WILL I live to be 100?

A few years ago many of
us thought that was a silly
question. But, with all of the
new information about what
keeps us healthy, and the
advances in medical treat-
ment available nowadays, it’s
not that unusual for people
to live 100 years or more.
And some recent news sto-
ries say that our children and
grandchildren could live to
be 140 or 150 years old.

I’ve heard some people
say that they don’t want to
extend their life span if it
means being chronically il!
or disabled. However, on the
North Shore we already
know of more than 50 peo-
ple who have reached the
magic age of 100 or more,

and many of them are
healthy and active.

Last week I attended the
100th birthday party of
Jessie McDougall, who has

lived on the North Shore
since 1925 when her hus-
band, Mickey McDougall,
was appointed principal of
North Vancouver High
School. While raising two
children, Barry and Anne,
she also coached high-school
hockey and became a great
cook.

The party, held in the
Lonsdale Recreation Centre,
adjacent to the Mickey |
McDougall Gym, was
attended by many family
members and friends, includ-
ing Mayor Barbara Sharp
and former ‘mayor Jack

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Jessie was escorted into
the room by a piper and
birthday messages were read,
including one from the
Queen, who mentioned that
her own mother will turn
100 in August of this year.

Lionsview Seniors’
Planning Society has been
given a grant from the
District of North Vancouver
Millennium Fund to carry
our a project honouring all
North Shore centenarians —~
those who have reached the
age of 100, or will turn 100
before Dec. 31, 2000. We
would like to recognize
everyone who fits this
description but we don’t
know who they all are.

We've written to churches
and seniors’ housing com-
plexes, and consulted with
nursing home operators and
home support workers, but
I’m sure there are others out
there.

LIONS GATE
HOSPITAL'S
Caring Community
Calendar

Diabetes Support Group
Mon. March 26 at 7 2M.
in the Modical Day Centre

Video presentation: “The Joy
of Stress”. Laugh away the
tension. For information call
Linda Lee Ross at 988-3131.
local 4495.

Pre-Naial Tours
Tuesdays at 6:30 P.M.
meet in the Main Lobby
A tour of the maternity unit for
women expecting to have
their baby at LGH. Partners
welcome also. For information
call 984-5864.

Coping with Cancer
upport Group
Wednesdays at 10 AM.
in the Chemotherapy Unit
For patients and their families.
For information call 984-3709.

Relaxation Group
Thursdays at 10 A.M.
in the Medical Day Centre
For cancer patients, their
families and/or caregivers. For
information call 984-3709.

Heart Attack Recovery
Thursdays at 9:30 AM.
on 2 West/Sun Room
This information session is for
anyone who was diagnosed,
or has a family member dia-
gnosed with angina or heart
attack. You need attend one
session only. Please phone for
more info. and/or to register
your attendance with Patty
Phillips at 984-5849.

N.S. Family Support Group

For families with a survivor of
a traumatic Drain injury. For
dates and times call Gaeron
Caldwell at 657-6760.

Caregiver Support Group
on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday of
the month at 12:30 P.M.
in Chemotherapy Coni. Rm.
For people caring for someone
with cancer. To share informa-
tion and a chance to talk about
the impact of your loved one’s
cancer experience. For info.

call 984-3709 or 984-5903.

Sunday, March 12, 2000 — North Shore Mews - 27

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This is where we need
your help. Ifyou know of
any North Shore resident
who is LOU or older, or who
will urn 100 this year,
please call me at our office,
985-3852, during office
hours.

It will be fascinating te
meet some of these elders,
and to learn something
about their lives. Hf you were
born in 1900 or earlier, you
will have seen many changes
in the way we live: the first
airplane flight by the Wright
Brothers, the development
of long distance telephone
service, and of course two
world wars.

Things we take for grant-
ed now, such as the automo-
bile, television and comput-
ers, have ail changed the
world we live in. We can
travel across the country to

Europe or Asia in less time NEWS photo Paul McGrath

JESSIE Buckerfield McDougall chatted with Art Creeiman at the March 4 party held

See Elders'page 30 In her honour. McDougall, now 100, was one of the first women graduates of UBC.

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