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Open Minded Communication ~ By Dave Scott
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e at the Hub have always maintained that finding solutions to problems was the way to go. We have always stayed clear of the political conversations.
Over the years we have come to recognize that stronger communication is needed between the residents of the community and the county officials. The Hub figured in order for the positive to occur, perhaps our audio podcast could be helpful. Our goal was simply to try and help folks on both sides of the coin by having conversations that encouraged both talking and listening to each other. How hard could that be? Right! Recently with our audio podcast we interviewed Port Dover Board of Trade President Adam Veri, who explained the history of the board of trade and its goals and concerns. It was very informative and Adam’s points to the Mayor’s Task Force regarding downtown revitalization in our communities were well received by our audio podcast listeners. Questions needed to be asked and Adam did his part as president of the Board of Trade to explain their concerns and open a dialogue. Conversation has now expanded and more folks are becoming involved… better communication at work! I honestly believe that we all want what is best for Norfolk. For that to be achieved, we need to approach all discussions with an open mind. It is imperative that all Norfolk County employees and elected officials remember that it is their job to serve the public… and the public needs to voice their opinions and look to what is best for all in the bigger picture. Give our audio podcast a listen. Lets us know what you think! To check out all our audio podcast go to norfolkhub.ca and click the audio podcast box at the bottom of the page.
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few weeks back I had the opportunity to stop by a Learn to Pitch and Catch clinic being run by the Simcoe Minor Baseball Association at the Simcoe Composite School gym. I had a chat with President
Cory Moulton and Vice President Jeff Shortt. The guys were enthusiastic about the upcoming ball season and gave a quick update on how things were going. That night the kids were learning the proper mechanics of pitching, catching, stretching and warm-ups. The high quality instruction was creating a system that would last all year. Baseball in Simcoe has been steady with just over 300 kids per year for the past few years, a testament to the revitalization of the game in our area. The tournaments held locally fill up quickly and the Simcoe Association has to turn teams away every year, again speaking to the popularity of the game. If your child is interested in playing, check out the registration dates below and sign up or go to the website simcoebaseball.com and check out all the information. The folks at Simcoe Minor Baseball are dedicated to their organization and over the years have created a solid reputation for developing top-notch ball players! Keep up the great work guys!
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Sports Hall Announces 2015 Inductees ~ Courtesy Norfolk County Sports Hall of Recognition
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“These four people have been respected athletes and builders of sports for a very long time. They have achieved great success and are very deserving of this recognition,” says Don Stewart Sports Hall chairperson. Cleaver was an outstanding curler who successfully represented the Simcoe Curling Club for many years in numerous provincial bonspiels. He often, and usually anonymously, financially supported a variety of minor sports teams and organizations. Special Olympian Jason Gordy has successfully competed in many of the sports from bowling to swimming. Whether he is competing, coaching, volunteering or working his smile is recognized wherever he goes in Norfolk and he is highly regarded by Special Olympics Ontario. Special Olympian Ashley Haskett is another highly decorated athlete who has travelled the world to compete and represent Simcoe and Norfolk County. Swimming is her forte but it’s her hard work and dedication that are the envy of the people who know her. Norfolk was on the map before Gordy and Haskett but, because of them, people know where Norfolk is. “These two represent everything that sport should be,” says Stewart. Kowalsky, in addition to his polished writing skills, was an advocate for the development of sports and the expansion of sporting facilities in Simcoe and Norfolk. He was a founding member of the Simcoe Sports Hall of Recognition now the Norfolk County Sports Hall of Recognition. These four outstanding individuals along with the 2016 inductees will be officially inducted into the Hall at a gala celebration in 2017.
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stopped by the Aud in Simcoe not long ago and attended the Alzheimer’s Society of Haldimand Norfolk’s newly named Walk for Alzheimer’s and chatted with Aileen Bradshaw, Senior Community Engagement Officer Haldimand Norfolk.
Aileen told us that the walk was another huge success with roughly 300 participants and they were shooting for a goal of raising $60,000. She thanked the many volunteers who helped out and the businesses and organizations that were involved as well. As for what is new on the Alzheimer’s front Aileen explained that the Society is encouraging folks with Alzheimer’s and their families to keep the person with the disease busy with exercise and social outings. The thinking is healthy mind, healthy body. Studies are showing that exercise and healthy eating plus social contact may help slow the progression of the disease in some cases. Excellent work again by Aileen and the volunteers in putting together another very successful walk… and don’t forget about the Alzheimer’s golf tournament that will be held this August!
