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Box 103, 703 Memorial Ave.,

Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S7

http://www.qbseniors.ca

email: qbseniors@shawbiz.ca

Volume 19 Issue 8 AUGUST 2016 250 752-0420

See page five for in-formation on the Scooter check and

the scams to watch out for. I actually had two calls from the Revenue Cana-da ...one within six hours of each other. Well, well, well, it only took three weeks instead of the one we we planned to get our brand new high class ‘older people friendly’ dishwasher up and running! I was so excited! We owe our treasurer, Wayne Buholzer, our ac-complished tradesman, as well as good at money handling a real debt of grati-tude for his involvement in the whole project. We’re looking ahead at the rest of the kitchen upgrade to get underway. A cabinet maker, Rick Mace (see the cabinets in the lounge), will have us looking brand new all over. Of course, all of this is possible because of that generous gift to the Centre from Johan-na Beeching when she passed away. As the “Scooter Man” will be back August 4, I am hoping we can arrange monthly visits … pass the word!

I think it was about this time last year that I mentioned about living in a time

warp—well it is still happening! Time literally disappears before our very eyes. Thank goodness summer has arrived (I for one, cannot get enough warm weather). It’s just so nice to see the beach full of people enjoying the vitamin D. Talking about summer and waterfront, our annual barbecue at Rotary Park was again the ultimate success. Sum-mer arrived that day, the steaks and chicken and all the rest were absolutely delicious. If you were there, I hope you had at least one piece of Joan’s short-bread...if you weren’t there we expect to see you next year. I honestly don’t know what we would do without Joan & Ron, daughter Anne Marie, and Lynne, who was a great help to them. Abso-lutely huge shoes to fill. Thanks to all of you who helped to set everything up … and take everything down. As usual, a great team. AND a big thank you to those who brought items or donated cash for the Food Bank at the park. There will be an opportunity to donate for the next two weeks at the front en-trance of the Centre.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

No need to sign up...bring family and friends. Pancakes, sausage, juice

and coffee/tea A perfect way to spend your

Saturday morning! $5

Only

SUNDAY, AUGUST 28 ~ NOON Bring your own lunch (some bring salads) or enjoy a

BBQ’d hot dog. Meet at the waterfront just past the

Beach Hut where there are two picnic tables close to-

gether. We’ll have some bottles of water there. Don’t

forget to bring a lawn chair to be comfortable.

We are most fortunate to have new members joining us on an almost regu-lar basis. We extend a warm welcome to you all. I do hope you are enjoying one or more activities or a sociable cup of coffee now and again. Please take the lead and introduce yourself to oth-ers who are here … a perfect place to make a new friend! AND...we are most fortunate to welcome our Sheila back to some of the Centre’s Travel! Bill is most happy to have a partner, as the time he is able to give us is limited. We knew it wouldn’t be too long until our own “Energizer Bunny” was up running again. So, watch the TRAVEL TIMES OUT ‘N ABOUT for some appealing ways to get out of town. COMING UP (OR ALREADY THERE)

ON THE ACTIVITIES BOARD Pancake Breakfast & Beach Picnic... Please see displays below with all infor-

mation on these up-coming events! See sign-up sheet for MEMBERS GARAGE SALE on Saturday, Septem-ber 17. You pay uis $10, we advertise and provide comp. muffins & coffee. You set up your stuff on Friday after-noon and take home all that you don’t sell. More info in the September news-letter. Continued on page 2

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Wednesday’s at the Centre Weigh Ins: 4:00 - 4:30 Meeting: 4:30 - 5:30 Guests are welcome

INFO: Shirley McGill 250 752-8192

mcgills@shaw.ca

10 a.m. SATURDAYS Join Us!

SUNDAY

DUPLICATE BRIDGE 6:30 pm April—September 1:00 pm October—March

MONDAY

YOGA 9:30 & 11:00 a.m. SCRABBLE ~ 10.00 a.m.

QB UB UKULELE ~ 12:45 QI GONG ~ on holiday

LINE DANCING ~ 3:15 p.m. CONTRACT BRIDGE:

7:00 pm sharp! TUESDAY

FUN BRIDGE ~ 9:15 a.m. WRITERS GROUP ~10 a.m. CHAIR YOGA ~ on holiday

Needle CRAFTS on holiday MAH JONG ~ on holiday

WEDNESDAY

TAI CHI ~ 10:00 am New teacher until end of June

DOMINOES ~ 10:00 a.m. YOGA ~ 11:15 a.m.

