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~ Dave Scott It cannot get any bigger for us at the Norfolk Hub, than having our paper make it to China… so now we have decided to make a magazine.

Well here it is, our first Norfolk Hub Magazine. We hope you enjoy the eye-popping, colour photos, articles and advertisements that have been brought to life with our new format.

We will be publishing a magazine every month! It will be available throughout the county, hitting the stands at local stores.

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Among many celebrating the grand opening of the Cider Keg Local Holiday Market were (from left) Tom Haskett, Brian Reichheld, Peter Black, and Mayor Dennis Travale.

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The dignitaries stopped by, the ribbon was cut, the cider was poured, and the Gourmet Grilled Cheese with Apple Pie in a Jar was served… and the store looked absolutely amazing as the Cider Keg opened their Holiday Store in the Simcoe Town Centre Mall last week.

Cheryl Peck (Director of Operations for the Cider Keg) is delighted with the success of the location so far. The store is unique in that eight different locally owned businesses help make up the

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Steve Goodlet was totally ready to shave his beard the moment he got home from receiving his $500 gift certificate for winning the Simcoe Canadian Tire beard growing contest.

Steve told us that it was itchy at the start and took a while to get used to, but in the end it paid off.

Folks voted on line for which beard they liked. John, the Canadian Tire pace setter, said he was very impressed with Steve’s effort.

This was Steve’s first attempt at growing the facial wonder, and kudos to him on an excellent job. As for the gift certificate, well, Steve recently purchased a home, so as we parted he was looking around the store for things for around the house.

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Pat’s Gift!

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~ Dave Scott

If you have read our paper, you have most likely read one of Pat Grant’s monthly, Senior Sense columns. Pat, who is a dedicated writer and retired public health nurse, former Director of Nursing at Norfolk General Hospital (NGH), and former instructor at Fanshawe College, is one of those folks who has a real giddy up and go attitude.

From the first time I met her (she called to ask about doing a column in the Hub) I knew she and I would get along just fine.

At seventy-seven years young she has a boundless energy and drive that would put anyone to shame. She just has that spark in her eyes and she understands the importance of helping others. She doesn’t just talk about helping; she does it!

Which brings me to today’s story… for the past five or so years, a group of ladies

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down at Curves in Port Dover fall under Pat’s Christmas spell and get together to prepare gift bags for our local Women’s Services. Pat and her merry band of elves understand the need to be involved and help. The gift bags are for the women at the shelter, who may not receive a gift from anyone, if not for the generosity of the gang at Curves. As I watched the ladies add items to the bags, Pat leaned a little closer to me and said, “You know Dave, it is not what is in the bag that matters. It is just that women will receive it and know someone out there cares about them.” I got a little lump in my throat hearing those words. I knew then that for Pat there was a lot more to the story then she was telling me.

I was intrigued to find out where all of this originated from for Pat and why the shelter was so important to her.

Remember earlier I mentioned Pat was a public health nurse? Well, Pat explained that back in those days (1975 to 1981) she would receive calls from some of the local doctors to check on folks in their homes.

It was all part of the job for public health nurses to go to people’s homes and chat about an assortment of things.

Pat being the people person she is, soon realized that in some homes there was more to talk about beyond the information that she had given out. She tells me that while sitting there at the kitchen table, looking over at the other woman, looking into her eyes, she would know if there was something wrong, and Pat would simple state, “Is there anything else you would like to talk about?”

Sometimes not a word, just a look… sometimes, everything was fine… but other times the woman would start to cry

and talk about the situation she was in, may it be physical or mental abuse. Pat would sit and listen, her mind swirling, hearing the details and she would offer up any help she could. She would talk to the local police, and, at times would work with them about the situation.

Pat soon understood that these incidents were more prominent in our area than she realized. She decided it was time to talk to as many different women’s groups as she could to raise awareness of this ugly problem that was being swept under the carpet. At first many of the groups were shocked and basically told Pat that that did not happen around here.

Pat admits it took a while for folks to come to the reality that this was a major issue in our community. Her dogged persistence, day in and day out continued until folks sat up and took notice of the abuse that was happening at the house next door.

Pat continued on with her home visits, listening and helping in anyway she could. Occasionally she would see some of the women break free and start their

own lives and for Pat there was nothing more rewarding than seeing the smiles return to the faces of the women.

For her own sake of sanity, Pat turned to dog obedience training as a personal outlet. Dogs have been a passion she’s had since her first dog at twelve years old.

She told me, “You know I could tell my dogs all my worries for these ladies and they would listen and it wouldn’t go any farther!”