Looking Forward to By Dave Zeldon
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With so many new introductions available to choose from this season, the one must have in your new or renovated garden is the Little Lime hydrangea, which has been selected as the 2016 Landscape Plant of the Year. Compared to its more famous sibling, the Limelight, this hardy hydrangea may seem petite but it packs a visual punch. In summer, lime green flowers open on strong blooms. As it ages, rich pink colouring emerges to prolong the show through the fall season. This selection is ideal for residential landscapes as a hedge and also makes a bold statement as a mass planting. This hydrangea reaches 3 to 5’ tall and blooms on new wood, so a quick trim in late winter or early spring will encourage fresh growth and an abundance of buds.
Some other interesting introductions for 2016 include: Indian Warrior is a perennial upright clumping grass (Andropogon) reaching 5-6'. The green foliage takes on purple tones in summer before turning completely purple with red highlights for a spectacular fall show. The Radiance Autumn fern (Dryopteris) is a beautiful addition to the shade garden. This plant is a hardy evergreen that is drought-resistant with a slowly spreading habit. Now the best part is the spring foliage. Each long, elegant frond unfurls in dazzling shades of red and rose for many weeks, until the warm weather of summer sets in and turns them green. Another neat introduction is the Serious Black Clematis. This is a bush type of clematis as opposed to the customary vine, which possesses smoky purple foliage in spring that matures to an olive green and tiny, fragrant white flowers early summer. And of course, we’ll have to include a new novelty vegetable which is the latest craze among the young foodies, Kalettes®. This is a brand-new vegetable which looks a little like a tiny cabbage with green frilly leaves and streaks of purple. Kalettes get their great taste by combining the best flavours from Brussels sprouts and kale, resulting in a fresh fusion of sweet and nutty. 814 Cockshutt Road, Simcoe, 1 km south of Renton 519.428.4607
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In order to help motivate The North Shore Runners, Scot Brockbank recently introduced a new program entitled 90 Days to Awesome. Those who have chosen to participate are agreeing to undertake the challenge of running a minimum of one mile per day from the beginning of the year until the end of March. I am one of the forty-seven runners who opted in and, like most of them, have been successful through the first month. Runners like to create goals for themselves, ranging from aiming to get a personal best in a 5k, to being able to run a certain distance, to becoming a 50 Stater (completing a marathon in every state of the United States) and so on. One of the goals, attempted by a small number of people, is to become a streaker, a runner who decides to see if he or she can run consecutively for a finite or an open-ended number of days in a row. There are American and international organizations that track and record this phenomenon. A couple of weeks ago I was running in a low-key indoor ultramarathon at York University in Toronto. Toward the end of the event as I came up beside one participant, he said a few friendly words to me and we began chatting. We each knew of the other but had never met. He told me he had run close to 400 marathons and ultras in his life and so totally engaged my interest. We jogged and walked a few laps together. As thoughts of streaking had been in my mind, I asked him if he had ever been into that at all. It proved to be the right question to ask. I was speaking to Rick Rayman, who has the longest streak of anybody in Canada, having completed a run of at least 30 minutes, his personal rule, every day for over 37 years.
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Rayman, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry, has no plans to stop running every day. Now I became more intrigued by this odd phenomenon that had never held any sway over me. I checked the lists of running streaks on the internet. I discovered that the world’s longest recorded streak, adhering to the rule of a minimum of one mile of continuous running per day, is held by an Englishman named Ron Hill. His streak is now past 51 years! Hill is no ordinary runner, but in fact, a man with a fascinating history. On December 20, 1964, disappointed with his 19th place finish in the marathon and 18th place finish in the 10,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics, he vowed that he was going to do better so he decided he would increase his mileage and stop taking days off. Fifty-one years later, at the age of 77, he still hasn’t taken a day off, the longest known streak in history. He defined it as completing at least one mile at any pace. Along the way there have been a couple of close calls. He broke his sternum in a head-on car crash in 1993. He had already completed his run for that day and managed to get in one mile the next. The craziest was the day after he had bunion surgery the same year. His son picked him up at the hospital the next morning and drove him to a track. He did one mile in 27 minutes using two canes. He had to use the canes for the next seven days. Although it is a controversial way to train, with no rest days, it can be argued that it was successful for Hill. After his disappointments in Tokyo, he went on to set world records for 10 miles, 15 miles and 25 kilometres on the road. He improved his performance at subsequent Olympics, finishing 7th in the 10,000 metres in 1968 and 6th in the marathon in 1972. He won
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And so seniors, whatever our lifestyle, a compliment to someone everyday can be a part of everyone’s routine. The result will be that two persons feel better - the receiver and the giver. Try it!!!
