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Thankful for volunteers – page 2

Butt Out! – page 5

You like to help out a worthy cause when you can, right? You like to eat, right? What if you could enjoy a meal with friends and fam-ily, fill up on delicious food and leave with that warm satisfaction that arrives when you know you’ve done something good? You’d dig in, of course!

Why not make a res-ervation for Thursday, April 26 and go out for breakfast? Then go out for lunch. Then, go out for dinner. But don’t eat just anywhere. Choose a local restaurant taking part in the annual one-day fundraising feast called Dining Out for Life.

Dining Out For Life is a popular international charitable project that started in 1991. The an-nual fundraising event involves the generous participation of volun-teers, sponsors and restaurants that have, since the founding, raised millions each year for HIV/AIDS service organizations.

The simple act of having a meal serves as a reminder, expresses compassion and supports some of the most vulnerable in our own community and beyond. Socially conscience foodies and comfort food lovers alike, can bite into some of our city’s best fare at par-ticipating local restaurants. These businesses demonstrate their own dedication by donating twenty five percent of their food revenue that day to the cause.

Organizing this year’s event in Kamloops is ASK Wellness Centre, a community resource and active leader dedi-cated to providing the emotional and social support to improve the lives of our city’s most vulnerable citizens. These fundraising ef-forts will also enable their team of ASK Ac-tive Global Citizens, through the local non-profit agency Develop-ing World Connections, to travel to Udaipur, In-dia to complete a sus-tainability project, pro-vide outreach and bring support to people in the area. This is a partner-ship that supports work that empowers and pro-vides direct services

from people who really understand the challenges faced by those liv-ing with HIV/AIDS.

Food is a fuel. It provides the energy needed to do what it is that need to be done and our choices affect our world as we know it. With every mouthful this is a win-win. At select locations, the public can opt to bid on and win items in silent auctions where over $8000 in local merchandise and services will be displayed. You could also be the lucky winner of a getaway package in the Adventure Raffle. Am-bassadors, acting as a liaisons and an information resource for diners, will be present at each restaurant location.

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Interior Health thanks volunteersInterior Health joins Volunteer

Canada to mark National Volun-teer Week April 15 to 21, paying tribute to the thousands of vol-unteers who graciously donate their time and energy to support our patients, clients and resi-dents.

“Volunteers complement the care provided by our profes-sionals,” says Norman embree, Interior Health Board chair. “It is a great way to gain new ex-perience, meet new people, and make a real difference in your community. The health care setting truly allows volunteers to have an impact on people’s lives.”

events are being held this month to say “thank you” to the many vital volunteers through-out the organization.

“We sincerely want to acknowl-edge our volunteers, including the many Auxiliaries that work so hard on behalf of patients,” says Interior Health CeO Dr. Robert Halpenny. “They con-tribute through vital fundrais-ing, giving directions, visiting with dialysis patients, offering wigs and scarves to cancer pa-tients, and countless other ways each day. Our volunteers are the definition of caring and compas-

sion.” National Volunteer Week is Canada’s largest celebration of volunteers, volunteerism, and civic participation. It deserves to be recognized - across Canada 13.3 million volunteers contrib-ute 2.1 billion total hours.

Interior Health is continually recruiting these special individu-als to fill important roles in our hospitals and health centres, res-idential care facilities, in public health related roles, and in our communities. Visit www.interi-

orhealth.ca for volunteer oppor-tunities in your area.

Visit Volunteer Canada, the National voice for volunteerism, at www.nationalvolunteerweek.ca to learn more about the differ-ence volunteers make each day, and how you can recognize their efforts during national Volunteer Week. There are online videos, posters, e-cards and other re-sources available to let volun-teers know how much their work is appreciated.

Food equals love– continued from page 1

This is so much more than just dining out. It’s a great way to show you care. It’s spending your money in a meaningful way that directly benefits our local and global community. It’s mak-ing a difference. Dine out for life and support people living with HIV/AIDS. eat. Live well.

Make your reservations at these local restaurants. • The Art We Are (5pm to close)

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• The Commodore (11am-10pm) 369 Victoria Street

• Fiesta Mexicana (11:30am-8:30pm) 793 Notre Dame Drive

• Flavours of India (4:30-close)• Hoja Mongolian Grill

(4:30pm-close)• Mino’s 262 Tranquille Road• Ric’s Grill (5pm-close) 1175

Rogers Way• Terra Restaurant (11am-2pm,

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The Kamloops SPCA isn’t sure how Trooper, a courageous, six-month-old stray puppy, ended up stranded with a broken femur on a highway in Chase, BC.

