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Although the project was a sen ior students brainstorm, the en tire high school was encouraged to participate. The collegiate hosted a poor boy floor hockey tournament in which to play, athletes had to pay with food for the canoe. Some students also canvassed Rivers, Oak River and Chimo Beach areas for con tributions from the community. When all was said and done, the scales at Riverdale Harvest noted a total of 434 pounds, “a fabulous amount,” says Heather. “We are so pleased they decided to help those we serve. A lot of times kids don’t get enough credit but this group of students certainly deserves some praise. All students stayed behind to help check expiry dates, sort and put away in the proper place on the shelving units. They were fantastic! We are very, very pleased.”Elementary school staff mem ber/Harvest volunteer Yvonne Crouch initiated a similar cam paign in her school. That threeweek effort simply encouraged students to leave product in the canoe; 87 pounds of food was collected from the younger group on Thursday, March 22.
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By Sheila BannerRunionsStaff As reported in the March 9 edition, the Grade 12 Interdisci plinary Studies in Science class at Rivers Collegiate planned a project for Riverdale Harvest. Dubbed the Boat Load of Food, students secured a canoe from Rolling River School Division with an intent to fill it with non-perishables. Although the campaign was fully organized by that class, the original idea came from a suggestion made by harvest volunteer Liliane Dupuis.“Iheard the idea at a meet ing in Brandon. St. Augustine School had tried Fill a Canoe in conjunction with the 10-day Festival du Voyaguer in Win nipeg in February. It was very successful and whenever I hear food bank, my ears always perk up!”She then brought the sug gestion to Riverdale Harvest, which supported the idea and asked her to present the promo tion to the schools. Pupils co-ordinated the entire month-long promotion, which culminated in a ceremonious presentation on March 20 to Riverdale Harvest president Heather Gray and Liliane. Because the snow had melted so much, the canoe could not be portaged across the street to Zion Church (home of River dale Harvest). Rather, the teens carried bags, boxes and garbage cans from the school foyer into the church basement the after noon of March 21, where the food was weighed and sorted.
The canoe at Rivers Elementary School was adequately filled.
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silver The Rivers Comets host ed the 2022 Baseball Mani toba Senior AA Provincials i n Rivers this past weekend. There were eight teams
The baseball action con tinued Sunday with the S emi-Finals and Finals. The Sunday morning game was Rivers against Wink ler for the Semi-Finals. T he Comets downed the Winkler Whips 6-5 in extra innings to book their ticket to the Finals. Ryan Shaw pitched through eight in nings to claim the game for t he Comets. The lunchtime Semi-Finals game was Boissevain vs. Cartwright. Cartwright won 2-0 to secure their spot against Rivers for the Finals. The Championship Finals were held midafternoon with the Rivers Comets taking on the Cartwright Twins. Cart wright won 1-0 over the C omets, claiming the AA Senior Provincial Baseball Championship. It was an exciting game, topping off an exciting weekend full of fun competition. Congratu lations Comets for their second-place victory! The canteen was open all weekend long serving up an incredible amount of food and beverages. They estimate that close to a thousand burgers, hot dogs, sub sandwiches, breakfast sandwiches, and tacos in a bag were sold. Beer gardens were also open all week end long, and were quite popular, with live music by Jeff Worth. A lot of hard work went into hosting the tournament. Thank you to all volunteers and sponsors for making the weekend a success!Attendance was not taken but it was clear that gate numbers were way up from 2019. The proceeds raised go to continued improve ments to the park.
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•“Nevercontractor.tell a lie– except for practise,” Mark Twain, Archibald Henderson (1912). We spent a few hours in Mark Twain’s home town of Hannibal, Mis souri and it was an absolute delight.
