Lumby Valley Times - September 2, 2022

Just for Fun

Back To School

• Luke comes home from his first day of school, and his mother asks, “What did you learn today?” “Not enough,” Luke replies. “They said I have to go back tomorrow.”

• Nate: Why was school easier for cave people?

Kate: Why?

Nate: Because there was no history to study!

• Luke: Why did the M&M go to school?

Stan: I’m stumped.

Luke: Because he really wanted to be a Smartie!

• Chad: Why do magicians do so well in school?

Josh: I don’t know. Why?

Chad: They’re good at trick questions.

• Jacob: Why was the teacher wearing sunglasses to school?

Leonard: Why?

Jacob: She had bright students!

• Joe: What’s the king of all school supplies?

Moe: I don’t know. What?

Joe: The ruler.

• Teacher: Class, we will have only half a day of school this morning.

Class: Hooray!

Teacher: We will have the oth er half this afternoon.

• Stevie: Hey, Mom, I got a hundred in school today!

Mom: That’s great. What in?

Stevie: A 40 in Reading and a 60 in Spelling.

MoMents in tiMe

How Does The Wind Get Fit And Healthy?... Air Conditioning! Weather Prediction Failure

It was great to be back at the Lumby and District Public Market this last Saturday. Having caught up a wee bit in the greenhouse and with the ripening of some Tomatoes and other goodies and with a few plants I had a nice variety of goods for sale.

It was wonderful seeing my fellow vendors and many of the people who make our day. I’m sure I kept many people amused with my flapping and running from the wasps but having been bitten 3 times now I can’t seem to stand there and calmly let them fly around me.

The weather was a little cool and the wind created some havoc but it turned into a lovely afternoon.

There were a couple of new vendors this last weekend including a wine sampling booth which I am sorry to say I did not get a chance to experience, I hope they

will be there again next week.

Everyone is experiencing the typical problems of gardening mainly deer and the slow or non produc tion of some plants. Every year some plants do really well and some not so well. The cool wet spring certainly caused a few problems especially with fruit trees and some vegetable plants although I am amazed at the production of peppers this year as was several other people growing them but once the temperatures went up they flourished, they do like it hot.

I can’t believe the production of my raspberry patch this year amazing nor the fact that my huge plum tree has only three plums on it. I’ve seen some plum trees that have a powdery mildew problem and the harvest is certainly reflecting on how it affects the tree.

This fall when the tree has shed its leaves they

should be all raked up and burned if possible or removed as this will not be good to use for garden bed cover or compost. I went back over the Farmers Almanac for this year and although they were correct in some predictions others were not even close.

For late August and through to October it is pre dicted that our temperatures will be near normal with more rain although I don’t see any rain fore-casted in the next 10 days on any of the weather channels that I follow. I hope the Farmers Almanac is a little more on track with the cooler and rainier as we sure could use both. For this winter it is predicted that the weather should be warmer and with less snowfall. The coldest periods will be late December and early January and if their predictions are correct we should be thankful to live in BC as the prairies and east coast are predicted to take a beating with both the cold and snowfall.

Gardening!

September is National Pain Awareness Month

Throughout our lifetime everyone has experienced some form of pain. Pain is the body's way of letting you know something is wrong, or you need to stop doing something, like if you have a sprained ankle and you keep walking on it, pain might shoot up your leg. Your pain is telling you to stop.

There are different forms of pain. Also people have a different pain level tolerance, the pain you feel from walking on your foot with a sprained ankle may be different than the person beside you with the exact same injury.

Acute Pain:

Remember when you fell off your bicycle, and you scraped your knees? How about when you got a paper cut, a small burn, you sprained your ankle, broke a bone, went into labour or had a toothache? These are all called normal or acute pain. Acute pain can last from a few seconds to a few months. For some acute pain  there is no need to see the doctor, but for other acute pain you need to see the doctor as soon as pos sible. With acute pain usually once the injury or the illness has gone, so will the pain. However acute pain can also turn into chronic pain if for some reason the injury did not heal properly , or if your pain signals are out of whack.

Chronic Pain:

There are pain signals which are active in your ner

vous system from chronic pain. This type of pain can be continuous, or intermittent  lasting longer than six months it can last years. Chronic pain can continue to cause issues even when the injury or illness that had caused the pain to begin with has gone away.