Qi Gong/TAI CHI ~ 1:00 pm Discussion Group: 1:00 pm Bridge Lessons ~ 2:30 pm

TOPS ~ 4:00 p.m. THURSDAY

ZUMBA GOLD ~ 8:45 a.m. SONGBIRDS ~ on holiday COMPUTER CLUB ~10 am On holiday for the summer Drop-in BRIDGE ~ 12:30

WHIST ~ 12:30 p.m. HEALING CIRCLE

1:00 pm 2nd & 4th Thursdays FRIDAY

DARTS ~ 9:00 a.m. UKULELE

9:00 ~ 10:30: beginners 10:30 to noon: jamming YOGA ~ 11:45 a.m.

British MAJONG ~ 1:00 pm ART GROUP ~ 1:00 p.m. On summer holidays

SATURDAY

♦ CANASTA -10:00 a.m. You must be a member to

participate in Centre activities Only $15 per year

THURSDAY MORNINGS - $5

8:45 to 9:45 a.m.

Instructor:

TINA OSBORNE

For info: 250 752-0420

QI G NG

MEDITATION Monday (ON HOLIDAY) Drop-in 1:00 - 2:30

250-752-8982 or grybar@shaw.ca

a GREAT WAY TO RELAX Share your favourite needlework,

knitting or crochet project TUESDAY 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Info: Chris Stretton 250 248-2879

CHAIR YOGA

On holiday until September

TUESDAYS 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. $5.00 per session

OGA

WEDNESDAYS 11:15 a.m.

$4.OO drop-in

Info: Lisa 250 594-6608

MONDAYS 9:30 am & 11:00 a.m.

DISCUSSION GROUP Do you have something to “talk about? ” Drop in Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m. and join in on the conversation!

NOMINATION FORMS for the Life Membership are available to fill out if you know of someone who serves the centre “above and beyond the call”. Decisions are made on your contribu-tions to the committee. **Look for sheet posted in August ask-ing for nominations for our Board of Directors. This year we have five va-cancies for directorships and one vice-president. Thank you Mike Bull for

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taking on the task of committee chair-man.

BY THE WAY MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOW DUE

Lastly, a thought for August (back to the subject of being in a ‘time warp”)

“Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The

closer it gets to the end, the faster it

goes!”

CHAIR YOGA WILL RE-TURN IN SEPTEMBER

See you all then!

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3 CHILI & Biscuit

WOW!! IT’S HERE! Our new dishwashing station is up and running …

what a perfect set-up! �

Cool or hot summery days means some cus-tomers still like SOUP and GOODIES. Anyone

who feels like contributing ...bring it on in!! Out THANKS to everyone who donates to our

kitchen … most appreciated! �

DID YOU KNOW * How to prepare Tofu: throw it in the trash

and grill some meat! *I did a week’s worth of cardio after walking

into a spider web. *A recent study has found that women who carry a little extra weight live longer than

men who mention it! *A Cardiologist diet: if it tastes good,

spit it out!

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STIR flour, baking powder, salt, sugar and 2 TBSP cocoa to-gether; add milk, oil (or melted shortening) and blend well (batter will be stiff), add the nuts and spread in a baking dish or 8” square pan. SAUCE: Mix together 1 cup brown sugar 4 TBSP cocoa, blend well and sprinkle on top of prepared batter. Bring 1-3/4 cups of water to a boil and pour over all and bake at 350 deg. 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream. This pudding makes its own sauce and is delicious...chocolate lovers... you will like this one!!

A DELICIOUS CHOCOLATE ALL-IN-ONE PUDDING

1 cup flour 2 tsp baking powder

3/4 cup sugar 1/4 tsp salt

2 TBSP cocoa 1/2 cup milk

2 TBSP shortening or oil 1 cup nuts

BOARD of DIRECTORS

2016

President Vice-president Secretary Treasurer Activities Membership Facilities Newsletter History/publicity Director at large Sunshine Past president Kitchen Co-Ord. Administrator Admin/website

Judy Southern Maureen Johnson Marilyn Hodgkinson Wayne Buholzer

DIRECTORS Lisa Buholzer Suzanne Adkins Roy Jones Lila Greene Shirley Shaw Ron Walsh

AFFILIATES Pat Bull Maggie Coleman Joan Walsh John Ablett Bill Adkins

752-5586 752-3575 594-3734 951-5689 594-6608 752-7971 594-9947 752-6489 594-6119 752-2275 752-3946 594-8097 752-2275 752-7572 752-7971

WE NEED SOUP

CONTAINERS ...for storage. Ice cream buckets work well, but if you have some large containers with lids close to that size (and more sturdy) that you wish to get rid of … check out the need in our kitchen.

