Senior Living Magazine Vancouver Edition March 2011

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MARCH 2011

To the End of Highway 101

Turning Passion into Profit

EmergingEntrepreneurs

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Unlocking Creativity

Embrace the Journey - A Care Giver’s Story

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COLUMNS 4 The Family Caregiver by Barbara Small

16 Forever Young by William Thomas

25 Ask Goldie by Goldie Carlow

30 Have Fork, Will Travel by Sally Jennings

31 BBB Scam Alert by Lynda Pasacreta

32 Reflections: Then & Now by Gipp Forster

FEATURES 5 10 Ways to Unlock CreativityWhen creativity hits a wall, try these steps to get you back on track for making magic.

6 Changing GearsOne-time educator Barry Adams has jumped into the risky business of stock market speculating.

8 Taking the PlungeMeet locals who have traded a job for businesses they can feel passionate about.

12 ZentrepreneurDespite life’s obstacles, Allan Holender found his way back to where he first discovered his calling.

14 Isn’t it About Time?Author M.J. Milne shares her path to spiritual enlightenment and self-discovery with readers.

18 Reinvigorating RetirementVolunteering in retirement keeps this dedicated group of seniors physically active, socially engaged and involved in community.

22 To the End of Highway 101The Sunshine Coast offers a perfect four-day road trip.

26 Ski Spring Break for BoomersKeeping the passion for powder alive by hitting B.C.’s slopes.

Cover Photo: Entrepreneur Barry Adams enjoys the Florida sun while on holiday. Lacing up, Barry prepares for a run after checking the markets.Photo: James Ellsworth

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Senior Living magazine began seven years ago in a marketplace that had rela-tively no understanding about seniors. We began developing a publication that celebrated the lives of seniors and, at the same time, gave businesses a marketing vehicle to reach the senior consumer.

We have spent a lot of time getting to know seniors – their challenges, achievements, interests and buying practices. And we have spent a lot of time educating businesses about this growing demographic, encouraging them to build components into their marketing campaigns that target this consumer group.

Senior Living and other senior-fo-cused businesses have known for quite some time that the Baby Boomer gen-eration is poised to become a consumer group to be reckoned with as its members pass into their senior years.

On January 1, 2011, the first Baby Boomers turned 65. As little as this event was noted by the media or in the business community, it was, never-theless, a date that heralds significant change in the years ahead.

Just as they’ve revolutionized each era they’ve lived through, Boomers will now bring their own brand of change to the world around them as they hit age 65 and beyond.

Many predict that “retirement” may become almost obsolete among Boomers. In this issue, you will meet seniors who are “re-engaging” instead of “retiring” by launching new business ventures.

Statistics verify that the number of business starts by seniors is rapidly growing. Without doubt, we are seeing unprecedented changes.

Be prepared to see more – this new generation of seniors is just getting started!

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family caregiver may not be obvious or well known even to your manager. You may need to do some research, along with your manager or human resource department about what benefits and op-tions are available and how they apply to your situation.

• Make a list of what you need help with and when you need it. Decide what other family members can do and what outside services need to be brought in.

• Familiarize yourself with commu-nity resources that are available. Visit the Family Caregivers’ Network’s web-site at www.familycaregiversnetwork.org for resources in your area.

• There is also a section on the FCNS website, under the Education tab, dedi-cated to “Supporting Family Caregivers in the Workplace.” This section includes valuable information and resources for both employees and employers.

Next month: Reducing Caregiving Iso-lation

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Balancing Family Caregiving and Work

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BY BARBARA SMALL

Barbara Small is the Program Development Coordinator for Family Caregivers’ Network Society located in Victoria, BC. www.familycaregiversnetwork.org

Approximately 70 per cent of the one million fam-ily caregivers in B.C. are balancing the demands

of caregiving and working full or part-time. This can result in caregivers quit-ting their jobs, retiring early, cutting back on hours, turning down promo-tions and losing pension contributions. Employers experience higher absentee-ism rates, more lateness and lower pro-ductivity.

Here are some ideas that might help those juggling the demands of work and caregiving:

• Talk to your employer, manager or human resource personnel about your situation and needs in regards to your family member.

• Flexibility is essential for many caregivers to permit them to respond to emergencies or during periods of in-tense caregiving demands. Explore the options that are available in your work-place, such as flextime, a compressed workweek, reduced hours of work, job sharing, leave of absence, gradual re-tirement or working from home. Even if these options have not been used by anyone before, your employer may still be open to considering them now.

• On the other hand, you may prefer to have a set work schedule so that you can plan for appointments and arrange for home support or respite.

• There are likely other family care-givers in your workplace who are also facing challenges. Consider developing your own support group at work. Meet during the lunch hour to share your challenges and successes. Or you might want to set up something online where you can share resources, tips and ques-tions with each other.

• Compassionate Care Benefits are available through Employment Insur-ance for employed family members car-ing for a gravely ill relative at risk of dying within 26 weeks. These benefits consist of six weeks total compensation per terminally ill family member plus two weeks of unpaid waiting period. For more information, visit the Human Resources and Social Development Canada website at www.hrsdc.gc.ca

• Some employee benefits, such as extended health benefits and employee and family assistance programs, may extend to dependents and can help with family caregiving responsibilities. The workplace benefits available to you as a

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little tweaking? That becomes your new creative moment.

Even the opposite can furnish that spur of creativity you’re missing.

8. Isolate what you do as mundane. Play at the commonplace to make it fun. In

the process, you will find ways to turn imagi-nation on its head. If your hobby has become routine, play at it. Take cooking, for instance. Instead of shrinking your imaginative space with precise recipes, measurements, and sameness, improvise and make up your own rules – just as a child would if they were in the kitchen and asked to play.

The result of your “play-time” may not be the best recipe on the planet, but you will have a blast at it, leaving you with ideas that work or don’t work, knowledge of new taste, and a wealth of thoughts to try later.

9. Test the obvious. New solutions beyond what’s always

been done are usually something creative. Make a list of things you consistently do the same way. Outside each, write other ways the chore or habit can be done differently. Most chores and habits require little imagination or creativity. Your new list can add a spark of excitement and anticipation.

10. Yield work to become play. Let work become play as long as it spurs

your intuition. I have found my writing be-comes more creative when I’m relaxed, free of time pressures and precise writing expec-tations, and unhinged from feeling like work. In effect, the more I play at writing, the more my words flow from mind to printed page.

The next time you face a “blank page” in your creative pursuits, try any one or more of these 10 ways to unlock fresh ap-proaches to originality. Doing so assures a new creative you. SL

10 Ways to Unlock CreativityBY DANNY R. VON KANEL

“When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity. So play with your intuition.” –Linda Naiman

Every day, writers sit in front of blank computer screens. Paint-ers gaze onto blank canvases. Composers stare at sheets of

blank staff paper. Blank describes their cur-rent creative output. This momentary block of creative energy paralyzes any meaningful connection with their craft.

While writers, painters, and composers have learned the skills to recharge their cre-ative juices, the average senior adult has not. Use the following 10 ways to unlock creativ-ity and awaken the imagination:

1. Take a break. Give yourself a chance to regroup. That

pause before returning to task can re-charge energy and imagination. Speaking of en-ergy, physical exhaustion can cause one’s creative juices to plummet. A simple solu-tion: drink a glass of water. A mere two per cent drop in the body’s water supply can trigger signs of dehydration.

Mild dehydration is also one of the most common causes of daytime fatigue. Return to creative endeavours refreshed and hy-drated. If creativity remains stifled, take a longer break and do one or more of the fol-lowing nine.

2. Listen to music.

Let your favourite tunes awaken your cre-ativity. Whether it’s George Beverly Shea, Bach, Glen Miller or Ethel Waters, revisit and draw inspiration from the sights, sounds, and awakened emotions.

