December 28, 1984: The final episode of “The Edge of Night” aired.
December is Hi Neighbor Month
Winter Begins December 22
Human Rights Day is December 10th
December 9th 1884: Ball-Bearing Roller Skates Were Patented
December 22nd 1882, First Christmas Lights were for Sale
It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart.”
Families First New Year’s Eve Celebrations
December 31st, 2010
Memorial Gardens, YMCA, Thomson Park
4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The goal of the Families First New Year’s Eve Celebration is to give people in our community the opportunity to ring in the New Year with families and friends in an alcohol and drug free environment. Through donations from local sponsors, we provide this event to the public free of charge.
FIREWORKS in Thomson Park - 8:00 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION!!!
Please bring a non-perishable food item for the food bank.
Memorial Gardens:
Scavenger Hunt
Kids Colouring Contest
Kid’s Bingo
Skating
Face Painting
Live Entertainment
Guitar Hero Warz
Y.M.C.A:
Family Swimming
Volleyball
Thomson Park:
Inflatable Land
Bonfire
Glow in the Dark Frisbee
The Nipissing Women in Business
meets the first Tuesday of each month. Luncheons at the Legion Branch 23, First Ave. North Bay in the Dress Lounge.
The Women In Business Group actively promotes the growth and continued success of business women through shared knowledge, an established referral base and invaluable networking opportunities.
Habitat for Humanity Hockey Raffle
Draw to be held: Tuesday December 14, 2010 at 7 P.M
Suite 1st Floor Community Room, Northgate Square, 1500 Fisher St
Tickets $10 – Are available at the following locations:
Promo Sports Depot, New North Exteriors
Grand & Toy, Skaters Edge and Hunters Automotive
For more information, call Ellen at 705-493-6043
Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre
Thursday December 2nd
1pm - 3pm
Pampering & a Knitting workshop
Thursday, December 9th
1pm - 3pm
Art, Painting & Pampering
Thursday, December 16th
1pm - 3pm
Christmas Party
*Pampering will be happening at Tammy’s Golden Scissors located at 135 Worthington St W. Call 705-840-2403 to sign up for pampering as space is limited.
As I watch the last leaves fall and the first few snowflakes fly warning us of the months ahead, my thoughts turned to what can we easily do to help ourselves. Cold, illness, short days, closed spaces, holiday stress, loss of local produce… it all adds up to a challenge to maintaining our energy, balance and vitality while living in the north. There are some simple tips that can help.
Acupressure wise, there are many points to support your immune function, balance energy and even deal with the cold (or heat). One of the first points that help in many situations is Li11. Bend your arm and look at the crease on the outside of your elbow pointing towards the tip. The depression just beyond the crease is Li11. This point helps to signal the body to balance temperature. Pressing firmly with finger tips into the points on each arm (cross your arms and you can do both at the same time) for 3-5min. This will help to warm or cool your body. That’s right ladies, if you want to take the edge off of a hot flash, this will help. The next point is Li4. It is on the hand on the highest point of the fleshy part between the closed thumb and the index finger. Some know this as a pain relief point, but it more accurately deals with discomfort from congestive issues like headaches, sinus, constipation, etc. Again press in firmly for 3-5min. each side.
Activity helps elevate energy and moods. Get out socialize and shake off the blahs. Exercise helps to keep your lymphatic system working which helps your overall immune system. Staying active is key to winter wellness. Getting proper rest will also help. Try to be sleeping by 9:30-10:00pm.
Nutritionally winter can be a huge challenge. Drink at least half your body weight in ounces each day. We lose approximately half a cup of water per hour. Tea, coffee, juices and sodas make you lose more moisture than they contribute.
Your attitude is the overall biggest booster. Stay positive, embrace the season, get outside, get active, eat well and smile. By living in the north, it’s hard to avoid winter, so live and enjoy winter to your fullest.
Take time to try these tips, and I’m sure you’ll see results. Stay well, stay strong… you deserve it.
