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by Basil Dodd member of the Medicine Hat Stamp Club
With 2017 being Canada's 150th birthday, this year is special. We can celebrate this wonderful milestone by reflecting on our past ambitions and skills. We can now salute those men and women who went down to the sea in ships. In 1929 Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp of the Bluenose. This stamp exemplifies Canadian Maritime life, fishing, ship building, and seamanship.
This famous schooner had already won so many inter-
national races, that Bluenose came to symbolize Nova Scotia's prominence in the shipbuilding industry. The original Bluenose I was launched as a fishing racing schooner on the 26th of March 1921, in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.
Angus Walters, captain of the Bluenose, won numerous racing events. He sailed to Chicago for the 1933 World's Fair and to England for King George V's Silver Jubilee in 1935.
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Angus Walters was the captain of Bluenose I and the builders who crafted the sleek vessel had something to be proud of. From the moment Bluenose took to the sea, it was evident she was a vessel unlike any other. She took home trophies for the next 17 years, neither American or Canadian yachts could take the trophy from her. In 1933, Bluenose appeared at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago, and sailed to England for the Silver Jubilee of King George V, in 1935. After fame and fortunes, Bluenose was back in Lunenburg, but already the storm clouds appeared on the horizon. On the 3rd of September 1939, war was declared, and once again Britain and its commonwealth were thrown into WWII. www.copyworksconnection.com
ada's '150' The Bluenose eventually moved south and found herself on a downhill slide in parlous shape. It was in 1944 we find her anchored in Tampa,. Florida. The yacht was under new ownership and was scheduled to make a run to Haiti. On January 28th 1946, she got underway, but before the yacht arrived it struck a reef. The damage to the hull was so bad it sunk. This was the end to a 37 year legacy, but not the end for Nova Scotians or the boatbuilders at Lunenburg.
The Canadian Postal Service issued this quartet of ships in 1977. The two-masted "Pinky" famous as a fishing schooner, the three-masted "Tern" a slow but high carrying capacity schooner, the five-masted schooner used mostly by the lumber industry and the two-masted "Mackinaw" boat popular among the Great Lakes fishermen.
Enter Bluenose II In 1962 the idea of building a replacement Canadian built schooner was put before the Maritime committee. Like all Nova Scotians - full of admiration getting wind in her sails, the work on Bluenose II had begun. In 1963 Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg on the same slip-way built by many of the same shipbuilding crews. Unlike Bluenose I, the years of yacht racing with the best of the best were entering the twilight zone. This new vessel had to settle for second best, and was content with fair weather sailing excursions, charter and tourism. In 1971, Bluenose II became a gift to Nova Scotian government, and continued to serve that province.
North America, and has taken the role of ambassador for Nova Scotia and Canada.
In 1976 Canada Post issued this block of 4 stamps showing the lake vessels.
These steam driven vessels became quite common in the 1880's, and oculd adequately navigate the Great Lakes system. On April 25th. 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway System was opened. These vessels, larger ships, and Ocean going ships were able to make their way through the entire length of the Great Lakes.
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PARKS: Come Out And Play The City of Medicine Hat is home to over 850 acres of manicured parks and an additional 2300 acres of Environmental Reserve Land. Parks and Recreation is dedicated to keeping the community green and vibrant; but there is so much more to the department than lawnmowers, sprinklers or the shenanigans displayed by popular TV sitcoms. Did you know 1659 rainbow trout were released into Echo Dale Regional Park Lake as part of an annual restocking program for recreational fishing, or
that currently over 30 monitoring stations throughout the city are used to detect for invasive pests that have potential to adversely affect the urban environment? How about over 30,000 flowering plants are prepared and cared for in a greenhouse before being planted throughout the community? New and emerging sports? We have that covered too; take for example South-
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lands Park, which is now home to a cricket pitch; or disc golf courses in Leinweber Park and Kiwanis Central Park. These are just a few examples of the unique works of Parks and Recreation. June is Recreation and Parks Month in Alberta (Alberta Recreation and Parks Association, 2017) and it is our opportunity to celebrate Medicine Hat and all the activities we love to do with families, friends and neighbours! Coincidentally, June 5th is World Environment Day, a perfect collaboration for citizens to be among the 70% of Canadians (ARPA, 2015) who get outside and www.copyworksconnection.com
connect with nature annually. The Parks department along with Hat Smart will be celebrating the event by officially releasing a new trail map designed to help you navigate the City’s extensive trail system. Also, June 2nd marks the opening day of all outdoor pools as well as Echo Dale Regional Park, the city’s perfect combination of natural environment and civil design. A short trail bike ride, roller-
blade, longboard or classic “two feet and a heartbeat” from Gas City campground to Echo Dale Regional Park will enable all Hatters to connect with our local environment and participate in active living. When you arrive – swimming, volleyball, river access, fishing and boating are all available at your leisure.
