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practiced a couple of times a week as a team, and they all worked on their individual games as well, each putting in roughly twelve hours a week on the ice for the past couple of winters. Personally I wonder if this is Jim and Mike’s way of getting out of a few chores around the house… but seriously folks, you do not get as good as this team, without putting in the time, getting to know each other’s game inside and out, and a commitment to excellence. The team doesn’t just hang out at the rink, they socialize together in the summer with barbeques and golf… it truly is a team with great chemistry and friendship, which is probably what makes them so successful. Mike emphasized the importance of family and friends for their team… the support from their families and the dedication of the club to help this team reach their pinnacle was echoed more than once from both Mike and Jim.

Well Jim you’re the skip, so congratulations on your championship. You know we all expect a repeat next year! This story could end here, but… I feel like there is something I should tell you, not that it matters to Jim, Mike or the team. When I brought it up, they explained to me that the situation they have is more of an inconvenience than anything else… that curling is first; their inconvenience second. So this inconvenience is that the team members are all considered legally blind (except for their assistants). Oh and their championship was just the biggest you can get, The Canadian Vision Impaired Curling Championship. Yes that’s right, these guys and girls are the best in the country! It is a first for the Simcoe Curling Club to win a National Championship! These folks took on all the provinces… and of course to win

the whole shootin’ match they had to defeat Team Canada (last year’s champs). Before the final match, Jim reminded the team to stay calm and play their game… at the end of it all they were crowned The Champs. Jim and Mike said the moments after the match were emotionally charged with tears and hugs. It was a moment they will share for a lifetime, they are now Team Canada! There is a great lesson in this story, which reminds us that we all have inconveniences in our lives. Some bigger than others, but we can never stop trying or believing in one another. These folks have shown us that by working together, anything can be achieved. Make sure you stop by the Simcoe Curling rink March 15th and 16th and see our Team Canada in action at the Ontario Visually Impaired Curling Championship.

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So far, the students have been trickling in steadily, and the school continues to grow as they start classes. The deadline for registration is this coming Monday, a full week for parents to register their students. Some of the teachers have yet to be stationed, so the few teachers that are already here are sharing responsibilities. Duncan, the new principal of Springs High School, is registering students and teaching as well. Today he was teaching physics, and actually, the first physics class of the year. The mood in the classroom was an odd inversion of the bubbling anarchy that threatens to swallow up some of the primary classes. Students were neat, organized, eerily quiet, and laser focused. This was the first week in a new school, so I suppose no one is testing any boundaries just yet. Some of these students knew each other from Shalom, but many were from outside this community. It was a class still getting used to each other. Personally, you couldn’t pay me enough to relive the first few weeks of Grade 9.

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Despite my solidarity with these shy kids, I was a little too excited about this High School finally being a High School in progress. I might have scared them a little in my persistent questions about how they’re first day of school was. Dennis was a student I recognized from Shalom. Last year, he was part of a mob of young men that stole my sunglasses and ransomed them back to me for pictures of themselves wearing my sunglasses, supposedly looking cool. No trace of that bravado anymore! Dennis kept looking back to the others in, like him, beige sweaters and ties; he seemed embarrassed to even raise his voice. He told me he was glad to be in this school, and coming here had been his plan all along, since he knew this was a high school. He could see it from his window in Class 8. Tabitha is brand new to this area; she lives in Rongai, which is about a 30 minute walk from the school. Her mother heard a rumour about this school. She came to investigate before it opened, and when she went home, she told Tabitha she was going to Springs High School. Tabitha says she’s glad she’s here though. She likes that Springs is a new school, and she likes

her new uniform too. “I think it looks very smart.” Evans says that he likes Springs High School too, even though his walk is a little longer than Tabitha’s. His favourite subject is English, because he feels that “I learn more every time I study it. And I like to learn it.” I tried a few more questions and got single word answers. When I ask about the uniform, he shrugs. Is the sweater too hot? I sweat in T-shirt and shorts in Giwa and yet kids rock out sweaters all day long, even during chores and sports. He shakes his head. At this point, I was grasping for anything in this sea of adolescent awkwardness. What would you change about your sweater? I asked Evans. He sheepishly shrugged (again). I gave up. ‘Would you turn it into a football jersey?’ “Yes.” ‘What colour would it be?’ “Red” ‘So you would wear a Manchester United jersey?’ “Yes.” ‘Or would it be Arsenal?’ Evans audibly scoffed. “No! Manchester!” From there, once we were talking about football, Evans and I bantered for a while, and finally, he relaxed a bit. I made a reminder to check the Premier League standings when I got home.

