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Welcome to the Good Life — your local guide to the second half of living. You are the Baby Boomers of the Warm Land.Your kids are gone, or at least are in the process of leaving the nest. Your goals have shifted, or are shifting. Your body doesn’t necessarily work the way it once did. And life has served up a whole new set of challenges and opportunities.These stories are for you.

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By Patrick Hrushowy photo by Andrew Leong

In co� ee shops all over Cowichan most mornings there are uno� cial seniors’ social networks function-ing; although the participants don’t really think of them that way.

Check in early at Tim Hortons, Serious Co� ee, A&W, or almost anywhere they serve co� ee. You will likely � nd six, eight or 10 older guys sitting around chatting and passing time for a couple of hours. Some of these uno� cial groups have been getting together — sometimes seven mornings a week — for more than 10 or 15 years.� e group down at the Duncan A&W next to the Cowichan Aquatic Centre has been around for a long time. It got its start around a bunch of retired loggers; a truck driver, a faller, a yarding engineer and a relative newcomer who is a retired forest industry executive. � eir common interest also focuses around building and showing hot rods, which kind of explains their A&W loca-tion — the company has always been sup-portive of Show and Shine events and hot rod “rides.” � eir number now also includes a couple of guys retired from Telus.

It’s a gender thing at the A&W, although a few couples can be seen in the restau-rant most mornings. � e guys are over in one corner and on certain mornings you will see a bunch of silver-haired ladies in the other corner; they are the Heart and Stroke group of walkers who get together regularly for health and � tness and com-panionship over a cup of co� ee.For the guys, it seems natural — even necessary — to have a place to go in the mornings after all those years of getting out of the house to go to work. Sitting around the house just doesn’t seem to be

an option. For Jim, the faller, (these guys are a little publicity shy and preferred no last names) “home is the woman’s domain.” Jim said he feels he needs to be active and have somewhere to go and something to do. Face-to-face social contact seems to be at the core of what these guys are doing. While most of them are quite computer literate, they don’t do Facebook, Twitter or texting. � eir mornings are about men actually talking to other men about things going on in their lives.

“Sure, we can be a little cliquish but once we get to know someone they can � t in,” said Jim. “� ere are no job titles here; there is no one superior or anything like that. We are all just one of the guys.”Ian, the retired executive, said co� ee con-versation goes to all kinds of topics, in-cluding cars, how to get the most out of investments or even prostate cancer, which is a pretty male subject — especially for this age group.Ken, a retired Telus guy, is known as “Mis-ter Fix-It” and is apparently generous with his time and advice. As far as Ken is con-cerned, people who are considering retire-ment should not even make that decision unless there is something very real they can do when they suddenly have a lot of time on their hands. He has completely remodelled his home, and his co� ee group friends say it is a work of art. Now he is thinking of selling that house and beginning another.George, the retired truck driver, says “Ev-eryone here has a di� erent agenda when they go home, …they all have their own thing that they do.” For George that means beekeeping, � shing and his garden.� e real magic here is sitting with a cuppa, rubbing elbows with a bunch of other guys with common interests and feeling you are actually in touch with other human be-ings. For these guys, social media has nothing on this experience.

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Thinking and acting young are among the many joys of community theatre.Ask Cowichan stage pil-lars Frank Wilson and Ian

Rothnie.� e long-time South Island Musical So-ciety members — and Cowichan Bay neighbours — were readying the vener-able troupe’s April production of My Fair Lady when the Good Life caught up to them.

Both guys appeared in the troupe’s 1989 version: Wilson as the bartender; Rothnie as Al� e Doolittle — the role he’ll reprise next month in the Cowichan � eatre.� e stage has basically become their foun-tain of youth.

