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Use it or lose it. Reading ability is like a muscle - if you don’t exercise it often you may not be able to maintain the same level of read-ing ability as you age.

In honour of Family Literacy Day’s 15th year, Kamloops families can enjoy a whole week of fun, local activities from January 20 to 27. ABC Life Literacy Canada wants to realize a vision of a Canada where everyone has the skills they need to live a fully engaged life. This non-profit organization mobilizes business, government and communities to support lifelong learning through leadership in programs, communications and partnerships. Every year across Canada events are coordi-nated by literacy providers, schools, libraries and community organizations. These activi-ties range from fundraisers, book drives and children’s reading circles, to literacy-themed contests and family games nights. This is a means of reaching not only children, but also the adults in their lives.

The 7th Kamloops ABC Family Literacy Day is January 26. Interior Savings Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week is a part-nership with the City of Kamloops, School District 73, Literacy in Kamloops (LinK) and many local organizations. This fun-filled week will see great ways for families to build liter-acy by reconnecting and playing together. To kick off the week at TCC is hosting a Mother Goose swim on January 20 from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. Other activities include free skating, dancing, story times, games night, movies and literacy Lego.

Now in its 4th year, the Heap the Honda Children’s Book Drive has resulted in the

donation and distribution of more than 40,000 books to families. This year 11 local elemen-tary schools are participating and books will be sorted by volunteers and given to the Bright Red Bookshelf (12 locations throughout the city), ABC Family Literacy Day and Social Service Agencies. New or gently used chil-dren’s books can be dropped off for donation

to Kamloops Honda, YM/YWCA locations, the TNRD libraries, Starbucks locations and Interior Saving branches.

On Wednesday, January 23 at 7:00pm, guest speaker Vince Gowmon is presenting a key-note “Remembering to Play - Inspiring Joy, Freedom and Self-Care” at TRU Alumni

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Big celebrations and big plans– page 5

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Exercise your muscles during Family Literacy Week

Family Literacy Day is an annual initiative developed by ABC Life Literacy Canada that inspires families to increase their literacy skills and encourages parents and children to have “15 Minutes of Fun” learning together. Practicing literacy together for just 15 minutes a day has tremendous benefits. Participate in many free, family activities from January 20 to 27 for Interior Savings Unplug and Play Family Literacy Week.

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Encourage a lifetime of readingClock Tower. Admission is by donation to Loonies for Literacy. Vince will also facilitate a com-munity engagement workshop on Thursday, January 24 from 9:00am to noon. This promises to be a fun, interactive session that will encourage organizations to shift from making decisions for others to making decisions with them creatively and collabora-tively. Register for this program by calling 250-828-3500. Quote course #205032.

Thursday, January 24 at 7:00pm, the Paramount Theatre is hosting a special screen-ing of Play Again. Donate to Loonies for Literacy and explore the con-sequences of a childhood removed from nature with this award-winning film. If you miss the Play Again film, you can catch it at the Boys and Girls Club on Friday, January 25 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. Reserve your seat by calling 250-554-5437.

The final celebration of this fab-ulous week is for the wee ones and their families on Saturday, January 26 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at Henry Grube Education Centre, 245 Kitchener

Avenue, off of Fortune Drive near the Overlander Bridge. This free event will feature storytelling, songs, story time yoga, drum-ming, face painting, crafts and much more. All family mem-bers are welcome, each child receives a free book courtesy of the Heap the Honda Book Drive and Starbucks will be serving free coffee.

Of course, learning can happen at any time. Taking time every day to enjoy a learning activity as a family can improve a child’s skills dramatically. It prepares children for challenges ahead by

building learning skills nec-e s s a r y for good commu-nication later in life and can ulti-m a t e l y contribute to a child’s chances for success. At the same time, these ac t iv i t i e s also sharpen

adult literacy skills. Encouraging a lifetime of reading enjoyment benefits people of all ages!

For more information, please visit abclifeliteracy.ca, literacy-inkamloops.com and facebook.com/unplugandplayweek.

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Cathy McLeod, Member of Parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo would like to remind all constituents that the new ePassport will be available on July 1.

“For those who are looking to renew their passport this year or apply for the first time, starting on July 1, 2013, the new Canadian electronic passport will be avail-able for adult applicants with an

option for a five or ten year ePass-port, while children’s ePassports will be issued for a maximum of five years,” said McLeod.

The Canadian ePassport will have an electronic chip embedded in the back cover of the book. The chip adds an extra layer of secu-rity to the passport and makes it more tamper-proof. The chip will store the same personal informa-tion that is detailed on page two

of the passport, the photo and a country-specific digital security feature that proves the passport was issued by the Government of Canada.

