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Locally Owned and Operated..Celebrating Issue No.121 February 28, 2016

Wasaga Beach's only truly local radio... just got better!

By Joe Bickerstaff Beach BOOSTER Radio has been proudly broadcasting directly from Wasaga Beach... to The World, with a great selection of Classic Hits, Local Artists, Fun, Community Information and Events and unique, truly local programming provided by our valued contributors.

We are pleased to announce our new and exciting broadcasting format for the NEW Beach BOOSTER Radio, making us more enjoyable to listen to around the clock, in any environment, while providing our unique and locally recorded and produced programs On Demand, at anytime, on any device.

We will be offering Beach BOOSTER Radio programming through two different avenues, in fact like having two radio stations in one!

From our Home Page, you can enjoy our continued playlist and truly local announcements and information to keep you informed of all good things in Wasaga Beach, while enjoying the great tunes that we have in rotation. Our music shows like Local Music Exposure, Melody Room and Yesterday Once More will continue as part of our unique and local playlist.

Our unique and locally written, recorded and produced programs, including Beach Corner with Dianna Chycki, Beach Business Speaks with Victor Miller, Sound of Speed with Sam Chapman, Larry Doesn't Play Here Anymore with Ron McGoey and Bill Frieday will now be available as soon as released as On Demand Podcasts from our Beach BOOSTER Podcast Page!

Beach BOOSTER Radio streaming to the world from our home page, or easily from our Free Beach BOOSTER Radio apps, available from our home page or iTunes and/or Google Play, while our truly local programs are updated weekly and available On Demand, at anytime from our Podcast Page. Simply click the Podcast Button on our Home Page and choose from our unique Beach BOOSTER Radio programs.

Wasaga Beach's only truly local radio... just got better!

Local Businesses please take note! With our great new programming format, you can enjoy our local broadcast in your place of business to share with your staff, clients and customers, without the interruption of talk shows.

Let us know that you are playing Beach BOOSTER Radio at your business and we will give you a free “shout out” promotional spot on our station, so you too can be recognized as a local Wasaga Beach business.

“We are Local! We are Wasaga Beach! We are Beach BOOSTER!” www.beachBOOSTERradio.com

Wasaga Beach Beach BOOSTER Promotions Wasaga Beach Lions Club Bingo every Friday evening. Up to $5000 in prizes..New!!$1500 Jackpot Game. RecPlex Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Contact: Wasaga Beach Lions Club at 705-429-3331 Wasaga Beach Toastmasters meet every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Wasaga Beach Public Library. For more information call 429-6416 or 429-5464.

February 27 - The ABC's of Skating Annual Carnival Location: Wasaga Stars Arena. Tickets: Afternoon Show: 2 p.m., Evening Show: 7 p.m.

Tickets available at door and prices are $8.00 Adults, $5.00 Seniors/Students, Kids 4 and under free! For more information please visit www.wbfsclub.com March 4 - Galaxy Magic Youth Dance Location: Wasaga RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street.

Tickets: $5.00 in advance. Grades 5-8 only! Time: 7 p.m. - 9 pm. Tickets are available at the Recreation office in the RecPlex 705-429-3321, Chamber of Commerce, 550 River Rd. West - 705-429-2247 and the Youth Centre, 1621 Mosley Street 705-422-2494 March 10 - A Taste of Jarlette - Celebrate Nutrition Month With Us Location: Waterside Retirement Lodge, 239 Zoo Park Road. Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Have you ever wanted to tantalize your taste buds at a Jarlette Retirement Lodge? Now's your chance!

Join us as our skillful chefs pull out all the stops to showcase their culinary talents through a selection of delicious dishes and desserts. Elastic waistbands recommended! For more information or to RSVP call Waterside Retirement Lodge at 705-429-8626 March 18 - OHMJAM Fashion Fundraiser/Gala Location: Country Life Resort, 85 Theme Park Drive, Wasaga Beach. Cost: $25.00 Hors d' Oeuvres will be served. Senior Discount available. Entertainment, Silent Auction, Door Prizes.

