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From my perch

Jerry Jerrard has an urgent request for anyone planning to buy seeds to start plants for their gardens this summer.

Avoid using seeds treated with neonicitinoids.

Jerry is a professional beekeeper and owner of Kawartha Lakes Honey, near Bobcaygeon. He can wax eloquent— and at length—about the effects of neonics (for short) on his honeybees, as he did at a recent meeting of the Bobcaygeon Horticultural Society.

Neonics are neurotoxins, chemically related to nicotine, used to treat agricultural seeds. Under various names they have become the most commonly used pesticides in the world—and they accumulate in the soil.

According to Jerry—and many, many others, including the Ontario Beekeepers Association (OBA)— they are killing our bees (and other pollinators). They compromise immune

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systems, making the bees more vulnerable, and they screw up their navigation systems.

That doesn’t just mean less of that sweet, sweet honey. It also means less pollinators needed so our plants can produce the fruits, nuts, seeds we all eat.

In the last decade Jerry has seen winter bee deaths in his hives climb from less than 10 percent to over 50 percent. He and the OBA blame the almost universal use of neonics to treat seeds like corn and soy—which together make up more than half of Ontario field crops.

Jerry says most of the seeds we amateur gardeners buy have been treated with neonics too. Please ask, he says—and only buy untreated seeds.

Ontario has recently drafted a Pollinator Health Action Plan, and is looking for comments. Read up and speak up. For more info, Google it.

“David Suzuki Ontario Bees” is a good place to start. editor@thepromoter.ca

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What would Pete Cziraky do?

National Volunteer Week is April 10-16—the 13th year (www.volunteer.ca/nvw2016). Such a great way for a small community to say “thanks” for the fuel that makes it all work.

Then comes Earth Week. For all the people who think they are good and diligent recyclers, and/or good stewards in that they seek out a place to put their cigarette butts, you should know that Ontario sits without anything of any substance with regard to waste.

Essentially, Bill 91 was scrapped when the Ontario government went into election-mode in 2014. There has been nothing except plans and strategies to address waste in Ontario since 1994.

Finally, Bill 151, Waste Free Ontario, was introduced by Glen Murray in late November 2015.

It is “Open for Comments” right now (until Feb. 29), and here is the direct link to the Environmental Registry website: www.downloads.ene.gov.on.ca/ envision/env_reg/er/documents/2015/012-5834_ DraftStrategy.pdf. Everyone should know and comment about this proposal.

Go to January 2017 of the CKL waste calendar, and see where a coffee cup and lid go. Who knows this? Who really cares?

When you turn the page to January 2017, residents will be using clear bags. Can they afford them? And businesses will be doing what? A gentle “can you do better with your waste?” could be so easy for the next year—and beyond.

I see Pete Cziraky standing there with a coffee and cigarette in hand. By now, Pete would be dealing with all litter, even butts. We had many healthy dialogues. We need to think about him.

His legacy was to “do better.”

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Hopefully it goes to the EFW (energy-from-waste incinerator) in Courtice. Will we quit accepting it with our take out?

Who is picking up litter at the sides of the roads? Is it the contractors that are also keeping them clean and safe? This is an interesting dialogue in Ontario with no container-refund/redemption program (except for alcohol bottles).

Who will do an audit of the Adopt-a-Road program and the Adopt-a-Highway program? Who will accept responsibility for no accessibility ramps in the city’s small towns and hamlets? Who will be the champion?

Please send this draft to people who should know, care and have the ability to do something positive for the state of the city. I shared it with the mayor.

Now where is a garbage can in a park when you need one? People don’t need one past Thanksgiving? No pet waste, food waste, or butts?

Wendy Smith Citizen of Nature

Kawartha Lakes backing away from basic-income discussion

A recent article on this topic leaves me rather concerned with the council’s ability and or will to deal with significant issues involving the municipality’s relationship with other levels of government (CKL council says nay to GAI, Feb. 12, page 7).

For a number of decades we have seen our infrastructure fall apart, and a good part of that is due to the downloading of costs by upper levels of government whilst the municipality stands by passively, diminishes service and/or dumps the cost burden on ordinary citizens.

This is amply illustrated by the councillor who was against even engaging in a discussion to address income inequity, saying it wasn’t a municipal issue.

I have to wonder how well prepared this councillor was to engage in the vote or, if this sector of society is not worthy of the councillor’s attention.

But it does not end there, as it appears that most councillors are against involvement in provincial and federal issues affecting the municipality, in this case, against participating in a collective dialogue among Ontario municipalities aimed at resolving an important issue.

Further, one councillor notes that Kawartha Lakes’ Poverty Reduction Strategy shouldn’t sit on a shelf. This leaves me with the thought that we have some councillors (whose salaries we pay to represent us) abstaining from following through on commitment and providing the services we expect.

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Councillors should remember they are in office to serve the citizens, all citizens. Taking a page out of the corporate world (which some feel they need to emulate), performance evaluations would be a very good mechanism for reminding councillors we expect them to deliver for their salaries.

Just an idea that citizens might want to consider before we run a full term only to find that opportunities have been missed, we have regressed even further, and have received little for our tax money.

John Main Bobcaygeon

Kudos for speaking out—please explain

Dear F.M. Brecht. I appreciate your support for democracy in writing to the editor in the Friday, Feb. 12, issue of The Promoter (What about the 2017 budget, page 4).

Please bring me up to speed on two parts of your letter. I’ve been out on Sturgeon Lake on this Family Day, so I’m a little more dozy than usual, after coming back into the heat of home.

First, you wrote: “When are our elected politicians going to . . . admit that this form of government is unsustainable?” Are you describing federal, provincial, or municipal governments?

Secondly, and further in your letter you refer to: “this form of government (which numerous, independent examinations have proven is unsustainable).”

Again, do you mean there have been “examinations” of the federal, provincial, and municipal governments?

Thank you F.M. Brecht. I appreciate people like you who fight for democracy and are not afraid to express their views in public.

Ron Crowley North Fenelon Township

Thanks for listening

I wanted to sincerely thank you for writing that beautiful and touching article in your “From my perch” column regarding people who have been stealing my dead father’s barn boards (Feb. 12, page 3).

You will never know how appreciative I am for your time, patience, understanding, empathy and compassion towards our situation.

It was such a pleasure to have talked to you regarding this problem, and because of it I feel like my life has been enriched.

Nicole Reeds Reaboro

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City Hall Are CKL’s 27 water systems sustainable?

By Pat Warren

Water-and-sewage rates are projected to continue rising by four percent a year for the foreseeable future—until or unless more growth occurs.

A 2011 provincially mandated study of rates

by Watson and Associates factored in a significant growth rate in water users. More growth in the areas on municipal systems allows for increases to be spread amongst all users.

But Watson and Associates’ latest report notes that not only has the projected growth rate not occurred, but individual water users are conserving water and thus their usage.

This is a good thing for the environment, but less usage equates to less dollars to run the city’s 21 separate water systems, and the six sewage plants.

It‘s a “catch-22” situation.

A good portion of the city’s debt is from capital expenditures over the years for these systems.

However, only municipal water-and-sewage users carry this debt. Those on wells and septic systems naturally do not pay for the municipal systems.

The first council of the newly created City of Kawartha Lakes decided to charge the same rate for all water-and-sewage users on the various systems, instead of levying area-specific charges. This was referred to as a “postage-stamp” solution.

Otherwise, systems in smaller communities like Kinmount and Mariposa would have had to pay exorbitant water rates, which would have made these small systems and communities unsustainable.

