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Twenty-four high school stu-dents from the Kamloops area got to experience what it is like to be an rCMp recruit with the help of the rCMp itself, school district 73, and lead organizer rCMp Constable Cheryl bush, who is the school and youth Liaison officer in the Crime and prevention unit. The weeklong Trades and Transitions program debuted in Kamloops the first week of May and if its success was any indica-tion, it will be the first of many to come.
“This program is designed for the participation of 24 to 32 high school students aged 16 to 18 years who are interested in police work or law enforcement as a possible future career,” explains Constable bush. “it’s been an incredible experience for the kids and the police members who par-ticipated. seeing what the kids did since their arrival on sunday was incredible, with how they gelled as a troupe, and how they came together to figure things out. we really appreciate all the communi-ty support we have received from the sponsors: Kamloops Crime stoppers, panago pizza, roto-rooter plumbing, Tim hortons, and our major sponsor northern Trailer (who supplied the shower trailers). we are hoping, in con-
junction with school district 73, to make this an annual event.”
Just like the process of becom-ing an rCMp recruit, getting into the weeklong Kamloops rCMp youth academy was no easy feat either. interested candidates need to be able to pass a fitness test which included being able to run 1.5 miles in less than 15 minutes as well as do as many body push-ups as they can in 60 seconds 15
times and do as many sit-ups as they can in 60 seconds 30 times. They also had to pass a criminal record search, have a clean driv-ing record, be in good academic standing, and be recommended by school staff. The 17 boys and seven girls who are the first offi-cial class of the program managed to do these and a little bit more.
being hardworking, dedicated, and interested in a career in law
enforcement is a must for these students. The application process was the easy part. once training camp started so did the experience of being a rCMp recruit and that means living, eating and partici-pating in the program 24 hours a day for the entire week. during the week they were introduced to dog handling with the police dog services, powers of arrest, team building, impaired driv-ing, emergency response Team Tactical squad, and nighttime sce-narios.
“The interesting part was watch-ing the students get up at 6:00 a.m. and go for a run, after a full day the day before,” says greg howard, district principal of the Trades and Transition program for school district 73. “we want to thank rCMp superintendant LaCasse and Constable bush because with-out their enthusiastic support, the benefits of this program would not have been available to our stu-dents. and the sd 73 Maintenance department has been terrific, cleaning up an unused school for us to use.”
The enthusiasm and support appears to be high no matter which side you speak with. The principal was delighted, the students mar-veled at what they can accomplish
Superintendant Yves Lacasse shares a proud moment at the RCMP Youth Academy graduation ceremony with troupe cadet Kristen Lang, a grade 12 student at NorKam Secondary School. Kristen was one of two participants who was awarded Outstanding Cadet certificates.
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Youth learn policing at RCMP academy
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when they set their minds to it and the rCMp was just as impressed.
“it’s was lot of work and it builds character,” says participant Kristen Lang, a grade 12 student at norKam. “we came together as a troupe, and it was a lot of fun. if one person messes up, we all pay for it. going in to police work as a career is an option.”
This program is just one exam-ple of the fabulous opportunities that are available to our senior
high school students in the school district 73 area. another opportu-nity is offered through a partner-ship between school district no 73 and Thompson rivers university. students may choose between a variety of programs under the ban-ner of Tru sTarT or entry Level Trades and Transitions.
To find out more about opportu-nities that your children and stu-dents might be interested in you can go to www.tnt.sd73.bc.ca/
Tanya Orozco, freelance
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Students attend police school
The elizabeth Fry society of Kamloops is a non-profit organi-zation that provides support and services to women and youth.
Their Community Closet pro-gram is a resource that provides support to women who may be re-entering the workforce, and are looking for quality clothing to assist them in obtaining em-ployment.
other women who use the community closet are women who are going to court, school,
or just in need of clothes to begin a fresh start.
The elizabeth Fry Community Closet is a hand up, not a hand out. Their doors are open to any women who are in need of good quality clothing. The Commu-nity Closet is open two Thurs-days a month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 827 seymour st. and no appointment is necessary. The Closet’s next open date is May 19. Call 250-374-2119 for more information.
