We may not be Vancouver, but there is definitely no lack of hockey spirit, history or lore here in the city. From the Storms, a championship junior B team, to the leg-endary Blazers we love our hockey. Our closest NHL team, the Canucks are on their way to the Stanley Cup and judging by the number of people flying those little flags from their cars you would think we were in downtown Vancouver.

You don’t have to look far to find some-one here in town who has an interest-ing relationship with Canada’s favourite game. The man who invented the flexible pins that every team in the NHL uses to keep their nets attached lives here as does Lawrence “Larry” Popein, one of the first original Vancouver Canucks.

Kamloops resident Larry, who hails from Yorkton, Saskatchewan and his wife Joyce are proud owners of Stanley Cup rings from 1984 when the Calgary Flames took it all the way. It was one of the only years that players, management, and their wives all got rings and to this day they proudly sit up in their TV and memorabilia room. Talk about memorabilia, Larry has had a long and illustrious career in the NHL and it all started at 17 years of age in the 1940’s. Back then there was no NHL and like now it took drive and commitment to play hockey in the junior leagues let alone the higher leagues.

“I played junior hockey for three years,” explained Larry. “I then got a summer job at the British American Oil Refinery. It was a good job and my dad had always said that if you ever get a good job, you

keep it.”With hockey off his mind, Larry worked

at the refinery. In 1948 he got a call to play for the Vancouver Canucks who were at that time part of the Western Hockey League. With a little push from Joyce, his lovely wife of 61 years, Larry took a gamble and headed out to the coast to play for the team.

“Joyce told me to go and try it for a year,” he remembers. “It wasn’t like now, you only ever got a one-year contract, and you never truly knew where you would be the next year. I spent the next two summers back working for the refinery. The third year, 1953-54, we all packed up and moved to Vancouver. The very next year the New York Rangers bought my contract.”

And from there it’s history. Larry spent many years playing for some of the great-est hockey clubs in North America. In 1961 when the NHL was officially started Larry went to Oakland and then from there he started coaching. He spent many years traveling North America working for a variety of clubs in a variety of positions but spent most of his time with the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and Calgary Flames. From 1985 until 1999 he was pre-scout management for the Calgary Flames. More exciting than it sounds, Larry was responsible for watching and attending many, many hockey games all over North America, documenting and reporting back to the Flames what he had learnt about their opponents, players and strategies.

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On June 15 at 6:00 a.m., a train on a special journey will stop in Kamloops. Members of the ecumenical social justice NgO KAIROS are traveling across Canada to gather banners in support of the united Nations declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

The train will be met by Secwepemc Peoples and drums, local KAIROS members and members of the global and Community Action Committee of Kamloops united Church, which is organizing the event.

Banners collaborated on by the above groups will be taken aboard and joined together with banners from across the country. These will be rolled out in events in Ottawa beginning on June 20.

The purpose is to show that people across Canada sup-port the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and want the Canadian government to implement the uN agreement, signed by Canada in November 2010.

Let’s show our support! Please join local organizers and support-ers on June 15 at 6:00 a.m. at the Kamloops North VIA Rail

Station. For further information, please see the KAIROS website

www.kairoscanada.org, or con-tact Judy Bergman by email at:

jabergman80@gmail.com, or by phone at 778-220-2836.

Train rolls through Kamloops with UN Declaration

Interior Health Authority (IHA) was recently named the energy & environmental Stewardship Award recipient for 2011 from the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL).

The CCHL award recognizes a progressive health care organiza-tion that has implemented pro-grams that demonstrate environ-mental responsibility through the reduction of energy usage, the preservation of natural resourc-es and effective waste diversion solutions.

Interior Health started on its environmental sustainability jour-ney in 2002, before it was popu-lar to do so. Considered risky at the time, today Interior Health is a pioneer among provincial health-care organizations and leads many of the provincial green initiatives. For example, Interior Health started purchasing hybrid fleet vehicles in 2002. In 2009 the B.C. government mandated that all public sector organizations purchase only hybrids for their fleet. Today Interior Health has 60 hybrids within its fleet.

“Interior Health’s environmen-tal actions have positive impacts on our communities, our environ-ment and make good financial sense. When we save dollars in energy costs, it allows for real-location of funds towards patient care,” says dr. Robert Halpenny, CeO of Interior Health.