The larger systems in communities like Lindsay and Bobcaygeon helped offset the cost to the communities with smaller systems—and they still do so today

City staffers believe these rate hikes will make the systems sustainable by 2026. What happens to the rates if growth forecasts are again incorrect and more users reduce their consumption due to increasing water bills? What happens if even larger capital expenditures are needed for a new plant? It’s time for serious discussions with the upper levels of

government.

Because Kawartha Lakes is a unique municipality with 21 water plants and six sewage plants, it needs more assistance from government partners.

Trent Lakes has at provincial ministers

By Glenna Burns

Trent Lakes mayor and councilors journeyed to Toronto’s Royal York Hotel for the conference of the Ontario Good Roads Association and the Rural Ontario Municipal Association—and once again attempted to bring their concerns to provincial government ministers.

The issues close to Trent Lakes hearts this year were very similar to last year’s pleas: • TL council is still trying to get its fair share of aggregate royalties from the province from quarries and gravel pits on Crown Lands, which pay 50 cents per tonne to the province. Municipalities get none of those royalties.

The delegation asked Bill Mauro, minister of Natural Resources and Forests, for a fair funding model to offset increasing infrastructure costs due to road damage from heavy quarry-truck traffic.

Quarry owners on private land pay 11.5 cents per tonne in aggregate royalties. Municipalities get 7.5 cents. The Ontario Aggregate Resources Corporation gets half a cent, and the provincial Ministry of Natural Resources and Forests gets 3.5 cents.

Trent Lakes and other municipalities would like to see royalties on private land quarries increased to 50 cents per tonne, as with Crown Lands.

• TL also wants the MNRF to help pay the costs for reconstruction of Beaver Lake Road; a primary access route to Kawartha Highlands Signature Site Park.

• Another frustration for Trent Lakes representatives is the municipality’s inability to qualify for funding grants because it does not carry debt. They raised that issue in their ten-minute, 7:40-pm meeting with Brad Duguid, minister of Development, Employment and Infrastructure.

• They complained to Yasir Naqvi, minister of Safety and Correctional Services, about unfair Ontario Provincial Police cost increases, which have risen

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by 62 percent since 2014.

These increases are partly due to “corrective” data provided to the OPP from MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) on the number of municipal households in Trent Lakes.

Including seasonal trailers in the assessment model has created major headaches for the municipal treasurer, because TL taxes trailers at about $30 each per season, while the OPP is now charging an average of $228 per trailer for policing.

Trent Lakes asked the minister to exempt trailers from the policing calculations, or correct the calculation.

Over 2,200 municipal leaders from Canada and around the world attended this four-day conference (Feb. 21-24). The key conference goal was to invigorate public debate. Whether the province hears the pleas of municipal representatives remains to be seen.

If successful in gaining an audience with the respective government minister the municipal delegates have ten short minutes to make their case.

Kawartha Lakes roundup

NORTHWEST TRUNK PAYOFF: When Mason Homes begins construction on 80 new homes as part of the final phase of its Cloverlea project, it will be the first major development to connect to the city’s Northwest Trunk water and sewer line completed last year. Mayor Andy Letham called it “a sizeable investment in our community” that “demonstrates the ongoing confidence of the development community in Kawartha Lakes.” Northwest Trunk services will accommodate 6,191 residential homes and nearly 1.5 million square feet of retail and commercial space. In 2015, the city issued more than 950 new building permits with a construction value of nearly $110 million.

NAME YOUR HERO: The Kawartha Lakes Environmental Advisory Committee is asking people to nominate an Environmental Hero and/ or an Environmental Youth Hero—some person or group who works tirelessly and quietly to benefit our environment without expecting a reward. Get nomination forms from the Municipal Service Centres, local libraries, or the city website (http:// www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca/environment/ environmental-advisory-committee). The committee must have your nominations by Monday, March 28.

BIG BOB BRIDGE REBUILD: Bobcaygeon’s bypass bridge over the Big Bob Channel will undergo a $1.6-million rehabilitation this summer to improve the road surface and the integrity and lifespan of

the bridge. Traffic will be reduced to one lane while work continues from spring to November, so delays can be expected, especially during peak summer months.

ROKEBY SEWERS, PART 2: The second season of road reconstruction on Bobcaygeon’s north side (formerly the village of Rokeby) will begin this March, with completion projected for June.

Council approved investing nearly $1.1 million to reconstruct Helen and Prince Streets, including storm sewers, roads, curbs and sidewalks. Main and Duke Streets will remain functional during the fourmonth project.

FIREFIGHTERS RATIFY CONTRACT: The city and its full-time firefighters have ratified a new, freelynegotiated contract that both sides say is respectful to all parties and the community. Full-time firefighters will receive an average 2.2 per cent wage increase annually over the four-year contract. The firefighters association will work with the city on operational changes that will result in no net financial increase to the taxpayer as a result of the wage enhancements from the contract.

40-KM SPEED ZONE: A new 40 km-an-hour School Speed Zone will be implemented on Kawartha Lakes Road 36 just south of the Pigeon Lake Road intersection in Lindsay. And later this year, a fourway stop will be installed at the intersection of Road 36 and Weldon Road to help students get safely to and from Weldon high school.

ROAD RESURFACING: The city will spend $3.6 million between May and October this year, mainly on resurfacing Kawartha Lakes Roads 24, 9, 7 and 6. The project is part of an ongoing maintenance schedule for road infrastructure, and although no closures are expected you can, of course, expect delays.

KLAC clicks in first year

The Kawartha Lakes Arts Council (KLAC) will celebrate its first year of networking, educating and advocating for the creative community—and economy—of the City of Kawartha Lakes at its annual general meeting Thursday, March 3.

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Statistics show that arts, culture and heritage experiences all play significant roles in attracting tourism. Arts, culture and heritage activities appeal to both weekend-getaway and day-tripper tourists, who are coming to see Kawartha Lakes as a destination.

KLAC’s first-anniversary gathering, which will include a “Mix and Mingle” with cash bar and Sandy Murphy and Friends jazz trio, also offers a “Showcase of Youth in the Arts,” featuring excerpts from the upcoming presentation of Macbeth by Wildcat Theatre and the amazing harmonies of the Phoenix Singers.

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The business portion of the AGM includes a financial report, the election of a board of directors, a review of 2015 activities and plans for 2016.

Doors will open at 6:45 pm at the Days Inn (a platinum sponsor for the arts council), at 134 Angeline St. South in Lindsay.

Art comes in all forms, so be sure to sample the “Art of Confection” at KLAC’s Sweet Table—sponsored by a number of bakeries throughout Kawartha Lakes.

This is a do-not-miss event for city councillors, KLAC members and patrons of the arts. It’s also free— and open to all members of the general public.

KLAC members include individual artists, arts, culture and heritage organizations, as well as patrons.

Altogether the council is already reaching over 1,000 residents throughout the City of Kawartha Lakes.

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Iconic Cree singer-songwriter, Buffy SainteMarie, who has won both an Academy Award and several Juno Awards for her music, will be performing at the Academy Theatre in Lindsay in support of Women’s Resources.

Her March 24 concert will be the “marquee fundraising event” for the 26-year-old local organization that provides shelter, support and referral for abused women and their children.

Sainte-Marie was born in 1941 in the Piapot Plains Cree community in Saskatchewan’s Qu’Appelle Valley and raised by adoptive parents in Massachusetts.

