Victoria’s Read

June 26th is Forgiveness Day

Sewing Machine Day is June 13th

June 13 is Worldwide Knit in Public Day

June 8th is Best Friends Day

June 15th is Smile Power Day

The shopping cart was introduced on June 4, 1937

1. How many days did June have in the early Roman calendar?
-30
-29
-31
-28

2. Which month was June in the early Roman calendar?
-third
-sixth
-fourth
-fifth

3. Many believe that June was named for this goddess.
-One word

4. Others believe that June was named for the word juniores, a Latin word. What does it mean?
-justice
-infants
-young men
-flowers

5. The solstice is in June. On which of these dates is it?
-10th or 11th
-19th or 20th
-21st or 22nd
-14th or 15th

6. What is the flower for June?
-One Word

7. Which of these is not one of the three June gems?
-ruby
-alexandrite
-moonstone
-pearl

8. In the old saying what is ‘a swarm of bees in June’ worth?
-wooden spoon
-golden spoon
-silver spoon
-tin spoon

9. From what musical does the song ‘June is busting out all over’ come?
-Oklahoma
-Carousel
-State Fair
-My Fair Lady

10. From what geographic area does the saying ‘June’s too soon, July’s too late for summer’ come?
-Iceland
-Siberia
-Greenland
-Lapland.

Answers

1.The correct answer was 29. When Julius Caesar reformed the calendar he added an extra day.

2.Fourth Another alteration made in Roman times, was the moving of Jan and Feb to the beginning of the year, thus making June the sixth month.

3. Juno & Ione. Juno was the Roman goddess of marriages.

4.Young men. Those who believe this theory think that May was named after old men (majores)

5.21st or 22nd. In the northern hemisphere it is the summer solstice. In the southern hemisphere it is the winter solstice.

6. Rose

7. Ruby.

8. Silver spoon. A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July is not worth a fly.

9.Carousel Hammerstein and Rodgers musical ‘Carousel’ was first performed in the Majestic Theater, New York, on April 19, 1945.

10. Siberia

When was the last time you were chased by a lion, paddled your canoe while a shark nosed at it or stretched out into a raging river to rescue a family member? The fact is our society has developed to the point where such threats are rare. We still have all of the tools needed to survive such events, but those tools often sit in the tool box unused.

Our bodies are remarkable and are capable far beyond what we do day to day. Take some time to get familiar with one of these ‘tools’, your thymus. In the above situations or similar or via other strenuous activities, your heart naturally stimulates the thymus from inside. Today, we rarely get this stimulation do to our lifestyles.

The thymus is a gland just behind your breast bone or sternum and is an integral part of your immune and support system and is a veritable, natural pharmacy for your body. It produces T-cells, critical for your immune response and from fetus till about twenty five years, contributes to the development of your secondary immune systems.

Some current western medical studies are just now investigating the many other hormones and chemicals produced by the thymus and well into your later years.

We can tap into this store house. Literally, in a technique called the thymus tap. It’s simple and it’s effective. Group all four fingers and thumb of one hand as if you were trying to pick up something very small, find the center of your breast bone, and tap.

Tap hard enough to hear a thump but not so hard that it causes pain. Repeat the ‘thumping’ for about 1 minute or so. This can be done anywhere, any time but before bed is a good time, as the thymus has been shown to be more active just after falling asleep.

This is just one way to help energize, revive and support your immune system. It’s simple, easy and one of many “do no harm” therapies you can do yourself.

©Darren Renaud – Natural Health Practitioner – Ohana Wellness Centre – www.ohanawellness.ca

Georgina May Campbell. Born Whitby, Ontario June 27, 1862. Died Oct 22, 1938.

Evan as a child, May loved to sing. She was a soloist at her church at 8 years old. Her younger  sister Flora, also blessed with a good voice, joined May in singing. In 1875 the duo traveled to Buffalo, New York, for an audition. There was no looking back. 

Once the sister act split up in 1884, May continued with her performing career and become a well-known Broadway and vaudeville performer. She worked for the Daly’s company which would take her to the stages of London England.
One of her best known songs and perhaps what we today might call her theme song was entitled: After The Ball. She also had a special song written for her by an up and coming writer named Irving Berlin. One of her better known Broadway shows was called The Widow Jones. It was here that she introduced a top tune of the day, The Bully. This play also had a rather long kiss scene at the end. It was just at this time that movies were coming into being. Her movie career was short but historically significant.

In 1896, Thomas Edison, the famous inventor, placed May and her husband John C. Rice, in the staring role in his pioneering one minute moving picture commonly known as The Kiss. This short movie was labeled scandalous by early movie audiences and the clergy! It is considered to be the first moving picture to ever be shown in Canada! It was screened in West End Park, Ottawa, on July 21, 1896. The Edison early movies have been preserved and the feature is often shown in historic accounts of the movies. May would make only one other movie Mrs. Black is Back. She would make several recordings of her better known songs, many of them comedic in nature with the Victor label.

