| Arms Registration Concluded In W. Nepal - UN
Arms registration and storage by United Nations monitors in the western part of Nepal has now been concluded, the world body's senior envoy to the Himalayan country confirmed today. Ian Martin, the Special Representative of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, made the announcement following a visit Friday to cantonment sites of the Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) in Kailali and Surkhet. He arrived at Kailali just as UN teams were registering and storing the arms of a final group of about 100 of the combatants based at the PLA seventh main cantonment site. He was joined on the ground by the senior UN arms monitor, General Jan Erik Wilhelmsen. Under the procedures established by agreement between the Government and Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), the arms were catalogued and bar-coded by registration teams before being stored on racks inside cargo containers.
Large number of wasp nests around Wairarapa
He said when the wasps come into contact with the toxin they take it back to the nest with them, and it affects the other wasps. Jae Pest Control Service part owner Felicity Checkley said they are dealing with up to three wasp nests a day. "They have their season where they go flat out and that's what's happening at the moment," she said. The wasps are destroyed when pest control is called and Mrs Checkley said it was safer to get a professional to come and deal with any wasp problems. Carterton council chief executive Colin Wright said the wasp problem didn't seem to be worse than any other year. "We are receiving a lot of calls about wasp nests but we generally get enquiries at this time of year," he said. .
Plan for longer retirement
Seniors turning 69 have much more to think about than in years past when they move their money, as required at this age, out of their registered retirement savings plan (RRSP). Much more time, that is. "Our clients are getting older," says Robin Muir, of Hatch & Muir Investment in Victoria, B.C., a firm that specializes in advising retirees. .
Seniors see improvement in brain-training classes
CHICAGO - Betty Hall, 85, jumped at the chance to take a "brain fitness" class at her senior living complex in Wheaton, Ill., when the program started in late November. "I thought my brain could use a little help," said Hall, who lives independently but worries about signs of forgetfulness, such as misplacing her keys and grocery lists. Since Thanksgiving, Hall has sat at a computer five days a week, matching words with different sounds ("fit" "wit" "admit"), listening for salient details in stories ("the cape was green," "the field was full of sunflowers") and practicing other brain-enhancing exercises. Each session is an hour, and the program gets harder over each of its eight weeks. Now Hall has a problem of a different sort. "I've won four times out of the last five at bridge club, and I think the players are going to shoot me because I keep remembering the cards people have," she said, laughing.
Santa Fe Trails home opens to residents
Many local dignitaries were present Thursday for the grand opening of the Santa Fe Trails Assisted Living and Memory Care Community in Cleburne. Although the facility at 402 S. Colonial Drive had been serving a few residents for the past several days, the official opening was Thursday. Existing residents, complete with orchid corsages, helped staff workers and managers to feel welcome at the new unit."We wanted the place to have the feel of a comfortable, plush Texas retreat," said Lisa Montgomery, Santa Fe Trails' assistant director. "We wanted all the people who come to stay here to have the feeling that, while they are somewhat confined, that they don't feel restricted. We want them to feel pampered."Montgomery, who has a great deal of experience working with elders stricken with memory loss, explained that the facility will consist of two units.
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