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it started in halifax with the Mitten project at the 2011 Can-ada winter games and now in Kamloops at the upcom-ing western Canada summer games (wCsg), the abC’s of Team bC Legacy project will collect and donate new and gen-tly used books for the children of Kamloops. Team bC will send 356 athletes aged 12 to 22 and 69 coaches to the 2011 western Canada summer games.
Team bC, in partnership with Literacy in Ka-mloops (LinK), will launch the “bright red bookshelf” proj-ect in Kamloops. The abC’s of Team bC Legacy project (ath-letes believing in Communities) teams up with LinK to fill cus-tom-built bright red bookshelves placed in designated locations in Kamloops with new and gently used children’s books. Children can enjoy these free books at the sites and take them home.
Team bC mission staff will lead the collection of books, des-ignated for children from birth
to 12 years old, from Team bC athletes, coaches, managers, par-ents, partners and MLas.
The initiative demonstrates the social responsibility and mobi-lizes the goodwill that Team bC members feel as participants in a multi-sport games event.
LinK is looking for agencies or organizations that would like to participate in the program and
house a book-shelf. agencies who wish to join in this proj-ect can contact
LinK at 250-372-9373.The 2011 western Canada
summer games take place au-gust 5 to 14 in Kamloops and will bring together approximate-ly 2,300 Canadian athletes com-peting in 18 sports.
Literacy in Kamloops (LinK) is a group of interested commu-nity partners who work together to increase the literacy levels of children, youth and adults with-in our community. LinK works with community partners to de-velop, maintain and expand lit-eracy programs for all ages.
Bright Red Bookshelf for kids BATTER UP!
TRU Baseball WolfPack player Dillon Morgan warms up with his teammates at Norbrock Stadium, in anticipation of the Canadian Collegiate Baseball Championships that ran May 12-16. Dillon hails from Camp Verde, Arizona and is studying on a baseball scholarship at TRU.
Come out and join the purina walk for dog guides on sunday, May 29 at the Kamloops yacht Club at 1140 river street.
registration is at 12:00 noon and the walk begins at 1:00 p.m. everyone is welcome, so bring your dogs and children and have
some fun! one hundred per cent of the donations go directly to-wards Lions Foundation of Can-ada’s dog guide program.
For more information call 250-573-3217 or visit www.puri-nawalkfordogguides.com.
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LinK is looking for participants
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The City of Kam-loops and Communi-ties in bloom submit-ted a photo of Kamloops to be considered for the home hardware Charity Calendar.
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cal photographer Kelly Funk, was of the wild-lights Festival at the bC wildlife park as part of the winter Lights Cele-bration.
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For the month of april 2011, 19,536 travel-ers used Kamloops air-port as part of their trav-el plans, as compared to april 2010 when 21,076 people used Kamloops airport. This is a seven per cent decrease year over year for april.
westJet is now operat-ing their summer schedule and air Canada is operat-
ing their spring sched-ule. air Canada is oper-ating five daily flights to Vancouver and two into Calgary. Their summer schedule is expected to start in mid-June. west-Jet has swung their daily departure to 7:00 a.m. to make better connections for onward travel with an arrival back in Kamloops at 7:35 p.m.
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CONGRATS!The British Columbia Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada awarded the Echo Newspaper with the 2010 Print Media Award (Inte-rior Region) for editorial support of awareness and fundraising cam-paigns, including Kidney Health Month, World Kidney Day and The Kidney Walk. The Echo’s freelance writer Tanya Ozorco (L) accepted the award on behalf of the Echo News-paper from Linda Bonner-Brown, patient services volunteer at the B.C Branch of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Marg Archibald (R), man-ager of the Sahali Centre Mall, was also on hand to accept an award for her enthusiastic support of World Kidney Day.
every job has a silver lining and in my profes-sion it’s the people i meet through work that makes mine a career worth keeping.
it was almost 15 years ago that i took the posi-tion as a local newspa-per advertising consul-tant; my area, the north shore. i knew that some of the other sales peo-ple mocked the north shore, but i grew up in the neighbourhood and after many years of living away from Kamloops, i choose brocklehurst to be my home when i re-turned. needless to say, the north shore holds a special place in my heart.
i was changing careers when i took the sales position and had never made a sales call in my life! One of the first stops i made as a brand new advertising consultant was to interior Crafts on the Tranquille strip.