This event is being held to support the newly incorporated Wasaga Society for the Arts. For more information visit www.ohmjam.com March 19 - Wasaga B.A.T.S. Co-Ed Volleyball Tournament Location: Wasaga Beach YMCA / RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: 1 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Registration Deadline is March 15. Register at the Wasaga YMCA. Cost: $75.00 + HST per team of up to 10 players. 6 on 6 format. 3 Men, 3 Women on the court at all times. Stay and Play!For more information call 705-429-3321 or email recreation@wasagabeach.com www.facebook/WasagaBats March 26 - Easter Eggstravaganza Location: Oakview Woods/RecPlex, 1724 Mosley Street. Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Celebrate Easter with the Easter Bunny, an Easter Egg Hunt, Community BBQ and more fun for everyone! *Some fees may apply*. For more information call 705-422-2494 For more information contact: Wasaga Beach Chamber of Commerce 705-429-2247 / 1-866-292-7242

Should You Try Zero Inbox?

By Randy Walton This zero inbox concept, I don’t know if you’ve heard of this, but this is sort of one of my hot buttons right now. I don’t think it’s for everybody. I need to be very clear when I say that. I don’t think it’s something that everybody can do. One of my businesses really focused on task and activity management. We focus on a specific industry for that.

This woman, Bluma Zeigarnik, in 1923 she was doing a lot of research around this idea of the mental load that we carry when we have tasks to do. She said the most interesting thing she found out was that if I have work to do, even if I decide not to do it, I sort of push it away for the moment, I will continue to experience intrusive thoughts. Meaning, even though I’ve decided not to do it, I’m still carrying the mental load associated with it.

Now, that plays itself out in our email maybe worse than any other place in our life because if you think about it, most of us use our email as a to-do list. It’s the queue that defines how we spend our time and our energy. It’s a queue that anyone who has your email address has permission to add to. Some of those people are maybe not the cleverest folks because they’re going to just send you stuff just to send you stuff, and that’s not really a great way to establish priorities if you really want to be highly productive.

So what do you do about it? Well, the only way to reduce the cognitive load is to delegate to someone else in a way that you feel absolute confidence and trust that they have it and you can literally take it out of your brain and kind of set it aside, or to put it into a system you can trust.

Whatever that is. Any kind of task management system where you can assign a due date. You can assign it into the future in a place where your attention will be drawn to it when it is necessary. When we are able to see our work that way, we can start to think about things like, “What am I really capable of?”

So the idea is that everything that comes into your inbox, you immediately curate it. If you have to act on it, you put it into a task system and you delete it. If you can act on it in that moment, obviously do it in that moment.

If it doesn’t require any action on your part or it’s just informative, just stick it in one big archive. Everything is searchable today. There is no reason to make it over complicated.

Suddenly I’m not establishing the priorities of my day based on someone else’s needs. I’m thinking about what is really important for my future, the things that I need to do to accomplish, the goals that I think are important for my business or for my life or for my family or whatever it might be. It’s hard. I’m not going to kid you. It’s a really difficult thing. But it’s really based on this idea that you are going to do the work one way or another.

Would you rather do the work with intention or would you rather do the work by accident when you get to it?

You and I both know that there are so many times that something drops below the waterline, and by the waterline I mean the scroll line in your inbox and you forget about it and then eventually you scroll down and then, “Oh gosh, I needed to do that, I missed a deadline or I forgot to respond to somebody.” That’s a terrible feeling. Not really the performance of a highly task-oriented working machine. That’s not how we want to do it. So it’s tough, but it’s a really powerful concept if you can embrace it.

Tamale Pie with Mint Yogurt Step away from the winter blahs and dig in to the comfort of this Southwestern style chili and cornmeal casserole. Easy to prepare and full of flavor, you are sure to put this on your list of favorites. Substitute beans for the ground beef for a vegetarian option.

1 cup onion, chopped 1 cup green pepper, chopped 1 pound lean ground beef 2 cups tomato sauce 1 12-ounce can whole kernel corn, drained 1 cup chopped olives 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 to 3 teaspoons chili powder 1 tsp ground cumin 1 jalapeno 1/4 tsp pepper 1-1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated ¾ cup yellow cornmeal ½ teaspoon salt 2 cups cold water 1 tablespoon butter 2 cups whole-milk plain Greek yogurt ½ cup (packed) mint leaves, finely chopped Method Cook onion and green pepper in a little hot oil until tender. Add meat; brown lightly. Add next 8 ingredients. Simmer 20 to 25 minutes until thick.

Add cheese; stir until melted. Pour into a greased 10x8 inch baking dish.

Stir corn meal and salt into cold water. Cook and stir until thick. Add butter, mix well. Spoon over hot meat mixture.

Bake casserole in a 375 degree oven about 40 minutes until bubbly and the topper has lightly browned.

Top with 2 cups yogurt mixed with 1/2 cup of chopped mint Serve with a green salad

Wasaga Snowmobile Club Silent Auction

The Wasaga Snowmobile Club thanks the many supporting local business owners for their support in the 2016 Snowman Mania Silent Auction. In order to recognize and show appreciation to the landowners who make the local trail system possible, this week, The Wasaga Snowmobile Club, on behalf of the club's volunteers and landowners, presented a $1,000.00 cheque to the Wasaga Beach YMCA Strong Kids Program Beach BOOSTER Photo: (Left to Right) Graeme Macklin, Peggy Gaddows, Bill Gaddows, Karen Storing-YMCA, Gary Taylor, Megan Taylor, Steve Anthony, Dave Brown. Volunteer's who also helped with the event but not present are Kathy Macklin, Andreu Taylor, Chris Paribello, Rick Tkachuk, Kyle Rafuse, and Kyle Fitzpatrick.

INSURANCE MATTERS Winter tires beneficially affect all of us. Proper tires mean fewer collisions, fewer injuries and deaths and the Insurance industry recognizes this.

As a result, effective January 1, 2016, a new Winter Tire discount on your car insurance is available. This Ontario wide discount ranges from 2% to 5% off most, but not all, of your insurance costs. The vast majority of Insurers are providing the discount now, however a few (sadly) demand their customers wait until their car insurance policy renews, which could be months down the road.

Insurance companies do require a few things to verify the discount including all 4 tires must be recognized as winter tires, proof of purchase or installation and usually a picture of the tires on the car showing the Transport Canada alpine logo - a mountain with a snowflake in it. Call your Broker or Agent to see what documentation is required for your Insurer to award you this discount.This discount is there for the asking- ask for it today!

Provided by Ian Vincent R.I.B.(Ont) Executive Director, Special Insurance Operations, Insuranceland

Rock ‘ n’ Roll with Canada’s Legend Bobby Curtola Bobby Curtola is coming to Wasaga Beach and is set to perform and present an award at the upcoming 5th Annual WFF Red Carpet Gala Awards scheduled for April 30th, 2016 at the Wasaga Beach RecPlex.

Wasaga Beach Brewing Company, a partner of the Film Festival, presents Bobby Curtola. The company has already been working with Wasaga Film Festival in acquiring Bobby Curtola to be presenting and performing at the upcoming gala event.

“We are happy that Wasaga Beach Brewing Company can work together with Wasaga Film Festival and bring a Canadian Icon to Wasaga Beach in support of the annual event,” said David Cubitt, President of Wasaga Beach Brewing Company.

Curtola has an amazing history. In June of 1964, Bobby became the first pop singer to record a jingle that sounded like a “Top 40 Hit Single,” the song was “Things Go Better with Coke”. He signed an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola to be their #1 Spokesman. Bobby also co-wrote “The Real Thing” which was used for the commercial “Coke’s The Real Thing”.

