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Pat Grant & Her Elves ~ By Dave Scott

he ladies at Curves in Port Dover took a few hours on December 17 to help bag up an assortment of goodies for the ladies at the Haldimand Norfolk Women’s Services.

Led by the always-enthusiastic Pat Grant who has for many years now, headed up the gathering of donations and knitted scarves for the bags.

The Curves group was busy going from station to station filling the bags with the many donations. Pat explained that

Drenise Cowlard was now the head elf and was taking over the reins to assist Pat. With over 70 bags filled and headed off to the shelter, the ladies wanted us to thank all the businesses that helped out this year.

Len’s Mill Store, Pharmasave, Roulston’s, Flowers by Ann, Curves, Sobey’s, South Coast Dental Clinic, B’Lanos Hair Salon, Northern Reflection, Giant Tiger, Lakeside Savings, Beta Sigma Phi: Laureate Beta Tau, Volunteer Committee of Light House Theatre, Port Dover Maple Leaf and the Norfolk Hub.

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oys in life are precious; finding happiness in a moment is a gift. We

often go through the motions or routines of life, without really experiencing or appreciating the now. We make decisions constantly throughout our day without really being attentive of the choices we are making.

The mind is a powerful thing. It will react to cues from your body without you consciously being aware that you are making choices or reacting to a situation.

You could be driving along on a sunny day, only to hear a siren off in the distance. Your grip on the steering wheel tightens as your hands become cold and clammy, your heart begins to pound and your breathing becomes quick and shallow or you find that you are not breathing at all, but rather holding your breath. You pull out of traffic and locate a safe spot to stop and deal with the anxiety.

What then? Acknowledge and become a witness to your reaction. Bring your awareness to your breathing. Become curious of the quality and length of your breath, and if it feels okay, invite your breath to slow down, balancing the inhalations and exhalations. Take inventory of your body. Recognize where you are holding tension in your muscles and then notice if there is a place in your body that doesn’t feel so caught up in the tension. Take some time with the place of least tension and notice what happens next as you invite your body to settle. Also, take some time to orient to the here and now by using your senses like sight and hearing. Let your senses find soothing sounds and objects that further invite your body to settle. If there is water on hand, replenish your fluids.

The moment has passed, but how do you move out of this pattern of automatic survival response that is interfering with your daily life?

Moments of anxiety often occur after traumatic events such as motor vehicle accidents. Angela Herzog of Embodied Healing has dedicated her career to helping others regain their balance and participate fully in their own lives. She can assist with physical and emotional trauma, depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and more.

Angela Herzog MA, RP, CCC Body-Oriented Psychotherapist Trauma Specialist

“Embodied living allows for engaging the present moment with all senses. Our bodies are brilliant at surviving many stressors, however, sometimes circumstances get in the way of this innate process. In turn, stress responses get ‘stuck’ in the body, creating fixed thought, emotion and stress patterns. To cope with these patterns, we tend to live from our head and move out of embodied living. Building body awareness in therapy helps us discover the underlying traumas and needs that created the fixed patterns. The more we learn to build the body-mind connection, the more we learn to trust in our body’s innate process to let stress responses move through the body and be released. Only then, can our body open up to relaxation, fluidity, and happiness, increasing our capacity for embodied living.” – Angela Herzog To find out more about Embodied Healing or to contact Angela, go to embodiedhealing.ca or call (519) 427-3025.

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Living with Dementia ~ Courtesy of the Alzheimer Society Haldimand Norfolk

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“Our cognitive abilities alone do not define us. People with compelling words are from Cathy, 53, who has been caring for dementia can continue to engage with the world in many other her husband Boz for the past three years since he was diagnosed meaningful ways. And supporting their dignity and worth, improves their well-being and quality of life.” with Alzheimer’s disease.

There are many ways to get involved with It’s this kind of negative ur cognitive abilities alone our #StillHere campaign at www.alzheimer. attitude that the Alzheimer Society wants to change do not define us. People with ca/stillhere: with its new #StillHere The #StillHere campaign is proudly dementia can continue to engage campaign, launching today supported by the KPMG Foundation. with the world in many other for Alzheimer Awareness Walk for Alzheimer’s (formerly known as meaningful ways. And supporting Walk Month. for Memories) Life doesn’t end when their dignity and worth, improves Walk for Alzheimer’s is Canada’s biggest Alzheimer’s begins. People their well-being and quality of life.” fundraiser for Alzheimer’s disease and living with dementia can other dementias. Monies raised support ~ Pia Kontos continue to participate programs and services in your community in life and contribute to that improve the quality of life for people their communities – in their own way, even as the disease living with dementia and their families, and support other progresses. activities like education and public awareness. Join us Yet, that’s not the view of most Canadians who, according January 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Aud in Simcoe. For more to a new Nanos survey, are divided about whether someone information please contact (519) 428-7771. with dementia can live well. While women were slightly more positive than men, the survey found 47 per cent of respondents, aged 18 and older, disagree compared with 47 per cent who agree.

