When April showers bring May flowers, the flowers bring unsavory conditions to allergy sufferers.
With a growing number of vehicles’ cabin ventilation systems equipped with pollen filters, those summer drives are going to be much more pleasurable.
It is suggested that you replace the filter every year.
May 30th 1848, The Ice Cream Freezer Was Patented
May 31st is World No Tobacco Day
May 8th is No Socks Day
Visit Your Relatives Day is May 18th
May 6th is International No Diet Day
May is Flower Month
Susan’s Birthday From Sesame Street is May 3rd
Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre
Women are welcome to drop by, enjoy a coffee or tea and chat with other women who attend. Drop in is held every Thursday from 1:00pm-3:00pm and every woman is welcome to attend.
Women In Business
Next meeting is 12pm, May 3rd at the Best Western. 700 Lakeshore Dr. North Bay. For more information, please visit us at www.nipissingwomeninbusiness.com
Heritage Gardeners
Garden Design
You are invited to share in an Evening of Education with the Heritage Gardeners and Master Gardener Lynn Farintosh, Wednesday, May 11, 2011. 7:00-8:00 P.M. Southwest corner of McIntyre and Murray Street. Come on a City Garden Walking Tour. Call 495-0920 with your gardening questions or e-mail: northbaymastergardeners@hotmail.com.
The Phelps Community Rec Centre
Redbridge
is hosting its Annual Fundraising Bottle Drive on Saturday May 14th from 9am - 2pm. Everyone is welcome to drop off empty beer or liquor bottles/cans. Each household donating will be entered into a prize package draw. The PCRC is also accepting pop cans that will be contributed to Phelps Schools fundraising project. A BBQ lunch will be available. In conjunction with the Bottle Drive we will be hosting the 2nd Annual Chili Cook-off. Call Brenna at 705.663.2867 to enter your chili, space is limited.
Taste testers are welcome and can try each chili and vote for a favourite for the low cost of $3.00. Hope to see everyone there!
St. Alphonsus Church
Charity Fundraiser
Penny Sale. Fri, June 3, Noon to 8pm. Call Dianne Baker at 705-752-3410
Callander Fire & Emergency Services
will be celebrating “125 years of Firefighting” with a PANCAKE BREAKFAST on Saturday May 14 from 8am to 12pm at the Callander Community Center, 1984 Swale St. The cost is $5.00 per person. This event will also consist of Fire Education, Tours of the Fire Trucks and Equipment, A “125 Year” Historical Firefighting Exhibit, and Mock Fire Drills
Corbeil Busy Bees
Rummage and Bake Sale
at the Corbeil Park Hall, May 7thFrom 9 am to 2 pm. Soup and sandwich lunch available. Donation drop off on previous Friday. For more information, please call Colette: 705-752-1055
The second week in May is Stuttering Awareness Week.
When someone to whom you are talking is having trouble speaking fluently, they most likely have a stuttering problem. You will probably react appropriately by instinct, but if you are not sure what to do, you are not alone.
Stuttering is often misunderstood and can cause the listener to feel anxious. If you keep the following in mind, however, the experience will be a more comfortable one for you and the person who stutters.
We do not know why people stutter, but apparently it is not a nervous or personality disorder. People who stutter are normal except they lack the ability to varying degrees to get words out fluently. It is known that stuttering runs in families, and research shows neurological components are probably involved in the disorder. Stuttering almost always starts between the ages of two and five.
People generally do not stutter when they sing, whisper, speak in chorus, or when they do not hear their own voice. There is no universally accepted explanation for these phenomena.
The degree to which people stutter varies widely. Some people who stutter have more natural control over their speech than others do. And the degree of stuttering will also vary within the individual. How much control they have will depends on the particular situation in which they find themselves, the difficulty of the words they must say, and how they feel, in general, at that moment. People who stutter, universally report having “good days” and “bad days.”
Stuttering may look like an easy problem that can be solved with some simple advice, but for adults it is a chronic, life-long disorder. People who stutter can achieve more control over their speech, but total fluency is not a realistic goal for most adults.
The list of notable people who stutter (past and present) includes: Marilyn Monroe, James Earl Jones and Bruce Willis.
You might be very tempted to finish sentences or fill in words for the person. Unless you know the person well and have his or her permission, please do not do this. Your action could be taken as demeaning. And, of course, if you guess the wrong word, the difficulties multiply.
Refrain from making remarks like: “Slow down,” “Take a breath,” or “Relax.” Such simplistic advice can be felt as patronizing and is not constructive.
Maintain normal eye contact and try not to look embarrassed or alarmed. Just wait patiently and naturally until the person is finished.
In general, let the person know by your manner and actions that you are listening to what he or she is saying and not how he or she is saying it. Be yourself. Be a good listener.
