News n Views January February 2018

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1 FALL AND WINTER HOURS AT SENIORS S5 THE RECEPTION DESK WILL BE STAFFED MONDAY TO FRIDAY 10:00 to 3:00 Lunch Thursday lunches Cost is $6. come at 11:45 for a cup of coffee SALT SPRING SENIORS MISSION STATEMENT To provide the means by which seniors may join together to enhance the lives of those aging on Salt Spring Canada Post News n Views January February 2018 SALT SPRING SENIORS SERVICES SOCIETY SALT SPRING SEIORS CENTRE 379 LOWER GANGES ROAD, SALT SPRING ISLAND B.C. V8K 2V saltspringseniors@shaw.ca Drivers Desk BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Jean Elder Vice President vacant Past President Neva Hohn Secretary Lois Sprague Tresurer Carolyn Evans Joan Byrne Elizabeth Dow Nic Kokaos Shellyse Szakacs

2 Message from our President, Jean Elder on reviewing 2017 and looking forward to 2018 Biggest accomplishments -Relishing our remodelled kitchen and providing inexpensive lunches on Thursdays for some of our members - Even more important perhaps, helping a large number of people (members or not) to reach their medical appointments in Victoria, Nanaimo, Duncan, Sidney and here at home. Looking forward - for our members that might be survival for another year. Biggest challenge We have nearly 500 members; yet we see only about a fifth of those in any given year. We would like to know why so many join who do not appear. They do not appear at the lunches, at coffee, at parties, at Lost Chords, at chess or bridge or cribbage or the play readers group nor do they use our income tax assistance or the drivers. Why? If the community could make some suggestions, we would be grateful. Happy New Year to Everyone Jean

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4 COMMENTS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR News n Views Letters to the Editor Hello Janet, I note the newsletter included an excerpt from the Salt Spring Senior Services Society: Early History It referred to the need for a seniors residence, that was considered too big a project for the Senior Services Society to take on. As the long-term chair of the Salt Spring Island Foundation during that period, I can add that it was Mary Toynbee that wrote the application on behalf of the Senior Services Society for a $500 grant to our Foundation as seed money for a property appraisal, legal fees and office expenses towards proposed new residential facilities. It had been the first time our Foundation had ever given a grant for something that may or may not materialize. Fortunately, with much hard work by Mary, Gordon English, and many others, Meadowbrook came into existence. Bob Rush Dated: Oct 19, 2017 There is one new programme that is receiving excellent reviews. Jean has arranged a speaker s series inviting speakers from the University of Victoria roster. We have had several in the fall - the Bayeux Tapestry, the Great Fire of London - and look forward to hearing about Jack the Ripper in January with other colourful topics to follow. Joan Byrne

5 . A rubber band pistol was confiscated from algebra class because it was a weapon of math disruption No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center said, 'Keep off the Grass.' A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it. Atheism is a non-prophet organization Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat said to the other, you stay here; I'll go on a head.

6 The blood pressure clinic is closing its door after years of faithful service to our members. We are very grateful to John Hobbs and his team for the work they have done to help by monitoring blood pressure. Unfortunately they have been finding it increasingly difficult to find retired nurses to staff the service and, as attendance at the service had fallen off over the last year or so, we have decided it is best to close. For those few faithful attenders we recommend the machines in the drugstores and if you suspect their results, consult their staff.

7 I NO LONGER I no longer have the patience for certain things, not because I ve become arrogant, but simply because I ve reached a point in my life where I do not want to waste more time with what displeases me or hurts me. I have no patience for cynicism, excessive criticism and demands of any nature. I lost the will to please those who do not like me, to love me and to smile at those who do not want to smile at me. I no longer spend a single minute on those who lie to manipulate. I decided not to coexist anymore with pretense, hypocrisy, dishonesty and cheap praise. I do not tolerate selective erudition nor academic arrogance. I do not adjust either to popular gossiping. I hate conflict and comparisons. I believe in a world of opposites and that s why I avoid people with rigid and inflexible personalities. In friendship I dislike the lack of loyalty and betrayal. I do not get along with those who do not know how to give a compliment, or a word of encouragement. Exaggerations bore me and I have difficulty accepting those who do not like animals. And on top of everything I have no patience for anyone who does not deserve my patience. Meryl Streep

8 Speaker Series Our initial two lectures have gone off quite well. The first one about the Bayeux Tapestry as a piece of propaganda on behalf of the Norman invasion of England in 1066 attracted about 25 or 30 people and the second one about the Great Fire of London attracted about the same. In both cases very good use was made of our remarkably good audio-visual equipment and the pictures we saw of 17th century London I particularly enjoyed. In that talk, Dr. McKenzie told us of the long history of anti- Catholicism in England so that we were better able to understand why the Londoners displaced by the fire were so quick to accuse the Catholics of starting the inferno. Even so, having people turn on their neighbours with whom they had lived peaceably for many years is always distressing and unfortunately all too common. Coming on the last Wednesday in January will be a talk about Jack the Ripper, the famous murderer. I am looking forward to hearing whether the true identity of the culprit is the son of Queen Victoria or any other of her close relatives. And on the last Wednesday of February Patricia Roy, a B.C. historian retired from the University of Victoria, will be talking about B.C. attitudes to the rest of Canada particularly as reflected in newspaper cartoons. I am sure that talk will be as interesting as the one I heard her give sometime ago about early 20th century attitudes in B.C. to Asians as reflected in newspaper cartoons

9 How does Moses make tea? Hebrews it. Venison for dinner again? Oh deer! A cartoonist was found dead in his home. Details are sketchy. I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest. Haunted French pancakes give me the crêpes. England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool. I tried to catch some fog, but I mist. They told me I had type-a blood, but it was a Typo. I changed my ipod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. I know a guy who's addicted to brake fluid, but he says he can stop any time. I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.

10 2018 Seniors Christmas Party

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