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Just when you thought the fun and games were over for yet another summer we have another action packed, visit-filled week to look forward to here on the north shore. Mcarthur island will once again be home to a bevy of excite-ment, motor-roaring and sporting good fun. if there is one thing that we can now be certain of here in Kamloops it is that our premium-built sports and recreation facilities do indeed attract visitors from all

across north american and the globe.

First up are our friends who trav-el on two wheels. harley davidson Kamloops is more than pleased to be hosting the 16th annual Canadian national h.o.g. rally. every year harley davidson® Canada hosts a rally for harley riders all across the country to get together, enjoy good riding and good company.

“This is the first time the h.o.g.

rally has been held in Kamloops,” explains peter Murray, general manager of Kamloops harley davidson®. “each year deal-ers from across a chosen area, in this case Kamloops, put in their bids to host. harley davidson® Canada visited the different cities and chose Kamloops. we are look-ing forward to more than 2000 people coming to Kamloops to take part.”

picked partially because of our picturesque riding destinations and part for our world-class facilities, the h.o.g. riders are converg-ing on Kamloops for four days of fun, riding and entertainment. The event will feature a variety of activities with a whole day’s worth of events planned on saturday, august 27 here at Mcarthur island. From 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. there will be a harley parade and a variety of field games.

“The highlight of the rally activ-ities will be the parade. with an expected 1,200 motorcycles riding through Kamloops, spectators will get the chance to view the impres-sive line-up of harley-davidson® motorcycles as they rumble past,” explains alex Carroni, public

relations specialist for harley davidson® Canada. “The parade departs at 10:30 am on saturday, august 27, from Mcarthur island park and travels along Tranquille road, over overlander bridge, and loops back around Thompson rivers university, which provides the best viewing spot for spectators. at 11:15 a.m., the parade returns to Mcarthur island park, where the public is welcome to watch the motorcycle field games.”

after the rip-roaring motorists leave, the park will be welcoming ultimate Frisbee teams from all over the province and area for the big Thirst ultimate Tournament from august 27 through august 28. organized by the bC disc sports society, teams are descend-ing upon Kamloops to prove their worth on the field. ready for a showdown, if you love Frisbee, ultimate or all of the above this will be a competition that you will not want to miss.

ultimate is an exciting, non-con-tact team sport, played by thou-sands the world over. it mixes the best features of sports such as soccer, basketball, football and

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The Canadian National H.O.G. Rally was held last year in Sherbrooke, Quebec. This photo of the upbeat crowds prior to the parade in that city shows just what Kamloops can anticipate as we host the 2011 rally, with the kick-off parade taking place at McArthur Island Park.

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nominations for the 2011 business excellence awards sponsored by the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and Td Canada Trust were recently announced. Chamber president peter aylen said 272 nominations for 15 categories were received this year, with 180 city business-es being nominated. The 26th annual business excellence awards celebrate the Kamloops business community and highlight 16 award winners in total. business of the year is chosen from the winners of the other 15 awards. The gala awards banquet and ceremony will be held on saturday, oct. 22, at the Kamloops Convention Centre.

The nominees are:Excel Personnel Business Person of the Year:

shelley battistella - La dolcevita day spa & salon; peter Cameron-inglis - greater Than Technology; Courtney Charlton - Kamloops Momma Magazine; Mary-ellen Colman - invis Financial; Krista Faraday - academy of dance; Jennifer harbaruk - Lizzie bits baby Co.; ryan holowaychuk - noran printing; dennis Kenny - dK shoe Clinic; Frank Lucia - domenic’s Marine; John McCurrach - purity Feed; Jennifer McKinney - Fresh inc.; Mike Miltimore - Lee’s Music; natalie peace - booster Juice; anthony salituro - Viva bridal boutique; Kim watt-senner - everything organized.

