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On the farm where Lillian Sjogren was raised, a creek that cut through the property offered one of her first important learning opportunities.

“Dad fenced the creek off into a dam,” she said, and that created a large basin where their cows could have a drink. It also happens to be where she learned how to swim, she remembers.

“I just paddled around and paddled around and one day I realized I was staying above water,” she said. “And I’ve been swim-ming ever since.”

Sjogren is now 90 years old, and still eager to learn new skills. There aren’t many down days for the Hampton House resident. A retired teacher, Sjogren has taken a stab at most of the arts. In her study, a crocheting project lays on the work table for when-ever she has a few min-utes. The walls are lined with her paintings, shelves

are stacked with beautiful hand-woven baskets, and drawers are filled with arts and crafts supplies.

“I didn’t even know I was artistic until the last few years,” she said, flip-ping through her current sketchbook from a draw-ing course at the Arts Centre. Her schedule is pretty busy, between time at the pool, in classes, volunteering around Hampton House, and visits with her family.

“You haven’t lived until you’ve met this little guy,” she said, looking at a photo of a grandchild. And while she cherishes her family, she also has learned in her life to take time for herself.

“After I got divorced I realized I had no person-ality, nothing,” she said. “I came home one day and I said to Anita (her daughter), ‘I’m going to get a new me. I’m going to Australia.’”

She had found a teach-ing exchange program, and dove into the adven-ture with wild abandon. While there, she met a

teacher 30 years her junior. At the time, Sjogren was 51 and it was 1978. Despite time and distance, the two women are best of friends to this day.

Making friends and staying active are two of the big factors in keeping healthy as time goes on, she said.

“Be yourself, be happy, move around and have friends,” she said. Sjogren has met plenty of new friends; as an ambassa-dor for new residents, she meets them all and visits with them for a few days as they get settled in. New residents also meet Tracey McDonald, the activities coordinator at Hampton.

“She comes in and intro-duces us, and from then on they’re your friends,” Sjogren said.

McDonald keeps every-one busy, she said, with activities that appeal to different types of people. Sjogren picks the ones she likes, and dives right in.

“As long as I keep doing what I like to, I’ll be all right,” she said.

Lillian Sjogren: Energy and enthusiasm in motion

Lillian Sjogren, 90, recently started making necklaces out of yarn, which is just one of the many arts and crafts she does to stay active. She also swims laps and does aquafit at the Landing Leisure Centre to stay fit. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS


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There are times when Harvey Adrian and Martin Giesbrecht oversee a Sardis senior boys basketball practice and feel every one of their years.

Physically, Harvey just can’t keep up. With one knee replacement surgery com-plete and another required, the 70 year old is wise enough to know he can’t run the floor with the boys. Martin, 66, steps into the fray when required, and shows surprising game, stunning players with a well-timed steal or his patented Giesbrecht crossover dribble.

“Most of the time you can stand in

the way of a 16 year old and they just go around you,” he laughed. “But you at least try to make it difficult enough where they have to put some effort into it. Sometimes though, they think you’re slower than you are. You grab a rebound and they say, ‘Oh my! The coach grabbed a rebound!’ You go home hurting and feeling your age, but those moments make you feel good.”

“Mentally, it has to make you feel younger, and that’s what’s happened with both of us,” Harvey said. “We feel more energized because of this, and I think in my eight years of retirement, coaching this team is the best thing I’ve ever done.”

Martin Giesbrecht (left) and Harvey Adrian stepped up to coach the Sardis senior boys basketball team. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

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When the Falcons were coach-less early in the school year, their fate hanging from the thinnest of threads, you’d have expected a young up-and-comer to come knocking. As the saga unfolded, would anyone have bet money on two retirees riding to the rescue?

Harvey wasn’t short on coach-ing experience, but his last full-time basketball gig was nearly three decades ago, when he ran a league for kids 15 and under in Sherwood Park, AB.

That was in 1987.Giesbrecht never coached at all

before stepping into the Sardis gymnasium in October, his basket-ball experience coming as a col-legiate/recreational player years and years ago. It was an interest-ing scene as Harvey and Martin addressed their team the first time, a starting step to bridge a genera-tional gap spanning nearly half a century.

Kind of a ‘show me’ moment, with the old fellas trying to estab-lish their credentials.

