THE AWANA CRYEREDITORS: GARY CHAPPLE

The new Board met on Monday, 18th ofNovember. Sharon Epp remains BoardSecretary, Bill Collie is building mainte-nance, Lyle Thunstrom is grounds andDave Pedersen covers Block watch, resi-dent care and has been appointed asvice-chairman. Shirley Garner waselected Treasurer and —Gary Chappie was electedPresident. This was doneat the Annual GeneralMeeting. The Board will;meet on the second Mon-day of every month at1:00 pm in the Rec.Room. If you have some-thing you want them toconsider let a board Lmember know in writing a week beforethe meeting.Winter is upon us so if your outsidetaps have not been turned of, nowwould be a good time to do so. Also it isa good idea to drain the water out ofyour hoses. When water freezes it ex-pands and can crack the hose. We haveexperienced a couple leaks in ourplumbing. This will no doubt happenmore often as our buildings age. There-fore it is important that if you are away,

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you have someone check your suite on aregular almost daily basis. This should besomeone who is a member as we are not togive keys to non members. If the person is afamily member not from AWANA, then it isimportant that you let your quad and boardmembers know who will be coming and go-ing. This isw more than just a courtesy.

Fire alarm testing will take placeMonday the 25th of November.They will test all the smoke detec-tors as well ads the alarms. There-fore they will need to enter yoursuite for a few minutes. A boardmember will accompany theminto suites where the member isaway. This will happen for mostof the day. Your co-operationwill be greatly appreciated.

Cheque day is 5th of November from 10: to11:00 AM. If you cannot be there that dayyou can get your cheques to Shirley beforethen by delivering them to her suite. Pleasedo not just leave them in her mailbox asShirley cannot be responsible for themshould they go missing.Christmas lights can be put up anytime butare not to go on until December first. Theycan stay up and on until January 13. Thanksfor sticking to these times.

All AROUND THE AWANABUSH

This has been a tough year for manyof our members health wise. SistersGeneva Sandn.es and Helen Rempelhave both spent time in the hospital.Helen is still fighting the infectionand has been re admitted to MSA hos-pital. Lois Hildebrandt has had sur-gery to repair her rotator cuff. HelenHienrichs has been hospitalized sev-eral times over the year but a recentsurgery seems to have had a positiveeffect. Both Randy and DorothyHeinrichs have had quite a struggle.Randy has improved greatly but Doro-thy seems to be weakening. BarbaraThomas has been undergoing chemoand Victor has had problems as well,jack Dyck has had some testing donealso. Shirley Garner has had a tumourremoved and will be receiving radia-tion treatments as a precaution only.These folks appreciate you notes andwords of encouragement. If you hearof someone going into the hospital oris down for an extended period ofrime please let Pat Chappie know. Sheprovides get well cards as part of thesocial committee. If no one lets herknow then our members get missed.Doreen Wiebe has made another quiltto be raffled at the Christmas Banqet.Tickets are on sale $2.00 each or 3 for

$5.00. The blankets from Doreen arealways beautiful and are highly prized.The proceeds go to the Social Club. Thetickets will be available at the Decemberbreakfast or from Audrey Collie.Building 4 is responsible for theAWANA Christmas banquet this year.Tickets are $20.00 per person if pur-chased before 1 December and $2.00more if purchased after. Guest are wel-come. The last day to purchase is 6 De-cember as we have to let the folks at Cas-cades know our numbers. Get youmoney into Pat Chappie in Suite #59. Ifyou need a ride or can give a ride pleaselet us know. If you are in financial diffi-culty and can't afford a ticket, please letPat or me know as some arrangementscan be made.The new plastic $5 and $10 are out. Didyou know that you should not leave yourwallet or purse in the car on a hot sum-mer day as these bills can melt and be-come fused together A clerk at the creditunion told me they hed several cases ofthis happening Isat summer.So you don't need to worry now but sum-mer is a coming. Now that it is winter(almost) it could snow. 1 will give lessonsto anyone who wants to learn how todrive a snow blower. It really isn't thatdifficult and is fun unless you are blow-ing into the wind. With the cold comesice. Use care when walking on our side-walks and pavement. Salt is available inthe electrical store room.

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BODY SCANS AT AIRPORTS

CATSA disclosed the following resultsOf Airport Sctreeings for October 2013

Terrorist DiscoveredHerniasHemorrhoid CasesEnlarged ProstatesBreast Implants

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BOOKWORM

November: a month to remember and be thankful for the freedoms we have in our beautiful country, in BCand Awana.

Here is a list of some newer titles in the library. We have 2 new categories, Non Fiction and Canadiana

Non-Fiction Billy Graham-

Johna Christensen: The Red Umbrella

Helen Huizinga: Apron without Strings

Kim Meeder: Rising-mute girl with a horse friendship

Kati Marlon: The Great Escape

Nate Self: Two Wars One hero's fight on 2 fronts-Abroad and Within

Goyer/Yorkey: The Swiss Courier-Life of a "courier" for CIA in Switzerland 1944

Robert Whillow: Jimmy—Jimmy's world is a place where a boy can grow to be a man even if "he" is special

Proof of Heaven: A neurosurgeon's experience into the afterlife

The Trial of Pope Benedict

Hope for the Aching Heart: Devotions for the widow

Jan Vermer. A story of friendship, betrayal and forgiveness in the mot closed country in the world—N.Korea

Several books were removed from the general books and moved into this section

Dee Henderson: The O'Malley series—books 1-6 Lives of people who spend their lives saving people

Lillian Jackson: The Cat Who Tailed a ThiefThe Cat Who went up the Creek

J. Bell: The whole Truth: A lawyer has one last chance to overcome the past.

Alexander Smith: The # 1 Ladies Detective Agency-Recommended by the donor as warm look at the life inBotswana

Thank you to those who have given books and now have a good read indoor out of the rain to come. Lois