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Life Changes
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t seems the ever-changing door of life has done just that lately, opened for a few friends and closed for some others. I think a lot of us crave predictability in life, wanting that sense of security, wanting to know when the next pay cheque is coming. A friend of mine recently lost his job and I know things are going to be tough for a bit, but he is talented and a good person. I honestly think this will turn out to be an opportunity in disguise.
Today’s society changes so quickly that it is estimated the average person will have as many as five different jobs in his/her lifetime. Long gone are the days when a person stays at one job from college to retirement. Not long ago I had a conversation with my son about his career path. He is only 16, but in school it seems they are already trying to establish a path for his future. He asked me what I thought he should do, my answer to him was simple, do something you are passionate about, because then it won’t feel like work, rather it will be you doing something you enjoy. And do it sooner than later, life goes quick! I think sometimes we over think this work thing. I remember years ago at the NYCA summer camp having a leader who had amazing talent working with children. People would tell him just that and that he should make a career of it. The leader would laugh and respond that he needed to get a real job. Since he was skilled, and it was fun and easy for him, he thought it couldn’t be work. Somewhere back in time all of us were brain washed to believe that work couldn’t be fun, it had to be hard, and we all bought it! We watched our parents at the end of the day, exhausted, edgy and tired. We all thought, oh that is what work feels like. They did not tell us any different, because they wanted us to work hard and keep the tradition alive. Hook, line and sinker we bought it! Now I know life and work are not easy, I have struggled for years just getting by, but way back in time I had a “good” job. I know, hard to believe. One day I realized that 30 or 40 years from that point I didn’t want to look back and discover I didn’t follow my heart! We are all driven to have stuff, but what good are those things if you can’t enjoy them or your family. I needed to do the things that were fulfilling, where I felt I could make a difference!
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We all have days where we wish we were doing something else, but because of commitments we feel tied to our job. Yet if you look long and hard there is always a way to move in a new direction, to reach that goal, to climb a new mountain, to obtain personal satisfaction in our every day life. I understand not everyone is of the same mind, but when life changes, don’t be afraid. Try to always look at it as an opportunity that opens new doors in your life.
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tory ideas often pile up on my desk and as much as I want to tell everyone’s story, we have only so much room in an issue. And wow, this summer has been busy for many folks in Norfolk County! I would like to take the time to say congratulations to some of them on their endeavours. First, thumbs up to Pam Schneider and her absolutely, wonderful art show at the Lighthouse Festival Theatre. It is a side of Pam I never knew about. She is very talented and very humble. Awesome Pam!
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Next, Michelle Sartor who completed her first Ironman triathlon this July in England outstanding! I know how much training and dedication Michelle put in and seeing the photos of her crossing the finish line with her beautiful smile my heart went out to her! So proud of you Michelle! To Mac Curwain and Janet Hepburn on bringing the Walter Yarwood exhibit to gallery23 well deserved and well done! Yarwood is the most prominent painter to date, to grace the grand building! Scot Brockbank and Nancy Norton who recently travelled to the Netherlands to complete their second Ironman triathlon. Congratulations, you are inspirations to us all! To my good friend Lindsay Taylor, my Canadian Tire video partner, good luck at your new home in Winnipeg! We will miss you! I cannot forget another friend, Kaley Horton, who has expanded her restaurant into a teaching school in conjunction with Fanshawe College in Simcoe. Great job Kaley, for breathing a little more fresh air into downtown Simcoe! (See article on page 6)
To all the folks who participated in the Tour de Norfolk along with the organizers, excellent job!
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Great New Program
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f you grew up in Norfolk thirty or forty years ago, you most likely found a summer job working in the fields or at a local restaurant. I had the latter, working
at my uncle’s pizza place at the beach in Port Dover. It was actually a pretty fun job, but when I started I had no clue what I was doing. I started small, sweeping, cleaning and eventually working my way up to preparing food and cooking. I was lucky because my uncle, grandmother and the other staff passed on their knowledge regarding the steps in between. So at a fairly young age I understood my way around the kitchen, which I still enjoy to this day, often cooking at home. Many folks don’t have the opportunity of having someone teach them the ins and outs. The food industry can be a very demanding place and you better have an idea of what you are doing in order to make the cut! As I sat in the dining area of Kaley’s Restaurant in Simcoe chatting with owner, Kaley Horton, it was like a flood of old memories coming back. She
was explaining about the awesome program that she and Fanshawe College in Simcoe have teamed up to bring to our community. The course, which is called Preapprentice Cook One Program mirrors the London program. It is ten months in length and starts right from scratch. It provides all the basic food fundamentals from, health and safety, sanitation, knife skills, cutting techniques, how to start a sauce, to preparing a meal, soups and desserts. It provides the knowledge and base for expansion in the culinary field and beyond. The fifteen students in the program range in age from 20 to 60 years, with many diverse backgrounds. The program is fully funded and folks are finding a new direction in life. This is the second time Kaley has lead this type of program. Last year when she ran it, I sat in for a day and hung out. I was impressed with Kaley’s teaching and the passion she had for helping her students to strive for and develop strong culinary skills. Kaley paid attention to the individual personalities within the class. She knew the folks who were in her class and she took
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the time to understand them on a personal level. You could tell it made a positive impact. The high demand in the culinary field in Norfolk provides the perfect fit for both Fanshawe College and Kaley’s Restaurant to help provide trained students for future work locally. If you stop by Kaley’s you will be able to see the students at work and enjoy a great meal. The whole program is win, win, helping students develop new skills, while providing downtown Simcoe with another dimension of progress. It’s great to see folks like Kaley continue to help others and taking the lead in our community. To the students, challenge yourself, learn, succeed and enjoy!