Her musical career began in the 1960s and her work has spanned all decades since then, including a five-year stint on television’s Sesame Street. Her most well-known songs, which cover subjects as diverse as love, war, religion, and mysticism, and often address Indigenous issues, include Up Where We Belong, Universal Soldier, Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo, and Piney Wood Hills.

She’s still kicking it too. Sainte Marie’s latest album, “Power in the Blood,” won the 2015 Polaris Music Prize for the “best Canadian album based on artistic merit.”

For 26 years, Women’s Resources has worked with the community to provide services and support for abused women and their children and to provide opportunities to end violence against women

The Women’s Resources emergency shelter housed 73 women and 33 children last year, its 24-hour support line handled 1,808 calls, and its Amy’s Next Step Housing short-term, affordable housing program provided a safe home for 15 women and 9 children.

It also provided outreach counselling for 316 women and housing and other resources support for 160 women and 46 children who witnessed or experienced abuse or violence in their homes.

Tickets are $75, available from Academytheatre.ca, 705-324-9111 or 877-8880038.

Farm show has it all

Whether it be tractors, seeds, barns construction and maintenance, heating, insurance and financial advice, specialty information about livestock or any number of farmers’ self-help groups or government departments, folks for whom agriculture is a way of life can be pretty sure to find it at the 36th annual East Central Farm Show.

The show—organized by the East Central District Soil and Crop Improvement Association— runs Wednesday, March 2 (9:30 am to 9 pm), and Thursday, March 2 (9:30 am to 4 pm), at the Lindsay Exhibition grounds.

It features nearly 200 exhibitors in the Commonwell Exhibition Building. And eight of them are new to the show this year.

It’s also a good chance to mix and mingle with your fellow farmers. Find out your neighbours’ latest agricultural experiments, and share your own successes.

Admission is $5 per person, but 2016 Soil and Crop Improvement Association members get in free.

You can buy your 2016 membership at the show,

or show your 2016 Soil & Crop membership card purchased earlier.

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Good times at Anne McIntosh Bonspiel

By Sue Wyville

The Bobcaygeon Curling Club hosted the 59th annual Anne McIntosh Bonspiel January 16.

Teams from clubs in Barrie, Orillia, Peterborough, Bradford, Unionville and Oshawa joined our own four Bobcaygeon teams.

The teams competed for a trophy originally donated in 1957 by Anne McIntosh’s husband, Russell, in her name.

• The winning team from Barrie was skip Sharron Bowen and Dorothy, Heather and Catherine.

• The second-place team from Peterborough was skip Hazel Litvin and Kathy, Cathy and Ginny.

• The third-place winner was from Orillia, with skip Mary Hutton and Jane, Pam and Vivian.

• Fourth place was from Peterborough with skip Karen Kavanaugh and Brenda, Janet and Joan.

• Our fifth place team was also from Peterborough, with skip Jane Reid, plus Sue, Pearl and Deb.

The teams were piped onto the ice by Brian Gowan. We all enjoyed a lovely dinner catered

by Wayne Rhodes of Cutting Edge Carvery. Our sponsor Lorraine Huinink of My Favourite Things joined us through-out the day and presented the prizes to the winning teams.

The bonspiel committee thanks our local merchants and club members who donated time, energy and prizes for our raffle table.

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Police square off for Shamrock Sprint

Inspector Cathy Bell of the Kawartha Lakes OPP boasts she will match or beat Kawartha Lakes Police Chief John Hagarty’s time in the 10 km Shamrock Sprint March 12.

If she doesn’t beat Hagarty, Inspector Bell promises to donate an additional $100 to the Shamrock Sprint, a run/walk to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Kawartha Lakes (http://www. bgckl.com/shamrock-sprint).

Chief Hagarty has eagerly accepted the friendly challenge.

Entry fees for this first ever Shamrock Sprint are $35 for the 5km run/walk and $40 for the 10km.

It kicks off at 107 Lindsay St. S., Lindsay, at 10 am (10km) and 10:20 (5km).

The Shamrock Sprint is open to first-time and serious runners or those who just want to support the Boys and Girls Club—and to enjoy some fine Celtic music.

You can register online at http://www.bgckl. com/shamrock-sprint/registration and pick up your race bib on March 10, or between 7:30 and 9:30 am on the day of the race. Call 705-324-4493 for more information.

Free noon-hour concerts

Cambridge Street (Lindsay) United Church’s series of free, lunch-time concerts will continue during March, beginning at noon on Wednesdays.

Coffee and tea are provided. Bring a lunch to enjoy afterward. A free-will offering will be accepted. For more info: 705-324-3547 or www.theunitedchurch. com March 2: The infectious Irish music of Pint of Blarney.

March 9: The soaring soprano vocals of 18-year-old Delaney Cameron, a past winner of provincial vocal competitions.

March 16: The return of amazing pianist, Dante Pettapiece.

And on Sunday, March 6 at 3 pm, the church presents “Our Father,” a musical journey through the Lord’s Prayer, featuring the Voices of Victory youth choir, the Cambridge Street singers, an organpiano duet, and orchestra.

UpCycling is a good exercise

Looking for something to test your creativity?

Take the UpCycle Challenge.

Habitat for Humanity invites creative types to visit the Habitat ReStore at 50 Mary Street West, Lindsay, anytime in February or March to seek out an item—or two or three—they think they can repurpose, reinvent or rejuvenate into something truly original.

Donate your work back to Habitat at the ReStore

by April 2, and your creation will be entered into a silent auction at Ladies Night Out on April 22, at Days Inn to raise funds for Habitat’s next build.

Prizes will be awarded based on that evening’s voting.

Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization that mobilizes volunteers and community partners to build affordable housing and promote homeownership as a way to break the cycle of poverty. It offers a “hand up not a hand out” to low-income families with zero-interest mortgages, no down payment and geared-to-income monthly payments.

The UpCycle Challenge registration form is available at the ReStore.

Get free home energyefficiency upgrades

Community Care is partnering with the GreenSaver Home Assistance Program to help folks reduce their energy bills.

The GreenSaver Home Assistance Program helps homeowners and tenants reduce their energy bills by replacing old and inefficient appliances with new equipment that uses less electricity.

The program is for both renters and owners, and is available at no cost.

GreenSaver can provide free energy-efficient

upgrades including light bulbs, appliances (refrigerators, freezers, portable air conditioners) and home insulation to those who qualify.

Upgrades and installation are free for people who qualify for the program in one of two ways: through total household income (see GreenSaver website) or if you have received assistance in the past year from benefit programs like Ontario Works, Ontario Disability Support Program, Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Community Care has applications for the GreenSaver free energy upgrades. Or you can fill out a request online. A member of the program’s team will contact you soon after receiving an inquiry.

Since CCCKL is a referring agency for the program, GreenSaver will donate $10 to Community Care if anyone makes reference to Community Care, CCCKL, our Community Health Centre, Low Income Dental Clinic or GAIN program,.

To apply, or to learn more: www.greensaver. org/consumer/homeassistance

Do you have a news tip or idea?

We would like to hear from you editor@thepromoter.ca

OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE QUALITY PAINTINGS

BY EXCELLENT AND WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS AT

50% OFF GALLERY PRICES LOIS BRENNAN is a well-known artist and art collector who has lived in the Bobcaygeon area for 20 years. She is now moving to Lindsay and has decided to sell her own paintings as well as her extensive collection of other famous artists.

Lois studied in art academies in England, Canada, and U.S.A. She paints in all media, exhibiting in Europe, Canada, and the U.S.A. and winning many awards. For six years, she taught the art group in Bobcaygeon’s Port 32, assisting students in watercolour, oils and acrylics. All her work is original.