Known for his innovation, wealth of talent and his immense humanitarianism, Bobby Curtola is truly “Canada’s Greatest Rock n’ Roll Legend”. With over 25 gold single records and the massive success of his signature song “Fortune Teller” that sold 2.5 million records worldwide. Forty-years later, Bobby Curtola is still performing sold out concerts to his loyal fans.

Bobby is involved in many charities and has hosted numerous telethons coast to coast in Canada every year. His global contributions include charitable works in Indonesia, Bulgaria, the Jerry Lewis Telethon in the USA and the Bobby Curtola Foundation for Children in Ecuador.Over the years, Bobby has performed and befriended many of the most influential musicians of all time including: Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, The Rat Pack, Roy Orbison, Chubby Checker, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Canadian icons Michael Buble, The Guess Who, Celine Dion, and many more.

The Wasaga Society for the Arts and Wasaga Film Festival are looking forward to welcoming Bobby Curtola to Wasaga Beach at the annual red carpet gala awards and would like to thank the Wasaga Beer Company for all their efforts in presenting this Canadian legendary artist to our film festival.

“We are delighted that our Wasaga Film Festival Partners are providing the foundations for our Film Festival as we invite more partners to grow with us,” said Gary Cerantola, Chair of Wasaga Society for the Arts and Wasaga Film Festival. “For our 5th annual Wasaga Film Festival we expect more films internationally and nationally as we support our local film makers in rising to new heights. We thank the Wasaga Beach Brewing Company for believing in the festival and bringing Bobby Curtola to our Red Carpet Awards Gala.”

Stay tuned for my upcoming Beach Corner interview with t h e o n e a n d o n l y, B o b b y C u r t o l a o n beachboosterradio.com, Wasaga Beach’s only truly local radio. For more information on Curtola visit www.bobbycurtola.com.

Dianna Chycki is host of Beach Corner and Co-chair of the Wasaga Film Festival. Beach Corner broadcast weekly Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Beach Corner sponsored by Exchanging Vows Bridal Boutique.

ŸWithout that little voice in your head you wouldn't be able to

read this. ŸKids today don’t know how easy they have it. When I was young, I had to walk 9 feet through shag carpet to change the TV channel. ŸStatistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren’t happy. ŸIt’s never too late to be what you want to be. Unless you want to be younger. Then you’re screwed. ŸWine: a lovely, warm alternative to hating everyone. ŸAnyone know where I can get a watch that just flashes "wine-Thirty"? ŸWine has very few vitamins so you have to drink a whole lot of it. ŸI've finally reached the age where Happy Hour is a nap. ŸBest grilled cheese ever!! All I did was add a hamburger patty ŸOh hi Becky, who refused to kiss me during Spin The Bottle in 6th grade & now wants to play Candy Crush, looks like the tables have turned. ŸI can't wait for Trump to start writing executive orders, payback's a b**** ŸSo it turns out being an adult is mostly just googling how to do stuff. ŸI'm just going to put an "Out Of Order" sticker on my forehead and call it a day. ŸThe restraining order doesn't mean we can't hang. It just says I can't get within 50ft of you. You wanna play catch or frisbee or something? ŸReason why I check my voice mail... 5% Because I care about my missed calls, 95% to remove that annoying icon. ŸRemember when we were kids and we were in such a rush to grow up and become adults? Boy, was that stupid. ŸI think my mailman is stealing my Nigerian lottery checks. ŸI spent the majority of the 80's waiting on cassettes to rewind. ŸThe inventor of the remote control died yesterday.

As per his wishes, he'll be buried in between 2 couch cushions. ŸA man sitting in church writes a note to his wife: "I just let out a silent fart. What should I do?"...She writes back, "Put a new battery in your hearing aid."

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Winter is a tough season for almost everyone around the lake in our part of the world. It’s really no secret that we miss a significant amount of sunlight as the lake effect takes over and produces those overcast day doldrums we experience as well as causing a certain amount of shut in during some of those nasty snow squalls we experience.