If you are interested in these approaches, and ways to help yourself, email info@ohanawellness.ca, or you can visit www.ohanawellness.ca.
©Darren Renaud Natural Health Practitioner
A native of Canada, Maud L. Menten is a little-known scientist who discovered an equation that has been hailed as a foundation in the modern study of enzymology. Menten was one of the first Canadian women to earn a medical degree.
Menten was born March 20, 1879, in Port Lambton, Ontario, Canada. After completing secondary school, Menten attended the University of Toronto where she earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1904 and a master’s degree in physiology in 1907. While earning her graduate degree, she worked as a demonstrator in the university’s physiology lab.
A talented student, Menten was appointed a fellow at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City in 1907. After a year at the Institute, Menten worked as an intern at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children. She returned to Canada and began studies at the University of Toronto a year later. In 1911 she became one of the first Canadian women to receive a doctor of medicine degree.
Armed with her doctorate, Menten joined the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh as an instructor in 1918. She remained at the university until her retirement in 1950 and was promoted to full professor in 1948 at the age of sixty-nine.
Menten was portrayed as a petite dynamo of a woman who wore “Paris hats, blue dresses with stained-glass hues, and Buster Brown shoes.” She drove a Model T Ford through the University of Pittsburgh area for some 32 years and enjoyed many adventurous and artistic hobbies. She played the clarinet, painted paintings worthy of art exhibitions, climbed mountains, went on an Arctic expedition and enjoyed astronomy. She also mastered several languages, including Russian, French, German, Italian, and at least one Native-American language.
After her retirement from the University of Pittsburgh in 1950, she returned to Canada where she continued to do cancer research at the British Columbia Medical Research Institute. Poor health forced Menten’s retirement in 1955, and she died July 20, 1960, at the age of 81, in Leamington, Ontario.
EGGNOG
Ingredients:
3 quarts whole milk
2 ½ cups sugar
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
10 eggs, slightly beaten
3 tsp. vanilla
whipped cream for garnish
nutmeg
rum or brandy, to taste (optional)
Preparation:
In large saucepan, combine 1 quart of milk with the sugar and flour. Stir over medium-low heat until mixture just begins boil. Cook over low heat, stirring for 2 minutes. Beat eggs in large bowl. Quickly whisk in the hot milk mixture, whisking vigorously. Return to low heat. Cook, stirring for 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in the remaining milk. Cool. Add vanilla and chill thoroughly (about 45 minutes or more). Garnish, if desired with whipped cream. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Add rum or brandy to taste, if desired. Chill 30 minutes to an hour.
32 servings.
EGGLESS EGGNOG
Ingredients
1 (3.5 ounce) package instant French vanilla pudding
1 ½ quarts milk
2 ½ tsps rum flavored extract
½ tsp nutmeg
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the pudding mix with 2 cups of milk, following package directions; allow to chill for 5 minutes. Stir in the rum flavoring and nutmeg, then slowly mix in the remaining 4 cups of milk until the mixture is a thick. Chill until ready to serve.
EGGNOG PANCAKES
Ingredients
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp sugar
2 ½ tsps baking powder
½ tsp salt
1 cup eggnog
2 tbsps clarified butter
1 egg, lightly beaten
Directions
Heat a lightly oiled skillet or griddle over medium heat. In a bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the eggnog, butter, and egg. Mix until dry ingredients are evenly moist. Pour 1/4 cup batter onto the hot griddle for each pancake. Cook pancakes until bubbly on top. Flip with a spatula, and continue cooking until lightly browned on bottom.
I just got back from Rochester for my one year check-up. I really can’t believe that it’s been a year already but I do know that it has been a very interesting year for me. I have lost exactly 100 pounds now and with all that weight loss, my life has changed immensely. I feel more energized now and can move around with much more ease, my health has improved dramatically and I am now confident that I will be around to hold and spoil my grandchildren one fine day.