City of Kamloops Community Service Award: aberdeen Mall, Canadian Tire Kamloops; Cooper’s Foods; delta sun peaks; excel personnel inc.; interior Vault; nri distribution; Telus; we Care home; health services; bdC business; development bank of Canada

Manufacturer Award: adwood Manufacturing Ltd., Craig’s bakery, hytracker Manufacturing Ltd., riversong guitars Lee’s Music, pinnacle pellet inc., scorpion, Technologies Ltd., Thompson rivers university school of business & economics.

Young Entrepreneur Award: Kathy grant - Kg Creative Consulting, ashley gribble - Kamloops urban Tailz pet Care, Jennifer harbaruk - Lizzie bits baby Co, shawn harnett - at your service Catering, Jenna and Justin huxley – instinct adornment, Michael Koehn - Mindteams professional support services, ryan McMillan - rM stone.

Home Hardware First Nations Business of the Year: Complete Floors Ltd., CsC electric Ltd., Manny Tan, salto waterworks.

Home-based Business of the Year Award: brianna Munro photography, delish naturals, everything organized, First Comes Love wedding & event design, JCb Custom Metal works, Judy basso events & décor, Kamloops Momma Magazine, Kamloops Toner Cartridge recycling, Kent wong photography, Kg Creative Consulting, Kustom Kribs, Made with Love delectable edibles, Magical Moments event rentals, Mobile golden Care services, spark your imagination, uncle Chris the Clown, Zero Tolerance dd’s service Ltd.

Aberdeen Mall Retailer Award 1-10 Staff: big boot inn, Cuz i’m Magic, golfland, hi-Tech Vacuums, Jardines domaine, Lizzie bits baby Co., The only stereo warehouse, underwriters,

insurance brokersRetailer Award 11+ Staff: Kamloops

harley davidson, Main street Clothing Company Ltd., petland, Visions electronics, wholesale sports, outdoor outfitters, berwick on the park.

Service Provider Award 1-10 Staff: 1-800-goT-JunK?, arctic spa Kamloops, barb’s bouquets, bicycle Café, Campbell wall Company, Cam’s Lawn Maintenance, Cash$More bookkeeping, Chevron brock gas station, Columbia street pharmacy, Conscientious Catering, domenic’s Marine, dynamic system design and drafting services, echo newspapers, evolve pilates studio, Fresh healthy Café, Kamloops door service, berwick on the park, Kamloops Fit Centre, Kamloops insurance, Kamloops urban Tailz pet Care, nexbuild Construction, noran printing, people in Focus Consulting, pure Cuisine, sage iT, sandler Training, Takahashi optometry Centre, Twist of Fate, wow Leadership Training services, Zero Tolerance dd’s service Ltd.

Kamloops Ford Lincoln Service Provider Award 11+ Staff: ardeo spa & salon, at your service Catering, Canadian Linen and uniform service, Chubb edwards, CibC –downtown branch, CTQ Consultants Ltd., daley & Company, erwin’s bakery, everything

organized, Frick & Frack, insight support services, Kamloops Convention Centre, La dolcevita day spa & salon, purity Feed, service plus, The noble pig, Trout Creek enterprises.

BCLC Technology Innovator Award: axiMech Technologies Corporation, Chubb edwards, greater Than Technology, MemoryLeaf Media, net shift Media, roi Media works Corp., Trout Creek enterprises, Visual statement, welcome back Clinic.

Venture Kamloops Resource Industry Award: bC Livestock producers Co-op, domtar, douglas Lake Cattle Co., g&T Metallurgical, intequip robertson Manufacturing Ltd., sMs equipment.

Tourism Kamloops/ Tourism sun peaks Tourism & hospitality award: bear Country property Management Ltd., best western Kamloops plus, hotel 540, sun peaks resort Corporation, sunmore ginseng spa Tru residence & Conference Centre.

bC hydro power smart green award 1-10 staff: Crawford electric, Culture Care Landscaping windcor power systems Corporation.

rbC green award 11+ staff: nature’s Fare Markets, ridgepointe at pineview, south Thompson inn & Conference Centre, Trout Creek enterprises.

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netball into an elegantly simple yet fascinating and demanding game played with a Frisbee, To compete at the top level, ultimate players require an unmatched degree of speed, stamina and agility. yet the simplicity of the rules means it’s easy and fun for newcomers to pick up.