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The show must go on

Cowichan gents still embracing their love of the stage well into their golden years

photo by Andrew Leong photo by Peter W. Rusland


from page 7“When people say ‘Come down to the seniors’ centre’, I say ‘I don’t feel old enough,’” laughed Rothnie, 73.“Community theatre’s about the characters, the interplay of meeting people, and having fun with them,” said Wilson, 92, SIMS’ treasurer.He last hit SIMS’ boards sev-eral years back in Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore.The Lancashire native went to ledgers from lines to help the former Cowichan Musical So-ciety, in which he’s appeared in

some 20 shows. “It’s a worthwhile cultural ad-dition to the area. I just wanted to help a bit by being the trea-surer. I got into our musical club through the back door be-cause they really wanted (wife) Vera,” said the former teacher and Amway director. “They were doing The Merry

Widow (1956) and she said ‘I’ll be in it if you take Frank.’”He and Rothnie said Cowichan is blessed with numerous companies; from SIMS, and the Shawnigan and Mercury Players, to the de-funct January Players — plus new troupes surfacing.“A lot of it comes from our high schools,” Wilson noted of local talent rising from the bottom.He instructed school trustees to avoid budget cuts to the dramatic arts he viewed as vital to personal development.

“It’s important to turn out well-rounded people in cul-tural activities, not just in aca-demic ones.”To Rothnie, books and scripts lend actors a wider scope on society.“You have to be a reader,” the Edinburgh native said, urging people interested in acting not to be shy — at any age. “Come right ahead. Have a look at the script, read from it, and have the attitude ‘If I get the part, fine; if I don’t, fine.’” He’s enjoyed plenty of parts, including his looming reprise as Alfie Doolittle.“It was fairly easy for me to come back to the part — I’ve kept all the original scripts and posters. I’m wearing the original costume that I wore in 1989,” the retired wharf work-er and park-trail builder said. The rambunctious Scot fum-bled for words about rewards from community stages.“You can’t put a value in it; it’s very important — it’s so much fun.”His enjoyment spans portray-ing Muff Potter in Tom Saw-yer, and Merlin in Camelot, to Santa Claus in solo work, to lavish musicals and dramas.His hardest role? Ebenezer Scrooge with the January Players in the ‘80s.“It was the first time I ever cried naturally on stage. I loved it. My favourite play was My Three Angels with Frank Nicol and Graham Morton; we were the three convicts.” Wilson, a golfer, was game for another stage run, given the right role.“Considering my age, I’m still in pretty good shape.”To Rothnie, acting echoes the philosophy of his late friend, Dwight Robinson.“He said, ‘If I can make some-one smile everyday, it adds a day onto my life.’”

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Reed Elley sits comfort-ably at the kitchen table of his tastefully decorated Chemainus home.With broad shoulders and

large hands, in retirement he’s more than just a shadow of the solidly built football player he was during his youth.He looks his guest in the eye when he talks; words strung together in concise sentences that leave little doubt the man speaks what he believes.� e former two-term Member of Parlia-ment for Nanaimo-Cowichan is also an ordained pastor and his views are decid-edly in line with the Old Testament.And it’s those views for which he is argu-ably most remembered.He’s taken an unpopular stance against abortion and, in fact, delivered an infamous speech about his opposition to same-sex marriage — a pair of issues that disagree with the teachings of his Baptist faith and, understandably, his own opinions.However, the dad of eight and granddad to nine doesn’t appear to have a mean bone in his 69-year-old body.Agree or disagree with the man’s views,

they are honest and unwavering.“I still believe the same things about abor-tion and same sex marriage and things like that,” he said.“Before politics, I was active in the com-munity and was vocal about the things I believed.”In retrospect, Elley said he really doesn’t know if his religious views helped or hin-dered his political career.“� ey gave me some � ack because I took stands on things. I mean, why would you leave your beliefs at the door of the House of Commons? It doesn’t make sense to me.”For the record, his stance hasn’t changed on gay marriage.“You know,” he chuckled, “I made one speech in 1998 or 1999 when we were discussing same sex bene� ts in the house where I felt I needed to stand up for my beliefs and of course, after that, it was al-ways brought up.“I didn’t mind it being brought up, except that sometimes the debate got nasty, and I got a lot of nasty stu� on emails and in blogs.”Elley shrugs his shoulders at the memory.“� at goes with the territory and I kinda rolled with that because if it was going to hurt me, it would have happened in the

2000 election when papers said I won in a landslide; a 12,000 vote majority.”Elley said he believes his old school posi-tions on the hot button topics were actu-ally a breath of fresh air for some.“� ere are a lot of quiet people in this country who are conservative — most Ca-nadians are fairly conservative — and you won’t get them standing on the street cor-ner talking about their beliefs, but they’ll vote for you,” he said.Elley was � rst elected to Parliament in 1997 as a member of the Reform Party. He was re-elected in 2000 under the Alliance banner and retired in 2004 as a member of the Conservative Party of B.C. After sitting out the 2004 and 2006 elections, he resur-faced in 2008, losing by about 4,000 votes to NDP candidate Jean Crowder. “� ey asked me to run again in this (Na-naimo-Cowichan) riding in 2008, so I did.”Elley believes Crowder owed her success mainly to the Liberal swing votes, but she stated earlier this year she will not run in the next election, which, of course, begs the question …“No, I have thoughts about running again; I’m done with that,” said Elley.