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s I wrote this, my rain gauge told me that we had a total of 50 mm (2 inches) of precipitation from May to mid-July. So we unrolled a stack of soaker hose that we
have had in storage since we moved and started irrigating. Now, we have both a barrel and a 1,000 litre tank to collect rainwater, which I have used to meet the water needs of my containers, new plants and vegetables for the past two years. Unfortunately, there just isn’t enough in there right now to meet the demands of my six tomato plants and leeks let alone anything else! So I am presently reviewing my garden to see if there is a way to make it more water-wise using the techniques of xeriscaping. This is the term used for creating landscapes that tolerate drought. Xeriscaping can be very complex, involving site surveys and drawings but there are four areas identified that can make a big difference in water consumption.
1) THE LAWN
A lawn does an excellent job of setting a background for any plantings and gardens that surround a house. I have always mown my grass high (3-4 inches) so that the roots are shaded, and left the cuttings on to act as mulch. A lawn requires about 1 inch of water per week to keep it green throughout the summer and providing that through irrigation is just not something I am willing to do. So I always let the lawn grass go dormant (and therefore brown) as that is what lawn grasses naturally do without rain. One thing I could do to keep my lawn green as long as possible is to replace it with Titanium Tall Fescue as it is more drought resistant than many other lawn grasses such as the traditional Kentucky bluegrass or perennial ryegrass. Fescue roots penetrate deeper into the soil also are more disease resistant and wear tolerant, making it ideal for heavy foot traffic and recreational areas. Replacing the variety of lawn grass could be accomplished by over-seeding. A better idea would be to remove the grass entirely. Just think of all the time and energy and water that you would save if you didn’t have a lawn!
2) THE SOIL
Most of us in Norfolk County have a soil that is clay, or sand, or compacted subdivision construction leftovers. This is where you find broken bricks and wads of fibreglass insulation or electrical scraps. None of these are ideal for growing strong, healthy, drought tolerant plants. Adding organic matter to all soil types can dramatically improve their water retention capabilities. Compost, grass clippings, straw, manure, peat moss and/or shredded leaves are all good and the “best” choice is whatever is readily available. Residents can also obtain compost from the municipal landfill site. If I did not value my existing trees and shrubs so much I would bulldoze the whole lot and rototill in mountains of organics of all kinds before planting a single thing. Alas, this is not reasonable, so I make sure that I add manure/compost/leafmould to every hole when I plant and top-dress with old manure every year. The earthworms will do a lot of the work for me. Leaving an inch of space around the base of the plants open, I cover any exposed soil with 2-3 inches of organic mulch (any of the above or commercially available woodchips) or inorganic (rocks or pebbles) will prevent wind erosion, conserve moisture, reduce weed growth and keep the soil surface cooler. Make sure it is at least two inches thick or the weeds can still germinate.
4) WATERING METHOD
The soaker hoses came out because I had black-eyed susan that were drying up. These are among the most hardy of my plants and this was a real sign that I needed to water. I prefer soaker hose because it provides water directly to the roots and reduces the amount lost to evaporation in comparison to using a sprinkler. (If I have to pay for that water, at least the rhododendrons will get all of it!) Any plants that need supplemental water I try to plant together. The rest are beneficiaries of the tough love approach. I give them a good start in the first year but after that, they are on their own! When I put in something new I dig the hole twice as wide as the pot. I mix the removed soil with composted organic matter and I fill the hole with water. This puts water right down where it is needed. After it soaks in, I pop in the plant, backfill the hole with my enriched soil, build a little ridge of soil around the edge of the hole so when I water again it does not run away but makes a pond. I go back to it twice more to make sure that the water has settled the disturbed soil around the rootball. I water the new resident from the rainwater tank for the first year. For those interested in learning more about xeriscaping, I heartily suggest the website mentioned earlier in the article.
