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Bookshelves Aren’t Just For Books

There is no hard and fast rule for arranging bookshelves. If you love how it looks, then go for it! But, if you are struggling on what to do or need inspiration, here are a few ideas that may help get you started.

no particular order. This is where you’ll need to feel out what looks right to you.

Found Objects If you don’t have many accessories or the budget for buying them, hit the thrift stores or garage sales this spring. Can’t find the right color? Grab a bottle of spray paint and make a series of items the color you want them to be!

Multi-use Bookshelves don’t need to house books at all. Use it for a bar, a gallery showcase for your artwork collection, a wall of family portraits or your collections of found objects. Or, just mix it up. Bookshelves are a great opportunity to showcase it all.

Assess your needs everything fits How will your bookshelf function?

Do you need storage? Do you pull out some of your books often and others only on a rare occasion?

These are all important things to consider before embarking on your arrangement. If you use it often, make sure it’s easy to access. If not, maybe it deserves out of reach top shelf placement. Unless it’s interesting to look at or you use it often, edit what you think you don’t need so you don’t overwhelm your shelves.

Opportunity to be Bold Painting the back of your bookshelves in a vibrant, saturated color is an easy way to highlight your bookcase and create a visual focal point. It’s also an inexpensive and easy way to add color without over doing it.

Wallpaper or Mirrors Wallpapers are extremely popular right now and come in all sorts of fabulous patterns, colors and textures. However, they can be pretty pricey. Luckily, it doesn’t take much paper for lining the back of your shelves. It’s a great way to introduce wallpaper without breaking the bank.

Mirrors reflect light, add dimension, atmosphere and are a great way to make a small space feel larger. Buy inexpensive mirror cut to your dimensions at your local glass shop or big box store for the backs of your bookshelves.

Styling & Organization Resist over filling every shelf.

Keep it clean. Put loose, small items in nice containers or baskets

for easy access. If you have lots of paperback books that aren’t that attractive, put in labeled baskets.

Compile books into like sizes and stack in alternating groupings vertically and horizontally. On the horizontal stacks place a figurine, found object or picture frame. The idea is to keep the eye moving up and down to create movement. If everything on your shelf is at the same visual plane, it can feel blah and uninteresting.

Strategic with Color Pick a color theme and stick with it. It will help guide the eye. For example, if you have bright yellow as an accent color throughout your room, introduce bright yellow to your bookshelves too. Use sparingly and strategically by placing the color every so often and in

Add the Unexpected Add a small vase with fresh flowers or a potted plant. Nothing can bring life to a shelf like something that is actually living and green!

Use empty frames painted in your accent colors to fill in voids, act as bookends and create geometric shape and dimension.

Space it Out Cluttered is a look, but if it’s a look you are trying to avoid, space out your groupings. It’s okay to leave a little spacing between groupings to allow a break between focal points. Just make sure when you step back it feels balanced. Again, this is where you have to feel out what looks right to you.

Julie Hite-Neilitz of HITE HOUSE Couture Your chic home decor store of downtown Kzoo. www.hite-house.com 210 S Kalamazoo Mall

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Page 2............. Home Décor: Bookshelves Aren’t Just for Books Page 3............. Timely Garden Tips Page 4............. Remember When: Bill Knapp’s Page 4............. Experts Q & A Page 5............. Pets: Giving Medications to Your Pet Page 6............. Book Reviews Page 7............. Vintage Style: History of the Diving Girl Swimwear Page 8............. You Can Help Drive Environmental Change Page 9............. Mother/Daughter Adventure Series Page 10........... Recipes: It’s Strawberry Season!

Page 11........... Feature: Olde World Village Page 12........... Feature: Mamaleelu Cold Brew Page 13........... Mindful Parenting: Bolstering Your Child’s Body Image Page 14........... Relaxation: Use Food to Reduce Stress Page 15........... Health: When Oat Bran was King Page 16........... Non-Profit: Pretty Lake Camp Page 17........... Day Trip: Splash Pad Page 18 .......... Golf Tips: Anchor-Free Putting Technique Page 19 .......... Do-Dah Parade!

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Timely Garden Tips garden offers. Mix Dairy Doo Organic cow manure and Osmocote fertilizer with the Fertilome potting soil before planting.

Fertilize every two to three weeks during the growing season with Espoma Tomato Tone.

In the rush to set out our summer flowering bedding plants, trees, shrubs, and rose bushes, be sure to take time to check out plant quality. When shopping, look for the following plant qualities.

Young bedding plants will begin growing much faster than older, more mature plants, so buy short, stocky plants, not tall, lanky ones.

When selecting shrubs, roses, or trees, stay away from packaged and bare root plants. Potted plants will be much more dependable at this time of year.

All plants should be leafed out by now. If they’re not, don’t buy them!

Shop where Michigan Certified Nursery Specialists are on staff. They are trained to advise you about plants that will perform best in your garden and landscape.

Setting out the correct plant in the correct location the first time makes replanting unnecessary.

If time didn’t allow for an early spring feeding for your perennial beds, don’t delay any longer.

Spring feeding perennial flowers will reap great benefits of more blooms and larger plants. Scatter one cup of Plant tone around each perennial clump, and then soak well with Bloom Booster watersoluble plant food.

It seems that nearly every gardener gets bit with the urge to plant a few tomato plants about this time every year. Its no wonder the tomato is the most popular garden vegetable grown in the United States. Tomatoes come in all sizes from cherry to grapefruit in various colors. Which is the perfect tomato? Everyone’s choice

is different. Your favorite may be a plum tomato to make your special paste or salsa recipe. Mama Mia Roma seems to be the most popular. Canning choices include Rutgers and Celebrity. There are numerous fresh eating or table varieties – the most popular being Early Girl, Big Boy, and Better Boy. The large sandwich or slicing favorite is Beefsteak. My favorite salad tomato favorite is Sweet Santa.