“we have been doing this tournament here in Kamloops for nine years,” explains Mark Meredith, one of the organizers from Kamloops ultimate. “it looks like we will have 23 teams this year coming out to play, with 16 people per team. There are three divisions with three teams walking away with bragging rights.”

normally coming from as far away as saskatchewan, ultimate teams this year will all

be from bC. They will spend two glorious days in Kamloops doing what they love most, play-ing ultimate! They will be at Mcarthur island from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on saturday and 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on sunday, and they invite you to come and check out the action on the field.

“we usually don’t get a lot of spectators as we don’t do a lot of advertising here in town,” finishes Mark. “but it is quite a show!”

stop by to learn about the game of ultimate Frisbee. if you have any questions or would like more information on how to start playing ultimate Frisbee here in town, send an email to: [email protected].

Tanya Orozco, freelance

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A fun weekend of riding and flying

Congratulations to the North Shore businesses that have been nominated for the 2011 Business Excellence Awards, including Barb’s Bouquets, which has been nominated for the Service Provider Award! Pictured is Barb Gauthier, owner of Barb’s Bouquets.

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The Kamloops search and rescue (Ksr) society is a vital volunteer, com-munity-based non-profit organization that proudly dedicates itself to providing an important life saving service to the public, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. (Ksar) is a registered society and operates with a core of some 30 longstanding members from all ages and walks of life. in addi-tion to its search and rescue activities, Ksr regularly participates in a number of community events, and members also present public information and education programs throughout the year to schools, youth groups and others.

Ksr is searching for something else these days – a place to call home. Ksr has been in limbo for almost a year, since it had to vacate its old hall across from the riverbend seniors Community in

brocklehurst at the end of 2010. The City of Kamloops let the Ksr temporarily use a heated storage building on Mission Flats road, but that location isn’t suitable, as it doesn’t have office space nor is there room to perform training exercises.

david Freeman, the City’s real-estate manager, has publicly stated that the City has been in discussion with Ksr. however Ksr is a provincially funded agency not included in the city’s opera-tion, and it is Kamloops Fire rescue that is funded to do the rescue work within municipal boundaries. another part of the problem is that Ksr requires nearby access to water.

Kamloops airport has had some prelim-inary talks regarding space for a regional air-rescue operation, so perhaps a solution for Ksr could be included.

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wEEKEND wARRIoR wALKERSThe Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers benefiting BC Cancer Foundation is a weekend creating hope for every woman’s future, and a time to remember those lives that have been lost to breast or gynecologic cancer and celebrate the lives that are being saved. Since 2004, over $16 million has been raised by Weekend participants enabling numerous advances in cancer research, treatment, prevention and care. Seven Kamloops have lots of memories from their two-day 60-kilometre walk in Vancouver on August 13 and 14. Each of the women reached the individual fundraising requirement of $2,000 each. Pictured are: (back L-R): Bev Moody, Terri Haggerty, Margaret Huff, Teresa Foreman and (front L-R): Tanya Alkerton, Connie Lacey, Vessy Mochikas.

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i’d be swimming at Tignish, p.e.i. That’s where i was born and

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i’d probably be at our cottage near haliburton,

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Cathy McLeod, Member of parliament for Kamloops – Thompson – Cariboo would like to remind everyone to nominate some-one they feel is deserving of the prime Minister’s Volunteer award.

“as i watched first-hand the many dedicated volunteers work so tire-lessly over the past two weeks at the western Canada summer games, i’m reminded that volunteers are the key to the success of our commu-nities. Their everyday contributions help make Canada stronger by mak-ing a difference and inspiring hope,” said McLeod.

The prime Minister’s Volunteer awards is a new program that has been created to celebrate and high-light community leadership and encourage partnerships across sec-tors.

a total of 17 awards will be given: 15 regional and two national awards. recipients will be eligible to identify

a not-for-profit organization to receive a grant for $5,000 (regional awards) or $10,000 (national awards).