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I n last week’s column, I offered suggestions to show how our society has humanized God. In that column, I argued that we have chosen to focus on the attributes of God that we find appealing– his love, kindness, faithfulness, generosity and patience. I also argued that we have chosen (whether ac cidentally or deliberately) to avoid talking about t he attributes we find distasteful– namely God’s infallibility, his righteousness, justice and hatred of sin. Nor do we speak of the judgment and eternal punishment he has decreed for all who sin against him, and who refuse to repent and seek the forgive ness he offers through Jesus Christ. B ut some will argue that our society has not out rightly abandoned or rejected God. After all, in the P ledge of Allegiance to its flag, for example, the United States still identifies itself as “one nation under God.” In Canada, our Charter of Rights states that “Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.” As a society, we say we believe in God. But the God we believe in is a god on whom we have placed so many limits that he no longer has the authority to demand our worship, expect us to obey his com mands or enforce his decrees. So we can worship h im if we wish to. We can also worship a different god or worship no god at all. But we have not stopped there. We have exalted ourselves (humans) to be equal with God. We tell people that they do not need to go to other countries or read other holy books to find a new god to wor ship. We say that we are fully qualified to decide w hat is right and wrong for ourselves and live by the standards we set. And as long as our actions don’t hurt anyone else, we are free to do as we please and no one, not even Almighty God himself, can tell us we are doing wrong. The ideas behind these actions are as old as time itself. They go right back to the lie that the snake told Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden– “If you eat from the fruit of this tree, you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” But the standards of good and evil by which we live will be standards that we have made up and that we expect others to respect, whether or not they agree with them (and most of the time, they won’t). By bringing God down to our level and making gods of ourselves, we have created a world filled with little deities who assert their authority wherever they can and pick fights with anyone who dares to oppose them. So we should not be surprised at the increased chaos, lawlessness, violence, crime and war we are seeing in our world. The blame for these conditions lies with us. We have brought them on ourselves. But even though we have pushed God into the background, God has not given up on us. He will allow us to go our own way and do our own thing, knowing that one day, we will become thoroughly disgusted with what we have created, long for change and seek his help and healing for our land. He will gladly give us the help we need. But first, he will ask us to address our society’s third critical error. We will examine it next week.
A pparently, all 200 available doses were booked very quickly after the an nouncement. There have been about 975 c ases of Monkey Pox in Canada but I was not able to find a death toll. While I have been on the road, in hospital and still recovering, I have tried to stay in touch with the community, family and staff. I want to extend a huge thank you to all who have carried on so very well in my absence. Our staff are amazing and I think do a wonderful job. I visited with dozens of newspaper editors at our conference in Lexington, Kentucky. Some papers are doing quite well, some are really struggling, but the key is that a community or a region ab solutely needs a local newspaper. I could t alk for hours, and did at the conference, on the topic of local newspaper viability. If you don’t get the local news and truth from your local paper, then corporations and governments are more than willing to fill your heads with their version of news and truth. Most of all, when I took sick, and n obody should be surprised, my won derful wife of almost 53 years took f ull control, helped nurse me through. When I was well enough to travel, she took the wheel and drove three days to get us safely home. I am very emotional as I write this, eyes filled with tears, when I think how much, in spite of all my faults, Christine loves me, our sons, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Thank you Christine and may God bless us, everyone. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are the writer’s personal views and are not to be taken as being the view of the Banner staff.