OH!! That’s the

way it works!!

OUR BRAND NEW DISHWASHING STATION

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GETTING UP THERE

- A LAMENT -

We don’t feel old at all,

Maybe an odd ache or twinge.

Certainly not like those old

characters across the street,

staggering around who don’t

resemble us in any way!

Are we some odd beings beset by loneli-

ness, who still have desire to hold someone

in their arms, a kiss, an embrace,

no more than that,

that special connection which contains the

hopes and dreams that we should still be

allowed to share.

Why do the others not understand the

process of living, which doesn’t collapse or

fail because a number is reached?

So why can’t our younger ones ‘get it’ and

realize that they, one day, someday, will

become exactly like us!

Surely then, as a token of our love, we can

allow them their time of innocence.

Just as we were allowed in our time.

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Sunday, July 17th, 2016 was a

special day for Wayne Buholzer,

daughter Dar and granddaugh-

ter Maddy when they took it up-

on themselves to climb Mount

Albert Edward, the sixth highest

mountain on Vancouver Island

at an elevation of 2,093 metres.

It was a spectacular feat for the

three generations who thor-

oughly enjoyed themselves and

awed by the fabulous, out-of-

this world view!

As they had such a great time,

they are already discussing their

next challenge! from Lisa

with their U.K. passport. However, start-ing September 30, 2016 Canadian citi-zens including dual citizens, will need to show proof they are Canadian to board their flight to Canada.

This means that they must travel on a valid Canadian passport, as it is the only reliable and universally accepted travel document that proves they are a citizen of Canada. You can find our more information about how to apply for or renew a Cana-dian passport at Canada.ca/passport. If you have friends of family who are not citizens of Canada and are planning to visit Canada from a visa-exempt country, please advise them to apply for an eTA prior to their travels.

Passport Warning for British Ex-Pats Dual Canadian citizens: Make sure you fly to Canada with a valid Canadian Passport

British Ex-Pats are being warned of new rules that may prevent them from flying back to Canada. From the end of September, all Canadian Citizens will be required to show a Canadian passport before flying to Canada. So, you won’t be able to use your British passport, or any other passport – even if you are a dual citizen. The eTA is a new entry requirement for visa-exempt foreign nationals travelling to Canada by air, and it allows Canada to screen travellers prior to their arrival. Canadian citizens, including Canadian dual citizens, cannot apply for an eTA as this requirement was set up to screen foreigners for admissibility to enter Cana-da temporarily. So, if a Canadian has citizenship from a country such as the United Kingdom, they may be used to flying to Canada

There are boxes

available at the

front entrance

until August 15th

for everyone who

wishes to donate

to the Food Bank.

This is a very

needy time of

year for them.

There are tickets available when

you place items in the box. Just

write your name on one side of

the ticket and place it in the jar.

Keep the other half. We will draw

for some prizes!

We are grateful for your generos-

ity in donating to this worthy

cause.

MATHS MAGIC: JUST TRY IT! “259 X your age X 39= ??” You will get an interesti ng result

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* FOR SALE FOR SALE FOR SALE *

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The Rep from Canada Scooters will visit the Cen-tre Thursday, August 4th at 10:00 am. A.J. will check your scooter. He will bring batteries should you need one. Spread the word!

Watch out for

Microsoft and

the CRA

(Canada Revenue Agency). JUST

HANG UP!

Some of the folks who gathered for the annual BBQ...always a great day at the beach with Centre friends and family, a chance to enjoy the

ocean, bask in the sunshine or in the shade, play the fun games, and of course … EAT! The chicken and steak with all the trimmings is always enjoyed by everyone ...prepared by Joan and Ron, with Anne Marie and Lynne pitch-ing in to help. A perfect day … what more could we ask ??

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BILL

☺ WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN with Sheila to try something new. Rick has a gam-bling trip going to Victoria, so no American exchange! AND no travel insurance to worry about!!

It is on AUGUST 17/18...one night at the CASCADES CASINO plus Coast Hotel for $229 pp. includes bus, ho-tel, ferry and daily food voucher plus casino play! Please sign up on the list and phone

ETA with your credit card number and let Sheila know if you are going!

