SEPT. / OCT. 2015
Volume 4. 15
www.thefoxrunner.com email: thefoxrunner@yahoo.com SERVING THE PARKFARM COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 The Parkfarm Housing Co-operative Housing Newsletter is issued 7 times per year.
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NEWS FROM THE EDITOR Jay Jamwant .… and soon it will be Christmas!! I look forward to the sound of jingle bells and the sights of Santa Claus and the reindeers, and the Christmas lights and decorated pine trees, while I also reluctantly let go of the abundant sunshine and humid days of shorts and tees!! Another summer come and gone. I hope everyone had a great summer. Please take care and be safe during the snowy days ahead. Val has all the tips to winterise your unit for the freezing days to come. Please see inside this newsletter. The co-op welcomes two new families - at house #225 and at house #11. Please stop by and say hi. I am sure they will be introduced at the Annual General Meeting. A number of articles featured in this edition are about Halloween. In this edition, Joanne’s mouthwatering recipes will leave you wanting more. Adrian, once again has a few very enlightening articles you will enjoy. If you need to know what’s happening at the library, Kim has the scoop for you, plus she also features a few pumpkin activities. Children’s health is an informative and educational article on the human ear. Check it out. Want to win a Timmy’s gift card? See inside for contest. Our general membership meeting is on Wednesday, 28 October. Five (5) positions for Director are up for grabs! It is imperative that we make educated choice in electing someone who is going to represent all of us at the board level. Not only do they represent us but they help in making the decisions towards the
future of the co-op. You can read about a few of the candidates who have submitted their profiles in this newsletter. Halloween is right around the corner and the co-op is hosting a Halloween Party at the Rec Center (next to the office) on Saturday October 31st. There is a flyer you can read for more details. All children of the coop are welcome and encouraged to participate. Parents are required to supervise their children. The summer BBQ was a blast and was well attended. The food was ample and tasty. There were activities for all ages and not forgetting the petting zoo. I still can’t get some of the creepy crawly creature off my mind….brrrhh. Pictures are up at our website www.thefoxrunner.com On Sunday 01, November we “FALL BACK” and end Daylight Savings Time. Please remember to change batteries on ALL smoke detectors. In this community, your safety is all of our safety. Hope you have a happy Halloween and please check inside for the Recreation committee flyer on their Halloween activities… Editor
Wed. Oct. 28, 2015 7:30 p.m. Rouge Woods Community Center, 114 Shirley Drive. Beach Room.
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By: Kim Maddin
FALL FUN Go on a leaf hunt and then create a work of art with them. Create characters with your leaves:
Make a sun catcher with them by placing them between 2 sheets of wax paper and asking an adult to iron it:
Create a wreath using a paper plate and cut out the centre:
What else can you make using leaves? Share a picture with us of your creation!
NO CARVE PUMPKINS! Want to skip the sharp knives this year? There are many ways to decorate a pumpkin without carving it. Use stickers on it, either to create a face or even a scene. Cut out black silhouettes of bats, witches and other spooky characters and glue onto your pumpkin. Paint it! Glitter and jewels can turn a plain pumpkin into something magical! (No glitter? Coat your pumpkin in glue and sprinkle with coarse salt or sugar and it will sparkle.) Glue fake (or real) flowers all over it. Dress up your pumpkin with a wig, fake glasses, even a hat. Use toothpicks to attach other vegetables to it to create a face. Melt crayons over it with a hair dryer. Google No Carve Pumpkin Designs for many more ideas!
ZENDOODLING I did this with tweens at the library and we all found it very addictive. What is it? It is filling spaces within your doodle with patterns. How to get started: Draw a bunch of overlapping shapes on a piece of paper. Fill each space with a different pattern. This is an easier version of a movement called Zentangle drawing which helps calm your mind. There are many books about this and lots of information on Google. It has been said that those that doodle while listening to a lecture or in a meeting retain more of the information they have heard‌ not sure if your teachers will except that excuse, so perhaps save the doodling until you are home. â˜ş Cut out a picture from a magazine and doodle around it:
Here is an example, using tape rolls to help create the shapes:
Different pattern ideas!