Source: http://www.mnsu.edu
Muriel McQueen was born on 26 May 1899 in Shediac, New Brunswick. She was educated at Shediac High School, Mount Allison Ladies College and Mount Allison University from which she received a B.A. in 1921. Following her graduation she read law in her father’s law office and was admitted to the bar of New Brunswick in 1925. She practiced law briefly before her marriage in 1926 to another young lawyer, Aubrey Fergusson.
For ten years she led the life of a traditional housewife, occupying her spare time with running a tearoom, forming the Grand Falls Literary Group and gardening.
When her husband became ill in 1936, she returned to the practice of law. She gradually took over his legal practice and assumed his duties as Judge of the Probate Court, Clerk of the County Court and town solicitor of Grand Falls. After the death of her husband in 1942 she was confirmed in these positions becoming the first woman to hold them.
In 1944, she became the only woman to serve as enforcement counsel for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board. She applied for the job of regional director of Family Allowances and Old Age Security, a position for which she was well-qualified but was denied because the competition was open to men only. She challenged this dictum successfully and served as regional director from 1947 to 1953.
In the meantime, she led another fight to win acceptance of women as aldermen on the City Council of Fredericton. She ran and was elected the first woman alderman in 1950. Two years later she was acclaimed alderman, so impressing her colleagues on the Council that she was chosen Deputy Mayor in 1953. Her period as Deputy Mayor, however, was short-lived for on 19 May 1953 she was summoned to the Senate.
As a Senator, Muriel Fergusson continued her fight for women’s rights and she also worked tirelessly on issues concerning the poor, pensioners and the elderly.
On 14 December 1972 Senator Fergusson became the Speaker of the Senate. She resigned from the Senate on 23 May 1975.
In recognition of her many contributions, Senator Fergusson was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1976.
She lived in retirement in Fredericton, New Brunswick where she continued to be very active in local affairs.
Muriel Fergusson died on 11 April 1997.
Source: www2.parl.gc.ca
Asparagus Bruschetta
Ingredients:
3 cups water
1/2 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup minced fresh basil
3 green onions, chopped
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lime peel
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
12 slices French baguette, toasted
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
Directions:
In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add the asparagus; cover and boil for 2-4 minutes. Drain and immediately place asparagus in ice water. Drain and pat dry. In a bowl, combine the asparagus, tomatoes, basil, onions, lime juice, oil, garlic, lime peel, salt and pepper.
Using a slotted spoon, spoon asparagus mixture onto bread. Sprinkle with blue cheese.
Asparagus Wraps
Ingredients:
4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 egg
1 loaf white bread, crusts trimmed
1 (10 ounce) package frozen cut asparagus
1/2 cup butter, melted
Directions
In a medium bowl, mix the blue cheese, cream cheese and egg. Flatten each bread slice, and spread with blue cheese mixture. Place one piece of asparagus on each bread slice. Roll the slices. Place rolled slices in freezer bags, and freeze at least 4 hours or until frozen.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove rolls from freezer. Brush with butter. Place rolls on a large baking sheet. Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes or until bread is lightly browned and cheese is melted. Cut into bite-sized pieces to serve.
Asparagus is a good source of vitamin B6, calcium, magnesium and zinc, and a very good source of dietary fiber, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, thiamin, riboflavin, rutin, niacin, folic acid, iron, phosphorus, potassium, copper, manganese and selenium as well as chromium, a trace mineral that enhances the ability of insulin to transport glucose from the bloodstream into cells
A full tummy tuck requires a horizontally-oriented incision in the area between the pubic hairline and navel. The shape and length of the incision will be determined by the degree of correction necessary. Through this incision, weakened abdominal muscles are repaired and sutured and excess fat, tissue and skin is removed. A second incision around the navel may be necessary to remove excess skin in the upper abdomen.
Sutures, skin adhesives, tapes or clips close the skin incisions.
Medications are administrated for my comfort during the surgical procedure. Dr. Tumi will decide between intravenous sedation and general anesthesia.
The tummy tuck will result in a flatter, firmer abdominal contour that is proportionate to my body type and weight. The final results may be initially obscured by swelling and my inability to stand upright until internal healing is complete. Within a week or two, I should be standing tall and confident about my new slimmer profile.
Following my surgery, dressings or bandages may be applied to the incisions and I may be wrapped in an elastic bandage or a compressed garment to minimize swelling and to support my abdomen as it heals. A small thin tube may be temporarily placed under my skin to drain any excess blood or fluid that may collect.
Normal activities can usually be resumed within a couple of weeks and many people return to work the third week after surgery.
It can take 6-12 months to see the final result of the surgery.
The tummy tuck is performed on an outpatient basis. I will need to be sure to arrange for someone to drive me to and from the surgery and stay with me for at least the first night following surgery.
~A woman’s arthritic pains will almost always disappear as soon as she becomes pregnant. No one knows why.
~The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time television were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
~Nachos is the food most craved by pregnant women.
~You lose 26 calories if you kiss for a minute and 260 if you did it for 10 minutes.