“We wanted to tell them why we felt we were qualified to coach them, and that if they were willing to accept us, we were willing to help,” said Martin, who worked for years in corrections and running a group home for troubled youths. “That was the first moment where we started to get to know them and

they started to get to know us.”“Being able to talk to them

wasn’t going to be a problem for either of us,” added Harvey, who spent 40 years and countless hours training young employees with McDonalds Restaurants. “The boys on this team went from prob-

ably not having a season to being able to play, and they were really committed to us right away. They were ready to help us as much as possible, and it’s been utmost respect from them. They call us coach and it’s been an amazing process.”

By their own admission, nei-ther man would conjure memo-ries of Boston Celtics legend Red Auerbach for their technical knowledge.

While Harvey and Martin bring their A game in positive reinforce-ment, mentoring and motivation,

Harvey has sought help from his two sons to navigate basketball’s X’s and O’s.

Rod is the head coach of the mens’ team at Briercrest College, a small but successful program in Caronport, SK., while Jeremy coaches at Vancouver’s Sir Charles Tupper secondary school.

“A lot of the drills and things we’ve put them through, I got from my sons, and that really helped establish that I know what I’m talk-ing about,” Harvey said.

He and Martin have also relied on the good will of their wives, understanding women willing to share their husbands’ golden years.

“The commitment was some-thing I thought about a lot before I put my name forward, because we’re here five days a week, plus weekend games if we’re playing in a tournament, but I just have this belief that there’s no time to retire,” Harvey said. “My wife and Martin’s wife, we’re lucky that they fully support what we’re doing. They’re at all of the games, cheer-ing for the coaches. They’ve helped make this a fun experience.”

“This is an opportunity that God put in front of me, and everything about it has been great,” Martin concluded. “I only had to think about two minutes before I said yes, and if they decide they want us back again next year, we’ll be available.”

Seniors step in to salvage Sardis basketball seasonSARDIS from page 18

Martin Giesbrecht (right) and Harvey Adrian stepped up to coach the Sardis senior boys basketball team.

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Moving into a seniors care facility is a big life decision, possibly one of the biggest.

And like all important decisions, it’s one that requires a lot of forethought and dis-cussion.

Margaret Kostrzewa, manager of Crystal Ridge Manor, said often the decision to move into care is made too late.

“People are waiting too long to go into facilities,” she said. “They have a fall or a scare and then think maybe it’s time to look at it.”

Instead, she encourages families to start talking about the possibility early on in life.

“Maybe call around and check out some of the facilities,” she suggested. “A lot of people don’t really know what we’re really about. When they think of care homes they think of being really elderly and it kind of scares them.”

Many seniors have lived in their homes for up to 40 years, or even longer, she noted. Moving from a longtime family home can be overwhelming, and this is where adult children can really step up and make the transition easier. Visiting care homes with-out your parents can help narrow down choices for them. Or, Kostrzewa said, pop-ping in casually to check out a care home can be a good option.

Many people are resistant to change, and

it’s important to find a place where mom and dad can feel at home, she added.

“We hear this all the time,” she said. “The family comes to us and says their parents don’t want to move. They’re at a time in their life when they need assistance, help with food, or companionship.

A good way to open the subject could be when everyone is out and about in the car for a drive.

“You can say ‘Let’s just stop in and check out the facilities, because one day you might need it,’” she said. But while it’s important to bring up the subject, it’s also important not to overwhelm them with choices.

The benefits to moving into assisted liv-ing, in all its various levels, are enormous.

Staying healthy is easier with home-made meal options, and calendars full of activities can keep loneliness at bay. One resident gained five pounds within the first month of moving into Crystal Ridge, a direct result of better nutrition.

“She looked remarkable,” she said. “Food is a big thing, if you don’t eat prop-erly it affects you day to day.”

Every home has different meal options, some with kitchens in the suites and others without.

Researching all of the options available should include connecting with Fraser Health, your family doctor, and senior liv-ing advisors in homes that offer the ser-vices needed. Fraser Health can help figure out which style of housing is affordable, and can provide an assessment for proper placement.

Most importantly, don’t put the research off until it’s too late. Wait lists for care homes are unpredictable, with rooms com-ing up unexpectedly. If moving involves the sale of a home, then getting on that list sooner than later is of utmost importance.

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Yoga builds overall physical strength, as well as increasing balance and mobility.

So it’s ideal for everyone — especially seniors.