3. Escape the familiar. The more you grapple with charting un-

familiar territory, the greater your chance to happen upon the next creative adventure. Ex-perience a new culture, write fiction instead of non-fiction, paint a landscape instead of still life, build a hope chest instead of a bird-house, or study a new instrument.

Don’t aim for perfection. Use your fumbling attempt at something new to draw insight, inspiration and stimulation to return to what you know – incorporat-ing fresh concepts and ideas to your cre-ative re-adventure.

4. Think of the possibilities. Ask questions and the solutions may

have a touch of originality. Using “what if” questions opens floodgates of un-tried ideas.

Brainstorming and word maps allow for you to group ideas and new ways to approach a subject.

5. Talk with creative people. Start with writers, artists and musi-

cians. Ask what they do to drive their creativity. How do their relationships with others impact their inventiveness?

Make a list of their best ways to con-front writer’s, painter’s, or whatever “block” has stifled their spontaneous orig-inality. Make a commitment to try each until one works for you.

6. Develop curiosity. Curiosity is one step from creative ge-

nius. Develop a healthy sense of asking why. Why do we do what we do? Why do certain things work the way they do? Throw in some “how” questions. How can some things be done better? Understand-ing people, things and processes stores new information that can be quickly ap-plied. Curiosity makes that possible.

7. Visualize opposites.

Somewhere in the middle of visual-izing opposites may be a new way, idea, or solution, so try it. If something seems mundane, look to the opposite – “exotic.” If what you are doing now seems uninter-esting, could it be made interesting with a


Entrepreneurship implies a struggle: taking an idea, starting a venture often involving employ-ees, producing or selling, and making it become successful. But the term can cast a larger net too;

it can include the stock market speculator who risks personal capital to generate income.

Barry Adams is one such variation on the theme. Once a full-time educator in the Vancouver public system until the age of 52, Barry loved teaching and coaching. But he also played in the stock market starting in the late ’60s and, for over 12 years, his dabbling earned no money. In fact, he says, “I lost good teacher salary dollars.” So, he decided to either quit the market or do it properly - and Barry is no quitter!

Instead, Barry applied himself to his avocation and read every book he could on the stock market and penny stocks. In 1987, he passed his Canadian Securities exam and slowly grew his portfolio. He found, however, that mixing his vo-cation of teaching with his avocation was proving to be too much. He could only check the markets very early in the morning before work or at the end of the day when he had coaching obligations. When an opportunity to take a year’s leave of absence presented itself in 1995, Barry took it.

He extended his leave twice and, from ages 52 to 55, Bar-ry went on a self-imposed apprenticeship. Though he had no mentor, he read voraciously on trading and focused on market newsletter writers, carefully researching the commodities and junior mining stocks before speculating. He proved to himself that, although it was a high-risk, high-reward field, he was prepared to navigate it.

So, at age 55, Barry retired from his position in education and has spent the last 13 years as a successful speculator. He never viewed it as a hobby but as an alternative to his teach-ing career. There was never a push from education, only the pulls of being a market investor. Barry says he has had more fun with the market, especially with the successes. He enjoys the fact that it is not a 9-to-5 job, so he has more flexibility to pursue other interests, like travelling and training and com-peting as a serious Masters athlete.

Investment in the stock market, especially commodities, requires knowledge and nerves. “There is adversity in an ever-changing market; you always have to have your anten-nae out,” Barry muses.

Good times mean profit, but crashes can “crush all those gains.” And there have been a few of those cycles for Barry to

manoeuvre through.In 1987, the American Savings and Loans corporations col-

lapsed causing a 25 per cent decline in stock values. Called Black Monday, October 19, it slowed economic growth in Canada until approximately 1995.

In 1997, the so-called Asian Collapse occurred. Growing debts, especially in Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia caused enormous instabilities and the International Monetary Fund had to step in with $40 billion in aid to currencies. Nick Leeson and the downfall of the Barings Bank in 1995 were indicative of this instability and the focus of the 1999 film, Rogue Trader.

In 2000-01, the “dot.com” bubble burst. There was a “growth before profits” investment in IT businesses such as Nortel, but extended losses, Y2K investment, and the 9/11 terrorist attack caused a severe downturn as high-tech com-panies spent their venture capital.

In 2008, the world suffered a global meltdown fuelled by the sub-prime mortgage rate housing loans that brought down Lehman Brothers.

Barry doesn’t fear these ups and downs, but he does follow

Changing GearsBY JAMES ELLSWORTH

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some rules.First, Barry believes in thorough research

before speculating. He extensively research-es new mining finds like potash and gold, gets in early, and rides that stock for capital gain. As a result, his portfolio has improved and he says it has gained “10 times more net equity now than when I left teaching. That is a measure of my success.”

Although he is principled, Barry feels it is best to approach investment with a certain air of situational ethics. For instance, he will not invest in dangerous or risky areas of the world, such as Iraq or the Congo, nor will he invest in blood diamonds. But he admits that speculating in commodities is essentially disrupting the Earth. He believes in harvest-ing resources as ethically as possible. “Right now western Canadian coal is huge with sales to China, but I remember watching a big yellow fog rolling down the Pearl River to Hong Kong when I was having a coffee there and am loathe to invest. At the same time Ontario Hydro uses scrubbers and con-tributes to Canadian pensions.”

The Internet is the biggest improvement to Barry’s enterprise in the last 15 years. All the research and platforms available to a broker are now online and allow maximum flexibility. Now, he can stay in touch with the markets from anywhere in the world and he has, from Australia, Borneo, Singapore, and China to mention a few.

As an entrepreneur, Barry has more time not only for travel, but also for his passion of athletics. He just missed out on representing Canada in track and field in the 1964 Olym-pics in Tokyo, a team that included Bruce Kidd, Bill Crothers and Harry Jerome. He placed 2nd in the qualifying but only one could go. Also, he was part of the 1964 Uni-versity of Oregon sports hall of fame team, competing in steeplechase.

Barry still loves competing. In fact, he still owns the record for the Canadian Men 40 – 1,500 metre set in 1983. He also won the Canadian Men 65 pentathlon and holds the record for Canadian Men 60 outdoor pentathlon. The five-event sport requires fortitude, discipline, and persistence; skills carried over to the market place.

Barry’s entrepreneurial spirit in the re-tirement years doesn’t mean stopping, just changing gears.

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A recent survey of seniors shows 70 per cent of Canadians plan to work after retirement. Of that,

72 per cent said they wanted to remain mentally active, while 57 per cent wanted to stay socially active. The re-sult is contemporary seniors taking the plunge to turn their golden years into productive enterprising years.

Roger Emsley worked for years in the transportation indus-

try and, after retirement in 1998, he decided to put the experience he had gained to use.

“I saw the opportunity so my wife and I set up a company to provide con-sulting to other companies in the travel industry,” says Roger. “My biggest ad-vantage was that I had a lot of contacts in the industry already. One contact leads to another and it became a very natural transition from my working days. In our case, we did not need to do a lot of advertising. You do some prospecting for clients, but you are do-ing it from a knowledge base.”

Roger found that two items chal-lenged him the most. “Right off the bat we realized that all the infrastructure and finances need to be put into place,” he says. “We heard that incorporating was the way to go, so took that route. It meant a front-end investment, but it has worked out well. We joined the

Taking the Plunge

BY KEVIN MCKAY

Shirley and John Svoboda own and operate Cavell Gardens, a full-service retirement community.


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Chamber of Commerce, which gave us access to a great insurance plan. The other key difference from my work-ing days is that now I am working in a small office with just one other person instead of with a large group.”

Roger also serves as president of the South Delta chapter of Probus, an or-ganization of retired and semi-retired business people.

