SeniorsLifeStyle Magazine Northumberland & Quinte West Summer 09

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Index of Advertisers Brighton Massage Therapy & Foot Care Clinic..................................P. 2

Home & Garden Active Adult Lifestyle Community.......P. 6 Bennett’s Home Furnishings................P. 11 Carm’s Pools & Spas............................P. 8 Cedargrove Roofing Ltd.......................P. 11 Cole’s TIM-BR Mart...........................P. 10 Git-R-Down Tree Service.....................P. 9 Golden Pond Retirement Residence.....P. 7 Island Park Retirement Community.....P. 7 Nofrills, Mike & Lori’s........................P. 11 Quinte Art & Custom Frame...............P. 10 René’s Total Home Comfort Ltd..........P. 8 Royal LePage - Vickie McEwen, Alan Russell.........................................P. 7 Scapbooks and Smiles..........................P. 10 Sutton Group Northumberland Meirion Jones.......................................P. 7 Tip Top Cleaners.................................P. 11 UV Shading Systems............................P. 9 Wain’s Garden Centre..........................P. 9 Your #1 Sewing Centre.........................P. 10

Fields of Potential.................................P. 17 Northumberland Hearing Centres Inc...P. 16

Destinations Clan Shoppe, The................................P. 18 Hometown Bingo.................................P. 19 Kokimo Candleland Factory Outlet Store.............................P. 19 Memory Junction Museum..................P. 21 Quinte Access......................................P. 21 Rhonda’s Antiques & Art.....................P. 19 Robbin’s Nest, The...............................P. 19 Waddington’s.......................................P. 19 Warkworth Golf Club..........................P. 21

Food & Dining Apple Crate, The..................................P. 22 Blacksmith’s circa 1880 Restaurant......P. 22 Campbellford’s Wine Shop...................P. 23 China King Restaurant........................P .23 Country Fixin’s....................................P. 22 Denni’s Gourmet Pizza Pasta...............P. 22 Farmers Market....................................P. 23 Glover’s................................................P. 22

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Pet Post Eddystone Kennels...............................P. 13 Doggie Day Care & Grooming Inc......P. 12 Love Em’s Pet Food Supplies................P. 12 Presqu’ile Animal Hospital...................P. 13 Raining Cats and Dogs Pet Grooming P. 13

Davis Repair Ltd..................................P. 24 Ed’s Auto Repair Quinte......................P. 24 Great Canadian Oil Change................P. 25 Hutchinson Fuels.................................P. 25 Mann McCracken Bebee & Ross.........P. 25

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Health Bulk Plus..............................................P. 15 Elemental Embrace..............................P. 17

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“Am I Ready? ” Questionnaire

I’M NOT READY YET! Moving from your present home into a Retirement Community can be a difficult decision, and unfortunately, many people wait too long and don’t get the full enjoyment from the experience. Retirement home professionals will tell you that the phrase they hear most is, “I’m not ready yet”. So how do you know when it’s the right time? The following questionnaire may help!

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If you’ve answered “yes” to any of the above questions, you may be ready for the benefits of an Independent Retirement Community. So think about your present quality of life ... ... Maybe it’s already the right time for you!

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What are the most important vegetable gardening tips?

If you are just getting started in gardening and want to know what the absolute most important vegetable gardening tips are that you should know, here they are. This article presents the tips in an easy-to-follow format. By Scott Goodman There are literally thousands upon thousands of different vegetable gardening tips and home gardening tips out there that you can learn about and use to your advantage, but if you are just getting started in gardening and want to know what the absolute most important vegetable gardening tips are that you should know, here they are.

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One of the most important vegetable gardening tips, easily, involves deciding where to make your garden. Choosing a garden site is going to have a significant effect on whether your plants are going to do well or poorly. An area exposed to full or near-full sunlight with deep, well-drained, fertile soil is ideal.

You should never make a garden site near a water outlet, and you must make sure that the area you choose is free of competition from existing shrubs or trees.

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Another of the first vegetable gardening tips you should learn involves the actual planting of the plants. You should always avoid transplanting too deep or too shallow, because this often results in developed roots aborting. Some crops are easily transplanted bare-root, while others will need to be transplanted in containers.