3) THE PLANTS
Choosing the right plants is essential to xeriscaping. Plants that are adapted to living with little water may have large taproots that seek and store water far below the surface. Some have fleshy leaves that store moisture in their leaves; others have silver or grey leaves that reflect sunlight, woolly leaves that shade themselves, or waxy leaves to hold moisture in. Native plants are often at the top of the list for their drought tolerant capabilities. Black-eyed susan, coneflowers, blazing star, butterfly weed and yarrow are all essentials. For an extensive list of plants visit this site: http://www.brantford.ca/residents/health/water_quality/programs/WaterwiseGardening/Pages/ default.aspx and download the PDF “Waterwise Plants for Brantford Booklet”
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The Rome Olympics were a tremendous success. The total number of athletes exceeded 5,000 for the first time, despite the fact that only ten per cent of the competitors were women. CBS Television had paid less than $ 400,000 for the broadcasting rights. It really was a long time ago. The organizers created a marathon course that became an historical classic. Unlike other Olympic Games, it neither started nor finished at a stadium. The start was at the Campidoglio, the most sacred of Rome’s famous seven hills. It is known for its public square, the piazza designed by Michelangelo. The finish was nearby at the Arch of Constantine, built in A.D. 315, beside the Colosseum. The course was basically an equilateral triangle, passing by many of the city’s most famous landmarks, including the old Roman Forum, the Circus Maximus, long ago site of chariot races, then through the modern city and, finally, for the last 11 km, following the Appian Way, with ancient cobblestones still present in many parts of the road.
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ver since I was very young, I’ve felt a connection with sports. I don’t remember being encouraged and I certainly wasn’t
pressured to become involved in organized athletic activities. No one was steering me in any particular direction. In my early youth, I participated in softball, hockey and tennis. I was never anything special, but nobody could have loved sports more. My interest in baseball probably developed from playing catch with my dad. It soon became apparent to me that I had an intuitive feeling for the rhythms of the game. I came to tennis more indirectly through my grandmother. Her apartment sunroom overlooked the centre court of the Toronto Lawn Tennis Club and I got to see the world’s best once a year during the O’Keefe Invitational Tournament. After Grade 8, I signed myself up for a summer community tennis camp and learned the fundamentals properly from a great coach. With regard to hockey, well, I was a regular Canadian kid and there was an outdoor rink close to home. Growing up, I was heavily involved in at least one of these activities every season of the year. A little later in my life something else happened. During the late summer of 1960, the summer Olympics, held in Rome, were televised for the first time and I was mesmerized by the coverage of several events, most notably the marathon. This experience caused me to start to see running as a competitive activity. Of course, at that time I had no idea that running would become the sport that would ultimately have the strongest hold on me. Long after I could no longer compete in softball or hockey at a level that would give me enough satisfaction, and long after my knees would not let me play tennis, I could still derive immense pleasure from training and competing in running races. It turned out running was the sport that I was most suited for and would be most comfortable participating in for the longest period of my life. My involvement with running has provided me with a structure through which I have been able to find much of my place in the world. I owe a debt of gratitude to those long ago Games and to the magic of marathoner Abebe Bikila.
Warm temperatures are typical in Rome during September so the start time was uniquely delayed until 5:30 p.m. The competitors would not arrive on the narrow, tree-shaded Appian Way until after 7 p.m., as dusk was upon them and they would finish after sunset. To solve the problem of adequate lighting for spectators, and the need for the athletes to be able to see the route, hundreds of torches were mounted high above both sides
of the road. I watched the first two runners speeding through the darkness between the long lines of torches. It remains unforgettable. In the lead was Bikila of Ethiopia, followed closely by Rhadi ben Abdesselem of Morocco. Abebe
Bikila’s gold medal winning time of 2:15:16 was a new world’s best and Olympic record. Here was this lean and elegant looking man, who I’d never seen before, making it all look so majestic. Not only that, he was running barefoot on the pavement and cobblestones! As a fifteen year old, I was in awe. Now I know the story behind why Bikila elected to run barefoot. He had trained both with and without shoes but when in Rome tapering in the days before his event, the one pair of shoes he had brought with him simply wore out. He went to a local store but could not get any new shoes to fit his long, narrow feet. Bikila decided that cobblestones would be less of a problem than blisters so chose to run without shoes. I had just watched the greatest marathon performance of all time, and as a boy who liked to dream big, new thoughts began to whirl around in my naïve brain. The next summer, I started to do some running with two friends of mine. With one of them, I joined the local Willowdale Track Club that autumn and went on to run two years of high school cross-country and track. My performances were largely unremarkable but I was developing a love for, and comfort in, running and competing. There was even one intriguing performance. At The North York championships, in the Senior one mile race, I ran right on the shoulder of Dave Bailey, at the front of the pack, for a large part of the race, until he easily pulled away for the win. Four years later, Bailey became the first Canadian to break four minutes for the mile.