Some of the conditions that chronic pain is associated with are: Arthritis, Can cer, Nerve Pain, Back Pain, Fibromyalgia, Headaches that continue over long periods. Having chronic pain not only makes you hurt a lot but can also cause other physi cal conditions, as well as play on your mental health. Your muscles could be very tense, which could also cause you to grind your teeth. You may find that your ability to move around has limits. You could have less energy, or a change in your appetite. Your mental well being could also feel the effects of chronic pain, you may have insomnia, you could have feelings of depres sion, anger, anxiety, you might even be afraid that you could re- injury yourself which could affect going back to work, and other activities, this could cause isolation.

Studies have shown that more women than men suffer from chronic pain.

Neuropathic Pain: (also called peripheral neuropathy):

Is a very common type of pain associated with chronic pain.

These nerves commu nicate between the nervous system and your body, when having a pain caused from this area the nerves or nervous system have been damaged. The pains can feel like pins and needles running through your system, or the pains can be shooting, stabbing, or even a burning sensation,  in

your legs, even the lightest touch can hurt. This type of pain can interfere with your mobility.

Nociceptive Pain:

Nociceptors are the parts of the nerves that can sense and respond to your body that has suffered from damage. This type of pain can be really sharp, very achy, or even a throbbing pain. This is usually caused by an external injury, like stubbing your toe on the furniture. you can usually feel this type of pain in your joints, muscles, tendons, skin, and your bones. Noci ceptive Pain can be both acute and chronic.

Radicular Pain:

This type of pain might happen when your spinal nerve will be pinched or inflamed affecting the sciatica nerve. It will go from your spinal nerve to your back and your hips then into your legs. You could have the sensation of numbness, tingling, and or muscle weak ness. This pain is usually continuous, not intermittent, it is felt deep in the legs. Sitting for long periods, or walking to much can make it worse.

Some of the causes that could pinch the nerve are: herniated disc, diabetes, nerve root injuries, scar tissue from spinal surgery. This type of pain can also cause mobility issues.

If you have pain that lasts longer than you think it should, see your doctor as there could be some under lying issues.

Whitevalley Resource Centre would like to thank our sponsors Interior health and The United Way.

Back to School – Healthy Habits - Part 2

Other than adequate sleep and good nutrition, physical activity is another extremely important factor for school aged kids and adolescents. A study out of Denmark found that exercise had an even bigger impact than simply just incorporating a healthy breakfast and lunch. Kids that walked, biked, ran... to school had a heightened concentration for up to 4 hours longer than those that were driven to school. Aerobically fit children consistently outperform their inactive and unfit peers academically on both a shortand a long-term basis. Time spent engaged in physical activity is related not only to a healthier body but also to enriched cognitive development and lifelong brain health. The strongest relationships have been found between aerobic fitness and performance in mathe matics, reading, and English.

Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology guidelines recommend 180 minutes a day of physical activities for children ages 1 to 4, and 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous activity per day for 5- to 17-year-olds

• Less than one-quarter (24%) of children 6 to 17 years of age participate in 60 minutes of physical activity every day.

• In 2017, only 26.1% of high school students par ticipate in at least 60 minutes per day of physical activity on all 7 days of the previous week.

• In 2017, 51.1% of high school students participated in muscle strengthening exercises (e.g., push-ups, sit-ups, weight lifting) on 3 or more days during the previous week

• In 2017, 51.7% of high school students attended physical education classes in an average week, and only 29.9% of high school students attended physical education classes daily.

Although when it comes to organized sports participation is high. Although when COVID hit Statistics Canada showed that everything took a hit and numbers even fell lower. But as things are looking more pre-pandemic, the numbers are still not where they

need to be. Below are some ways to help towards getting students meet their recommended daily amount of activity:

• Encourage walking, biking, running, scootering to school – for the younger children model as a family and go all together.

• Get them to be in charge of walking or running with the dog if there is one in the house

• Have them do physical chores as raking the leaves, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn and or carrying the groceries. Ob viously making sure whatever task is age appropriate.

• Encourage them to dance to their favourite music

• Replace computer and TV time with something active

• Take younger kids to the playground or to the park to play

Health Benefits

• Opportunities for socializing

• Improve fitness

• Increased concentration

• Better academic scores

• Stronger heart, bones and healthier muscles

• Healthy growth and development

• Improved self-esteem

• Better posture and balance

• Lower stress

There are also different levels and types of activity.