When information is first stored on the chip in the Canadian epass-port, the chip is electronically locked. This means that even if someone were to attempt to tam-per with the data on the chip, the chip would indicate that the lock had been broken and the fraud would be detected.

“ePassports are currently in use in some 95 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and France, and all have reported no chip failures,” said McLeod. “In Canada, we

have conducted a pilot project since January 2009 by issuing more than 50,000 diplomatic and special epassports, and no prob-lems have been reported. In the unlikely event that the chip can-not be read, the passport will still be valid.”

“Once the Canadian ePassport has been fully implemented in July, everyone will be allowed to submit a new application if you wish to replace your non-electronic passport with an ePass-port. The only prerequisite is you will be required to pay the full fee and the unused validity period on your old passport will not be transferred to your new passport,” concluded McLeod.

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Animal Care attendant at the Kamloops SPCA, Jenn Breckenridge paints the wall in the incoming room. Room by room they are in the process of cleaning and renovating the front of their offices.

Social services get a boost In Kamloops, two local organizations are receiving Community

Gaming Grants from the B.C. government worth a total of $101,000. The organizations receiving grants are the Centre for Seniors

Information BC Interior Society receiving $60,000 and the Kamloops Sexual Assault Counseling Centre Society receiving $41,000.

Across British Columbia, 133 recipients will share $6,590,160 in the latest round of grants. Grant recipients include programs for Human and Social Services and Public Safety. Community Gaming Grants help local groups provide important services for British Columbia families.

“Our government recognizes that these organizations provide valu-able services for specific groups of people within our community. This significant amount of funding will help these societies maintain their outstanding level of service for Kamloops. ” said Kamloops-North Thompson MLA Terry Lake.

Fun literacy activitiesand great ways topractice learning:• Create your own comic strip about your family.• Invent two new endings to your favourite book.• Make up a new recipe together and post it online.• Tell knock-knock jokes together while doing the dishes.• Sing five songs really, really loud!• Invent a new game while playing at the park.

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tax revenues for the months of January through September over forecasts originally set for the same period.

Tourism Kamloops in part attributes this increase to strengthened fall family leisure travel as a result of ongoing marketing efforts targeting metro Vancouver and regional British Columbia. Additionally, a strengthening in corporate travel is beginning to be realized as Tourism Kamloops builds on its regional BC efforts.

“This increase is great news for Kamloops,” says Lee Morris, CEO. “With a robust targeted family leisure marketing campaign into the BC market and dedicated efforts to attract regional corporate and association business, revenue forecasts to the end of 2012 are on track.”

FiNE art oFPromotioNThe Kamloops Arts Council (KAC) is pleased to announce that Kelsey Gilker has been promoted to Marketing and Membership coordinator. Kelsey has been working with the KAC for two years, first as a summer student and later as a part-time assistant. You may also have seen her in Project X’s production of James and the Giant Peach last summer. Kelsey will be working on expanding the KAC’s marketing and membership reach over the coming months. Congratulations, Kelsey!

Library hosts healthy seminarThe TNRD Library System’s North

Kamloops Library wants to help you and your family turn over a healthy leaf in 2013 with a free seminar hosted by dietitian Laura Kalina and personal trainer Cheryl Christian on January 24 at 6:30 p.m.

Building on the success of their interna-tional bestseller Low GI (Glycemic Index) Meals in Minutes Cookbook, Kalina and Christian are now launching a Family Health Revolution. Their goal is to help you feel healthy, energized and to eat well.

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to: Get the whole family excited - yes, excited - about healthy eating, prepare tasty and nutritious meals in minutes that even your kids will eat, create a calm and happy eating environment, shop for healthy foods and save time and money preparing them, add fitness to your daily routine and make it a family affair and learn about other families who have taken the Low GI Challenge and how it has changed their lives.

The event is free, but seating is limited, so participants are urged to contact the library to reserve a spot.

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Kamloops Old Time Fiddlers performed a free concert at the North Shore Community Centre’s Community Dinner on the weekend. Their next buffet dinner featuring live entertainment is January 29 at 5:00pm. This event is open to all adults and tickets can be purchased in advance at 730 Cottonwood Ave or by calling 250-376-4777.

New Dialysis Unit to offer improved accessInterior Health has issued an invitation to tender for

the renovation and light construction work required for the new Community Dialysis Unit (CDU) in Kamloops.

“This next step towards project completion is great news for the growing number of Kamloops residents affected by kidney disease,” says Kamloops North Thompson MLA Terry Lake.

The new CDU, planned for a centrally located leased space on the North Shore, was announced this sum-mer. Funded by the BC Renal Agency and operated by Interior Health, it will allow stable kidney patients access to renal services outside of Royal Inland Hospital.

