Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on May 4, 1979.
May 4th is World Laughter Day
The last week in May is Pickle Week
Girl Scout Leader Appreciation Day is April 22nd
May is Teacher Appreciation Month
May 9th is Child Care Provider Appreciation Day
“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.”
Agnes Repplier. ( Essayist and Writer)
Phelps Rec Centre
Bottle Drive Fundraiser in Redbridge.
The Phelps Rec Centre will be open and collecting beer & liquor empties on May 8th from 8am to 3pm or to have your empties picked up, please call Brenna Aultman at 663-2867 by May 7th. Every household participating, will be entered in a draw to win a FREE BBQ, propane tank & much more.
There will also be a Bacon & Egg Breakfast from 8am to 11am ($5/adult) & BBQ lunch from noon to 3pm.
Community Yard Sale.
All members of the community are welcome to bring their yard sale items to the Rec Centre on May 8th from 8am—3pm for a community sale. A donation of $10 for use of a table is requested. Please contact Brenna Aultman at 663-2867 for more details and to rent your table.
Community Soup Cook Off.
Members of the community are asked to contribute a crockpot of their favourite soup to be entered in a taste testing contest. Please contact Brenna Aultman at 663-2867 for contest and prize details and to enter your favourite soup.
Amelia Rising
May 6th. 1pm -3pm
Movie and Popcorn
May 13th. 1pm - 3pm
Games Day
May 20th. 1pm - 3pm
Open Discussion
May 27th. 1pm - 3pm
Candle Crafts
CWL
ST. Alphonsus Church Charity Fundraiser
Penny Sale
Saturday, June 4th
Noon to 8pm
For more information, please call Dianne Baker
at 705-752-3410
Big Brothers Big Sisters
Bowl For Kids Sake
Awards Ceremony
Saturday, May 1st 2010
10:00am-11:00am
Big Brothers Big Sisters
169 Lakeshore Dr. North Bay
Habitat for Humanity
Golf Tournament Thursday June 10, 2010
Clear Springs Golf Course
4-Player Scramble at noon
Dinner at 6 pm at clubhouse
Charity Auction w/ Auctioneer Ernie Schellenberg
Email golf@habitatnorthbay.com or phone 705-495-6244
Often neglected, but never ignored, our feet will let us know if we are not caring for them.
Whether for fashion of fun, we sometimes choose the wrong footwear and end up with sore and aching feet. It may come as a surprise that feet are more than our cheapest transportation. They are the windows to our wellness. The healing art of reflexology has been practiced for thousands of years and is even depicted on the walls of Egyptian tombs. Our feet have over 8000 active nerve ends and many of the body’s energy meridians begin, end or travel around the foot.
The feet are also part of our built in heat management system. Are you too hot? Try sleeping with one foot outside of the covers or place bare feet on cool cement floor, rock or dangle them in the lake. For many, this might not be news but if it is, give it a try.
In Reflexology, the entire body is reflected in the feet with “reflex” areas that respond to unbalance in the part of the body they represent. Consequently, working or stimulating that part of the foot can have a reflex effect in the body part. A trained Reflexologist can help many conditions but you can do basic work yourself or with a friend.
Even without focusing on reflexology, a good foot massage is a wonderful gift. Some easy home tools for self-massage are rolling a golf ball under the foot, pausing and letting it work out tender muscle areas in the arches and a 500ml frozen bottle of water will help cool and sooth tired feet.
The feet are also a potential gateway to a good night sleep. In Ayurveda, the Indian holistic health system, rubbing you feet with sesame oil before bed aids sleep and helps to calm restless legs.
A foot bath in strong black tea helps calm strong foot odor. Making a paste of garlic powder and apple cider vinegar will help soften calluses and clear fungus. For foot odors try to avoid synthetic material in socks.
Take time to try these tips, and I’m sure you’ll see results.
By Darren Renaud
Beatrice Gladys Lillie. Born Toronto, Ontario, May 28, 1894. Died , Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire England, January 29, 1989.
Beatrice Gladys Lillie had her start in the business by performing on stage with her mother and her sister Muriel as The Lillie Tri. Bea had a ‘sweet’ voice and when singing, would add jokes between songs until she was better known for the jokes than her music.
In 1914, her mother moved the family to London, England where they debuted in London’s famous west end theatre district. Within 10 years, Beatrice would debut in New York City.
She married Sir Robert Peel and became Lady Peel in January 1920. Beatrice continued her career and professionally she became known as Bea Lillie and well renowned for her gift of satire. She had one son, Robert Peel. Beatrice and Robert separated but never divorced. Lord Peel died in 1934 and her son was killed in action 1942.
Beatrice would boast a successful recording career with many recordings made with songs specifically written for her. Today she can even be located performing on the internet site Utube. She touched on work in the movies but did not concentrate in this medium. Her first film, ‘Exit Smiling’ was with Jack Pickford, the younger brother of the famous Canadian actress, Mary Pickford. Retro film festivals often screen the film. The film ‘On Approval’ was done in 1944 and put Beatrice at the top of her game. In WW ll, she was an energetic and popular entertainer for the troops.