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A Challenge for Dads -
Create a Bucket List for Your Child
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he idea of having a list of things that you would like to do has become very popular. These bucket lists sometimes include travel destinations, new activities, or past activities that have been pushed aside by busy life.
Sometimes these lists are motivating, encouraging us to think about our lives and how we can enjoy them more! In June we celebrate Fathers’ Day and the role that parents play in raising our
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children. I would like you to think about what a Dad’s bucket list for his child might include. Think about your own childhood. What do you remember? “Mom sent us out to play after lunch and told us to
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T hink about your own childhood. What do you remember? be home in time for supper.” “We went fishing and built a campfire on the shore to cook whatever we caught.” “We rode our bikes out into the country. I had a flat tire and had to wheel it home.” “We rafted across the slough to get to school in the spring.” These are a few of the stories that I have heard when I bring up the subject of childhood memories. How many children today are allowed to do any of these things? How have we become so scared of life that we keep our children as virtual prisoners? How could you have grown up to make good choices, stay safe because you understand your limits, and live a full life, if you had been confined to the house with only electronic entertainment?
• Learn to build a campfire • Cook many meals on the fire. Roasting hotdogs is an easy start, but baking potatoes in the coals, stirring up hobo stews, and creating their own meals can be lots of fun! • Cut the wiener sticks they need. • Ride a bike down a country road. • Ride a bike to visit a friend, by themselves. • Camp out over night, in a tent, on the ground. • Stay up late watching for falling stars. • Go backpacking. • Know which wild berries are good to eat, and eat them. • Get really cold because you are having so much
fun outside that you don’t want to go in. • Dance in the rain, splash in the puddles, and get your boots stuck in the mud. Kids will be healthier and happier if we let them have as much fun as we did! What would you like to add to this Bucket List? Call us at the Nature Centre with your ideas. 403-529-6225 Corlaine Gardner Chief Park Interpreter MH Interpretive Program managed by Grasslands Naturalists based in Police Point Park
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Quotes “I've had a hard life, but my hardships are nothing against the hardships that my father went through in order to get me to where I started.” - Bartrand Hubbard “I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.” - Sigmund Freud "A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society." - Billy Graham, Christian Evangelist It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. - Johann Schiller Dad, wherever you are, you are gone but you will never be forgotten. - Conrad Hall
A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee.
Adolph Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion, but was talked out of it by her doctor.
It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. - Anne Sexton There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.
The voice of Papa Smurf, Don Messick, also provided the voice of Scooby-Doo, Ranger Smith on Yogi Bear, and Astro and RUDI on The Jetsons.
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ATHER'S DAY
TR VIA Solomon married 700 wives. (I Kings 11:3)
Martin Luther King, Jr., was originally named Michael, like his father. When Jr. was 5, dad changed both their names to Martin.
The Stevie Wonder song "Isn't She Lovely" is about his newborn daughter, Aisha. If you listen closely, you can hear Aisha crying during the song.
The only father-daughter collaboration to hit the top spot on the Billboard pop music chart was the 1967 hit single "Something Stupid" by Frank & Nancy Sinatra.
A.A. Milne created Winnie the Pooh for his son, Christopher Robin. Pooh was based on Robin's teddy bear, Edward, a gift Christopher had received for his first birthday, and on their father/son visits to the London Zoo, where the bear named Winnie was Christopher's favourite. Pooh comes from the name of Christopher's pet swan (of course).
Einstein couldn't speak fluently when he was nine. His parents thought he might be mentally delayed.
Halsey Taylor invented the drinking fountain as a tribute to his father, who succumbed to typhoid fever after drinking from a contaminated public water supply in 1896.
The King of Hearts is the only king without a mustache.
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TRAIN. RECOVER. REPEAT. Whether a weekend warrior, an avid exercise enthusiast, or an elite athlete, exercise has the same physiologic mechanisms and effects. “Exercise” is essentially an activity intended to move muscles, which ultimately consumes nutrients and generates force and heat. The act of “exercise” builds and/or breaks down muscle in the body depending upon the availability of nutrients. Nutrient distribution in the body is a function of circulation.