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I got away from running after that for the next twelve years, but I remembered how it made me feel. I was in Montreal in 1976 to see some of the track and field events. Once again the Olympics managed to inspire me. On the last day of the Games, I went for my first run since high school. I ran again the next day and have kept at it for forty years. There can be no doubt that running
changed my life’s path for the better. It has brought me friends, comfort, memories, stories and health (except for my knees) and I am grateful. Maybe the Rio Olympics will inspire you, and me, to do something that will make life better as well.
Postscript: Abebe Bikila repeated as the marathon gold medallist at the Tokyo Games in 1964, becoming the first person to do so. Once again, he set world and Olympic records, finishing in 2:12:11, four minutes ahead of the nearest challenger. Tragically, in 1969, he was involved in a car accident that left him without the use of his lower limbs and with only minimal use of his arms. Remarkably, he continued to live an active life and devoted his energy to helping wheelchair athletes. He died in 1973, of a brain haemorrhage at the age of 51.
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f you have ever watched fishing shows on TV, or witnessed a bass tournament first hand - the pros make it look so easy. But we are here to tell you - it’s not that easy, and even the best of the best make mistakes. Sometimes we see things, or even do things ourselves that blow our minds. How could we have done something so silly? We could make our own fishing show just off our own bloopers. Here are a few of our favourites...
The famous yellow nylon anchor rope. This is by far the worst type of rope you can use with your anchor. Not only does it float, but it stretches. Most times the rope diameter is undersized for the job at hand. We recently witnessed a fellow boater anchored while fishing with that famous yellow rope. We were fishing in the same location for about an hour. We would drift past them and then move back up to our starting point. During our last drift, the anchored boater realized he was keeping up with us. The constant wave action of the bay caused his yellow rope to finally snap. As he pulled his anchor line imagine his surprise when there was nothing on the other end. He’s lost his anchor, and a little of his dignity as his entire boat was in hysterics (so were we). The art of knot tying, or in this case - the not knot tying. We (Becky) had just replaced a favourite pike lure. There’s nothing more upsetting than losing a favourite lure. If you lose it on a fish that’s one thing - but for your knot to fail and you throw it in the lake on the first cast - that’s humiliating. It pays to tie good knots and test the knot before casting the lure goodbye.
Throwing a brand new lure in the lake is pretty bad, but how about throwing a brand new rod and reel in? Your wife will NEVER let you forget it (just ask Becky’s dad). While out walleye fishing in Northern Ontario during a rainstorm he set the rod on top of the boat canopy while helping his daughter unhook a fish. A gust of wind blew the canopy top - knocking the entire rod and reel into the lake. Oh s$$t. If you like gold aviator style sunglasses you may want to snorkel the Maitland River. While on a steelhead trip on a friend’s driftboat last November a pair of sunglasses ended up at the bottom of the river. It wasn’t quite bright enough for them so they were put in the front cup holder. First cast of the day with the double handed fly rod - the perfect loop - so perfect the fly line picked up the glasses and dunked them in the river. They sink fast. And what about equipment failure? It’s always a good idea to check your rod and reel and make sure everything is put together tightly and is in working order before you start fishing. While out on a family fishing trip for smallies we had a reel fall right off the rod - while fighting a 3lb smallie! Good thing it was a good hook set or that fish would have been gone! And then there’s the boat ramp. We could write an entire book on the entertainment provided by watching people launch and load their boats. The owners of a few trailers at our favourite marina sit on their decks every weekend just to watch the shenanigans. Like unhooking the trailer winch strap and safety chain before the boat is in the water - on a roller trailer. The slope of the ramp was just enough to start the boat rolling off the trailer and landing on the concrete deck of the ramp. Oops.
Or forgetting to put ropes on the boat when launching. For real! We have seen this. The boat just floats away with nobody on board. Dogs are not always the greatest helpers when it comes to launching boats. We know of one family who backed the boat down into the ramp and then left the small dogs in the vehicle so they wouldn’t get in the way. The engine was running and the windows up well doesn’t one of the dogs jump on the controls and locks the truck. The dogs were then locked in the truck, and the owner on the outside. That’s worse than locking your keys in the car at the gas station. Recently we heard the story of a guy launching his boat with his dog tied to the boat. You can only imagine what happened to the poor dog. Fortunately nobody/no dog was hurt! Then there are the people who forget to raise the outdrive or outboard when coming up the ramp. It is amazing how concrete can grind away an aluminium skeg. And you know that plug for the boat? Make sure it’s in before launching. Thankfully nobody has been seriously hurt during our fishing trips, but there is always the possibility. Common sense and up-to-date first aid training can come in handy. And of course a good sense of humour is a must!
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