“It is a worldwide organization with many Canadian chapters,” he says. “It is a great way to network with others in the community with like backgrounds, and to appreciate presentations and discussions on topical subjects.”

Seventy-three-year-old Shirley Svoboda and her husband John

saw an opportunity to start their own business in the field she was employed in. Shirley was working as a registered nurse when they decided to purchase a 23-bed nursing home in Shaughnessy.

In addition to operating that facility for many years, they bought other long-term care facilities, including Edith Cavell Hospital.

“About 10 years ago, after work-ing with seniors for so many years, I decided they deserved a better quality of life,” says Shirley. “There had to be a better way. John and I wanted to encourage their independence, so we decided to build affordable housing for seniors rather than another facility. Cavell Gardens was the result. It is a full-service retirement community in the heart of Vancouver. For the past two years, it was selected the No. 1 seniors retirement community in East Vancouver.”

Shirley and John Svoboda had been running their facilities for years, so they had only a few problems setting up their new community and person-ally arranging the construction financ-ing. The difficulties they encountered

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would fit more neatly under the cat-egory of “red tape.” In order to get Cavell Gardens built, they needed to work closely with various departments at city hall first.

“The biggest challenge for us was working with the city,” says Shirley. “We needed to get a zoning change for our project as well as permission to build the first building in the area high-er than three storeys. Other hurdles we had to overcome included a lot of con-sultation with the people living in the neighbourhood. In the end, the trade-off was that we agreed to provide five beds to seniors who qualified through the SAFER (Shelter Aid for Elderly Renters) program.”

In addition to challenges and hur-dles, however, there are great rewards for senior entrepreneurs. For John and Shirley, their needs are few.

“I was never worried because of my faith,” says John. “We had marketing people but the money started coming in right away and we were in the black more or less right from the start.” Shir-ley adds, “John is 89 now and many of our residents ask when he is going to retire and join them. We are very humble people and prefer to remain in the background. It gives us great sat-isfaction knowing that our dream has been successful.”

Striking out on one’s own, with-out the safety net of a corpo-

ration or company for support is not without risks and challenges. Each case is unique, but there are common issues new entrepreneurs face.

For 60-year-old Wendy Scott, own-er of the Nurse Next Door franchise for Burnaby and New Westminster, the time it takes to run a business is one of the biggest challenges.

“I found out quickly that you are working a lot more than from 9-to-5

because there is so much paperwork to get done,” she says. “You want to hire someone to handle that for you but you need to get financially successful enough first to allow that to happen.”

Wendy carved a niche in a field with which she was familiar. She worked as a nurse for about 40 years in a variety of capacities prior to her retirement at the age of 57.

“I did a six month stint with a com-puter software company [after retire-ment] and knew that wasn’t for me,” she says. “Then I met someone who introduced me to the idea of a Nurse Next Door franchise and I never looked back.”

Wendy realized quickly that she was perfectly capable.

“It was not easy, but it was abso-

Nurse Next Door franchise owner Wendy Scott loves teaching and motivating people in her business.


lutely fun and enjoyable. What was really neat was I was able to engage all my skills,” says Wendy. “I get to teach, to speak, to interact with cli-ents and their families, and to manage my employees. I get to teach and mo-tivate people. It is everything I ever dreamed of doing.”

Another aspect of running a busi-ness that agrees with Wendy is the lack of bureaucracy.

“One thing I really like is the speed of change,” she says. “Compared to what I am used to, it doesn’t take so long to swing momentum within your business. Let’s say you make a deci-sion to advertise in a certain place and it doesn’t work. Right away, you know not to do that again. I love the fact I can change gears so quickly and that the world is my oyster. I am not caught up in the politics, and I know that the buck stops with me. I make decisions and I live with them.”

Becoming an entrepreneur at any stage of life is challenging, frustrating and potentially rewarding. Whether one is doing it for financial gain, to give back or merely to have some-thing to do, it is never too late to fol-low dreams. Just be sure to temper that dream with a healthy dose of reality.

“You need to be realistic about get-ting into business as it has fluctua-tions and growing pains,” says Wendy. “I knew it wasn’t going to be a walk in the park, but I also know nothing worthwhile is.” SL

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Allan Holender is not only an entrepreneur but at the age of 69, he has be-come, of all things, a

Zentrepreneur. To understand what that means one needs to have some idea of where Allan came from – and how he arrived at this stage of his life. The road has been long and winding with more than its share of bumps along the way.

The first one came early. Allan’s mother contracted Rubella while she was pregnant with him, and as a re-sult, her son was born with congenital cataracts. From the age of seven, both eyes developed a film over them. He re-members, “It was like looking through a fog. This had a profound effect on my life and growth as a child. I was embarrassed to participate in anything that required visual acuity, although I loved sports.”

Allan’s problems with his vision often left him feeling inadequate. One way he dealt with those feelings was by becoming the class clown.

“Every laugh became approval,” he says. “I got recognition and, despite the fact I was called often to the principal’s office, it didn’t matter to me be-cause it was more impor-tant to be part of the gang than to respect authority.”

At the age of 13, Allan received an experimen-tal operation on one eye, which may have worked if he had heeded his phy-sician’s advice and re-frained from sports for one year. Instead, he played and the result was a hem-

orrhage in the one eye, which caused blindness. In the aftermath of this trau-matic event, Allan found strength.

“I was wallowing in self-pity when I felt this incredible warm embrace like a hundred healing hands,” he says. “I went to my parents’ room, put my arms around them and said, ‘ev-erything is going to be okay,’ and from that moment on it was.”

Allan applied to 50 U.S. colleges since no Canadian universities would accept him with his non-matriculation diploma. At the University of Montana, Allan not only received an undergradu-ate and completed his master’s degree in sociology, but he even made the fresh-men basketball team, despite looking at life through a fog.

“Nobody, including the coach, knew that I couldn’t see from one end of the court to the other,” he says. “I just stayed under the basket and never hol-lered for the ball. Making the cut was a huge boost to feeling normal.”

By the time he was 37, Allan’s eye-

sight had deteriorated to the point he couldn’t see more than about 10 feet (3.1 metres). Despite the risk of going totally blind if something went wrong, he opted for another operation.

“When the bandages came off, I saw my doctor clearly for the first time,” he recalls. “I read his name, Dr. John Rich-ards, on his lab coat. I saw colours, fac-es that were sharp and clear and most importantly my children’s faces for the first time. I began to dream of all the things I had been afraid to do. Above all, I could feel normal!”

After many years working in vari-ous fields, Allan’s passion for radio emerged.

“They say that what you liked to do when you were 10 years old is where your true passion lies,” he says. “When I was 10, my father built me a radio sta-tion in his den. He set it up and ran some wires to the kitchen and hooked up the speakers. He bought me a microphone and I would broadcast to my mother.”

For two years, he returned to those glory days.

“[I hosted] a two-hour show on AM 1040 called ‘Big Al’s Dance Party’ fea-turing music from the ’40s, ’50s, big band and jazz.”

Allan’s next project was to produce and host a business talk radio show for home-business owners that became so well received he decided to do a home biz minute syndicated across Canada. This eventually spread to over 450 U.S. affiliates from coast to coast on the Talk America broadcast-ing syndicate.

Following a few more ventures, and at the urging of his present wife, Allan started writing a journal that, in time, became a book. During his research,

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he visited a Buddhist temple and met with one of the pro-gram staff.

“While I felt at peace there, it still did not feel like home,” he says. “I decided I could no longer live the illusion that I was going to be the-Jew-who-became-the-Buddhist and, instead, I was going to write about something I already be-lieved in – a life I was passionate about.”

Around the same time, Allan’s son wrote him a letter out-lining a litany of complaints against his father.