There’s another thing that happens during this part of the year that even our dog Duke can’t fight. This is the time of year where comfort food seems to creep in with a vengeance coupled with a compounding lack of exercise. We can fall off the exercise and diet wagon by eating to feel better and sometimes just to deal with the boredom and the way we feel because of the not so good weather and outside conditions.

We tend to want to eat more, sleep more, sit around, you know, do that Canadian Winter thing in the Great White North during our unique area Lake Effect Gray season.

We find ourselves looking for that vitamin D fix or artificial light boxes to combat any kind of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) that comes along. Bad weather, cold temperatures and the dark days of winter months in the northern hemisphere can affect individuals profoundly.

Many of us envy those Beacher Snow Birds that escape the doldrums to seek warmer climates in the South and come back in the spring all rejuvenated.

Not to fret. My special lady, Eva has her own formula for wishing in the warmer days and keeping her energy levels up and her sights high for what is to come in the spring.

There’s a new strategy about comfort food this winter in our household. After the effects were tallied last year, even Duke set an all-time high weigh-in at the vet. I had to start a whole new eating and walking regime. Eva, started planning our snacks a lot differently this go around. Eva put her culinary talents to work on more taste and less calories. This is going a long way to keep us all healthy and more energetic.

This year we have a lot more activity going on during the gray days. Thanks to a handful of energetic people in our town, Eva has found herself taking Yoga classes twice a week. Our dog Duke reaps a spin-off from Eva’s new program given she has found more energy to take Duke for more walks even when the weather is somewhat questionable.

Then there are the new plans for the outside. Eva has already settled on where our Jurassic climbing vine cucumber arrangement will be located by the deck for this coming growing season. She has planned the garden and where all the flowers will go. We have already been out looking at lawn and garden stuff at our local hardware stores. She has been busy already planning what stays and what will be new on our deck as the snow leaves us in the Spring.

The good news about the Lake Effect Blues in Wasaga Beach is that it is a state of mind. Get out there and enjoy the winter sights and activities of the Wasaga community.

Start planning your spring.

Take that snowshoe walk on the Wasaga Beach Nordic Center trails. Take up a new hobby as a snow sledder. Curl up and read your favourite book. Our Wasaga Beach public library even has online book loans. You don’t even have to leave the house to get a book. Choose your attitude and just plain eat more fruits and vegetables. The beautiful spring weather in our community will be here in no time.

“Be the Beach”, send me your thoughts and comments at Gary@beachBOOSTER.com. Your efforts count in making this community the preferred place in which to live, work and play.

Gary is president of Critel Professional Services, www.critel.ca, chairs the Wasaga Society for the Arts and the Wasaga Film Festival.

Gary also lives, works and plays in Wasaga Beach.

Approx. Pop. 38,000. In Blandford and East Oxford townships, Oxford County, on the Thames River at Cedar Creek and Hwys. 2 & 59, 43 km. Northeast of London. Rear Admiral Henry Vansittart is considered to be the founder of Woodstock, although most of the work was done by his agent, Capt. Andrew Drew. During the 1837 Rebellion, Drew commanded the Canadian force that destroyed the American steamer Caroline.

Drew went to the area in 1832 and on Vansittart’s behalf bought a tract of land in what is now the east side of the city, surveyed it into lots and built houses for himself and for Vansittart. The west side of what is now the City of Woodstock had already been laid out as a town plot by Lt. Gov. John Graves Simcoe. The community was first known as Town Plot; later, one half was Oxford and the other, Brighton. Vansittart arrived in 1834, built a store and a tavern and financed the construction of St. Paul’s Church, which was consecrated in 1838 and is still in use. The post office established in 1835, and the place was called Woodstock after a village in Oxfordshire, England. Woodstock townhall was built in 1852 and is now home of the Oxford County Museum. A plaque at his former home on Vansittart Avenue recalls Thomas “Carbide” Willson who in 1892 discovered a commercial process for producing calcium carbide, a chemical compound used in the manufacture of acetylene gas.