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T his is my first column since our extended road trip to the United States last month. It was sup posed to be a two week trip, but it got e xtended by a five day side-visit by me to North Kansas City Hospital. The trip was pretty good overall and even the hospital stay was good in many ways. Not sure yet what all went wrong with me, doctors are still checking, but we learned lots. I think I will fully recover, but armed with 30 pages of reports sent with us from Kansas City North Hospital, our local medical team, I am confident, will figure out the best action. The care was very swift and very good. Three hospitals in total actually, one in Kentucky and two in Missouri. One thing they did at Kansas City was that patients were not brought a standard food tray, the patients ordered off the menu. Good food and small portions too.The big advantage would appear to be less waste. In Manitoba, everybody gets a tray of food whether they want to eat, or can eat it, or not. The Kansas City system seems to make a lot more sense. Here are some sayings I have picked up along the road of life and have come to my mind recently, lots of time to think in a hospital bed and as a three day pas senger from Kansas City to Neepawa:
•“No matter what happens, look after your faith, family, friends and finances, and in that order.” Ken Waddell, May 2003 addressing a meeting of very dis tressed cattle producers at Eddystone H all, Eddystone, Manitoba. I invite readers to examine this Mani toba government press release on the m onkeypox virus and then draw their own conclusions. “After working with the federal government to secure additional doses, Manitoba Health is expanding eligibility for the monkeypox vaccine so people who may be at higher risk of being exposed can be immunized as a preventative measure.Thevaccine has been available in Mani toba since June for people who may have been e xposed to monkeypox. To date, no confirmed cases of monkeypox have been detected in Manitoba.Anyonecan become infected with monkeypox. However, in Canada and around the world, at this time infections have been primarily reported among people who self-identify as belonging to the gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) commun ity. These individuals are now eligible for a p reventative vaccination if they also meet at least one of these criteria: •Have received a diagnosis of chlamydia, gon
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By Addy Oberlin Rivers Banner How often have you made plans and God decided that this is not the plan for you? I am known to be a planner. I think that planning for a certain oc casion or trip is part of the fun. I have been warned many a time not to plan too far ahead, in case plans were changing. This time, I was so looking forward to seeing my eye doctor, he would fix my glasses after the cataract surgery and I would feel like myself again. It has been six weeks of carrying about three different size pairs of glasses and a daily routine of eye drops. Guess what? Change of plans. My dear daughter, who is my driver to the big city, got sick with a horrible cold. Dis appointed? Oh, yes. She is a very busy lady and was even willing to have someone else drive me (I don’t like highways) but I prefer her to be with me on such appointments. My plans changed, but the Lord had something better in mind for me today and I accomplished two commitments that were important. Thank you Lord. “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.” (Proverbs 19:21)
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Jessie Bell Rivers, MB Credits - The Legion has made many improvements to its memorial grounds with a pruned hedge, new planters containing a grand showing of red and white flowers and repainting the wrought iron fence out front. Also provid ing a tidy business premises is Way-Mor Agencies at the o ther end of the block.
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By Chad Carpenter Thank you to John Klassen for pointing out the unkempt collegiate front yard property in a recent issue of the Rivers Banner. It has since been trimmed, but not the east side of the music room, which hasn’t seen a lawnmower this season. Tall grass still grows in the fence around three sides of the elementary school grounds. It requires a weedMovewhacker.downtown to the business section, where weeds have been allowed to grow between the buildings and sidewalk. One merchant said it was the responsibility of the town… or should it be the Chamber of Commerce? The two pocket parks (created many years ago, to fill vacant space where small buildings were once demolished, leaving an empty area) contain shrubs and perennials. The one on the north side is rated “fair” for upkeep, but the one on the south side is three feet high with weeds and grass. Travel south again for a glimpse of three hazard zones; one each off highway 25, which runs along the south side of town. There is one at the rink, another at the food store and the third near Cross Town Service. The pot holes there are a hazard to any vehicle to and from highway 25. This need for repair is the responsibility of the Province of Manitoba but summer is slipping by and the repair work is not done. It is soon to be repaired by the Town Works Department within the next two weeks. Our little town wouldn’t qualify for a beautification award this season.