dave and Carol hicks are the owners of this
store and that day, like many others to come, they were both there working.
i have no idea if they knew how inexperi-enced i was, or how over-whelming this brand new profes-sion could be. all i know is that they stopped what they were doing when i intro-duced myself and took the time to listen to what i had to say. by the time i left i knew that we would become friends, and we did.
by today’s standards the store that dave and Carol started is not large, but the couple were strong supporters of the north shore and stepped up to take part in almost all of the north shore business improvement area pro-motions. They were the
first store on the strip to get a makeover done on their building and they
were the first ones to say yes when-ever we put together a special fea-ture. The couple knew just how im-portant it was to have an old-fash-ioned “let’s
all work together” plan.Carol’s desk is on the
right when you first en-ter the store. each time i walked in, there she would be working away and she’d stop to chat. within minutes, dave would saunter over and the fun would begin. we’d talk, we’d gos-sip, we’d do some busi-ness and we would laugh. it makes me smile just thinking about them.
i started the echo news-paper eight years ago and in the past four or five
years my job evolved into more of an adminis-tration role with less time on the street. My visits to the store were less fre-quent but never-the-less if i got to the north shore i would try to stop by. This past couple of years had been hard on david, he was coping with some fairly serious health prob-lems. our visits would quite often include an up-date on how he was feel-ing.
i probably don’t have to say that the couple is dear to my heart - but they are. when i heard of david’s passing this week i had to take a moment to stop and reflect. I’ll miss his quick smile and the visits we had. i’ll miss the pas-sion he had for his work and the oh so obvious love and affection that he had for his wife and his family. he was a gentle, honest and kind man = truly one of a kind.
goodbye dave, you will be missed by many.
Goodbye train man on Tranquille
SOUND BYTESWenda Noonan
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Enjoy your new neighbourhood pubThe tradition of the neighbour-
hood pub is coming back in to style in a big way and the brock Centre pub here at the brock Market square is no exception. This long-standing and much adored establishment can name more than a few reasons to stop by for a visit.
The first reason to visit is lo-cation, location, location. why drive 20 minutes away from your house to have a few drinks and have to taxi or get a ride home? simply head over to the brock Centre pub which is no more than a 15 minute walk to many areas of the north shore.
if you happen to stop on the way home and have a drink too many, no worries, a short walk or taxi ride will take you right to your front door. not only is it an easy trip home, but an even easi-er trip back to get your vehicle.
The second reason is that the Brock Centre Pub has just fin-ished a fabulous round of reno-vations. if you haven’t visited for a while you may not even recognize the place. They have shifted the bar to the other side, opened up the space, and have made much more room inside.
They open daily at 1:00 pm, the patio is open and there is plenty of room for their special activi-ties and karaoke nights. all this complemented with a friendly atmosphere and low prices make the brock Centre pub the neigh-bourhood bar to go to.
“we have a ‘Cheers’ like atmo-sphere that keeps people coming back,” explains gary bigham of the brock Centre pub. “in our newly renovated pub you can enjoy the lowest draft prices in town, karaoke on wednesdays and saturdays, Meat draw sat-urdays, keno, pull tabs and pok-er. we have just installed six new 43” plasma TVs in addition to our big screen for your viewing pleasure. we also have lots of free parking (overnight if neces-sary) and pull up parking for our Liquor store.”
Find out even more reasons the brock Centre pub is awesome the next time you visit. open seven days a week, the bar has something fun to offer and serve up daily. between their rocking karaoke with Michelle, Free piz-za Fridays and other promotions, there is always something hap-
pening at the pub.don’t forget that they also have
a full service liquor store which is open daily from 9:00 a.m. un-til 11:00 p.m. Complete with gi-ant walk-in cooler filled with crisp cold beer (the coldest in town we’ve been told), the store has pretty much everything you need to get your night started.
easy and convenient, the prices
are good and there is ample pull up parking to make it a quick pit stop on the way to your destina-tion.
next time you want to go out for a little fun, stop by the brock Centre pub. The brock Centre pub is located at 1-1800 Tran-quille rd inside the brock Mar-ket square and is open daily.
Tanya Orozco, freelance
Bar renovations are almost complete and the owners of the Brock Pub, Gary Bigham and Joan Sivyer are thrilled with the results. Come in and see for yourself – it’s a whole new pub!
