Does dementia or Alzheimer's disease affect you or someone you know? Are you in the early stages of the disease?
Are you a caregiver? Sheatre and the Alzheimer Society of Grey-Bruce start work this fall on a new play that will share real-life experiences and fight the stigma connected to dementia – and they invite people from the community to take part in creating and presenting it.
Information sessions about The Dementia Play will be held on Monday, Sept. 14 in Owen Sound at 11 a.m. at the Active Lifestyles Centre Grey Bruce (McQuay Tannery Building), 1852 3rd Avenue East. All are welcome, but registration is required.
The project will be developed with local people through a series of workshop sessions and rehearsals beginning in September.
The workshop locations will be determined based on the participants' needs. Starting in November, presentations will be given
to audiences young and old at selected community groups, schools and community events in Grey-Bruce.
"We are looking for ten seniors and caregivers to participate, though younger people..
Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker wrote the following letter to Minister of Education Liz Sandals with regard to the educational assistant cuts at Bluewater District School Board, and enclosed letters from parents of children affected by the cuts.
Hon. Liz Sandals
Minister of Education
22nd Floor, Mowat Block
900 Bay Street
Toronto, ON M7A 1L2
Dear Minister Sandals:
I'm writing today to again bring to your attention concerns from parents, students and community members with regard to the recently announced cuts to as many as 50 Educational Assistant positions in the Bluewater District School Board. You may recall that I brought this issue to your attention during Question Period at Queen's Park last May.
As you're aware, the Board's decision to ...
The City of Owen Sound recently established the Canada 150th & Owen Sound 160th Celebration Ad Hoc Committee to develop, promote, and implement Owen Sound's community celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Canada – "Strong, Proud, Free" and the 160th Anniversary of Owen Sound. The celebration will also include other notable anniversaries including the 50th Anniversary of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and 100th Anniversary of Billy Bishop and Tommy Holmes being awarded the Victoria Cross.
The City of Owen Sound is seeking:
When something bad happens in Owen Sound, everyone knows about it before the day is over. Sometimes they know before the bad thing is over.
Such was the case several weeks ago when we awoke to the blazing carnage of fifteen burning households. Before breakfast most of the town knew, by lunch time you couldn't find a table at a restaurant or coffee shop that wasn't preset to discussing the loss and the damage and the shock ...
But this town knows more than trouble, this town knows hope and charity and perseverance. Several months ago when another fire destroyed two homes side by side, the music community made haste to create a benefit concert to help one of their own. But they didn't restrict their assistance to the musician who had lost his home. At his request they included the other household that had suffered the same loss.
And everyone in this town knows that lightning like that strikes more than twice in ...
by Kelly Babcock
Wednesday, September 2nd, at 9PM, at Jazzmyn's 261 9th Street E come on down to the open mic jam. Our Shotgun Wedding will be hosting the open mic, and guess what?!?!? It's LAUREN JEWELL'S BIRTHDAY!! So come on down and join in on all the fun at a very special open mic extravaganza
Wednesday, September 2nd, at 9PM, at the Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio, 229 Ninth Street E., it's Alexander's Ragtime Jam. We've got charts. All you need to do is bring an instrument. Come enjoy the Jazz and hospitallity that is Owen Sounds very own Avalon Jazz Lounge & Patio
Thursday, September 3rd, From 7PM til Midnight, at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 6, at 1450 2nd Avenue W, Join an array of the area's finest musicians for the " Power Of Love" Fire Relief Benefit, a musical celebration to raise funds for those impacted by recent fires in Owen Sound. ALL proceeds will be donated to United Way to benefit ...
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