CFN – In 1927, a young man who was blind , Morris Frank, read a story about dogs being trained as guide dogs for blinded WW1 veterans. . According to the Seeing eye Organization website, he wrote to the author of the article asking for help because he wasContinue Reading
CFN – The Tri County Literacy Council, which is a community based non-profit organization, offers both community and individual literacy programs. According to their website, they provide to our residents of SD&G free educational upgrading, from Literacy Basic Skills to occupational training courses. They also offer free educational assessmentsContinue Reading
CFN – The Canadian Hearing Society has opened an office at 4 Montreal Road. Some years ago, probably early 90’s, I was on a board with the late Dorris Turner to open a CHS office in Cornwall. It was located for some time in the old HDH Nurses’ Residence onContinue Reading
CFN – With the closing of No Frills at the Square, many seniors living in the area were wondering how they would manage to get groceries. I remember one lady who lived in a Senior’s Residence telling me that she would walk to the Square with her walker and getContinue Reading
One of the great things about being a senior is that you have a lot to reminisce about. A friend Sandra and I started remembering some of our fun as kids growing up in Cornwall. We were at our Tai Chi lesson just before it began. She was commentingContinue Reading
CFN – I was browsing through my old photo album where there are mostly pictures of the old high school days at CCVS . I was looking for a photo of Dwayne McKinnon who had been in my classes. I couldn’t remember his nickname and I thought that maybe itContinue Reading
CORNWALL Ontario – A wonderful senior will be celebrating his 90th. birthday on June 24th. He is a Navy Veteran, Sonny (Richard) Herrington. . Apparently when our Grandfather Herrington first held Sonny for the first time as a baby, Sonny smiled at him, probably with a toothless cute littleContinue Reading
CFN – The Special Day Away Program provided to our community by the Community Outreach Services is offered at the Glen Stor Dun Lodge. It is a program designed to help in the care of a loved one which provides respite time for caregivers as well as support and educationContinue Reading
CFN – June is Seniors’ month. A nice way to honour it is to celebrate with some wonderful seniors. There were a lot of seniors at the Legion Friday night celebrating. It was our annual Cornwall General Hospital Alumni dinner. The Class of 1964 celebrated fifty years. Attending forContinue Reading
CFN – I happened to be in Martintown recently. I had taken my cat, big big baby Tiger to Shannoncourt Central Bark Center for a bath and had some time to kill while my poor little darling pussycat was under the hose to get rid of excess fur. Looking forContinue Reading
CFN – Dr. Nat Shah, a prominent family physician, has been given many awards and accolades over the years since he first came to Cornwall in 1960. He has worked tirelessly for our community, at our local hospitals and for many charities. Last year he received the Queen’s GoldenContinue Reading
CFN – Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel have said some amazing things over the years. Once I thought I had made up a clever quip which would have rivaled any ‘Yogi-isms ‘or ‘Stengeleses’ but I found out Yogi had already thought it up. So much for my ego. I don’tContinue Reading
CFN -To go to ‘Pot’ or not : that is the question. No offense to our immortal poet but it is the question of the day. Having worked for 14 years at Mount Carmel House Treatment Center in St. Raphael’s, ON which was an Inpatient Treatment Center for Alcohol andContinue Reading
CFN – Kudos to Cornwall Transit for providing shuttle transportation on Feb. 15 and 16th, so that people and their families could enjoy the holiday weekend and the Winterfest . Thank you. A wonderful program to assist seniors who are alone is offered by the Glen Stor Dun Lodge throughContinue Reading
CFN – I don’t know whether to call the Vet or talk to one of my addiction colleagues. My cat Tiger, big big baby, is sniffing celery leaves. He is no longer content with his ‘pot’ catnip; now he is in ecstasy sniffing celery. What is this?? As soon asContinue Reading
CFN – Recently on the medical news it said that seniors need to do Stress Management. I was surprised because I had never seen it mentioned before for older people. Exercise, proper nutrition and social contacts but never stress management as an aid to health for seniors. In the pastContinue Reading
CFN – I received a sample of Good Times Magazine. In their column “Your rights” was an interesting article from their January 2009 issue written by Lillian Newberry about having a ”Your Just in Case File”. After I read it, I realized how important it is to have such aContinue Reading