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“I’m almost 70 and at this point I’m quite willing to help out, sort of be an advisor in the background.”Part of the slowdown is no doubt at least partially due to the fact Elley had a heart at-tack a few years back.“I was mowing my lawn in No-vember of 2011 and started to get terrifically tired and started

getting pains in my chest and felt I was going to pass out,” he recalled.Elley made his way to hospital in Duncan five hours later — “You know us men” — before being sent to the Royal Jubilee in Victoria.Fortunately, there was only a small blockage that required nothing more than pills as treatment.“It wasn’t very serious. It was a warning call.”Even though he claims to be retired, Elley works with the B.C. Conservative Party — he’s on the board of directors for the local riding association — and is also involved feder-ally where he chairs the Con-servative nomination commit-tee for the new federal riding of Cowichan-Malahat-Lang-ford.“I’m still quite involved with my church, my faith has always been very important to me,” he said.Elley is still minister and gets called from time-to-time for advice or to seek his help in times of dire need.“In our own family, having eight kids and four of those adopted and three of them First Nations, we’ve dealt with a lot of grief,” he said.Part of that grief came from having a crystal-meth ad-

dicted daughter who lived on the streets of Victoria for seven years.“It was just a terrible situation, but thank God — again — a lot of prayer and a lot of sup-port from Christian people she got off of it. A miracle occurred and we were able to send her to Edgewood treatment centre.”The daughter went through the treatment and she’s been clean and sober now for four years, holding down a job and living in Nanaimo. “That’s a miracle because, boy, she was in rough shape.”Elley also likes to spend his later years doing things he truly enjoys, activities like photography and gardening, attending Cowichan Capitals games and fishing.However, retirement doesn’t mean the pastor will tone it down when it comes to ex-pressing his views.“Just because you’re retired doesn’t mean you don’t have opinions, and I’ve got lots of opinions,” he said.“You know, I have eight kids and a whack of grandchildren and when I die I don’t want them thinking grampa got soft in his old age, that he changed his views or changed his mind, that he stopped fighting for the things he believed all his life.”

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pain, that would make getting around more difficult? How’s their eyesight? Are they us-ing their canes or walkers if needed?“One of the biggest things we run into is people with canes or walkers who are flat out refus-ing to use them,” she said.For Johnson, addressing os-teoporosis at an early stage or before it even hits, is ideal.“There’s this perception out there that everyone ages quite badly, but really a lot of people age quite well and are able to live healthy lives and even live comfortably at home,” she said. “And that’s really encourag-ing.” Many risk factors lead to bone loss and osteoporosis. Unfor-tunately, you can’t avoid them all and genetic factors have their role. Small, thin women are at a greater risk, as well as Caucasian and Asian women. And family history does play a part.There are some steps, how-ever, you can take to keep your bones in tip-top shape. Eat a diet rich in calcium and vita-min D, exercise frequently and avoid alcohol consumption and smoking.

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of 61. He had previously fancied himself as a Walmart greeter if he ever got bored, so he applied.“After three years renovating and a little travelling, I noticed that all I was doing was watching Bob Barker and the Price is Right,” Rasmussen said. But, the Walmart people told him he was over-quali� ed for the job.Today Rasmussen is pushing 67 years of age and he is still “putzing” around doing the store maintenance and general mister-� x-it Walmart hired him to do, instead of the greeter’s position.“I’m not here for the money,” Rasmussen said. “I like to have something to do; I like to putz around. � is is my putzing job.”Another Alberta transplant, Gary Peters, at 70 years of age, has been with Walmart for 17 years and has no plans to retire. He had come out of a high-stress challeng-ing job as an oil patch superintendent and Walmart was a welcome opportunity to de-stress his working life. “I don’t have to be in the workforce,” Pe-ters says. “I’ve got lots of things that I do; I golf and I go � shing but I do like to be go-ing to work every day.” Peters is Walmart’s furniture guy; assembling display models and helping customers check out products.