Lois has explored and painted on six continents, (in addition to freelance writing and photography) and is a member of several writing and painting associations. Some of her most interesting work has been done in East Africa, the Arctic and the local area.

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Saturday, March 5th 1:30 to 4:30 Sunday, March 6th 1:30 to 4:30 6 Huntingwood Crescent (Port 32), Bobcaygeon

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It’s Easy Being Green Out with the bad water

By Julia Taylor

I was so happy to be able to have my first veggie patch when I moved back up to the Kawartha Lakes. I grabbed a gardening book and started planning. When Joe got home, he probably couldn’t even understand what I was saying—I was so excited.

But he had to be the “Debbie Downer” and break the news to me that I could not put my plot where I wanted. You see, not only was this my first time having a property big enough for a garden, it was also my first property with a septic system.

He explained to me where the tank and weeping bed were, and how it would be like fertilizing our garden with our … well ... personal compost tea. He explained how everything that went into the septic came out, eventually, through the weeping system.

I thought the septic system filtered all that stuff out. Nope. All it does is hold the solids until they become liquid enough to make their way through a series of pipes into the ground, no filters, no magical fairies in it to take out the germs and the soap. It basically goes right into the yard.

Well that got me thinking: What about the bleach I use to clean the bathroom? I don’t want that going into the food I’m growing.

And wait a minute . . . I don’t want that going into the lake I swim in either.

Investigating further I found that the David Suzuki Foundation has created a list called “The Dirty Dozen.” These are ingredients found in almost all household cleaners, laundry detergents, soaps, and personal-care products that are not filtered out by municipal waste water stations or septic systems. They go directly back into our water table and have negative impacts on our natural eco systems.

Negative impacts on our drinking, swimming, fishing, and boating water.

So I made our home “chemical free” by switching to eco-labelled products. These products don’t have the “dirty dozen” in them and have gone way up in effectiveness and way down in price in the past few years. Now I don’t have to worry about bleaching my vegetables or the lake.

Check out this super cheap, super easy, and super eco-friendly laundry soap recipe. Sorry, I don’t have a dish soap recipe, I tried once and I failed miserably.

Laundry Soap

By Lindsay Coulter (David Suzuki’s Queen of Green)

1 C Soap Flakes, ½ C Borax, ½ C Washing Soda, 7 L Water, Essential oils (optional)

Heat soap flakes with 1 L of water until dissolved.

Add borax, washing soda, and rest of water. Stir until dissolved.

Add 50-75 drops of essential oil, if desired.

Store in pail or old detergent jug.

Shake well before use.

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Our Local ROYAL CANADIAN

Legion News “At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

Branch 67 Lindsay (705) 324-2613 • Pub Fare Lunch – Tuesdays, Thursdays, noon to 2 pm • Full Dinners – Fridays, 11:30 am to 1:30 pm, roast beef, liver and onions, plus special

• Meat Roll – Saturdays, 2 pm • Live Entertainment – Saturdays, 7:30 to 11:30 pm, free, open to all

Branch 238 Fenelon Falls (705) 887-3041 • Drop-in Shuffleboard Sundays, 1:30 pm • Karate-jitsu - Sundays 4 pm • Ladies’ 8-Ball and Mixed Shuffleboard Leagues Mondays, 6:30 pm • Dart League - Tuesdays, 7:30 pm • Men’s Snooker League Wednesdays, 7 pm

• Tai Chi - Thursdays, 10 am • Hot Lunches - Thursdays and Fridays, 11:30 am-1 pm • English Pub Night* - first Friday each month, 5-7 pm • Meat Roll* - third Saturday each month, 2:30 pm, * www.fenelonfallslegion.ca to confirm

Branch 239 Bobcaygeon (705) 738-2710 • Adam Graeme Comedy Hypnosis Show – March 4, cocktails at 6 pm, dinner at 6:30, show at 8.

Tickets $15 ($20 at the door) • Karaoke with Merle – Fridays 8 pm • Meat Roll – Saturdays 2:30 pm

• Bank board Shuffleboard – Friday 1:30 pm • St. Patrick’s Day Dance – March 12, 7:30 pm, with DJ Larry McCallen, tickets at Legion Bar or call 705-731-2244, to support the Ladies Auxilliary

Branch 441 Kinmount (705) 488-3462 • Bingo – Fridays, 6:45 pm • Lunch – Last Tuesday of month, • Meat Draw – Saturdays, 5 pm April to October • Seniors Cards – Mondays, 1 pm • Big Buck Bid Euchre - Third • Drop-in Cards – Tuesdays, 7 pm Wednesday of month, 11 am Branch 497 Omemee (705) 799-5095 • Country music jams - every other Saturday, 1pm • Doubles darts – Tuesdays, 8 pm

• Mixed darts – Thursdays, 8 pm • Progressive Euchre - second Saturday of month, 12:30pm.

Branch 519 Coboconk (705) 454-8127 • Annual John Coulton Memorial Fishing Derby – March 5, from 8 am to 3 pm, Deep Bay Road, Gull Lake, prizes and chili back at Legion at 4:30 pm, $20

• Annual Norm Harris Memorial Euchre Tournament – March 19 at 7 pm, $5

E-mail to editor@thepromoter.ca. Next deadline: Friday, February 19.

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Horoscopes

Feb. 26-March 10, Melodie McCullough

Aquarius (Jan. 21 to Feb. 19) “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other”—Audrey Hepburn. That’s so true, Aquarius. So hold on tight today to those you love because tomorrow is never promised. And even if we knew for sure that tomorrow will come— why wait?

Pisces (Feb. 20 to March 20) Your love life is about to take an interesting twist, dear Pisces. Get ready for something spectacular that will really shake things up.

Aries (March 21 to April 20) As we head into the last month of winter 2015/16, embrace it. It will never return, so why not savour some of its goodness. This could mean heading outdoors, or it could mean slowing down to spend some time cocooning indoors with a hot tea. Whatever you choose, enjoy it.

Taurus (April 21 to May 21) It’s quite possible, there will be an optimistic outlook regarding finances for you, Taurus. It could come in the form of “found money.” It could be something for which you have been saving with a single, purposeful aim—and the time has finally come to reap the rewards.

Gemini (May 22 to June 22) Interpersonal relationships are sometimes tricky for you to grasp and understand, Gemini. You are a trusting person by nature, and sometimes your trust in your fellow man is really tested. Don’t give up. There are more good people than bad in this world. Go out and find them.

Cancer (June 23 to July 23) Imagination rules the world, Cancer—according to Napoleon Bonaparte.

And just try to imagine a world without Napoleon’s grand visions. So we say: “imagine, imagine,

imagine.” And of course, act on those wonderful ideas a little, too.

Leo (July 24 to Aug. 23) We urge you to jump headlong into your next great venture, whether a new job, a new relationship—or a new search for the meaning of life. Get enthused, get happy and get going.

Virgo (Aug. 24 to Sept. 23) Each day is a new day.

Sounds like a cliché. But oh how real it is, Virgo. Each day gives you the chance to forget, or learn from, yesterday’s mistakes, and promises growth and beauty in the next 24 hours and beyond. Don’t throw it away.

Libra (Sept. 24 to Oct. 23) Finding the winter a little long and drawn out? Time to challenge your mind, Libra. Go to the library. Try some new experience, just the for fun of it. Say hello to a stranger. Go on, we dare you.