I have dealt with Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) for years as a song writer poet, and event organizer
They have no rules They are a federally mandated society designed,
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because they have no rules.
They are also very ineffective at delivering said revenue,to the artists for whom it has been collected.
Their terms of performance are hammered out,In parliamentary workshops.
Where they are constantly abused by literary giants such asMaggie Atwood, and anyone else from
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May is asian heritage Month, and the Kamloops Japanese Ca-nadian association is holding a number of fascinating and fes-tive activities throughout the month for the whole community to participate in.
did you know that Japanese ‘Mon’, ‘Monsho’, ‘Mondokoro’ and ‘Kamon’ are Japanese em-blems used to decorate and iden-tify an individual or family, with ‘Kamon’ referring specifically to emblems used to identify a fam-ily?
each country has its crest or flag. Businesses also have crests or logos by which they are rec-ognized. The Kamloops Japa-nese Canadian association has a logo that is a stylized red cherry
blossom around a white maple leaf.
as part of their asian heritage Month celebrations, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre is pre-senting a Family Crest (Kamon) display from May 24 to June 3 (closed May 28 and 29). around thirty different ‘Kamon’ of local Japanese Canadian families will be on display.
and for those who wish to know more about ‘Kamon’, or how to find out if your family has an emblem, a discussion will be held on Monday, May 30 at 7:00 p.m. at the Japanese Cana-dian Cultural Centre at 160 Ver-non ave. everyone welcome. For more information call 250-376-9629.
Family crests on display
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These are all abbreviations for specific phrases commonly used in informal written computer correspondence, online comput-er forums and boards, as well as texting and online gaming.
This new way of communi-cating is all the rage with the
younger crowd (and by young-er we mean under 70) but don’t think our seniors aren’t up with the new lingo. in fact, some se-niors are twisting the meanings a bit so that they can get in on the new craze.
The following are some com-
mon acronyms and their mean-ings:
what we say: aTM – at the mo-mentSenior’s Texting Code: ATD – At the doctors
what we say: bFF – best friends foreverSenior’s Texting Code: BFF – Best friend fell
what we say: bTw – by the waySenior’s Texting Code: BTW – Bring the wheelchair
what we say: byob – bring your own bottleSenior’s Texting Code: BYOT – Bring your own teeth
what we say: ggsyL – gotta go, see you later
Senior’s Texting Code: GGPBL – Gotta go, pacemaker battery low
what we say: LMao – Laugh my ass offSenior’s Texting Code: Laughing my dentures out
what we say: oMg – oh my god!Senior’s Texting Code: OMSG – Oh my! Sorry, gas.
what we say: roFL – rolling on the floor laughingSenior’s Texting Code: RO-FLACGU – Rolling on the floor laughing and can’t get up
what we say: TTyL – Talk to you laterSenior’s Texting Code: TTYL Talk to you louder
Seniors redefine FYI, BTW, FAQ and other acronyms
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i took my 71 year old dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes. we decided to grab a bite at the food court.
i noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him.
The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors - green, red, orange - and my dad kept star-ing at her.
The teenager kept looking and would find my Dad staring ev-ery time. when the teenager
had had enough, she sarcastical-ly asked: “what’s the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?”
Knowing my dad, i quick-ly swallowed my food so that i would not choke on his response; i knew he would have a good one! in classic style he respond-ed without batting an eyelid “got drunk once and made love to a peacock. i was just wonder-ing if you were my daughter.”
Food court courage
a woman and a baby were in the doctor’s examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby’s first exam.
The doctor arrived, and ex-amined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little con-cerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed.
‘breast-fed,’ she replied.‘well, strip down to your
waist,’ the doctor ordered.
she did. he examined her very thoroughly, pressed, kneaded, and rubbed for a while in a very professional and detailed exami-nation.
Motioning to her to get dressed, the doctor said, ‘no wonder this baby is underweight. you don’t have any milk.’
i know,’ she said, ‘i’m his grandma.”
Baby’s first doctor visit
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write “X - buried Trea-sure” in random spots on all of someone’s roadmaps.
inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassi-nation/uFo/o.J simpson con-spiracy theories.
repeat the following conversa-tion a dozen times: “do you hear that?” “what?” “never mind, it’s gone now.”
wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.
Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.
wear your pants backwards.decline to be seated at a restau-
rant, and simply eat their com-plimentary mints by the cash register.
begin all your sentences with “ooh la la!”
onLy Type in upper-Case.
only type in lowercase.
dont use any punctuation ei-ther
Leave tips in bolivian curren-cy.
demand that everyone address you as “Conquistador.”
at the laundromat, use one dry-er for each of your socks.
when Christmas carolling, sing “Jingle bells, batman smells” until physically restrained.
wear a cape that says “Magnif-icent one.”
as much as possible, skip rath-er than walk.
stand over someone’s shoul-der, mumbling, as they read.
pretend your computer’s mouse is a Cb radio, and talk to it.
Try playing the william Tell overture by tapping on the bot-tom of your chin. when near-ly done, announce “no, wait, i messed it up,” and repeat.
drive half a block.inform others that they exist
only in your imagination.ask people what gender they
are.Lick the filling out of all the
oreos, and place the cookie parts back.
Cultivate a norwegian accent. if norwegian, affect a southern drawl.
routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don’t want to fall off “in case the big one comes”.
deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-work-ers brains, such as “Feliz navi-dad”, the archies “sugar” or the Mr. rogers theme song.
while making presentations, occasionally bob your head like a parakeet.
Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.
Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until september.
Count everything you see.
Surefire ways to annoy everyone
a woman wants the inside of her house painted and she calls a contractor in to help her.
They wander around the house, and she points out the colors she
wants. she says, “now, in the liv-ing room, i’d like to have a neu-tral beige, very soft and warm.”
The contractor nods, pulls out his pad of paper and writes on it.
Then he goes to the window, leans out and yells, “green side up!”
The woman is most perplexed but she lets it slide. They wander into the next room. she says, “in the dining room i’d like a light white, not stark, but very bright and airy.”
The contractor nods, pulls out his pad of paper and writes on it. Then he goes to the window, leans out, and yells, “green side up!”
The woman is even more per-plexed but still lets it slide. They wander further into the next room. she says, “in the bedroom, i’d like blue. restful, peaceful, cool blue.”
The contractor nods, pulls out his pad of paper and writes on it. Then once more he goes to the window, leans out and yells, “green side up”!
This is too much. The woman has to ask. so she says, “every time i tell you a color, you write it down, but then you yell out the window, ‘green side up.’ what on earth does that mean?”
The contractor shakes his head and says, “i have wenda, penny, erin, natasha and Carrie laying sod across the street.”
No matter what, green side up
AN UNHAPPY CAMPER
I SWEAR, if you ever do this to me again...
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Bowling Club (beside norbrock stadium) meets to bowl Mon, wed, Fri. at 6pm. Flat soled shoes essential. Call for more info 250-376-0917.
Ardan – High Expectations is Lydia o’brien’s exhibit of acrylic, resin and gold pieces on display at wilson house gallery 115 Tranquille rd. until June 2.
English Practice Groups - Kamloops immigrant services has free english practice groups for anyone learning english as a second language. groups will focus on conversation, but will also include some grammar and writing. groups run weekly Tuesdays & wednesdays, 6-7:30 pm starting May 17 & 18. Contact Keisha at: [email protected] or 250-372-0855 to register or ask about other times.
Entertainment at Barside Lounge & grill at Chances gaming entertainment 1250 halston ave. Fridays 7-10pm. pauline Kyllonen is on May 20.
BIG Little Science Centre is open for public drop-in Thurs. & Fri. 3-5pm, and sat. 10am-4pm. May 21 at 1:30 pm: rockets – up, up and away
Gardengate May Plant Sales - organic vegetables, flowers and herbs. every saturday in May from 9-11am, at 915 southill st. For info call 250 554-9453
“One Big Hapa Family” film screening on May 26, 7-9:30pm on theme of Japanese Canadian
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Old-Time Dance with the golden serenaders - May 27 at 2pm. open dance floor, cof-fee and goodies. north shore Community Centre, 730 Cotton-wood avenue. For more info call 250-376-4777.
Salvation Army penticton band & Choir returns for their 2nd annual concert ‘o happy day’ on May 28, 7pm., 344 poplar st.