The last day to submit a nomination application is september 9, 2011. award recipients will be recognized at an award ceremony to be held in early 2012.

“i know there are numerous indi-viduals, businesses and not-for-prof-it organizations in our riding that

deserve to be nominated for this award. if you know anyone who is making a difference in your commu-nity, please recognize their contribu-tions and show your appreciation by submitting a nomination,” says McLeod.

To learn more about the prime Minister’s Volunteer awards, please visit www.pm.gc.ca/awards or call 1-877-825-0434.

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The provincial government announced that four Kamloops-area community groups are benefitting in the latest round of gaming grants released august 10.

They are: Kamloops and district humane society ($6,250); Kamloops search and rescue society ($12,000); Kamloops river City racers speed skating Club ($9,000); st John society bC

and yukon - Kamloops branch ($40,000)

across b.C., 101 recipients will share $1,861,891 in this round of grants from gaming revenue. The government states that beneficia-ries cover a range of community interests, including sports; arts and culture; festivals; and parent advi-sory and district parent advisory councils.

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Right: Morgan Cooper and her horse Lena are regulars at the weekly cattle penning practice held every Sunday at Rath Ranch on Tranquille Road out past the airport. Rath Ranch is owned by Susan and Jerry Rath (standing on stairs). Penning is a timed event where a group of 30 cows are in the arena, and teams of three riders take turns herding three colour-coded cows into the pen.Above: These riders love to test their penning skills and get the cattle running!

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it has been six years since Darleen Polegi first turned the open sign over on her home, hearth and Cottage store. The store, which is a wonderful rep-resentation of her own personal charm and character, is filled with a unique array of home fur-nishings and décor items, lovely soaps, lotions and bath products, gourmet food items that would make any guest drool and an amazing selection of gift items from greeting cards to funny mugs.

Located right in the midst of the Tranquille Market, home, hearth and Cottage is a great place to shop when you are on the north shore. “This is an ex-citing place to be as restoration progresses in the neighbourhood and the shopping district’s per-sonality evolves,” says darleen. “Come out and take in artwalk. it’s a good opportunity to stroll the Tranquille Market and see first hand the variety of quality shops that are available on the Kamloops north shore.”

half the charm of the store is the products that grace its inside and this is thanks to darleen herself. darleen puts a strong emphasis on sourcing and providing local goods made by Canadian artists, artisans and manufacturers. she works long and hard on finding unique and quality items that you would be proud to have in your home, feed to your guests or give to loved ones. she has such a knack for picking out treasured gifts that in the last few years she has expanded and is now provided gifting services right here in the store. she also has started a country magazine

exchange. bring in your gently used country-themed magazines (Country sampler, gardening, etc) and trade for one you don’t have.

“home, hearth and Cottage itself has evolved over the past six years. Most notably with the addition of basket bliss gift basket services,” she explains. “if you have not yet discovered the convenience, functionality and quality of gifting family and friends with a custom gift bas-ket, call or stop by today.”

There are as many reasons to give a gift basket as there are to give flowers. Whether you need to get something for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, cor-

porate gifts or solemn occa-sions, a custom gift basket says it all. you can fully customize it or even give darleen a theme and she will create something spectacular. More personal then a generic basket, each fully cus-tomizable basket is full of won-derful eats, treats and character.

stop by home, hearth and Cot-tage today and see what you have been missing. home, heath and Cottage is open five days a week from Tuesday through saturday and is located at 275 Tranquille rd across from Mino’s. you can also find her on Facebook and learn more about basket bliss at www.basketbliss.com.

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The western Canada summer games are over, but there are memories to last a lifetime. during the games, Kamloops mayor peter Milobar accepted a gift from the north west Territories that will be treasured forever.

The ulukhaktok western drummers and dancers from the n.w.T., who performed at the games Festival, presented Mayor Milobar with a hand-crafted traditional ulu knife as a thank you for welcoming the group to the city and for hosting the games. The ulukhaktok per-formers came a long way to par-ticipate in the games Festival. They are from the small hamlet of ulukhaktok, located on the west coast of Victoria island, in the inuvik region of the northwest Territories. The com-munity has a population of just under 400 people.