August 12, 2022 RiveRs BAnneR 3 Home Bodies By Rita FRiesen BeRRy patcH tHougHts... T his has been a summer of small fruits. Thank fully. The freezer has been echo empty for some t ime. The last of the saskatoons and apples were consumed in home made pies. The strawberries disappeared by early spring, and there has not been a raspberry for quite some time. This summer has seen an improvement in that department. Last year I planted a dozen strawberry plants. I carefully covered them for winter, waiting for truly spring weather before exposing them. They bloomed beautifully, and as the red berries made their appear ance, so did the birds. Fortunately I had planned a head. The patch is right next to a low fence and I had salvaged netting with which to cover them. From this little spot we have been able to eat our fill, freeze a surprising amount, and share with grands and great grands. Above my expectations. We had the opportunity to pick saskatoons at a berry farm. They were the Thiessen variety, the tree limbs tall and slender, bending under the weight of perfectly ripened fruit. There were four of us picking and in just over an hour we had six ice cream pails filled. With very little effort they were cleaned and stored away for the months to come. Ok, some turned into pies immediately, but I preserved eight pints and froze the rest. As I was picking I reflected on the sum mer of 1977. I was, as it was said at that time, heavy w ith child and Ed did not want me heading to the Pembina Hills unaccompanied. He scouted the area, headed up to Northern Manitoba for his obligations, and a neighbour couple came berry picking with me. We each had one student who was exempt from school so there were five of us on this adventure. Once we located the predetermined patch, we began picking. The youth carried the pails to the car as we stripped the bushes. At days end I had seventy-five pounds of beautiful berries. An unforgettable experience. There is a small patch of raspberries in our back yard. They are volunteer plants that came from under the fence. These, too, are netted and protected. And here, too, we have enjoyed many a handful, shared with the grands and great grands, and put some in the freezer. We have also received two pails from family in return for helping them pick. Here memories of the year I was sixteen surfaced. My grandmother was taking the train to Abbotsford, and I was selected to accompany her. We spent several weeks at my aunt and uncles place, a berry farm. As family we did the clean up picking, the rows that Uncle Frank didn’t want to have hired help spend time on. Early morning picking and we were soaked from the dew, later in the day it was plenty warm. The grand total for my contribution was just under thirteen dollars. I felt short changed. There is something deeply satisfying for me to place produce in storage for winter enjoyment. I ap preciate the work it takes to garden and garner. Makes t he treat all the more rewarding.
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‘Start your day off with a smile…own a babydoll!” says the North Amer ican Babydoll South down Sheep Association & Re gistry. Truer words have never been spoken. It’s impossible not to smile when you see these ador able, short, pudgy, and g entle sheep. The babydoll breed is not a commercial breed. Because of their docile nature, they are often raised as pets. They are the cutest grass mowers you’ll ever see! They have a good meat ratio relative to their small size, mak ing them a good choice for homesteaders. Their wool has the same micron count as cashmere (micron count tells you how soft the wool is, the lower the micron count, the finer and softer the wool is), so they have been used as a dual-purpose meat/fibre breed. That being said, their wool is rather short (2-3 inches in length) so modern mills often can’t process it, which means you have to break out the ol’ spinning wheel and spin it into yarn your self. Many breeders don’t b other breeding specific ally for fibre quality, and a s such the micron count can range from butterysoft (18-19 microns, same as cashmere), up to 28 mi crons (still fairly soft!). The wool is thick with lanolin, which is a wax secreted by the animal making the wool waterproof. It also makes it difficult to shear. In terms of appearance, the babydoll’s muzzle is covered in short fuzzy fleece and is wider than that of your average sheep, making babydolls efficient grazers and giving them their distinct face that looks like