“As far as retirement is concerned,” he says, “I have no set date. Walmart’s been good to me and the people here are good.”Carl Carter is a little younger but he, too, is retired from his main working career as an o� cer in Canada’s Navy. He’d had enough of the high stress of the security work he found himself doing but, more importantly, his family was feeling the stress of the armed service’s propensity for transferring personnel all around the country.“Family was the real reason for retiring,” Carter said. “I wanted to keep the family together.”But — and this is a factor many people face — his Navy pension wasn’t enough to live on, especially since he he is helping put his daughter through university.Carter decided to try Walmart in 2008 when they were hiring for the new store in Cowichan Commons and came away with a job the very same day he applied. He had expected to have to go home and wait for a call.You won’t see Carter very often at Walmart — if at all — he’s the guy who maintains order and organization in the store inventory area that customers never get to see.

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It’s a win-win.A little nostalgia and pride for grandparents.A whole lot of fun for the kiddies.Choosing to visit a local farm to

visit quali� es a must-do activity with grandkids this spring or summer.“Grandparents often have some kind of relationship to a farm in their past, and so they want to relive that and they want to develop that same relationship for their grandchildren,” said Alderlea Farm’s Katy Ehrlich.“� ey want to share that same experience with their own families. � e grandparents are delighted to see the looks on the chil-dren’s faces too when they’re visiting the animals.”Katy and husband John’s pastoral organic farm and cafe in Glenora has provided 200 shareholding families with weekly veggies through their Community Supported Ag-ricultural model. But it is a popular local � xture families are visiting with their wee ones.“Being on a farm, it just creates a peace-ful experience to begin with, and when the children come to the farm they seem quite at peace,” Katy said.And there’s a deeper appreciation for their work shown by the older folks and chap-erones.“� ey realize the importance the farm experience has had on their own life, just with the quality of local produce,” she said. “And not everyone has access to farms anymore as they might have in the past, and having this community farm available, our vegetable program, cafe, gives them that access.”And their farm has a feast for the senses.Visitors will get a chance to mingle with friendly cows, pigs, take in beautiful sun-� owers and pastoral views, and smell fresh fruit, and farm food wafting from the cafe.And maybe even hop on a tractor for a hay ride with farmer John, said Katy.

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really like the part that the children, they see Farmer John and he becomes the hero in their eyes,” she said.Alderlea often hosts events, including the upcoming Stinging Nettle Festival on April 13. And their place is open to the public Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Alderlea is hardly alone; there are plenty of other farms located around the Warm Land.Agri-tours are a hit among the people who pop into the Cowichan Regional Visitor Centre, said visitor services co-ordinator Kirsty Grant.And with more and more parents jug-gling work while students get a break from the books, grandparents search-ing for fun local activities is happening quite often at their centre, said Grant.

She’s referred people to the Labyrinth at the Lavender Farm, the Tea Farm, and Yellow Point Cranberries, to name a few.“It reminds them of their own childhood,” she said. “It was something they did grow-ing up and something they can now share with their grandchildren.“It’s an activity they can enjoy too.”

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Let’s face it, atmosphere is a huge part of any memorable dining room experience.After 21 seasons, the sta� at the Chemainus � eatre Fes-

tival felt it was time for a change in decor at the Playbill Dining Room to freshen the surroundings to complement the con-sistently sumptuous fare from the bu� et.“We wanted to move up with an updated look,’’ said CTF’s managing director Ran-dal Huber. “We’ve got this elegant space. So we’re set for years and years.’’More than 650,000 people have enjoyed the Playbill’s � ne dining before theatre shows over the years.“� is is part of it, just trying to keep it fresh and reinvigorate the experience,’’ said Huber.“We carefully reviewed the feedback that we’ve received and assembled a team to set about recreating the Playbill Dining Room.’’R.W. Bob Wall Construction and Patti Ransom Design were employed for the