“It came as a total shock to me as I had coached his teams and gone on father-son road trips together, but I had to admit he was right about me. My schemes and scams and all the directions I had taken in life were wrong. He was the catalyst for the book. My marketing people wanted to call it Buddha and the Boardroom, but I decided against that. I’m not a true Buddhist in the religious sense. Buddhism is about right ac-tion, right livelihood and integrity. I chose to take the eight-fold path and apply it to business. You need to be a visionary, someone people will look up to. The idea intrigued me.”

When writing, Allan quickly realized that claiming he was an expert on Zentrepreneurism was just wrong. Instead, he researched, read articles and interviewed as many people as he could and compiled what he discovered in his book.

“I am a communicator and so what better role to have as a first-time author than to be the voice and messenger for Zentrepreneurism. I am excited by this and hope I can make a slight but profound impact on the culture of busi-ness in North America,” he says.

Once the book project was done, Allan turned his love of radio into a way to promote his new idea. He started a radio program about Zentrepreneurism on the Internet.

“The iPod is the new transistor radio,” he says. “We are trying to bring back original radio using new technology. I knew the future was in digital radio, so I’ve jumped in with both feet along with a Hollywood partner.”

Now, Allan has started the Positive World Radio Net-work, a digital-based non-commercial radio network broad-cast at www.pwrnradio.com. Allan wants the broadcast site eventually to look like an old-fashioned radio dial so one can tune in to the various channels depending on their interest. He is also developing a True North radio website full of Canadian content. He did all this after his research showed that no one was doing this web-based commercial-free radio network in Canada.

“I am blessed that I can see with one eye, but there are many people out there who have no vision at all and their only real entertainment is the radio,” says Allan. “I wanted a place where I could bring in all the program ideas I grew up with. Radio is an extension of my life. I discovered I was good at inventing, but terrible at running a business. I kept trying and failing. I was forced to reinvent myself with no safety net and to this day it remains a challenge.”

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Twenty years ago, while driving a B.C. transit bus, Marilyn Joyce (M.J.) Milne had a strange encounter of the mystical kind. As she pulled into a stop and opened the door, a maroon-

robed man with a black goatee beard was standing at the stop. He didn’t board the bus, but stood there silently star-ing up at her. Impatient, she closed the door and drove away. But the second day, and then a third, he was there again, and the same thing happened. Although he didn’t speak, he seemed to be telepathically communicating a message to her. “Isn’t it about time?”

To M.J., the incident didn’t seem odd. She had always been a spiritual seeker. Perhaps it was time, she thought, as the stranger disappeared in the rear-view mirror, time to look inside herself for the answers she sought; time to change her life and listen to the inner messages of soul. The appearance of the stranger, who she thought to be a spiritual

master, was a turning point, the catalyst, which set her on a path of spiritual enlightenment and self-discovery.

Born in Vancouver in 1948, the eldest of three girls, M.J. moved with her family to North Vancouver. As a child, her abilities as an artist and writer, her love of travel and her in-terest in the world of spirit, emerged early. After graduating in 1967 from Delbrook High School, she studied art at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, attended Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia. Planning a career as an artist, she painted, working hard at improving her skill.

While at university, following a series of profound occur-rences, M.J. began investigating alternative ways of living, thinking and believing. She disagreed with the man-made theories of the many university philosophy books she had to read, and the traditional world religions she researched failed to provide satisfactory answers to her many ques-

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tions. She sought spiritual paths in the “New Age” move-ment. She joined the feminist movement and became an activist; wrote screenplays, magazine articles, and hand-wrote a revolutionary New Age science-fiction novel, Uni-versal Tides: Barbed Wire Blues – a tome some 500 pages long, which she stored in a trunk at her parent’s house, and promptly forgot about as life and living intervened.

Accepting a job up north, M.J. worked as an assistant to a geologist at an isolated goldmine north of Stewart, B.C. There, in her spare time, her connection with nature height-ened, she painted imaginative landscapes in oils, which were sought after by art collectors. She exhibited in a gal-lery and all her paintings sold.

Settling again in North Vancouver, she served as a grass-roots publicist for Canadian music groups, and produced and directed several music events. She travelled exten-sively. And over the years had two long-term relationships, which played a very important part in her life.

After her experience with the spiritual master at the bus stop in 1983, which she interpreted as a “calling,” M.J.’s life changed direction. She began an intense spiritual jour-ney. Instead of searching for answers in the experiences of others, she began looking inward to find the answers within herself. She sought to understand the profound occurrences that had transformed her life, their usefulness to her, and to listen to the voice of Soul.

Returning after 25 years to her parents’ home to take care of her ailing father, M.J. rediscovered her handwritten nov-el tucked safely away in a wooden chest. “It was strangely prophetic and relevant to today’s world,” she says. “So much of what is written in the book has come true; and more, I feel, is yet to happen.”

Feeling the book contained an important message, one she wanted to share with others, she rewrote it and pub-lished it as an e-book entitled Universal Tides: Barbed Wire Blues. It found an instant audience. “Little did I know that the theme of UTides – the fall of Man and the rise of the Spirit – could actually happen, depending on our choices! Included in the book are 12 Golden Keys. While helping the characters in the book, the 12 Golden Keys also helped many readers gain inner insights. They began using the keys to ask Soul all of life’s most intrigu-ing questions – and getting answers!”

The idea for the 12 Golden Keys came through as she was rewriting Universal Tides and, together with her own life-altering experiences, became the inspiration for M.J.’s startling non-fiction book 12 Golden Keys for a New World: Unlocking the Door to Conscious Freedom – Change Your Life, Change Your Planet.

With the book written, M.J., with true entrepreneurial spirit, decided not to go the traditional publishing route,

ISN’T IT ABOUT TIME? that of finding an agent and publisher and perhaps waiting up to five years for the book to be pub-lished. Or, if she couldn’t find a publisher, risk the book not being published at all. Using her own lit-erary and artistic ability, she launched her own publishing company, Blue Heron Produc-tions, with the added responsibility of self-marketing and promot-ing her book.

“Two years to write it, one year to publish it,” M.J. smiles, “and 20 years to live it!” With a wink, she says, “And I loved every moment. If you don’t love what you do, you’re not meant to do it! When you discover your passion, you have a reason to live.”

For more information about M.J.’s books, visit online at www.12GoldenKeys.com or www.UniversalTides.com


FOREVER

ELDERQUAKE8.5 and sitting on the horizon

BY WILLIAM THOMAS


The little things tell the big story. Like that image of a little old lady on a corner waiting for a Good Sa-

maritan to help her across the street. Well soon there will be a dozen elderly ladies on that corner kicking each other in the shins over who’s first in line and the Good Samaritan, a.k.a the government, will be a “no show.”

And that lovely scene of two men playing checkers in the park? Soon there will be more checker-boards than benches in that park because the world’s population is aging at an accelerated rate never seen before in history. The number of older people is increasing much faster than the number of young people. The Golden Girls are cancelling Sesame Street.

The elderly used to worry about being a burden to their families, now they’re about to become a big problem for the planet. By 2018, 65-year-olds will outnumber those under the age of five for the first time ever.

This will also turn the global econ-omy on its head. Experts believe that maintaining a decent standard of living for the old will place a crushing finan-cial burden on the young.

This year, the first wave of baby

boomers in the United States will be eligible for full Social Security and Medicare benefits setting off a two-de-cade, astronomical spending spree by a government that’s already in mile-high debt. So, Sarah Palin’s insane claim that President Obama’s healthcare plan

called for “euthanizing the elderly” is starting to look like a viable option somewhere down the line.