The unit will incorporate an “Involved Care” patient self management model, which empowers patients to gradually increase their level of independence within

a supportive environment, leading to improved quality of life and physical and mental well being. This model offers an opportunity for patients to set individual goals, learn new skills and gain control over their health.

“By offering patient centered care in the community setting we are addressing the increasing need for dialy-sis services and ensuring those services are accessible,” says Interior Health Board chair Norman Embree.

“Research clearly demonstrates that the more involved a person is in his or her own care, the better the results,” says Dr. Adeera Levin, executive director of the BC Renal Agency. “The involved care model, which has proven successful in Penticton, allows patients to increase participation in their dialysis care at their own pace and level of ability.”

The City of Kamloops is pleased to announce that the inaugural Legacy Performance Games will be coming to Kamloops in 2013. The Legacy Performance Games were created to provide Provincial Sport Organizations the opportu-nity to enhance and expand their opportunities in providing high level competition to BC athletes.

During the week of June a 27 to 30, athletes will compete in the following seven sports: Cycling – Kamloops Bike Ranch; Canoe and Kayak – Shumway Lake; Synchronized Swimming – Canada Games Aquatic Centre; Wrestling - TCC Fieldhouse; Beach Volleyball - Overlander Park; Wheelchair Tennis – Kamloops Tennis Centre

and Wheelchair Rugby – TCC Fieldhouse. Additional sports will be confirmed.

The Legacy Games are a result of the success of the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games.

Not only were the Summer Games a success with those who were involved, but a significant cash legacy was remnant, along with a mandate to invest it into developing sport opportunities for British Columbia athletes.

This high-performance multisport event will be hosted every two years in Kamloops, drawing com-petitors from the prairies, west-ern provinces and north-western United States. The inaugural 2013 event is anticipated to bring an

estimated 600 athletes, but in the future there is an expectation to see it grow to include up to 15 sports and 2,000 athletes.

On alternating years, plans are to include hosting a Legacy Masters Games, with the first Masters to be held in 2015.

“This event meets the goals in Council’s Strategic Plan to develop a home-grown event for the City, further enhancing the Tournament Capital program, highlighting leg-acy venues that have been built for previous Games, using the cash legacy from the 2011 WCSG to start up the event, and to also gen-erate additional economic revenue through hosting sport,” commented Kamloops Mayor Peter Milobar.

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Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Canada is celebrating its 100th birthday with the launch of a year long awareness campaign to provide Canadians with fresh insights into the societal value of youth mentoring.

To build understanding and community support, the organi-zation is planning an entire series of research based information campaigns - each exploring a different facet of youth mentor-ing - that demonstrates how Big Brothers and Big Sisters volun-teers change the trajectory of young lives.

In particular, Canadians are going to be hearing a good deal about how volunteer Big Brothers and Big Sisters are helping youth in need of guidance find a better path in life. Everyday, volunteers create little miracles by listening, speeding time, talking and setting a positive example.

The stories of these volunteers and the people the children and teenagers they mentor will be featured in an online campaign dubbed “Big Shout Out” that will go live this week.

One of the standout events of the centennial year will be a Youth Summit in Ottawa. One hundred of Canada’s most social-ly engaged teenagers will head to the capital and speak their minds to political leaders. Drawn from the ranks of Big Brothers and Big Sisters mentoring programs from across Canada, these youth ambassadors will be expressing their ideas about issues that mat-

ter to them. This is a unique event that will provide Canada’s politi-cal leaders with a rare glimpse into the mindset of today’s youth. It will also showcase how effec-tively their mentors have instilled the values of giving back, aca-demic achievement and respect for family and others.

A very special event will pay tribute to the contributions of one local volunteer, Bill Pernitsky, who has been a volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops and Region since 1976. Bill is

an exemplary mentor utilizing many of his strengths including patience, compassion, and play-fulness. He will be awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal on Friday, January 18 at a rec-ognition breakfast honouring his dedication to strengthening our community.

Find out more about Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops and Region and their various pro-grams by visiting bbbskamloops.ca or by contacting them at 250-374-6134 for more details.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Kamloops and Region is hosting their Bowl for Kids Sake (formerly Strikes for Tykes). This is the largest bowling fundraiser in Kamloops and will be held February 23 to March 10. Save the date for a fun time and a great way to support young people in our community. All funds raised stay in Kamloops and are used to help support children in need of these services each year.

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On both January 20 and January 27, from 8am until 1pm, an indoor Flea Market will be held at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Up to 40 vendors will be selling gently used home items, farm fresh eggs, homemade chil-dren’s clothing, Watkins,

jewelry and more. Table rentals can be reserved by calling 250-376-4777. Entry to the Flea Market is by donation to the Community Centre.