Here are a few tips to help you grow a bountiful crop.

1.) Plant tomatoes in full sun, in a different location each year. Try growing your plants in containers if you need more sun than your

2.) As your plants grow, stake them or use tomato cages to keep the fruit off the ground and to save some space in your garden.

If you have enough room, mulch under each plant and forget the stakes. The mulch will prevent weed growth, help retain moisture, reduce the possibility of anthracnose infection, and keep fruit from decaying. The best mulch is cedar bark.

3.) If anthracnose disease has been a problem with your tomato plants in the past, try twice-a-month sprays of Fertilome Broad Spectrum Garden Fungicide.

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Welcome to the Good News Paper I was excited to learn that June is National Iced Tea Month, because it happens to be my favorite beverage. I enjoy iced tea each morning, all year long, as others enjoy their coffee.

sugar, and calorie free! Great garnishes for tea include mint leaves and slices of lemons or oranges.

You can even make an iced tea float, by simply adding a scoop of ice cream to a glass of cold tea.

Legend has it that a tea vendor at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis popularized the drink.

When visitors to the sweltering event turned down free hot tea, he ran it through iced pipes to chill the beverage. Word quickly spread about his cold tea. Since then, iced tea has become a summertime staple.

After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world and lately it is being praised for its many health benefits. Tea is abundant in antioxidants and flavonoids that boost the immune system. This is good news for me, a self-proclaimed tea junkie.

Iced tea can be brewed from loose tea, made from instant or bagged tea or purchased ready to drink in bottles and cans. Tea can be enjoyed “sweet,” with sugar added or “un-sweet,” without added

Be sure to celebrate National Iced Tea Month, by treating yourself to a refreshing glass, bottle or can of iced cold tea. Enjoy!

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Remember When Bill knapp’s “Good Things to Eat” wasn’t just Bill Knapp’s slogan; it was what you could expect when you dined at any of their restaurants.

The founder, Bill Knapp, was born and raised in New York City. After graduating from the Worcester Massachusetts Academy, he landed in Battle Creek. He opened his first restaurant in 1948 at 826 S.W. Capital Avenue, and later added several locations through the Midwest & Florida. The original location in Kalamazoo was on 234 Balch Street; there were two other locations, one on West Main St. and another on Portage Road.

Although Bill Knapp developed

the restaurant concept, he needed financial backing and partnered with his good friend Keith Schroder, who was in the real estate business. Knapp managed the operational end of the business, while Schroder was in charge of finance and construction.

This family-oriented food chain made their reputation on the quality of their food, offering home-cooked specialties including au gratin potatoes, steak burgers, fried chicken, ham croquettes and warm biscuits that melted in your mouth.

Many birthdays were celebrated

at Bill Knapp’s. They offered birthday celebrants a free cake; a percentage discount equal to their age and played Bing Crosby’s recording of “Happy Birthday” through their sound system.

Over a quarter of a million complimentary birthday cakes were served each year, all of which were baked and frosted in their two commissaries. . In its heyday, the Bill Knapp’s chain served over ten million customers a year!

California. The new ownership immediately adopted a campaign, “That was then, this is Wow” and revamped the chains image. They updated the interior and exterior décor, added rock & roll music, televisions and video games. The menu was also changed, and in an effort to cut costs, many items were no longer made from scratch.

The changes proved unsuccessful and this long-standing restaurant gem unfortunately closed in 2002.

Children received special attention at Bill Knapp’s; kid’s meals were given animal names (Giraffe, Lion, Elephant, Bear, Zebra, Seal). The meals were very reasonably priced and included dessert. A menu posted on the Vanished Kalamazoo website shows the cost of the kid’s meals were only 95 cents to $1.35.

On a side note: Awrey Bakeries purchased some of the Bill Knapp’s baked good recipes. I have seen the delicious cakes in vanilla and chocolate flavors for purchase at some local Meijer stores and at Harding’s Markets, where you can also find their OldFashioned Dunkers™ in nutty, cinnamon sugar & chocolate flavors.

In 1998 Bill Knapp’s was sold to an entrepreneur from

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Experts Q & A Health Food Q: What is in it for us as a community to “Buy Local”?

Local businesses are a vital part of what makes our community a great place to live and visit. When you Mike support local businesses and Wunderlin farmers more tax money stays in our community, it’s better for our environment, you have more choices because local businesses choose products based on what local customers need and want(they know your name), and you find owner expertise that you don’t find in larger chain stores. At the NHC, we feel it is important to support the community that we work and live in. We offer a wide variety of “Made in Michigan” products in all departments. Look for the Michigan Mitten to see what’s locally made. Remember to checkout our newly remodeled front entrance, which includes an expanded ORGANIC produce department, herbs, plants and flowers (many of them grown here locally). ALWAYS, feeling better at NHC!

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Foot Health Q: I have one leg a bit longer than the other and have had a shoe lift put into one shoe, but still have back pain and walk with a bit of a limp. What else can I do?

Unfortunately, we see a lot of shoes with lifts, to correct Steven Smith limb length deficiency, that C.Ped.,MC. haven’t been done properly come into the shop. All shoe lift procedures aren’t created equal. It is important to take your shoes to a shop that has an understanding of podiatry. The shoe must be built to the proper height of the longer limb, which will align your posture and gait (walking pattern).