Other successful environmental initiatives include: tele-medicine, which has resulted in a reduc-tion in surgeon and patient trips that add up to over 2,500,000 kilometres of driving over two years, saving over 702 tonnes of CO2; an electronic performance management system that saves approximately 55,000 sheets of paper each year – equal to a pile of paper that reaches the height of a commercial jet traveling at about 40,000 feet; installing solar thermal panels to heat domestic Hot Water (dHW), an initiative that will reduce gHg emissions by over 57 tonnes.

The CCHL award includes a $2,000 cash prize. The Interior Health green Team has chosen to donate the cash prize to the

The Fresh Outlook Foundation, a non-profit organization that applies proven and practical com-munity-based social marketing strategies in the development and

delivery of programs that enable and encourage sustainable behav-iors in people’s homes, work-places and recreational activities throughout B.C.

IHA receives energy and environmental award

Accepting the Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award are (L-R) John King, Chair CCHL Board of Directors; Luis Rodrigues, VP Energy Solutions Canada, Honeywell; Ted Spearin, Energy Manager Interior Health; Aman Hundal, Manager Environmental Sustainability Interior Health; and, Ray Racette, President and CEO CCHL.

It was while doing this that he and his wife earned the Stanley Cup rings that still to this day sit up top the television. Those are just a small part of the memen-tos he has collected over the years. He still has people write to him requesting signatures on his hockey cards. When he left the Vancouver Canucks franchise for

the last time, he was awarded with a beautiful gold ring fea-turing a diamond skate blade in the shape of their famous insignia. To imagine just what an illustrious and exciting career he had as one of the pioneers of hockey you have to hear him tell the tales himself. Through his account, memorabilia and pic-tures you can almost imagine yourself right there beside him

on the journey.You definitely do not have to

look far to find hockey greatness here in River City and Larry is one great example. Larry may say that he doesn’t really follow hockey anymore but if you ask him who he is rooting for in this year’s Stanley Cup finals he replies with a, “I’m not even going to answer a silly question like that!”

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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An illustrious hockey career for local man

The New Life Mission (NLM) is inviting the public to cel-ebrate the tenth anniversary of Thrift City this Saturday, June 11. Thrift City is a fund raising arm of the NLM. They accept donations of furniture, appli-ances, small household appli-ances, clothing, jewelry, books, artwork, sports equipment and more. All proceeds from Thrift

City go to support the many pro-grams at the NLM. Last year the Mission served 140,000 cups of coffee and 40,000 meals.

NLM uses some of the dona-tions to Thrift City for emer-gency accommodation situa-tions. The store is also a place where community members and people in NLM’s Long Term Residential Recovery Programs

can get valuable volunteer work experience.

On Saturday, June 11 all mer-chandise storewide will be 30 per cent off. There will be infor-mation on NLM services and volunteer applications available. The festivities happen at 342 Seymour St. from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., with free hot dogs from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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MEMORY ALBUMSThe Kamloops Women’s Resource Group Society has been busy presenting workshops in various areas of the city entitled “Preserving the Past: Creating Personal Archives and Memory Collections. The aim of these workshops is to assist people in getting their materials out of the attics and into albums or storage boxes. A workshop was held at Desert Garden with the following attending: (L-R sitting) Sue Cornborough (workshop facilitator) and Ann Gerrits. (L-R standing) Kathy Lustig, Ann Ramage, Pauline Eagert, and Diana Stachoski.

Theatre winner off to TorontoOn May 24 at noon at The Pavilion

Theatre’s Lori Marchand, general man-ager of Western Canada Theatre (WTC), drew the winners of the WTC’s second season raffle, with Marlene Mahoney winning the grand prize of one WestJet return flight for two, three nights accom-modation at Toronto’s Marriott Hotel, two tickets to Soulpepper Theatre and

two tickets to Canadian Stage. Lorraine Korobanik and Patsy Parkes won the second and third prizes. The raffle ran during Sexy Laundry, MacHomer and Mom’s the Word: Remixed and in-between through some special sales by staff and board. This raffle raised over $3000 to support WTC’s artistic and educational activities.

BC Chamber board electionAt their Annual general Meeting in

Prince george on May 29-31, members of the BC Chamber of Commerce vot-ed to re-elect two Kamloops directors to the BC Chamber board.

Both Kamloops Chamber board direc-tor Brant Hasanen and Chamber execu-tive director deb McClelland will serve on the board for the 2011-2012 term.