Let’s try it. OK! I will also be helping Bill out with a few more trips, so, see you soon. ☺ CHEMAINUS SENIOR CENTRE I have been asked to organize a trip from the Qualicum Beach Seniors to see the Annual Play called “THE AD-DAMS FAMILY RETURNS!. It sounds just as good as the previous shows we have seen and the price hasn’t

changed … only $55! for show, great dinner and bus.

It’s on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30th with the room reserved for just

for our group! Lots of time for you to design your costume...you may win a prize! We

need 55 people to join in on the fun, so talk it up with your friends and let

Sheila know so she can take your money and give you a receipt.

Prepare for a moonlight musical ride into the Heartland of vampires,

witches and Dracula. A signup sheet will be posted soon.

Watch for it!

SHEILA

26th, return Tuesday, October 24th Coach pickup at YVR. Call me at 1 250 724-0037 if any ??’s. ♦ NORTH ISLAND WILDLIFE RE-

COVERY ASSOCIATION is hoping to have their 2016 raffle on Thurs-day, Sept 15 at 3:00 p.m. at Erring-ton. Mark your calendar and join me as we car pool over to this wonder-ful facility who so needs all the sup-port they can get. If you would like to support all these great volunteers, I will have the raffle tickets in the Centre and would love to sell you the winning prize ...over $2,000 in prizes to be won! Judy is holding a ticket assigned to our great Centre.

♦ We are working on a great IL Divo at the Queen Elizabeth theatre Van-couver Tour. Our interest list with full details will be posted on the travel board if you interested in see-ing these classical singing super-stars. Depart from the Civic Centre Sunday, November 6th and return home on Monday, the 7th.

♦ Interested in taking a 45 minute flight from Qualicum Beach airport, tour around the area including Mount Arrowsmith? Call Bill if you would like to take this flight with Or-ca Air.

♦ BE AWARE: Anyone going to Mexi-co and buying the Mexican curren-cy in Canada prior to your depar-ture?? An interesting clip on TV the other night of the dangers of getting caught holding old devalued curren-cies that are worth pennies on your return. I have the information if you have a question or two and will be happy to share this tale with all of you.

♦ I wish everyone a wonderful B.C. DAY HOLIDAY ...stay safe and careful of the sunshine exposure!

SOMETHING NEW!! GOLF TRIP For a few senior centres with Twin Travel & Cruises Ke-lowna/Kamloops….Monday, Sept 12—Thursday, Sept. 15

Details will be posted on the travel board very soon. If golf is your game, there will be lots to consider!

F or our members who may still want to see the musical “Footloose”

look for the ’ARE YOU INTERESTED’? Sign-up sheet on the travel board, sign your name and phone no. and we will call you. There are tickets set aside for us on Thursday, Aug. 25th which in-cludes buffet and 2:00 p.m. show. ♦ T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 1 6 —

VICTORIA DAY TRIP. Depart QB Civic Centre at 8:30 a.m. $30 taxes included. *First drop: VIEW ROY-AL CASINO. *2nd drop: the BAY CENTRE to collect the Visitor Sav-ings Pass for our shoppers (government St. entrance)...meet friends and relatives and enjoy a nice lunch. The Canada Passport Office is located in The Bay Centre, so if you need to renew, we will es-cort you and help personally 3rd stop: IMAX/MUSEUM...see a great exhibit and lovely show. Plan on about four hours in the capital...a great day … bring a friend!

♦ We had our first Van Rental from Budget “U” Drive, with the 15% re-duced rate for our Senior’s Centre members, it was great and only $103.79 for the 12 hours, with un-limited mileage. Keep in mind, great rate if you’d love to do an evening theatre at Chemainus, with your own family of six!

♦ SAN DIEGO TRIP is full. However not too late to book as we may still be able to get additional space for late bookings with Square 1Travel & Cruise. Call and I will try my best for YOU and give a great personal trip if we can make the booking. Pick– up at home, off to bus at the Civic Cen-tre and delivered to the Cruise ship dock in Vancouver. No worries, I am with you all the way. Departure date from the Island is Monday, Sept.

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Leos/Virgos have a positive outlook toward life, are en-thusiastic, full of life and proud achievers who set ex-amples to others. Can be self-centered, tend to dominate. Are attention-getters and very demanding. Born lead-ers who possess extreme

sense of supremacy. The August flower is the Gladiolus and gemstone...the Peridot.