While Trooper’s back-story re-mains a mystery, the Kamloops SPCA is now turning to the pub-lic to raise funds for treatment his leg, which will require sur-gery and possible amputation.

“I can’t even imagine the pain this poor guy must have been in,” says Charleen Holloway, branch manager of the BC SPCA Kamloops Branch. “But, thank-fully we found him in one piece. The highway is a scary place for a puppy and there’s no telling what else could have happened to him.”

Holloway notes the surgery cost will be approximately $1,500 to $2,000 for Trooper, who appears to be a Bernese mountain dog-Rottweiler cross. The BC SPCA is totally reliant

on generous donations from the public to fund emergency treat-ments such as Trooper’s.

“He’s such a sweet little guy,” says Holloway, upon visiting Trooper at the vet.

“His tail was wagging and he was happy as ever, despite the obvious pain and discomfort he

was in. Trooper really lives up to his name.”

The Kamloops SPCA would be grateful for any donations for Trooper’s treatment and for oth-er animals in need.

To help, please visit spca.bc.ca/support or call the Kamloops Branch at 250-376-7722.

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KeeP turnIng uP tHAt HeAt!On April 3, Dianna Stoopnikoff, environmental manager (on behalf of KGHM Ajax Mining Inc) presented a cheque for $5000 to Phoenix Centre executive director, Sian Lewis in support of the Turn Up The Heat Campaign.

Join 14-year old explorer Justine Wild as she shares her unique experience with ‘Students on Ice’ in discovering Antarc-tica. Attend this fascinating presentation on April 21 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Kamloops Museum to learn of her ad-venture among the penguins, told through engaging story-telling and photographs.

Justine Wild participated in the Stu-dents On Ice educational expedition to Antarctica, from December 2011 to Janu-

ary 2012. Justine is currently a grade nine student at South Kamloops Secondary. She enjoys a wide range of outdoor ac-tivities including camping, backpacking, kayaking, canoeing and downhill ski-ing in winter. She plays violin, piano and trombone and sings in her school choir.

Register online at www.kamloops.ca/ezreg or call 250-828-3500 and quote course number 193232. Admission is by donation.

Volunteering is part of our identity as Canadians, we value civic participa-tion and embrace a spirit of community. The tremendous efforts of the 13.3 mil-lion volunteers help make Canada a vi-brant, safe place to call home. Across the country, Canadians are getting involved and leading positive change in a variety of ways, all of them vital, from quick bursts of mobile micro-volunteering on smartphones to front-line disaster relief efforts overseas. The work of volunteers is essential to maintaining healthy, dy-namic communities at home and around the world. National Volunteer Week is all about taking time to recognize the in-credible contributions of Canada’s vol-

unteers and letting them know how much their efforts are appreciated.

Volunteer Canada builds buzz around its 2012 National Volunteer Week (NVW) campaign by launching the 2012 edition of the Canadian Code for Vol-unteer Involvement. Adding to the ex-citement is a new multi-year agreement which expands the annual National Vol-unteer Week campaign to a year-round effort, delivered in partnership with In-vestors Group, longstanding supporter of NVW and Canada’s corporate leader in volunteer recognition. NVW 2012 runs April 15 to 21 and more information is available at www.nationalvolunteer-week.ca.

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YoutH SoCCer SeASon KICKS oFFSoccer fields in and around Kamloops will be full of colour and exuberant kids last weekend as the 2012 youth soccer season gets underway in earnest for players in the Under-5 up to Under-18 age groups.Approximately 3,800 players will begin playing competitive matches that will run through to the end of June, when the U-13 to U-18 Rep and house teams will take part in season-ending playoffs. The U-5 to U-12 age groups then take a break in July and August and return in September for a month-long fall season.House teams in the U-11 to U-18 age groups will also participate in the annual Mike Bartram Memorial Youth Soccer Tournament over the May 4 to 6 weekend while teams in the U-5 to U-10 age groups will take part in the annual Errol Wild Memorial “Active Start” Mini-Soccer Festival the first weekend in June.As has been the case since fore more than a decade, the U-5 to U-10 divisions and the entire Rep team program will be sponsored by Wendy’s, while the U-11 to U-18 divisions will be sponsored by McDonald’s. This year RONA is also playing a key sponsorship role and will have their logo appear on the player’s jerseys in all divisions.Meanwhile, some of the Kamloops Youth Soccer Association’s (KYSA) Rep teams, which number 20 this season, will play their first round of home games in the Thompson-Okanagan Youth Soccer League (TOYSL) this coming weekend. The KYSA operates Rep teams in the U-12 to U-18 age groups. The TOYSL League officially started two weeks ago, but all Kamloops teams were scheduled to play away the first weekend as local playing fields are not ready for play at that time of the year.The KYSA’s U-11 Spring Development Program, which grooms potential Rep team players for next year, begins play this coming weekend with a series of games against Penticton. The KYSA fields six teams in the U-11 Spring Development Program each season––three boys and three girls. Those registered in the program play in “jamboree-style” games where players do not necessarily play on the same team every weekend; the teams are mixed from game to game so the participants get used to playing with different players throughout the season.