What’s Happening at the Library? Kim Madden
A fun event for the whole family! Join us as we celebrate our library, explore curiosity and launch the library’s new logo. Panel discussion, string quartet, artists, a magician, balloon sculpting, 3D printing and cake.
http://www.rhpl.richmondhill.on.ca/OPLW/index.cfm The library has so much to offer! Programs for adults, teens, tweens and kids, DVDs to borrow, magazines, eBooks, databases, school project guides, music streaming and a whole lot more.
The Richmond Hill Library is also very active on social media!
HALLOWEEN PARTY Saturday October 31st, 2015 1pm-3pm Rec Centre Get on your costumes and join us for a Halloween parade around the co-op and then back to the Rec Centre for some ghoulish fun, decorating pumpkins and cookies. Don’t forget you’re goodie bag! It’s going to be a spooktacular time you won’t want to miss it! Parents are required to supervise their children. See you there!
by Adrian Knaud Dr Horng'
Boston researchers have developed a supercomputer they claim can predict with 95% probability if a patient is about to die and they find out by the use of Google Glasses that the Doctor wears in order to SCAN you! By Mark Prigg for Dailymail.com 14 September 2015 The supercomputer that can predict when you'll DIE:
Boston researchers reveal supercomputer they say has 96% accuracy, collects data on patients every three minutes, measures everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure and loaded with information about more than 250,000 people from the 30 years The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has linked monitors on its patients to the system, which is said to be better at spotting illnesses than human doctors. It is loaded with information about more than 250,000 people from the past 30 years, drawing on this data to make speedy diagnoses. HOW IT WORKS It collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure. It is loaded with information about more than 250,000 people from the past 30 years, drawing on this data to make speedy diagnoses. This speedy disease recognition could allow a quick cure, potentially saving lives as well as predicting patients' imminent demise. 'The big picture is that we're trying to harness the power of big data,' Dr Steve Horng, who is leading the project, told Dailymail.com. 'If you come in, we can take everything we know about you, both in your current visit and previous visits. 'We can compare that to other patients with similar conditions, and predict diagnoses you might have in the future.' 'We try to come up with a very simple summary of what happened in the past, and what is happening now,' said
The groundbreaking research is the first time the 'big data' principles have been applied in this way. Dr Steve Horng told the BBC: 'Our goal is not to replace the clinician. 'This artificial intelligence is really about the augmenting of doctors' ability to take care of patients.' 'We can predict with 96% confidence when patients [are facing a high] probability of dying,' Dr Horng continued. 'If the computer says you're going to die, you probably will die in the next 30 days.' Earlier this year doctors at the hospital in Boston became the first in America to use Google Glass for everyday medical care. The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure to give doctors 'everything we need to know about a patient'. Doctors are looking up patients’ records on Google Glass and checking things online whilst they walk around rather than wading through big files. They have also put codes on the doors to patients’ rooms so that they can instantly access a patient’s medical records. Beth Israel says that it is using the most modern technology to help patients - but privacy campaigners have long said Google Glass is invasive. However, the hospital said the camera is switch off at all times. Google Glass, which costs $1,500 a pair (£980), is currently on limited release to a few thousand people but will be more widely available later this year. Beth Israel says that it is using the most modern technology to help patients - but privacy campaigners have long said Google Glass is invasive HOW CAN GOOGLE GLASS HELP? Google Glass is being used at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre: - look up patient’s file on the spot without thumbing through a big file - allow them to stay with a patient for longer - access patient’s files through QR codes on the patient’s doors - keeps doctor’s hands free to interact with patient In the future Google Glass could allow:
- surgeons to watch colleagues operating in real time - doctors making the rounds remotely whilst a robot with a camera and a monitor showing their image visits them in person - patients to remotely show their doctors their injuries via the Google Glass camera . It is connected to the Internet via wi-fi and has a tiny screen that lets the user see text and images in front of their eye. Beth Israel has rolled it out in its entire emergency department and and doctors including Steven Horng say it is helping them to do their jobs. He told the Boston Globe: 'We’re doing this to prove that the technology can work and really motivate others to explore this space with us. 'Not only is it hands free, it’s always on, always in front of you and always giving you information. ‘Rather than having to excuse myself, it means I can quickly access that information without having to interrupt the patient, lose eye contact, or even leave the room’. Dr Horng said that in January he thinks that Google Glass may have helped to save a patient’s life. The man had bleeding in the brain and needed drugs to stop the hemorrhage but he was allergic to a certain kind. Dr Horng was able to look up the medical files on his eyewear rather than taking vital seconds out to search through his paper files. Beth Israel is also experimenting with QR (Quick Response) codes on the doors to patient’s rooms which doctors scan with the camera on Google Glass to bring up the records. How google glass in hospitals is changing medical care Each code is unique to the patient, though it is not clear if anyone can access them if they have a scanner. Beth Israel is not the first hospital to use Google Glass and surgeons at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis have used to in an operation to cut out an abdominal tumor. The surgeon was able to call up MRI scans without having to put his instruments down. At the University of California-Irvine Medical Center, senior doctors are also monitoring junior medics as they make their rounds. Outside of the medical profession, Google Glass is being used by Virgin Atlantic flight crew to check in passengers on trans-Atlantic trips.