Can you guess the BC PLACE NAMES referred to in the

following phrases ??

1. Exchange Footwear 2. A weight of Nuts

3. Watchful Body of Water 4. Weighty Royalty

5. Path 6. Magnificent Cutlery

7. A Lock 8. A Tardy Container

9. Holes in the Ground 10. What a Blackmith Needs

(see answers on page 8)

Featuring Performances by:

SARAH TRADEWELL QUINTON

ETHERIDGE-PEDDEN Open Stage at 11:00 a.m.

Sign-in at 10:00 a.m. All-Comers’ Circle Jam

in the evening $5.00. Performers and under 12’s FREE Food and Dry Camping on the grounds

HOSTED BY: The Coombs Old Time Fiddlers

Branch 11 B.C. Old Time Fiddlers Association Supporting the enjoyment of playing of

Canadian Old Time Music in our Community

INFORMATION: BRUCE 250 594-3750

ROY 250 752-3636

Remember going to the store and shopping casually, and when you

went to pay for it you used your own money? Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount,

and remember when the cashier person had to really count? The milkman used to go from door to door, and it was just a few cents

more than going to the store. There was a time when mailed let-

ters came right to your door, Without a lot of junk mail ads, sent out by every store. The mailman knew each house by name and

knew where it was sent.

One time the music that you played whenever you would jive, was from

a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.

Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today, and

always we were striving, trying for a better way. Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun, how can you explain a game, just

kick the can and run? And why would the kids put base-ball cards between bicycle spokes and for a nickel, red machines had

little bottled Cokes? This life seemed so much easier, slower in some ways. I love the

new technology, but I sure do miss those days.

So time moves on and so do we, nothing stays the same. But I sure love to reminisce and walk down

memory lane. With all today’s technology, we

grant that it’s a plus! But it’s fun to

look away back and say, HEY LOOK, GUYS, THAT WAS US!

“ Good friends are like quilts—-they age with you, yet never lose their warmth.”

A little house with three bed-rooms, one bathroom and one

car on the street. A mower that you had to push to

make the grass look neat. In the kitchen on the wall, we only had one phone, and no need for

recordings, someone was always home.

We only had a living room where

we would congregate, unless at mealtime in the kitchen where we

ate. We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine.

When meeting as a family those two rooms worked out fine.

We only had one TV set and chan-nels maybe two, but always there was one of them with something

worth the view. For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip.

And if you wanted flavour, there was Lipton’s onion dip!

Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook.

And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker’s book.

Weekends were for family trips, or staying home to play. We all did

things together … even go to church to pray. When we did our weekend trips, depending on the weather, no one stayed at home because we liked to be together. Sometimes we would separate to

do things on our own, but we knew where the others were without our

own cell phone.

Then there were the movies with your favourite movie star, and

nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.

Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season, pack a lunch and find some trees and

never need a reason. Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know, have real action playing ball … and no game

video. store.

Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend, and didn’t need

insurance or a lawyer to defend. The way that he took care of you or what he had to do, because he took

an oath and strived to do the best for you.

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ANSWERS TO BC PLACE NAMES:

1. Shuswap 2. Hazelton. 3. Alert Bay. 4. Princeton. 5. Trail. 6. Grand Forks. 7. Yale. 8. Slocan. 9. Wells. 10. Ladysmith.

$ Find and describe where the Centres Logo is hidden in this newsletter (NOT the headline or this coupon) then fill out the form below and drop into the jar provided on the front desk.

ONE WINNER EACH MONTH !! The is hidden on page Name Phone

WINNER of the ‘FIND the LOGO’ in the JULY newsletter is:

JEAN BOOTH … she is now $25 richer!!

SEPTEMBER Newsletter Deadline: MONDAY, August 29

752-6489 lilapat@shaw. ca

In just over a month the nomination board will be placed in the

Centre. I hope by now you have had time to give thought to be-

coming a mem- ber of the board.

Without the support of the

members, it will be very difficult to

keep the Centre running at the ex-

cellent pace if has enjoyed over

the years. Please help the board by either nominating someone

(with their permission) or better still, volunteering yourself1 We

need one vice-president and five directors this year.

THINK ABOUT

IT!

As we grow older, and hence wiser, we slowly realize that wearing a $300 or a $30 watch...they both tell the same time.

Whether we carry a $300 or a $30 wallet/handbag...the amount of money inside is the same..

Whether the house we live in is 300 or 3000 sq. ft … loneli-ness is the same.