transformation. And what a transformation it was!� ere was precious little downtime between shows from the It’s A Wonderful Life per-formance that ended 2013 and the 2014 opening of � e Buddy Holly Story on Feb. 11.“It started on the second of January,’’ said Huber of the quick transition. “In the � rst four hours, we had the entire space stripped bare.’’People working on the project likened it to a runaway freight train until everything was � nished on time.Executive chef and hospitality manager Steve Hewson added his own special touch after a trip to Las Vegas that inspired a con-cept for the dessert table.“When I came back from Vegas, that’s when I designed that table,’’ said Hewson. “� e Cosmopolitan Hotel in Vegas is where I got

the idea. Eventually, we’re going to also serve a la carte.’’� e Playbill’s redesign will allow repeat pa-trons to experience it in a di� erent light and newcomers to appreciate its elegance for the � rst time.“� ere’s still a lot of people when they come to the theatre don’t realize there’s a dining room here,’’ said Huber.“� is room now suits the whole idea of the-atre,’’ said Hewson.Huber said discussion about the changes has been � ve years in the making. “It took until now to come together.’’� e room seats about 175 and people will just have to see all the changes for them-selves, ranging from the roof to the draperies and everything in between.� e creation of a separate section within the larger space, known as � e Fireside Room, is sure to be popular.A special program has also been launched to � nd sponsors for each of the 55 tables in the room. Table sponsorships will be recognized with charitable tax receipts and table signs.� e nightly bu� ets feature a wide variety of salads, entrees and desserts to appeal to any taste. � ere’s frequently themed dishes pertaining to the show that’s playing to make the food selection a little more fun.

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Our mother’s celebra-tion of life was held on Jan.11, one month after she passed away.Except for the days im-

mediately following her death, it was the most emotionally draining time my brother and I have ever experienced. It was also incredibly healing. We cried, we laughed, we shared stories and we expressed regrets. But in the end, we felt the love — for her and for us. It’s been said that funerals are for the living and not for the dead. To me, it feels like they exist for both.� e honoring of a person’s life is impor-tant, whether it’s a formal public gather-ing or an informal private farewell. � e opportunity for friends and family to say their goodbyes and attain some kind of closure seems necessary to most of us.But a public funeral isn’t reserved just for people who knew the deceased. � ere were people at our mom’s service who had never met her before, but were there to support us. � at felt amazing.� e subject of death scares many people away, though, so some keep their dis-tance. And a lot of people have no idea what to say, so they might say nothing at all.I understand these feelings completely.

When I was in my early 20s, before I had ever lost a loved one, the subject of death was terrifying to me, as was saying the wrong thing.

But there’s obviously no way to avoid it. We all eventually die, and unless we die young, we all experience losing people we love.I think the reason some of us stress out about what to say is because we can’t think of anything that doesn’t sound cli-ché, or we can’t think of anything that could alleviate the sorrow. From my own personal experience, just a simple “I’m sorry for your loss” feels supportive. It’s not necessarily the words that are comforting, but the acknowl-edgment. I’m certainly no expert on grieving or

death, and I have no idea what’s around the corner for me emotionally in regards to my mother’s passing. All I know is that loss is a part of life, and I just have to feel the feelings as they come and live as fully and fearlessly as I can. Some days I’ll be able to, and some days I won’t. Many years ago our mother told me that dragon� ies symbolized new beginnings. I don’t know if that was a common belief she had heard, or just a personal one that she felt.But, whichever it was, I’ve loved drag-on� ies and thought of them in that way ever since. Her passing has been extremely di� -cult, but I recognize her departure is a new beginning for us. � e woman who gave us life no longer exists physically in the world as we know it, but her love will live within our hearts, and it will grow if we nurture it.Every time I see the image of a drag-on� y — which will be often since I have several — I will be reminded of our beautiful mother’s love, and the fun, happy lives she wanted us to live. She would have wanted us to � y, and we will.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com

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Community PolicingCowichan Community Policing Advisory SocietyDonna Brooks, President, 2012/136060 Canada Ave., DuncanPhone: c/o 250-701-9146

Duncan Community Policing OfficeCarol-Ann Rolls, Volunteer Prog. & Services3-149 Canada Ave. DuncanPhone: 250-701-9145

Chemainus Community Policing Office9847 Willow St. Chemainus, BCPhone: 250-246-4382

Cowichan Bay Community Policing Office1721 E Cowichan Bay Rd., Cowichan BayPhone: 250-701-1961

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Grandparents SupportParent Support Services