Scorpio (Oct. 24 to Nov. 22) You’ve probably heard this before, Scorpio, but it aptly applies to your situation right now. You can’t find love in the world if you don’t love yourself. They call it self-love. Tell yourself you are beautiful, believe it, and then watch the joy that blooms inwardly and all around.

Sagittarius (Nov. 23 to Dec. 21) Your goal is within reach now, Sagittarius. Just a little bit more effort, just a little bit more time, just a little bit more. Keep on pushing and don’t let anything get in your way.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 20) You’ve had some sleepless nights lately. Confidence can sometimes be difficult to master, when worries seem endless.

Remember the reasons behind your choices. You are doing the things you do—even though there are doubts—because you believe in these goals. And you believe in you.

James A. Goodliff wwwjamesgoodliff.ca

705.488.1915

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A great selection of paintings ready to hang available for viewing on my website or in studio by appointment.

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Minaajim: Good Stories from Curve Lake First Nation Nanabozho

As told by Doug Williams to Julie Kapyrka

This time of year—when the lake is frozen and the snow blankets the earth—is very important to Anishinaabe people. It is a sacred time because that’s when the spirits of the sky are closest: the Pleiades constellation. We view the Pleiades as a kind of hole in the sky where spirits enter and exit into another realm.

When the constellation is the nearest to the earth it is straight above us, and then we know it is a good time to share the teachings that are important spiritually and necessary to carry on a good life in a challenging environment.

We know we can now tell those stories that are forbidden to be told in the summer.

Summer is a time of activity and of getting things ready for winter. Winter has long hours of darkness when we can sit around a fire telling our stories.

Some of these stories are about Waynanabozho, Nanabozho or Nanabush— there are all kinds of spellings.

And for the lack of a personal pronoun in our language we will use the pronoun “he.”

We know that Nanabozho could transform from a man/ woman to other forms such as animals, or trees, and so on. Nanabozho was a spirit who would become human and roam about here on earth for bits of time and he was instrumental in the creation of human attributes, colours, and terrain.

He was very important to Anishinaabe people because he was the one who taught them how to live here, how to pray, how to connect with the spirit world and how to get along with human beings.

Nanabozho taught us the characteristics of animals that were well adapted to life here.

From the mikinaak (turtle) we were given our lifespan, about 80-100 years. From the eagle we were given spiritual vision. From the deer we got an extremely deep sense of sharing.

We have many gifts from many animals.

Many stories are told of Nanabozho. It was Nanabozho who left tracks on the land in many forms. For example, he

left snowshoe tracks in the winter and these tracks later became islands on the lakes.

He was also a trickster and one who would get into trouble during transformations.

Nanabozho would often forget that he not only took on the physical appearance of whatever it was that he transformed into, but also its characteristics, abilities, and limitations.

But that is another story.

STAY STRONG LIVE LONG WORKSHOP March 17th 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Fenelon Falls Seniors Centre 58 Murray St., Fenelon Falls

Do you want to learn more about staying active and engaged in your community? Then this day is for you!

Learn about fitness, nutrition, healthy relationships, and how to stay active and involved in the community. An added bonus for the day – a discussion of legal issues critical to people 50+.

Door prizes of $50, $75 and $100 generously donated by Jocelyne Barkwell, ReMax All-Stars, Fenelon Falls Hosted by Fenelon Falls Age Friendly with funding assistance from the Seniors Community Grant Program Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat

FOR ADULTS 50+ TICKETS $10 - Includes Irish Stew Lunch Can be purchased in Fenelon Falls at: • House of Sports 42 Colborne St. E. • Seniors Centre 58 Murray St. • Or by calling 705-887-5440

SPEAKERS

• Anna Friend – Lawyer, Wards PC • Dr. Greg Sweitzer C. Psych CKL Family Health Team • Lauren Gogol, Community Care Registered Dietitian • Brad Fraser, Fenelon Athletics

ALSO FEATURING:

• CKL Age Friendly • Community Care • Fenelon Forward • Fenelon Falls Horticultural Society • Fenelon Seniors Club • Films by the Falls • Kawartha Lakes Accessibility Advisory Committee • Community Gardens (United Way) • Victoria County Career Services

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Just the facts, Ma’am— the United Way rules

Many local organizations are able to provide much-needed help to people in our region in their time of need, thanks to the support of donors and volunteers through the United Way.

Mmany familiar names, like: A Place Called Home, the Boys and Girls Club, the Canadian Mental Health Association, St. John Ambulance, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Community Care, John Howard Society, Early Years Centre, Community Living, VCCS Employment Services, Learning Disabilities Association, and the CNIB. The list goes on.

Here are some important facts about the work of the United Way. Please remember them and add your dollars and/or time to support this central community social service effort.

• 90 percent of Canadians will access a United Way funded program in their lifetime.

• After government, United Ways are the second largest funder of social services in Ontario. As a collective, United Ways aim not just to do good work, but to achieve positive and measureable impact in our respective communities.

• People of all ages and stages (and economic backgrounds) access programs every day that make their lives easier and more dignified because of United Way donors and volunteers.

• $6.2 million has been invested in agency programs since 1986.

• United Way has led several community investment projects since 2005, totaling $876,666.

• Community Investment includes: $61,000 in bursaries to local high school graduates, Age Friendly Steering Committees, Community Gardens, training in Outcomes Measurement • 18 on-site garden plots helped 150 people access fresh produce and increase food literacy. 10 schools have participated in the school garden kit program along with 6 agencies.

• Dual branding is good for business…it helps build customer loyalty, expands brand recognition and increases employee morale. Workplaces can team up to invest in our community together.

• Making a volunteer contribution to your community not only feels good, scientists say it releases endorphins.

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Have you seen this puppy?

Kawartha Lakes OPP officers are still searching for one of three dogs stolen from north of Woodville sometime between Jan. 15 and 18.

Two of the three dogs have been returned, but one—a female Cane Corso breed, black with brindle This missing dog was feet, cropped ears, and three-months old in the photo; it is now six-months approximately 6 months old, old, and correspondingly is still missing and believed bigger and probably less to likely be in the Kawartha cute.

Lakes or Orillia areas.

One of the first two dogs was located locally, and the second one was found in St. Catharines. The stolen dog photo is not current; she was approximately 3 months old in the photo.

If you have information on this crime, contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.khcs.ca.

Food, games and fun for youth group

Trinity United Church is inviting kids in Grades 4 to 8, to join them in the brand new Trinity Youth BOBCAYGEON

OPEN YEAR ROUND

M A R K E T P L A C E ca Antiques l Collectibles l Treasures Dealers Wheelerviste& you to ......we in To all

HAGGLE! Make a reasonable offer on any of the ITEMS upstairs in the HAGGLE ZONE

Winter Hours: Open Wed.,Thurs & Sat:10a-5p Sun:12-4pm 54 Anne St., Bobcaygeon. 705.300.2196 www.BobcaygeonMarketplace.ca

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Group that will be launched March 1.

The group will gather at the church (44 William St., Bobcaygeon) from 6:30-8 pm on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Rev. Rodney promises food, games and fun for all. For more information contact him at 705-7385136 or at 2revrod@gmail.com.

Monsef’s TL office

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef now has a (very) part-time office to serve constituents in Trent Lakes. You’ll find it at the Trent Lakes municipal office, 760 Peterborough County Road 36, and it’s open the second Tuesday of each month, from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Her Peterborough office at Suite 4—417 Bethune, Peterborough is open full time (9-5, Monday to Friday), and you can reach her at: 705745-2108; 800-567-8554 or maryam.monsef@ parl.gc.ca.