Moderate aerobic activity - makes you breathe harder and your heart beat faster. You should be able to talk, but not sing. Examples of activities would include speed walking, skating, skateboarding and bike riding.

Vigorous aerobic activity – makes heart rate increase even more and you will only be able to say a few words before losing your breath. Examples of activities would include running, basketball, soccer and cross-country skiing.

Strengthening activities - help build up your muscles. Some examples would include activities as running, jumping rope, hiking, body weight exercise or with gym equipment for the older kids and for younger children playing on playground equipment.

To achieve health benefits, both aerobic and strengthening activities are important.

https://sciencenordic.com/children-and-adolescents-denmark-exercise/children-who-walk-to-schoolconcentrate-better/1379550

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK201501/ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/82625-x/2019001/article/00003-eng.htm

Mikkie Pollon (Nettles), Certified Personal Trainer/Holistic & Sports Nutritionist Follow DEEM Health on Facebook, www.deemhealth.ca or contact info@deemhealth.ca

Colleen’s Corner

By Colleen Fielding

Sometimes It's The Smallest Things That Make You Thankful

The last couple of weeks for me have been a little stressful for different reasons. Then at the market this week it was so windy things blew completely off of my table breaking a few of my items, one of my stands went from the front of the table, to the back then on the ground all in one gust of wind. The wind would come and blow things off my table, and as soon as the wind died down I would pick up my things and place them back on their stands. I ended up putting some things back into my car, instead of having them on display. It would be fine for a few minutes, the wind would stop.

Then, Whoosh! There it was again, each time the wind blew it was stronger than the last time. Even though I had weights on the bottom of my tent to hold it down they didn't seem to work well. Myself and the other vendors were constantly grabbing the legs of their tents to give them more stability. I thought for sure it must have been a small hurricane. Some other people that were at the market would help the vendors by helping hold on to the legs. It was wild.

the larger words which could also be considered to be swear words at our market although so far they have not happened yet (lucky for us,) Hurricane (felt like that on Saturday) Tornado, Cyclone, Typhoons, Monsoon, Thunder, Lighting, Blizzard, and so many others.

Lumby’s

We had really bad wind at the market a couple of weeks ago, but last Satur day was extremely windy, and cold.

There are four letter words at the market which could be considered as swear words the way they can affect our market: Heat (too much of it) Hail, Snow, Rain, Cold, and of course Wind. Then there are

By the end of the day I felt tired and stressed and possibly a little defeated, after all it is hard to fight Mother Nature. There are more than a few things that I will have to fix or remake from the damage the wind had caused to my items. As I packed up my car, I was actually glad it was the end of the day and time to go home and put my feet up and catch up on some shows I haven't seen for awhile.

Right at the end, Sam, the lady that sells flowers and some veggies who has her tent beside me, gave me a bouquet of flowers. It was wonderful, I told her  " Thank you! You just made my day."

She really did, it was one of those small things that make you thankful, and grateful.

Thank you again Sam, the flowers are sitting on my table, making me smile when I look at them.

Welcome to Colleen’s Corner. This is a column meant for fun and some information About myself: I am a Freelance Photographer you often see me on the side of the road  or in various places taking photos of different things animals, birds, places, people etc.  l have lived in Lumby just over 8 years,you have seen my photos in the newspaper (Lumby Valley Times) and once in awhile in the Vernon Morning Star, and the Lumby Art Gallery. Photography is my passion. Disclaimer:  The information on some of my photos that I write about a lot of times come from the Internet or books I research them, hopefully the facts are as close to the truth as I can come.

Arts & Culture from the

2022 MAC Local Arts and Culture Grant Recipients

Congratulations to our grant recipients for 2022. These grants go towards encouraging the Arts and Culture in our community!

• Lumby Historical Society - Linda Vlasveld

• Okanagan Regional Library - Lumby - Mitzi Fortin

• Monashee Quilters Circle - Kaye Larwill

• Fall/Winter Art Classes - Jeannette Wilding Local Arts and Culture Grants are made possible by the Regional District of the North Okanagan

Patron show

This September the Monashee Arts Council wanted to thank those who have always supported the Arts in Lumby with our new show at the Village Gallery, dedicated to patrons of the arts: those who love and collect works of art, seek out particular artist, follow them and encourage them often by comments on Facebook pages or by purchasing the art work and adding it to their collections.

