Today is your day Boomer! I am a proponent of facial hair. In fact, I have sported a moustache for about 40 years ever since my early twenties! It has only been shaved off twice...one of those times was a student-led cancer fundraiser when I was a teacher. I see the moustache as part of my identity, my look, my life.....and so do many other Boomers as portrayed in this picture. In fact, many of us take pride in what we look like as we get older and facial hair can bolster our self esteem! It can also hide newly-forming wrinkles, cut down on the amount of sun tan lotion one uses, keeps us warm on colder days, and blends in nicely with certain types of clothing accessories like touques! But more than anything, it means we don't have to shave every day...we can avoid that daily scraping of our skin to face the working world. So.....this means it is also a Boomer male expression of relaxation, retirement, and recreation. And we see more and more examples of incredible beards and moustaches during this pandemic! Keep groomin' and growin' Boomers, and cheers!
Today is your day Boomer! Well, yesterday was my day! My long-awaited dream of building and opening a new high school gym in Summerland came true! 550 students watched, smiled and vigourously applauded as the SD67 school trustees officially cut the ribbon and opened the facility. The kids played in their new gym, in a so-called Rocket Rally, right after that and then 200 more mostly-Summerlanders attended a two-hour opening fundraiser that evening. There were people, young and old, every where: going on tours, eating food, watching volleyball and basketball, listening to speeches, and investing money in 30 community-donated silent auction items and a huge 50/50 raffle...organized by the school's Parent Advisory Council. The final fundraiser tally was about 7000$...made in only two hours! Congratulations students and staff of SSS. Your new gym is finally here, the first new one since 1951! Play on....
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