Let nature be your teacher in Bio Blitz

The Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust and Kawartha Conservation are running a series of four workshops on the flora and fauna of the Oak Ridges Moraine, all leading up to a “Bio Blitz” at the Durham East Cross Forest Conservation Area.

Bio Blitzes are the latest thing to engage the local community in wildlife conservation. This one will see experts and volunteers working together to create a master inventory of all the living things they can identify on the East Cross Forest property in a 24-hour period.

“This inventory will add to our knowledge and understanding of East Cross Forest,” says Dave Pridham, Manager of Technical and Stewardship Services at Kawartha Conservation.

“It will also provide our community with an opportunity to see parts of this conservation area that aren’t typically open to the public.”

The workshops leading up to the Bio Blitz are open to all, and there is no expectation that workshop attendees must participate in the Bio Blitz, or vice versa. Topics are: Trees and Shrubs (March 1); Birds (March 24); Wildflowers (April 19); and Dragonflies, Butterflies and Moths (May 3).

To register for a workshop or to volunteer for the Bio Blitz, contact the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust at (905) 853-3171 ext. 30 or Landtrust@ oakridgesmoraine.org

“It doesn’t matter what level of skill folks have, this is a great opportunity for folks to learn from experts and explore this beautiful property,” says Kristie Virgoe, Program Manager with the Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust (ORMLT).

“Volunteers will be required for a number of shifts throughout the 24-hour period (of the Bio Blitz). Anyone who is interested should contact our office to get more information.”

“East Cross Forest is a beautiful property on the Oak Ridges Moraine with springs and wetlands that form the beginning of the East Cross Creek and Pigeon River, along with significant wildlife habitat and natural features,” says Susan Walmer, ORMLT’s Executive Director. The property lies well below Lake Scugog in the southwest corner of Kawartha Conservation’s mandate.

The workshops and Bio Blitz project are supported by funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and Pratt and Whitney.

Curve Lake students ‘Swim to Survive’

Curve Lake First Nation Public School students visited the Trent Athletics Centre pool recently, thanks to special funding from the Healthy Kids Community Challenge.

“It’s a balance of fun, fitness, safety, and learning new skills in the pool,” says Grade 3 teacher Kayla Williams.

The school is one of a number taking advantage of the funding in the “Swim to Survive” safety skills and water program to teach Grade 3 students basic water-safety skills such as how to roll into the water, tread water for one minute and swim 50 metres.

The skills are coupled with safety messages from emergency services personnel.

Shannon Kimewon, also a Grade 3 teacher at Curve Lake School, says “getting out of school to be

active and swimming makes for a great experience.”

The goal is to create communities where it is easy for children to lead healthier active lives.

Curve Lake Grade 3 students, with School Staff, Chief Phyllis Williams, and Emergency Responders

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Rare wines against rare diseases

Buckhorn Community Centre is hosting “Rare Disease Day 2016” on Monday, Feb 29. The aim is to make “the Voice of Rare Diseases heard.”

The 6 pm event at the community centre will feature a spaghetti dinner and wine tasting with Shari Darling. A Loonie auction will follow.

Tickets are $15 for adults, with special family rates; call 705-657-8833 to order them in advance.

Also coming up at the BCC: • Advance tickets for the Spring Dinner Theatre go on sale Tuesday, March 8 at 9:30 am.

• The Hall’s Bridge Players will appear in “The Great Kooshog Lake Hollis McCauley Fishing Derby” to be held mid April. Tickets are $40, including a full roast beef dinner.

As always at the BCC, there is lots of free parking, and the facility is fully accessible. Call 705-657-8833 for more info.

The pause that really refreshes

Wouldn’t it be nice to take a restorative pause after a busy week and collect yourself for the week ahead?

St. James Anglican Church (7 Bond Street East, Fenelon Falls) is offering a quiet service of beautiful music, meditation and prayer in a peaceful setting every Sunday evening at 7 pm, beginning Feb. 14.

These short, sermon-free, contemplative services feature silence and stillness mixed with spoken and sung prayer. Come as you are.

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Are you Ready?

Don’t let parenting bite you at tax time

By Ainsley Smith

The joys of welcoming a baby into the world are endless. Designing a nursery, looking through infinite books of baby names, child-proofing the house.

As parents, we try to prepare ourselves for these exciting and great changes. We prepare for the responsibilities by attending baby classes. We prepare for the visitors by cleaning the house.

We even begin to plan for our children’s college or university career (where they will study to become a famous doctor or lawyer, of course) by initiating savings plans, including RESPs.

What we habitually forget to plan for is how this new baby, our pride and joy, will affect our income taxes.

When the preparations are over and the baby finally arrives, either mom or dad will take time off work to care for their infant child, and the family’s net income will decrease.

Most families qualify for maternity leave through Employment Insurance (EI), which is 55 percent of the average weekly insurable earnings, up to a maximum of $537 a week.

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This usually means a large pay cut for families at a time when their expenses are increasing rapidly (diapers aren’t cheap.)

As a tax preparer, I often see new parents owing large amounts of money to the CRA come tax time. Most are shocked when I deliver this news.

“How on earth can I lose nearly half my weekly income and still owe income tax?” they ask.

Here’s how:

EI deducts no, or very little income tax from the already small weekly benefit. I often see less than 10 percent income tax deducted from Employment Insurance benefits.

That’s not nearly enough, when many parents collecting benefits fall into a 20- or 30-percent tax bracket.

Combine this with some employment income earned before the baby arrived and what we find is that not enough tax is being deducted over all.

Also, now that the federal government has removed the amount you can claim for children under age 18, we have less deductions to claim on our personal income tax return.

What can we do to prepare for this?

We can request that EI deduct a higher amount of income tax. Or we can plan and save for the upcoming tax obligation.

It’s always a good idea to talk with your tax preparer or accountant so they can help you plan for what is to come. With all the exciting changes, it’s easy to miss preparing for tax time.

Ainsley Smith is a tax preparer with Income Tax Plus Inc.

Financial Planning at the library

The Kawartha Lakes Public Library is presenting a series of Financial Planning Seminars hosted by Kevin Tomlinson (CPA, CGA, CFP).

Seminars will be held Sundays at 1:15 and 2:45 pm in the downstairs meeting room at the Lindsay library branch at 190 Kent Street West.

Feb. 28: 1:15 - Save Taxes Today; 2:45 - Everyone Needs a Financial Plan March 13: 1:15 Diapers to Diplomas; 2:45 - Understanding Mortgages April 10: 1:15 Financial Success for Women; 2:45 - Diapers to Diplomas April 24: 1:15 Save Taxes Today; 2:45 - Diapers to Diplomas May 8: 1:15 Understanding Mortgages; 2:45 - Financial Success for Women

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Environmental Hero of the Year Award Submit Your Nomination

The City of Kawartha Lakes Environmental Advisory Committee is looking for nominations for the 2016 Environmental Hero of the Year Award.

The criteria for a candidate to qualify are as follows: 1. An individual or group from the City of Kawartha Lakes or a student or student group enrolled in a related post- secondary education program that has worked to address a local environmental issue in 2015; 2. Made an outstanding environmental contribution within the City of Kawartha Lakes; and, 3. Acted successfully to influence change for the benefit of the environment without any expectation of reward.

To accept this award, the individual or group must reside in the City of Kawartha Lakes or be enrolled in an accredited post- secondary institution.

Environmental Youth Hero of the Year Award Submit Your Nomination

The City of Kawartha Lakes Environmental Advisory Committee is looking for nominations for the 2016 Environmental Youth Hero of the Year Award.