Warming Up
Weekend warriors have different needs for endurance and exercise performance than professional athletes. Elite athletes must optimize their exercise activities to ultimately perfect the sport. Both types of “athletes” know the value of “warming up” before engaging the rigors of their sport. Warmed muscles perform better and are more resistant to physical damage
Fatigue
One of the common sensations of exercise is “fatigue”. Fatigue is a biochemical response to the metabolites and heat created by exercise. Endurance is measured by the onset of fatigue. Fatigue commonly interferes with optimal performance. The question researchers pose surrounds
efforts to disburse the metabolites and heat that cause fatigue via increased circulation, thus post-pone the effects of exercise-induced fatigue.
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Recovery time is also a function of exercise. In 2009, Leal et al measured changes in blood lactate levels and creatine kinase (CK) levels before and after exercise. The application of LLLT (830nm) resulted in a reduction in the post-exercise CK levels and acceleration in post-exercise lactate removal, which contributes to an accelerated post-exercise recovery. (Leal et al, 2009) Reduction of CK levels and acceleration in post-exercise lactate removal should allow athletes to resume their workout quicker, work out harder and longer, or possibly get back on the field less fatigued.
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Fat Plants By Jessica Day
In whatever greenhouse you may visit, you will notice an ever growing abundance of my favourite plant - Succulents. While some call it a fad, they are a wonderful addiction... I mean addition... to any household. I had always loved having plants in our home while growing up, but didn't like how they all seemed to be the same plants. A spider plant, a fern, some ivy. They all just seemed so boring. This new trend of plants brings excitement back into growing houseplants. About two years ago, a friend gave me a 'Hen and Chicks' and confidently told me, "I swear you can't kill them!". Of course, it was dead within two weeks. How could that be? Aren't these things supposed to be indestructable?! I decided to try again, and actually learn about the plants I was buying. It turns out, that while they are definitely hard to kill if you know how to treat them right, they can also be finicky in odd ways. Here are some pointers for your new succy friends.
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Glass Terrariums, not even once! This mix of sedums, echeveria, and haworthia will most likely rot within 6 months.
Glass Terrariums This is the number one best way to kill your succulents. I know, they look so pretty in their little terrarium garden, but rot will set in almost every time. Most succulents are a desert plant. Humidity is not good for them. Glass terrariums also almost never have drainage holes, which is a requirement for succulents due to their watering needs. The trick of using rocks in the bottom does not do anything.
In this image, you can see the leaves have started to lose their smooth texture. This Aeonium is ready for a watering.
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Watering needs In the desert, they are used to going weeks without any water, and then getting a downpour that completely soaks them. This is the same when we have them in our home. Leave them alone until their soil is completely dried out and the bottom leaves start to wrinkle or feel soft - sometimes this takes weeks or months. Then, water them until water runs out of the pot's drainage hole (Have I mentioned a drainage hole is necessary?).
very fast draining medium like sand. There is a special succulent and cacti potting soil that you can purchase, and I also add 50/50 potting soil and perlite so that their soil is very fast draining. It keeps the plant from sitting in water and rotting their roots.
This succulent needs to be placed closer to a window. Its bottom leaves are facing down, and then top of it is stretching to find more sunlight. The stem should not be showing in this variety.
Sun Succulents NEED SUN. Is your plant starting to look 'stretched out' or 'etiolated' as if it is reaching for the sun, and there is a lot of stem showing between leaves? Are the bottom leaves laying flat or pointing down? That means that where you have placed your plant does not receive enough sunlight. Move into a window that preferrably faces South. Though every plant is different, I hope this list gives you some new pointers on how to keep your fat plants happy. Always, the best way to find out how to care for your plants, is simply to Google it!
The white particles in the soil is perlite, it helps soil drain faster.
Soil Succulents are used to living in
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CONSERVATIVE UNITY Written by Drew Barnes,
Shadow Minister of Energy
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hether attending town halls or speaking to individual Albertans across the province, I find one constant: exhaustion with this NDP government. There’s really no other way to put it. The reasons for Alberta’s NDP fatigue have been discussed in the newspapers, the Legislature, the coffee shops and homes in High River to High Level, and all points in between. With new taxes, economic interference, and inefficient government not showing a hint of restraint (to name just a few), it often feels like we are on the receiving end of a government determined to work against our interests and our values. But, as we approach the halfway mark of this term, every source of frustration seems to get wrapped
into one main question, often delivered with a hint of exasperation: “How do we dump the NDP government?” The polls suggest an overwhelming majority of the province feels the same. I understand the sentiment, but I also believe there is more to the question than just a change of governing parties. We must ask ourselves why this government is faulty and how superior ideas can restore us to a position of advantage and improved quality of life for all Albertans. So it goes with discussions on uniting the right, a prospect endorsed by many conservatives of all stripes. We in the Wildrose have spoken about uniting the right people under the right ideas. To this, I add a third: we must proceed for the right reasons.