As I sat and listened to Pat, I understood better that incurable thirst she has to help others. It is the very essence of who she is. As the Curves ladies finished off the gift bags filled with an assortment of homemade knitted mittens and socks, cosmetics, lotions, bath supplies and general women’s hygiene, Pat was constantly thanking the group and praising their efforts.

A little over five years ago Pat and her husband, Murray, took twelve small bags of gifts to the shelter. Now with her friends’ help there is over seventy big bags filled… and much awareness has been raised. Since those early days as a

public health nurse Pat has continued to do what she can to help the shelter from its early beginnings. She really, truly was one of the early, local pioneers in helping to stop abuse.

For that Pat, I say thank you… for your never quit attitude… your stand to always put others first… and your drive to change lives for the better… something we should all do a little more… thank you Pat, for leading the way.

According to the Canadian Women’s Foundation (www.canadianwomen.org), here are a couple of facts about violence against women.

Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16.

On any given day in Canada, more than 3,300 women (along with their 3,000 children) are forced to sleep in an emergency shelter to escape domestic violence. Every night, about 200 women are turned away because the shelters are full.

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The Hard and Seoul of Ultrarunning From a practical point of view, there is little point to ultrarunning.

However, we all know there is more to life than logic and common sense.

Ultrarunners know this all too well.

Who would have imagined I would arrive here on a journey that began on a dreary, rainy afternoon in 1976, when I dragged myself off the sofa and made myself jog a mile down the road to the railway tracks, rest, and then jog back home.

But here I was, at the Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea in October 2008. The World 24 Hour Championships (competitors run as far as they can in 24 hours) would be taking place in three days and I was one of twelve runners on the Canadian National Team. Originally, I had declined

the invitation thinking it would be just too complicated and far to go. A friend helped me grasp the idea that it could be the trip of a lifetime.

There was supposed to be a courtesy desk for the international runners but it didn't happen. Armand, our team manager, was able to get a taxi van for us and a few of the Americans after some haggling. My first exposure to Korean highway driving got the juices flowing.

We sped through the night at full throttle with constant lane changing and much passing (very close to other vehicles). We made it to the Co-op Residence where we would be staying, after finishing off the trip racing the wrong way down a one way street.

Our next issue was our rooms - all this happening after a day's driving and

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mat for each of us. On top of that, it was extremely hot and stuffy. We opened our window fully and left our door to the hallway open. I slept on the floor beside the shower stall. Andrew left the room shortly, foregoing sleep.

When we got up, very early, there were two full days before the race. Most went out this Thursday morning for a tour of a local palace, but I chose to go for a walk to acclimatize myself to the area. The weather was hot and sunny; as it was throughout the week we were there. However, the air was not clear; air pollution was pronounced and you could barely see the sun, ever. As I walked the pathway by the river, there were some exercise stations and many walkers and cyclists. The majority of them were wearing breathing masks. I didn't take that as a positive omen.

I made my way to the race site - a huge park with a 400 metre track. Many workers were pulling weeds and raking up the steep hill from the river. A group of young school children were picking up garbage. All were helping make the area beautiful for the coming event, although I didn't imagine the runners would be paying much attention on race day. While I was there, groups of children came to the park for lunch, each group wearing different coloured uniform tops so they

were readily identifiable. Some came up to me to test their English a little, “Hello.

How are you? What country?” One even tried to guess how old I was, “You are ten, ten, ten, ten, ten,” and so on - I got the point.

When I returned to the residence, I helped Armand move luggage from the second to the sixth floor where we had two beds per room. I deferred to Andrew, as he was Canada's top runner and Armand, who as team manager, had the most work to do to prepare us for the event. So I still slept on the floor, on a pile of blankets. We had little success sleeping well.

Everyone was up by 5:30 am and we had the buffet-style breakfast together in the cafeteria. The choices were identical every day. They included orange juice, rice and vegetable porridge, hard-boiled and fried eggs, little sausages, lettuce salad with a creamy dressing, toast, rolls, rice, spicy cabbage, fruit and french fries (part of the effort to satisfy the North Americans). Many ate enormous amounts in several servings. After breakfast we went to the Korean War Memorial and Museum. It was my first time on the subway system, which has six different lines. They are colour-coded with a stripe along the side of the cars. I didn't try to figure it out but just followed. One of our runners had been to Seoul before to adopt

a little girl and she was a perfect group leader.

Later we went to the local market to buy race supplies. I got water, a yogurt drink and V-8 juice. We returned to the residence for a team meeting and then we prepared our gear. At 7:00 pm there was a ceremony for team introductions and a pasta dinner for everyone. One smiling moment occurred when we were walking up to the front for Canada’s introduction and some extra buns (that my friend, Ron, wanted to smuggle back to his room) started falling out of all of his pockets.