The criteria for a candidate to qualify are as follows: 1. An individual or group from an elementary or secondary school in the City of Kawartha Lakes that has worked to address a local environmental issue in 2015; 2. Made an outstanding environmental contribution within the City of Kawartha Lakes; and, 3. Acted successfully to influence change for the benefit of the environment without any expectation of reward.

To accept this award, the individual or group must reside in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Nominations are to be submitted to the Environmental Advisory Committee by March 28, 2016.

Nomination forms are available at all Municipal Service Centres, local libraries and on the City’s website at: www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca/environment/environmental-advisory-committee Completed forms can be submitted to: City of Kawartha Lakes Environmental Advisory Committee c/o Planning Division 180 Kent Street West, 2nd Floor Lindsay, Ontario, K9V 2Y6 Fax # 705-324-4027 Email Address: ckleac@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca

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Health & Wellness Is Ross hospital facing death by 1,000 cuts

Health services once available to Lindsay residents at Ross Memorial Hospital (RMH) are being moved piece by piece to the Peterborough hospital or “quietly, silently being eliminated altogether,” charges Michael Hurley, president of the Ontario Council of Hospital Unions (OCHU).

He says hospital staff members are concerned the most recent cuts will compromise patient-care levels and undermine the future of the hospital.

They want Laurie Scott, their local MPP and a former nurse, to speak out and protect the community hospital.

The latest round of cuts include closing one operating room and nursing cuts in the fracture clinic, continuing care, and a crisis mental-health program.

The specimen-and-pathology lab is also being closed and moved to the regional hospital in Peterborough. This will slow test results in potentially life-threatening emergencies, says Hurley, because there is no computerized, electronic system for lab results.

Laurie Scott needs to speak up and demand a stop to the cuts and that the Ontario Liberals provide the level of funding Ross Memorial needs to deliver care, says Helen Fetterly, OCHU secretary-treasurer.

“Her silence is akin to tacit approval of cuts to patient care,” Hurley says the Ontario government has frozen hospital budgets for the last four years, which is equivalent to cuts of more than four-percent-a-year when inflationary costs like drugs and medical technologies are factored in.

Meanwhile, the population is growing and aging—and demanding more acute hospital care.

The province is aggressively moving to further merge hospital services into regional areas such as, the Peterborough Regional Hospital.

Patients from Lindsay will be travelling to Peterborough to get medical care they once accessed locally, Hurley adds. Yet there is no public transit between Lindsay and Peterborough.

Get up, stand up— and get involved

The Fenelon Falls Age Friendly group (FFAF) wants folks to “get up, get out and get involved.”

So FFAF is offering a “Stay Strong, Live Long” workshop for anyone in the community who is 50 or older and wants to know more about being healthy and staying active.

“It will be a full day to learn, to explore new opportunities, and to connect with like-minded, active, engaged people in the community,” explains Mike Barkwell, Chair of the Workshop Planning Committee.

FFAF’s workshop, with funding assistance from the Seniors Community Grant Program, and the Ontario Seniors Secretariat, will be fully interactive.

After the presenters—including a fitness coach, registered dietitian, psychologist and lawyer—share their expertise and key lessons learned from helping older adults, they’ll open the floor for questions and wide-ranging discussion.

“Ask your burning questions. Expand your horizons,” says Barkwell.

The workshop runs Thursday, March 17, at the Fenelon Falls Seniors Centre, 58 Murray St., Fenelon Falls. Doors open at 9 am, and presentations begin at 9:30.

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“Fenelon Falls is a vibrant community, boasting volunteer organizations and community resources that enhance our everyday life,” notes Doreen Boville, Age Friendly Chair and a Health Promoter with the HKPR District Health Unit.

Tickets are $10, and must be purchased in advance at the House of Sports (42 Colborne St. E.), the Seniors Centre or by calling 705-887-5440. The price includes an Irish Stew lunch, and refreshments throughout the day.

As an added bonus, Jocelyne Barkwell of ReMax All-Stars, Fenelon Falls, has donated cash door prizes of $50, $75 and $100. Registration is limited so plan to get up, get out and get your ticket today.

Talking sex with your health-care provider

You shouldn’t be afraid or uncomfortable talking with “your physician or nurse practitioner about your sexuality, or reproductive health concerns,” says Lisa Davey, a Sexual Health Nurse with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPRHU).

Being able to ask questions and address any worries will give you better health outcomes and better access to the services you need, she adds.

The Health Unit wants to encourage people and their health-care providers to become comfortable discussing sexual and reproductive health issues.

Davey notes that getting advice, using condoms and being tested for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can reduce the risk of contracting and spreading diseases to a partner.

Using condoms, as well as other forms of birth control, can also help avoid unwanted pregnancies.

Couples planning to start a family can get advice to plan and prepare for a healthy pregnancy. Call any local health unit office and speak to a family health nurse.

The unit also offers Sexual Health Clinics with

confidential sexual health information, counselling and clinical services, including: testing/treatment for STIs, low-cost birth control, free condoms, free pregnancy testing and counselling, emergency contraception, and healthy sexuality information.

For more details or to book a confidential appointment, speak to a sexual health nurse by calling the Health Unit toll-free at 1-866-888-4577, ext. 1205. Or visit the website: www.hkpr.on.ca.

Pizza gets defibrillated

For every minute that passes without help, a person’s chance of surviving a cardiac arrest drops by seven to 10 percent. So having an automatic external defibrillator (AED) close at hand is an important option.

The Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Service has partnered with Canadian Tire and Boston Pizza owner John Fox to make AEDs ready and available to staff and the public in the event of a cardiac event.

As part of the initiative, the city’s paramedic service is assisting both Canadian Tire and Boston Pizza in setting up their public-access defibrillation program. Boston Pizza continues to be a major sponsor for the annual “Paramedics In The Park” community education day.

“When a person is experiencing a cardiac event, seconds count,” said Paramedic Service Deputy Chief Derek Brown. “We have realized tremendous positive results having the AEDs in our city facilities.

This partnership now allows us to expand the lifesaving potential of the AEDs having them in these new retail locations.”

According to research, defibrillation used in conjunction with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the first few minutes can dramatically improve cardiac-arrest survival rates by more than 75 percent.

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Look for at least two grams of fibre for each slice of bread. Sometimes the nutrition facts panel states information for two slices of bread, in which case you’ll need to look for four grams of fibre.

Bread can be a high source of salt (sodium), so compare brands and choose breads with the lowest amounts.

Here are four tricky words or phrases to watch out for: 1. Multigrain – This type of bread contains more than one grain (e.g. wheat, rice, and corn), but that does not necessarily mean they are whole grains.

2. Enriched – These are usually white or whole wheat breads that have had vitamins and minerals (like iron or B vitamins) added back after the refining process.

3. Whole wheat – This doesn’t always mean whole grain. Whole-wheat products are only good choices if they are also high in fibre (at least 4 grams of fibre in each serving).

4. Stone ground – This is a type of flour-making process, but it doesn’t mean whole grain.

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• Plan ahead to prepare home-made meals with lower-sodium ingredients instead of eating packaged, ready-to-eat foods.

• Eat more fresh or frozen vegetables and fruit, as these tend to have no sodium plus lots of health benefits. To save money, look for sales, buy inseason and purchase produce grown in Ontario.

“Our taste buds will quickly adapt to foods that are lower in sodium,” says Azevedo Perry. “Eating less sodium will also do wonders for our overall health and well-being.”