Fertilizer Proper fertilizer is essential for any successful vegetable garden. The next tip here is to use organic fertilizer. This is for a few reasons, but more than anything, because organic fertilizers

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are much safer to use and less damaging to the plants. They are also much better for the environment, and every little thing that you can do to save the environment these days is crucial.

Design The design of your garden is what the next of the most important vegetable gardening tips revolves around. You should design your garden so that crop rotation is practiced, and this is imperative because rotation primarily helps by preventing diseases from surviving from one season to another. Avoid growing the same vegetable in the same location more often than once every three years.

Gardening is a very fun and enjoyable activity, and when you have fresh vegetables produced from your very own garden, you are going to feel so proud. Just make sure that you take all the different gardening tips and tricks into serious consideration and really use them to your advantage so that you have the best overall success with your gardening and come out of it all with fresh, nutritious, delicious vegetables.

About the Author: You can find many more garden design-related articles at Flower Garden Design. For all your garden design needs, please visit: http://www.garden-design-news.info.

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Ensuring Income for Li f e

You’ve worked to grow your assets to last throughout your retirement but you want to generate income in the most tax-efficient way possible, and have enough to do all the things you envisioned like travel, hobbies, or home improvements.

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To be sure your investments will provide you with a lifetime of income, it’s important to review your overall investment plan as you enter the retirement phase of life. You’re probably wondering how to draw income to fund your retirement and still grow your assets. You want to ensure your portfolio has the right combination of equities, bonds, and cash, matching your investment goals and risk tolerance.

One way to make your assets last is to watch taxes. Withdrawing assets tax efficiently as you manage your retirement is a simple strategy that can save money over the long run. Knowing which assets to allocate to tax-sheltered accounts as well as retirement account withdrawal rules to avoid unnecessary taxes and penalties is key.

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Develop a Capital Expenditure Plan If you’re thinking retirement is the opportunity to do all those great things you’ve always wanted, designing a plan that provides you with flexibility to adjust your spending requirements in the face of unforeseen events is essential.

As you manage your retirement, you’ll want to make all the right decisions for your situation.

An Investment Advisor can provide you with the information, tools and assistance to reach your goals to help you get the most out of what will hopefully be a long, rewarding period of your life.

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The comments included in the publication are not intended to be a definitive analysis of tax law: The comments contained herein are general in nature and professional advice regarding an individual’s particular tax position should be attained in respect of any person’s specific circumstances.

Karen Chalovich is an Investment Advisor with BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc., 17 King St E., Cobourg ON. Opinions are those of the author and may not reflect those of BMO Nesbitt Burns. The information and opinions contained herein have been compiled from sources believed reliable but no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to their accuracy or completeness. BMO Nesbitt Burns is a member of CIPF.

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Safety for Pets

Summertime means that you and your family, including pets, will be spending more time outdoors. The new season can bring along dangers for our pets. Here are some tips to help your family stay safe this summer, especially your pets.

By Kristin Gabriel

Summertime means that you and your family, including pets, will be spending more time outdoors. However, the new season can also bring along dangers for our pets, and the last thing you would want is to have an accident. The death of one of your beloved pets along with a summertime pet memorial is not a good summer memory. Here are some tips to help your family stay safe this summer, especially your pets.

Warm weather means it is time to plant pretty flowers in the yard. However, many species of plants and flowers are poisonous to pets. Plant pesticides can also be deadly for your pets. Your veterinarian should have a complete list of plants and flowers in your area that should be avoided.

Also, make sure to check the labels of gardening products you purchase for pet safety, or use organic pesticides and fertilizer in your garden.

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Common flowers that are poisonous include amaryllis, azalea, chrysanthemums, cyclamen, daffodils, Easter cactus, hyacinth, lilies, narcissus, oleander, and tulips. Even your pet parakeet could die from nibbling on a lily.

Did you know that mulch sometimes contains cocoa bean shells, which dogs love to chew on?

When ingested this can lead to problems, so make sure to check the bags of mulch you purchase see if there are any cocoa beans inside.

Just like humans, pets can get allergies too, so keep an eye out for itchy skin irritations, ear infections, loss of hair, or a runny nose and sneezing. Also, pets with pink noses can be sensitive to the sun, requiring sunscreen if they are outdoors for long periods of time. Make sure to check with your veterinarian.

