BakerCentreNews

Don't forget to renew your membership for 2010!

Our annual AGM & Board Election is March 18. Those wanting to be nominated for a position on the Board of Directors should contact Marjorie - ASAP.

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Upcoming Events

Potluck Lunch: Fri March 5 is Potluck lunch at noon at the Baker Community Centre.

Driving Safety: Thursday March 11 @ 1:30 pm. This is a free info session for Older Drivers. Come and find out about safe driving tips. This presentation comes to us from the Driver Medical Assessment Officer of the Road and Vehicle Licensing Programs through the GNWT. Bring your questions. Everyone is welcome. No pre-registration required. Coffee and tea provided!

Curling: The last day for Seniors Curling for the season is Mon March 15.

AGM: Our annual general meeting and election of officers for the board will be on Thursday 18 March. Dinner begins at 6pm, and the meeting will follow. We still need folks to run for office! If you want to run or know of someone who would make an excellent board director, please contact the Nominations Committee (Chris Williams, Floyd Adlem, David Wind, Blake Lyons or Albert Eggenberger) or contact the office. Only those with a 2010 membership are eligible to vote. Memberships will be for sale at the AGM.

YOGA: The new session of Yoga classes begin on the week of March 22 and concludes May 28. This will be the last series of yoga classes until Sept. Pre-registration is required at the Yk Seniors office. Beginners and Intermediate classes run on Monday and Friday mornings at a cost $57.00. The Tues and Thurs afternoon classes (5:30 and 5 pm) are $78.00.

Insufficient advance registrations may result in class cance llations.

Line Dancing!: for members every Friday night. 7 pm for beginners or those who would like something slower. 8 pm for intermediate or those who would like something a little faster. $1 each time.

Healing Touch continues on the last Monday of the month with 2 times to choose from: 6:20 pm or 7:00 pm. Cost is $1 each time.

All activities are for our members with up-to-date memberships and January was the beginning of our new membership year.
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(left) Floyd Adlem, 2nd VP of the YkSS, accepting a cheque from Isabell McDorman (niece of Ed Baker) for $3,000 for new computers and a printer for the seniors' computer classes. Isabell was visiting from Toronto, with her daughter Heather. (right) Dan Costache, Past President of YACCS, accepts a donation for the new dementia centre.

The Yellowknife Seniors’ Society Canada 55 Plus Games Committee has been fundraising and organizing for the 2010 Canada 55 Plus Games to be held in Brockville , Ontario , August 23 – 28. The Yellowknife Committee would like to find out the number of seniors (55 and over at the time of the games) from Yellowknife who might be interested in participating.

The games will include the following sports and activities: Cribbage, Contract Bridge, Duplicate Bridge, Scrabble, Slo-Pitch, Swimming, Tennis, Table Tennis, Floor Shuffleboard, Curling, Darts, Horseshoes, Bowling, Golf, Track and Field, Badminton, Lawn Bowling, Washer Toss, Hockey, 8 Ball Pool.

Depending on interest at the games themselves, the host society will also organize a mini-marathon, triathlon, canoeing, kayaking and archery. Other fun events such as a fishing tournament, digital photo contest, geo-caching scavenger hunt. BBQ, live entertainment, interpretive displays, nature walks, and an open water swim will be organized for the expected 1,600 participants in the Games from all over

Canada

Please do keep in mind that it will be necessary to pay for a portion of the expenses from your own pocket and that we still have some organizational challenges to overcome.

As I’m sure you are aware the Canada 55+ Games will be taking place this year in

As such, Team NWT has been busy organizing its membership for the upcoming games

and would like to extend an invitation to all interested NWT Senior across our territory to join Team NWT which is being organized here in Yellowknife.

As I’m sure you would understand, the Team NWT Canada 55+ Committee has been busy identifying sports and events for participates to get involved in. If you would like to become involved, we would be very excited to have you participate in our Territorial Team. We would encourage you to contact our organization leaders and they would be happy to assist you through the registration process as well as to keep you up to speed to any developments.

Are you finding it difficult to open lids of jars (pickles, cheese whiz, jams, etc)?

Try using this cheap combination can & bottle opener. Place the bottle opener tab under the lid & lift the tool until you hear the vacuum escape (popping noise).

simple questions:
S * Ask the individual to SMILE.
T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today)
R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.

If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call 873-2222 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

New Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue

NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue.. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke.