The Castlegar Sun Wedrlesday, December 27, 1995 Page B6 hor the Volunteers needed for tax assistance SUN STAFF Castlegar and District Community Services is seeking volunteers for its Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. The agency hopes to get up to 10 volunteers to help people, who cannot afford assistance, complete their income tax forms. The {rained volunteers will offer their services during March and April. The volunteer training session, sponsored by Revenue Canada, will be held in Castlegar Tuesday, Jan. 9 from 1-4 p.m. Anyone with a_ basic DAY 15% (Mark your Calendar...) Thursday, December 28 is Senior's Day at Pharmasave. You can save 15% on most everything you need! SENIOR'S "MOST EVERYTHING PRESENT YOUR PHARMACARE CARD AND SAVE!! OFF AVE _S PHARMASAVE | 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship Service KID'S CLUB WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT 6:00 PM CARE. Groups for Adaits during the week Faithfully serving Castlegar for over 30 years. tall [ANCE-FORGIVENESS: ‘PS RH 614 Christina Place Saturday 4:30 pm Family Eucharist Sunday 8:00 am Holy Communion Sunday 10:00 am Family Eucharist The Rev. Marc Germaine Phone: 365-2271 ALL bade ae [= Colrery Baptist Curck ee -— = > understanding of income tax and are interested in leaming how they can help is asked to contact either ‘Revenue Canada at 1-800- 565-9333 or Community Services at 365-2104. The program has gone on for several years and helps approximately 90 people per year, Most clients are seniors, but anyone unable to do his or her own return is asked to call the Community af Heart Wednesday, December 27, 1995 The Castlegar Sun Page B7 Services office to book an appointment. “Advertising is foo expensive we Being unknown to potential customers is more expensive. Let us show you how to reach all the residents of Castlegar. Sir © Fred New Executive - The Castlegar and District Seniors Association recently picked a new executive. Back, from left, Margaret Kozak, Elsie Miller, Mike Bulinoff, Bill Soukoroff, John Moran. Front, from left, Dorothy Ashton, Isabel Gerrard, Dorothy Raymond, Vi McClukie. Haley Jonstyn, R.N. GROUP STRESS REDUCTION First Saturday Morning of Every Month Starts Saturday, Jan. 6 Dedicate yourself to a new lifestyle. Phone to register. Kootenai Innercare Centre 604-368-8000 #7-1050 Eldorado St. Trail, B.C. VIR 3V7 GRACE PRESBYTERIAN pm —s mp Pastor Bob Marsh 365-3430 - Church 809 Merry Creek Rd. Castiegar ST. PETER LUTHERAN WORSHIP — 11:15a SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00 am 713 - 4th St., Castlegar Rev. V. Tech * 604-354-1527 ALL WELCOME! RC era ean 2605 Columbia Ave. eta! tot nal - CHRISTMAS ‘EVE SERVICE : 9:00 - Ph. Minister: The Rev. Ann Pollock 10:00 FAMILY SERVICE Nursery Care Provided EVERYONE WELCOME ns Waren A Bibl Bible Based, Spirit Filled, HWA A Wein, Pamily Church tAUH FELLOWS tie 2329 6th Ave., Castlegar * 365-5818 Youth Ministries * Victorious Women * Men's Fellowship ‘commmonmemmmanans WATCH FAITH ALIVE ON SHAW CABLE 10 tamussemercnsems Affiliated with Canadian Fellowship of Churches & Ministers TLEGAR FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP 1801 Connors Rd. Submitted Provision of support services and financia) and workplace programs for informal caregivers are among the recommendations of a Seniors’ Advisory Council Position paper released today by Health Minister and Minister Responsible for Seniors Paul Ramsey. In its paper, Building Partnerships: Support for Informal Caregivers, the il also d enhancement to the formal, government-funded system of health care and related services for care recipients. It is estimated there are more than 152,000 people in the province providing informal care at home and in the community. These family members, friends and volunteers provide long-term support to people of all ages with a broad range of health for seniors conditions and care needs. “The government recognizes the vital role ph by informal givers in the d of care to seniors,” ” ghia Ramsey. “The recommendations of the Seniors’ Advisory Council provides valuable advice to government in its efforts to support those ci The council was established to advise the minister on current and with major seniors’ organizations and fons Advisory Council, c/o Office for Seniors, ist floor, 1515 Blanshard St., Victoria, “LOOK AGAIN” Because many local businesses have week-end specials and events. ..check your , Castlegar Sun again before you head out on your shopping trip. A perfect way to remind you where the savings are. Your Castlegar Sun You'll enjoy a second look. Small Ads Work! Small ads on a regular basis bring top of the mind awareness to your customers. We Deliver Flyers! Call Cathy © Nicole « Fred 365-5266 Belize - a place of contrast So, you've heard not so good things about Belize? Well, you've probably been told about Belize City and not the cayes (islands) just off of the mainland. What you should've been told about is relax- ation, beauty and golf carts. Ambergris Caye is one of the major island tourist destina- tions, the main town being San Pedro - if you can all the hand- ful of people that arrive there in a week actual tourists. By the end of their stay, they will feel like