“Words and actions are powerful and can change the story of dementia. That’s the goal of our campaign, to dispel the myths around what it means to live with dementia and encourage all of us to see the person beyond the condition,” says Mimi Lowi-Young, CEO at the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

Recognizing that a diagnosis of dementia doesn’t rob someone of their individuality or their feelings goes a long way towards respecting and engaging people with this disease and preserving their identity.

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s your 2016 seed catalogues may be arriving shortly to your home, you may be tempted to order some vegetable seed that is designated as an heirloom variety. Heirloom varieties have been gaining popularity and now you’ll commonly find some heirloom varieties listed in almost every seed catalogue.

What exactly is an Heirloom Variety?

It has been commonly thought that an heirloom variety is a cultivar that must be over 100 years old, but most growers and seed companies agree that the important time frame is that they are prior to 1945. This year marks the beginning of the widespread use of hybrid varieties. In the purest sense however, a true heirloom is a cultivar that has been nurtured, selected, and handed down from one family member to another for many generations.

Why grow heirloom crops?

What draws many gardeners to heirlooms is the flavour! They want a tomato that tastes like a real tomato and not one with that bland taste and gritty texture. They long for corn that tastes like it did when they were a kid. They search for a sweet, juicy muskmelon, and wonder why cantaloupes are crisp and dry.

What are the challenges involved?

A package of heirloom seed might well be called something of a mixed bag. The best of the heirlooms really are wonderful.

They have it all. They taste wonderful, look beautiful, and are easy to grow. No doubt about it, these varieties are terrific. There are, however, varieties that take a more experienced gardener to grow well. Some are more susceptible to certain plant problems such as the many diseases that affect our tomato and potato crops, whereas the new resistant cultivars may be the only ones that are able to produce an acceptable yield for you.

Finally, heirlooms can be quirky. Seeds may germinate slower than their modern counterparts, or they may straggle in erratically. Some may pop up after you've given up on them. As they grow, some heirlooms have traits that are downright strange in terms of fruit colouration, leaf shape and growth habits. About all a gardener can do is wait to see 814 Cockshutt Road, Simcoe, what happens, perhaps reflecting on all the things our gardening forebears knew and the 1 km south of Renton wonders of biodiversity.

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In the silver light of early morning A single tear falls without warning.

Perhaps if I just increase the pace A coming sun will shine upon my face.

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some yard work or I go for a walk with the dog or go for a run. The more I do or the further I go, the better I feel afterwards. I feel a connection between physical activity, especially running, and mental peace.

Numerous studies have shown that regular exercise, such as running, can help to alleviate symptoms of sadness and depression. Many exercise choices are available. You should select something you can enjoy looking forward to and that you want to continue. I will focus on running, because that is an activity that has engaged me for the past forty years.

I want to briefly look at some of the many ways that running can help one to maintain mental well-being or can assist you when you are suffering through a period of sadness or stress. It can be virtually cost-free if that is important and it is an activity filled with physical and mental health benefits. It has the ability to distract you from negative thoughts that are bringing you down; when you are actually running, there will be plenty of other things to occupy your mind. It also triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s own natural anti-depressant.

In fact, there are many other ways in which running can help to counter negative pressures that may have become a

part of our lives. Some of the amazing positive qualities of running follow.

Very importantly, in my view, running encourages social interaction through people you meet running, through running groups, or by participating in races. I have been a member of several running clubs during my career, including the Georgetown Runners, the Etobicoke Huskies Striders, the Paris Runners and now Scot Brockbank’s North Shore Runners. My battle has been to deal with the loss of my life partner, Juta, and I can say that without the support of many friends I have made through running, I would be in a very bad place mentally. For me, the characters and thoughtfulness of these special people, particularly those in the North Shore Runners during this time, cannot be over-stated.

I think running improves self-confidence. We feel better when we are fitter and we learn that we actually have a lot of determination and resilience. The knowledge that we are strong helps us to deal with challenging situations and depression. Also for some people, running leads to weight loss and definitely to improved muscle tone, so this can help with feeling better about one’s body image.