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While children with mild to severe hearing loss are challenged with poorer language development than their hearing peers, fitting these youngsters with hearing instruments helps them overcome these deficits. According to a first-of-its-kind, largescale study involving children ranging in age from six months to seven years old who experienced mild to severe hearing loss, those fitted early with hearing instruments were able to “catch up or significantly close the gaps with their hearing peers.” The earlier the children were provided hearing instruments, and the more consistently they wore them, the better able they were to take advantage of the rich linguistic environment around them and better develop the language skills needed for learning, speech, and socialization.

If you believe your child has a hearing loss, it’s important to begin intervention as quickly as possible. Even a few months can be a major delay when it comes to the rapidly changing brain of a child. Studies show that early intervention can help improve language development, increase academic success and enhance lifetime opportunities. To schedule a hearing assessment with one of our Audiologists, please call us.

P.S. It is important to note that threequarters of the children with hearing loss in the study mentioned above were identified through newborn hearing screenings.

Too much salt is not good for your car or truck body—and not for your own body either. It can contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease.

Table salt, seasoning salts, sea salt—and most processed foods—contain the nutrient sodium.

While the human body needs some sodium to function, says Elsie Azevedo Perry, a registered dietitian with the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, many people eat too much.

But how much salt is too much?

Healthy adults need only 1,500 milligrams of sodium each day, “but most Canadians consume more than double that,” says Azevedo Perry.

Children often consume triple what they need.

The saltshaker is not the main source of high sodium. More than three-quarters of our sodium intake comes from processed foods like pizzas, sauces and soups. Ready-to-eat foods, fast foods and restaurant meals are generally quite high in sodium.

In addition to visiting the Health Unit’s sodium website (sodiumhowmuch.ca) for ideas on reducing sodium intake, Azevedo Perry offers three practical ways to control your sodium intake: • Review the nutrition information on food packages and buy foods with less than 360 milligrams of

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Adult Day Programs - Monday, Wednesday & Friday (except holidays) at Trinity United Church, Bobcaygeon; Monday, Tuesday & Friday at Fenelon Falls United Church. 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Call for information and rates. Adult Day programs are also offered in Little Britain, Lindsay and Omemee. 705324-7323 FEB 26. - Basic Foot Care services for seniors and 28 February 12, 2016 - The Kawartha Promoter

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MAR 2 - Healing After Suicide Support Group or adults 18 or over. 6:30 - 8 p.m., 2 Kent St. W., Lindsay. No charge. Call 705-324-7323 ext 504 for information.

MAR 2 - Caregiver Support Group for people caring for frail older adults or adults with disabilities or chronic conditions. Fenelon Falls Salvation Army Citadel, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Call 705-324-7323 for more info.

MAR 2 - free blood pressure monitoring service 70 Murray St., Fenelon Falls, 9:30 - 11 a.m. No appointment necessary.

MAR 3 & 17 - Circle of Hope for the Bereaved - free support group for those who have recently lost a loved one to share with others. 2 Kent St. W., Lindsay, noon - 1:30 p.m. Call 705-879-4123 for info or to register.

MAR 3, 10, 14, 17, 24 & 31 - Sexual Health Clinic: cervical screening, low-cost birth control, pregnancy testing, sexual health teaching; testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections are also provided.

For info or appointment, call the Health Unit1-866888-4577, ext. 1205.

MAR 4 - Meet the Nurse’, 10 am - noon, Ontario Early Years Centre Fenelon Falls. Parents with children up to age six years can meet with a Public Health Nurse. Call (705) 324-3569 or 1-866-888-4577 for more info.

MAR 4 - World Day Of Prayer 2- 4 pm. Trinity United Church, Bobcaygeon MAR 4 - Mini Buck Euchre, Bobcaygeon Senior Citizens Center, 7 p.m. For info call Roger: 705-7386627 MAR 4, 11 & 18- Basic foot care services for seniors and people with special needs. Pre-booked appointments required. Call 705-879-4100. 9 a.m.

- 4 p.m., at Bobcaygeon Seniors Centre (100 Head St.).

MAR 5 - Kawartha Lakes Singers - music from Disney films, Fairview Bapist Church, 2:30 pm. Contact church for more info and ticket pricing. 705-7382449 MAR 5 - Early St.Patrick’s fun day, Bobcaygeon Seniors Centre 11am - 4pm Tickets $5 Lunch is included. For info contact: Linda 705-738-9824 MAR 6 - Buckhorn (NM) Pastoral Charge invite you to celebrate our Convenant with our new Worship Leader Patricia McLeod, 3:30pm Wesley United Church, Lakefield. RSVP Leslie 705-657-2525 or

letataxprep@hotmail.com MON - Bobcaygeon Senior Centre Mahjong 1 p.m. $3 MON & WED - Pickleball 7 - 9 p.m. Bobcaygeon Public School. $3/person. 1st TUES - Dunsford Seniors Club Pot Luck at noon and 1:30 pm for Euchre.

TUES - “Expanding the World of Literacy After School Program” Kinmount library 4:30 pm. Call 705 4883199 TUES- Pickleball, Fenelon Falls Community Centre 7 - 9 p.m. $4 drop in fee. For more info call Jane 705454-1358 or email fenelonpickleball@gmail.com TUES - amateur photography club that meets every other Tuesday at 10 am in the Bobcaygeon Library.

We pay $2 each for the use of the room.

TUES - Omemee Legion Doubles darts @ 8pm.

TUES - Coffee Talks 10:30-11:30 Creating a welcoming space for people of all cultures and faiths.

Trinity United Church, Fellowship Room. E-mail “Jo” for more info joan.wesley@sympatico.ca 2nd TUES - The Kawartha Settlers Village Quilters meet at the Wray House, Bobcaygeon. New members and guests welcomed. Contact: info@ settlersvillagequilters.ca.

1st WED - Crime Fiction Book Club in the Carnegie Room of the Lindsay Library to discuss works by certain authors. 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. Call the Lindsay Library for more information.

WED- Scrapbooking and paper crafters meet from 9:30 till noon at the Salvation army church in Fenelon Falls. Beginners welcome, call church for details.

WED - Bobcaygeon Senior Centre Carpet Bowling $3 7 p.m. Contact: Al 705-738-1749 WED - Dunsford Seniors Club 1pm for Bid-Euchre.

THURS-TOPS-Take off pounds sensibly at the Bobcaygeon Legion 6:30 p.m. All welcome.

THURS - Omemee Legion mixed darts @ 8pm.

FRI-Pickleball, Fenelon Falls Community Centre 9 a.m. - noon. $4 drop in fee. For more info call Jane 705-454-1358 or email fenelonpickleball@gmail. com SAT - Omemee Legion Country music jams. 1pm Alternate Saturdays beginning Oct. 3rd 2nd SAT Omemee Legion Progressive Euchre12:30pm.

MAR 14 - Food Handler Course, 9 am - 5 pm, Health Unit office, Lindsay. $40 For more info and to confirm space availability, call the Health Unit (705) 324-3569.

MAR 14 - Living with Cancer Support Groupor individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or who are receiving treatment. 2 Kent St. W., Lindsay, 2 p.m., no charge. Call 705-324-7323 ext 503 to reserve a seat or for information.

Mar 15 - Friends of the Lindsay Book Sales downstairs in the Lindsay Library 10 am - 6 pm MAR 16 - Monthly Diners Club seniors luncheon at Royal Canadian Legion, noon. 705-324-7323 to reserve.

MAR 16 -Free blood pressure monitoring service at Royal Canadian Legion, 10 - 11:30 a.m. No appointment necessary.

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