The correct procedure involves splitting the shoe at the sole on the bottom of any shoe for men, women and children. The build up is added to the specified size, and is tapered at the toe and then the original bottom of the shoe is reattached. This creates an aesthetically appealing look while alleviating pain in the foot, leg, hip and back caused by limb length discrepancy.

Stop in and see Steve today, he is a Certified Pedorthic Master Craftsman.

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Giving Medications to Your Pet When your furry best friend needs medication for any health issue, you might be faced with the dilemma of feeding oral medications to a reluctant patient.

Many medicines are bitter and none of them are familiar to the canine or feline palate, which can make giving the medicine difficult. Both dogs and cats need some special techniques to ensure that they receive the medications they need without causing trauma to either your pet or yourself. Here are a few tips for medicating your pet.

Dogs are generally motivated by food rewards and will often willingly cooperate with the right food bribe. Some frequent suggestions include wrapping the pill in cheese, a pill pocket, another kind of treat, or even hiding it in a treat covered with peanut butter. All of these tasty morsels are usually accepted if offered to your dog. However, some dogs are a little less willing to take the pill no matter how good the food bribe

offered. One trick for getting a dog to swallow a treat without trying to determine what is in it is to toss the treat toward the dog so that he catches it midair and doesn’t have a chance to sniff it or dissect it to remove the pill.

Cats can be a lot more finicky about medications but many cats are also motivated by treats. Offering the pill in a treat can also work for cats. If the cat is not willing to take a pill wrapped in a treat or mixed in a favorite food, it might be necessary to insert the pill into the cat’s mouth without being bitten or scratched. A very calm and cooperative cat can be given a pill by quickly inserting the pill into the back of the mouth. Some cats need to be restrained by wrapping the cat in a towel to contain his paws to make him easier to handle.

A pill plunger device, which resembles a long syringe with a small rubber holder for the pill, can be used with either cats or

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Some medications can be mixed with food but you need to verify this before using this method. Not all medications can be crushed or mixed with food so a technique giving the pill whole must be used.

Your best resource for pet medication techniques is your veterinarian, who can provide detailed instructions on the best method to administer each kind of medication as needed. Whatever kind of medicine you pet needs, be sure to give all of the doses for the recommended time and don’t cut the medication therapy short. The full course of a medication is essential to restoring your pet’s health.

Karren Jensen KAR Friends April 2015 Reprinted with permission from Kalamazoo Animal Rescue

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The top books published this month that librarians across the country love.

A God in Ruins: A Novel

Our Souls at Night: A Novel

“In A God in Ruins, we become reacquainted with Teddy Todd, the beloved little brother of Ursula from Atkinson’s last book. As with Life After Life, this novel skims back and forth in time, and we see the last half of the 20th century through Ted’s eyes and the eyes of his loved ones. At times funny and at others heartbreaking, Atkinson revels in the beauty and horror of life in all its messiness.”

“Beautiful, elegant and poignant, this novel is a distilled experience of Haruf’s writing. The story of how two elders attempt to poke at the loneliness and isolation that surrounds them will stick with me for a long time to come. I’m amazed at how Haruf says so much with such spare prose.

He will be missed.”

by Kate Atkinson

by Kent Haruf

Alison Kastner, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR

Jennifer Dayton, Darien Library, Darien, CT

Little Black Lies

The Knockoff: A Novel

by Sharon Bolton

by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza

“Set in the Falkland Islands, this novel grabs you from the opening paragraph. A child is missing, and he’s not the first. The incident sets off a chain of events leading to multiple characters confessing to murder. Accustomed to living in an idyllic community, fear and anger escalate among the locals. Bolton has created a page-turner of a story with a surprise ending.”

“The Knockoff is a digital-age mash-up of oldschool movies The Women and All About Eve, set in the Devil Wears Prada world of a high fashion magazine. I absolutely loved this fresh, charming, addictive and ultimately heroic story of 40-something cancer survivor Imogen’s quest to rescue and rebuild her career, despite the machinations of a younger tech-wiz rival.”

Janet Schneider, Bryant Library, Roslyn, NY

Elizabeth Kanouse, Denville Public Library, Denville, NJ

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Beach It Vintage Style: History of the Diving Girl Swimwear If you want to make a splash this summer while enjoying the many amazing beaches and lakes that surround us here in Southwest Michigan, make sure to begin the hunt for a vintage swimsuit, bikini, or cover up to round out a throwback beach look.

Vintage swimwear has a unique history all its own. Did you know that there were actual regulations on the length of swimsuits you could wear in public during the 1920s and 1930s and that they were mainly made of the worst and most uncomfortable fabric ever? Yes, it was wool. Woolen swimwear was all the rage during these periods and while most shoppers from today believe that they “were so cute with their little shorts” they don’t realize that swimsuit designers were forced to make them that way to hold to the laws put down on them. Yep – even the lifeguards on duty maintained a measuring

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tape to measure the length of any naughty lady who wanted to wear even shorter and more revealing swimwear. He had the privilege of banning them from the beach!

I bet being a lifeguard was not such a glamorous job during those years.

Then, the vintage Diving Girl made her way onto the scene. You may even recognize her as she has been on the label of Jantzen swimwear since the 1910s and

still dives on, even today nearly 100 years later.

Jantzen swimwear originated out of Portland, Oregon where they were a wool knitting company who was approached by the Portland Rowing Team in search of creating the perfect bathing suit for those chilly Portland morning practice sessions. That, in turn, created a frenzy of love with the product created by the company and orders galore followed. Jantzen was even the first company that coined the phrase, “Swimming Suit” as opposed to “Bathing Suit” and in a huge marketing ploy around 1921 they even advertised, “The Suit That Changed Bathing to Swimming”.