Kevin Joseph Zegers Born September 19, 1984 in Woodstock Ontario, is a Canadian actor and model. He is known for his roles as Alec Lightwood in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Josh Framm in the Air Bud film series and Damien Dalgaard in the CW teen drama Gossip Girl. He also starred in the films Dawn of the Dead (2004), Transamerica (2005), It's a Boy Girl Thing (2006), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008) and Frozen (2010).

Wasaga Beach Lions Induct Six New Members Wasaga Beach Resident District A-12 Governor Richard Ratensperger inducted six new members to the Wasaga Beach Lions Club on Monday evening

Wasaga Beach Lions Club Presents 23rd Annual

The induction ceremony was led by District A-12 Governor, Lion Richard Ratensperger. He congratulated Wasaga Beach Lions Club for inducting 6 new members. Inductees were presented with certificates, pins and nametags and welcomed by all Lions.

President Lion Bill Frieday explained the significance of the Wasaga Beach Lions’ bicycle pin, made in honor of Wasaga Beach Lions supporting the 1st ambulance in Wasaga Beach.

Welcome to (L to R) Lion Graham Margison and Lion Miriam Margison – both sponsored by Lion Martin Campbell (absent).

Lion Sandy Haars – sponsored by Lion Kathy Kapoor..Membership Chair Lion June O’Grady (behind), Lion Marilyn Robitaille, Lion Trudy Mashinter(Sponsor) and Lion Barb Carney, Lion Veronica Rita Vescio – sponsored by Lion Pina Stillitano (absent) and President, Lion Bill Frieday (Photobombing)

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Family fun for all was provided with many great events, including Chili Cookoff, Pancake Breakfast, Wrestling and Local Entertainers.

Fit and Healthy in The Beach

Expert answers to your health and wellness questions

by Jessica Brown Question: A friend of mine has been following a gluten-free diet, and is losing weight and feeling more energetic than she has in awhile. That said, she is not gluten intolerant and doesn’t have celiac disease. Is this diet recommended for weight loss and general health?

Answer: This diet is not intended for presumably healthy individuals, and there isn’t any research to indicate that it helps with anything other than gluten intolerance or celiac disease. There are many socalled “experts” out there that attribute the inability to lose weight, or a lack of energy, to any number of dietary factors, including gluten. Unfortunately, they can’t point to any studies indicating that gluten is the problem, and if that’s the case, a lack of gluten is unlikely to be the solution. Celiac disease is diagnosed with a blood test and an intestinal biopsy, and gluten intolerance is typically diagnosed if gastrointestinal symptoms persist in the absence of a clinical diagnosis. Your friend is likely experiencing weight loss as the result of following a more restrictive, lower calorie diet, and this probably explains her renewed energy level as well. If she wants to continue the diet, that’s completely fine, but it probably isn’t necessary to reach her health and wellness goals.

Question: I just started lifting weights and noticed that I have some significant muscular imbalances when it comes to strength. Is this normal, and if so, what can I do about it?

Answer: This is completely normal, and is something that most people deal with when they start a strength training program. Most of us have a dominant side that becomes stronger as we age, thanks to repetitive use. This leaves us with a weaker side that can make strength training more challenging. Luckily, these weaknesses can be overcome. If you engage in a regular lifting program, your weaker side will gradually catch up over time.

You don’t even need to focus specifically on your weaker areas, though many people do, in order to balance things out a bit faster. Bottom line consistent training and time will create a balanced and strong body, so just stick with it!

About the author: Jessica Brown is the Member Experience Manager at Anytime Fitness in Wasaga Beach, Alliston & Orillia. She studied Fitness & Health Promotion at Durham College, where she became certified as a CSEP-Certified Personal Trainer. To submit a question for future articles, please contact the author at jessica.brown@anytimefitness.com