Society of BCSandi Halvorsen, Program CoordinatorPhone: 1-877-345-9777

Hair Care ServicesBarb Stewart’s Mobile Hair SalonBarb StewartPhone: 250-483-5043 or250-715-6568

Hearing Healthcare- In HomeAct Hearing & Audiology Inc. Leslie A. Peterson, Registered AudiologistPhone: 250–597–4228

Home Adaptations & RepairsEase-Ability Renovations & Construction Ltd.Dan Nugent Tel: 250-743-19551-866-708-3273 (EASE)Cell 250-588-6843

Handy Mum Home Improvements, Repairs & MaintenanceDominique Daviau970 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd.Phone: 250-510-3552

Home Garden & Yard CareLush Eco LawnsJohn Close3054 Biscay Rd. Duncan, BC Phone: 250-597-0408

The BarwicksKeith and Katherine BarwickPhone: 250–743–3363

Home PhysiotherapyHome PhysiotherapyHeidi Bovey, PhysiotherapistPhone: 250–701–8876

Home Support – PrivateAbout Time Homecare &

Nursing Services Patrick Summers, Manager 104–394 Duncan Street, DuncanPhone: 250–748–0513

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Homecare & Companionship Val Taylor, Owner/Operator#9 5769 201 A Street, Langley Phone: 250-746-9946

Harmony Health Care Ltd.John McAlorum, RN, Dir. of OperationsUnit 2A–2753 Charlotte Rd. Duncan, Phone: 250-701-9990

Nurse Next Door Home HealthcareChris Wilkinson, DirectorPhone: 250-748-4357

Pacific Live-in Caregivers Robin Smith, OwnerBox 1771, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B3 Phone: 250-616-2346

Unique Home Health CareMarsha Todd, Director, Co-ordinator121 Station Street, DuncanPhone: 250-715-1094

We Care Home Health Services205-149 Ingram St. Duncan, BCPhone: 250-746-9224

Home Support – Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA)

Duncan Home and Community Care121 Ingram St. DuncanPhone: 250-737-2004

House CleaningIsland Domestic ServicesSharon Moore, OwnerPO Box 232, Honeymoon BayPhone: 250-710-0864

Housing – Non-Profit, Low Cost Abbeyfield Houses Society of DuncanMarilyn Day, President5905 Indian Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-597-0677

Duncan Kiwanis Village SocietyContact Ron Coulter 355 Day Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-748-4135

Housing – Private Acacia Ty MawrJerri Maw, Director of Care2655 Shawnigan Lake Rd. Phone: 250-743-2124 ext 106

AlpenroseLaura & Bill Loftus2267 Lochsyde Drive, DuncanPhone: 250-748-3803

The Cowichan News Leader Pictorial would like to thank and acknowledge the efforts of the Cowichan Seniors Community Foundation and its volunteers for compiling this resource directory.It has been edited for space limitations by the Cowichan News Leader Pictorial and in no way is meant to be considered comprehensive. Content inquiries should be sent to: [email protected]

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Housing – Privatecontinued Biscay ManorPauline Goetz3034 Biscay RoadDuncan, BC Phone: 250 746-4173

Deertrail Cottage Inc.Laurie Gillis, Owner/Manager1711 Escarpment Way DuncanPhone: 250-746-9641

Dovehill HouseMarguerite Moskalyk3326 Creegan Dr., ChemainusPhone: 250-416-0332

Heritage Manor Care HomeTanya Mosure, Owner1051 College St. Duncan,Phone: 250-748-3488

Lynn’s Senior CareLynn Scott, RCA5085 Jones Rd. LadysmithPhone: 250-245-3391

Nana’s Guest House Sandy Baker, Owner57 Park Rd., Lake Cowichan Phone: 250–749–3326

Pioneer House Bed & BreakfastAlberta Schneider, Owner6470 Burnett Place, DuncanPhone: 250–746–8280

Sherwood HouseAudrey Norman, Manager280 Government St. DuncanPhone: 250-710-8882

Wedgwood HouseLinda Fonck, Manager256 Government St. DuncanPhone: 250-746-9808

Villa del SolCarol Reid, RN647 Frayne Rd. Mill BayPhone: 250-743-7061

Housing — Vancouver Island Health Authority

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International Health Care International Health Care ProvidersT. Rand Collins, PhD, MDPhone: 250-732-6603