The Jantzen swimwear company went on to being one of the first to manufacturing in other countries and carried with that its original designs. They were the first company to create a two piece swimsuit, the bikini, where it was introduced in France in 1946. By the 1950’s business was booming even more when the directors decided to add girdles and other active wear to their line of prod-

The vintage beach scene paved the way to what we still like to sport on the beach today – flirty skirt cover ups and big sunglasses with straw hats. Swimsuits that cover but are still appealing to the eye. Thanks to companies such as Jantzen, we can still relate to that vintage diving girl and wear a bright red one-piece swimsuit with pride.

Mrs. Janice Glasser is an expert in Vintage clothing and styling.

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Help Drive Environmental Change city (in particular, ask them to expand the recycling program to include more recyclables).

You could also ask about planting more trees, starting a community garden or building a park in your city.

It is very important to contact your Congressmen and women about environmental issues that concern you. Many members of congress simply are not aware of the many problems that plague their city, state, country, etc.

Congressmen and women do listen to their constituents. Many environmental problems have been solved on the account of the public asking the government for change. For example, you could ask representatives to implement a better recycling program in your

You can make a difference!

Please contact your local and state representatives to draw attention to environmental issues that concern you. It’s easy to find their updated telephone numbers and

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Here are a few tips to effectively contact a member of Congress. Ensure that your communication will be read, by starting each contact with your name, address and phone number, which identifies you as a constituent. Be sure to use the proper salutation or “Dear Representative” is always acceptable. Be sure to know your issues, be respectful, courteous and constructive. Cover only one issue per communication.

Also, don’t forget that elected officials are people too and they like to be told when they’ve done something right. Send them a congratulatory note when they do something that merits approval.

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In Search of our Super-Powers A Mother and Daughter Adventure Series from-the-oven rhubarb pie. The baker put it in a box but warned us not to close the lid. I advised my husband to place it on the floor of the back seat just in case we had to stop suddenly.

Jane: Friday was a super day.

Dean and I woke up in a motel in Fort Wayne, Indiana, which was not a perfect motel, but it did have free breakfast. The eggs and sausage were fine, but the best part was no breakfast dishes to clean up.

We drove home through Amish country enjoying the adorable new foals in the fields, six-team hitches plowing, and flowering trees.

We stopped for lunch (no dishes again!) and Dean bought a hot-

A few miles down the road we had to stop suddenly. Dean’s computer bag and his sport coat flew off the back seat and landed smack in the middle of warm rhubarb. I tried to clean it up, but the sticky fruit congealed fast. When we arrived home the computer bag’s zippers resembled red licorice and I had to take the coat to the dry cleaners. I also baked cookies for a neighbor who was having a bad week—but I like to bake cookies. By the time I was finished Dean arrived home from work and supper wasn’t even started. He took me to Art Hop and out for dinner. I bought a lovely painting and—you guessed it—no dishes. Super day!

Dean did not necessarily agree with me.

Over the phone I chuckle and commiserate with my father, then bid good night as we grab our things and head out for late afternoon cocktails. I’m relaxed and happy, feeling the wind in my hair and the sun on my face.

Michael is decidedly less so, taking care to cover his skin with the lightest cotton shirt he owns.

We find a place at the bar with a full view of the ocean and order drinks that have the highest probability of being garnished with a small umbrella. Mine Ellen: The same event can be so does not disappoint. Not only different depending on perspecdo I receive a tiny sunshade, but tive. When my mother calls to tell also towering above the pineapple me about her “super day” (quotaspikes and maraschino cherries is tion marks provided by my father), a wooden backscratcher. I extract I am busy applying aloe lotion to it and generously hand it across my boyfriend’s back. Our first day the table to my boyfriend, who acof sunny, tropical beach vacation cepts it with begrudging humor. is proving what dermatologists have always claimed: sunscreen Do we have super good luck or is important. I managed to apply what? my SPF 60+ evenly, but Michael’s shoulders are suffering.

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Weighing in at around 50 calories, these remarkable Reverse Cheesecakes offer all the contentment of indulging on cheesecake without all the bloat.

Delicious and nutrition-rich, strawberries are among the most popular berries in the world and are not only good for your health but also for your waistline.

With production the world over, strawberries are available year-round.

However, locally-grown strawberries will always be fresher and more superior in flavor so, do be sure to take advantage of local farm stands whenever you can.

Indulge in this good-for-your-body treat - ENJOY! Reverse Cheesecake 8 ounces Neufchatel cheese, softened 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 1-quart fresh strawberries Optional garnish: Dark chocolate, melted

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16 ounces spinach 1-pint strawberries, sliced 1/2 cup almonds or pecans, toasted DRESSING 1/2 cup Pomegranate red wine vinegar 1/3-cup sugar or sugar substitute 1/3-cup safflower or grape seed oil 2 teaspoons poppy seeds Toast pecans over low heat - set aside to cool. Combine dressing ingredients and shake well. Toss and garnish with a few sliced strawberries. Serve immediately.

Rinse, drain and dry strawberries well. Remove crown and shave enough off the bottom of the berry so that it will stand up by itself. Arrange berries on a serving dish, crown side up. In a bowl, combine the cheese, vanilla extract and 3 tablespoons powdered sugar and mix well.

Fill a cake-decorating bag with large tip with cheese mixture. Pipe the mixture into the tops of the berries, filling them equally. Garnish with a drizzle of melted dark chocolate, if desired and chill until serving.

Approximate servings per recipe: 20. Per serving: Calories 49; Fat 3g; Carbohydrates 3g; Fiber 0.40g; Protein 1g.