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By Katelyn Haywood Animal Friends/Vet Club Press Reporter hat goes in must come out, that’s what it’s all about. 4-H Veterinary Club had their first meeting for the new 4-H year on January 28th 2013 time meeting was held 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm location of their first meeting was Big Creek Veterinary clinic in Delhi. This year’s Veterinary club’s theme is the Digestive System of animals. We met up at the clinic at 6:30 pm we started off by having Katelyn Haywood start the meeting with the 4-H pledge. Then Monica Veit, the club leader had elections for president, vice president, and secretary and press reporter. Congratulations to Colin Vanrooy the clubs president, Abby Van Zon the clubs vice president, Olivia Hall the clubs secretary and finally congratulations to Katelyn Haywood the clubs press reporter. The 4-H members of the veterinary

erbivore, omnivore, and carnivore they may be different but we all have a digestive system. On Monday February 11th 2013 4-H veterinary club had their second meeting, at Ostrander veterinary clinic in Tillsonburg. This meeting was from 6:30 till 8:30 pm. The meeting started off with Monica Veit taking club member attendance. Then Colin Vanrooy led the 4-H members in the pledge. Monica Veit then gave the members a roll call. The roll

club started their Meeting’s topic “Digestive System” by meeting Dr. Sue in the waiting room of the Big Creek Veterinary Clinic. Dr. Sue then took members of the club into to back of the clinic where all the procedures take place. Dr. Sue started by talking about the clinic and patients. Dr. Sue talked about procedures they do at this clinic for example: Soft tissue surgery, spay & neutering and dentistry procedures and many others. Dr. Sue talked to us about their lab in the clinic and the pharmacy drugs and the different test they can do. Then she explained the digestive system and what everything does. She then quickly taught us that the digestive system starts at your mouth and goes throughout the body. Dr. Sue told us the rule of mouth which was red in the mouth equals OWWW! But brown in the mouth equals stinky situation. The 4-H members were then educated on the multiple diseases

that can occur in the dog’s and cat’s digestive system. Dr. Sue got talking about how foreign objects in the body, in the digestive system are very dangerous and can cause life threatening situations. After she had explained the digestive system, 4-H members were split into two groups to view some X-rays from Dr. Sue’s patients. These X-rays were of screws, golf balls, socks and other objects that

should not be ingested to feces build up in system. The members of the club were then had a group photograph taken in the treatment room with some adorable furry friends. The Veterinary club was then dismissed at 8:30 pm after Colin Vanrooy the president made a presentation to Dr. Sue. Our next meeting will be February 11, 2013 we will be travelling to Ostrander Veterinary.

call for this meeting was; Name one disease or disorder that occurs in or near the mouth and if it can be treated and how. This roll call was answered by two members both with different roll call answers. The topic of this meeting was; Horse Digestive System. The 4-H members were educated about the digestive system and what is involved with the digestive system. The kids of the club learned that the horse’s digestive system is a simple system. The horse’s digestive

system starts at the mouth! A full grown male horse has 46 teeth upper and lower; a full grown mare has 36 teeth upper and lower. Then it Works its way down the trachea, sometimes horses get food stuck in their throat which is called “choke.” Then it goes to the stomach then through the small intestine. The small intestine has three parts. It then passes through the cecum. The cecum in the horse huge! The food then goes to the large colon then the small colon and then the waste

exits the digestive system and the body through the rectum. A horse’s digestive system is divided into two parts the foregut and the hindgut. 4-H kids then learned some random facts about horses. Horses don’t have gallbladders. A horse’s cecum is like a human’s appendix. Colic is another name for pain. 4-H’ers then had a group photo taken and had a little snack. The meeting was then dismissed at 8:30 pm on February 11th 2013.

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By MARG WERDEN The year of the snake

As I put a stamp, which had an embossed snake on it, on an envelope this past weekend, I realized that we are already two weeks into the Chinese Year of the Snake. And, perhaps not so surprisingly as I was in Costa Rica two weeks ago, I have already seen a snake this year. What is more surprising, however, is that I heard a report of a snake spotted around Christmas in Norfolk County! Although I am not a huge fan of touching snakes and am usually somewhat startled when I come across one in the garden, I find them fascinating. I am always impressed with how quickly they can move and with their ability to climb, particularly as they have no legs. Just how do they manage to climb trees and posts to get at birds’ nests? Just as they use the scales that cover their bodies to slither across the ground, snakes use these scales to get a grip on a vertical surface. Their scales and body muscles work together to push against the bark, exerting a pressure equal to nine times their body weight. As they angle their scales outward, they catch and dig into the bark’s rough surface, pushing the snakes up. Ontario has seventeen snake species and one species, the Common Gartersnake, is found as far north as James Bay. Fortunately, only one species in Ontario is venomous: the Eastern Massasauga. The remainder are non-venomous and more likely to slither away from humans than try to attack. Although snakes have nostrils and the ability to smell, one of a snake’s unique traits is that they “taste” the air, rather than “smell” it. This is accomplished with the use of a special organ on the roof of the mouth called a Jacobson’s organ. As snakes flick their tongues in and out, they capture scent molecules. As they press their tongues to the roof of their mouth, the molecules are passed to the Jacobson’s organ, giving them a more accurate and acute sense of smell. As snakes grow, they shed their skins during a process called ecdysis (pronounced ek-de-sis). During this process, because snakes don’t have eyelids, it is difficult for snakes to see, as the eye cap or brille also sheds. As a result, snakes often hide during ecdysis until the process is complete. Ontario’s snakes are all carnivorous and each species seems to have its own specialized diet. Eastern Hog-nosed snakes eat toads, Ring-necked snakes prey on salamanders, Queen snakes prefer crayfish, and Eastern Foxsnakes eat voles, mice, bird eggs, and young birds and rabbits. Young Milksnakes will even consume other snakes. The only way for snakes to survive Ontario winters is to hibernate. While some species hibernate