Cassidy and Kiana Rainville proudly display their trophy from the TOYSL play-off game in the U-16 age group last June. The U-16 team ended up winning their division.

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BC Arts and Culture Week is a BC-wide cel-ebration of all things art and culture that turns the spotlight on the vital con-tribution that they make in learning and in life from April 22 to 28. Hundreds of arts councils, commu-nities and schools across the province will be join-ing the fun by presenting a dazzling range of events and activities from pop-up dance performances to art crawls, exhibitions, open mics and much more.

Music, films, media arts, dance, books, theatre and visual art are a part of daily life, and have a last-ing impact.

They inspire us, challenge us and broaden our ho-rizons and help us to be-come informed, aware and contributing mem-bers of society. We invite all British Columbians to join the celebration by participating in local BC Arts and Culture Week events.

The arts and culture sec-tor employs over 63,000 people in communities across BC, with a growth rate three times the pro-vincial average. The film and television industry alone brings in $2.82 bil-lion to the economy. BC artists in all disciplines are

recognized internationally as among the best. each year, museums, galleries, festivals and performanc-es attract visitors from around the world.

Arts and culture also play an essential role in learning. Participating in arts programs and activi-ties not only provides stu-dents with the discipline and creativity to enhance their learning - schools with strong arts programs cite improved attendance and student motivation, renewed community par-ticipation, increased grad-uation rates and higher scores on standardized

tests - but also gives them a strong foundation for enriching their lives.

Arts and Culture Week is presented through the joint effort of ArtStarts in Schools (www.artstarts.com) and the ArtsBC (www.artsbc.org). With the support of the Prov-ince of BC through the British Columbia Arts Council, these two orga-nizations bring the value of arts and culture in edu-cation and at the commu-nity level into sharp focus.

All British Columbians are invited to join the cel-ebration by participating in local BC Arts and Cul-ture Week events.

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Cigarettes beware! Someone has a goal to get rid of you for good. You can run, you can hide but you will be no match for La-ser Quit!

No, this is not a new super hero in town, whose powers are to rid the city of tobacco forever. La-ser Quit is a laser therapy service that helps people quit smoking for good. Low level laser therapy is a form of natural remedy that com-bines modern and ancient science.

The modern aspect comes from the use of a laser and from up to date medical knowledge to treat illness.

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This type of treatment uses light produced with a laser to influence acupoints instead of needles. This becomes needleless laser acu-puncture. They even deal with appetite suppression and stress treatments that can also be related problems when someone is trying to quit smoking

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They just don’t offer the laser treatments. They offer the support needed to battle this addiction mentally, as well as physically. Meridees’ ultimate goal is to keep you a non- smoker for years after you leave.

If you “fall off the wagon” La-ser Quit is there to have a solution that makes it easier to stop!

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Bear Aware volunteers neededVolunteering is a great way to

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A Bear Aware Program volun-teer is needed to alert neighbour-hoods where bears are a problem (possible door-to-door campaigns) also preparation of educational displays, participating in displays at community events and pos-sible presentations to community groups.

Kamloops Immigrant Services is requiring eSL tutors to help with newcomer/immigrants in Canada to learn/improve basic english skills (speaking, reading, writing, etc). Mentoring volunteers are needed to help a newcomer/im-migrant settle in Canada through

a friendship/buddy program. Also providing guidance and informa-tion about different areas of em-ployment, interest, etc.

People in Motion needs a general maintenance person. This position will require someone to complete some basic maintenance, clean-ing around the office and grounds. This might be changing fluores-cent light tubes, window wipers, sweeping and tidying on the Para transit bus as well as light snow re-moval and recycling returns. The volunteer should be able to com-plete duties with minimal support. He/she should be able to do light lifting and use a step ladder and have some knowledge of general maintenance techniques and use of tools.