People treat me differently. It’s very sad that overweight people are treated poorly by our society. I have experienced this firsthand many times over and am appalled by it. People who wouldn’t even give me a moment of their time now want to talk with me over coffee. Some people say that maybe it is I who has changed and am now more approachable. I’m sure that is true to some extent but as I stated before, I am the very same person inside as I have always been!!
At my one year checkup my nutritionalist stated that I have been going a great job at maintaining my current weight. It isn’t easy though since I am pretty much constantly eating. This is such a difficult thing to get accustomed to since I spent pretty much my whole life not allowing myself to eat and now I have to, so I had to retrain my brain.. She also stated that I am not drinking enough water which is causing me to be light-headed and dizzy when I get up from a sitting position. My B12 and Iron levels were also low but these are pretty minor problem that are easily rectified with water, B12 shots and additional Iron supplements. Purchasing vitamins and mineral supplements can be a financial strain but they are necessary to retain optimal health and well being.
My body still hasn’t adjusted to the cold. Since I don’t have my insulation anymore sweaters and flannels are my new apparel. My husband likes the sweaters but isn’t all that keen on my chosen bedroom attire which consists of two piece flannel pajamas and thick wooly’s for my cold tootsies. The worst part of it all is that I am usually still freezing! LOL But, all in all, having the surgery was a great success and I couldn’t be any more happier.
I started the process for second phase, skin removal. I met with a very cute plastic surgeon while I was in Rochester. He works out of Highland Hospital as well so I knew that I would be in good hands but what I didn’t know is that I had to strip down to my ill-fitting birthday suit as part of the process and it didn’t help matters that it was cold in the examining room.
Anyway….he informed me exactly what he would be doing as he lifted and adjusted my saggy body parts. Then he told me that recovery time would be about six weeks. So now I am starting the process all over again with OHIP to acquire “Out of Country surgery”
I will keep you informed. Victoria Reed
The Mattawa Women’s Resource Centre is celebrating 25 YEARS! 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year, for 25 years. Thousands of women and children have resided under our roof, thousands more walked through our doors for help. We have been extremely fortunate to have a community support us in our many public awareness endeavors regarding violence against women and children, as well as our numerous programs. Throughout our 25 years, we have successfully partnered with other community organizations, in providing the best services and programming.
Many of us have come a long way in this 25 year journey. Surprisingly, most of the original staff is still here. This, in itself, is very unusual as the organizational shelf life of a full-time, front-line shelter worker, averages at 2 years. With 5 of our own here for 25 years, we have another 3 full-timers with no one under 15 years… in essence, we are hosting over 180 years of experience! Relief workers add to our knowledge base enriching our levels of service and life experiences. Each and every woman, that walks through our doors, touches our own lives and contributes to the breathing energy of the Women’s Centre.
November 10th, we re-enacted our ribbon ceremony, celebrated wellness and indulged in an epicurean feast! Keynote speaker and grass roots shelter activist, Marsha Greenfield, walked us to the start of our Centre’s herstory. A good old-fashioned “Valley kitchen party” followed with Karen Gagne and the Mattawa Girls! The Annual General Meeting then commenced at the Mattawa Lion’s Den, where staff recognition was celebrated. Executive Director Beverly Bell, was celebrated by the staff for her past 20 years at the helm of this crazy ship. Some say our humour, is twisted… true, but we laugh a lot and have an honest sense of wonderment at the strength and resiliency of women. It has been our honour and privilege to walk this path with so many incredible women who trusted us with their pain and celebrations. Helen Keller once wrote, “Walking with a friend in the dark, is better than walking alone in the light.”
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, while both male and female reindeer grow antlers in the summer each year (the only members of the deer family, Cervidae, to have females that do so), male reindeer drop their antlers at the beginning of winter, usually late November to mid December.
Female reindeer retain their antlers till after they give birth in the spring.
Therefore, according to every historical rendition depicting Santa’s reindeer, every single one of them, from Rudolf to Blitzen……..had to be a female.
We should’ve known this when they were able to find their way…