Most snakes, and all those found in Norfolk, are harmless and provide many benefits to our environment. alone, others hibernate in a group in anything from fissures in the bedrock, to mammal burrows and hollow logs. Although snakes are not my favourite form of wildlife, I am cognizant of the many benefits they provide to our environment. In addition to helping to control the population of many of the smaller members of the animal kingdom, particularly rodents that can cost farmers in lost yields in their fields, they are also the source of snakebite serum. Snake venom is extracted from a poisonous snake, and small doses are injected into horses. After the horses develop immunity to the snake venom, blood is extracted from the horse and processed into snakebite serum or antivenin, which is used to treat humans who are bitten by a poisonous snake. Almost all of Ontario’s snake species’ populations have decreased over the last 100 years and, because of habitat loss, their ranges have

shrunk drastically. Other threats to snakes include road mortality, persecution and intentional killing by humans (something that is illegal in Ontario!), collection (another illegal activity), and predation by subsidized animals such as skunks, racoons and cats that have adapted to human development resulting in larger populations in the wild. Makes this your Year of the Snake and learn how to help these animals by checking out two of the Long Point Basin Land Trust’s publications, “How to create a snake hibernaculum” and “How to create a snake nesting structure”, at http://www.longpointlandtrust. ca/reptile-habitat-factsheets-

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Backus Woods Winter Hike

The Norfolk Field Naturalists are hosting a winter hike in Backus Woods on Saturday March 2 from 1 to 3 pm. Nature Conservancy of Canada staffers, Tom Bradstreet and Brett Norman, will lead the walk in the South Tract of Backus Woods to learn how to identify trees in winter and their ecology. Meet at the gate leading in to the property on the 3rd Concession at 1 pm. Dress for the season! Contact Bernie at (519) 426-0706.

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ome one come all, any creatures are welcome to come and show off their features. On February 19th 2013 4-H vet club met at the yellow house in Courtland for their daily veterinary club meeting. This meeting was called to order at 6:30 pm and the creatures were released at 8:00 pm. The meeting was started off by Abby Vanzon our vice president who led the 4-H members in the 4-H pledge. Then the club leader gave the 4-H members their roll call for the evening. This roll call was: What Type of Animal do you care for? This roll call was answered among the 4-H’ers as the roll call answer depended on the 4-H member. This meeting was all about showing some of our pets regardless of how strange they may be and then telling the 4-H members about the

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animal. First we had one of our members bring in a Degu named Spot, the owner then told us some common knowledge of this cute creature. 4-H member Alexandria brought in her Beautiful Red New Zealand Rabbit named River and talked to us about how she cares for it. Next up on the show and tell list a member who brought in her unusual pet Water Frog named Fish; she told us what she feeds it and how she cares for it. 4-H member Kayla bishop brought in two of her pet. Her hairless skinny pig named Bare and her Blue Mini Rex named Bluebell, she quickly talked to us about how sensitive her skinny pig is and about the rabbit and showed us her rabbit’s ear tattoo. 4-H member Olivia told us about her Long Haired Guinea Pig named Elmo, and about how she cares for it. 4-H member Andrew brought in his pet Chinchilla whose name was Camell; Camell showed the kids how

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she cleans herself by taking a dust bath. 4-H member Olivia G brought in her rabbit named Butterball and talked to us about what she feeds it. 4-H member, Elizabeth, showed off her pet guinea pig whose name was T-Bone. Elizabeth told us about how she cares for her guinea pig. A friend of a 4-H member brought in the show stopper Cindy-Lou! Cindy-

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Lou was a very surprising guest as she was a Marmoset Monkey, her owners talked about the marmoset and how they Care for it. All of these Creatures and their features were very interesting to see. President Colin Vanrooy then called the meeting adjourned at 8:00 pm. All these wonderful animals then left the yellow house with their owners.

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