We went to bed early but once again, everyone slept poorly due to the hot, humid conditions.

Finally, it was Saturday - race day.

As usual, I was up early and was wellorganized. I went for breakfast and had orange juice, toast and a bowl of porridge.

Many of the athletes were eating a lot free food. The weather was the same as usual. There was a hazy sun, no breeze with a temperature that would reach thirty Celsius by 1:00 pm. I had my bag with gels, salt tablets, towel, clothes, etc. transported to the race site. Everyone's bags were piled up in the back of an open flatbed truck. I carried a plastic bag with my drinks and race shoes, the most critical items. I walked slowly to the site, about two kilometres, shifting the bag

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from hand to hand. Each country had been assigned a section of a long, canopied tent area. There was much picture-taking going on among the various runners and officials. I did some light stretching with no running. After listening to the prerace speeches, I lined up near the back, feeling very calm.

Then the race was on with a 9:00 am start. I took a drink every half-hour and alternated between gels and salt tablets.

In the early hours I wasn't paying any attention to the other runners, but felt I was doing everything properly. At some stage around noon, I got into running with Ron, going marginally faster than I felt I should be, but it was a great distraction and we were having fun telling stories. His daughter later told us that we could be heard laughing all around the course, a loop of under two kilometres that included a lap of the track. Twelve years earlier Ron had given me my first ultrarunning advice, "Just keep running, someone will tell you when to stop." Those few hours were good, but I decided to get back to my own rhythm. At about the nine hour mark I began to lose energy and feel dizzy. The day just kept heating up. Even though I thought I was drinking enough, it is likely that I was becoming dehydrated. I walked slowly for quite some time and thought about dropping out. I was very disheartened and disappointed in myself but I was drained. I could no longer stomach the sweetness of gels and sports drinks. Thus, I switched to orange juice, water, soy milk and my V-8 juice. For solid food I relied on potatoes with salt, oatmeal in a thermos, bananas and part of a chocolate bar.

There is something special about wearing the Canadian singlet, so I made myself keep plodding along. Finally, I remember telling myself that nothing really hurt and my energy had returned somewhat so I started jogging again.

Then I got into steady running on the track, walking on the concrete section outside the track and jogging the rest of each loop. The part furthest from the track was very dark during the night and was used by runners for bathroom breaks and, occasionally, for being sick.

There was a different atmosphere at night. In the darkness the track and stage areas were brightly lit. Spectators were gone and many runners were slowing down. But they began to play music over the loudspeakers with the most frequent being the songs of ABBA and the Bee Gees. The Brazilian support team, in particular, really got into singing and dancing by their tent area.

I began running with Connie, the top American woman, and did so for a number of hours, both of us doing well. It

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was a solid motivator for me. She eventually dropped out with a bad back and I wore out again in the early Sunday morning darkness. It was very humid and had not cooled off.

One nice moment in this part of the long night was viewing the surprised, radiant smile that broke out on the American, Jamie's, face, as she passed me and the electronic leader board, just as her name appeared for the first time showing her in fifth place. I had no such moment personally.

As daylight approached, people began to show up again to cheer us on. It struck me as interesting that I was competing in a 24 hour race and so many in the crowd were wearing breathing masks. I was able to maintain a jog, walk routine and never came off the course. I was mentally alert and never felt like I wanted to go to sleep, but, of course, it did seem like I had been out there a long time.

The end was in sight. I decided in the last twenty minutes that I could pick up the pace and thought I did so. With a few minutes to go I imagined I was running well again - until a competitor passed me and he was walking.

After the race was over, I wasn't in bad shape. I had no stomach issues, no blisters and I was able to walk slowly with no cramping. Many others were not so fortunate.

We rested in the tent for a while and then went out to sit on the ground in the shade for the awards ceremony. It turned out that I had finished as second Canadian, ahead of Andrew, and as second overall in the over 60 category. Awards were presented to the top three countries and to the top three individual males and females. As a telling indicator of how tough the conditions had been, each of the three female winners collapsed on the stage as their awards were given and each had to be carried off the stage by officials and taken away by ambulance (they were all fine as we saw them later back at the Residence). Right at the end of the awards, the announcer stated that there was one more special award - for the oldest runner. I turned to Armand and said, "That's me." However, the name of a little Russian woman was called. She was, in fact, two years younger than me. Armand was ready to go up to straighten matters out but I remembered her from the race, working hard all the time. I was hot and tired and didn't feel like walking all that way. I told Armand to never mind, I shouldn't cause an international incident with Russia. I just laid back on the grass and closed my eyes.