Dee Monroe is a local yoga instructor who teaches Chair Yoga and Gentle Yoga, at the Mt. Cheam Lions Hall for the Chilliwack & District Seniors’ Resources Society.

Monroe started learning the ancient practice of yoga when she was 50.

She’s an active grandmother who sees the wonderful effects it has on her students every day.

“People just feel better after doing yoga,” she says.

Monroe has been taking classes for a decade.

She got serious about it after losing her job suddenly a few years ago. She now finds herself busy teaching classes at various yoga studios in Chilliwack.

Monroe is very inclusive in her approach to designing a program around chair and gentle yoga for seniors.

“The main idea I had was to try to bring yoga to people, who for whatever reason thought yoga was not for them.

“Maybe they thought they were too fat, too old, too stiff or too immobile. I show them they can do it.”

They may not do the impressive headstands or handstands seen in yoga videos but they do move around. They increase core and leg strength. She teaches them whatever elements she thinks they can do.

“My mantra is if you have breath in your body, you can do yoga. Even if that’s all you do, there is always a way of bringing the mind-

fulness to the act of breathing.”In Chair Yoga, they sit in a circle,

eyes closed. The instructor leads the group through deep breathing exercises and centring, where the breath is visualized as it moves through the body. It’s a relaxing process.

They’ll do some standing poses. She’ll often do a reading at the end of each class.

The Gentle Yoga class is very different from Chair Yoga.

“With Gentle Yoga, they bring their own mats, and they need to be able to get up and down off the floor.”

Some folks come to both kinds of classes offered by the Seniors’ Resources Society. Some only one or the other.

The great feedback she gets

about a residual sense of wellbeing is a good indicator.

“One person told me, ‘it means I don’t want to kill anyone for a couple of days.’ That’s a good sign I guess.”

It also decreases the crippling feelings of isolation for some of her elder students, as they chat and get to know each other around the class time.

“People end up feeling stron-ger,” she said. “They gain flexibil-ity and improved balance. Often they feel calmer and less reactive. They gain acceptance, and feel they can go with the flow of life.”

It is so important as we age.Monroe thought about it care-

fully when she was designing the classes.

“We all have this notion that we’re going to lose our mobility as we age, as well as our minds, and our balance.

“But it doesn’t have to be like that,” she said.

“Yoga is good medicine.”There are yoga classes at vari-

ous Chilliwack locations, however the Chilliwack & District Seniors’ Resources Society offers Chair Yoga at Mt. Cheam Lions Hall on Mondays and Wednesday mornings starting at 10:30 for 45 minutes. Then Gentle Yoga is on Fridays at Mt. Cheam Lions Hall at 10 a.m.

Call the Seniors’ Resources Society office at 604-793-9979.

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Dee Monroe (foreground) leads a Chair Yoga class at the Mt. Cheam Lions Hall. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS


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They’re both organized, they both like lists, and they’re both Type A person-alities.

It’s a perfect fit.Carol Lees recently

stepped down from her role as ElderCollege coordina-tor, and as of Jan. 1, Sharon Blaker has taken her place.

“I’m very excited. Carol is incredibly organized and I think it’s going to be chal-

lenging, but she has made it so easy for me,” said Blaker in December.

Lees was the coordinator of the school for students over the age of 50 for three years.

“This has been an amaz-ing job,” said Lees. “It’s so interesting. There’s some-thing new every day.”

“One of the most signifi-cant things I get to do is find courses and then find the instructors to match the courses,” she added. “I’m

going to miss the intellectual stimulation of the instruc-tors and talking about what they have to offer.”

Twice a year, Lees has been responsible for sourc-ing out more than two dozen ElderCollege classes and instructors for the upcom-ing semester.

“Not only do we have to come up with a big batch of courses, they have to fall into different categories like cultural, active, tech, discus-sion, and lecture style. And

they have to be balanced,” said Lees.

Now it’s Blaker’s turn to find the future teachers of ElderCollege.

“I’m looking forward to sourcing out instructors,” said Blaker.

A former community justice forum trainer with the RCMP, Blaker retired in June 2012 only to return later that year and retire again in March 2013. Since then she’s been the vice president of the Rotary Club of Chilliwack (2013/2014) and is currently the presi-dent of the club.

“I have a friend who said I would not be out of retire-ment for two years, and she’s right,” said Blaker.