Running can reduce anxiety as it reduces the body’s stress hormones, including adrenaline (although not at the beginning of a race!) and cortisol. If you suffer from panic attacks, exercise is beneficial.

This activity can absolutely improve your sleep patterns.

Insomnia or irregular sleep worsens the characteristics of depression. Regular, sufficient sleep is a key to muscle recovery,

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Becoming involved in running generally leads one to progress toward a balanced, nutritious diet, which plays an important role in maintaining good physical and mental health. An inadequate, poor diet can lead to fatigue, obesity, poor decision-making and a suppressed immune system.

When you become a runner, you will need and want to feel your best. I have learned a great deal about proper nutrition from other runners sharing their food decisions and knowledge. It seems to me to be an area that you naturally become more interested in as you commit more to an active lifestyle. Proper nutrition is a key to enhancing one’s training.

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A calendar is, “A system of dividing the year into month and days,” and the many shapes and forms that it can take are what makes it so useful. For example, there is the calendar that is the year at a glance and fits into a wallet; this same size can be stuck on the fridge door. There are some so large they cover the top of a desk and others that make an attractive wall hanging in the kitchen. These are often used to note the activities of everyone in the family; this helps when planning meals and to know who will be driving that evening! Only a few of the uses have been mentioned, the list goes on and on and on!!!

No one uses a calendar in the same way, but in general it can help a person keep track of their time! Times for appointments, dates and visits. It can also act as a log or diary where special events are noted. Those that will be attended such as graduations and anniversaries and the same happenings that are sent a card years later. It is also helpful to note replies to these events, as memories are not as clear!

When someone asks, “What have you been up to?” or, “Can you come for lunch?”

That calendar has all the answers. When writing the Christmas letter a calendar can make the “letter visit” really fun!!

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Researching and tweaking recipes to convert dishes into healthy, low carb, low calorie food has become a passion with Ruth, a passion that has served up fantastic results. She lost 100 pounds since 2011 and has successfully maintained healthy blood sugar levels to control her Type 2 diabetes.

Ruth was a guest speaker at a public symposium entitled, Managing the Blood Sugar Roller Coaster hosted by the Haldimand-Norfolk Diabetes Program at the Green's of Renton last month, and she credits her success to the support of the professional, caring staff at Norfolk General Hospital's Diabetes Clinic.

With the help of her dietitian, Jessica Brown, Ruth began her remarkable health journey when her doctor took her off a medication that was causing serious side effects and did not immediately prescribe another. Jessica designed a low carb food plan and recommended a regular exercise regimen that suited Ruth to a tee. Since then, she has never looked back.

"I never dreamed then that I could do all the things I do now," Ruth says. "I don't see myself on a diet anymore. Instead, I have a whole new lifestyle and I love it."

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With over nine million Canadians living with diabetes or prediabetes, Ruth's inspiring story is one we can all appreciate.

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Following Your Gut The gut is enjoying a moment of glory in scientific circles. From developing research into the microbes that can balance gut flora, to a deeper understanding of the complex interplay between appetite hormones, science is uncovering breakthrough solutions to many digestive ailments.

What causes digestive problems? Many things, including the foods we eat (and overeat), food allergies, certain medications, and inheriting a medical condition from your family. Even sitting for too long and not getting enough exercise can make for a sluggish gut, which can cause gas and constipation.

Your moods, too, can influence your digestion. Here’s why: your gastrointestinal tract is directly linked to the neurotransmitters in your brain, sending signals from your stomach to your mind. This explains why your stomach literally starts to clench or rumble when you’re anxious or upset causing diarrhea and gas. What works for the brain will work for the belly. Stress relievers such as yoga, exercise and meditation can help soothe it down.

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Fibre Facts Fibre is crucial to a smoothly running digestive system.

Along with creating soft, mobile stools to help move it along, it also feeds healthy bacteria in your gut.

How much should you be getting? About 20 to 35 grams of fibre each day. Aim to get two or more 1/2-cup servings of fibre-rich produce at every meal by piling half your dish with fruits and vegetables. Beans, lentils, whole grains, broccoli, pears and apples are good choices.

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The Issues Facing Steelhead in the Southern Grand River

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f you are an angler who is passionate about fishing for steelhead (migrating rainbow trout) on a swung fly, the Grand River is one of the premier destinations in North America. Fly anglers from all

around the world come to chase and hopefully hook a wild steelhead in this river system. We have guided many seasoned fly fishing clients, as well as people who are new to the sport, who are in search of a steelhead. Hunting for steelhead is not just for those swinging a fly - these fish attract all anglers using other gear and techniques as well.