But there has also been controversy and some cafes in America have banned the eyewear out of concerns for privacy. Google Glass users Cecilia Abadie was also given a driving ticket in California for using Google Glass behind the wheel, though the case was later dropped. Read more: Beth Israel to use Google Glass throughout emergency room - The Boston Globe The hospital computer that predicts if your time is up BBC News
Could diesel made from air help tackle climate change? By Padraig Belton Business reporter 1 September 2015 From the section Business BBC Making diesel out of thin air sounds like something from science fiction. But small companies in Germany and Canada are doing precisely this - capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) and finding ways to sell it. German company Sunfire produced its first batches of so-called e-diesel in April. Federal Minister of Education and Research, Johanna Wanka, put a few litres in her car, to celebrate. And the Canadian company Carbon Engineering has just built a pilot plant to suck one to two tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air daily, turning it into 500 litres of diesel. The process requires electricity, but if the start-ups use renewable electricity they can produce diesel that is carbon neutral. In other words, burning it in your car only returns to the atmosphere the CO2 removed in the first place. Fossil fuels, on the other hand, add to the total amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. And halting the growth of CO2 and other greenhouse gases has become of paramount importance given the many threats posed by climate change. The concentration of CO2 in the air reached 400 parts per million in 2012-2013 - the highest since scientific measurements began. And the year July 2014-June 2015 was the warmest on record, says the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Elemental chemistry The chemistry to make fuel from CO2 isn't especially hard - split water into hydrogen and oxygen through
electrolysis, add the hydrogen to CO2 to make carbon monoxide and water, then bung in more hydrogen to build up hydrocarbon chains. This last bit's called the Fischer-Tropsch process, and dates back to the 1920s. But it's the technologies capturing the CO2 straight from the air that are new and now becoming cheap enough to be viable. The biggest technological challenges have centred on the high-temperature furnaces, says Adrian Corless, chief executive of Carbon Engineering. He says there is still "a month of hard work" to get these to work as the company would like. But these also have been his company's chief innovation, he says - precipitating captured CO2 into solid calcium carbonate pellets that can be easily washed and dried. These pellets are then heated to 800-900C, whereupon they release a pure CO2 stream. As a residue, they leave calcium oxide which, handily, can be fed back in to the first air capture stage.
Tesla has launched a software update for its vehicles - enabling the cars to have an "autopilot" mode.
The autopilot mode combines sensors, cameras and mapping data to work out the car's position. Image copyright Tesla Image caption The autopilot mode combines sensors, cameras and mapping data to work out the car's position. Unlike Google, which is aiming for a fully-autonomous vehicle, Tesla's approach is to gradually introduce features which take away the need for drivers to carry out certain functions. Currently there are limitations to the software which would improve over time, Mr Musk said. "If there's heavy snow it's going to be harder for the system to work, so we'd advise caution. "Essentially it's like a person - how well can a person figure out what route they should take. Over time it will be better than a person. "Long term it will be way better than a person. It never gets tired, it's never had anything to drink, it's never arguing with someone in the car. It's not distracted." Other car manufacturers such as BMW and Volvo are also developing, and implementing, autonomous features to their cars. Google's entirely self-driving car has clocked up well over one million miles on public roads, mostly in California.