they’re always smiling. Their fleece goes down their legs all the way down to their hocks. Baby dolls have short legs and st and between 18-24” tall (for reference, the popular Suffolk breed stands 2932” tall). Their head is wide and level between the ears. Their ears stick straight out to the sides and are level with the head. They should ideally have solid black nose and lips; some speckling is acceptable, but pink nose and lips are not up to “breed standard”. Eye colour ranges from yellow to Mostbrown.Babydolls are white or off-white, but there is a recessive black gene and some breeders specifically breed black babydolls. If they are out in the sun a lot, the black lightens to a red dish brown. As they age, t he black can turn more greyish-brown (though I’m sure they’re not as sensitive about their grey hairs as humans are!) Those who raise their sheep for fibre often put jackets on their sheep to protect them from sunbleaching or burrs. Many fibre artists prefer natural colours (undyed wool) so they seek a range
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market shift from the prevalence of osteadsing/self-sustaininghomesteadhometoasmallnumberflarge-scale,specializedfarms.TheSouthdownstartedtobebredwithotherbreedstoproducewhatisnowthelarger,longer-leggedAmericanSouthdownbreed.Around1990,RobertMockwentonasearchfortheoriginalSouthdownsheep,tobringthebreedbackfromthedead.HefoundseveralsmallflocksoftheoriginalSouthdownsandwasabletocreateafoundationflockandaregistry.By1995,therewasatotalof983registeredsheepand26separatebloodlines.In 1999, as part of a restora tion project, Canadian breeders exported some of their registered sheep back to England, where the breed had been ex tinct for 50 years. Mock h as devoted his life to the restoration of this special breed. These sheep are now called Olde Eng lish “Babydoll” South downs to distinguish them f rom the larger American yourbreedpurposeyou’reescapingtheourbreedSouthdown.Thiscute,good-naturedhasbeenapartofhistory,smuggledintonewfrontier,narrowlyextinction.Iflookingforamulti-lawnmower,thiswillbesuretomeltheart!
Hamish the Babydoll sheep. of blacks, browns, greys, and off-white to achieve different shades. History The Babydoll breed, and sheep-rearing in gen eral in the Americas, h as a rather interesting history. The Southdown breed originated in Eng land, and some historians b elieve they arrived in Virginia as early as 1609, and Connecticut in 1648. England tried to discour age the wool industry in its c olonies as it was seen as a threat, as it meant that the “new world” wouldn’t be dependent on them for woolen garments. Indeed, by 1698, America was not only making their own but also exporting their woolen goods. In response, England made wool and sheep trading illegal in the American colonies; the punishment was having one’s right hand cut off—it was that serious of an grew.meatdemandmorerefrigerationneedWorld-WarFast-forwardoffense!topost-II,withnotorationandwithbecomingandmorecommon,forlargercutsofandlargercarcassesTherewasalsoa
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The final few para graphs read “I have given you a faithful picture of a life in the backwoods of Canada”. She explains that emigrating to this great land presents many advantages to the poor man, if he’s willing to work hard. For the upper-class, who aren’t willing to lift a finger or live in harsh conditions, it doesn’t make sense and isn’t worth all the suffering. She doesn’t sugar-coat the harsh con ditions, and finds humour a nd beauty in life as a settler.Some critiques I have of the book are that I found it rather distracting that names were omitted. There would be a conver sation between Mr.— and M rs. R—. There’s a lot of reading between the lines, with some nuances of the time likely going straight over my head. An annotated version of the book might be useful in today’s age. I bought my copy of the book used at a thrift sale held by Rivers United Church. It’s copyright 1962, and has the price printed directly on it: New Canadian Library - $1.50. The back of the book says “Susanna Moodie belongs to the origins of our liter ary herit age, and n o library of an45Shethismayreadersitenhdanameitfrontinsideher”.withoutbsicsadianCanclaswouldecompleteOntheofthecover,hastheBrenFergusonandwritinblacknk.Manyknowname!spentyearsasordained reverend in Manitoba, re tiring to Chimo resort, and b eing actively involved in the Rivers United Church and community service. I am happy to have this book on my bookshelf.