She took the position as the new coordinator of ElderCollege because it sounded like a lot of fun.

“I one hundred per cent believe in lifelong learning. We have to keep those brain cells alive and working,” she said. “I love working with the volunteers. I love the partnership with UFV, and I think the idea of being here on campus will keep me young.”

This isn’t the first time Blaker has been involved with ElderCollege. She has taught two classes in the past; one was the popular Travel With Me course, and another was a session on restorative justice.

Lees has also taught a Travel With Me course, and she’s also been an ElderCollege student.

Courses like Travel With Me and Tapestry for Thought are offered every semester, with different top-ics and different instructors each time. The majority of the other courses are brand new.

“We are both connected to the community,” said Blaker. “We have a lot of resources that we can go to and access.”

It takes months to orga-nize the next set of instruc-tors for the courses offered at ElderCollege.

“They don’t have to be teachers, they just have to be experts in their fields,” said Lees.

ElderCollege celebrated its 15th anniversary this past fall. They’ve had hun-dreds of teachers over the years with a wide variety of expertise ranging from the arts and travel, to health and genealogy, to history and languages, and more.

“We are rich in leadership in our community in terms of what people know,” said Lees.

She also welcomes people who may be inter-ested in teaching a course at ElderCollege to contact them. Instructors volunteer their time at the school, but they do get a stipend to help pay for gas money, and park-ing pass.

The bulk of the courses are held at UFV, but they are also partners with the

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Some people take courses because they live on their own and it connects them to people of their own age, said Lees.

There are 500 people reg-istered with ElderCollege. Registration fees are $12 per year.

In addition, there are doz-ens of volunteers. Some are regulars in the office, while others are on the program committee, and administra-tion committee, and council.

“I’m going to miss the people I this office. We have volunteers that work here every day. They become really close colleagues,” said Lees.

Their need for volunteers increase the most twice a year on registration day,

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Sharon Blaker (left) has taken over Carol Lees’ job as ElderCollege coordinator. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS

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Pat Bell was only 52 years old when a severe stroke struck him down, three-and-a-half years ago. His life completely changed. The Chilliwack resident went from being very active individual to facing the chal-lenge of not being able to talk and having to use a wheelchair to get around.

With the support of many people, Pat has worked hard to create a new rich, reward-ing life. He’s now ready to help other stroke survivors and has signed up to be a volun-teer facilitator for a new program from the Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Offered for the first time in the Chilliwack area, the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Living with Stroke™ program is a new tool for help and hope. The program is designed to help stroke survivors and their families improve their quality of life, cope with chal-lenges and connect with others.

Lead by volunteer facilitators, such as Pat, and provided free in several B.C. com-munities, the program is comprised of eight weekly, two-hour sessions. Weekly topics include: impact of stroke, physical changes and keeping active; dealing with emotions and relationships; reducing future risk and nutrition.

All stroke survivors and their families are welcome to join. The next Living With Stroke program is:

Dates: March 5 – April 22 Times: Thursdays 1 – 3 p.m. Location: Sardis Public Library 5819 Tyson Rd., Sardis To register, please call 1-888-473-4636.

For more information on stroke resources and the program, please see: www.heartand-stroke.bc.ca/livingwithstroke

New program gives help and hope to stroke survivors

Are you interested in making a profound differ-ence in the lives of your friends and neighbours?

If so, volunteering with the Chilliwack branch of the non-profit Alzheimer Society of B.C. may be for you. The Society needs a facilitator for its local care-giver support group.

The volunteer position involves leading a monthly meeting, maintaining group attendance records and using Society materials to provide information to the group.

“It’s very rewarding work,” says Jude Weir, the Society’s Support & Education Coordinator for Chilliwack / Hope. “You’re

enriching the lives of oth-ers. You are playing an inte-gral role in helping those who are struggling to cope with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia.

“The support groups operate on the philosophy that people with similar issues are in a unique posi-tion to offer support to oth-ers on the same journey,” says Weir.

A time commitment of three to six hours per month is required. Training is provided.

Qualified applicants will have excellent listening and interpersonal skills, a high comfort level in facilitating group discussion, a basic understanding of the issues

surrounding caring for a person with dementia, and good problem-solving skills.

For more information contact Jude Weir at 604-859-3889 or [email protected].