By the year 2050, there will be 300 million people over the age of 65 in China and not nearly enough toothpicks to go around. The Chinese government is passing the buck to the families. They have a name for it: “the 4-2-1 problem.” That’s one child caring for two parents and four grandparents. Not too much pressure on a young Kemei, circling help-wanted ads in the Shen-zhen Times while riding around on a bike with a flat front tire.

To staff their massive factories, the Chinese government is flooding the

biggest cities with young people and driving the old out of their homes. It’s called “age apartheid.”

The Global Again Preparedness In-dex compiled by a Washington think tank covers all of this information and when it becomes today’s forecast and

tomorrow’s crisis – you couldn’t do better than the acronym GAP.

But what will Canada do? The government of Canada, unlike those of many unprepared countries has some concrete plans in place: when “Elderquake” hits home over the next 20 years, our government will act really, really surprised.

They plan to blame Stats Canada and a software program short on zeros. While claiming to have made provi-sions for the health and financial well-being of 1.5 million elderly, they will claim to have no idea the real number was 15 million.

“We’re mad as hell,” the Prime Minister will say. But not as mad as the 90 year olds living in their grandson’s garage.

They will blame the failure of the system on the previous government, who will in turn blame it on their pre-decessors who will blame it on Paul Martin. Walking through Lafontaine Park in his undershorts, Paul Martin

By 2018, 65-year-olds will outnumber those under

the age of fi ve for the fi rst time ever.


will say: “I can’t recall.”Then the photo ops will begin show-

ing that the crisis is not nearly as bad as the experts claim and the elderly of Canada, now living in an abandoned airport are receiving water, ration packs left over from Afghanistan and warm socks. It’s called “warehousing.”

Those requiring serious medical at-tention will be offered “Varadero, one week, all-inclusive, air, hotel, meals, bar drinks and hospital transfers.”

The federal health minister, later to be reprimanded for it, will characterize the elderly as “lazy and unproductive” pointing out that “Hey, why don’t they try their luck at the casinos!”

Health Canada posters and bill-boards will spring up extolling the vir-tues of the “aging initiative” showing a photo of 94-year-old Mable Spark who won $10 at her nursing home for guessing the number of jelly beans in a canning jar. “And,” the ad will say, “she also got to keep the jelly beans.”

A spry 95-year-old Julie Andrews will appear in a feel-good video ex-tolling a few of her favourite things like: “Air bags on walkers and seat-belts on rockers.”

The minister of consumer affairs will almost lose his post for buying millions of cheap canes from China made of rubber. The recall will be ugly but not without comical incidents.

In a move to save its skin, the gov-ernment will come up with its own “4-2-1 formula.” That’s one caregiver for every two rooms full of elderly with four minutes maximum in the bathroom each. Do you get the feel-ing this government believes that this trend too will pass?

Oh, and the really bad news? We’re all healthier than our parents and on track to live a lot longer.

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Volunteering

The restoration of a B.C. heri-tage house has energized the life of a group of Vancouver Lower Mainland retirees.

Kirkland House in Ladner is a heritage pioneer farm home being restored by a dedicated volunteer group of about 20 – mainly retired Delta citizens.

Their mission is to open the building to the community as “a productive gather-ing place for small non-profit community groups and events that contribute to the preservation and improvement of the so-cial and cultural fabric of Delta.”

The Kirkland family first occupied Kirkland House, built in 1911 as a three-storey impressive Edwardian farmhouse. Over many years, the abandoned house fell into serious disrepair. The property subsequently came into public owner-ship by the Corporation of Delta and is now managed by a volunteer society – the Kirkland Foundation. When the Founda-tion began restoration work on the house, there weren’t any doors or windows, and graffiti and holes marred the walls.

Due to the commitment of core volun-teers, the house now welcomes the com-munity and is well on its way to attaining its goals. Two of its most dedicated volun-teers are retired teachers Colin Campbell and Matt Rogers.

“The house had been boarded up and had become party central,” says Colin. “From 1992 to 2000, we stripped the place down to 2x4s, and then we started to rebuild. On the inside, most of the original wood had been burnt, but what remained – we re-moved many coats of paint, took off most of the lasting wood, stripped it, stained and varnished it and put it up again.”

“We want the house to look 100 years old – but a nice, old feel to it, including antique furniture, and the kind of heritage

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This page, top, Kirkland House volunteers Colin Campbell and Matt Rogers dig a horseshoe pit.Above, Kirkland volunteers take on a paint job. Opposite page, top, Kirkland House volunteers meet over morning coffee. Bottom, Kirkland House. Photos: Bev Yaworski


and completion.” Colin also believes it’s important

to keep busy and build social connec-tions after retirement. “Kirkland House does both, because most of us didn’t know each other before we got involved here, and now at coffee time, our volun-teers will tell you they know each other pretty well. You can miss that if you’ve worked all your life.”

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home where people can actually sit on the furniture.”

As of 2011, the approximate two-acre site is used mainly for outdoor weddings and community gatherings with limited use of the house and kitchen. Movies have also been filmed on location.

Plans include renting out the main house for small community events. The renovation also expanded to include beau-tiful adjacent gardens, a gazebo, an onsite shed and the beginnings of an antique farm equipment collection.

The grounds are already fully booked for the summer of 2011 and have become one of the best July 1st celebratory loca-tions in the Lower Mainland.

How did this “labour of love” begin for volunteers like Colin and Matt?

“My friend Matt Rogers was cutting blackberry bushes at Kirkland House by hand,” says Colin. “At that time the black-berry bushes had overtaken the house property. They started about 10 feet (3.1 metres) from the house and went eight feet (2.4 metres) high. Matt got me involved at that stage of the house restoration.”

“A small group of us got together and formed a society to protect the house and weatherproof it.”

The rest is history – about 15 years of committed volunteerism has brought the building out of decay and back to life. The volunteers meet on Wednesdays and Sat-urdays to continue work on the house.

Their activities include anything from carpentry, electrical, plumbing, furni-ture building, gardening or hosting social events. Participants come to help for a va-riety of reasons.

“When I was ready to retire,” says Co-lin, “I thought money was the least impor-tant part of retirement. Staying alive is far more important. And the way you stay alive is to be involved in the community. Kirk-land House is a fun project to do because you can do physical work, organizational work – all sorts of different kinds of work – or not, because the pay is zero dollars per hour. If your wife says you have to go on a holiday, you go. This is a great project because it is very flexible that way.”

Matt’s thoughts on retirement: “There can be a problem for men when they re-

tire. They are so used to a schedule (9-to-5, five days a week) and when they retire, they lose their schedule. My philosophy has always been that when you retire, you should think really hard and plan what you are going to do to-morrow and then you’ll have a good night’s sleep.”

“At Kirkland, Colin and I are here to organize so that what is done doesn’t have to be undone, and then people can see progress and completion. We have a regular group coffee time and chatter goes on and we update everyone as to what is going on with the house. As a group, we get a sense of togetherness

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Highway 101 hugs the California, Oregon and Washington coastlines to Port Angeles, then, re-emerging north of Vancouver, continues another 139km along two spectacular peninsulas. Shel-

tered by Vancouver Island, this aptly named Sunshine Coast provides a perfect four-day road trip.

Departing Horseshoe Bay, a ferry ride whisks us across scenic Howe Sound to Sechelt Peninsula. Entering Gibson’s Landing, George Gibson’s statue surveys the picturesque har-bour where his ketch Swamp Angel blew off course in 1886. George and his sons stayed and established this port. Museum photos and artifacts highlight Finn-ish neighbours who began homesteading around 1905.