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Judges: Kodie Doetzel, Levi Rimke,Trevor Bennett (Enns Brothers); Jason Cooper (Mazergroup); Matthew Atkinson (MB Beef Producers); Matthew Kulbacki, Dan Mazier, Murray Parrott; John Drinkwater (Neepawa Banner & Press); Joni Vinnell, Heidi Nugent; Judy Hart; Bert McDonald. Susanna Moodie’s 1852 book, Roughing it in the Bush, is a personal account of settler life. Moodie was born in 1803 in Suffolk, England. She married of ficer J.W. Dunbar Moodie, f rom Orkney, and they emigrated to Canada in 1832, to “upper Canada”, which became “Canada West”, and, as we know it today, Ontario. The book is described as part memoir, part novel; each chapter is an inter esting story, or sketch, set i n chronological order. It starts with a visit to Grosse Isle (an island in the St. Lawrence River), describ ing the mannerisms of t he seamen, mentioning the cholera outbreak that was depopulating Quebec and Montreal. Toward the end of the book, there is a stove fire in her home, caused by the Irish maid. Then Susanna and her five children become very ill; luckily, they all eventually recover. Finally, the family leaves the wilderness for the city, with Moodie preparing for the move and saying “Adieu” to theThebush.book is rather slow-paced, with a mix of poems, descriptions of happenings, and inter esting short exchanges. M oodie describes being ashamed to ask for a second helping of food at the hotel restaurant after coming off of the boat in the first chapter. Readers may be aware that in Brit ish culture, not only is it g auche to ask for seconds, you shouldn’t even finish all the food on your plate that you were served to begin with. Otherwise, you must have been hun gry, which implies you’re p oor. Or so my mother with theThereheritageEnglish-Scottishexplainedtome.areotherculturesinworldwherenotask ing for seconds is socially i nappropriate, because it implies you didn’t like the host’sThecooking!restof book is a lot like this, with small exchanges and events that aren’t exactly actionpacked, but are enter taining all the same. She d escribes cold mornings, where women had to get up early, stoke the fire, and figure out how to feed a large family breakfast, with babies crying in the background.Shementions having come to Canada with £300, which allowed her to purchase a cleared farm. She received £700 (she describes it as a “small legacy”), which she used to purchase two adjoining cleared farms, including 200 acres of fertile land. There was lots of specula tion about land prices at t he time, and she found a deal she couldn’t pass up.
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DEREK GREEN Derek James Green, 35, of Reston, Manitoba passed away suddenly on Sun day, July 17, 2022 near Hope, BC. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba on September 15, 1986 to Lorne Green and Robin Duncan. Derek attended Rivers Elementary and Rivers Collegiate where he made many lifelong friends. He spent many days as a child digging with his toy backhoe and loader in the sandbox. Derek went on to operate heavy equipment in many industries and was most recently operating in the Pipeline Industry in Alberta and British Columbia where he made quite the impression on nearly everyone that saw him operate. Many coworkers became his family away from home with his witty one liners and ability to socialize in any situation. Derek was married to the love of his life Nicole Green (nee Waldon) on August 22, 2009. Derek took pride in his work, however his most gratifying achievement was his family. He loved watching the kids try new, exciting activities and enjoyed taking the family camping, fishing or even just playing in the pool in their back yard! In his spare time, Derek loved to take his Kawasaki out for a rip with his buddies or invite Nicole to double with him to the city and back. Derek was predeceased by his grandparents and his 13-month-old son Clayton James Green who passed away July 2, 2014. He is survived by his wife Nicole Green and children Abigail (11), Silas (7), Emma (4) & Lincoln (2); parents Robin Duncan, Lorne and Susan Green; Nicole’s parents Gerry and Christie Waldon; siblings Sheri-Lyn Green, Kaitlyn (Greg) Senkbeil, Karalee Aarhus; nieces and nephews Donovan and Dani (Sheri-Lyn), Grace and Max (Kaitlyn); and sister-in-law Kathryn Waldon (Jordan Barnes). Derek’s wonderful life full of laughs, love and so many good times was celebrated and remembered at the R.E.S Centre, Reston, on Sunday, August 7th, 2022, followed by a luncheon in his honour. Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations in memory of Derek may be made at any Sunrise Credit Union or contribute to the GoFundMe, https://gofund.me/f71327ce, which has been set up to help support Derek’s wife Nicole, and their beautiful children during these difficult times. Expressions of sympathy may be made at www.memorieschapel.com. Arrangements with Memories Chapel, Brandon 1-855-727-0330.