Karen Kitekudlak, coordina-tor for the ulukhaktok western drummers and dancers explained, “ulukhaktok means ‘the place where ulu parts are found’. Traditionally ulus were made out of slate and copper, which the area was rich in. our community is known for its beauty and the three hills overlooking it. The three hills were the main source of the slate and copper.”

an ulu is an essential tool for inuit/inuvialuit people. it is a woman’s knife, used for virtually everything from skinning and cutting, preparing and serving meals and also to cut out materi-als for sewing.

The ulu that was presented to Mayor Milobar was made by elder and artist andy akoakhion and consists of a handle made of muskox horn featuring the shape of an inukshuk.

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the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.

why are husbands like lawn mowers? They are difficult to get started, and then they don’t work half the time.

There’s one good thing about snow, it makes your lawn look as nice as your neighbour’s. - Clyde Moore

why do you water your lawn with whisky? so that it comes up half-cut.

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a newspaper boy was standing on the corner with a large pile of papers, shouting, “read all about it. Twenty five people cheated. Twenty five people cheated.”

intrigued, a man walked over, bought a paper, and checked the front page. what he saw was yesterday’s paper. The man said, “hey, this is an old paper, where’s the story about the big swindle?” The newspaper boy ignored him and went on yelling out, “read all about it. Twenty six people cheated.”

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one day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf. he was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospect of catching a fish.

about that time, a businessman came walking down the beach, trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. he noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out why this fisher-man was fishing instead of work-ing harder to make a living for himself and his family.

“you aren’t going to catch many fish that way,” said the business-man to the fisherman, “you should be working rather than lying on the beach!”

The fisherman looked up at the businessman, smiled and replied, “and what will my reward be?”

“well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!” was the businessman’s answer.

“and then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman, still smiling.

The businessman replied, “you will make money and you’ll be able to buy a boat, which will then result in larger catches of fish!” “and then what will my reward be?” asked the fisherman again.

The businessman was beginning to get a little irritated with the fish-

erman’s questions. “you can buy a bigger boat, and hire some people to work for you!” he said.

“and then what will my reward be?” repeated the fisherman.

The businessman was getting angry. “don’t you understand? you can build up a fleet of fishing boats, sail all over the world, and let all your employees catch fish for you!”

once again the fisherman asked, “and then what will my reward

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The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, “and what do you think i’m doing right now?”

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Canadians love golf as much as anyone else, but they’re a strange lot. They insist that their golf carts have drink-holders for their beer, they believe that for-mal golf attire means an ironed hockey jersey, and that a bogey is something that hangs off the end of your nose.

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before you hibernate, you’re supposed to eat yourself stupid. i could deal with that too.

when you’re a girl bear, you birth your children (who are the size of walnuts) while you are sleeping and wake to partial-ly grown, cute, cuddly cubs. i could definitely deal with that.

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god: st. Francis, you know all about gardens and nature. what in the world is going on down there on earth? what happened to the dandelions, violets, thistle and stuff i started eons ago? i had a perfect, no-maintenance garden plan. Those plants grow in any type of soil, withstand drought and multiply with abandon. The nec-tar from the long lasting blossoms attracts butterflies, honeybees and flocks of songbirds. i expected to see a vast garden of colors by now. but all i see are these green rectangles.

st. Francis: it’s the tribes that settled there, Lord. The suburbanites. They started calling your flowers weeds and went to great lengths to kill them and replace them with grass.

god: grass? but it’s so boring. it’s not colorful. it doesn’t attract butter-flies, birds and bees, only grubs and sod worms. it’s temperamental with temperatures. do these suburbanites really want all that grass growing there?

st. Francis: apparently so, Lord. They go to great pains to grow it and keep it green. They begin each spring by fertilizing grass and poisoning any other plant that crops up in the lawn.

god: The spring rains and warm

weather probably make grass grow really fast. That must make the suburbanites happy.

st. Francis: apparently not, Lord. as soon as it grows a little, they cut it, sometimes twice a week.