“I was surprised to be asked to return for a second year, as my term to repre-sent the BC Chamber executives was

to end this month,” states deb McClel-land. “I really enjoy contributing to the BC Chamber team and feel highly val-ued in this position.”

Brant Hasanen returns as director for his fourth year, completing his second term with BC Chamber.

For a complete list of the BC Cham-ber of Commerce board of directors, see http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1103610692446-92/2011+AgM+Board+release.pdf

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CAP Team welcomes golf tournament

It’s another week for the CAP Team and so far everything has been going well. during this sum-mer the CAP Team plans to focus on improving the back alleys, assisting with events, directing tourists and assist with providing a strong presence of safety and security.

So far the CAP Team has helped with the downtown Spring Arts Festival, which turned out very well. Currently, the CAP Team is organizing our fifth annual KCBIA golf Tournament, which will be held at Sun

Rivers golf Course on June 16. The golf tourna-ment is a fundraiser for the CAP Team, helping to keep the program running year after year; it’s also a per-fect opportunity to show your support. The golf tournament will be a great way for the CAP Team to introduce themselves to many of the business own-ers and others.

This year one lucky per-son will walk away with a trip for two to Las Vegas.

There are also a variety of other prizes to be won and silent auction items to bid on. We are still looking for people who are will-ing to participate in this fun-filled event and also donate door prizes, offer to be hole sponsors, etc. Any support is appreciat-ed. For more information on the golf tournament please contact the KCBIA office at 250-572-3242 or visit our website at www.kcbia.com.

We, the CAP Team, strongly encourage anyone who needs assistance to wave us down as we go by. We also have our kiosk set up on the 300 block of Victoria St. If you have brochures to display drop them off for us or just stop by for a friendly “hello.”

CAP Team cell numbers are: 250-572-3008 and 572-3009. Kiosk is 250-572-3017. give us a call and we will help you to the best of our ability.

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Enjoying the sunshine on her super-spiffy bike at last Friday morning’s Bike to Work Celebration Station in Riverside Park was Kitty Chavarie. Kitty lives car-free, works at Pure Cuisine Raw Food Café, and is a YMCA-YWCA fitness instructor. Last year she rode from Vancouver to Banff in the 1200 km. GearUp4CF, a fundraising bike ride for cystic fibrosis research. Kitty’s personal fundraising contribution was $7,200.

Arjun Singh starts conversationI’d like to announce today that

I hope to once again earn the privilege of serving the citizens of Kamloops on our city council. I am going to spend the summer implementing an initiative I am calling 100 Kamloops Conver-sations. I will be contacting Ka-mloops citizens from all walks of live and from all sectors of the com-munity, and I will be asking them if they would share some of their stories, opinions,

and experiences with me. I hope my campaign and my service on council, if elected, will reflect a comprehensive and holistic un-derstanding of Kamloops and of Kamloopsians. I would like to play a part in bringing our com-munity closer together. If any-one would like to contact me

to have such a conversation, I would very much welcome that as well.

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Expert service in handling men’s haircutsFour years ago when deanna

deCicco opened up her Man-handler Barbershop she had the idea to create a casual, modern and upbeat barbershop where men regardless of age and style could come and get the exact cut and service they wanted and at a price that rivaled other barber-shops in the city.

It is the delivery of this very idea that has helped deanna grow Manhandler three fold. Customers like her service so much and with news of her ar-rival and great service spreading like wildfire through word of mouth, two new stylists joined the shop to be able to keep up with all the foot traffic that comes through the store. Never one to turn anyone away, dean-na has made sure that no matter what time of day you step into Manhandler for your favourite cut you can get in and out in a short amount of time.

“Here at Manhandler Barber-shop we care about what our cus-

tomer wants,” explains deanna. “We do all the traditional cuts and services like hot shaves but also keep up to date on all the cur-rent trends like hair tattooing and unique styles. We want to keep it old school without limiting our services. We want you to be able to come in and get the cut and style that you want.”

With customer service a top pri-ority for deanna as well as stylists Katie and Lynette, you know that you are in good hands at Manhan-dler. The barbershop specializes in giving you just the right cut to not only match your personality but your face shape and style. In addition to superb cuts, Manhan-dler also does semi-permanent grey coverage and streaks for men. They also have a full selec-tion of men’s products from Bed-head and Crew.