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The fifth position is “plank pose”: step your feet back one at a time and make sure your hands are in line with your shoulders. Your body should be straight, like a plank of wood all the way from your ankles to your shoulders. Press your fingertips into the floor and engage your core. Drop down toward your mat in a slow, controlled movement.
The third position is “low lunge”. Step one foot back; your front knee should be over your ankle (not over extended). Lower your back k nee; your hips should be forward. Inhale, bringing your arms up above your head, take several breaths like this, then exhale as you lower your arms and plant your hands onto the floor next to your front foot.
Sarah Plosker Rivers Banner A sun salutation is a se quence of fairly basic yoga poses that flow one to the next. The sequence takes be tween 10-20 minutes to com plete, and is a great way to get your energy flowing and start your day. The poses are very ing”yingmostlyrubbingwhileneedbeginner-friendly—notobalanceononefootpattingyourheadandyourtummy—andhavetodowithtakdeepbreaths,focussingourenergy,and“activatyourmuscles.Althoughit’suncertainexactlywhocreatedsunsalutationsorwhen,theywerepopularizedbyBhawanraoShriniwasraoPantPratinidhi,whoprovidedtheillustration,shownright,inhis1928bookTheTen-PointWaytoHealth:SuryaNamaskars.HeruledoverasmallpartofIndiacalledAundhfrom1909to1947.Somesourcessaythatsunsalutationsdatebackover2,500yearsago.Datingbacktoaperiodwhenculturesworshipedthesun,theyaremeanttobealiteral salute to the sun, and serve to ready your body for the day. While there are numerous variations to sun salutations, we’ll stick to the 10 poses in the illustration (in fact, four repeat so it’s only six distinct poses). Sun salutations start and end in “mountain pose”, which looks simple enough: stand with your hands together at your heart as if in prayer. But there’s more going on than meets the eye: your palms should be pressed firmly together, you should be lengthening your body up through the crown of your head, and dropping your shoulders away from your ears. Take slow, deep breaths. You should not rush this or any other pose—the whole point, after all, is for this to be a “moving medi tation”.The second position is “standing forward fold”. Ex hale and bend forward, hin ging at your hips. With your back flat, bring your chest all the way to your thighs. Keep your legs “strong” by drawing your knees toward your hips. Your knees can be slightly bent. Reach your fingers as far to the floor as possible, resting your hands on the floor if you can. Be aware of your muscles: your shoulders and neck should be relaxed. If they aren’t, let them relax (yes I’m fully aware that trying to relax is a paradox…) As you exhale again you can bend further into the stretch.
• Explore the science of sound further by filling three or more glasses with different quantities of water. Tap a spoon gently against the side of different glasses. Try playing a simple song like "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or "Twinkle, Twin kle Little Star". A sound is produced because of the vibrations of the glass; water thickens the glass so that it vibrates slower. The change in pitch is due to the amount of water in each glass—a glass that is almost full of water produces lowerpitched sounds, less water produces higher-pitched sounds. your day the right foot
3. Loop the string under the hook of a wire coat hanger.4.Pick the coat hanger up by raising your hands. Place the fingers with the string on them into your ears.
Investigate further • Explore sound vibrations using a tuning fork. How does the tuning fork sound change when you set it on different surfaces?
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The fourth position is “downward-facing dog”: From low lunge, move your forward foot back to your other foot and push on the floor with your hands and your heels. Your tailbone should be lifted, your spine straight, and your weight evenly distributed between your hands and your feet. Your body is like a triangle.