god: They cut it? do they then bale it like hay?

st. Francis: not exactly Lord. Most of them rake it up and put it in bags.

god: They bag it? why? is it a cash crop? do they sell it?

st. Francis: no, sir -- just the oppo-site. They pay to throw it away.

god: now, let me get this straight. They fertilize grass so it will grow. and when it does grow, they cut it off and pay to throw it away?

st. Francis: yes, sir.god: These suburbanites must be

relieved in the summer when we cut back on the rain and turn up the heat. That surely slows the growth and saves them a lot of work.

st. Francis: you aren’t going to believe this, Lord. when the grass stops growing so fast, they drag out hoses and pay more money to water it so they can continue to mow it and pay to get rid of it.

god: what nonsense. at least they kept some of the trees. That was a sheer stoke of genius, if i do say so myself. The trees grow leaves in the spring to provide beauty and shade in the summer. in the autumn they

fall to the ground and form a natural blanket to keep moisture in the soil and protect the trees and bushes. plus, as they rot, the leaves form compost to enhance the soil. it’s a natural circle of life.

st. Francis: you’d better sit down, Lord. The suburbanites have drawn a new circle. as soon as the leaves fall, they rake them into great piles and pay to have them hauled away.

god: no. what do they do to protect the shrub and tree roots in the winter and to keep the soil moist and loose?

st. Francis: after throwing away the leaves, they go out and buy something which they call mulch. They haul it home and spread it around in place of the leaves.

god: and where do they get this mulch?

st. Francis: They cut down trees and grind them up to make the mulch.

god: enough! i don’t want to think about this anymore. st. Catherine, you’re in charge of the arts. what movie have you scheduled for us tonight?

st. Catherine: dumb and dumber, Lord. it’s a really stupid movie about...

god: never mind, i think i just heard the whole story from st. Francis.

god’s thoughts on watching the grass grow

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TALK of the TownFarmer’s Market from 4pm

to 8pm at spirit square, corner of MacKenzie and yew, every Friday until sept. 30.

North Shore Artwalk is on until september 5. start at northills Centre for free parking and pick up a map and coffee stamp card.

Summer Reading Club runs until aug. 27. Children aged 0 to 12 can register at any Tnrd Library. Teens can register on-line for the Teen reading Club at www.teenrc.ca. For more info visit www.tnrdlib.bc.ca.

Interior Savings Moonlight Movie - aug 24 at riverside park. Family fun begins at 7pm. pirates of the Caribbean 4 begins at dusk. donations accepted with all pro-ceeds going to the boys and girls Club.

A&W Cruisin’ for a Cause Day is on aug. 25, from 8am-11:30pm. For every Teen burger sold at all a&w restaurants across Canada, $1 will go to the Multiple sclerosis society of Canada. north shore a&w is in the Fortune Mall at 8th st. & Tranquille rd.

Daytime courses for seniors with Kamloops adult Learners society (KaLs) - For details, visit www.kals.ca. register in person at northills Centre, Center for seniors information on aug. 25 from 12:30 to 4:30pm. For more info call KaLs at 250-819-5153 or email: [email protected].

Music in the Park - Free con-certs held at Mcdonald park from 7 to 8:30pm every Friday evening. aug 26: bluesfoot - bluesy rock

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Let’s Dance, at the ukrainain hall, 725 york st. on sept. 17 starting at 8pm. Music by phoenix.

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Peeled Passage - Karen palmer’s slipcarved pottery shows at wilson house gallery at 115 Tranquille rd. until sept. 1.

Kamloops Tai Chi Club reg-istration and weekly lessons begin september 13. For more informa-tion call Mark at 250-573-4692, brenda at 250-374-8696 or shirley at 250-314-6565.

The Friends of Walhachin Society welcome you to the new museum in the walhachin soldiers Memorial hall. open saturday and sunday from 10am to 5pm or by appointment. Call Val at 250-457-6678 or Colleen at 250-457-6245.