“We went to hairdressing school first and then went into barbering after,” continues deanna “This tends to make us have a little softer touch than

your traditional barbershop.”No appointment is necessary,

so the next time you need a new trim, cut, style, or shave stop by Manhandler Barbershop at 246 4th Avenue. They are open Mon-

day through Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. They can also be reached by phone at 250-377-6877.

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A happy customer gets the ideal modern cut from (L-R) Lynette Wray, Deanna DiCicco, and Katie McMahon at Manhandler Barbershop.

City will be keeping a close eye on river levelsThe City of Kamloops watches

the levels of the North and South Thompson Rivers very closely ev-ery year at this time. The City pre-pares for the rise in river levels by monitoring the snow pillows and the melt in the region as well as current temperatures and precipi-tation levels. The City analyses the river levels by measurements tak-en throughout the Thompson wa-tershed and posts the river levels taken from the Overlander Bridge on its website at www.kamloops.ca/riverlevels.

The City has a three-stage re-sponse to flooding which include

a number of activities:green stage (river level up to

342.7m): City staff inspect riv-er banks, dykes and emergency berms, lower elevation storm sew-er outfalls are sealed and required resources (i.e.: sand and bags) are made available. The walk-way from Riverside Park to Pio-neer Park under the CN Bridge is blocked as a safety precaution;

Yellow stage (river level 342.7m to 343.8m): More fre-quent inspections, emergency road berms are installed (as re-quired) and additional storm sewer outfalls are sealed;

Red stage (river level 343.8m and over): Inspections are in-creased as required (includ-ing weekends), and public boat launches are closed.

The City has sand and bag stock-piles for residents to use free of charge and can be picked up at the Public Works Centre or any Fire Hall Station.

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Recycling electronic wasteLocal arts group BC Living Arts

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drop off your donations of old

cell phones, ink cartridges, digi-tal cameras, and MP3 players during regular Kamloops Live! Box Office business hours in the lobby of the Pavilion Theatre at 1025 Lorne Street. They will not accept any other form of e-waste (i.e. computers, tv’s etc). Call 250-374-5483 for more information.

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Sunday, June 12 is the day when Kamloops turns out for the Telus Walk to Cure diabetes, and the organizers at the Juvenile diabetes Research Foundation (JdRF) are ready to welcome you to join in this fun and important communi-ty awareness and fundraising event.

The Walk starts and ends at Mcdonald Park on the North Shore (off Tranquille Rd. at Mcdonald and Park St.) Registration and pledge drop off is from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with the Walk starting at 11:00 a.m.

The JdRF staff and volunteers are going to look after all partic-ipants well with food, entertain-ment and tons of kids’ activi-

ties! For pledge forms, to vol-unteer or for more information, send an email to: Kamloops@

jdrf.ca. For online registration and fundraising, you can visit www.jdrf.ca/walk.

thursday, june 16, 2011sun rivers • 3pm

One lucky person will walk away with a trip for 2 to vegas at the

There is an electronic sign-up form located on our website at www.kcbia.com, email admin@kcbia.com, or call 250-372-3242.

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The KCBIA would like you to come out and participate in the

5th Annual CAP Team GOLF Tournament. This annual event

is a significant source of funding for the Customer Care & Patrol (CAP) Team each year and is a

great way to show your support for all of the hard work they do each season

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FAULTLESS PERFORMANCE

The Kamloops Community Players Fawlty Towers cast celebrate their victory in the Okanagan Zone Drama Festival held May 23-27, winning 3 awards: Best Ensemble – Entire Fawlty Towers Cast, Best Newcomer – Ruth Roe (as Sybil), and the Adjudicator’s Special Merit Award in Acting – Greg Dueck (Manuel) for being “The Best Manuel since Manuel!” Congratulations go out to all cast and crew! Pictured in the full cast photo are (L-R) Greg Dueck, Ruth Roe, Daryl Snell, Anders Beitel, Don Levasseur, Vance Schneider, Clive Lawrence, Jeff Benz and Patrick Buchanan.

The Kamloops Blazers are pleased to announce that they have hired former stand-out defenseman Todd Carnelley as the new director of Ticketing effective immediately.

Carnelley, originally from edmonton, has been a long-time member of the Kamloops com-munity working for Andre’s Audiotronic and most recently for Andre’s Telus division for a number of years.