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the olde world village Jousting, sword fighting, historic re-enactments, live music and more, await you at The Olde World Village. Take a trip back in time with a visit to this colorful outdoor entertainment venue, situated on thirtynine beautiful wooded acres located in Augusta, only a twenty-minute drive from Downtown Kalamazoo.

Michael Kuhn II, General Manager, and the volunteer staff at The Olde World Village are dedicated to provide the highest quality entertainment, activities, educational opportunities and pseudo historical festivals in a fair type atmosphere. They are proud to be entering into their fourth season. “Our events have become a destination for patrons, entertainers, merchants and artisans,” says Kuhn.

There are six performance stages offering a variety of live entertain-

ment options specially selected for each themed event. Entertainers are far from ordinary and some travel from as far away as Ireland and California.

You will also find some of the best vendors and artisans in the region in attendance at each event, including amazing food vendors.

Kuhn noted that the merchants are a huge draw for many attendees; some have even attended solely for the unique merchants or to enjoy the food.

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They can play in the large playground area, enjoy making a free handmade craft project, or for a nominal fee, participate in games to win prizes or try their luck navigating through a maze.

July 11 – August 2 BlackRock Medieval Fest Enjoy a dramatic recreation of a medieval village at festival time.

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Join The Olde World Village for a weekend of rest, relaxation & enjoyment at any of their upcoming events. Admission for adults is just $10 each. See the listing below for the remaining 2015 season events.

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Mamaleelu Cold Brew coffee in room temperature water for 18-24 hours – using a double filtration process to procure the end result: a smooth, buttery, balanced brew with low acidity.

Mamaleelu Cold brew is refreshing and delicious straight out of the bottle. However, it is best over ice, with a splash of water or cream. It is also great to use in place of espresso when making lattes, cappuccinos and other fancy coffeehouse drinks.

Maliesha Pullano loves strong coffee. This love of coffee and a chance encounter at the 100Mile Market inspired Maliesha to begin producing Mamaleelu Cold Brew.

informed her about a scholarship opportunity. Maliesha applied and was awarded the Business Builder Scholarship with the Can-Do Kitchen, and began the Mamaleelu Cold Brew adventure.

A little over a year ago, Maliesha was a laid off single mother searching for a career. While at the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market she met, Dr. Betty, who owns her own business, Mama-U Samosas. Dr. Betty not only provided inspiration to Maliesha, but also

Mamaleelu Cold Brew uses high quality, organic, fairly traded coffee to craft their cold brew coffee.

“Cold Brew”, also know as “cold press”, is brewed without heat over a long period of time. Their small batch, hand crafted cold brew begins by steeping freshly roasted

A bottle of Mamaleelu Cold Brew is not only filled with delicious coffee, but also with integrity and vision. Maliesha simultaneously selects the coffee bean and roast that best suits her product, and purchases beans grown primarily through women-owned cooperatives. Maliesha envisions her business as an empowering force for other single mothers.

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mindful parenting Bolstering Your Child’s Body Image of their qualities, not their appearance.

6. Wear your bathing suit! No matter how uncomfortable you feel, don’t avoid putting on your bathing suit at the lake.

As summer comes upon us and bathing suit season arrives, our children often struggle with their weight, shape and size. Interestingly, new literature suggests that one of the first things you can do to help your child is to make peace with your own body shape.

Ages 6-12: 1. Fake it until you make it! Stop giving yourself putdowns out loud although your head may be buzzing with negative thoughts.

2. Give yourself a daily compliment. Your child believes you are amazing. Confirm that with a How you treat your body, talk positive statement about someabout your shape, exercise (or not), thing you did today. eat (or diet), becomes an internal model for how your growing child 3. Accept other people’s compliwill perceive his or her own body ments without apologizing. image. Brian Fisk, PhD, coauthored a 2012 study published in 4. Never say “fat” or chunky, rothe journal, “Body Image.” He tund. Research shows that teenfound that children were more age girls are more afraid of being likely to be unhappy with their “fat” than having cancer. own body image when they were exposed to parental discussion 5. Rethink how you talk about about “cutting carbs,” dieting, or others. Describe people in terms complaints about how fat a parent felt in her jeans. The bottom line, says Dr. Fisk, is that “although modeling can come from a number of sources, parents may be the most influential, especially in preschool and elementary school.”

How do we change the way we speak and treat our own bodies, especially if you struggle with your own weight, eating patterns and body image? Marisa Cohen’s article, “Teach Your Kids to Love Their Bodies,” in the May 2015 issue of Real Simple magazine offers these tips:

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Ages 13 and Up: 1. Accept your teen’s worries about his or her body. Provide corrective information. Remind your teen how the body changes and develops in puberty. At least a 20 lb. weight gain from prepuberty to adulthood is necessary for girls to grow into young women… and more for boys. Different body parts also develop at different times; your child’s feet may get bigger first or a belly rounder before a growth spurt upward.

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Don’t diet. Allow yourself a piece of chocolate or dessert. All foods are OK in moderation. Exercise daily for 30 minutes for health and pleasure. Make it part of your routine and have your child join you.

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health When Oat Bran was King

Remember when oat bran was the “must-have” in your diet? I recall that it was to have reduced your LDL (the bad stuff ) cholesterol. It was in nearly everything, breads, cereals, prepared foods. (I think someone once knitted me a scarf made out of oat bran.) Now it’s hardly in the health food news.

So it’s really hard to keep up with knowing what is promoting health and what isn’t.

