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Welcome to ... THE Club BUTTONS & Bows Ladies Clothing & Accessories! From size 4 to 18! Open 6 Days a Week Monday to Saturday 10-5 Elegance at its finest! www.buttons-and-bows.caw. o . 131 Michigan Ave., Point Edward • 519-491-1412 “Your Feet Will Be In Good Hands” Contact Julie Today! Ryan Cross Hons. BA (Kin), MScPT, FCAMPT Jamie Easter BScH, MScPT Jayme Davies BSc, MPT Are your feet f sore r and a n d keeping i you o from r m doing i the things that t you u love? Cerfied Cerfied Master t Pedicurist ist - Julie Coulombe ombe will give you the best experience and the professional aenon your feet need! ADVANCED FOOTCARE Diabecs, Ingrowns, Corns, Warts, Fungus & other common foot problems 519-466-5853 • Julie@athomespa.ca At Home Spa @ Mara Surgical Clinic 704 Mara St. Point Edward, Unit 106 Do You Have Arthritis in Your Knees or Hips? GLA:D CANADA IS MADE UP OF 3 PARTS: • 2-3 Education Sessions • 12 Neuromuscular Exercise Sessions • Data Collection for Quality Monitoring 519-491-7273 611 St. Clair Street, Point Edward Serving Sarnia Since 2006 GLA:D Canada is an 8-week education and exercise program for those with stiff and/or painful knees and/or hips, or those with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis. Research from GLA:D® in Denmark shows participants report less pain, reduced use of painkillers, fewer indiviudals on sick leave, and being more physically active. Cross Works Physiotherapy is proud to present the GLA:D program at Ironworks Fitness. For more information contact 519-491-7273 Covered Under Extended Health Care Jenny Lindsay BSc, MPT Reves Henderson BScPT, CGTTDN Jenna Veens BHSc, MPT www.crossworksphysio.ca You must be 55 or over to read this magazine. The “The Dentist” Frankie was tired of being bothered with a painful toothache, so he visited the dentist and asked, “How much do you charge to extract a tooth?”. The dentist replied, “Thirty-five dollars!” Frankie exclaimed, “Isn’t that a little high for only five minutes work?” “Well,” replied the dentist, a little annoyed, “I could work a little slower if you’d like.” Many years ago I was baby sitting my nephew while his mother was in the hospital. He could get into more mischief than I could imagine any child getting into, so when I put my two year old down for her nap, I checked on Alan again. He was playing quietly on the veranda. “This is Herkimer,” he said, pointing to a large and furry caterpillar. “Watch him walk down the ramp. Want to see him ride in my jeep? Oh, he’s tired, he’s curling up for a sleep.” Alan gently picked up his furry friend and put it in a small box. He might knock over my favourite plant, or break a plate a day, but he handled living things with the care of a brain surgeon at work. I walked down the steps and started to weed the flower bed. Funny how fast weeds grow. From there I could hear Sandee when she woke up, and I could also keep an eye on my small charge. While I was weeding, Alan built a higher ramp with some of Sandee’s blocks, and a road with sand borrowed from the sand box. I’ll show Sandee how fast Herkie can go, when she wakes up,” he promised. A short time later I heard her call and went in to lift her out of the crib. “Alan has something to show you,” I whispered as I buckled her shoes. She slid from my lap and ran to the front door. “Look Sandee. He’s going right down the ra...mp.” Alan’s face was full of shock and disbelief. Sandee had TAKE HOME! Fresh Made Comfort Food A tradition since 1992! 105 MICHIGAN AVENUE PT. EDWARD • 519-344-2855 Bright & Unique Lighng Ideas For Your Home 116 Michigan Ave POINT EDWARD (519) 344-3535 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm www.twinbridgelighng.com Don’t Step On My Caterpillar by Doris M. Johnston • from Daytripping Magazine Summer 2002 gone barrelling out the door, jumped over the blocks and landed right on Herkimer. “He never got the chance to be a butterfly.” Alan hiccuped. Sandee had not only squashed Herkimer, she had squashed Alan’s hopes of ever seeing his very own caterpillar spin a cocoon and emerge as a beautiful butterfly. His dreams had been shattered. “Don’t step on my caterpillar,” were familiar words in our family as the children were growing up. They often made our children stop and think before flattening someone’s dreams, ambitions or hopes, with a thoughtless remark. We would never have bought the house we now live in if my children hadn’t used those familiar words. My husband had seen the house and talked about it incessantly. “We can’t afford it. Wait awhile.” I said, and watched the excitement fade out of his face and the hope depart from his eyes. “You’re stepping on Dad’s caterpillar.” the children reminded me. It took only a minute to think it over. The struggle we had with payments for the first few years was worth it, as together we watched a dream become a reality. I often wonder if I would have become a violinist, always my dream, if my uncle hadn’t told me I had no talent, and should stick to sensible things like dressmaking and typewriting. It’s so easy to step on caterpillars. Welcome to ... Summer 2021 P A G E 4 (Rarely Heard Any More) “Be sure to fill the ice trays, we’re having company!”
