CR Elder College Fall 2018 Newsletter

ElderCollege NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE CAMPBELL RIVER Newsletter Fall 2018 Public Information Meeting Registration (Meet the Instructors) begins Friday, September 7, 1:30 pm at NIC Monday, September 10 Meet in the Cafeteria for refreshments. at 9:00 am Lots of hands-on activities at ElderCollege! Wait list Policy: If you find that your class is full, ask to have your name added to a waitlist. You can do this in- person only, at the Student Registration Tom Kruesel offered participants a office. brief introduction to the art of backyard beekeeping for beginners.

Registration Courses and/or Workshops: Fees vary from free and up + GST. You must be a member to register for courses and workshops. Membership: Must be age 50+ to join. Registration Begins 9 am Monday, September 10, 2018. Only $10 + GST for the year. Membership runs for a complete year from NOTE: Course dates and times printed in this newsletter will not appear September 1 to August 31, allowing you to on the North Island College website until registration begins. register for courses at the Campbell River campus and giving you access to the North All courses are subject to change. Registration after the class has Island College Library. Memberships are begun must be done in person. Register in person on or after Monday, September 10 at North Island College located at 1685 South Dogwood renewable annually. Street. The registration office is open Monday thru Friday from 9 am to 4 pm (until 6 pm Wednesdays). How to Register Online: Planning Your Week Register online on or after Monday, September 10, 2018: Monday CREC 2350 Life in Poetry Here is the new procedure for online registration CREC 4120 Impressive Presentations To register online, ElderCollege membership is CREC 4318 Windows 10 for Dummies considered a course. Follow these steps to register: CREC 6236 Aboriginal Regalia Tuesday ° Go to NIC Connect CREC 1240 Lapidary Skills ° Select Continuing Ed/ElderCollege CREC 2307 Spelling Bee ° Select Register and Pay CREC 2368 Fate of Journalism ° In the Course Type drop down menu, CREC 4071 Introduction to 3D Printing select ElderCollege CREC 6302 Darwin to DNA CREC 6621 Mindfulness Meditation ° Select your campus location Wednesday ° Click submit CREC 3526 Tax Issues for Seniors ° Select the ElderCollege Membership course CREC 4014 Getting to Know Your Android Phone and any other courses you’d like to take CREC 4015 Android Explorer ° Click submit CREC 5765 Advance Care Planning ° Provide the information requested and pay online. CREC 5767 End of Life Issues –the Conversations This is a secure site. Payment can be made with MasterCard, CREC 6224 Canada and the Antipodes Visa or American Express. Confirmation and a receipt will CREC 6240 Cryptic Crosswords be emailed to you. The receipt will include your permanent CREC 6915 Emergency Preparedness seven-digit Student ID number. Be sure to record/retain this ID CREC 8740 Strata – The Basics number for future registration. Thursday CREC 5708 Making Your Money Last CREC 5757 Hospice Services in Your Neighbourhood CREC 5853 Spirituality – An Exploration CREC 6203 Central America and the Caribbean CREC 6430 Current Events Discussion Group Note: North Island College closed: CREC 7011 Assess Your Property Evaluation Monday, October 8 (Thanksgiving) CREC 1240 Lapidary Skills Monday, November 12 (Remembrance Day) CREC 5410 Yoga for Seniors Friday For additional information please email all inquiries CREC 5450 Five Minute Mind and Body Fitness to [email protected] or if you wish to speak CREC 5800 Your Brain – Parts and Plans to our North Island College liaison contact Sandy CREC 5970 Travelogue – the Series Rose. Her email is [email protected] CREC 6090 A Day in the Life Series CREC 6249 Bridge – Next Steps Campbell River ElderCollege now has its own web CREC 6250 Introduction to Bridge page on the North Island College website! CREC 6307 Heart of the Matter Saturday The address is: CREC 8205 On the Go with Mobility Scooters www.nic.bc.ca/continuing-education/eldercollege/ CREC 8207 On the Go with eBikes campbell-river/ 2