Carnelley played for the Kamloops Jr. Oilers and Blazers from 1983-86 helping guide the team to two WHL titles in 1984

and 1986 in his three seasons with the hockey club. He is also a former second round draft pick of the edmonton Oilers in the 1985 NHL entry draft.

Season tickets for the 2011-12 season are on sale now. Contact the Kamloops Blazers office at 250-828-1144 to purchase your seats for all 36 home games.

Blazers alumnae is new ticket man

Jordan dePape is one our Kamloops Blazers hockey play-ers. He has type 1 diabetes and because of that the Kamloops Blazers have had the opportunity to be involved with this cause for the past two years. The Blazers organization is supporting Jordan in his fundraising for the Juvenile

diabetes Research Foundation (JdRF) in finding a cure for this disease. The Blazers organization is asking you to support their efforts to help Jordan and the other kids of Kamloops by mak-ing a donation at http://jdrfca.donordrive.com under the team name “Kamloops Blazers”.

Blazers give support to JDRF

On July 1, BC Living Arts will once again host a commu-nity wide singing competition and crown its own Kamloops Idol. Last year’s win-ners were Oren Barter (Judges’ Choice) and Shaina F o r b e s - M a i t l a n d (Peoples’ Choice).

If you would like to register, please email BC Living Arts at info@bcliv-

ingarts.ca or call 250- 571-5151 and provide us with your

age, name, address, and full contact infor-mation and we will reply with an audition

time.The first

round of audi-tions will hap-

pen on June 25 and 27.

For further details visit BC Living Arts’ website at www.

bclivingarts.ca

Are you Kamloops’ next idol?

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Craigslist has become the latest back alley of the Internet. This is where a lot of the shady, question-able, and downright illegal activ-ity takes place. Need a hit man? Post an ad on Craigslist. Need a truck full of stolen loot sold? Post it on Craig-slist. Need to raise some fast cash? Sell something or someone on Craig-slist...

The stories have been ongoing, but lately have increased in fre-quency and sever-ity. Prostitution, drug dealing, and all other types of illegal activities are taking place in full view of the entire world (ok, the online world). The bra-zen nature of a criminal actually posting on Craigslist is fascinat-ing to me...or is it plain old stupid-ity that gets them? The baby for sale in Vancouver garnered plenty of attention, and brought about a quick ‘it was a lark’ from the per-son who posted the ad. I wonder if the reaction would have been different if a person had contacted him and said they had a bag full of cash for his baby. Reminds me of that scene in the Blues Brothers movie where Jake says to a man at another table in a fancy restaurant,

‘how much for the women’? Sure seems easy for people to

post crazy ads, then to shrug it off as a joke meant to harm no one. The reality is I am sure that most of these people actually believed they were a) doing no wrong and

or b) they wouldn’t get caught. The num-ber of people online today is truly stagger-ing, and the number is increasing rapidly.

Maybe this is why Kijiji is much big-ger in Canada than Craigslist is. They do not allow any HTML or coding within their ads, and they seem to manage to keep their

content much cleaner, and out of the news as well. Maybe no one checks Kijiji for babies, drugs or hit men, I don’t know. But I do know for the most part, any real ad on Craigslist is usually dupli-cated onto Kijiji to reach a wider audience, and I myself prefer the more family-oriented Kijiji for my online used item browsing.

until next time, this is greg log-ging off...

‘If you would like more informa-tion regarding anything in this ar-ticle or for any other technology related question or need, please email Greg at greg@atws.ca or call 250.828.1198’

TechnologyGreg Pentney

What’s with Craigslist?

FEZ AT RESTGaetan Myre hails from Surrey, and was up in Kamloops for the BC Gizeh Shriners Kamloops Kapers Kidz Kount Spring Ceremonial 2011. He’s catching a cup of java before joining in on the big Shriners Parade that made its way down Victoria St.