Community Canning Kitchens offered by interior Community services. get together and preserve the bounty of local gardens, your own produce or har-vest donated by local growers. supplies are also provided. For more info, call or email dede at Community Kitchens at 250-554-3134 ext #618 or [email protected]

Icon Tours at the ukrainian orthodox Church, 1044 8th st.. Tuesdays and wednesdays from 1–3pm in august. For more info call 250-318-5480.

Alano Club - a safe environ-ment for recovering addicts. open Mon.-sun. 8am-1:30pm. 171 Leigh rd. 250-376-5115.

Seniors Dinner every Thursday at 5pm at Fraternal order of eagles, 755 Tranquille rd. For more infor-mation call 250-376-1311.

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DERBy DoLLS ARE oN A RoLL. If you’ve been to the McArthur Island Sports Centre lately you may have seen the Tournament City Derby Dolls practising at the curling rink. The Dolls were at the A&W Show’n’Shine recently to promote their 50’s pinup themed roller derby bout (game) coming up on Saturday, August 27 at Memorial Arena. For more information visit www.tcdd.ca. Pictured here are Karen Hungar aka Tenatious DDs, Jill Coulter aka Swussy Galore, and Lyndsey Curnow aka Big Wang Theory.

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Missing Cat - JinxyMissing from Valleyview, large 30 lb. black cat, long hair, red collar. Not a friendly cat, but a beloved family pet! Please call 250-374-0972 with any info.

Missing Cat - Jinxy

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Horoscopes courtesy of astrologer Michael Thiessen. For daily horoscopes go to www.astrology-online.com

VIRGO (aug 23-sept 23) you can make extra cash by moonlighting. don’t rely on others to do your work. professionalism will be of utmost importance. Kick your shoes off and relax.LIBRA (sept 24-oct 23) have some fun, but draw the line if someone tries to fast talk their way into your heart. relationships will be erratic this week. You will be able to work with fine detail this week. Recognition will be yours if you meet your deadline.SCORPIO (oct 24-nov 22) don’t overextend yourself in the process. all your energy should be directed into moneymaking opportunities. Talk to someone you trust if you need advice about broaching the subject. don’t make promises that you can’t possibly keep.SAGITTARIUS (nov 23-dec 21) you will have a little more energy than usual. you can make professional decisions this week that will affect your position do not over expand if you have your own business.CAPRICORN (dec 22-Jan 20) Take a close look at contracts and agreements that have been offered to you. Talk to someone you trust if you need advice about broaching the subject. Debates will stifle passion and result in estrangement.AQUARIUS (Jan 21-Feb 19) you will accomplish the most in the work environment this week. don’t be disappointed if you don’t get your way emotionally. you may be upset if someone has borrowed something that belongs to you.PISCES (Feb 20-Mar 20) relationships may be hard to handle. you need to spend time with friends and family. your determination and stam-ina will make your work look flaw less and effortless. Don’t spend more than is necessary on travel or friends.ARIES (Mar 21-april 20) Minor accidents could occur if you don’t take precautions. do not let in-laws upset you. you may need to make a few alterations to your living arrangements. You could find yourself having problems with coworkers and employers.TAURUS (apr 21-May 21) Make the necessary changes that will enable you to advance financially. Your ability to deal with others will help you accomplish your goals. Try to satisfy both of your needs. be discreet and don’t present your ideas until you’re certain that they’re foolproof. do not sign contracts or get involved in any uncertain financial deals.GEMINI (May 22-June 21) Try to keep your cool; you may be a tad frazzled by all the rushing around. Take care of chores that have been hanging over your head. property investments, insurance, tax rebates, or inheritance should bring you financial gains. Your hypnotic eyes will cap-ture the hearts of those who interest you.CANCER (June 22-July 22) be careful while traveling. Consider mak-ing pleasure trips or participating in entertainment that will require en-ergy. only bite off what you can chew. you are best to do something energetic with friends instead.LEO (July 23-aug 22) The battle continues. Moneymaking opportuni-ties will surface. Your social activity should be conducive to finding love. This is not the best time to take a risk, to gamble or spend money you really can’t afford to part with.

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