Sometimes people inherit works of art that have great family significance; or they are part of a dear friend's bequest; or patrons may commission works by a favorite artist. You do hear of art investors who have made significant profits from savvy art purchases. Yet for every one of these, there are many others who

just love to have original art on their walls.

This show will run from September 5th to October 1st

Call for Artists – Pop up Exhibition – From the Kitchen

‘Food is culture. Food is identity, a footprint of who you are’ –Lidia Bastianich (Italian-American celebrity chef)

Food; it is something we partake of everyday, not just as a means of sustenance, but as part of our very culture, it tells the story of who we are. From our first day it becomes an integral part of who we are, influenced by our childhoods, heritage, cultures and experi ences throughout life. We offer a glimpse into ourselves by our views of food.

Join Artists in celebrating food in all its forms as it passed through our kitchens. Whether it’s canning for use year round, baked into pies, savory or sweet, or just a simple garden salad. Join us in what is often

considered harvest season for an outdoor exhibition of art and food.

Join us for this one day pop up Artist Exhibition show, in the back parking lot of the Village Gallery September 24th/2022

Application deadline; September 22nd.

The Regional District of North Okanagan’s

community events by providing financial grants to offset facility rental fees for the purpose of special events /activities that demonstrate benefit to the overall community and take place within facilities / property under the jurisdiction of the

Consideration will be given to events and activities that include all of the following:

• The event or activity benefits the overall community.

• The event or activity takes place within facilities or on property under the jurisdiction of the RDNO (White Valley).

• The event or activity provides support for recreational activities at the local community level.

• The event or activity does not have the primary purpose of being a fundraiser.

Application deadline is September 30,

The Monashee Weavers and Spinners at the Lumby Public Market with a demonstration of working with fibre.

ProvinCial news

New Funding Helps Make Back-To-School More Affordable For Families That Need It Most

The Province is helping make back-to-school more affordable for students and their families who are struggling with rising costs of living due to global in flation.

Through the Student and Family Affordability Fund, $60 million will help school districts make sure students are fed and have the school supplies they need to be successful this year.

"Many families in B.C. are feeling the effects of glob al inflation on daily costs, including groceries, school supplies and other school expenses," said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Education and Child Care. "We're taking action by providing more funding that school districts will use to help meet the needs of families and students."

The one-time funding will be provided directly to school districts to help them expand school meal programs, make sure students have the school supplies

they need and cover any additional fees so that stu dents in need can take part in activities, such as field trips.

Districts will work with with parent advisory councils and school communities, as well as local First Na tions and other Indigenous organizations, regarding local priorities that will best meet the needs of diverse student populations.

In addition to the $60 million for school districts, $3.8 million will be provided through the Federation of Independent School Associations (FISA) to sup port families struggling with increasing costs and that access education through independent school author ities.

The funding is the first step in government's commitment to make sure students are properly fed for learning and to work with school districts to support the expansion of food and meal programs. It builds on $55 million in annual funding provided to districts through the Ministry of Education and Child Care's

CommunityLINK initiative, which funds breakfast, lunch and snack programs, academic supports, counselling, youth workers and after-school programs. This announcement is part of a number of measures that the Minister of Finance will announce next week to help those hardest hit during this time of high global inflation.

Quick Facts:

• Government is investing $7.4 billion in K-12 education in 2022-23, which is $1.8 billion more than in 2016-17.

• Budget 2022 provides $250 million more funding for public schools than Budget 2021, and with the one-time $60 million provided through the Student and Family Affordability Fund, this increases to $310 million for public schools.

• Through the Student and Family Affordability Fund, every school district will receive a minimum of $250,000.

Notes From the Lumby Public Market

Wow, I don't know what's going on with our crazy weather lately, this past weekend at the market the wind hit us again. It was really bad this time. I thought maybe we were in the beginning of a Hurricane or something like that. Things were blowing off the vendors' tables even those that had heavy stands. Sure, the heat has been better, but it would be great if the wind held off until the market was over and the vendors had gone home.

This past weekend we had Dustin come in for his great wine that he makes in Cherryville at his licencened Winery.

We have so many wonderful items at our  mar ket come and check us out.