Meals and NutritionGloria’s Food ServiceGloria RamseyPhone: 250-748-9216

Meals on Wheelsc/o Cowichan Home Support20-127 Ingram St. DuncanPhone: 250-737-2004

Men’s SupportWest Coast Men’s Support SocietyGrant Waldman213-80 Station St., Duncan, BC250-597-2801

Mental Health SupportDuncan Mental Health and SeniorsCindy Patrick3088 Gibbins Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-709-3040

Moving & DownsizingEvery DetailJane Sheppard2093 Calais Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-748-3626

Forget-Me-Not AssistantsTammi King, Transition FacilitatorPhone: 250-710-7173

Music Therapy ProgramsCreative Music Programs For Today’s Senior Andrew McCormackPhone: 250–737–1888

Non Profit Societies – Senior ServicesCowichan Family Caregivers Support SocietyRanjana Basu, CoordinatorShawnigan Lake

Phone: 250-743-7621

Cowichan Intercultural SocietyDeborah Conner, Executive Director 205–394 Duncan St., DuncanPhone: 250–748–3112

Cowichan Region Better at HomePam Alcorn, Coordinator#1 Kenneth Place. DuncanPhone: 250-748-2133

Cowichan Valley Hospice SocietyShelley Kuecks, Client Intake Coordinator3122 Gibbins Rd. DuncanPhone: 250-701-4242

St. John AmbulanceLori McNeil, Branch Manager205-169 Craig St. DuncanPhone: 250-746-4058

Volunteer CowichanGeorg Stratemeyer, Coordinator1 Kenneth Place DuncanPhone: 250-748-2133

Pet Care — HomestayHomestay Pet CareLeslie Sutton3081 Seahaven Road, Chemainus BC V0R 1K2Email: [email protected]

Seniors GroupsChemainus Seniors Drop In Centre SocietyMurray Shafer, President 9824 Willow Street, ChemainusPhone: 250-246-2111

Crofton Seniors SocietyChristine Hale, President 1507 Joan Street, CroftonPhone: 250-246-2455

Elder CollegeJennifer Carmichael, Recreation Programmer2687 James Street, DuncanPhone: 250-746-0414 or250-748-7529 to register

Ladysmith Seniors Centre SocietyCora Maier, President 220 High Street, Ladysmith Phone: 250–245–8885

Lake Cowichan Seniors CentreJackie Jack, President55 Coronation Street, Lake CowichanPhone: 250-749-6121

South End Seniors Contact: HerbKerry Park Recreation Centre1035 Shawnigan–Mill Bay RoadPhone: 250-743-1171

Valley Seniors Organization of DuncanDon King, President 198 Government Street, DuncanPhone: 250-746-4433

Young Seniors Action Group Society1652 Shawnigan–Mill Bay Road,Shawnigan Lake, BCPhone: 250–743–5178 or 250–743–8344

Service BC and Service Canada Service BC ProgramsMarty Nelson 5785 Duncan St. Duncan, BC Phone: 250-746-1226

Service Canada CentreLinda Granger 211 Jubilee St. DuncanPhone: 1-800-622-6232

Service Clubs Arbutus Travel Clubc/o Corry SalmenPhone: 250-701-0965

Chemainus Masonic Lodge #114Pat Fyffe, Secretary3052 Hawthorne St., ChemainusPhone: 250-246-3579

Cowichan Toastmaster’s Club #950Bill Smith, Club PresidentPhone: 250–701-1705

Duncan Kiwanis ClubRon Colter365 Day Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-748-4135

Duncan Lion’s ClubP.O. Box 52, Duncan, BC V9L 3X1

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Duncan Masonic Lodge #33Bob Crawford, Secretary163 Canada Ave., Duncan, BCPhone: 250-748-1028

Duncan Order of the Eastern Star, Sunset ChapterAnn VossbergPhone: 250-748-9480

Elks Club of DuncanTerry W Sayce, Exalted Ruler P.O. Box 277, Duncan Phone: 250-746-6812

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Chemainus-Crofton #4400Merv Brown / Bill Yearly, SecP.O. Box 45, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0Phone: 250-246-3401

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Duncan #2546Tracy Norman, Secretary2965 Jacob Road, DuncanPhone: 250-746-7100

