Please join us Sept. 19 at the Maymont Memorial Hall for the Maymont Trade Show. Doors open at 10 a.m. Lunch is available.
All Saskatchewan libraries are going to a new operating system between Sept. 17 and 24. During that time, there will be no requests online or in person, but you are still able to check books out at your library. Please keep all checked out books until after Sept. 24. With the new system you will need your library card to check out books. If you can’t find your card, please see your librarian for a replacement.
Those who attended the TD summer reading program at the Maymont library this summer were Makenna, Rylan and Emmerson Voegeli, Brooke Ferris, Kara and Logan Combres, Brooklyn Large, Conor Oram and Jayden and Alivia Caldwell. Winners of most books read were Makenna, Rylan and Emmerson Voegeli. Congratulations.
There was a special guest who joined the children Aug. 28. She was an exchange student from Japan. Her name was Fumika Omori. The children made origami frogs. Fumika put the children’s names in Japanese on their frogs. All the children received prizes for participating. Special thanks to the board members who donated cookies and juice.
Eighteen years difference – Bert Carpentier and Kim Sherman celebrated their birthdays on the same day, Sept. 6. Bert had a wonderful party at his home with many family members and friends and Kim had a party, also with family and friends, earlier than the birthday day.
Which one of them had a milestone birthday? Kim, who turned 60 years old. Can you believe it? Kim was born on a Thursday under the sign of Virgo.
Here’s a little poem for you, Kim.
I'm Not Really 60: That’s not my age, it's just not true. / My heart is young, the time just flew. / I'm staring at this strange old face / and someone else is in my place! / My body’s not in disrepair; / I’ve not much grey in my brown hair. / I sometimes feel a little tired. / But go for jogs when I'm inspired. / This age old thing is not for me; / Concessions given, prescriptions free. / I’ll just pretend I’m in my prime; / To age too fast would be a crime / I’m just not 60 in my head; It’s still so long till I am dead. / So please don’t see me in that way. / I’m staying young, if that’s OK! Unknown author.
Happy birthday, Kim.
So now for some of us older people, Older People’s Day is Oct. 1. Figures revealed in a new DWP analysis released to mark International Older Peoples’s Day show nearly a quarter of a million more people aged 65 and over have opted to stay working since the default retirement age – a form of legal discrimination in the workplace – was abolished Oct. 1, 2011. There are now 1,103,000 workers aged 65 and over compared to 874,000 in the quarter October to December 2011 – an increase of 229,000.
Did you know older people are a huge resource for society and the whole economy? Encouraging and enabling more later life working offers a massive potential financial boost both for individuals and the economy, as well as a more satisfying lifestyle for the older generation and their families. It is also important to destroy the myth that older workers somehow take the place of younger ones. The older workers are like gold dust. Their experience and flexibility would be hard and costly to replace.
The above information came from a press release. If you need more information, just google Older People’s Day.
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Kim Sherman recently celebrated a milestone birthday.