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may be about their physical appearance or something they have done or are going to do. The person receiving it always smiles and says thanks; they are often a little somewhat embarrassed. There are several settings where a compliment is quite fitting. When meeting someone for the first time, a compliment can help the getting to know each other going in a very relaxed and comfortable manner. Smiles always help everyone! When waiting in the doctor’s office where several people are sitting with blank faces, a compliment to someone about their warm winter coat can get everyone looking at it. And there may be comments about the weather and the
blank faces may relax a little and smile. Sometimes conversations even start! Some blood pressures may even go down. The checkout line-up at the grocery store is another place where a compliment can be very welcomed. A young mother with her cart filled, has a very unhappy toddler in the cart chair; nothing the mom says is quieting the child! The person behind says hi to the child, and then gives all her attention to the mom, talking about the wait and how well she is coping with this behaviour. Also complimenting her on the calm she is showing compared with her true thoughts!!!!
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e all know that a balanced diet is essential for a healthy life and warding off a host of illnesses from diabetes to heart disease. And
the definitive guide to healthy eating is still Canada’s Food Guide. The Food Guide was completely updated in 2007 to take into account the latest research on health and nutrition. It also has a new name - Eating Well with Canada’s Food Guide. While the four food groups are still the same, the emphasis has switched. Ideally fruits and vegetables should make up the largest portion of your meals, then grains, then dairy, then lean meats (including fish twice a week). Unfortunately, most Canadians aren’t even close to getting the suggested daily servings of fruits and veggies. A big problem is our increasingly busy lifestyles. Face it, doing all that washing, peeling, scraping and chopping to prepare nutritious meals from scratch does take time. Buying fresh, pre-cut vegetables is a more convenient solution and just as healthy. And it’s perfectly fine to buy frozen vegetables which are usually picked in peak season and flashfrozen to preserve their nutrient content. What about processed foods? Many are good options, but try to avoid ones that are high in sugar, fat and sodium like processed meats and packaged snacks. And don’t be tricked by misleading health claims on labels. Terms such as fat free, all natural or multigrain are often slapped on food items with no proven claims to back it up. As a rule of thumb, look for foods that have only a few ingredients listed, and they should be items that you recognize. Your FHCP pharmacist can be a tremendous help in helping
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Fat Facts Can eating more dietary fat keep you healthy? If you had posed that question a few years ago in our fat-phobic era, the answer would have likely been a resounding no. But there’s a major rethinking of fat happening in our culture. Experts now suggest that certain types of fat can lower your risk of diabetes, heart disease, and even obesity. The key, of course, is to avoid bad fats in favour of the good ones. This means passing up on trans or saturated fats, the well-known artery cloggers found in products such as pizza dough, crackers, cookies and French fries. What are the friendly fats you should be eating more of? Go for MUFAs (mono-unsaturated fats) found in olive oil, avocado, and nuts, as well as omega-3s, (the poly-unsaturated) fats found in fish such as salmon. Remember, fat contains more than twice the calories of proteins or carbs, so they should provide no more than a third of your daily calories. And don’t be fooled by low-fat labels. Not only are many low fat-processed foods filled with refined starches, many have the same calorie count as their full-fat counterparts.
The Cruciferous Clan Most of us were instructed to eat our vegetables when we were kids. But maybe that should be changed to eat your cruciferous vegetables because of their all-star health benefits. These are members of the cabbage family— broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, kale, bok choy and of course, cabbage. All contain phytochemicals, vitamins and minerals that pack the kind of nutritional wallop that may help to protect against certain types of cancer. One study found that eating just three or more servings of cruciferous vegetables a day could cut a man’s risk of prostate cancer by almost half. The problem is that cruciferous vegetables especially Brussels sprouts, don’t have a lot of fans. One food survey revealed that Brussels sprouts are the most hated vegetable in America! Part of the problem is the way they’re often overcooked. This makes them bland, mushy, and produces that strong ►
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at another time. Don’t play around when you experience fish that are not biting. That is the time to continue using your confidence bait or strategy. So how to decide if that bait will attract fish? There are some quick steps you can follow: use colours that have worked well for you in the past, especially if you trying a new presentation method. Try to “match the hatch.” If the bait fish in the water you are fishing is alewives then use wider body baits in colours of white, blue and black. On the other hand, if the targeted fish are feeding on sunfish and perch then use chartreuse, orange, red and other bright colours. This will speed up the process of choosing a bait. The best advice we can offer when fishing is extremely tough is to not give up. Make subtle adjustments, change lures/baits and try different locations. Remain positive and stay focused at the task at hand. Here’s a list of confidence boosters: Be an optimist Rely on your fishing instincts Stay focused Be versatile Be open-minded Don’t rely on a single lure or presentation method Be willing to move Keep your cool Time on the water fishing different conditions and situations will assist you in determining your confidence bait(s) and presentation method(s). When you are faced with tough fishing conditions, staying positive will get you ready to tackle it with both mind and your weapon of choice. Kevin Van Dam, the B.A.S.S. Elite Series angler, says his NO. 1 lure in the boat is confidence! There is no cost to that lure but time on the water.
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