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skin. You can use a loofah, glove, or brush, something ideally made of natural fibers. Exfoliate head to toe. It should take you no more than five minutes to rejuvenate. A great exfoliating sea salt bath soak will do wonders. Try mixing your own: 1 handful of sea salt, 3 drops essential lemon oil, 3 drops of grapefruit oil, and 3 drops lavender oil. Add the following to a warm bath, soak for 20 minutes, and begin exfoliating. Cleanse your face using a simple face mask to unblock your pores, tighten them, and improve your complexion. For a great complexion lifter, try a natural oatmeal mask. Use 4 tablespoons of oatmeal with half a cup warm water to create
a paste. Let cool then add 2 tablespoons of honey. Smooth over face, avoiding the eye area, and leave for 20 minutes. Rinse. Rejuvenate your hair. Daily exercise impacts the entire body. After you shampoo, rinse your hair with warm water and pour a mixture, pre-made, of 2 tablespoons cider vinegar mixed with 2 to 4 chamomile tea bags. Massage into scalp then rinse with warm water. To round out your outer purification, try self-massage. Rub your skin to stimulate circulation and release muscle tension using a circular motion with your palm or fingers. Knead your muscle like you would bread dough. Tap your body or lightly slap various areas with the flat of your hand to
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Working out is not the only way to take care of your body. Exercise propels the body to build, restore and repair itself. Complete body fitness requires one to learn to purify the body from the outside on several levels. These steps encourage your body to release toxins and improve your overall health by paying special attention to the skin and hair. Exfoliating, bathing in sea salt, and self-massage are all simple contributors to the process of physical purification. Exfoliating helps remove dead skin cells, clean pores, allows skin to breathe, and tightens it as well. The stimulating action of exfoliating improves blood and lymph circulation as well as the appearance of the
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CBCA Clayton Business and Community Association hopefuls joined current members and community leaders for a barbecue and social at Rodie’s Feed and Pet Supply on June 27. Guests were welcomed by Jim Diaz, membership, Keith Haydon, president, and Laura Hoffmeister, assistant to the city manager, for an opportunity to meet their neighbors and hear how they can support the community. The CBCA is a nonprofit organization that runs events like the Clayton Art and Wine Festival, Oktoberfest and Rib Cook Off to fundraise for local schools and community projects. Hoffmeister said, “The perception is the city does these events like the festivals and holiday decorations.” She clarified
that they are actually handled by the CBCA and commented that participation in the CBCA “provides a valuable contribution to
the community” and helps keep the “sense of small town, family feel.” Diaz emphasized that mem-
PEGGY HOOPER , DIANE FAVERO, KELLY BRENS GALVIN, John and Pat Pollock and Brenda and Bill Safreed visit after enjoying barbecued burgers and beans at the first of three CBCA mixers set for this summer.
bers do not have to be business owners to join. Haydon invited guests to attend a meeting to experience the format, which includes updates from the city as well as organization committees. Shirley and Cedric Jensen joined on the spot “to meet people in the community” after moving to Clayton from New Jersey. Others interested in joining were long-time Clayton residents or people who moved away and returned, looking for ways to give back to the community. The next mixer, date to be announced, will be an ice cream social. CBCA meetings are the last Thursday of the month at the Oakhurst Country Club. For more information, go to claytoncbca.org.
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Ghana Mission Presentation, July 15, 2012. Anna Cottrel will speak about Ghana’s culture as revealed through the African tradition of oral storytelling on July 15 at 12 p.m., Clayton Valley Presbyterian Church, 1578 Kirker Pass Road, Clayton. Cottrel is a retired teacher, author and advocate for selfmanaged projects in Ghana and will speak about her experience as a volunteer teacher in Ghana. Cottrel says that a people or a race reveals itself best through its culture and turned to the great African tradition of oral
storytelling. While in Ghana, she learned about stories and their function in society. Realizing that the stories were dying out, along with their tellers, she listened to the storytellers and did what she could to record some of their stories in their own language, Ewe. Cottrel did what she felt was needed to make the stories more accessible to a non-African audience and in September 2007, published “Once upon a time in Ghana,” a selection of 24 stories with a variety of storylines. Her goals are to preserve and reproduce the stories, to return all profits to the storytellers and to celebrate their culture.
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and co-editor along with Gary Hules and Julie Gilcrest. The time was right, as politics in this sleepy community seemed to be controlled by a group dedicated to limiting growth. The pen proved to be mightier than the sword and change was in the wind. Planning for a larger, controlled growth community took years of dedication by city councils, planning commissions and several city managers. The key ingredient to our success back then was a thriving economy. In 1985, our median household income was $52,000 and the average home cost $180,000. In 2010, our median family income rose to $140,000 and our average home price was in
the low to mid $600,000s. City council meetings in the late 1980s brought the community out to discuss the heated topics of growth and change. I commend all those who participated and voiced an opinion. I invite any of you to attend city council meetings and voice your opinions on Clayton matters. Today we seem to be more concerned about financial survival rather than growth. Clayton is close to being built-out for residential development. Every day we read how the state is siphoning more tax dollars created for cities. It seems many citizens are now most concerned with the fuller development of our small commercial areas. Additional city-con-
Benefits help the communities in the form of self-managed projects such as with farming, fishing boats and nets and
homes. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the church office at 672-4848.
ANNACOTTREL (LEFT) PRESENTS A COPY OF THE BOOK to Mr. Godson Sabblah for use in class with the pupils in the background. Without her book, the students would very likely not hear the stories that make up their cultural history.
trolled tax income is needed to sustain the community services we have come to enjoy. The Clayton Valley Forum is long gone and mostly forgotten. The Clayton Pioneer replaced it many years later. Tamara and Robert Steiner, current publishers, have created a medium that allows a great mix of news, local advertising, stories about our youth and seniors, the community calendar, what’s happening in Clayton and our surrounding communities. It makes us all look forward to their bi-weekly publication. As your Mayor, I leave the breaking news to the Clayton Pioneer. However, I love your emails and calls. I try to quickly answer your questions and concerns, so keep them coming. Be sure to leave me your name, email address and
phone number. Clayton’s history is a storybook tale of the dreams our forefathers had of wanting an identity. My “hat’s off ” to them. The final chapters have not yet been written. My crystal ball sees a viable downtown that will draw folks from near and far. They will enjoy the beauty of Mt. Diablo, our downtown park and festivals, the Oakhurst Country Club and golf course, our restaurants, our trail systems and our quaint shops and idyllic community. If you haven’t figured it out yet, Clayton is a touch of heaven. It’s a city to raise your family or retire in. It’s the place that I call home. Email questions or comments for the mayor to Councilmangeller@aol.com.