Victoria’s Read

Peanut Butter Lover’s Month
Nov 3rd: Sandwich Day
Nov 1st: Deviled Egg Day
Nov 4th: Candy Day
Nov 5th: Donut Day
Nov 23rd: National Cashew Day
Nov 26th: Cake Day
Nov 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate With Almonds Day
Parfait Day: Nov 25th
World Kindness Day is always Nov 13th
Nov 11th: Remembrance Day
Nov 13th: Mom’s and Dad’s Day
Nov 14th: Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
Nov 21st: World Hello Day
Nov 22nd: Stop the Violence Day
Nov 3rd: Housewife’s Day
World Peace Day: Nov 17th
Buy Nothing Day: Nov 28th
Third week in Nov: Bladder Health Week and Lung Cancer Awareness Week

November is:

Apple Month
Alzheimer’s Disease Month
Diabetes Month
Epilepsy Month
Hospice Month

The first animal in space was the female Samoyed husky named Laika, launched by the Soviets in 1957.

The Callander  Firefighters

will once again be hosting The Best Little Craft Show In The Near North District by the Callander Firefighters and their spousal auxiliary the “Flames”.
Saturday November 12th 9AM to 3PM Callander Community Center
Donations, monetary or non perishable grocery items, will be collected at the door in lieu of an admission fee.

The North Bay and Area Social Planning Council

is hosting a presentation from the Office of the Independent Police Review Director, Mon, Nov 7th from 5-6pm at the North Bay Public Library Auditorium. Public Presentation by: Office of the Independent Police Review Director.
The role of The OIPRD is to provide a transparent, effective, and impartial public complaints process for police and community members.

Habitat for Humanity

is having a BAKE SALE Nov 5th from 10am to 3pm at Northgate Shopping Centre. We are looking for volunteers to donate baking and help out. Contact the office at 705-495-6244 or via our website at volunteer@habitatnorthbay.com

The Catholic Women’s League of Paroisse Sacré-Coeur Corbeil

are hosting a Tea and Penny Sale at the Corbeil Park Hall. Tea at 11 am to 2 pm. Draw starts at 3 pm. There will be Baked Goods, Crafts and White Elephant Tables. All are welcome!

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.

Heritage Gardeners

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 @ Discovery North Bay, Upper Gallery 100 Ferguson St., North Bay from 7-8pm, Alexis Burnett of Earth Tracks: Wilderness Training and Naturalist Adventures will fill us in using his extensive knowledge of herbs and medicinal plants. Visit our website at www.heritagenorthbay.com

22 Wing CFB
60TH Anniversary

Join us for an evening of music including, Broadway, Pop, Ceremonial and Big Band with the 60 piece 22 Wing Concert Band and the 8 Wing CFB Trenton Pipes & Drums as we celebrate the 60th Anniversary of 22 Wing CFB North Bay Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 7:30pm. Visit the Capitol Centre or contact CFB North Bay at 705-494-2011, ext 2001 or 2495. Donation to the Seeing More Clearly (MRI) fund  accepted.

NOVEMBER

Depending on the climate, you may be opting to install winter tires rather than all-season ones in the upcoming months. Winter tires are superior in traction over snow-covered roads; however, relatively new all-season tires would suffice during wintertime in most major cities.

TEN FACTS ABOUT DIABETES

1. More than 346 million people worldwide have diabetes.
There is an emerging global epidemic of diabetes that can be traced back to rapid increases in overweight, obesity and physical inactivity.

2. Diabetes is predicted to become the seventh leading cause of death in the world by the year 2030.
Total deaths from diabetes are projected to rise by more than 50% in the next 10 years.

3. There are two major forms of diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes is characterized by a lack of insulin production and type 2 diabetes results from the body’s ineffective use of insulin.

4. A third type of diabetes is gestational diabetes.
This type is characterized by hyperglycaemia, or raised blood sugar, which has first appeared or been recognized during pregnancy.

5. Type 2 diabetes is much more common than type 1 diabetes.
Type 2 accounts for around 90% of all diabetes worldwide. Reports of type 2 diabetes in children – previously rare – have increased worldwide. In some countries, it accounts for almost half of newly diagnosed cases in children and adolescents.

6. Cardiovascular disease is responsible for between 50% and 80% of deaths in people with diabetes.
Diabetes has become one of the major causes of premature illness and death in most countries, mainly through the increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

7. In 2004, an estimated 3.4 million people died from consequences of high blood sugar.

8. 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries.
In developed countries most people with diabetes are above the age of retirement, whereas in developing countries those most frequently affected are aged between 35 and 64.

9. Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, amputation and kidney failure.
Lack of awareness about diabetes, combined with insufficient access to health services and essential medicines, can lead to complications such as blindness, amputation and kidney failure.

10. Type 2 diabetes can be prevented.
Thirty minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity on most days and a healthy diet can drastically reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes cannot be prevented.