Writen by Dave Lee BBC While not fully self-driving, the software means the Model S and new Model X can "automatically steer down the highway, change lanes, and adjust speed in response to traffic". Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said the autopilot mode was designed to increase driver confidence on the road. However, Mr Musk said users adopting the software available in North America from Thursday - should exercise caution while using it. "It should not hit pedestrians, hopefully," he told the media. "It should handle them well." He added that if the car is involved in a collision, the driver is still liable. "The driver cannot abdicate responsibility. That will come at some point in the future." Other regions of the world would be updated in the next couple of weeks pending regulatory approval. The software uses a combination of cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors and mapping data to determine its position and navigate. When the car has arrived at its destination, it is able to scan for an available space and park itself.
From Adrian and Catherine
By Joanne Murack
Did you go apple picking this year?????? Apples are so good for you. They also make a wonderful dessert. This recipe has no fat, it only tastes sinful.
Guilt Free Baked Apples How to: You need 4 large apples I can`t believe it`s not butter, original butter spray Splenda Brown Sugar Blend What to do: Wash and core apples. Place in a shallow baking dish. Place one teaspoon of Splenda brown sugar into each apple. Add 5 sprays of ‘I can’t believe it’s not butter‘ over the Splenda sugar. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 39 minutes or until apples are soft.
It comes but once a year……… Once a year you are allowed to delve into the dark part of your mind and come up with something that will scare the ‘ BEJESUS ‘ out of people. Enjoy this Halloween recipe Chocolate Hazelnut Witch Hat Cookies INGREDIENTS 1 ¾ cup all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking soda ½ tsp salt ½ cup Nutella spread ½ cup softened butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract ½ cup orange sprinkles 1 (9 ounce) Hershey’s wrapped Chocolate candy kisses DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
2. In a medium bowl, combine flour baking soda and salt. Set aside 3. In another bowl, place the nutella, butter and both sugars. Mix these ingredients with a hand mixer for about 3 minutes. Add the vanilla, egg and blend well. Stir in the dry ingredients. 4. Shape the cookie dough into walnut balls. Roll the balls in the orange sprinkles. 5. Put the cookie balls on a cookie sheet 4 inches apart. Bake for 6 minutes. 6. Take the cookies out of the oven. Quickly place a candy kiss in the middle of the cookie. Return the cookies to the oven and bake for 2 more minutes. 7. Cool on a wire rack. Then eat all you can……..
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Cook, stirring over medium heat until beginning to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring 3 to 5 min or until thickened. Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice. Chill until just warm Stir in remaining fruit. Spoon in pie shell. Chill for 2 to 3 hours or until set. Whip cream with maple syrup and spoon over fruit.
There is your no bake fruit pie!!!!! No hot kitchen, no heating your oven Enjoy!!!
NO BAKE FRUIT PIE (no oven, no mess…) Beat the heat and capture the taste of your favourite fresh fruit. INGREDIENTS 4 cups (I used) peeled and pitted peaches and raspberries ½ cup granulated sugar 3 tbsp. cornstarch ½ cup cold water 2 tbsp. lemon or orange juice 1 baked 9- inch graham pie shell crust 1 cup whipping cream 2 tbsp. Ontario Maple syrup HOW TO • In a bowl, crush 1 cup of the fruit of your choice.. (with a potato masher). • In a saucepan combine sugar and cornstarch, gradually stir in water and crushed fruit.