An estimated one in 11 B.C. residents over age 65 already live with Alzheimer’s disease or another dementia. That number is projected to dou-ble within a generation (25 years). The resulting need for assistance is soaring and volunteers help ensure that the demand is met.

Residents can get more information on Alzheimer’s disease and other demen-tias by visiting www.alzheimerbc.org.

Volunteers needed to help Chilliwack families live well with dementia

where they require at least 60 people to help out. Registration for ElderCollege’s spring 2015 semester has already passed, but sometimes there are still spots open in certain courses.

“We both appreciate the skills in this job and we both appreciate each other,” said Lees looking at Blaker. “I’m leaving my baby in good hands, and I believe that

ElderCollege is going to be blossoming in the future.”

Anyone interested in becoming an instructor or registering for ElderCollege, or those wanting more info, can call 604-702-2611 or email [email protected].

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Jenny Olthoff holds three dark wooden bobbins in her left hand, each wrapped with yards of white thread. With her other hand, she weaves a fourth bobbin back and fourth through the three taut strands.

In about a minute, she’s woven a small leaf into the pattern she’s working on.

This is lace making.It’s the intricate art of taking fine threads

and twisting, weaving and crossing them over each other to create a variety of things.

“It’s a slow process but you end up with something very delicate. It’s an old art form and there’s a delicacy to it that I really enjoy,” says Olthoff, member of the Chilliwack Lace Club.

A lot of people think that lace is for the trim of a nightgown, or doilies, but that’s very outdated.

The club makes everything from book-marks to collars, bracelets to jewelry, sashes to clothing, tablecloths to handkerchiefs, and more.

“You can make very modern designs and frame them,” she says.

They typically work with special, very fine lace thread, and fine linen or cotton yard. Synthetic threads and yarns are not used as they would make the lace limp.

Some have even used wire to make pieces like lace jewelry and figurines that can stand on their own.

It takes a lot of patience to make lace. You can’t learn in just a few hours, it takes about 10 to 12 three-hour long lessons.

“It’s very good for working the brain,” says Kathy Thomas. “It’s translating the picture (you’re working with) to what you’re making.”

“You have to pay attention to what you’re doing,” she adds. “It’s like learning any-thing, it takes time and practice. Individually, the basic stitches are simple, but it’s combin-ing them that makes it intricate.”

Lace has been around for hundreds of years, but it is a fading form of art. There are about 30 guilds in all of Canada, and they are very lucky to have one in Chilliwack, says Olthoff.

“It’s a little bit like being a member of an underground organization,” she explains. “There are very few people who know about lace, and (when you have a question) you don’t know who to ask. Most problems are solved within the group.”

The Chilliwack Lace Club has been around since 1955. It only has six members, but they are a dedicated bunch that meets twice a month. Their oldest member is Hylda Law, 94, who’s also the most experi-enced.

The group has donated lace pieces to Heritage Village, Parkholm Lodge, and Chilliwack Hospice Society.

Anyone wanting to join, or try out lace making can visit the group during their

regular sessions. The Chilliwack Lace Club meets on the second and fourth Thursday of every month at Evergreen Hall in the Minto Room from 12 to 2:30 p.m. Equipment is also available to borrow for newcomers. Their next meetings are Feb. 12 and 26.

“It’s so nice that it’s still around,” says Olthoff. “We’d like to keep it going other-wise it dies out. If we don’t keep it going no one will know how to make lace anymore and that’s the end of lace making.”

For more information contact Jenny Olthoff at 604-823-4705 or [email protected], or Kathy Thomas at 604-392-6140 or [email protected].

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• Create a pleasant place to eat. Set a table with flowers, place mat and napkin, even candles. Listen to music.

• Sometimes eating in different places is helpful. Take your meal out on the porch, sit near a window or go to the park for a picnic. Enjoy a dinner out in a restaurant occasionally. Ask for a “doggie bag” to take leftovers home.

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• No-cook meals such as sandwiches, wraps or salads. A hardboiled egg, whole grain crackers, cheese and fruit makes a tasty light lunch.

• Ready-made meals from the grocery store such as grilled salmon with roasted vegetables or lasagna with a leafy green side salad.

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• Cheese tortellini heated with low sodium canned tomatoes.

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• Consider taking Meals on Wheels a few times a week or more.

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Beyond the nutritional benefits of eat-ing with others, starting a supper club or joining an eating group can also help you meet new people and make new friends.

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