Massage in Schools Program instructor Training. May 28 & 29 at Kamloops academy of Learning 699 Victoria st. For massage therapists, teachers, early childhood educators and those working with children. For more info please call Jenn Johnson rMT at 778-220-0589
Steak Dinner fundrais-er for westsyde Community development society. May 29 at westsyder pub 3369 westsyde rd. For tickets call dianne at 250-579-7605.
Japanese Family Crest (Kamon) – talk and discussion May 30, 7-8pm on family crests and how to find out if your fam-ily has one. Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre 160 Vernon ave. For info call 250-376-9629.
Community Dinner - May 31 at 5pm. buffet & live music! purchase tickets in advance at north shore Community Centre,
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Flea Markets - every sun-day, 8am-1pm at north shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood ave. reserve table rentals at 250-376-4777.
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Zumba Classes every wednesday 6:30-7:30pm at the north shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood ave. For more information call 250-376-4777.
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norTh shore eCho May 18, 2011 n 11 Horoscopes
YOur HOrOSCOpETAURUS (apr 21-May 21) This will not be the time to give too much to your children. Things will be hectic and family members will be er-ratic. get involved in activities that will be fun for the whole family. you may not be too pleased with the actions of those you live with.GEMINI (May 22-June 21) don’t delay; go to your physician or den-tist and get to the bottom of the discomfort. it’s time to reevaluate your motives. don’t let other people meddle in your private affairs. Friends and relatives may be hard to take this week.CANCER (June 22-July 22) Travel opportunities should be your first choice. Take positive action. you may be overreacting to personal prob-lems. you need to mingle with people who can spark enthusiasm and confidence in you.LEO (July 23-aug 22) Take care of chores that have been hanging over your head. Changes in your domestic scene are apparent. your bankbook will suffer and your restrictions will put a damper on your relationship. your stability will aid you in getting support from your fellow workers.\VIRGO (aug 23-sept 23) you will gain a lot if you listen. do what-ever your mate wants; it really doesn’t matter as long as you’re together. don’t blow situations out of proportion. emotional matters may not be easy for you to handle.LIBRA (Sept 24-Oct 23) Use your inventiveness to find solutions. Mi-nor accidents could cause trauma and major setbacks. put your efforts into job advancement. so smile!SCORPIO (oct 24-nov 22) your dedication and fortitude when deal-ing with humanitarian groups will enhance your reputation. Try to deal with the problems of those less fortunate; however, don’t allow them to make unreasonable demands.SAGITTARIUS (nov 23-dec 21) don’t hold yourself back because you think you’re too old. you can make major accomplishments while on short trips. use some diplomacy to get your point across delicately. sudden romantic encounters will set your head spinning.CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 20) Do some research if you want to find information that you can apply against the opposition you face. you will have no problem getting your point across to those in a position to help you.AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) expect to have more people on your do-mestic scene. expect your workload to be heavy. Make sure that you take time to remember those you love. acknowledge your lover’s needs.PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20) your mate, however, may not be too pleased with you. get down to business. Make sure that new mates live up to your high standards. interaction with colleagues will only be upsetting. Debates will stifle passion and result in estrangement.ARIES (Mar 21-april 20) Take time to help a friend who hasn’t been feeling well. Take time to listen to the problems of family members. be sure that the person you’re drawn to is not already involved. Look out for yourself this week.Horoscopes courtesy of astrologer Michael Thiessen. For daily horoscopes go to www.astrology-online.com
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David Lewis Hicks July 13, 1941 – May 8, 2011
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of David Lewis Hicks on May 8, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. David was a beloved husband, devoted father, brother and uncle. David is survived by his wife Carol, children; Daniel, Darren and Dean, Sister Linda Blanchet,
brother-in-law and sister-in-law David and Cindy Couch, and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend our thanks to the caring staff at the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home and to Dr. John Reid. As per David’s request a small private family gathering will be held.
For those wishing, a donation may be made in Dave’s memory to the Marjorie Willoughby Snowden Memorial Hospice Home, 72 Whiteshield Cres. S, Kamloops, BC. V2E 2S9. Arrangements entrusted to Kamloops Funeral Home 250-554-2577.
Condolences may be emailed to the family from www.kamloopsfuneralhome.com
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