This FREE magazine is distributed in most of Sarnia-Lambton HANDSHAKES & HUGS! By Mark Moran, Publisher After 15 years of thinking about it, three years of planning for it, and six months of actually doing it, we are happy and proud to present you with the third issue of Welcome to The Club. It’s a magazine for people 55+ in Sarnia Lambton and is filled with good news, a few jokes, and lighthearted memories from people like yourself. As much as we’re tempted to speak out about local shenanigans, there are no politics in these pages. You won’t find any bad news, or at least I hope not, but you will find an invitation to help build this magazine now and in the future. It is written by our readers and many of the articles are from our other magazine, Daytripping in Southwestern Ontario, which covers a much larger area but has had the same feel good style since 1995. When you see an article that says it has been published in Daytripping, the author has given us their blessing to reprint their work. We donate $25 to charity for doing so and, though some of them passed away years ago, their words live on in these pages. An interesting addition this time is a list of discounts for seniors that you’ll find on page 18. We’re keeping our eyes open in search of more discounts to tell you about, so please let us know if we are missing some. We also hope that this list may encourage some businesses to offer a discount to those of us who have reached a certain age. I’m only a pup compared to some of my readers, but I am told that “senior” is an okay word to use whenever it comes before the word discount! As I write this in mid June, it seems like the light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel is getting steadily brighter. I hope and pray that this is not an illusion. The few breaths of fresh air in the company of friends, that we have finally been able to experience, have an overwhelming healing power for minds and souls that have been so stressed for the past year and a half. A simple handshake is so much more meaningful than it was before all this began, and a hug, well that’s just the most heartwarming thing there is. So enjoy the stories, summer new and summer old, the recipes, the jokes, the typos, and please make a note of the businesses that are advertising in this magazine. It’s free for you, but does cost money to produce, and you have them to thank for making it possible. I have my staff to thank and want to send a special shout out to Carrie Ann Timm this time, for taking all the various puzzle pieces and creating this issue. Take care, stay safe and bask in the simple pleasures of life, like handshakes and hugs. Thanks for reading. Mark Moran, Publisher You can be anywhere in the world and sll read Welcome to The Club Magazine Subscribe for FREE on our homepage and we’ll simply email you a link to each new issue. The online version may not be as “Priceless”... but it’s just as FREE! www.welcometotheclub.ca Welcome to The Club is published four times annually by Moran Advertising, Brights Grove, Ontario. The publisher reserves the right to reject, discontinue or omit any advertisment without notice or penalty to either party. No portion of this publication can be reproduced in whole or in part without the permission of Moran Advertising. The content of this publication does not necessarily represent the opinions of the publisher. The content of this publication has not been deemed by the publisher to be correct and accurate. The advertiser agrees that the publisher shall not be liable for damages arising directly or indirectly from errors occuring in this publication beyond the amount paid for the space actually occupied by that portion of the advertisment in which the error occurred, whether such error is due to the negligence of its servants or otherwise, and there shall be no liablity for non insertion of any advertisment beyond the amount paid for such advertisment. Use of Material: submitted articles, letters, and other works or materials may be used, published, distributed and stored by Moran Advertising, Welcome To The Club, and Daytripping Magazine, in whole or in part, in print or by any other means. Welcome to ... Welcome to ... THE THE Club CLUB VOLUME 1, ISSUE 3 • SUMMER 2021 You’ll find current and nostalgic articles throughout The Club. Discount List 18 Milestones & Memories 32 Postcards from the Past 25 Trivia 11 Word Search 7 Crossword 24 Recipes 27,37 Other Stuff 1-40 “Just 4 Fun” by Robert Walicki, Sarnia Ruth t Sharon, n Spokeshave, p k e, Glynn n Leyshon, e o , Jean a Leedale e Hobson, on , Lyn Tremblay, Nadine Wark, k Gail Northgrave rave Adams, Pat Taylor, o , Lucy Landry, d y Doris Johnston, h n n, Claude d Tiffin, in, Therese es e Lecuyer, y r A.C. A C Stone, e Marion Urquhart q rt Charkow, k Cathy t y Dobson, on , Christ i s Treftlin, n Kelly-Lynn K l ly L yn n Musico, M i c , Lee Michaels, h John h Gardiner, n r, Doug McClintock, c k Sienna Senior Living, in g Sipkens k Nurseries, ries , and a d all a l the Recipe i p and a d Milestones i n s & Memories es submissions. ssio Mark Moran - Publisher, Ad Sales & Design Carla MacGregor r - Advertising in Sales Carrie Ann Timm - Office/Graphics fi ics Manager Angela Lyon - Graphics & Article Formatting Carla Mejia - Graphic Design Ben Moran - Graphic Design From the publishers of Daytripping Magazine The Club Features On the COVER of the CLUB YOUR CONTRIBUTORS CLUB STAFF P.O. Box 430 • Brights Grove, ON •N0N 1C0 519-491-1676 • info@welcometotheclub.ca www.welcometotheclub.ca A Magazine g for 55+ like no other! Summer 2021 (Rarely Heard Any More) “Take those bottles back to the store for the deposit.” P A G E 5
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