One of the best ways of staying current is to rely on research institutions that test claims made for foods and supplements as well as do their own research. One such institution is Tufts University, particularly the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. According to their researchers, there a 5 things that nutrition experts want you to know now. They are: 1. Dietary patterns are more important than specific foods. These patterns include personal preferences as well as cultural and ethnic

traditions. This means looking at the entire dietary pattern rather than avoiding or over consuming one particular food. A healthy dietary pattern would be higher in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low or non-fat dairy, seafood, beans, and nuts while lower in red and processed meats and sugar sweetened foods and drinks.

2. Cholesterol in foods is not the main culprit in unhealthy blood cholesterol, saturated fat is. For example, the cholesterol in foods like eggs and shrimp is different from the LDL cholesterol in your blood that contributes to heart disease. The former recommendation was to limit cholesterol to 300 milligrams per day. That was more than the amount in 2 eggs! Plus that guideline was 55 years old. But don’t read that as an excuse to binge on eggs; one large egg contains 1.5 grams of saturated fat and they’re often served with bacon. While the experts

didn’t recommend an “eggs-act” number for daily consumption, one per day is pretty safe.

3. Drinking coffee is safe and now may even good for you. The latest is 3-5 cups of coffee per day is now associated with minimal health risk. Plus coffee consumption may very well lower the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This doesn’t mean that you should start drinking coffee if you haven’t started and for sure it doesn’t mean “double cream and double sugar”. But it isn’t the enemy that people thought it was.

4. Cut down on added sugars.

For the first time, experts are recommending that added sugar should be no more than 10% of daily calories, down from the current average of 13%. Note the term “added sugar”. This does not mean the natural sugar in fruits and vegetables. Even plain yogurt has natural sugar in the form of

lactose. The recommendation’s focus is on soft drinks, candy, and sugar sweetened baked goods. Before you start lamenting the loss of an occasional chocolate chip cookie, the recommendation is for 3% less, not total elimination.

5. Eating more plants is better for you and the environment.

This is a no-brainer. A diet that emphasizes more plant foods and less meat promotes better health and is associated with less environmental impact. Perhaps you’ve read that our planet is in trouble.

To think about what one person can do to address this situation is absolutely overwhelming. This would be a good start.

Ken Dettloff ACE Wellness Coach YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo

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non-Profit pretty lake camp

Edward Desenberg, founder of Pretty Lake Camp, would be proud of the work that has been done to carry on the mission he began back in 1916. The mission has always been to provide a costfree summer camp experience to the at-risk youth of Kalamazoo County. This year, Pretty Lake Camp is celebrating their 99th camp season!

Camp has enriched the lives of thousands of youth by offering a safe, structured and encouraging environment in a natural setting. The summer camp programs serve children currently in the 3rd – 11th grades, with the majority (approximately 80%) being 3rd-5th graders. Many former campers have gone on to become camp counselors, leaders in the community and some have even served as members on their Board of Directors.

Pretty Lake works to empower people by providing unique outdoor experiences and adventure education that changes lives and improves the community. They fulfill the mission by: Providing a free summer camp for the youth most likely to benefit from the opportunity Offering a wide-range of customized adventure experiences for youth and adults Promoting opportunities to experience, appreciate and steward other environment Making our unique natural environment and facilities available for the community to experience and enjoy

Pretty Lake Camp is a nonprofit organization, having served more than 50,000 at-risk youth from the Kalamazoo area. They provide a residential camping experience to all campers, reducing the barriers that prevent children from being able to attend or afford summer camp. In addition, through the financial support of generous individuals and organizations, they provide everything a camper needs while at camp – clothing, linens and bedding, personal hygiene items, transportation to and from camp registration, food and activities.

The estimated cost for one child to attend camp is $500+.

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tinuously since its founding – not missing a single summer, even through the wars and Great Depression.

When the camp first opened, they provided 15 children with six weeks of summer camp. They continued to grow and change the duration of camp over the years to provide the benefits of camp to more children. Pretty Lake Camp presently serves between 700800 children each summer. Each camp session is six days and five nights in length.

Pretty Lake Camp has expanded their reach to more children and adults through programming at the Pretty Lake Adventure Centre and the Pretty Lake Farm.

The Adventure Centre programs provides outdoor experiential education through team building and high and low ropes initiatives designed for people from all walks of life from campers, to high school and college students to corporate executives. The Pretty Lake Farm and designed for students, to help them learn about healthy food and where that food comes from through land exploration, pond studies, gardening, and animal husbandry.

Pretty Lake Camp is almost entirely funded by private donations and grants. Fees for Adventure Centre program and facility rentals help support the not cost summer camp program. When camp isn’t in session, from September to May, they host a variety of retreats and conferences – large or small – such as business meetings, school outings, family reunions, multiday retreats or other events. They provide overnight lodging with guests staying in all-season cabins or in the retreat center. They also provide full food service that can be tailored to meet each group’s needs. Pretty Lake is an alcohol free and smoke free campus.

This beautiful camp is located on 250 acres and makes up approximately 2/3 of the Pretty Lake shoreline. It is just ten minutes from Kalamazoo (southwest of the I-94/US-131 interchange) on Q Avenue in Texas Township.

If you would like additional information about the camp, applying for camp, making a donation or about rental opportunities, please visit their website at prettylakecamp.org, or contact them directly at (269) 375-1950.

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Day trip splash pad Kalamazoo County Parks What’s New for 2015?

The Splash Pad features a variety of fun in-ground and aboveground water spray elements. The new playground has been added near the splash pad. Both areas have specific elements designed for children ages 2-5 and ages 6-12. The Splash Pad will be open daily from 10:00am-8:00pm Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend.

The County Parks are open yearround from 7:00 a.m. to sunset.

There is a daily entrance fee of $5.00 per vehicle or annual passes can be purchased for $25.00 or $20.00 for ages 62+. There are many activities to be enjoyed at the parks including swimming, hiking, camping, fishing, picnics, boating, disc golf and more!

