Today is your day Boomer! Want a day inside without facing scorching heat and high temperatures? Follow Dr. Bonnie Henry's advice and go and visit your elderly loved ones. My wife and I did just that yesterday as we made the 2 and 1/2 hour drive to Kamloops, BC to see my 92-year-old father in a physiotherapy rehab centre. We talked, played crib, and stayed in the air conditioning for over two hours and helped to lift his spirits; we also placed a telephone call to my wife's mother, also in her 90's, to see how she was coping with the heat. She does not have air conditoning, but lives in a cool, shady condo. I think it made everyone feel better knowing family is checking up on you. By the way, our car was air conditioned both ways, and so was our house when we got home. Cool air all around as the air temperature hit a sizzling 40 Celcius in Merritt. Also, we stopped for groceries in another cool store. Boomers, we can't do the summer heat every day! Hey, my Dad looks great, does't he? 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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