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SENIOR SENSE A resolution is “an aim or intention to do something” and one that every senior can make is “to be the best I can be.” Some may be thinking, I’m already

doing that. Maybe so, but with every routine or habit changes can creep in and what is more human than becoming somewhat casual with any routine and this casualness brings changes. These changes can be in lifestyle due to health concerns such as mobility, vision, hearing and changes can then come in motivation and interests.

Everything mentioned depends on the other and any change can come first.

Take for example the pill you take for arthritis. It has been taken for years and does seem to help. Remember you were told to take it with a glass of water but that glass has become enough sips to swallow the pill. This only one example of how easily instructions given to us seniors get changed. The list is really endless when thinking about how

easy it is for seniors to become somewhat casual about the instructions given to help with health concerns. For instance concerns about one’s balance, memory, digestion, hearing, seeing, tasting etc. etc. etc.

And so it follows “to be the best I can be,” is to take the time to look after oneself by practicing what comes with making this resolution. Doing this takes no money and very little energy! So do take time to review lifestyle habits and take notice of the shortcuts that now may be taken even though one may feel very relaxed and comfortable, you don’t know how you could feel if the instructions had been followed!! Oh, and the next time someone prescribes some treatment and adds something like drink more water or exercise more, do ask them how that would to help your problem. This really helps a person understand their treatment!!

Do consider ‘trying’ this resolution!

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a) Old lang syne b) The Maple Leaf Forever c) Santa Claus is Coming to Town d) Jingle Bells e) White Christmas f) Little Brown Jug g) Home on the Range 1) He sees you when you’re sleeping 2) Like the ones I used to know 3) Where the deer and the antelope play 4) Should old acquaintance be forgot 5) In days of yore from Britain’s 6) In a one horse open sleigh 7) She loves gin and I love rum Answers: 1c; 2e; 3g; 4a; 5b; 6d; 7f.

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First off, I would like to thank our patients & their families; you don’t just make our business, but enrich our lives. My staff & I enjoy the connections we get with our patients and their families, it truly makes our days. I would also like to thank my staff for all the amazing work they do, Cheryl & Stacey, you are two wonderful, warm hearted people who make the patients feel cared for and who make my days

wonderful at work. To all the doctors, nurses, medical clinics, hospital Respiratory departments that we work with to ensure great treatment for our patients, thank you for all you do and you make working together a great experience every day.

I would also like to thank Dave & Monica of the hub, thank you for allowing me to share my Respiratory knowledge with your readers. It is a great joy and pleasure doing this and your support is greatly appreciated.

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Gardening Tips Caring For Your Poinsettia

The poinsettia is named after Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico. He

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• Water your plant thoroughly when the soil becomes dry to the touch. Always

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• Your plant requires at least six hours of bright filtered light each day.

• Try to provide an environment between 16 to 18 ºC (60 to 65 ºF) and keep the plant away from hot or cold drafts, especially cold windowpanes. The plant does not respond well to sudden changes in temperature.

• Unsleeve the plant as soon as possible as the leaves may become droopy if left too long in the wrapper. Fortunately, the plant should recover in a few days if this does occur.

remove the pot cover and let it stand for a while after the watering, as the poinsettia doesn’t like to be left in standing water.

A common practice is to perforate the bottom of the pot cover to allow drainage into a saucer under the plant.

• If you want to try to keep your plant until next Christmas then fertilize after the blooming season with an allpurpose fertilizer, repot it later in the early summer and then introduce it to 12 hours of uninterrupted darkness come September.

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Yes it may be mildly irritating to the skin or the stomach if it is eaten, but otherwise, there has been no documented cases of poisoning. The origin of this myth could be found from the fact that most plants of the spurge genus (Euphorbia) are indeed toxic. Fortunately, this family member is a safe one!

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Discovering Birds of Norfolk with George and Vic ~ George Pond

Most species of birds, especially the insect eating birds, move south for the winter months where food is more plentiful. A number,

however stay here. These are mostly the seed eaters like the Chickadees and Cardinals, two birds that are very familiar to us all. I expect that every bird feeder in this area is regularly visited by both species.

However, if you had been living in Norfolk County a hundred and twenty years ago your chances of seeing a Cardinal would have been very, very slim. This species has been expanding its range northward for many years. According to Robert Curry in “Birds of Hamilton and Surrounding Areas” Cardinals entered Ontario “via Point Pelee, where the first breeding was recorded in 1901.” “The Cardinal first graced a Hamilton Christmas Bird Count in 1930 and has never been missed since.”