She sold land in New York City and retired a wealthy woman. She settled with her second husband and two sons, in the beautiful thousand Islands area of the St. Lawrence River in 1920. Rumor has it that she is credited with having named the famous Thousand Island Salad Dressing. May Irwin Road off Route 12 commemorates her time spent near Clayton, New York. An early pioneer woman of song, stage, recordings and movies whose accomplishments have unfortunately faded with time.

Written by Dawn Monroe. famouscanadianwomen.com

Pineapple Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS
1 quart water
7 tea bags
1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
1/3 cup lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar

DIRECTIONS
In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add tea bags; cover and steep for 3-5 minutes.
Discard tea bags. Stir in the pineapple juice, lemon juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate overnight for the flavors to blend. Serve over ice.

Rhubarb Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS
10 stalks fresh rhubarb, chopped
2 cups white sugar, or to taste
1 quart water
 
1 quart water
8 black tea bags
1 tablespoon honey
1 cup white sugar

DIRECTIONS
Place rhubarb into a large pot with the sugar and 1 quart of water. Bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for about 4 hours, stirring occasionally to prevent burning, until rhubarb becomes a thick paste. Cool, then spoon into ice cube trays and freeze overnight. Bring 1 quart of water to a boil. Pour into a pitcher over the tea bags. Stir in honey and sugar. Cool, then refrigerate until chilled. Serve cold ice tea with rhubarb ice cubes.

Ginger Iced Tea

INGREDIENTS
1 cup iced tea mix with lemon and sugar
4 cups water
2 liters ginger ale, chilled
ice cubes

DIRECTIONS
In a pitcher, combine the iced tea mix and water; refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, add ginger ale. Serve over ice

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“The thing to remember about fathers is, they’re men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues. Scratch any father, you find someone chock full of qualms and romantic terrors, believing change is a threat like your first shoes with heels on, like your first bicycle it took such months to get.”
 ~Phyllis McGinley

“None of you can ever be proud enough of being the child of such a Father who has not his equal in this world - so great, so good, so faultless. Try, all of you, to follow in his footsteps and don’t be discouraged, for to be really in everything like him none of you, I am sure, will ever be. Try, therefore, to be like him in some points, and you will have acquired a great deal.”
~Queen Victoria of England

“Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance.”
~Ruth E. Renkel

A father is always making his baby into a little woman and when she is a woman he turns her back again. 
~Enid Bagnold

Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father!
~ Lydia M. Child

A father is a man who expects his children to be as good as he meant to be.
~ Carol Coats

To her the name of father was another name for love.
~ Fanny Fern

How true Daddy’s words were when he said: “All children must look after their own upbringing.” Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.
~ Anne Frank

It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.
~Anne Sexton

A father carries pictures where his money used to be.
~Author Unknown

It’s only when you grow up and step back from him or leave him for your own career and your own home. It’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. “Pride reinforces love.”
~Margaret Truman

Victoria says……..Happy Father’s day, Dad. Thank you for every little thing that you have done for me.

~According to an ancient Sumerian legend, the universe was created by a female, the goddess Tiamat. This role of a female creator is not unique, as the Australian Aboriginal creation myth also credits the creation of life to a woman.

~The English word “girl” was initially used to describe a young person of either sex. It was not until the beginning of the sixteenth century that the term was used specifically to describe a female child.

~The word “woman” is believed to have derived from the Middle English term wyfman, broken down simply as the wife (wyf) of man. In Old English, women were described simply as wyf, while the term man was used to describe a human person, regardless of gender.

Nicky Poulin is a woman driven by purpose. She has a day job with the government in the Mines and Aggregates Safety Health Association as a graphic designer. However, outside of her day job, Nicky also has two other businesses: Nicky Designs, and Ohana Wellness Centre.

Nicky Designs was created 8 yrs ago as a marketing and promotions business, with Nicky doing mostly pro-bono work. This includes a book publication for M.T. Davidson School in Callander, called “There’s Mud In My Playground”, to raise money for playground equipment and also promotional work for Books by the Bay, which is a huge yearly event. Nicky does this as a way to give back to the community, something she firmly believes in.

Then there’s Ohana Wellness Centre. Nicky had a dream about a place where people, no matter their shape, size or age could gather, feel comfortable and get healthy. The word “Ohana” actually means family. So, with the full support of her husband, Darren and son, Cole, they embarked on a new venture. Nicky and Darren sold their home, where they at one time believed they would retire to build a new home that would incorporate the wellness centre. Nicky herself teaches yoga and has studied in Toronto and Mysore, India. Darren is a kinesiologist, holistic life coach, and practices traditional Chinese medicine. Altogether, there are now 6 teachers that work out of Ohana, teaching a variety of yoga, nia (combo of dance, yoga, tai-chi and martial arts), as well as massage therapies, to name a few services. The sheer delight and new-found confidence in the reaction of students when they accomplish a goal or master a new yoga position is what fuels Nicky onwards with Ohana.

For more information, visit their website: www. ohanawellness.ca, or give the centre a call to book a visit and experience first hand the atmosphere at (705) 752-0294.

By: Michelle Lashbrook