Courses and Workshops 1 Please Note: You must be a current member of ElderCollege to register in any courses listed below. All courses, even FREE sessions, require pre-registration. GST will be added to fees at registration. A rt s and C r af ts Life in Poetry $30 ElderCollege Spelling Bee Free CREC 2350 Instructor: Nicole Girard CREC 2307 8 Mon, Sep 17 – Nov 19 1:00 – 4:00 No classes Oct 8 & Nov 12 Facilitators: Ed Cooper/Annemarie Rodger Explore your inner poet! Learn various poetry forms 1 Tue, Sep 25 1:00 – 2:30 such as Sonnet, Villanelle, Rhyme Royal and more! Are you fond of mellifluous verbiage? Test your Students will receive two handouts per week; one wits and exercise your brain cells at the fifth annual outlining each form with a step-by-step technique for Campbell River ElderCollege Spelling Bee! This writing it and another about the craft of writing poetry. event is free to all ElderCollege members but pre- This course gives students time to write and share registration is required. their work and to begin the editing process. Cryptic Crosswords $20 Lapidary Skills $30 CREC 6240 Instructors: Malcolm and Sally Wilson CREC 1240 Instructor: Steve Cooley 2 Wed, Oct 17 – 24 2:30 – 4:00 2 Tue, 2 Thu, Nov 13 – 22 10:00 – 11:30 Looking for an interesting and challenging pastime? Learn how to safely use each piece of lapidary Learn to interpret and enjoy solving the clues in equipment in Ripple Rock Gem and Mineral club’s cryptic crosswords through identifying the riddles, shop. The shop has a large slab saw, 2 smaller trim applying some simple rules, and practicing. Bring saws, several grinder and polisher sets, drill press, and your pencils and erasers to class several polish wheels. The goal is to start with a small slab of rock, use a template to mark a standard shape H i s t o r y a n d C u lture of a standard size on it, trim excess material away with a trim saw, grind it to the desired size and shape, then polish it. In the course of grinding and polishing the Central America & Caribbean $30 small slabs of rock, some rock properties and types CREC 6203 Instructor: Erik Mairs will be explored. Basic collecting and identifying of 6 Thu, Sep 13 – Oct 18 10:00 – 11:30 rocks will be demonstrated. ‏Classes will be held off-site Gain insight into the speed bumps, detours, and at 246 Dahl Road Campbell River. Please bring your own roadblocks on the path to democracy for Cuba, safety glasses, hearing protection and apron to class. Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. Ju st For t he Fun of I t ! Darwin to DNA $30 CREC 6302 Instructor: Erik Mairs Introduction to Bridge $30 5 Tue, Oct 2 – 30 1:00 – 2:30 CREC 6250 Instructor: Mike Moskovich Darwin did not start the discussion on evolution, but 4 Fri, Oct 12 – Nov 2 2:30 – 4:00 by stating a few easily understandable principles This course is designed for absolute beginners; those he gave us a framework for discussion and further who have never played bridge. Not only will you learn research. Studying human evolution has posed some the rules of play but you will get to practice your new unique challenges. Where are we headed? skills. Teams of 4 are required for all classes. The Fate of Journalism $30 CREC 2368 Instructor: Quentin Dodd Bridge - Next Steps $30 3 Tue, Nov 6 - 20 1:00 – 2:30 CREC 6249 Instructor: Mike Moskovich Take a look back at journalism in a large segment of 4 Fri, Nov 16 – Dec 7 2:30 – 4:00 the eastern, rural part of England and in Campbell This series of four sessions will allow you to develop River through the eyes of area journalist Quentin some of the more advanced methods in bidding and Dodd. What was it and what has it become with the playing of bridge hands. Each session will have some advent of radio, television, and the World Wide Web! didactic explanations and will be followed by play of What fate has it suffered? There will be time allowed hands related to points discussed. The introductory for a robust group discussion. course is recommended for beginners before taking this series. Teams of 4 are required for all classes. 3

Courses and Workshops 2 A Day in the Life $30 Current Events Discussion Group $30 CREC 6090 Instructors: Various CREC 6430 Facilitator: Quentin Dodd 5 Fri, Sep 28 – Oct 26 10:00 – 11:30 6 Thu, Oct 4 – Nov 8 1:00 – 2:30 Have you ever wondered why someone has chosen A lively discussion on current news stories of interest; the career they have? In this series we delve into local and provincial matters that directly affect our the choices that individuals have made, what community and national and international issues that their impetus was, what it took to get there, what are hitting the headlines. Reporter and freelance writer it was like to be there, and how they feel they can Quentin Dodd will moderate and suggest some