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Serenity Now Massage Dana Kushner, Diploma in Massage TherapyRegistered with the Natural Health Practitioners of Canada.Offers deep tissue, hot stone and relaxation massage.Facials and body scrubs also available.102-125 4th Ave. • 250-318-4757danakushner@hotmail.com

exercise your brain by Knitting!Knitting is therapeutic, relaxing and self-satisfying.Donna’s yarn & crafts250-376-3381 • Fortune shopping centre

Dr. Melissa Bradwell, NDFull Naturopathic Services, Acupuncture & IV Therapy735 Victoria Street • 250-374-9700www.naturapathkamloops.ca

THE FoCuS iS oN SuCCESSFul AgiNg!Discover all natural, non-invasive facials for successful aging.KamloopsEsthetics.com Healthy skin is beautiful skin!301-141 Victoria Street (above Bikini Bills) • 250.828-0909

Breath integration Counselling & Training Centre Create the life you want! Lynn Aylward and Cory ErlandsonCounselling, Body Work, Training Centre & Sunday Spiritual Service#204 - 535 Tranquille Road • 250-554-6707Natural Healing, usui, Karuna & Celtic ReikiA non-invasive form of energy and body workinnovative Changes • Kim Jensen 250-376-6676 www.innovativechanges.com

An extraordinary healthy experience unlike any you’ve ever tasted!Smoothies • Wraps • Paninis • Salads • Soups324 Victoria Street • 250-377-0771 • www.cafefresh.com

Pratt’s Compounding Pharmacy• Corn and Lactose Free Medications and Supplements • Gluten-Free Medications • Bio-Identical Hormones • Topical Pain Gels Chris pictured at left100 - 321 Nicola Street • 250.374.7226

Core Essentials - Private Training StudioGain knowledge, confidence and motivation to reach your fitness goals. Personal/Group Training • Sport Specific • Weight Loss • Kinesiology250-851-2673 • 102-153 Seymour St. • www.coreessentials.ca

Mighty oak Midwifery CareBC Registered Midwives. Services covered by BC Care Card. Personal family-centered maternity care. www.mightyoakmidwifery.ca • www.bcmidwives.com • 250-377-8611

Jenn Johnson, Registered Massage TherapistPain management, stress reduction, injury prevention and rehabilitation790 Seymour Street, Kamloops250-374-6325 • www.JennJohnsonRMT.com

Scoot on down to rodeo roundupThe second annual Kam-

loops Scooter Rodeo Roundup is happening Friday, June 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Interior Savings Centre Lower parking lot, with a free BBQ lunch until 1:00 pm.

The event organizers at Bedford Manor encourage you to saddle up your motor-ized wheelchair or scooter and attend this event. The RCMP will be on hand to assist with your driving skills. Rope and ride your way through a fun skills course. Have your fam-ily and friends spur you on for lots of great prizes!

To register for this free event, call 250-828-3500 and quote registration number 167982 to reserve your spot.

You can call handydART to arrange for transportation

if needed. For more informa-tion about the rodeo, contact

Coreen at Bedford Manor at 250-371-0456.

Pictured is John Louvros at last year’s Scooter Rodeo relaxing in the sunshine. While John didn’t test-drive a scooter he came down to the event to cheer on some of his friends.

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Call for Entry - Old Courthouse gallery, a fine art and craft co-operative at 7 West Seymour St. invites applications from artists working in stone, wood or metal, photography and basketry. At this time they are not accept-ing applications for glass, paintings, pottery and textile. Visit www.kamloopscourthouse-gallery.ca for more information and applica-tion forms.

Kamloops Museum’s late night Thursday hours have resumed for the summer and they are now open 9:30 am to 7:30 pm, with the Children’s Museum area closing at 7p.m. Regular hours for the rest of the week are Tuesday to Saturday 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Stand and Deliver – presentation and public speaking workshop with Bill Chalmers, Janice Otremba, and esther Sarlo on June 10 & 11 at Calvary Temple, 1205 Rogers Way. For more info and to register go to www.jani-ceotremba.com

Thrift City’s 10th anniversary June 11, 9:30am-5pm at 342 Seymour St. 10 per cent off everything. BBQ from 11am-3pm.

Mass garage sale fundraiser for the Children’s Therapy Family Resource Center organized by Hub International Barton Insurance. June 12 from 9am-3pm. At 299-3rd Avenue in Hub International Barton Insurance parking lot.

Royal Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary Branch 52 general Meeting is June 13 at 1pm at the Legion Hall 425 Lansdowne St. More info at 250-579-9220.