Across the street sits ca-nary yellow Molly’s Reach, an iconic building seen reg-ularly on Canadian televi-sion for nearly two decades. Here, motherly Molly served up coffee to Gibson’s beloved Beachcombers characters. Nick Adonidas, his native partner Jesse and their oddball competitor Relic humorously connived to gather stray logs along the shore. Nic’s workhorse boat Persephone lies in an adjacent corner. Gibson’s museum further celebrates its maritime heritage dis-playing exploits of local sailors, a locally developed sub-marine and Beachcombers memorabilia.

Along Highway 101, blue artisan signs trumpet a more re-cent population influx: artists coming to work in glass, fabric, clay, gems, wood, stone and paint. Visitors like us venture here to hike the rugged coastline and evergreen forests. Chap-man Creek Trail is especially appealing. Over 25 years ago,

an anonymous carver created a whimsical series of wizened, whiskered faces on fallen logs and stumps; we encounter a dozen such wood spirits along the creek. Below Chapman Creek stretches Davis Bay, where summer beaches attract kite flyers, sandcastle builders and swimmers. Strolling the seaside esplanade onto the landmark wooden pier, we watch anglers catching sand dabs, bullheads and Dungeness crabs.

Up the road, Sechelt, the town named for Shishalh native band is festooned with multicoloured totem poles. Heading

to Porpoise Bay, we stroll around a waterfowl conservation park at Sechelt Marsh before basking on the sundeck of a local pub. Awaiting fish and chips, the manager stops to chat, telling us about this peninsula’s charming, laid-back resorts and lodgings – and how water sports attract most visitors. He grins, “I’ve already caught some good-sized salmon this month!”

To the End of Highway 101:A BC Coast Adventure

STORY AND PHOTOS BY RICK & CHRIS MILLIKAN

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After a cozy evening in a B&B overlooking magnificent Sechelt Inlet, we savour three-course gourmet breakfasts while trading lively sightseeing stories with other guests. Luxuriat-ing next in a Secret Cove resort, we hike, swim and roman-tically dine on luscious seafood. Our hostess describes how this breathtaking resort evolved from an early fishing lodge by adding this fine restaurant, upgrading cabins and creating hillside, ocean view tent-houses linked by forest boardwalks. She whispers, “Joni Mitchell stayed several months in cabin 11, composing a new album while her home was built.”

In the morning we’re off, meandering through Pender Harbour, Madeira Park and Ruby Lake to Egmont on the Sechelt Peninsula’s northern tip. Just past the popular trail leading to the formidable tidal rapids of world famous Skoo-kumchuck Narrows, we board a sturdy cabin cruiser to travel 30-nautical miles through a series of royally named fjords, deep U-shaped trenches carved by glaciers 10,000 years ago. Today, kayakers ply these pristine waters, though sheer bluffs generally prohibit landings.

Along the way, Captain Tim notes, “This is one of the few logged sections. You can see how companies face difficulties harvesting in this terrain. Those green patches demonstrate three stages of replanted, fast growing hemlock.” Then, pass-ing a rock quarry near Prince of Wales Reach, he explains how gravel from here is economically barged throughout B.C.

“Only deep-water fish like lingcod live in this fjord,” says Tim. So, sighting over 100 seals basking on a tiny island prompts speculation on an envious diet. White-shelled oys-ters lie strewn along the low-tide shoreline, numerous blue buoys mark traps dropped to harvest prawns and faraway floats identify a fish farm. More distant enterprises grow mussels, oysters and scallops.

In Princess Royal Reach, we pause to photograph the vertical cascade of Soda Creek Falls and minutes later view

red pictographs high on a rock face, perhaps revealing an ancient fishing spot. Surefooted natives once scaled these green craggy slopes to hunt mountain goats, chasing them over the steep cliffs.

A narrow passage leads into Princess Louisa Inlet where snowy peaks and countless silvery waterfalls surround us. To investigate famed Chatterbox Falls, we disembark at a small dock lined with yachts and floatplanes; scar-let jellyfish undulate in crystal waters below. A trail leads us through towering cedars to a point where we fully appreciate the falls’ spar-kling white immensity. More roar than chatter, we jokingly rename it Thundering Falls!

Northward on Highway 101, Earl’s Cove ferry carries us through Jervis Inlet to Mala-spina Peninsula. Out in the depths at nearby Saltery Bay Provincial Park, a three-metre bronze mermaid welcomes divers into one of

19 local scuba sites. Flippered folks swim from a crystal cove to commune with octopi, wolf eels, red snapper, sea bass, sea lions and other finny friends.

Proceeding through woodsy communities and along shorelines presenting picture-perfect panoramas of the strait, we sweep into Powell River. Onward past blackberry-hedged

To the End of Highway 101:

Molly’s Reach at Gibson’s Landing.


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homes, island ferry terminal, water-front businesses and beachside Willing-don Park, we stop above the pulp mill where Powell River began. Celebrating their historic townsite’s centennial, we tour the topnotch facilities that attract-ed workers here. Their arts-and-crafts homes boasted large front porches, in-stalled to promote neighbourliness. One of Canada’s longest continually running theatres stands beside a heritage garden. Though law-abiding, we lunch in a for-mer cell at Jailhouse Café, explore one of many lakeside trails and return for crab night on the arresting terrace of the vintage Tudor-style courthouse.

Narrowing, Highway 101 winds past Powell Lake, upward through Wild-wood – settled by Italians – Sliammon, a Coast Salish community, and through a large swath of secondary forest. Ulti-mately, the road snakes downward into Lund where a stone monument touts its end!

Prominent century-old Lund Ho-tel, one of two hotels built by Fred and Charlie Thurin, reflects this town’s be-ginnings and aspirations. Arriving in 1889, these brothers named this settle-ment after a Swedish city and attracted countrymen to farm nearby. Comfort-ably refurbished, this 1905 hotel reveals

the region’s fine artistry. Hall-ways sport aboriginal stylized salmon; room murals depict west coast scenes. Under-standing the artist owns a gal-lery downstairs, we pop in for a chat as she meticulous-ly sculpts realistic animals from soapstone.

At the edge of the busy harbour, a water taxi office arranges shuttles to outly-ing islands; Nancy’s Bak-

Planning Your Own Road Trip:• The unspoiled Sunshine Coast in a nutshell: www.bigpacific.com• Complete BC Ferries information: www.bcferries.com• Lighthouse Pub & Magellan’s over-looking Porpoise Bay: www.magellansbc.ca• Pamper yourself at Sechelt Inlet Bed & Breakfast: www.secheltinletbandb.com • Luxuriate at Rock Water Secret Cove Resort: www.rockwatersecretcoveresort.com• Princess Louisa Inlet Cruise: www.sunshinecoasttours.bc.ca• Find fresh, locally grown organic food at Manzanita Restaurant within Old Courthouse Inn, a charming bou-tique hotel in Powel River’s historic townsite: www.manzanita.ca• Historic Lund Hotel: www.lundhotel.com• Kayak & Water Adventures: www.terracentricadventures.com

ery perches above, offering patio tables for sampling aromatic goodies includ-ing varieties of scrumptious cinnamon buns. A boardwalk links a semicircle of craft stores, eateries and outdoor sport shops renting kayaks for paddling Des-olation Sound, B.C.’s largest and oldest marine park. If neither sailor nor kayak-er, Lund Hotel schedules weekly cruises on Swan Spirit.

Just outside Lund, Hurtado trail leads us toward an extraordinary view-point. Ambling through a shady forest past skunk cabbage, leathery-leaved salal and orange tiger lilies, we arrive at a high rock bluff surrounded by cop-pery-barked arbutus. Across the spar-kling water, Savary Island’s wide sandy beaches appear. There, long sunny days and shallows produce the warmest swimming conditions north of Mexico. Our next Highway 101 getaway may end with this Savary twist! SL

Chris speaks with a soapstone carver in Lund.

Left, Beachcombers memorabilia at Gibson’s museum.