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If your pets live outside, see to it that you turn the lights on for them at night. Older dogs and cats can begin to get blind, so they need light, just like people, to see better in darkness.

Check often for spider webs, mice, and rodent droppings in sheds or garages, then make sure you call an expert if needed to remove them. You might want to look around your yard and remove glass, toys, and items such as bottle caps, nails, tires, or jagged edged tools. Check to see if there are any buckets or toys, like wagons, that could collect water. Then remove all ‘standing water’ and turn these items upside down. Make sure that you change the water often in all ponds or pools.

Holes in the yard should be filled. Check around your barbecue and make sure gasoline, kerosene, or propane is sealed in tamperproof containers away from the fire area. Also, the last thing anyone wants is for a pet to escape through a hole in the fence, and get hit by a car - so check fences often to prevent this.

If an unavoidable accident happens, or an older pet dies, this is also something that your family should be prepared for. Chat with family members about how they would like to deal with a deceased pet.

Think about cremation versus burial. Remember, when a pet dies, children often take this news hard and it can be helpful to let them participate in choosing a lovely garden grave marker, or a pet urn for their friend.

Help them through it by allowing them to have a pet memorial service. Teach children that death is simply a part of life, and although it’s very sad, this too will pass as time goes on. You can encourage them to share their memories and photos of their pet on one of the websites especially for grieving lost pets.

About the Author: Kristin Gabriel is a professional writer based in Los Angeles, CA who works with Peternity.com, a place where people honour their pets for eternity. Peternity provides custom pet memorial products.

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Teach all family members to be prepared for emergencies by having your vet’s number handy for everyone in your family to locate. Almost every town also has a 24-hour emergency clinic, so post that number where everyone can easily find it too.

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Regeneration and Anti-Aging

Foods to Aid Did

you know that certain foods will actually keep you looking younger?

Learn about the health benefits of all types of foods and how you can create a nutritious diet a part of your daily lifestyle. This article opens the door ... By Paul Rodgers

It’s as if aging is payment for the health and fun

you had in youth. No wonder so many older people are depressed. For the general public, the concept of anti-aging is all about trying to turn back the hands of time in order to achieve and maintain a more youthfully appealing appearance.

Healthy rhythms create a state of balance, encouraging a return to health and bringing forth a radiant beauty. This would have no effect on the aging process, but it would help many people to live longer, healthier lives. They’ve been said to stall aging, ward off disease, and wage internal war against the harmful free radicals that pummel our bodies every day. We cannot build health on packaged, processed boxes of food, chips, soda, pizza, sweets, etc.

Did you know that certain foods will actually keep you looking younger? Learn about the health benefits of all types of foods and how you can create a nutritious diet a part of your daily lifestyle. Your kinesiologist can supply you with information on which foods to avoid to stop degeneration, and which foods to buy to aid regeneration and anti-aging.

We need to balance the acid-producing foods we eat with much more alkali-producing foods, especially if we suffer from symptoms such as tiredness, pain, illness, gas, and skin problems.

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The only foods that produce alkalis are fruit and vegetables, particularly leafy, green vegetables, such as sprouts, parsley, and cabbage.

1. A ntioxidants are substances or nutrients in our foods that can prevent or slow the oxidative damage to our body. Antioxidants are abundant in fruits and vegetables, as well as in other foods including nuts, grains, and some meats, poultry, and fish.

2. Beta-carotene is found in many foods that are orange in color, including sweet potatoes, carrots, cantaloupe, squash, apricots, pumpkin, and mangos.

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3. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant found in tomatoes, watermelon, guava, papaya, apricots, pink grapefruit, blood oranges, and other foods.

4. Plant foods like rice and wheat are the major dietary sources of selenium in most countries.

5. Some fatty foods such as olive oil are partially protected from oxidation by their natural content of antioxidants, but remain sensitive to photo oxidation.

Exercise is as vital as the food you take in.

Exercisers tend to consume more oxygen than sedentary people do, and they may produce more free radicals. Endurance exercise can increase oxygen utilization from 10 to 20 times over the resting state. Do flexibility training 5 minutes before and after each exercise session to warm up and cool down the muscles, ensure smooth join movement, prevent accidents, and maintain good balance.

pessimistic views, the reliability theory says that there may be no specific underlying elementary ‘aging process itself’.