Go jays go From Katie and Joanne
Hello everyone my name is Denise Stewart I live at 215 Cedar Ave. I have been a member of Park Farm Co-op for approximately 13 Years now. I have 3 kids Connor who is 4 some of you know him well as he loves to talk especially about things he loves like fishing. Kaitlyn is turning 16 next month she is relatively shy but very intelligent ask her about her future and all the shyness goes away as she gets excited when discussing how she wants to be a pediatrician. Several of you know my oldest Thyler and many of you have been very supportive and caring since he was attacked which resulted in a serious brain injury. All the support and care that you have all shown makes this community even more important to me and I could not think of a better way to give back then to be a part of the decision making that affect each and every one of us, to help ensure that we are all living in a safe and healthy environment. We are currently deciding what leadership we want to vote for that will impact our country and our lives. It is important to get to know each party so we can make an educated decision and it is just as important to know your Board members so you can make an educated vote. It is the Board of Director’s who makes the decisions for the community we live in. I have worked for a builder and have been in a leadership role for approximately 15 years. The builder I work for now builds new condo’s and homes and I handle escalations and concerns on a daily basis. I am familiar with home deficiencies and repairs that need to be done. I have the background needed to make educated decisions. Those who know me also know that I am vocal when it comes to expressing concerns and you can feel comfortable knowing that I would have your best interest and the co-op as a whole when making decisions. Voting is a right and it is important that you exercise your rights and attend the AGM meeting and vote for the Board member(s) you feel will be a strong candidate and have your best interest at heart and who will make the right decision when issues may arise. This is your community and your vote will decide who you want to be accountable and who you feel will make good decisions. The Board is responsible for many things such as approving major repairs, who becomes a member, housing increases, ensuring that we stay within budget, addressing any concerns brought forth, ensuring that we keep any member concerns confidential and there are many other things that we are responsible for. Though I am a Board member it was concerning to me that we do not have a Chair or Co-Chair for the Rec Committee. This would mean that there would be no more family events or functions as there would be no one to run them. I could not see that happen so I took the initiative and started Chairing the meetings and organized the events with the most recent being the anniversary party/summer BBQ and the upcoming Halloween event. It is has also been a blessing to have some wonderful people on the Rec Committee who work hard and come out to the meetings and help make these events so successful. Because I am so passionate about Park-Farm it makes it easy for me to go above and beyond what I am required to do because I care about the co-op and the members who live in it. These events are what bring our community together which in turn creates a safe and comfortable living environment. I always follow through on my commitments and have the background needed to make the right decision when issues arise to ensure the health and safety of all members of the co-op. If you want a Board member who will be your voice then right Denise on your voting ballot! Denise Stewart
The Ear Listen. Whatever you're hearing — the hum of a
tympanic membrane, a thin, cone-shaped piece of
computer, your kids playing, a car going by — is
tissue stretched tight across the ear canal.
thanks to your ears.
To hear properly, the pressure on both sides of your
Hearing is their main job, but it's not all our ears do.
eardrum must be equal. When you go up or down in
These delicate organs also need care and protection,
elevation, the air pressure changes and you may feel
so let's take a look at how they work and what
a popping sensation as your ears adjust. Ears are
conditions and problems can affect them.
able to adjust thanks to the narrow Eustachian tube that connects the middle ear to the back of the nose
All About Ears The ear is made up of three different sections that work together to collect sounds and relay them to the brain: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear.
and acts as a sort of pressure valve, opening to keep the pressure equalized on both sides of the eardrum. The middle ear also includes the three smallest bones in the body, located just past the eardrum and collectively known as the ossicles. The ossicles consist of:
The outer ear, the part that is visible on the side of your head, is
1. the malleus ("hammer"), which is attached to the eardrum 2. the incus ("anvil"),
called the
which is attached to the
pinna or
malleus
auricle. It's
3. the stapes ("stirrup"),
made of tough
which is attached to the
cartilage
incus and is the smallest
covered by
bone in the body
skin. The pinna's main
The inner ear consists
job is to gather
of two tiny organs called
sounds and
the cochlea and the
funnel them to the ear canal, which leads to the middle ear. The pinna, which includes the earlobe, is the part that people pierce to wear earrings. The ear canal, the hollow passage that leads to the eardrum, is also part of the outer ear. Glands in the skin lining the ear canal produce earwax, which protects the canal by cleaning out dirt and helping to prevent infections.
semicircular canals. The snail-shaped cochlea act as a sort of microphone, converting the vibrations from the middle ear into nerve impulses that travel to the brain along the cochlear nerve, also known as the auditory nerve. The semicircular canals look like three tiny, interconnected tubes sticking out in loops from the top of the cochlea. It's their job to help you balance.