topics to continue to contribute - even after retirement! get us started. Then we will decide on further subjects to A Day in the Life of a Journalist – Quentin Dodd explore and debate. A Day in the Life of a Minister – Murray Etty A Day in the Life of a Politician – Charlie Cornfield Te c h S a v vy A Day in the Life of a Nurse – Colleen Maga A Day in the Life of a Doctor – Dr. Helen Hays Impressive Presentations $30 CREC 4120 Instructor: Wendy Samaroden Canada & the Antipodes $30 3 Mon, Oct 22 – Nov 5 10:00 – 11:30 This course is designed for new users who want CREC 6224 Instructor: Bob Hillier to create electronic presentations using Microsoft 3 Wed, Oct 3 – 17 10:00 – 11:30 PowerPoint. In this course, students will explore the New Zealand and Australia... what are the basics of electronic presentations: how to add/modify similarities and differences in our forms of text, themes, music, graphical objects, animation and government, culture and economic governance? special effects to create an impressive slide show. Bring Explore the geography and delve into the great a flash drive and headphones to class wine regions in both countries. See these countries through the eyes of a 35-year resident of the ‘land Windows 10 for Dummies $10 down under’. CREC 4318 Instructor: Wendy Samaroden 1 Mon, Oct 15 10:00 – 11:30 Travelogue, the Series $30 New systems come with Windows 10 installed. Are you CREC 5970 Instructors: Various confused about how to search, find your settings, move 6 Fri, Oct 12 – Nov 16 1:00 – 2:30 tiles around your screen? Join us as we discover how to What could be better than a month in Paris, a operate efficiently in the new Windows 10 environment. Bike & Barge Tour along the Dutch and Belgian You may bring your fully charged laptop to class (optional) canal systems from Amsterdam to Bruges, a tour of Ireland, a cruise through the Panama Getting to Know Your Android Phone $30 Canal, Ecuador, Peru, or a visit to Guatemala, an CREC 4014 Instructor: Bob Bray intoxicating adventure for both the jaded and novice 4 Wed, Oct 3 – 24 1:00 - 2:30 traveller? Round out your adventures with a coach You have an Android phone that lets you stay in touch with tour through Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince your friends and family. Did you know that what you really Edward Island and Newfoundland. have is a handheld computer? Come and get acquainted with the power of your Android smart phone...who provides service, which plan is best for your needs, how does cell Individual Travelogue Classes $10 technology work? Learn how to adjust your phone settings, CREC 5982 Paris install some apps, customize your phone screen, and - Jodi Cohen (Oct 12) more. CREC 5973 Medieval Building Guide - Erik Mairs (Oct 19) Android Explorer $30 CREC 5998 Belgium & Ireland CREC 4015 Instructor: Bob Bray - George Wagner (Oct 26) 3 Wed, Nov 14 – 28 10:00 – 11:30 CREC 5997 Cruising Panama and Chile Are you ready to explore your Android phone now that - Roger & Jane Jennings (Nov 2) you have gotten to know it and are familiar with its apps, CREC 5999 Guatemala and Central America settings, screen layout, service provider and your voice/ - Margaret and Chris (Nov 9) data account? We will explore transferring photos from CREC 5971 Journey Through Atlantic Canada your phone to your desktop or laptop; copying songs - Doug & Cathy Hoodikoff (Nov 16) from a CD to your phone; printing; emailing; using voice commands and connecting with Bluetooth devices. 4

Courses and Workshops 3 Introduction to 3D Printing $10 Tax Issues for Seniors $10 CREC 4071 Instructor: Roger Jennings CREC 3526 Instructor: Susan McInnes, CPA,CGA 1 Tue, Oct 2 10:00 – 11:30 1 Wed, Nov 21 1:00 – 2:30 3D Printing-What’s All the Noise About? Come and Susan will explain the Disability Tax Credit, how it see what 3D printing is about. How it works, what it works, and the procedure to apply for it and backdate it. does and see if there is anything in it for you. Roger There will be information regarding medical expenses has learned enough to be dangerous and feels that - what you are able to claim, attendant care and nursing this is something very interesting for seniors. This home expenses and discussion on the sensitive topic of is more a show and tell but hopefully can build to how to ease the tax burden when you die. something bigger. Emergency Preparedness $10 B et te r L i ving CREC 6915 Instructor: Shaun Koopman 1 Wed, Nov 21 2:30 – 4:00 Your Brain - Parts and Plans Free Would you know how to help yourself and those you CREC 5800 Instructor: David Brown love before and after a disaster? What are the real 1 Fri, Sep 14 10:00 – 11:30 threats to the Strathcona Region? Be prepared! Know Parts: Think about a small bagel stuck on top of your the risks and make a plan. extended middle index finger and covered by three crumpled sheets of the local paper. This is basically Hospice Services in Your Neighbourhood Free the three major parts of our brain. CREC 5757 Instructor: Louise Daviduck Plans: You will set up an action plan with a focus on 1 Thu, Nov 15 10:00 – 11:30 preserving brain function and decreasing the risk of Have you, or someone you know, been diagnosed some of the dementias. This event is free to Elder with a life limiting illness? Campbell River Hospice College members but registration is required. Society offers many programs to assist you through this difficult transition. Join the group to learn about their Heart of the Matter $16 programs in Palliative Care; Bereavement, Hospital and Hospice Visiting Teams, Complementary Therapies, CREC 6307 Instructor: Sandra Milligan Vigil Response, Grief Counselling and Support, 1 Fri, Sep 21 2:00 – 3:30 Companioning, Education, and Workshops.Session will Know someone with heart problems? Curious about take place off-site at 440 Evergreen. (Campbell River what is going on? Come out to dissect a fresh Hospice Society) pig heart and see the inner workings of our most indefatigable organ. Learn basic heart anatomy, and End of Life Issues – The Conversations $30 then cut into fresh pig hearts to see all the structures CREC 5767 Instructor: Dr. Helen Hays and their functions. Learn about how hearts beat 3 Wed, Oct 31 – Nov 14 1:00 – 2:30 so regularly and listen to your heart with high Join Dr. Helen Hays for informative discussions on quality stethoscopes. Lub dup! The tuition includes topics related to Palliative Care. Bring your questions all supplies and personal protective equipment to as you search for answers relating to new legislation in conduct the hands-on learning portion of the class. Canada regarding medical assistance in dying (MAID), A supply fee of $6 is included in the tuition. marijuana in medicine, visiting the sick, approaching friends that have received an upsetting diagnosis, and bereavement - what is normal? 5 Minute Mind Body Fitness $20 Spirituality: An Exploration $30 CREC 5450 Instructor: Bev O’Sullivan CREC 5853 Instructor: Murray Etty 2 Fri, Sep 28 – Oct 5 1:00 – 2:30 4 Thu, Oct 4 – 25 2:30 – 4:00 Join Bev O’Sullivan, retired Integrative There have been two massive cultural shifts in our Physiotherapist. Dr. Keith Jeffery’s fitness program lifetimes - a general decline of interest in organized uses various exercise techniques which incorporate religion, and an exponential growth of interest in the concepts of Tai Chi, yoga, Feldenkrais, spirituality and spiritual practices. We’ll discuss why visualization, breathing, posture, anatomy and these shifts have occurred and explore the meaning physics. These exercises, which can be done of this often used but misunderstood term ‘Spirituality’ standing or sitting, will help to increase your focus from various perspectives. You will be encouraged to and concentration. And they are fun to do! define this term for yourself and how it might apply to your life. 5

Courses and Workshops 4 Strata - The Basics $30 Yoga for Seniors $30 CREC 8740 Instructor: Mike Naish CREC 5410 Instructor: Vivian Pickard 3 Wed, Oct 24 – Nov 7 10:00 – 11:30 3 Thur, Sep 27 to Oct 11 2:30 - 3:30 Come and explore the good, the bad, and the ugly You will be introduced to the fundamentals of of strata living. Downsizing to a condominium/ strata Yoga - breathing, stretching and relaxation using property has positives and negatives. This is an various approaches. Through gentle stretches overview concerning what you give up and what you and movement, you will release stiffness and gain. Mike will explain the difference between renting, tension, and begin to improve flexibility, posture and owning a home, and owning a strata property. Topics balance. We do not sit on the floor for long periods include how strata property legislation governs strata of time. Please bring your own mat. living, who pays for what, insurance issues, privacy legislation and the Civil Resolution Tribunal. (CRT). Mindfulness Meditation $30 CREC 6612 Instructor: Jane Jennings Assess Your Property Evaluation $30 6 Tue, Oct 2 – Nov 6 10:30 – 11:30 Mindfulness practice enables us to live more fully CREC 7011 Instructor: Mike Naish 3 Thu, Oct 25 – Nov 8 10:00 – 11:30 in the present moment. That, in turn, decreases our One of the factors that determines the amount of your anxiety about the future and enables us to live our property tax is the value of your property. This value is lives more peacefully and with clarity. During the six estimated by professional appraisers. This course will sessions, we will learn about how to be mindful in show you how appraisers value property, whether it is everyday life, which results in feeling less pressured, for mortgage financing, litigation, expropriation etc. The more compassionate and able to enjoy the beauty emphasis will be on valuation for property tax purposes. of our daily activities. The sessions will consist of an By the end of the course you will have the tools and opening discussion period, followed by two or three knowledge to challenge any real property appraisal. mindful meditations focusing on different aspects You will know how to ensure your tax assessment is fair each week. The importance of the breath and and successfully appeal your assessment if necessary. breathing with intention will be highlighted. Advance Care Planning Free On the Go With Mobility Scooters $10 CREC 5765 Instructor: Geri Arkell CREC 8205 Instructor: Blake Nobles 2 Wed, Oct 3 – 10 2:30 – 4:00 1 Sat, Sep 29 10:00 – 12:00 You’ve done your will, planned your estate, but have Is balance an issue for you? Has the time come for you you thought about your health care decisions? If you to consider purchasing a mobility scooter? This course were in a major accident today, would your family will introduce you to these vehicles and help you make know what YOUR wishes are for the end of life care? an informed decision as to how they will fit into your Having “the Talk” with our families and writing the life. We will look into the history of mobility scooters plan will be the best gift you can give them.‏ This and learn how to ride them, along with safety concerns. event is free to all ElderCollege members but pre- Legalities such as rules of the road, insurance, registration is required. parking and licensing will be covered, as well as how to maintain your vehicle and keep it running at top Making Your Money Last $10 performance. CREC 5708 Instructor: Kim Emsley-Leik 1 Thu, Nov 15 1:00 - 2:30 On the Go with eBikes $10 There are ten principles for living in retirement. CREC 8207 Instructor: Blake Nobles This seminar has been designed to help individual 1 Sat, Oct 13 10:00 – 12:00 investors successfully transition into and live their Have you thought about incorporating an eBike into life in retirement. Aspects of estate planning will be your lifestyle? This course will introduce you to electric included. assisted bikes and electric scooters and help you make an informed decision as to how they would fit into your Aboriginal Regalia Free life. We will look into the history of power-assisted CREC 6236 Instructor: Daryle Mills bicycles and learn about how to ride them, along with 1 Mon, Oct 1 10:00 – 11:30 safety concerns. Legalities such as rules of the road, Join our Campbell River Elder in Residence to gain insurance, parking and licensing will be covered, insights in to the various garments and adornments as well as how to maintain your vehicle and keep in worn or passed through time by the varied aboriginal running at top performance. cultures of Canada. This event is free to all ElderCollege members but pre-registration is required. 6

Volunteer Profile possibilities and is expected to be of singular interest to people who may wish to experiment with the idea, Roger Jennings perhaps as a means of artistic sculpture or to produce There are very few people in Campbell River items for the home. who can pack quite such an informational punch in a presentation as area resident Roger Jennings. That’s Roger, who is now retired and enjoys an unusual hobby because of his diverse wealth of knowledge alongside in operating remote-control aircraft, has begun using it a lengthy list of high-powered experiences he’s for making new aircraft for him to fly. accumulated over several decades: in business, in hi- Three and four years ago Roger taught close to 80 local tech engineering and in travel with his wife Jane. ElderCollege participants in the use of iPads - starting with a sold-out program called Introduction