Beautiful Crystals, Dream Catchers,  Wooden items with great sayings, Fruits, and Vegetables,  Garlic, Popcorn, Young Living,  Flowers, Jams, Jewelry, Watkins, Photography, Popcorn, Quilts, Knitting and Crochet items, Tupperware, Epicure, Victorian Lace, Resin Work, Gel Moment, Butterfly Clips, Barn Wood Crafts, Bannock, don't forget

When's The Meeting?

Please inform us if your group's meeting dates or times have changed. Monashee Toastmasters Club in Lumby meets on Zoom every second and fourth Tuesday from 7:00-8:30. Fear of Public Speaking becomes LESS. That's a guarantee! For most of us, having been there, we support each other and laughter is not in short supply. Won't you come as a guest and see for yourself? Our goal is to resume meeting at the White Valley Community

Centre while continuing Zoom meetings sometime in 2022. For more information please contact Marena at 250-550-7124 or Mike at 250-547-9335. For more information here is the link to our club: https://1348085.toastmastersclubs.org/ Lumby Wednesday Night AA: Open Meeting 7:00pm-8:00pm at 1962 Maple street. Wheelchair accessible.

to stop by the Monashee Art Councils tent as they always have great free classes and demos.You will also find Books, Pottery, Tarot Card readings, and so much more.

If the heat reaches 35 celsius or higher, or if there is a lot of smoke, or other circumstances beyond our control we try to find other ways to keep the market open, this could include possible shorter hours . If we can go indoors somewhere, then we will.

Don't forget our famous Buttertart festival will be September 24 2022!

If you would like to be a vendor at our market email us at lumbymarket@gmail.com

Lumby OAP/Monashee 50+ Club, Branch #117: Our regular meeting are the 2nd Friday of each month. Bingo is every Tuesday – doors open at 5:30pm and games start at 6:30pm. Cards are every Friday at 6:30 pm and games at 7:00pm. The Club will be closed during July and August.

ProvinCial news

New Mobile App Will Improve Access To Health Records

People in B.C. now have an easier way to access their health records with the launch of the Health Gateway mobile app.

"More than 1.2 mil lion people in B.C. use the Health Gateway website, and now we are making it easier and more convenient for people to securely access their health records by launching the mobile app," said Adrian Dix, Minister of Health. "Through the app, people can quickly view information about their health at any time, helping them stay on top of their health and wellness needs."

Health Gateway is a new, secure app version of the Health Gateway website that anyone can download from the Ap ple App Store or Google Play for Android mobile devices for free. Users will need to use their BC Services Card app to register and log in.

People can use the Health Gateway app to easily access and view:

• prescription medications;

• lab results, including blood tests and COVID-19 test results;

• health visits, including the date of the visit and the provider's name; and

• immunization records, including COVID-19 proofs of vaccination, such as the BC Vaccine Card and Federal Vaccine Proof.

Over time, the app will also provide people with easy, secure access to diagnostic imaging reports, clinical doc uments and details on hospital visits, alongside other features.

Government remains focused on making access to health records and health digital systems easier for all people in the province. The Health Gateway web site continues to be available for people to access their health information.

Learn More:

• To learn more about the Health Gateway app, visit: https://gov.bc.ca/ healthgateway

• To share feedback or get help with the app, email: HealthGateway@ gov.bc.ca (mailto:HealthGateway@ gov.bc.ca)

• To learn more about the BC Services Card app, visit:

• https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/government-id/ bcservicescardapp/setup/download-app

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Cruising the Okanagan officially started in December 2021 but unofficially has been around for 2.5 years. We are most known for everything car culture in

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Here comes September!

Along with September comes some really fun things at the Legion.

Our Fishing Derby will be held at Sugar Lake September 9-11.

Our Harvest Auction will be September 24.

Donations of any kind for either of these events are greatly appreciat ed.

Volunteers are always wel comed. We would like some volunteers to help redo the front patio

If you have time, call us and we'll put your name down.

Call the office Mondays- Wednesdays 9:00 - 12:00 for more informa tion.

If you are a non-profit society let

the Legion office know that you would like to have a Meat Draw.

Would you like to have some fun, and get paid while doing it? The Legion is looking for a Bar Steward. Do you have Serving It Right? How about some time on your hands a couple hours a week, that you don't know what to do with it?  Well then come to the Legion and put in your resume and be a Bar Steward.

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