Today is your day Boomer! What do you do on your birthday? One Boomer in BC does something very special every year....something you or I likely wouldn't do. He does a marathon run to match his age, and this year....yup, at age 62, he ran 62km! Dave MacDowell says "I've always tried to celebrate my birthday by doing something outside, whether it's going for a long run, or climbing a mountain and skiing down, or riding my bike as far as I could go; It's just to start off my next year by achieving a goal, and it feels great." Dave often runs with his wife, Tracy, who is an internationally-recognized runner of ultra-marathons — a race that is any distance over the standard marathon distance of 42.2 km — and takes inspiration from her partner in life and training. And Boomers, Dave has some advice for us; he says age doesn't matter: "I'd rather not quantify my years with a number that's just a random number — this is how old you are — because I think there's so many boundaries that people attach to age, and I choose to be ageless and pick that [birthday] number as a new goal — an ever-growing goal." Way to go Dave! Keep on truckin'...er, running. 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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