Instead, aging may be largely a property of redundant systems as a whole, because it has a network of destruction pathways, each being associated with particular manifestations of aging. Therefore, we should not be discouraged by only partial success of each particular antiaging intervention, but instead we can appreciate that we do have many opportunities to oppose aging in numerous different ways.

After all, the main reason why people are concerned about aging is that it is related to health deterioration and increased morbidity.

About the Author: Healthy rhythms create a state of balance, encouraging a return to health and bringing forth a radiant beauty. This would have no effect on the aging process, but it would help many people to live longer, healthier lives. Paul Rodgers specializes in marketing natural health and beauty products.

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Do cardiovascular exercise every day, 30 minutes total at 80% of maximum heart rate (maximum heart rate is equal to 220 less your age). Breaking up exercise into short bursts of activity throughout the day strengthens the heart just as well as one long workout. Men who burn 4400 calories per week through exercise are nearly 40% less likely to develop heart disease than men who use up only 1100 calories per week.

The significance of beneficial anti-aging interventions is often undermined by claims that these interventions are not proven to delay the process of aging itself, but instead that they simply delay or ‘cover-up’ some particular manifestations of aging. In contrast to these

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Chi Kung What is it?

Chi Kung or Qigong (translated “breath work”) is an ancient Chinese healing art and exercise form.

Through individual effort, practitioners build up their health and prevent illness by combining discipline of mind, body and the body’s “Chi” (vital force). The exercises are flowing and slowmoving, encouraging stretching, flexibility, balance, internal massage and relaxation.

Participants move at their own pace in their own way and work to deepen their practice through breathing.

What are the benefits?

Making the movements and breathing part of their everyday lives is a most important goal of this practice. People find that they accomplish physical challenges far more easily and use breathing to overcome mental, emotional and spiritual issues as well. Moreover, due to its focus

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on internal as well as external well-being, it acts to prevent illness and maintain optimum health.

Who can do it?

These exercises can be done either sitting or standing and are adaptable for people with varying abilities and health conditions. They work well for people who live or work in stressful environments and are excellent in recuperative programs for people with stroke, cancer, heart conditions, acquired brain injury, etc. Chi kung is especially beneficial to our aging population for whom other exercise forms are inappropriate.

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Tai Chi What is it?

Tai Chi or Tai Chi Chuan (translated “supreme ultimate”) is a combination of heating and martial arts (sometimes referred to as “Shadow Boxing”) practiced by the Chinese for approximately the last 800 years. Its gentle, flowing movements have been shown to reduce stress and improve health. It is a form of chi kung that has sequential movements as its structure. It is considered a moving meditation as one movement follows another seamlessly from beginning to end of the “set”.

What are the benefits?

Focusing on breathing and moving creates a state of relaxation and calm bringing participants into the present moment. The low impact movements put minimal stress on muscles and joints while increasing flexibility; muscle strength, energy, stamina and agility. Balance is improved as

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participants learn to shift their weight from one foot to the other. Coordination is enhanced as all parts of the body begin to move in unison. Sleep quality is improved. There is a reduction in bone loss in women after menopause. Blood pressure is lowered and cardiovascular fitness is improved.

Many experience relief from chronic pain or learn to live with it using the deep breathing techniques. And, last, but not least, it improves everyday physical functioning.

Who can do it?

See above under chi kung. Even tai chi sets can be modified for sedentary practice and participants can reap almost the same benefit.

Chi Kung and Tai Chi Classes are presently being offered at the Tenth Ox and in various locations in the Quinte area by Sherri Bergman, practitioner for over 35 years. Call: 613.242.2096, or check out our website: www.fieldsofpotential.com.

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Quebec City & Its Summer Fest ival July 9th - 19th, 2009

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Quebec City is one incredible destination! It has so much to offer: living history, French cuisine and architecture, extraordinary boutiques, great accommodation and seasonal festivals. Most people know of the Quebec Winter Carnival, but have you heard about its Summer Music Festival?

Another seasonal addition to the city’s culture is the new exhibition at the Museum of Civilization.

This excellent museum features three new displays: The Science of Aliens, Egyptian Mummies and the Seven Year’s War.

This is the largest outdoor arts festival in Canada with 400 shows and 200 groups during its 11 day run. The music is varied: Rock, French, Jazz, Classical, and Street Art. You may purchase an admission ticket, which is good for all performances, or simply wander the Old City to hear a variety of artists who perform on the street for free. There are many different events to suit every musical taste.