Social Role Valorization workshop on June 13-15 presented by Kamloops and district Co-operative Training group. Social Role Valorization (SRV) is one of the best ways of understanding and addressing the issues of marginalization, oppression and exclusion of people who are devalued in our com-munities and specifically identifying social devaluation as a critical human experience. At

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Meaningful Day June 16 &17 at Kamloops Convention Centre, 1250 Rogers Way. This workshop is helpful in supporting adults and children with severe/multiple disabilities to have a full and meaningful life during the day. Presented by: Kamloops and district Co-operative Training group. For more info and to register contact New Perspectives on Community Living #4-237 6th Ave., call 250-371-2731, or email: dSloney@shawbiz.ca.

Werewolf Wednesdays - Join the crew at All A-Board games on Wednesday evenings at 334 Seymour St. for the “mafia” party game Werewolf. 250-377-0745.

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Kamloops United Church Thrift Store has moved! Their new location is at 387 4th St.

Kamloops Heritage Model Railroad club meets the first Friday of each month at 7 pm. Phone 250-554-3233 for info.

Chronic Pain Association of Kamloops brings you resources, support and fellowship. They meet the last Wednesday of each month at 12:30 pm at People in Motion, 182-B Tranquille Rd. For more info call Jackie 250-372-1912, Steven 250 554-1706, or Kris 250-376-2608.

Canadian Cancer Society Cancer Connection program matches those with cancer with a survivor who has gone through the same type of cancer and treatments. Call 1-888-939-3333 to register.

Speaking Club - Work on your public speak-ing skills! Kamloops Society for Community Living is doing a survey to see what night of the week and time works best for people who want to attend. Please contact darlene at 250-374-3245.

Mighty Oak Midwifery Care Information Nights - Learn more about midwifery in a relaxed setting every third Friday of the month at 202-322 Victoria St. For more information, visit www.mightyoakmidwifery.ca.

Children’s programs at the Kamloops Library at 465 Victoria St. Rhyme Time - Mondays 10:15 to 10:45am & Wednesday 10:15 to 10:45am. Family drop-In Storytime - Sundays 1:00 to 1:30.

Women’s Housing Support - elizabeth Fry Society presents group sessions the last Tuesday of the month from 10am to noon at Hilltop Apartments at 455 Hilltop Ave. To RSVP contact Jody at the elizabeth Fry Society at 250-374-2119 ext. 205. There will be a differ-ent topic each month.

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The Art We Are, 246 Victoria St. 250-828-7998. Artist Round Table: Open dis-cussions every Saturday at 9am. June 9 at 8pm - Maria in the Shower.

Mid Summer’s Night Dream Burlesque Show, June 9 at the Blue Grotto, 319 Victoria St. Doors 8pm. For ages 19+. For more info and if you are inter-ested in performing: facebook.com/kamloopsburlesque.

Louisiana Hayride in Story and Song, June 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sagebrush Theatre. go back in history and relive the careers of such artists as Hank Williams, elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and many others. Tickets at the Kamloops Live Box Office 250-374-5483.

Curator’s Lecture and Exhibition Tour, Kamloops Art Gallery, 465 Victoria St. June 11, at 5:30pm. Curator Andrea Kunard will conduct a talk and tour of global Nature, featuring the work of Lorraine gilbert and Sarah Anne Johnson everyone is welcome and admission is free.

Kamloops Arts Council, 7 Victoria St. W. Main gallery gary davies’ exhibit of sculp-ture & painting to June 25.

Old Courthouse Gallery, 7 W. Seymour St., 10am to 5pm Tues to Fri, 10am to 4pm Sat. erynn Carney is the featured artist for the month of June, with her hand spun yarns and other treasures. Browse the gallery for fine art and craft by local artists. No HST, free parking, handicap accessible, art-ists demonstrating on site.

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TheatreBC’s Mainstage Annual Provincial Theatre Festival, Sagebrush Theatre, July 1-9. Culmination of winning plays from Zone Festivals of up to 10 regions of the province. Participants can also enroll in acting, design, directing, vocal and singing workshops. Nightly performances with a variety of festival tickets and registration packages. Tickets available at Kamloops Live! Box Office 250-372-LIVe. More information on performances, workshops and volunteering is available at www.tbcmainstage.ca

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Jams / Open Mic Nights Commodore, 369 Victoria Street. every Friday The Scattered Atoms, 7pm, free. Kami Inn, 354 Victoria St. Jam Session Saturday afternoons from 2-5pm. The Loft, 255 Victoria St. Wednesdays at 8:30pm. All sound gear and amps provided. The Grind, 476 Victoria St. electric Jam Night on Thursdays 8-11pm.

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