For a river to produce wild steelhead, the migrating rainbow trout must be able to have access to prime spawning and nursery habitat. In the Grand River system this means the fish have to swim into coldwater tributaries of the Grand River. These tributaries are located from the City of Brantford and upstream. In order to get there, the steelhead have to negotiate many dams - the first being the Dunnville Dam. This dam acts merely as a speed bump. The major dam creating somewhat of an obstacle for fish to get to the tributaries is the dam at Caledonia.

The Caledonia Dam was originally constructed sometime between 1836 and 1842 by the Grand River Navigation Company. The current dam was built in 1980. There were two other dams built between the original dam and the existing concrete dam. There are two fish bypasses built on each of the north and south sides of the Grand River. Over the years they have fallen into disrepair and are not functioning properly as fish migration bypasses. The result is the steelhead must swim over this dam. They cannot jump over the dam due to its height. In order for the fish to swim over the Caledonia Dam water conditions must be ideal. The water temperature has to be warm enough to allow the fish to jump and the flows must be perfect – not too fast and not too low. Regardless of the water temperature, the steelhead use this section below the dam to congregate and wait to either swim over the dam or to rest.

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Once the water temperature is too cold, the steelhead cannot jump onto the face of the dam in order to swim over. Their chemistry does not allow them to jump any amount of height.

The fish then sit at the bottom of the dam and their migration stops. Any fish that enter the Grand River from Lake Erie now hold anywhere from the mouth of the river upstream to the Caledonia Dam. Those fish sitting at the bottom of the dam are easier to catch as they will stack up there in numbers. In order for the natural reproduction of steelhead to happen they must reach their upstream spawning habitat. This is crucial for a self-sustaining population. If these fish are harvested there will be less fish contributing to the population.

Ontario’s fisheries regulations prohibit anglers from fishing within 25 metres of the dam. Unfortunately this regulation is not enforced at the Caledonia Dam and many anglers are seen fishing within this 25 metre boundary. They are catching and harvesting these steelhead. A lot of walleye are taken within this piece of water as well.

Harvest rates are a real concern for the sustainability of steelhead. Depending where you are fishing on the Grand River the harvest allowed ranges from zero to one fish. It is illegal to put a fish on a stringer and then release it if you wish to keep the next steelhead you catch. Many people are witnessed doing just that. Not only is it illegal, but as much as you may believe the first fish may live just because it swam away does not necessarily mean it does. Many anglers are also witnessed walking a fish back to their vehicle and coming back to the river to harvest a second or more.

If all of these practices are employed, we are reducing the numbers of migrating rainbow trout that successfully reach their spawning habitat. This will only serve to an overall decrease of returning adult fish three years down the road.

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We aren’t seeing the returns on steelhead as we have in the past. There are a number of environmental issues that are also affecting our fisheries.

If we wish to enjoy this wonderful steelhead fishery for many years we must be mindful of the obstacles these fish endure. We would like to remind all anglers to respect the 25 metre regulation and give the steelhead a chance to continue their migration upstream to reproduce. Please abide by the fisheries regulations and give the steelhead a chance to reproduce.

If you are interested in becoming part of the solution, or would like to take a part in helping maintain our fisheries, we invite you to seek out your local Trout Unlimited Canada Chapter or other organization that is committed to improving our fisheries and the environment. We are both members of Trout Unlimited Canada - Middle Grand Chapter and would be happy to provide you with information on upcoming meetings or work events.

foe, St George, who the boys face in their Southern Counties League. Having lost to them twice in the past week by 1 goal, it was time for some payback. Once again they had to take it into overtime and again they came away victors with a 2 - 1 win to secure the championship. This win qualifies the team for the International Silver stick in Forest, Ontario on January 22, 23 and 24, 2016.

Players are Seth Dewhirst, Sawyer Daulby, Reid Smith, Jacob Slegers, Sam Walker, Brayden Mummery, Caden Jackson, Matt Hielema, Jordan Knechtel, Jacob Millard, Riley Mino, Callum Bowen, Rhys James & Griffin Daulby. Absent were AP players Colby Bennett and Brady Flynn Coaching staff are Tony Walker, Ed Hielema, Braeden Walker, Brett Millard, Karen Walker and Cheryl Mino.

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