Reaching Quebec City is easiest by driving or taking the VIA train. The Old City is so pedestrian friendly, you can walk everywhere! English is spoken in most stores and at attractions, but I recommend trying out your high school French.

Accommodations vary from friendly auberges, or Inns, to five star resorts. The cuisine is quite incredible as well.

For more information, call: 1-877-783-1608, or visit: www.infofestival.com

Visiting Quebec City this summer is like visiting Europe without a passport and the extra expense!

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Beat the Gas Pumps!

Big Savings on Gas While you Travel - Beat the Gas Pumps! By Kathy Steinemann Gas prices are soaring! This has resulted in elevated travel expenses. If you travel by car, YOU have some control over the costs.

Here are some ways to save money on gas: • Switch to synthetic motor oil. It reduces engine friction and may make your car a little less ravenous at the gas station. (There are brands available claiming 5%-20% increases in fuel economy.)

• Use the manufacturer’s recommended grade of oil. Manufacturer specs are based on what is best for your specific vehicle.

• Buy gas with the recommended octane rating.

Premium can actually be detrimental to many engines.

• Fill up during the coolest times of day. You get more gas in each gallon, because liquids expand in the heat. The pumps are measuring gallons, not weight.

• Make sure that the gas cap is tight after you fill up. Gas evaporates easily - you can lose an appreciable amount through an improperly seated cap.

• Check your tires before your holiday and inflate them to the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Underinflated tires create drag and increase gas consumption. Always carry a tire gauge in your glove compartment.

• Never drive on bald tires! Besides being unsafe, they also increase fuel consumption.

• Don’t leave your engine idling for long periods of

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time. This includes pre-warming - one minute is all you need. Start off slowly, then use normal speeds after a couple of minutes.

• Don’t continually start and stop your engine.

Each start burns about the same amount of gas as one minute of idle time.

• Drive the speed limit on highways - speeding devours gas. Activate your cruise control whenever possible, and when cruise is not engaged remember the ‘egg’ trick: drive like you have a raw egg between the floorboards and the gas pedal.

• Stop lights in cities are usually set to synchronize with the posted speed limit. Drive the speed limit and you are more likely to hit a long series of green lights. Stopping at red lights increases idle time and gas consumption.

• Drive in a way that entails minimal use of the brakes.

• Don’t pack more than you need. The more weight you carry, the more gas you use.

• Decrease wind resistance. A car caked with mud, snow, or ice will cause drag and burn more gas than a sleek, clean vehicle.

• Don’t use the air conditioner unless necessary.

Vehicle air conditioners increase fuel consumption.

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• Pamper your vehicle by ensuring that it goes in for regular tune-ups and maintenance. Slight adjustments can mean dramatic fuel savings.

Ask the maintenance people to add fuel injector cleaner whenever the oil is changed.

• Some communities have websites that post fuel prices at local gas stations. Do your research before you leave to find out where the cheapest stations are. Use common sense: driving too far out of your way will gobble up more gas than you save. Try gasbuddy.com (USA and Canada) and your favorite search engines.

• If you own a gas guzzler, try trading with a relative or neighbor for a smaller vehicle while you vacation. (Make sure that insurance policies on both vehicles are in order first.)

• Use your feet! Once you get to your destination, walk whenever possible. Walking is how you really get to know an area. © Kathy Steinemann About the Author: Planning a holiday? Search 111 Travel Directory for bed and breakfasts. 1000 Tips 4 Trips has over 1000 travel tips. Looking for a place to vent your frustrations over rising gas prices? Check Stop Gas Gouging dot Com. Article Source: 1st Rate Articles - http://1stRateArticles.com

Save money, save the environment - and have more cash to spend on your vacation!

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Grilled Swordfish with Tomato Salsa This simple fresh salsa can be served with any grilled fish; try tuna steaks, or it can be served with grilled chicken breasts.

Ingredients: • 2 tomatoes, chopped

• 1 Tbsp. oil

• 1 cup salsa

• 1/2 tsp. salt

• 1 Tbsp. lime juice

• dash white pepper

• 4 (3/4” thick) swordfish steaks Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 13 minutes In a small glass bowl, combine tomatoes, salsa, and lime juice and chill in refrigerator until steaks are done.