to the iPad. Roger apprenticed in aircraft-engine engineering with He long-since joined Jane in being a keen overseas the renowned Rolls Royce company based out of traveller and sailor. the UK, and also spent more than 30 years moving between that internationally-praised motor-design and The two skilled communicators will also link as a development company and the Pratt & Whitney aircraft- couple this fall in a highly-anticipated presentation in the engineering firm. Campbell River ElderCollege Travelogue Series on their latest long-distance trip, this time to Latin America: 15 As such, he worked - on both sides of the Atlantic days in Chile, five days in Costa Rica, and a final visit and eventually across Canada to the West Coast - in to Valparaiso. Roger, who is well-acquainted with large the area of customer support. In the industrial engines and engineering field, that means aiding clients cities such as Montreal, said the trip in December 2017 and January this year could have persuaded the couple who have bought machines from the designers and producers. That requires a great deal of knowledge to retire to Costa Rica had they not already fallen in love with and committed to Campbell River. about the designs, manufacture and performance of machines and their parts. Now his knowledge and teaching about Additive Manufacturing (AM), the newest concept in 3-D printing from computers, will be part of the fall session of Campbell River ElderCollege. As most people are aware, three- dimensional printing deposits plastic in layers on to plastic or a wide range of metals, to produce unusually light and unique products. Most often these days the material that’s used is a plastic derived from corn which is biodegradable and less detrimental to the environment. It’s a whole new field that opens up many different kinds of Roger with his 3-D printer. Advanced Care Planning “Lots of excellent Tax Issues for Seniors “I learned so information. Wonderful presenter especially given much, it was fun. Instructors and students topic/hard decisions.” were all very helpful. Course content very good.” 7

Instructor Marlyne Foos posed with some of her students learning Watercolour: Painting Arid Deserts & Lush Forests Sharing The Secretary works closely with the Advisory Chair to ElderCollege is all about sharing: sharing our zest promote communication among committee members. for learning, exploring life, broadening our horizons, Attendance at monthly meetings, recording and and feeding our curiosity. Our course presenters distribution of minutes, and distribution of meeting (volunteers from the private, public and academic agendas are the basic duties. You can expect to spend sectors) share their skills, knowledge and talents with approximately 5 hours per month in this position. us, allowing us to provide superb quality at a very low cost. Other members share their time and skills on Please think about how you can help us out. If you various committees to help organize, publicize and are interested in either of these positions, or if you can promote ElderCollege. contribute in other ways, we would love to meet you. Here’s how you can get in touch with us. If you have enjoyed our classes, would you consider “giving back”? We would welcome you to share your • Reply to this email or send a note to passion, talent or knowledge as a course presenter. [email protected]. Or, you could share some of your time as a committee • Come to our Information Meeting at the member. “Many hands make light work”. college on Friday, September 7 at 1:30 pm. Our most pressing need at this time is for an Advisory Committee chair and a Secretary. Some more course evaluation comments - Great information (slides), well presented The Advisory Committee Chair schedules and plans - Clear descriptions regular monthly meetings, twice-yearly information - Extremely informative sessions, a spring volunteer appreciation luncheon - I learned alot about solar power. Instructor very and the Annual General Meeting. He/she will work knowledgeable and passionate about subject. with other board members (Curriculum, Secretary, - Really got me thinking Finance, Promotions) and the North Island College - Informality of instructor who is Rich in experience ElderCollege Liaison to ensure that operations run and the personal experiences shared by smoothly. Written policies and procedures are in place participants for all of the above. - All very interesting and helpful