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2 Tuesday, April 22, 2014 • COMOX VALLEY RECORD The Good Life www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

Renee AndorRecord Staff

Wilma McKenzie and Sue Simmons suffer from mobil-ity issues but that doesn’t stop either of them from remaining active in their later years.

McKenzie, 83, and Sim-mons, 69, are longtime residents at The Views — McKenzie since 1997 and Simmons since 2002. McK-enzie can’t walk at all so is confined to a wheelchair, and Simmons has difficulty walking, so she relies heav-ily on a wheelchair.

But, each woman regu-larly participates in a wide variety of activities, physical and mental, and McKenzie notes both kinds are very important for seniors.

“You’ve got to work both parts of yourself; you have to work your body and your brain as much as you possi-bly can to achieve longevity,” says McKenzie.

Simmons adds: “I refuse to roll over and play dead … As they say, ‘If you don’t use it you lose it.’ “

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various games against other local residential facilities like Glacier View Lodge and the Comox Valley Seniors Village. Some games include floor curling, horseshoes, and beanbag toss.

Simmons says the St. Joseph’s Eagles (The Views team name), frequently win the tournament, thanks to “training” from staff in The Views activity department.

Activities at The Views range from things like music, to fitness classes, cribbage tournaments, gar-dening and computer time in the facility’s computer room.

Simmons and McKenzie say they enjoy many of the same activities; they regu-larly attend fitness classes, sing in the choir, participate in music appreciation, (in which participants listen to classical music together), paint and play cribbage.

McKenzie used to play piano as a young girl, and during her time at The Views she’s rekindled her past skills.

“I don’t make a bad job of it if I do say so myself,” she adds with a grin, noting she enjoys playing for the other residents.

“Sometimes I play coun-

try-western, sometimes I play old songs like (Down By The) Old Millstream or I Love You Truly, or Red River Valley.

“You Are My Sunshine is a standard here; everybody loves it.”

McKenzie also writes poetry and spends time on the computers.

Simmons enjoys garden-ing, and points out she has the largest garden at The Views. She also likes to do word puzzles and photog-raphy.

Simmons says she’s always loved travelling the world, and she’s been to many different places, such as France, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Bermuda.

Although she must have a care aide accompany her and get the OK from her doctor first, Simmons contin-ues to feed her love for trav-elling the world by taking trips on cruise ships.

She’s been on a cruise to Alaska and another to Italy and Greece.

She’s also planning a 17-day cruise in September that would stop at China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Thailand and Cambodia.

Besides sharing their endeavour to remain active,

both women have pushed through health problems in their lives and have a histo-ry with St. Joseph’s General Hospital.

Simmons worked as a

housekeeper there for 18 years before she had a brain hemorrhage in 2000. She was in a coma for two weeks, and after she emerged, it took her two years to relearn

how to talk and three years how to walk.

McKenzie was born at St. Joseph’s in 1930 and has lived in the Valley her whole life. She had tuberculous

meningitis when she was 16 months old; her recov-ery was long and she was unable to walk until she was four years old.

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Scott Stanfield Record Staff

Every life is unique — which Malcolm Holt is reminded about with every recording session.

The retired architect is a video biographer who owns Cameo Video in Courtenay. For the past 3.5 years, he has been producing personal biographies by capturing memoirs and reminiscences, mostly from elderly people. Typically, the result is a 60- to 90-minute life story

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The golden years just keep getting better for local senior Roslyn Smith.

Smith, president of the Comox Valley Road Runners (CVRR), has celebrated tre-mendous success in running this year.

This year, Smith has broken the records in the women’s 65-69 category for all six races that she entered in the Vancouver Island Series. These races included the Pioneer 8K, Cobble Hill 10K, Cedar 12K, the Comox Valley Half Marathon, Mer-ville 15K, and the Sooke River 10K.

In the Merville 15K race which took place earlier this month, Smith beat the old record in her category by five minutes with a finishing time of 1:09:33.

Smith started running 39 years ago while she was teaching in Inuvik, N.W.T.

“At 55 years old, my per-sonal best marathon was 3:30:51 in Victoria in 2004,” Smith says.

After moving to the Comox Valley in the fall of 2005, she began running year-round in the ideal weather conditions and par-

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The following year, she set a record in the Victoria Mar-athon with a time of 3:33:18. Her record still stands.

“The Victoria Marathon remains my favourite race along with the Island Series.”

During the Boston Mara-thon in 2009, Smith’s time of 3:36:45 made her both the first placed Canadian and sixth placed overall within her age category.

In the fall of 2012, she sprained her Achilles ten-don, putting her out of races for the following year.

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“I have a personal coach for the first time in my life,” Smith says.

Smith began training with a coach in January in order to prepare for the Vancouver Marathon coming up on May 4, where her goal is to run a time of 3:39:00 or better. Although it is her first time participating in the Vancouver Marathon, Smith is determined to place first in her age category.

Smith also plans to run in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 12, hoping to place in the top three for her age category.

“This will be a major highlight as I hope to get a better time there than in Vancouver,” Smith says, add-ing the “course is the flattest and fastest in the U.S.A.”

Smith admits that it isn’t always mentally easy preparing to race, however, it doesn’t diminish why she likes running.

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Her return to the 18th annual Boston Marathon will hold special memories: Last year Green was the only Comox Valley runner

in the epic 26.2-mile race which was cancelled when two explosions went off near the finish line.

She had finished the race just 10 minutes prior to the explosions, which killed three people and injured more than 250. “I have no problem going back,” Green told the Record after return-ing safely to the Comox Valley last April. “Most of us who are dedicated runners will be back to show sup-port.”

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