Prepare and heat grill. Oil grill rack when ready to cook. Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper and place fish on grill 4-6” from medium coats. Brush lightly with oil. Cover grill and cook for 10-14 minutes or until fish is opaque and flakes easily with fork, turning once. To serve, top steaks with salsa, draining salsa if necessary. 4 servings

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How to Choose a Q ua lit

...Who Won’t R ip You Off! Everyone knows that proper and regular maintenance is necessary to keep your automobile in good working order. Deciding on a vehicle mechanic is an important decision, and should not be taken lightly. Here are some helpful things to keep in mind.

By Gregg Hall

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veryone knows that proper and regular maintenance is necessary to keep your automobile in good working order. Even though you may have worked on your own cars as a teenager or still consider yourself to be an amateur car repair specialist, I recommend that you leave the work to a qualified mechanic who has been trained to do the job properly. This is especially important on higher end vehicle makes such as Mercedes, BMW, and Lexus -

where the maintenance records play a large part in determining the value of a vehicle when you decide to sell it or trade it.

Deciding on a mechanic to entrust with caring for your vehicle is an important decision, and should not be taken lightly. Finding the perfect mechanic isn’t rocket science, but on the other hand there isn’t exactly a manual on how to find a good one either. Here are some helpful things to keep in mind.

When it comes to the life of your car, you can’t underestimate the importance of finding a quality mechanic.

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First off, ask the prospective mechanic for some references. Tell him what’s in it for him. If you own several vehicles, let him know that you will bring all of them to him for regular maintenance and repairs. Tell him that you take the care of your vehicles seriously, and that is why you want to be able to speak to some of his customers to see what they have to say.

If he is a reputable mechanic he will have no problem with this, because he will have a long list of happy and satisfied clients. Another thing you can do is to ask friends and relatives who they use to take care of their cars and trucks. If you ask enough people, you are sure to find a name that comes up often.

The next thing you should be concerned with is qualifications or certifications. I prefer using a mechanic who is ASE certified, as this is the

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industry standard and insures that the mechanic is proficient in his craft. Don’t be afraid to ask the mechanic about this; a good mechanic will be proud of his achievements and will most likely have them displayed where they can be seen. Don’t trust you automobile to a shade tree mechanic.

If you belong to a car club for your make of vehicle, ask other owners who they use. Most likely you will find that the majority of them use the same person who specializes in your particular vehicle, and may even offer a discount to members of your club.

About the Author: Gregg Hall is an author and internet marketing consultant living in Navarre Florida. Find more articles about cars and car care products at: http://www.5starshine.com.

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Campbellford – Trent Hills June 6 Black and White Ball: 705-924-9381 June 13 Campbellford Memorial Hosptial Foundation Gala 705-653-1140 ext. 2104 June 21 The Best of Westben - A Free Concert 1-877-883-5777 • www.westben.ca July 1 Canada Day Celebrations in Campbellford 705-653-1551 July 4 Chrome on the Canal Day: 705-653-4523 July 4-5 12th Annual Warkworth Western Weekend 613-924-1311 • www.warkworthwesternweekend.com August 1 14th Annual Campbellford Waterfront Festival 705-653-4335 • www.campbellfordbia.ca August 7-9 Campbellford/Seymour Agricultural Fair 705-696-2649 • www.campbellfordfair.ca August 16 Warkworth Long Lunch: 705-924-9200 August 22 Ferris Music Festival 705-653-0551 • www.friendsofferris.ca August 23 Corn Festival: 705-924-2853 Brighton June 20 Art at Proctor, Proctor House Gardens, Brighton June 28 Heart of Northumberland Garden Tour 905-885-8435 • 1-888-278-2484 July 1 Quinte Access Canada Day Bus Tour Bonnie Browne: 613-475-0915 July 3-18 Brighton Barn Theatre Presents ‘The New Northumberland Calling Normandy’ 613-475-2144 • www.brightonbarntheatre.ca August 1 Artfest, Memorial Park, Downtown Brighton Trenton – Quinte West