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Diaper derby to knock the poop out of guiness record

Snug Glee Bumz Diaper Ser-vice will be host to the Kam-loops site of an international cloth diaper changing event tak-ing place on Saturday, April 21, the day before earth Day and during International Cloth Dia-per Awareness Week. In its sec-ond year with over 300 sites in 15 countries, The Great Cloth Diaper Change event will attempt to break last year’s Guinness World Record of 5,026 cloth diapers changed simul-taneously.

“each year bil-lions of dispos-able diapers enter landfills where it takes hundreds of years for them to de-compose, if ever,” says Heather McNamara, executive director of the Real Diaper Association. “Building off the success of last year’s event with 127 locations in five countries, we hope to show the entire world that cloth diapers are a real option for to-day’s modern families, particu-larly catching the eye of expect-ing and new parents who may be seeking more planet-friendly and affordable alternatives to disposable diapers.”

To date, there are more than 27

mom and baby pairs registered to participate in the Kamloops event, which equates to approxi-mately 54+ people anticipated to be in attendance to participate in the record breaking event. The event will take place from 9am-12pm at the Southwest Community Church, 700 Hugh

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For more information or to participate in The Great Cloth Diaper Change in Kamloops, please contact Snug Glee Bumz Diaper Servive (www.snugglee-bumz.com) or visit www.Great-ClothDiaperChange.com and click on the map to find infor-mation about your local event. The Great Cloth Diaper Change can also be followed on Face-book at http://www.Facebook.com/GreatClothDiaperChange, and on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/ClothRecord.

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Your idea of serving breakfast is giving each of your kids a fork and dropping an eggo in the middle of the table.You reprimand your children with “minors,” “majors” and “misconducts.”When you come to a traffic sig-nal and the light turns green, you stop.When you come to a traffic sig-nal and the light turns red, you get really excited and chant, “He shoots! He scores!”Instead of duct tape, you use hockey tape to fix everything.You can pronounce anything in French, yet you have no idea what it means.every time you hear a siren you wonder who scored.You’re not allowed to play chess simply because the first time you played, you misunderstood the meaning of the word “Check.”

everything in your wardrobe is your team’s colours.Your closet is divided into two sections: HOMe and AWAYYou burn the biscuits black.You play a game with one of the biscuits.You deck the guy who says, “Check, please.”You own a Zamboni.You keep your Zamboni in the garage while your main car stays in the driveway.Your calendar only runs from October to June.You wonder how you will get through July, August, and Sep-tember.When someone says, “two min-utes” you respond, “What for?”You call a trip to the Hockey Hall of Fame a “pilgrimage.”You went into a bank because it advertised “Free Checking”....and walked out disappointed.

Lots of support, but no cup!

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tHere’S no FISHIng Here

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Little Billy arrived home after his hockey game, threw open the door and ran to his Dad.

“How was the game, son? How did you do?” asked his father, who was unable to attend the game.

“You aren’t going to believe

it, Dad!” Billy exclaimed. “I was responsible for the winning goal!”

“That’s wonderful,” his dad said. “How did you do that?”

“I missed my check on the oth-er team’s high scorer!”

Four women were having cof-fee and bragging about their children. The first woman says, “My son is a priest. When he walks into a room, everyone calls him father.”

The next woman tries to top her, “Really? My son married the princess of a small european country and when he walks into the room, people call him your highness!”

The third woman chirps,

“Well, my son is a cardinal of the church. Whenever he walks into a room, people call him your eminence!”

The fourth woman is just sit-ting there sipping her coffee si-lently and the other three look at her in a subtle way, as if to say ‘well?’ She smiles and says, “Oh. My son is a very large and handsome hockey player. Whenever he walks into a room, women say, “Oh my God!”

A drunk decides to go ice fishing, so he gathers his gear and goes walking around until he finds a big patch of ice. He heads into the center of the ice and begins to saw a hole. All of sudden, a loud booming voice comes out of the sky. “You will find no fish under that ice.”

The drunk looks around, but sees no one. He starts sawing again. Once more, the voice speaks, “As I said before, there are no fish under the ice.”

The drunk looks all around, high and low, but can’t see a single soul. He picks up the saw and tries one more time to finish.

Before he can even start cutting, the huge voice interrupts. “I have warned you three times now. There are no fish!”

The drunk is now flustered and somewhat scared, so he asks the voice, “How do you know there are no fish? Are you God trying to warn me?”

“No”, the voice replied. “I am the manager of this hockey rink.”

It’s all about perspective

one for the hockey moms

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