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This week’s hands-on Let’s Talk Science activity is an exercise in hearing sound vibrations. It’s a mix of biology, music, and physics. This activity is best suited for grades 1-5 students. All you need is a wire coat hanger, ½ metre of string, and a metal object like a spoon or a fork. What to do 1. Wrap one end of a ½ metre long piece of string around one finger several times.2.Wrap the other end sev eral times around a finger on your other hand.
5. Have another person hit the coat hanger with your metal object, or lean over and bang the coat hanger against a table. Notice the sound. 6. Remove your fingers from your ears and bang the coat hanger again. How has the sound changed? Why has it changed? What’s happening? You hear sounds when vibrations get inside your ears and stimulate your nerves to send electrical signals to your brain. Suppose, for instance, that you are pounding on a drum. The drumhead starts vibrating. As the drumhead vibrates, it bumps into air molecules and starts them bouncing to and fro. Those bouncing air mol ecules bump into other air molecules and start them moving. This chain reaction of moving air molecules car ries sound through the air in a series of pulsating pressure waves that we call sound. Sound waves carry vibra tions from the drum into your ears. Inside your ear, moving air molecules push on your eardrum and start it vibrating. Your eardrum, in turn, pushes on the bones of your middle ear, the tiniest bones in your body. These bones act like a set of levers, pushing against the thin membrane that covers the opening to your inner ear. The movement of this membrane makes pressure waves in the fluid inside the cochlea (pronounced cah-klee-ah), where cells with tiny sensing hairs transform the waves into electrical signals. These electrical signals travel along the auditory nerve to your brain. When these electrical signals reach your brain, you hear a sound— the beat of a drum. Here, the tone of your metal object banging on the coat hanger is produced by the vibrations of the hanger. When you put your hands over your ears, you provide a path that lets more vibra tions reach your ears. The sound is louder through the string than listening to the sound traveling through the air to your ears because the solid string transmits sound better than air. When your hands aren't over your ears, you hear a faint, high-pitched, tinny sound. When you put your hands over your ears, you hear deep, resonant, belllike tones. The hanger makes the same sound in both situations, but in one you provide a path that lets more of the sound reach your ears. Why does it matter? Sound waves travel from the source of the sound to your ears. Sometimes too much noise can be a bad thing! Too much noise can damage the delicate bones and membranes in your ears and thereby damage your ability to hear sound. A term used for unpleas ant noise that disrupts daily life is noise pollution. Understanding the way that sound travels can help to reduce noise pollution, with interventions like noise barriers or andenergeticwavessoundoverwaveshighwayreflectabsorbwaves.themunitysoundtallhighwayusedheadphones.noise-cancellingNoisebarriersareusuallytoblockthesoundoftrafficnoise.ThesebarriersreducethewhichentersacombyinterferingwithtransmittanceofsoundAnoisebarrierwillsomeofthesound,thesoundbacktotheorforcethesoundtotakealongerpaththenoisebarrier.Astravelsfarther,itsbecomelessandlessandtherefore,lesslessloud.
• Try making some noisereducing earmuffs using dif ferent found materials. Test the earmuffs with different sounds. What materials work the best at reducing the noise?
How does sound travel?
Hover there for a while. The sixth position is “cobra pose”: from plank pose, drop your legs down to the floor and let your hips sink into the floor. Lift your chest up, pushing down on the floor with your hands, making sure your elbows are hugging against your body. You can lift your hips up and balance with just your hands and feet/ankles touching the floor, if you want to challenge yourself. Stretch your neck. The remaining positions are a repeat of downwardfacing dog, low lunge, stand ing forward fold, and moun tain pose. Just be sure to put t he opposite foot forward in low lunge when you do it a second time, to bal ance things out. It can’t be stressed enough to be mind ful of your breathing, taking slow, deep breaths, and be aware of your muscles: your shoulders should be relaxed and your core activated. Do all poses with intent. As they say, “Movement with out awareness is exercise. Movement with awareness is yoga.”