For more information and park rules call (269) 383-8778 between 8:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday or by go online at www.kalamazoocountyparks.com The Kalamazoo County Parks System includes

In late 2014, construction wrapped up on the newest five miles of Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. Expanding from River St. in Comstock to 35th St. in Galesburg, this new trail segment follows along M-96 from Comstock and cuts through River Oaks County Park, ending just past the Kalamazoo River bridge at 35th St. This new section brings the total trail mileage to 22 miles.

A fund-raising campaign is underway to begin design and engineering

work to complete the missing link between the Battle Creek Linear Park and the eastern edge of the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail at 35th St. To make a gift to support this campaign, please visit www. parksfoundationkalamazoo.com

Cold Brook County Park in Climax, Markin Glen County Park just north of Downtown Kalamazoo, Prairie View County Park in Vicksburg,

A Grand Opening Celebration for the Splash Pad, Dog Park and new KRV Trail section is being planned for June 17, which is also Free Day at the County Parks.

“We are pleased to have these projects complete and expand the recreational opportunities at River Oaks and in the eastern part of the county,” said David Rachowicz, Director of the Kalamazoo County Parks. “The splash pad will provide a lot of family fun this summer along with all the other activities at the County

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ATTENTION GOLFERS

TRY MY ANCHOR-FREE PUTTING TECHNIQUE AND… “KISS YOUR YIPS GOODBYE!” The ruling by the USGA and the R&A to ban anchoring of the putter starting in 2016 is going to affect thousands of golfers worldwide. And there are primarily two groups of golfers who use the anchored putting technique: 1. Those golfers who discovered they could putt better using a belly putter or long shafted putter 2. Those golfers who suffer with the putting yips and discovered that anchoring the putter to their body helps diminish the effects the yips have to their putting stroke.

I suffered with a severe case of the yips for years, and I tried a number of different putting techniques to cure my yips but nothing worked for me. So I thought, as a last resort, I would try using the long-shafted putter to cure my yips. At the time I thought (as most golfers do) that if you get the yips – all you have to do to cure them is use a long-shafted putter. Well, as I found out – that’s not true at all.

A long-shafted putter may help some golfers with the yips, but for other golfers it doesn’t help at all.

So thinking a long-shafted putter was the answer, I bought a 43inch putter and since I am righthanded, I held the end of the putter just below my chest using my left hand and used my right hand to stroke the putter. But when I stroked the putter using this technique – I still yipped… that’s right, I still yipped! My right hand & wrist still twisted uncontrollably during the putting stroke just like before. So now what? Still searching for an answer, I experimented with the long-shafted putter and switched hands – using my right hand (which is my dominant hand) to hold the end of the putter just below my chest and used my left hand to stroke the putter.

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I am not claiming my technique will cure all golfers who suffer with the yips, but I know it will help many golfers cure their yips and to me that’s worth sharing.

Given my experience with the yips and analyzing my crosshanded putting technique, I believe I know why my technique works and why it will work for many other golfers. Even though the yips are a neurological disorder, they are “triggered” in many golfers by the movement of their hands & arms during the putting stroke. And for some golfers, like myself, it is the golfer’s dominant hand that is the primary factor in causing their yips. What I discovered is the relationship between the movement of my dominant hand during the putting stroke and my yips. And the key to the success of my technique is that my dominant hand & arm do not move during the putting stroke, and since there is no movement of the dominant hand & arm – there are no movement “signals” going to the brain to trigger the yips.

And the best part about my putting technique is that it works “anchor-free” – you don’t have to anchor your dominant hand to your body. Using the long-shafted putter (cross-handed) puts your dominant hand & arm in a position where they remain motionless during the putting stroke – just hold your dominant hand & arm away from your chest and putt anchor free.

So if you are a golfer suffering with the yips, it may be that your dominant hand is your primary “trigger” for your yips just like it was for me. So give my technique a try – you have nothing to lose to try it and everything to gain. Try using a long-shafted putter crosshanded and anchor-free which will eliminate movement of your dominant hand from your putting stroke and… “Kiss your yips goodbye.”

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Supporting the Do-Dah campaign will earn you a spot at the front of the parade in addition to a cape and crown embellished with the Do-Dah tradition of fun!

And, to guarantee that the embellishment is just right, Bella Patina downtown has agreed to make the costumes, just so Do-Dah-ish.

Have you ever wanted to be in a parade? Well now is your chance!

This year will be Do-Dah’s 34th anniversary. To commemorate such a long duration of tradition, we thought we would try something new. This year, in return for a $34 donation, you will be a DoDah King or Queen!

niche and it is tradition. Because it falls on a very busy weekend called, June Jubilee (formerly Super Saturday Weekend), it has had a tough time generating sponsorships. The king & queen royalty fees collected will help offset costs of city services that have escalated since 2004 from $900 to upwards of $3200.

The Kalamazoo Experiential Learning Center will host this year’s Do-Dah Parade. The parade route is as follows: (Lovell Street to Park Street, to Michigan Avenue, back to Portage Street and then stopping back at Lovell Street) through downtown Kalamazoo. Do-Dah Parade is part of the June Jubilee weekend.

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free june Events

Through August 30 Evidence Found: Explorations In Archaeology Learn the real science and methodology Of archaeology in this new visual and Hands on exhibit.

