Okanagan Woman Magazine

Monday, October 29, 2012

IMPORTANT INFO FOR SHAW TELEPHONE CUSTOMERS IN ARMSTRONG


ATT:  Shaw Telephone Residential Customers

MAKE SURE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER ARE INCLUDED in the annual Armstrong/Spallumcheen Telephone Directory.  We have learned that many Shaw Customers have been excluded from the list of phone numbers we purchase each year.  We are attempting to obtain the excluded numbers but cannot guarantee they will arrive by press time.  Call 250.546.8910 or 250.546.6064 to be included in the local directory.  This is a FREE service.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYONE

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Share The Spirit Christmas Hamper Campaign Launched at SOWINS

So soon. So soon? So soon! Though Christmas comes but once a year, for the South Okanagan Women in Need Society (SOWINS), it comes early. Its’ fall, which means its’ “Share the Spirit” time! As the autumn harvest is ending, the gathering of gifts and goods for Christmas for our clients begins.   

Share the Spirit Hampers provide gifts and food for women and children clients to ensure they have a merry Christmas. Businesses, organizations, schools, workplace staff and individuals are invited to take the hamper challenge. The way it works is a needy woman facing domestic abuse - with or without children – submits an anonymous wish list. The list is matched with an anonymous donor and the filled hamper is delivered to a drop off point and then delivered to the woman or family by our volunteers.  

For a full hamper we suggest $60 worth of groceries for a single woman and $125 for a mother with two children. We welcome new unwrapped gifts, nonperishable food items, personal care products, local retail gift certificates, as well as monetary donations. Gift certificates for teens are especially appreciated. Last year, approximately 100 women and their children benefitted from the generosity of our community through the campaign. To sponsor a hamper for a family or single woman please contact Liz at (250)493-4366 ext 102, or e-mail sharethespirit@sowins.com Instructions are also available online at www.sowins.com Those wanting to sponsor hampers are asked to contact us by December 7th.  

 Individual donations are also encouraged. These will be combined into hampers or may also be used as gifts for the SOWINS’ kids Christmas party, or as gifts for women and their children staying at the emergency Transition House over the holidays. Individual donations and monetary contributions can be dropped off from Nov 5th through Dec 7th in Penticton at SOWINS offices 218 -246 Martin St. (M – F, 10-4 pm) or at WINGS Thrift Store 456 Main St. (M – Sat, 10-4 pm) 

There are many ways to help out with Share The Spirit, please contact Bethany at 250-493-4366 (ext 105) or volcoord@sowins.com to find out how.

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Only two chances to catch the Ghost Tours of Vernon


The Ghost Tours of Vernon are back for only two evenings this Halloween season. Catch host/storyteller/ paranormal scholar, Gabriel David Sumegi Newman, on October 29th and 30th at 7:00 PM if you want your season’s fill of local ghost stories and macabre historical oddities.

“The rustle of leaves, the dark shadows, and the smell of fall makes the Halloween tours especially enjoyable,” says Newman, who has been conducting this storytelling walking tour for nine years. 

Tours leave at 7:00pm from the steps of the Vernon Museum. It is an outdoor walking tour and runs rain or shine or snow so dress appropriately. Ticket price is $10 for those over the age of 12 and $5 for those 12 and under (cash only).

No reservations are necessary unless you want to book a private tour for 20 or more.

Contact

Mr. Gabriel David Sumegi Newman the 2nd,

Paranormal Expert, Entrepreneur, and Purveyor of Medicinal Remedies

250-260-8757

ghosttours@shaw.ca

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Summer babies less likely to be CEOs: UBC research

Sauder School of Business researchers at the University of British Columbia have found that a person’s date of birth can affect their climb up the corporate ladder.

 
The Sauder study shows that only 6.13 per cent of an S&P 500 CEO sample was born in June and only 5.87 per cent of the sample was born in July. By comparison, people born in March and April represented 12.53 per cent and 10.67 per cent of the sample of CEOs.

“Our findings indicate that summer babies underperform in the ranks of CEOs as a result of the ‘birth-date effect,’ a phenomenon resulting from the way children are grouped by age in school,” says Sauder Finance Prof. Maurice Levi, co-author of the study to appear in the December issue of the journal Economics Letters.

In the United States, cut-off dates for school admission fall between September and January. The researchers determined that those CEOs in the sample born between June and July were the youngest in their class during school, and those in March and April were the oldest. This takes into account children born in months close to the cut offs who were held back or accelerated.

“Older children within the same grade tend to do better than the youngest, who are less intellectually developed,” explains Levi. “Early success is often rewarded with leadership roles and enriched learning opportunities, leading to future advantages that are magnified throughout life.”

Levi and his co-authors, former Sauder PhD students Qianqian Du and Huasheng Gao, investigated the birth-date effect in a sample of 375 CEOs from S&P 500 companies between 1992 and 2009.
“Our study adds to the growing evidence that the way our education system groups students by age impacts their lifelong success,” says Prof. Levi. “We could be excluding some of the business world’s best talent simply by enrolling them in school too early.”

Source:  UBC Public Affairs
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/10/23/summer-babies-less-likely-to-be-ceos-ubc-research/

Monday, October 15, 2012

The Kid Co Peapod poses Suffocation Hazard


The Kid Co Peapod is marketed as an indoor/outdoor travel bed for infants.  Health Canada has received two reports of infants rolling over and getting their faces trapped between the mattress and the side of the product, posing a suffocation hazard.

For more information, please visit: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/_2012/2012_152-eng.php

Health Warning: Antimircrobial Foaming Hand Soap recalled


Avmor Ltd. is voluntarily recalling one lot of its Antimicrobial Foaming Hand Soap (Triclosan 0.3%) due to microbial contamination. Product testing undertaken by Health Canada detected bacteria (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) that may pose serious health risks to people, especially those with weakened immune systems.
For more information, please visit: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ahc-asc/media/advisories-avis/_2012/2012_151-eng.php

Monday, October 1, 2012

Help the BC Cancer Agency find an outstanding cancer caregiver

The BC Cancer Agency will be awarding its annual Community Care Award to someone who is making a difference in the lives of those living with cancer.

Nominations are being accepted for anyone who provides exemplary cancer care and support in the province, including: pharmacists, nutritionists, physicians, counselors, educators, and volunteers. Nominees must work in one or more of the following areas:

  1. Direct cancer patient care
  2. Research
  3. Education
  4. Supportive services
The recipient will receive a plaque, public recognition and a $300 cash award, which will be presented at the BC Cancer Agency’s Annual Cancer Conference banquet on Friday, November 30, 2012 at the Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver. 

Nomination forms can be found on www.bccancer.bc.ca/communitycareaward and can be submitted until midnight October 12, 2012.