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It’s Spring Break 1971, and I’m flying down The Cut, a popular slope on Vancouver’s Grouse Mountain. The conditions are ski-sational: soft base, unlimited visibility and sunny skies. Then, out of the blue, inter-

rupting my schussing solo: Here Comes The Sun, I’m falling head over heels with the man I’ll marry (23 years and two children later – but that’s another story!).

Fast track to 2011: we’re standing on the windblown 2,225 metre-high summit of The Stoker Chair and I realize two things. After 40 years, we still have passion for powder. And Revelstoke Mountain Resort, embraced by the Mona-shees and Selkirks, is a great place to find it!

“We can get 60 feet a season,” our instructor, Nitzan Nzu-

ella explains, as pillow-soft flakes fall chaotically from the sky. “And this mountain’s so big, you’ll be blown away!” Al-though not totally comforted by her words, it’s clear – this expert is pumped.

We’ve noticed it with others – there’s a definite buzz about this newest kid on the ski block. Maybe because it’s the only village that offers top-of-the-line extreme shopping; lift, cat, heli and backcountry skiing, rolled-into-one. The historical hamlet of nearby Revelstoke probably has an influence too. But more likely, it’s the future growth of this four-year-old that’s generating the most hype. Eventually 20 lifts will ser-vice more than 100 runs and manicured fairways will lace the valley floor. Hotels, townhomes and retail will straddle a

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»pedestrian hub – another world-class wonderland? Look out Whistler!

“Let’s go for snow!” Nitzan quips excitedly from our view-boasting bluff. “Whatever we see, we can ski!” Countless downhill options fan out before us from this highest lift-serviced vertical in North America: evergreen glades, untracked chutes and barren bowels. All are covered in an epic dump and, just like the lift lines, they’re un-cluttered, serene.

“Just lean forward and bend your knees,” she explains, when sensing my apprehension about the thigh-deep cloaking. “And tense your core.” Easy for her to say. Although this mom of a six-month old has a belly tighter than a drum, mine has been slacking off for decades. And I have

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Opposite page, Revelation Gondola glides to the summit. Photo courtesy of Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

This page, top, The author and her husband Brent still both have passion for powder.

Right, The untracked terrain is lighter than goose down.


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no recollection of this much snow! Maybe I should have stuck to the lower-level dog sledding or Nordic trails. Better yet, a massage table! Too late now. At least there’s The Last Spike, if I chicken out. The 15.2 kilometre trail frequently intersects the steeper pitches and assures an easier descent.

But to my surprise, after following Nitzan’s lead, I don’t need this escape route. Well, not yet. The untracked terrain is lighter than goose down and, thanks to her tips, I rediscover that familiar bobbing rhythm.

Over the next two days, we scroll down cruisers like Criti-cal Path and Chopper, exclaim yee-haws on Snow Rodeo and Wooly Bully, and ease onto that cat track if our thighs burn. When it’s time to refuel, Mackenzie Outpost and Mid Moun-tain Lodge are just a glide away, or Rockford Wok|Bar|Grill is snuggled in the village hub. Right next door, sharing this first-class Nelsen Lodge is our favourite after-hours hang-out, a chic contemporary suite where we crash in comfort – a chef-envy kitchen, heavenly bed, nearby hot tub. What more does a getaway girl need?

“Ready to kick up more powder?” Brent asks, when real-izing that I’ve been struck with a case of ski fever. “There’s also a lot at our next stop.” Revelstoke Mountain Resort has conquered their mission. I’m totally stoked and revved up by their slopes. Can I take on any more at Kicking Horse?

After the white-knuckle drive through Roger’s Pass and the town of Golden, we roll into a fairy-tale-like village that’s swathed in winter wear. Yardstick-thick layers cloak timbered rooftops, marshmallow-shaped crowns festoon rocky pillars and crystal icicles shimmer from frozen eaves.

Lodgings hug up to the village core and an eclectic array – everything from boutique hotels to chi-chi houses – dot the neighbouring streets. We go for an upscale ski in/out suite at the Palliser Lodge, where we have the best of both worlds – full-on luxuries that entice long-term hibernation and the happening hub just a short stroll away. The next morning, be-neath a bluebird sky we discover just how popular it is.

“We’ve broken a 30-year record – 80 centimetres in the last three days!” The loudspeaker announcement generates a roaring hooray from the affable crowd. “Conditions like this bring out all the diehards,” Don Steinhauer says, at the bustling base of Golden Eagle Express, an eight-passenger gondola that transports experts up CPR ridgeline to a wind-blown summit. From there, they can also access the Stairway To Heaven where more challenging chutes wait.

“But we have runs for everyone,” he assures. “You’ll see.” Although I probably should have taken another lesson,

This page, top, Jane and Brent check out the slope side safari of runs. Centre, Eagle’s Eye Restaurant – the highest in Canada.

Bottom, Lounging in the Nelsen Lodge.Opposite page, Don Steinhauer gives Brent a few tips.

Photos: Brent Cassie


lunch at Eagle’s Eye,” Don pipes up, as if reading my mind. “On its Dogtooth Range perch, it’s the highest restaurant in Canada. And the food’s great.”

Shortly after the 12-minute escalation, we’re testing it out – mouth-watering entrees like wild B.C. salmon, succulent chicken ciabatta and a goat cheese salad. And what a view! Weather-worn ridges extend from peak to peak and give way to vast bowls, glorious glades, chutes and couloirs. More than 85 options offer a thrilling way out.

While the skilled go for gravity-defiers like Pearly Gates and Terminator, we get ready for “It’s A Ten,” the longest run of all. This 10km cat track wraps the mountainous contours like a flowing scarf and, just like the memorable 1970 Eagle’s song that’s playing in my head, will provide us with a peace-ful, easy feeling all the way down. SL

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this well-seasoned Snow Host alleviates some of my qualms. “Let’s ditch the crowds and go skiing,” he says, leading us away from the masses.

By taking the Catamount quad to mid-station we bypass the vortex and, after a gentle cruiser, load onto Pioneer Chair. “This lift serviced the original Whitetooth Ski Area and has lots of great groomers,” Don says. “It beats waiting in line. That’s why the locals love it.” He calls out to a few who ski on the run below. Leslie is in her sixties, another couple in their seventies. And as for Don? Although his peppered beard is a bit of a give-away, based on his sleek technique it’s hard to say.

While attempting to copy his squirrelly tracks, we literally glide on the wild side. Grizzly Paw, Wiley Coyote, and the signature, Kicking Horse – like a slope-side safari each run provides us with an adventurous descent. And just like the wilderness, they’re pretty deserted. Maybe that’s why Boo likes the area so much. Thirty-three penned acres are home to the resident orphaned grizzly, and though hibernating during these colder months, when the mountain bikers and hikers come out to play, so will he.

After we lap this chair a few times, we make our way down to the village hub. “There’s not much of a lineup,” Don says when checking the gondola, “Let’s head to the heavens.” Sud-denly, the lower-level tube park and skating rink look more inviting. Or maybe I could be a foodie for the afternoon. With the eight nearby eateries, I’d sure get my fill. “We can get


RICEPrepare long grain Basmati rice while the chicken cooks. A

coffee mug of dry rice is good for three people. Fill a sauce-pan with water, rest a sieve on the top and put the rice in the sieve. With a wooden spoon under cold running water, stir the rice until the water is clear. Lift the sieve out of the water and discard water. Put rice into saucepan and cover with fresh water (about 1 cm/a knuckle above the rice). Put on high heat, wait until it boils, then turn it down to simmer until the rice is dry and fluffy.

