
you carry in your memory is

THE VINTAGE YEARS

unique to you, that it is in fac¢
who you are, and you’ve been
adding to it every minute of your
ife.

You’ve also mulled it and
recalled it countless times, so
don’t reproach yourself when you
fail to register the name of the
Person next to you at this morn-
ing’s meeting, or where you left
the car at iunch-time.

It’s new stuff — you haven’t
tad it in there long enough for it
to find a place to sit. And more
significantly, you don’t really
want it taking up permanent resi-
dence.

To complicate things further,
there are two distinct types of
tememberers — the eye-minded
and the ear-minded. Find out and
rely on your own styie. And here’s
further conifort for you — much
forgetting is natural and neces-
sary. In the face of that estab-
lished quadriilion it’s clear why.

But we do hold rich deposits
that support us wonderfully in at-
tempting to learn new things.

That’s one of our great advan-
tages, and in my view the one that
can give us the best of all rewards.
Learning new things lifts us up

out of the old-age stereotype of
mental inertia, and we can dig up
gold from our memory-werks by
accepting that challenge.

Forget the competition. We all
retain differently, at different
speeds and in different ways, and
admitting that one thing at a time
is our best -pyeed will greatly
facilitate the achieve..ent we're
focusing on.

How can you better your per-
formance at storing and recalling?
There are several really basic
ways, all clearly and thoroughly
outlined in the little book.

There are, first, a number of
short questionnaires designed to
establish your degree of memory
dysfunction, as well as a good
deal of straightforward talk about
general aging as opposed to that
of the sufferers trom dementia
and senility.

There’s also a heartening list of
steps we can take. Energy level
affects your memory, you learn;
nutrition plays a big part in help-
ing you retain and recall; your
daily consumption of water is a
factor, as is your intake of
prescription or other drugs.

The degree of stress in your dai-
ly life is also to be reckoned with,
and memory will function much
better when you relax.

As well, lean on lists. Lists for
the groceries, lists for telephone
calls, list of books to be read, lists
of appointments. And articulate
incidental things that otherwise
escape so easily — “I am putting
my car-keys in my jeans pocket.”’
Say it aloud and nail it down.

You’re not too old to learn to
remember, you're jacking self-
confidence and motivation, that’s
all,

Do give this little book a
chance. There’s much mere to it
than I have given you here, and
the whole tone and intent of the
authors is to encourage. Their
practical philosophy lies in their
summing-up:

‘Memory connects us to our
present, and gives significance to
our fuiure. It is central to the core
of wisdom.””

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