Kalamazoo Valley Museum 373-7990 June 2,4,9,11,16,18,23,25,30 Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market (Tues. & Thurs.) 1204 Bank St. 7am-2pm 337-8899 June 2 ARTBreak: Art Fair Confidential With artist Jerry Harty Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Noon 349-7775 June 3, 10, 17, 24 Wednesday night Cruise-Ins Gilmore Car Museum 5-8pm 671-5089 June 3, 10, 17, 24 Gun Lake Live Summer Music Series Bay Pointe Inn – Lakefront Pavilion 6-10pm (888) 486-5253 June 3,10,17,24 100-Mile Farmers’ Market Kalamazoo People’s Food Co-op 3-7pm 342-5686 June 3 Music: Whisky Before Breakfast O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666 June 4, 11, 18, 25 Live Music Thursdays Old Dog Tavern 9pm 381-5677 June 5 - 6 64th Annual KIA Art Fair and Art on the Mall Downtown Kalamazoo Fri., 3pm-8pm, Sat. 9am – 4pm 349-7775 June 5 Art Hop Downtown Kalamazoo & In Park Trades Center 5-8pm 342-5059 June 5 Music: 5:30pm Aubrey Jewel Hardaway The art and music of animation 7pm – Dixon’s Violin Transformational journey via digital violin Kalamazoo Valley Museum 373-7990 June 6, 13, 20, 27 Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market (Saturdays) 1204 Bank St. 7am-2pm 337-8899 June 6, 13, 20, 27 Music: BenJammin and Analisa Educational entertainers & Kids breakfast 10 – 11am

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June 6 - September 20 TINKERTOY: Build Your Imagination™ Giant replicas of the classic TINKERTOY Construction set provide the framework for fun and educational activities Kalamazoo Valley Museum 373-7990 June 6 Do-Dah Parade Downtown Kalamazoo 11am – 12pm 388-3083 June 6 Vintage Motorcycle Ride Gilmore Car Museum 9am – 2pm 671-5089 June 6 Art Detectives: learn about & do art Courtesy of the Kalamazoo Institute of Art Children ages 4-8 In Bronson Park 12:15 – 1:15 585-9291 June 6 AniMotion Festival Workshops, shows & hands-on activities Kalamazoo Valley Museum Noon – 4pm 373-7990 June 6 First Saturday Stories, activities, guests & prizes Kalamazoo Public Library Central Branch 2-3:30pm 342-9837 June 6, 13, 20, 27 Music: The Duffield/Carron Project Soulful piano and sultry songstress Old Dog Tavern 5-8pm 381-5677 June 6 Music: Brian Koenigsknecht Boatyard Brewing Co. 7:30 – 10:30pm 226-0300 June 7, 14, 21, 28 Bell’s Eccentric Café Sunday Team Trivia Doors open at 5pm Trivia 6pm – 8pm 382-2332 June 7, 14, 21, 28 Blues Jams Old Dog Tavern 6-9pm 381-5677 June 9 ARTBreak: Rediscovering Nina Bell Ward Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Noon 349-7775 June 9 W.K. Kellogg Pasture Dairy Center Open House Learn about birds of MI, see robotic milking machines & enjoy free ice cream 4-8pm 671-2402

GOOD NEWS

June 10 Music: Carrie McFerrin O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666

June 21 Kalamazoo Record & CD Show Kalamazoo County Expo Center 11am – 4pm (734) 604-2540

June 11 Music: Tom Duffield O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666

June 24 Building Blocks: Design & build With wood, paper and crayons.

Kalamazoo Valley Museum 1-4pm 373-7990

June 12 – 13 Vicksburg Old Car Festival Downtown Vicksburg Friday 6-10pm, Sat. 9am – 4pm 649-1312 June 12, 19, 26 Lunchtime Live Live music, food trucks, vendors & more!

11:30am – 1:30pm 337-8191 June 12 Music: Final Approach Acoustical Boatyard Brewing Co. 6 –10pm 226-0300 June 13 – 20 Fantasy Forest Art Competition “All Creatures Wood and Tall” Leila Arboretum 10am – 8pm 969-0270 June 16 & 23 ARTBreak: West Michigan Area Show artists’ talk Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Noon 349-7775 June 17 Music: Out of Favor Boys O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666 June 18 Music: Megan Dooley O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666 June 18 – 21 2015 Harborfest Downtown South Haven info@southhavenharborfest.com 637-5252 June 19 Music: Final Approach Acoustical Boatyard Brewing Co. 6 –10pm 226-0300 June 20 Super Summer Flea & Antique Market Kalamazoo County Expo Center 8am – 3pm 383-8761 June 20 Boatyard Brewing 1st Anniversary!

Music: Brian Koenigsknecht -13:30pm Moxieville- 4-6pm Don Middlebrook- 6:30-9:30pm Music: Final Approach 226-0300

June 24 Music: Joe Wang and The Test Pilots O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666 June 25 Music: Bog Road O’Duffy’s Pub 8-10pm 344-5666 June 26 – 27 Kalamazoo Irish Fest Arcadia Festival Site Free: Fri. 4-5pm & Sat. 11am-12pm 372-7332 June 26 Doublestrung Country music Boatyard Brewing Co. 6:30-9:30pm 226-0300 June 27 Art in Milham Park 9am – 4pm 349-1185 June 27 Kalamazoo’s Backyard BBQ For the Great Lakes Burn Camp Entertainment, raffle, food & Games (There is a charge for food & games) Kalamazoo Expo Center & Fairgrounds 9am – 6pm 270-8487 June 27 Summer’s Here event Expanded outdoor area with many additional vendors Village Antiques In Richland 10am – 6pm 203-7127 June 28 Bald Eagle Birthday Bash: Celebrate the 30th B-day of their Bald Eagle; enjoy free cake W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary 1-4pm 671-2510 June 30 & July 7 ARTBreak: Tim’s Vermeer, video Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Noon 349-7775