Fraternal Order of Eagles, Ladysmith #2101P.O. Box 640, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A5Phone: 250-245-3183

Kinsmen Club of DuncanBarry Toporowski, President Email: [email protected]

Ladysmith Kinsmen ClubDuck Patterson, Life MemberP.O. Box 324, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A3Phone: 250-245-2263

Ladysmith Masonic Lodge #21 Joel Chiri, SecretaryP.O. Box 261, Ladysmith, V9G 1A2Phone: 250-245-4797

Lion’s Club of Duncan Housing SocietyP.O. Box 52, Duncan, BC V9L 3X1Phone: 250-748-1044

Lion’s Club of LadysmithJim Masyk, SecretaryP.O. Box 2293, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1B8Phone: 250-245-4049

Mill Bay Masonic Lodge #1072748 Lashburn Rd.Mill Bay, BC

Rotary Club, ChemainusRichard Nelson, PresidentP.O. Box 297, Chemainus, V0R 1K0Phone: 250-245-4549

Rotary Club, DuncanRoger Hart, SecretaryP.O. Box 473, Duncan, V9L 3X8Phone: 250-715-3039

Rotary, Duncan Daybreak Holger Heitland, President www.clubrunner.ca/duncandaybreak/ Rotary Club, LadysmithMichael Furlot, SecretaryP.O. Box 875, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A6Phone: 250-245-5771 or 250-245-2052

Rotary Club, South CowichanPeter Dicken, President P.O. Box 241, Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L0Phone: 250-743-6727www.southcowichanrotary.org

Royal Canadian Legion, Chemainus Branch #191Marianne Mann, Office Manager P.O. Box 423, Chemainus, BC V0R 1K0Phone: 250-246-4532

Royal Canadian Legion, Cowichan Branch #53Bruce MacDonald, President Kenneth St., Duncan, BC V9L 1N3Phone: 250-746-5013

Royal Canadian Legion, Ladysmith Branch #171Georgina Lorette, SecretaryAllyson Wagner, Secretary P.O. Box 219, Ladysmith, BC V9G 1A2Phone: 250-245-3031 or 250-245-2273

Royal Canadian Legion, Lake Cowichan Branch #210Sam Jones, Bar ManagerP.O. Box 603, Lake Cowichan, BC V0R 2G0Phone: 250-749-6041

Royal Canadian Legion, Shawnigan Lake Branch #1341652 Shawnigan-MillBay RdPhone: 250-743-4621

Women of the MoosePat KingPO Box 371, Duncan, BC V9L 3X5Phone: 250-746-7382

Support Societies, Disease RelatedAlzheimer Society of BCJane HopePhone:1-800-462-2833

Canadian Cancer SocietyMaureen Hyde100-394 Duncan St., DuncanPhone: 250-746-4134

Canadian Red Cross H.E.L.P. Program2–5855 York Rd., Duncan, BC Phone: 250–748–2111 Fax: 250–748–2163

Cowichan Valley Arthritis SocietyJan NorwoodBox 942, Duncan, BC V9L 3Y8Phone: 250-748-2481

Diabetes Education ProgramKathy Park121 Ingram St., DuncanPhone: 250-737-2004

Duncan Mental Health and SeniorsCindy Patrick3088 Gibbins Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-709-3040

Heart and Stroke FoundationJanice Krall, Area Manager401-495 Dunsmuir St., NanaimoPhone: 1-888-754-5274

Kidney FoundationHeather Johnson, Director of Programs 200-4940 Canada Way, BurnabyPhone: 1-800-567-8112

Stroke Recovery Assoc.- Cowichan Valley BranchCowichan Valley Public Library2687 James St., DuncanPhone: 250–246-4952

Support Group for Low VisionSeniorsKaren McClincheyPhone: 250-746-6041

Therapy Dog VisitsTherapy Dog Visitation Program,

St. John Ambulance205–169 Craig St. DuncanPhone: 250–746–4058

TransportationCowichan Seniors Community Foundation135 Third St., DuncanPhone: 250-715-6481

Cowichan Valley Regional Transit#3-5280 Polkey Rd., DuncanPhone: 250-746-9899Web: www.busonline.ca

handyDart1 Kenneth Place, DuncanPhone: 250-748-1230

Wheels for Wellness Society1894 Bolt Avenue, ComoxPhone: 250-338-0196

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