January 22 at 6:00pm brings another Pie Night. This popular event fea-tures homemade pie and live entertainment with an open dance floor all for only $3!

The Centre also offers a variety of drop-in exer-cise classes, so for those who made the resolution to get or stay fit, they’ve got what you need with Zumba, Dance Aerobics and Yoga for all abilities.

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What better way to unwind after a hard day at the office than to spend a few hours tripping through time. Drummer, Cam MacQuarrie of Kamloops Burlesque’s pit band, Emergency Happiness felt the blood rushing to his cheeks when tattooed fireball Melody Mangler took to the stage for the time travel themed showcase at the Blue Grotto.


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The amazing work of artists within our community will be showcased once again at the Ka-mloops Arts Council’s (KAC) 3rd Annual Juried Art Show and Sale at the Old Courthouse Cul-tural Centre on February 16 to 24. It will include a variety of both two dimensional and three dimensional works that will celebrate and display the hard work, effort, talent and inspira-tion that goes into the art created in the Kamloops area.

The KAC Juried Art Show provides emerging and amateur local artists of all ages with con-structive criticism and visibility, as well as a chance to build their resume and compete with peers.

In addition to encouraging and promoting the arts in Kamloops, a variety of prizes and awards are handed out at the exhibition. $700 in cash will be awarded.

The whole idea of assessing one piece of art against another in order to determine a winner might be a little vague to many as ultimately art is always going to be open to so many different interpretations. If you see some-thing that you personally love, cast a ballot for your personal favourite in the People’s Choice selection. All of the submitted artwork is also for sale so, if you are looking to add a unique piece to your collection, support a local artist and take your fa-vourite piece home.

If you are an artist who is pas-sionate about the work you are

creating and like the idea of par-ticipating in this popular and prestigious exhibition, there is still time to submit your best work. January 26 is the deadline for entry. Who is judging you? This year’s jury panel consists of Alan Brandoli, senior lecturer in Visual Arts at Thompson Rivers University; Craig Willms, assis-tant curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery and internationally re-nowned artist and curator Tricia Sellmer. Participating in juried shows can help to bring broader attention to your work and your-self with nine days for the public to view and hopefully purchase your art.

The jurors will decide the winners and the prizes will be awarded at the Juried Art Show Opening Night on Friday, Feb-ruary 15 from 6:00 to 8:00pm. Many of the artists will be at-tending this reception.

Be sure to drop by the Old Courthouse Cultural Centre, 7 Seymour Street West, located right in the heart of the down-town core. The Juried Art Show will open to the public daily from Saturday, February 16 to Sunday, February 24, 10:00am to 5:00pm. The quality of work is innovative, demonstrates a high level of technical accom-plishment and often challenges the limits of genre.

Important dates and informa-tion for artists can be found at kamloopsarts.com/events/annu-al-events/juried-art-show.

Competition brings notoriety to local artists

Last year at the KAC Juried Art Show, top prize went to Joe Ratushniak for his untitled wood carved bull skull. If past work by Kamloops artists is any indication, this show will be a must see!

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n Jim Cochran and Mark Petri on Jan. 18 from 7 to 10pm at Chances Barside Lounge and Grill, 1250 Halston Ave.

n Kamloops Players Society Presents One Act Showcase on Jan. 18 and 19 at The Stage House, 422 Tranquille Rd. Doors open 7pm with showtime 7:30pm. Tickets at the door.

n How to Photodocument your Artwork Workshop with Robert D. Clark on Jan. 19 from 9am to 12pm at Parkview Activity Centre, 500 McDonald Ave. To register contact 250-828-3500 or www.kamloops.ca/ezreg course #204582.

n BIG Little Science Centre, 985 Holt St. Air Pressure Show at 11am and 1:30pm on Jan. 19. Wind, water, fire, explosions! This show has it all and many surpris-es. FMI contact 250-554-2572.

n Kamloops Storm vs Grand Forks at McArthur Park Arena Jan. 19 at 7pm. FMI call 250.828.3602.

n Indoor Flea Market on Jan. 20 from 8am to 1pm at the North Shore Community Centre, 730 Cottonwood Ave. Table rent-als must be reserved by calling 250-376-4777. Entry to the Flea Market is by donation to the Community Centre. FMI contact 250-376-4777.

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n Love Letters on Feb. 13 to 16 at the Stage House Theatre, 422 Tranquille Rd. 2pm matinees daily and 7:30pm each evening. Tickets available at Kamloops Live! Box Office 250-374-5483.

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