The middle ear is an air-filled cavity about the size of a pea. It turns sound waves into vibrations and delivers them to the inner ear. The middle ear is separated from the outer ear by the eardrum, or
The canals are filled with fluid and lined with tiny hairs. When your head moves, the fluid in the canals sloshes around, moving the hairs. The hairs send this position information as impulses through the vestibular nerve to your brain. The brain interprets
these impulses and sends messages to the muscles
off a burst of energy. This burst of energy is detected
that help keep you balanced.
by the organ of Corti, a structure that lines the
When you spin around and stop, the reason you feel
cochlea and contains thousands of tiny hair cells.
dizzy is because the fluid in your semicircular canals
When energy is released, it's strong enough to move
continues to slosh around for awhile, giving your
these hairs.The organ of Corti sends an electrical
brain the idea that you're still spinning even when
impulse to the brain telling it which hairs (and how
you aren't. When the fluid stops moving, the
many) were moved. This information helps the
dizziness goes away.
brain's cerebral cortex determine the pitch and
The cochlear nerve, which is attached to the cochlea
volume of a sound. So, for example, when a person
and relays sound information to the brain, and the
hears a loud sound, it's because a stronger burst of
vestibular nerve, which carries balance information
energy affected more of the hairs in the organ of
from the semicircular canals to the brain, are
Corti.
collectively known as the vestibulocochlear nerve, or 8th cranial nerve.
Protecting Your Child's Ears How We Hear What's a Sound? When something vibrates, it makes a sound. When an object or thing vibrates, it flexes in and out. This causes uneven air pressure. These waves of change
There's an old saying about how you should never stick anything in your ear except your elbow. It's meant to be funny, but there's a kernel of truth to it. Sticking things like cotton swabs and fingernails into
in air pressure — compression and rarefaction — are
ears can scratch the ear canal, push earwax deeper
what we hear as sounds.
into the ear, and even rupture the eardrum. If you find yourself having trouble removing earwax from
Detecting Where Sounds Come From
your child's ear canal, seek a doctor's help.
When a sound wave reaches the ear, it's corralled by the pinna and directed into the ear canal. The pinna,
Protecting kids' hearing is mostly a matter of
through its distinctive shape and curves, helps us
common sense. You can start by convincing your kids
determine the direction a sound is coming from.
to turn down the volume on the stereo and TV and,
Sounds coming from different places bounce off the
especially, on portable music players. If you know
pinna differently. The brain can recognize the
that they will be exposed to loud noises (at a concert,
difference and decide if the sound is coming from in
car race, construction site, etc.), make sure they
front or behind.
bring protection for their ears (like earplugs or protective earmuffs/headphones).
The Ear 'Talks' to the Brain The cochlea is filled with fluid and contains thousands
If your child has any hearing loss or hearing
of tiny fibers that detect sound waves. These fibers
problems, contact your doctor right away. Depending
are short and stiff in some areas and longer and
on the cause, hearing loss can be irreversible. But
more flexible in others, which helps each hair detect certain frequencies (pitches).When sound waves travel into the cochlea, they reach the fibers and give
when treated early, hearing damage often can be minimized.
A Word from the Site Administrator Reminder It is mandatory that all members attend the AGM meetings COMING UP ON Wednesday October 28, 2015 at 7:30pm located in the Rouge Woods Community Centre, 110 Shirley Drive, (Beech Room) Richmond Hill, Ontario
Valerie Hayes
It does concern you!
Please have all nominations forms in to the office by October 20, 2015. 5 positions are available on the Board of Directors.
Remember to winterize your unit. It is that time of year again to winterize your unit. unit Things you must do to be prepared: 1. Make sure you shut-off and drain all the outside water taps. All shut-offs for outside water taps are located in your basement. If you follow your water pipe towards the outside tap, you will locate a shut-off just inside your basement. Most units have two shut-offs – one for the backyard and one for the garage. Turn off the inside valve first then go outside and disconnect any hoses that are attached to the tap then open the outside tap and leave the outside tap open for the winter. This allows the tap to drain and prevents them from freeze-up.
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If this is not done your pipes may freeze and burst causing a flood in your basements. 2. Make sure you do not leave windows open. Also, please do not leave windows open during the day when absent from your unit and during extremely cold temperatures at any time. Cold air will over work your furnace causing it to break down. This will result in freezing –up the pipes and cause extreme water damage. 3. Have your shovel and plenty of salt/ice melt available. Keep front stairs and driveways shoveled and salted at all times to avoid accidents. Remember to be a good neighbor and lend a hand when you can.