SALTED FRESH FRUITAfter hot spicy dishes, the regular dessert is a plate of

sliced fresh fruit, sprinkled with salt (sea salt). The salt brings out the flavour of any fruit – oranges, apples, water apples, star fruit, watermelon, bananas or whatever’s available. Put toothpicks into the slices so they are easy to pick up; provide a dish for the skins.

LYCHEE & ALMOND JELLYAnother cooling dessert is almond jelly and lychees. China-

town will have packets of almond jelly available for purchase. Stir the powder into hot water, pour into a baking tray and put in the fridge. When it has set, cut the jelly into cubes. Empty a can of lychees (and their juice) into a bowl with the almond jelly cubes. The flavours are subtle and refreshing.

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Chicken rice is a favourite lunch dish in Singa-pore served at a hawker’s stall in waxed brown paper tied up with plastic string or in the air-conditioned Mandarin Hotel on Orchard Road.

It’s quick to cook, tasty and very healthy. As long as the ingre-dients are available, it can be ready in half an hour.

CHICKEN In a big pot (Dutch oven) on the stove, add a tablespoon of cooking oil (not olive oil) and heat.

Add:Onion or garlic, sliced or crushedGinger root, sliced (no need to peel)Bunch of green onions (spring onions), choppedBunch of cilantro/coriander, chopped (save some to use as garnish)Chicken (thighs, breast – 2 or 3 per person)Cover with waterAdd Chinese soy sauceAdd a couple of packets of chicken OXO/BovrilBring to the boil and then simmerAdjust seasoning (soy and OXO)

When the chicken has cooked for half an hour and the soup is tasty, take the chicken pieces out with a slotted spoon and re-move the skin. Slice chicken. Serve on rice and sprinkle fresh cilantro on top. Ladle the soup into a separate bowl. On the table, have individual small dishes of Chinese soy sauce and sweet Thai chili sauce for people to dip their chicken in. Use Chinese bowls, ceramic spoons and chopsticks. Serve with Jasmine tea.

Next day, when the leftovers have been in the fridge, a coating of fat will cover the soup. Scoop it off into a paper towel and discard; reheat the soup. It will be even tastier.


sidered for the job, however, the ap-plicant has to check his credit report through a recommended website. The truth is the email is just an attempt to get the job hunter to divulge sensitive financial information.

The employer is quick to ask for per-sonal information

Job hunters might receive an email offering a great opportunity, direct-ing him to a website that is designed to install malware on his computer or solicit bank account or Social Insur-ance Number. In other cases, the job hunter might even be asked to submit a resume, find out he’s been hired and then immediately be asked for bank account information or Social Insur-ance Number.

The job requires you to wire moneyMany phoney jobs require the em-

ployee to cash a cheque sent by the company through the mail and then wire a portion of the money on to an-other entity. The cheque might clear the employee’s bank account, but will eventually turn out to be a fake and the employee is out the money he wired back to the scammers.

For more advice on avoiding scams and fraud, visit www.mbc.bbb.org

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Canadians are putting off retirement more than ever, choosing instead to remain in the workforce

beyond traditional retirement age. According to Statistics Canada,

between 1996 and 2006, the employ-ment rate for seniors age 65 and older increased from 12 per cent to 15 per cent for men, and from four per cent to six per cent for women. Several fac-tors keep Canadians working, from income and retirement considerations to good health and a desire to remain active.

With so many Canadians remaining in the workforce, however, it means more opportunities for fraudsters to scam job hunters.

Not thoroughly researching a job opportunity could result in the loss of hundreds or even thousands of dollars to any number of job-related scams.

BBB recommends looking out for the following when searching for a job:

The employer offers the opportu-nity to become rich without leaving home

While many legitimate businesses allow employees to work from home, there are also many scammers trying to take advantage of those looking to make money conveniently from home. Job hunters should use extreme cau-tion when considering a work-at-home offer and always research the company with their BBB first at www.bbb.org

The employer asks for money up-front

Job hunters should never have to pay money to be considered for a job. If a potential employer asks the job hunter to pay the company to cover the costs of testing, training or background checks, it’s a red flag.

The salary and benefits offered seem too good to be true

The adage holds true for job of-fers: if the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Phoney employers might brag about exceptionally high salary potential and excellent benefits for little work and no experience nec-essary in order to lure unsuspecting job hunters into their scam.

Job placement companies that make big promises

Job placement companies often do not charge the job hunters for help finding a job, but instead are paid by companies that need help filling posi-tions. Some job placement companies, however, have taken money from job hunters and not fulfilled their promises of quick employment. Ask for the con-tract upfront to review the placement terms.

The employer requires you to check your credit report

After posting resumes online or re-sponding to online job listings, some job hunters received what they thought was good news: an email from an in-terested employer. In order to be con-


are others worth keeping and sharing. Sometimes the road of memory can be a lonely one: like cooking a great dinner but having no one to share it with.

I know none of my memories are covered in tattoos. None where I had my skin punctured with a ring in my nose, my eyebrow, my navel or any other body part willing to get lost in a fad. But I guess there are different memories for different times. Our youth will gather theirs just as we did and do. God bless them!

What should we do with our memories now that we are getting older? It’s too bad we can’t have garage sales for old memories and stories that once meant something. Even mem-

ories and stories need a begin-ning, and we were there to get them going on their way. We don’t get very much for things we put in garage sales. A mere pittance for what they are worth. But a pittance is better than nothing at all, I guess.

Sometimes I feel like walk-ing down the street shouting, “Memories and stories for sale. Very reasonable. Get

memories and stories here!” People don’t even have to buy them. Heck, I’ll give them away free.

Even if few who are younger are interested in our jour-ney, we, you and I, can still wander back to the days of 12-cent movies, nickel ice-cream cones, one-speed bicycles, glass milk bottles, twist doorbells, vestibules and 10-cent hot dogs.

Solomon said it best, “Vanity, vanity, all is vanity.” And maybe that’s so. But those long-ago times had a softness and sweet innocence about them that challenged us to dream our own dreams, never once thinking that one day we would be part of the past. Most of it was black and white, but oh, how the memories burst with colour!

In those times, when there was so little past and so much future – in those times, when thoughts were young.

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It was Saturday afternoon at the Imperial Theatre in Ottawa. Two feature films, a newsreel, a cartoon and an ongoing serial that left a 10-year-old boy (along with another 150 or so kids) clinging to the edge of our

seats, anticipating how our brave hero could be saved from what appeared to be certain death! Come back next Saturday afternoon to see if he or she manages to escape and live. Oh, it was grand – all for 12 cents.

Films were in black and white then. You had to imagine the colour. Roy Rogers was Roy Rogers, Johnny Weissmuller was Tarzan, and Lassie would come home. The Dead End Kids were becoming The Bowery Boys and we were getting older day by day without real-izing it.

Life was a game then – a game we thought would never end.

And now, well over half a century later, there is little trace of the “once was.” The memories are blown about the winds of change and like dust settle on ancient minds. It’s hard to believe now that those times even existed. What a story to relay to our children and grandchildren, if only they wanted to hear. Some do but most don’t. Too busy, I guess, planting the seeds of their own mem-ories to harvest later in the fields of time.

My dad tried to tell me about his boyhood experiences, but I wasn’t interested. I was far too busy, too selfish, to journey back with him. So, he went the course alone. He had great stories – true stories. One I vaguely remember of him watch-ing a native Sioux family crossing close to his home on the plains of South Dakota, seeking some unknown destination.

My dad used to say that I’d be sorry I didn’t listen. He was right! I am sorry. So many treasures that could have been gathered were left to become dust in one man’s mind. I don’t know if my own memories of the past could be considered treasures or not. Many could be discarded, I know, but there

...we can still wander back to the days of 12-cent movies, nickel ice-cream cones, one-speed bicycles, glass milk bottles, twist doorbells, vestibules and 10-cent hot dogs.

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