locals. The natives are definitely friendly and call you by name. You begin to feel like part of their family when the new tourists arrive by plane you tend to give them funny looks as if they don't belong but you do. Now, let's get out the golf carts. Ambergris Caye has no paved roads. None. But they do have a few cars. Very few and mostly taxis at that. The most prominent vehicle in the whole town is the locally brewed Belekin Beer truck that delivers once a week to the local stores and restaurants. It reminded me of a Budweiser truck less the horses. A strange Sight to see on a tropical island. The main mode of island transportation is golf carts, That’s another strange sight considering that there aren’t any golf courses on the island, but it’s an efficient form of transportation for island purposes. Just make sure that you check the cart out thoroughly before you rent one. You wouldn’t want to get stuck some- where. Not that it ever happened to me. There are many accommoda- tions to choose from in San Pedro. My favorite is still at the Sunbreeze Beach Hotel - you can't beat the location - right next to the airport at the end of the main street. The cost is reasonable, the rooms are clean, the landscaping is just as you would expect it to be for a tropical resort and they have a nice restaurant on site. They have a pavilion down by the beach and the first night I was there they had a calypso band playing. That had to be the ultimate Caribbean experience - dancing on the beach, drinking a Belekin and moving to the rhythm of the steel drum. Another very popular resort is Ramon’s Village which is just down from the Sunbreeze. These are individual thatched huts with no air conditioning located right on the beach. Ramon’s has prob- ably the best swimming beach in San Pedro. San Pedro is for the traveller looking for relaxation. The first thing you will notice will be phones ringing, but no one answering them. Everything is at an extremely slow pace and no one is in a hurry. For shopping there are a num- ber of small shops located throughout the five or six square- block town. Look for native pot- tery and Cruzian rum. There are a large number of excellent restau- rants well-known for their fresh seafood. The prices are compara- ble to that of being in any U.S. city, but the food is plentiful. A couple of recommendations are Fido’s for breakfast and Elvi's for lunch or dinner. Another of my most memo- rable experiences in San Pedro is being there for Halloween. In the mid-day all of the school children dressed in their Halloween cos- tumes paraded through the sandy streets of the town. We managed to capture them on video after running ahead of them and trying |} CONNIE : oe the block before they able event not to miss is the Wednesday afternoon chicken drop at the Spindrift Hotel. There's a numbered grid laid out on the floor, you purchase a square for PORTS Say, one dol- lar, and put OF CALL the chicken am OWE and wait for it to drop. Well, you can figure out the rest. It’s a local thing. You had to be there. Belize itself has the second largest barrier reef in the world next only to Australia. The reef is located just off the coast line and is an awesome sight. You can see the waves breaking on top of the reef. The snorkeling and scuba div- ing is at its best. The warm water temperature and visibility pro- vide a spectacular array of sea life. The colors are incredible. Diving the | famous Blue Hole Motz ¢ Everything is in its natural state. If you have the time, the most acclaimed site to see it Tikal in Guatemala. Day trips are avail- able out of both Belize City and San Pedro. It is believed to be the largest of all the Mayan ruins and is a humbling sight One of the sights we missed was the Cockscomb Basin Jaguar Preserve. It just wouldn't fit into the time we had allotted for our tour, We did stop at the well-pro- moted Belize Zoo. The San Diego Zoo it isn't. They have animals native to Belize, most of them in cages, but a lot of the smaller animals were in pens wired with chicken wire. I was really taken back by the whole thing. It was interesting, but not exactly as advertised. The most interesting part was the hand-painted signs posted on each exhibit. But to keep with modern times, they do, however, have souvenir T-shirts available. Can parents and boomerang kids co-exist? Submitted Children eventually grow up and leave home, but what if cir- cumstances prompt their return? Can so-called “boomerang kids” and their parents co-exist? A Simon Fraser University study has found that in a majority of fam- ilies surveyed, the living arrange- ment works well for both sides. SFU sociologists Barbara Mitchell and Ellen Gee surveyed parents and adult children in 420 Greater Vancouver h hold unemployment, a desire to save money or return to school or a need to regroup after travelling Others returned after failed mar- riages, for psychological reasons, such as not being emotionally ready to live on their own, or health problems, such as a chron- ic illness. Researchers found a “surpris- ing” number of young adults could afford to live independently of their parents—by renting an apartment, for example—but pre- ; ferred to live at home and save for (about half were