Repairs We are still addressing a number of repairs and we thank you for your patients. Please attend the AGM meeting for more information. Annual Unit Inspections will be held the week of November 9th to November 13th. Notices went out on October 13th, please look for your house number for which day I will be visiting your home. See you soon!
Furnace repairs due to no heat: Check if the thermostat is on the right setting, the gas switch is turned on in your basement and the filter is clean before calling. Do not try to repair it yourself. First 1. Contact the site office for service 905-737-3373, please leave a detailed message with your name, number and reason for your call. After hours calls 416-529-3362 Second 2. Contact Encom Air Systems (905) -624-1222 for service. If you call in for this service and they find the thermostat is on the wrong setting, the gas switch is off or the filter is dirty, you will be held responsible for the cast of the service call.
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20 tips on do it yourself maintenance Low maintenance is 95% house keeping 1. Climate Control - Dehumidifier in the summer and humidifier in the winter. 2. Keep shower tiles free from soap scum 3. Replace caulking around the tub, shower, toilet, and sink taps every year (re-grout if necessary) 4. Keep counter tops dry and tighten screws on cupboard hinges to prevent falling off or bending of the hinge. 5. Clean carpets yearly, careful not to over clean to cause stretching 6. Clean gutters and downspouts from leaves and dirt 7. Change batteries in the smoke detectors every time change (you should test them monthly) 8. Tighten screws on all door handles 9. Refresh to smarter light bulbs 10. Replace broken light and plug plates 11. Tighten all baseboards 12. Make sure you have door stoppers for all the doors 13. Paint at least every 10 years, 5 years is better (stops drywall from cracking and crumbing) 14. Clean your stove after every use. (Do not use tin foil anywhere in or on the stove. This will cause a fire or burn out electrical parts.) 15. Clean out all sliding door tracks (vacuum and wash is the best) 16. Don’t over load closets, shelves or rods 17. Oil garage door wheels, springs and hinges (WD 40 works best) 18. Clean dryer vent after every use and outside vent often 19. Clean around the washer lid often 20. Report repairs to the office in writing as soon as possible (Don’t wait for the annual inspection)
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Fly the Witch through the witch's hat shaped maze to find her friends, the bat and ghost.
HALLOWEEN CRYPTOGRAM Cryptogram puzzles are sentences or paragraphs that are encrypted with a letter substitution. In this case the cryptogram puzzle is related to Halloween. An example of a letter substitution encryption may be: The word Halloween could be encoded to XPQQMDZZL if H=X, A=P, L=Q, ... Find the right letter substitutes to solve this cryptogram puzzle.
THE ORIGIN OF HALLOWEEN IWRRGPZZB PWC GFHEHBWRRT W DZRVHD XFMHX’C VFWXHVHGB. VIZHF BZP TZWFC’ XWT PWC BGLZSKZF OHFCV. VIZ DZRZKFWVHGB PGMRX KZEHB GB GDVGKZF VIHFVT-OHFCV WBX VIZ CYHFHVC GO WRR VIZ YZGYRZ PIG XHZX XMFHBE VIZ TZWF PGMRX FHCZ MY WBX FGWS VIZ ZWFVI GB VIWV BHEIV.
If you can correctly figure the right word substitution and solve the cryptogram above, you will win a
$20.00 Tim Hortons Card All you have to do is send your answer by email to thefoxrunner@yahoo.com or drop off a printed copy at house #9 The first 2 entries WIN!!
Find the Halloween words from the bottom in the Halloween word search grid. The words can be forwards or backwards, vertical, horizontal, or diagonal. Circle each letter separately, but keep in mind that letters may be used in more than one word. When the Halloween word search puzzle is complete, read the remaining letters left to right, top to bottom, to learn an interesting Halloween fact.
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Halloween and Costumes CANDY CARVE COSTUME DOOR TO DOOR DRACULA FRANKENSTEIN GHOST JACK-O-LANTERN KNIGHT MAKE-UP
MONSTER OCTOBER PRINCESS SCARY SKELETON THIRTY-FIRST TRICK OR TREAT VAMPIRE WITCH ZOMBIE
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