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The path towards unity must be walked for a greater reason than simply tossing the NDP and changing the names on government letterhead. I hear time and time again that the ultimate pursuit in all this must be principle, not power. We must desire good, honest governance above simply forming government. It goes without saying that the pursuit of power at any cost can lead one astray. Power tests character, so the best defense of virtue is to firmly root one’s character in principle. Even among those who desire unity, there is very little desire to return to what came before – a scandal-ridden government that had lost its way and set us down a path of fiscal irresponsibility. This unity movement must be built on a sound footing of www.copyworksconnection.com
Opinion we empower communities through local-decision making. We will restore prosperity when we allow workers and investors to enjoy economic freedom and opportunity. We will handle our fiscal obligations responsibly when we focus on efficiency and innovation in the delivery of core government services. shared values and core ideas that we can stand on, and in this way, we can build something stronger and more effective than previous PC governments the voters rejected. Unfortunately, the infamously misguided floor crossings of 2014 still cast a shadow over Alberta politics, but history, while not always pleasant, can always be instructive. From that painfully difficult moment, it became clearly understood there could be no more closed doors, backrooms, or secret talks. The input and consent of the people would
be essential. There would be no shortcuts to power. A cynical alignment of the political ambitions of the players involved does not pass the smell test with Albertans, and for good reason. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “A great man is always willing to be little.� I am encouraged that in the talks taking place across Alberta, so many people are willing to be little, and they have become little in service of a bigger, principled cause. We will harness the greatness of this province when
These conversations about what it means to be a conservative are taking place everywhere. Whatever form unity takes, what matters most is that we continue to have conversations that transcend partisanship or how many seats we can win. It can be tough to think beyond party politics or loyalties. However, we must always remember that of all the things in this world we can be loyal to, the most important loyalty is to principle. Following this path of integrity, those willing to be little will accomplish great things for Alberta.
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Uncover Hidden Investment Money Faced with a constant flow of day-to-day living expenses, it can appear difficult to set aside money for investing. But you know you should! Paying yourself first by contributing regularly to your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and oth-
er investments is the best way to achieve your retirement and long term financial goals. To help you do the right financial thing, here are three tips for uncovering hidden money to fund your investments.
Do Consolidate Debt • Gather up your small loans and credit card debt and combine them in a larger debt consolidation loan – preferably at a better interest rate and with a lower overall monthly payment. • Transfer your credit card balances to
a personal line of credit at an interest rate that is lower than the 18 to 28 per cent annual rates of most credit cards. • Use the ‘found’ money now available from your lower monthly loan and debt payments to fund your investments.
Do Make Your Life Less Taxing
By having too much tax withheld from your pay each month, you are actually lending the government your money, interest-free. Instead, apply to reduce the
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amount withheld from your cheque (file a T1213 form with the Canada Revenue Agency) and invest that extra money each pay period.
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Don’t Make That a Double-Double You buy a coffee on your way to work each day – probably paying two, three, or even four dollars. Seems like a small amount – but cut your coffee habit and invest those small dollar amounts in your RRSP and here’s what happens: Thanks to the magic of compounding, the price of your daily coffee will add up to an additional $11,000 in your plan in 10 years (based on an annual return of six per cent).¹
It can be tough to discipline yourself to invest those hidden dollars. Make it easier with a Pre-Authorized Contribution (PAC),
Over 30 years, you would accumulate $67,000 –providing an annual pre-tax retirement income of approximately $5,000 over 25 years. And that’s just for investing the price of a regular coffee. Cut your (more expensive) latté habit and you would have an additional $22,000 in your RRSP after 10 years and over $132,000 after 30 years – for an annual pre-tax retirement income of $10,000 for 25 years!
where direct withdrawals are made from your bank account to an investment account. Your professional advisor can help you use these and other strategies to get the most out of your money and reach your financial goals faster. 1The rate of return is used only to illustrate the effects of the compound growth rate and is not intended to reflect future values or returns on investment.
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