Today is your day Boomer! OK, OK, I know many Boomers are old fashioned....but cellphones are one item I don't worry too much about. I sport the lowest cellphone bill one can have....about 15 dollars a month, I think. I have an old I-phone, and when it dies I will likely take over another old one handed down from my wife or daughter. And it's fine with me. I use them....I just am not addicted to them like so many younger people. In fact, I still have a "landline" like many of my Boomer friends, and I love the picture of this old phone because it brings back so many memories. Memories like my old phone system where we had party lines, lines with operators, and very shortened phone numbers. When I was a kid, our phone number was 67. That's right.....good ol' 67, and later, I can remember cringing and practically crying when BC Tel told us that we had to start dialing 10 numbers to get a hold of anyone! Fortunately, we are still holding steady at ten, unless it is long distance and then we have to add a "1". Oh boy, what's next? Cheers to the good old days Boomers!
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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