Today Cardinals are abundant in this area but they are still considered as uncommon in northern areas like Sudbury and North Bay. Although they have expanded that far north not every feeder in those areas would have the pleasure of watching these beautiful birds like we do.

A friend of Vic Gibbons captured these three birds on film and as he so often does Vic has moved them to a White Birch tree, placing them in a winter setting with lightly falling snow. To me this is a lovely “Christmas Card” painting.

Vic Gibbons (519) 428-1329 vlgibbons@live.com 1395 Charlottville Road 8 RR#6, Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K5

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And so this is Christmas Wilma F. Montgomery

Last year at this time, I wrote a piece about being alone at Christmas, or any other memorable day which might cause you some pangs. This

year I would like to wax a little about working at Christmas. One of the first things to remember is that Canada is a pretty cosmopolitan country, not everyone celebrates Christmas and even if you do, depending upon the calendar your particular belief system follows, the date can be pretty fluid, from early December to early January. Other belief systems have other significant days during this time and in fact, many of our dates stem from these very ancient calendars.

While many workplaces close for Christmas day, any service which is mandated as ‘essential’ will be staffed and lucky for us that they are staffed.

So what I am going to look at this year is the attitude which these workers bring to their work obligations on this and any other very significant day. Believe it or not, some people actually enjoy working Christmas day.

There are many reasons why you might work Christmas; some people offer to work because their significant other is in essential services and is working; some work, it must be said, because the house is very quiet on this day; some work because it’s the luck of the draw and it’s their turn; some offer to work for others who have young families; and some work because it’s a joyful time to be working.

Many years ago, when I was working two part time jobs, I was the only part time at one job and lowest seniority at the other. I had a number of years where I would do a Christmas morning at one job and then race down to the other job to do Christmas afternoon.

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I will never forget an early conversation that I had with one of the nurses at Norview. She said that she loved working at Christmas. She loved making it a happy day for the residents. She loved the gift giving on Christmas morning; at this time the Auxiliary bought gifts for every single resident, a monumental task.

She loved the special treats, she loved the family visits. She loved the turkey dinners with all the trimmings which dietary presented each Christmas. No, no turkey rolls here, just fine quality, complete roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings, just like ‘home’ because this is ‘home’. She gave me pause for thought.

I offer that anyone who sees ‘working at Christmas’ as some sort of punishment or unhappy obligation, really needs to listen to what this nurse was saying. This is a wonderful opportunity to ‘do for your fellow (wo)man. Surely the ‘gift of service’ is one of the most honourable things we can do for each other.

Service, not because it’s written down somewhere that you should or must.

Service, not because it ‘looks good’.

Service, not because your employer says ‘it’s your turn’. No, service because this is what you can do in and for your little niche of humanity. Service because it brings a measure of joy or peace or warmth to another and in doing so, to yourself.

We dictate humanity’s course, each one of us, individually and collectively.

So, if you are feeling just a bit resentful that you are working this holiday or any other holiday; if you are resenting that a loved one is obliged to work I would ask that you reconsider. Service to each other is one of the things which makes us human. How we honour ourselves and each other speaks volumes about us individually and as a race. What better way to honour ourselves and each other than with the gift of service.

The best to each and every one of us.

See you next year.

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have enough to eat? Well, Kaley and her staff are collecting non-perishable food items under their Christmas tree in the restaurant in hopes of helping out the local Caring Cupboard at this time of year. If you would like to donate, stop by Kaley’s during the day and place your food gift under the tree!

One thing for sure at Kaley’s Restaurant & Kaley’s Kakes, at 33 Robinson Street, Simcoe, is there is always plenty of good eats. You can enjoy breakfast, lunch and supper, some amazing desserts and leave with a full belly and a big smile… but what about those folks who maybe don’t

Season’s Greetings May this joyous season bring you success, good times and happiness.

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“What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived.

It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” ~ Nelson Mandela ~ 1918-2013

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1913: 1. Candy 2. Nuts 3. Rocking horse 4. Doll 5. Mittens/gloves 6. Toy train 7. Oranges 8. Books 9. Handkerchiefs 10. Skates

Now take a look at the items topping contemporary lists.

2013: 1. Furby Boom 2. Teksta Robotic puppy 3. LeapPad Ultra 4. Flying Fairy 5. Bug Hugs Elmo 6. Barbie Dream house 7. Giggly Monkey 8. Nerf Gun 9. Ninja Turtles 10. Lego Oh how things have changed!

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