boomerang fami- lies, which include grown chil- dren who return after a minimum of six months on their own; the rest were “home-leaver” families, where children had not returned home) to determine how families were coping. Anticipating some level of negative impact in boomerang situations, they found most parents and adult children were highly satisfied. About one- quarter reported being “less than very Belize is most ible from Vancouver or Seattle with an add-on air fare from Spokane. There are a number of good com- ~~ that offer strictly airfare or q doing this on Nati G ic?) is something hat shouldn't be missed. The experience is once-in-a-lifetime descending into the darkness with depths exceeding 400 feet. There are a number of local dive shops that do overnight trips as well as a few that do day trip to the hole. Other easily accessible sports include swimming, hiking and fishing. If you are a tennis fan however beware there are only two tennis courts on the island at my last count. On the mainland of Belize, now this is the part you’ve proba- bly heard about. Is the dreaded Belize City. We spent one night there and that will never happen again. Scary, scary place. We Stayed at a smaller hotel on the waterfront, and of course we stood out a bit from the dark skin of the native Belizians. We instantly became a tourist attraction for the locals and had a group of drug dealers and would- be thieves following us everywhere literally stepping on our heels. “Hey mon” came from every dreadlocked person in sight. Shoving things in our faces, ask- ing for money, asking for me...it was an unsettling experience. At that moment\I began to wonder what I had gotten us into. After managing to lose some of the people when we went into a store (they would wait outside until we came out) we basically hightailed it back to our hotel and Stayed there. I got the front desk clerk to call and change our flight to San Pedro to the next available flight. Which, unfortunately, wasn’t until the next morning. Needles to say, I didn’t sleep much that night. We did, however, fit in a sight- seeing tour that afternoon only to escape the city. We had a great tour guide named Lasalle. Belize is well-known for its Mayan archeological sights, some of which only are open to the public. Imagine that! In this day and age, a country which realizes the value of its history. We went to a couple of the smaller sights, but the two major sights are Xunan- tunich and Altun Ha. It is fasci- nating to see these ruins. I stood atop one of the larger structure overlooking the plaza and I could almost image the ancient Mayans in their everyday lives moving about the overgrown foliage. That has to be the thing that gained the most respect from me - the sights are left untouched expect for the few tourists who explore. There are no parking lots, there are no real paths into the sites, you just follow your guide into the tropical vegetation. No concession stand are anywhere. pl packages. Belize is remind to be Central America’s best-kept travel secret. I hope I haven't let the cat (or the jaguar) out of the bag, Connie Motz owns Uniglobe Contemporary Travel Inc. in Castlegar. She has been to Belize twice with her husband and co- owner of their business, Ed Motz. Custom Silk Screening kids are b a down pi “Children and parents who try living together again seem to make the best of the situation and find that it can be a positive expe- rience,” says Mitchell. “But in most cases, parents still do the basics, like cleaning and cooking. It's often an imbalanced arrange- ment, but many mothers enjoy the companionship and friendship of their children. This may offset any perceived imbalances. It's com- mon for family to revert delayed. “It was a much different social and economic climate in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Housing was more affordable and it was the norm to marry earlier,” says Mitchell. “Boomerang kids are gly becoming ch ized as a generation ‘on hold’.” Parents recognize the difficulty and want to help. “They like the idea of having the family togeth- er. It alleviates anxiety over what's happening to their chil- dren,” explains Mitchell Boomerang kids can also have @ positive effect on their parents’ marriages, researchers found. They tend to buffer problems and provide emotional support. Prob- lems are most likely to occur in cases where children have returned more than a few times, causing parents to feel that their home has become “a revolving door.” The biggest concerns on both sides are the lack of privacy and independence. “But in most cases,” says Mitchell, “these issues seemed back to the way things were.” more commonplace, says Mitchell, noting that economic recessions in the ‘80s and ‘90s Prompted their increase. Of those surveyed, 81 per cent cited eco- nomic reasons for their return, including the high cost of living, The ge adult child sur- veyed was 22 years old and had been away from home an average of two years. About half of them pay rent at home. Mitchell says some boome: kids feel like failures because reaching their goals has been TPIRTAUNTKS FOR YOUR BUSINESS With warm wishes for a sweet holiday season. 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