She won a Tony in 1953 for the revue ‘An Evening With Beatrice Lillie’ with which she toured worldwide. In 1954, she earned the Sarah Siddons Award for her work with Chicago theatre.
She has a star on Hollywood Boulevard, the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
By 1948, she entered into a controlling “friendship” with a younger man, John Philip Huck. While he may have been controlling, she was cared for after she retired from the stage in 1971 because of Alzheimer’s disease. John Huck died within two days of Beatrice in January 1989.
Beatrice Gladys Lillie was never forgotten in her home town of Toronto. On the 100th anniversary of her birth in 1984, the Parkdale Clinic on Queen Street, was named in her honour.
Submitted by Dawn Monroe. famouscanadianwomen.com
Bread Pudding
Ingredients
6 slices day-old bread
2 tablespoons butter, melted
½ cup raisins (optional)
4 eggs, beaten
2 cups milk
3/4 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Break bread into small pieces into an 8 inch square baking pan. Drizzle melted butter or margarine over bread. If desired, sprinkle with raisins. In a medium mixing bowl, combine eggs, milk, sugar, cinnamon and vanilla. Beat until well mixed. Pour over bread and lightly push down with a fork until bread is covered and soaking up the egg mixture. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly tapped.
Banana Chocolate Bread Pudding
Ingredients
4 eggs
2 cups milk
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
4 cups cubed French bread
2 bananas, sliced
1 cup semisweet choc chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×5 inch loaf pan. In a large mixing bowl, mix eggs, milk, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Stir in bread, bananas and chocolate chips. Let rest 5 minutes for bread to soak. Pour into prepared pan. Line a roasting pan with a damp kitchen towel. Place loaf pan on towel inside roasting pan and place roasting pan on oven rack. Fill roasting pan with water to reach halfway up the sides of the loaf pan. Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Rhubarb Bread Pudding
Ingredients:
8 slices bread without crusts, toasted and cubed
1 ½ cups milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine
5 eggs
1 1/4 cups sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups diced rhubarb
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
Directions
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place bread cubes into a buttered 2 quart casserole dish. Combine the milk and butter in a saucepan and heat just to the boiling point. Pour over the bread cubes and let stand for 15 minutes. In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Stir in rhubarb. Pour over the soaked bread and stir gently until evenly blended. Sprinkle walnuts over the top. Bake for 50 minutes in the preheated oven, until nicely browned on the top. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
It’s been 5 months since my gastric bypass surgery and I am still feeling wonderful. To date, I have lost 68 pounds. I began this journey weighing 250 pounds and now weigh 182 pounds.
I can eat pretty much anything but can not seem to tolerate breads. It doesn’t really bother me much though. Although, I never realised just how many food items comes on or with bread of some sort.
Although I still enjoy going out for a meal, I find it a complete waste of time and money. At first, I was ordering off of the kiddie meal but that didn’t work because what I wanted was not offered on a kiddie meal so I would settle for something that was. Then, I would just order what I wanted and take the rest home. So, I ended up always eating leftovers and let me tell you, it don’t always taste that great. Trust me on this one! So, I’m still trying to figure that one out.
I have acquired a liking for yogurt but only the Danon Creamy brand and fruit is my new choice of snack food. Oh, don’t get me wrong, I still enjoy potato chips and Smarties but now my portion size has gone from a eating them all to only eating about a quarter of that.
That is all you will want to eat because let me tell you, if you eat more than that you will feel awfully ill and I mean awfully! No joking. It will feel like you have a bad case of the flu with all the symptoms: Diarrhea, nausea, bad stomach pains, chills and sweats. It is not a fun experience and it keeps you from doing it again. Only thing is that this feeling also occurs when you eat something that your body does not want like muffins. Yep, I can’t eat muffins and that sucks but just look at the reward.
I eat so little within the day that I have to pay close attention to what I do eat. I feel that I need to make better food decisions and thanks to all the education that I received at Highland Hospital in Rochester before my surgery, I know how to do just that.
Whenever I see someone I haven’t seen in awhile, my appearance just astounds them, if they recognize me at all! I always seem to forget that I look completely different since I feel the exact same way on the inside as I did before and am a little upset that they just walked me by without saying a word. But as they glance back to decide if they know me, I remember and laugh as I start the conversation.
I remember the first time a man acknowledged me out in the public. I though to myself. “What the heck is HE staring at? Is my fly down? Do I have my shirt on backward?” (Don’t laugh. I’ve done that and I’m pretty sure I am not alone!) That type of attention was foreign to me and I felt embarrassed that another man other than my husband was looking my way. But, after talking to a few of my friends, that has changed now. It just took me awhile to get used to it and now find it flattering.
Thank you for all your e-mails. I’ll keep you all informed on my progress.
-Women say that the part of a man’s body that they admire the most is his buttocks .
-Armadillos have four babies at a time and they are always all the same sex.
-Women talk to their cars more then men do
-Women buy 10 percent more movie tickets than men
-Ducks are never male. The males of the species are called drakes