Source: www.who.in

Dame Cicely Mary Saunders was a prominent Anglican, nurse, physician and writer. She helped the dying and terminally ill end their lives in the most comfortable ways possible.

She is best known for her role in the birth of the hospice movement, emphasizing the importance of palliative care in modern medicine. At the time hospices were sanctuaries provided by religious orders for the dying poor. They offered food, clothing, shelter as well as minimal medical care.

In the late 1940s, Saunders began working part-time at St Luke’s Home for the Dying Poor in Bayswater, and it was partly this which, in 1951, led her to begin study at St Thomas’s College to become a physician in 1957.

A year later, she began working at the Roman Catholic St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney where for seven years, she researched pain control.

In 1967, St Christopher’s Hospice, the world’s first purpose-built hospice, was established. The hospice was founded on the principles of combining teaching and clinical research, expert pain and symptom relief with holistic care to meet the physical, social, psychological and spiritual needs of its patients and those of their family and friends.

In 1979, Queen Elizabeth II honoured Cicely Saunders with the title Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Dame Cicely would be awarded many more prizes in her lifetime and in 2001 she received the world’s largest humanitarian award - the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize.

In 2002 she co-founded a new charity - Cicely Saunders International. The charity’s mission is to promote research to improve the care and treatment of all patients with progressive illness and to make high-quality palliative care available to everyone who needs it - be it in hospice, hospital or home. The charity has co-created the world’s first purpose built Institute of Palliative Care - the Cicely Saunders Institute, and supported research to improve the management of symptoms such as breathlessness, action to meet more closely patient and family choice in palliative care, and better support for older people.

Dame Cicely died of cancer at the age of 87 in 2005, at St Christopher’s Hospice, the hospice she herself had founded.

Flaxseed Donuts

Ingredients
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup ground flaxseed
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 eggs
1 cup white sugar
1 cup buttermilk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 quart vegetable oil for frying

Directions
Whisk the flour, flaxseed, baking powder, nutmeg, and cinnamon together in a bowl until evenly blended; set aside. Beat the eggs and sugar together in a separate bowl; whisk the buttermilk and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil into the egg mixture. Stir the flour mixture into the egg mixture until no lumps of flour remain and the dough is firm enough to handle. Cover the bowl and refrigerate at least 10 minutes.

Roll the dough to 1/2-inch thickness on a generously-floured surface. Use a floured donut cutter to cut donut shapes out of the dough. Let the donuts stand for 5 to 10 minutes as the oil heats.

Heat the frying oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 360 degrees F.

Fry the donuts in the hot oil in batches until golden brown on both sides, about 2 minutes per side. Drain on a paper towel-lined plate before serving.

Berry-filled Donuts

Ingredients
4 cups vegetable oil
1 (7.5 ounce) package refrigerated buttermilk biscuits, separated
3/4 cup seedless strawberry jam
1 cup confectioners’ sugar

Directions
In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375 degrees F. Fry biscuits, a few at a time, for 1-2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Drain on paper towels.

Cut a small hole in the corner of a pastry or plastic bag; insert a very small tip. Fill bag with jam. Push the tip through the side of each doughnut to fill with jam. Dust with confectioners’ sugar while warm. Serve immediately

November, the month of my very best friend’s birthday. Strange thing is that I can’t remember when or where we met but I do know that we were inseparable.  Over the years, we had our share of up and downs, tears and laughs and serious laps in judgment but we never forgot how much we cared about each other.

I have to sadly admit that I am the worst best friend you would ever want. I can go months without calling her, even forgetting to call her on the important days in her life. I am not proud of this trait but oddly,  it has never seemed to affect or friendship.

And it was so fitting that I would find myself on the delivery room table about to be a mother for the first time on her birthday. The most important thing that I wanted to accomplish in my life, next to being a wife was to be a mother. My marvelous son, Randy was born on November 20th, my best friend’s birthday!

I can recall a time when we had went a particularly long period of time without connecting. Then, one day, we ran into each other at the corner store and spoke like we had just seen one another the day before, like no time had passed between us at all. It was then that I realized just how much we fit together. Our friendship was so solid that there wasn’t even any need for explanations. Our bond would never be broken.

A short while ago, while sitting through yet another mundane job interview, I was asked this simple single lined question. “Do you feel that you have met your career goals?” For some unknown reason, I was stumped and intrigued at the same time. Although, I didn’t get the job, it triggered something in my heart and head.

Later that week while scanning the employment section in the paper, I came across an advertisement by the Red Cross, offering a course to become a Personal Support Worker. Haphazardly, I called the number, got an interview and was chosen.

I wasn’t really looking to become a PSW, but now here I am, embarking on a new career late in my life, struggling with my decision and the overload of homework. Who should appear, like a guardian angel, my best friend! She works at Red Cross as a PSW and will be my preceptor (teacher) during my on-the-job training!

Victoria says….Happy Birthday, Gail. Thank you for always sticking by me.