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May 30-31, June 6-7 Oak Hills Studio Tours: 613-39 -5959 June 5-7 Trent Valley Quilters Guild “The Fabric of Our Lives,” Knights of Columbus Hall, Trenton June 12 – August 28 Friday Night Concerts in Fraser Park, Ted Snider Band Shell June 12 – August 28 Art in the Park: 613-392-7635 June 18-21 Fiddlers on the Trent - Frankford 613-398-0505 • www.fiddlersonthetrent.150m.com June 20 Fête de la St-Jean Baptiste: 613-848-5080 June 28 – September 6 Norampac Summer Concert Series: 613-392-2841 July 1 Canada Day Celebrations: 613-392-2841 July 4-5 Armed Forces Weekend & Air Display 613-392-2811 • www.cfbtrenton.com July 5-12 Canadian Law Enforcement & Fire Games 1-800-930-3255 July 7 Great Waterfront Trail Adventure: 416-943-8080 July 10-12 Frankford Island Blues Festival: 613-392-1025 July 16-18 Sidewalk Sale Days 613-394-4318 • www.downtowntrenton.ca July 18 Friends of Weller’s Bay Bass & Salmon Fishing Derby: 613-475-1824 July 25 Trenton Horticulture Society & Garden Club 613-392-3952 July 31 – August 3 Classic Country Music Reunion: 705-878-3102 August 6 Driftwood Theatre presents “A Comedy of Errors” 613-392-7635 August 14-16 Loonie-Tic BMW Return to Trenton Rally 905-372-7357 September 11-13 Trenton Scottish Irish Festival: 613-392-2841

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Telephone Index EMERGENCY (Fire, Police, Ambulance): Assessment Office (MPAC): Coach Canada: Crimestoppers: Greyhound Bus: Hydro One: Lou Rinaldi, MPP for Northumberland Quinte West: Poison Control Centre: Rick Norlock, MP for Northumberland Quinte West: Telehealth Ontario: VIA Rail:

911 1-866-296-6722 1-800-461-7661 1-800-222-2477 613-392-4774 1-800-434-1235 1-800-263-3980 1-800-267-1373 1-800-461-6742 1-866-797-0000 1-888-842-7245

Brighton Brighton Chamber of Commerce: 613-475-2775 Brighton Community Care: 613-475-4190 Brighton Community Policing: 613-475-4771 Brighton Cramahe Animal Control: 1-866-398-0764 Brighton Family Health Team: 613-475-1555 Brighton Fire Department (non-emergency): 613-475-1744 Brighton Municipal Office: 613-475-0670 Brighton Post Office: 613-475-1644 Brighton YMCA: 613-475-2887 Codrington Community Centre: 613-475-1488 Codrington Library: 613-475-5628 Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Brighton: 613-475-0933 Hospice Access Centre: 613-475-2821 Northumberland County Social Services: 905-372-6846 Northumberland Hills Hospital, Cobourg: 905-372-6811 Proctor-Simpson Barn: 613-475-2144 Campbellford Campbellford Memorial Hospital: 705-653-1140

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Campbellford Post Office: 705-653-2000 Campbellford/Seymour Fire Department (non-emergency): 705-653-1236 Central-East Community Care Access Centre: 705-653-1005 Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, Campbellford: 705-653-1550 Northumberland OPP, Campbellford Office: 705-653-3300 Trent Hills & District Chamber of Commerce, Campbellford: 705-653-1551 Trent Hills Municipal Office: 705-653-1900 Trent Hills Public Library: 705-653-3611 Trent Hills YMCA: 705-632-1144 Trent Hills, Campbellford-Seymour Arena and Community Centre: 705-653-1900 Warkworth Fire Department (non-emergency): 705-924-2474 Trenton 8 Wing CFB Trenton: 613-392-2811 8 Wing CFB Trenton, RecPlex: 613-392-2811 ext 3372 Alzheimer Society: 613-962-0892 City of Quinte West Municipal Offices: 613-394-3381 Frankford Public Library: 613-398-6200 Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit, Trenton: 613-394-4831 Quinte West Animal Control: 613-398-0222 Quinte West Chamber of Commerce: 613-392-7635 Quinte West Fire Department (non-emergency): 613-392-6557 Quinte West Library: 613-394-3381 Quinte West OPP: 613-392-3561 South-East Community Care Access Centre: 613-966-3530 Trenton Memorial Hospital: 613-392-2541 Trenton Post Office: 613-392-4402 Victorian Order of Nurses: 613-392-4181

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