Norfolk Hub Magazine, September 2015

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Free MagazineSeptember 2015

Volume 3 Issue 9

Schott’s Leon’s Simcoe, locally owned & family run for three generations and part of our community, our families & our history

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T he Norfolk Community Foundation (NCF) made a $5,000 donation presentation to the Norfolk Arts Centre towards their Permanent Collection Accessibility Project. Photo from left: Hazel Andrews, Brendalee Engelhardt and Starr Demeyere, from

the Norfolk Arts Centre’s Board; Robert Judd and Bruce Shoff from the Norfolk Community Foundation; and Deirdre Chisholm, Director/Curator of the Norfolk Arts Centre.

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Congratulations Zach Zona!!From McDonald’s Simcoe

If you don’t know who Zach Zona is, you would be wise to watch our podcast at norfolkhub.ca or look for it on our Hub Media Facebook page. You will be

amazed at what this young man from Norfolk has accomplished!!Zach has recently returned from the Parapan Am Games in

Toronto and his performance was outstanding! He won silver in the 4x100m freestyle relay, bronze in the 200m IM, 100m butterfly and 400m freestyle. He came 4th in the 100m freestyle and 5th in the 50m freestyle. Zach achieved personal bests in all of the final heats of his races.

I think Zach Zona was maybe five years old when I taught him swimming. He was very quiet and focused at that time; even then he had this drive, this desire to prove he could do anything. I provided challenges for him in the water and although it tested him, he never gave up. He was determined!

Now lets me make this clear, I have nothing to do with his success at the pool these days. That is Zach, his coaches and his teammates doing. But you know, like all of us, I am proud of Zach and not surprised to see his success! Watch the podcast at norfolkhub.ca.

at the Parapan Am Games!Zach Zona

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Running is 90% physical and the other

90% is mental

Now in the summer, I see numerous people doing serious running. Many are training for an autumn race, whether it be a 5k or a marathon.

They have been working hard for weeks or months, often following specific programs devised by coaches, taken from running books, or of their own creation. They think, or obsess, about their runs and are pushing themselves to be better. All this is to be admired and can be considered as a positive step toward their well-being. However, some of these same runners will be disappointed with themselves at the end of race day. A few will not make it to the start line because of injury or because they couldn't sustain the commitment. Others will not complete their races or will not be satisfied with their finishing time. There are, of course, many reasons, ranging from unrealistic expectations, to over-training, faulty nutrition, adverse conditions, or unforeseen circumstances.

I wonder how many of these dedicated souls consider the potential impact of mental preparation for an important event.

Those of us who have competed know that there always seems to come a time, at least once, in every serious competition when we have to dig deep mentally in order to tell ourselves to keep pushing, to not give in and let up. When it is feeling really tough, there is such a temptation to just ease up a little bit to lessen the perceived pain. Unfortunately, although it feels so

good at the time, when you look back at the event, immediately afterwards or often even decades later, your disappointment is palpable. We cannot change the past but we can change how we will be going forward.

Firstly, we have to build mental toughness into our running. We have to put our focus on what is possible, on what good can happen. Think only about that which you can control such as your running form, your race strategy and your emotions. Do not worry about uncontrollable factors such as the weather or the competition.

Visualize mental toughness. Take time to mentally rehearse your goals. Create an image in your mind of what you want to achieve. See yourself doing it right. The more you realize some success, the easier this becomes. You can replay one of your best previous mentally tough performances. If you have been to the upcoming race venue before, or if you visit the new course beforehand, it is much easier to have an accurate visualization with correct details. If I go back to 3 Days at the Fair, I will be able to visualize more effectively as I prepare because I now know every section of the course in minute detail.

Create a relaxed focus. Try to work toward maintaining your concentration for longer periods of time. Lock more into what is critical to your performance. Let go of distractions and take control of your attention. Focus on the issues right in front of

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you (nutrition needs, how you are feeling, running form, etc.) and there will be less room for any negative thoughts. You will be mentally strong. Former Olympic marathon champion Frank Shorter, when asked what he thought about during such a long event, answered that he was constantly monitoring all parts of his body and the race situation. There was no time for irrelevant thoughts.

Some people also use power words, or mantras, for mental toughness. Examples are: I am strong; I stay positive no matter what; I am enjoying myself.

In general, it is important to think positively if you want to experience success. If you think you can, there is a much better chance that you can. On our way to trying to get what we want, most of us focus on what we have to do and pay scant attention to what we have to think. We need to know what is going through our heads. We need to understand that our actions - what we do and how we do it - are direct products of what we think about each day. Most of us don't stop to really think about what we are thinking about. Many of these thoughts, most at the subconscious level, are about ourselves. Unfortunately, many of these self-centred thoughts are negative in nature. To make matters worse, we tend to have the same thoughts day after day. That is why it is usually so difficult to get ourselves out of a rut. Over time, the repetition of thoughts turns them into beliefs that tell you what you can and cannot do. Try to pay attention to the words you are using. Are they negative and limiting or are they positive and empowering? Our thoughts and beliefs are connected to our physiology. It is likely that what we think is what we get.

Thus, our mental attitude about our physical activity is of paramount importance. It truly is something to think about, isn't it?

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The transport truck rolled into the soccer complex on West Street in Simcoe and the Canadian Tire Jumpstart crew went to work. The DJ set up and a

variety of games were arranged for the children on the soccer pitches. Pizza was ordered, backpacks, water bottles, T-shirts, and Frisbees were handed out to the over 140 kids from Norfolk who arrived throughout the day to participate. The firemen even stopped by with the crane truck and chatted about fire safety with the children.

Castrol Motor Oil sponsored Canadian Tire Jumpstart Games in conjunction with the Jumpstart team. Toni Masci explained that Canadian Tire Simcoe had qualified and won the day. Twenty-six of these events were taking place all across the country this year. There were over 1,500 participants in Vancouver. Amazing!

The goal of the Jumpstart Games is to provide a fun day for children so they can acquire teamwork skills, interact with other kids in their age group, and enjoy a lunch. The event also gives Canadian Tire Corporation’s employees the opportunity to engage with their local communities. It’s a great

way for the employees to channel their sports skills into addressing the diverse needs of the children, while fostering the kids’ talents and abilities.

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Fall-blooming Chrysanthemum varieties with burnt amber, golden yellow and deep burgundy blooms have been enormously popular for years.

As each new fall season rolls around, there always seems to be new varietal introductions to enhance your front porch display of pumpkins, corn stalks and gourds.

These robust plants will produce blooms for weeks, even in coolest of autumn weather. Some gardeners prefer a less labour-intensive gardening and leave them in their original store pots whereas others prefer to plant these flowers in larger terracotta pots or in window boxes and planters or into gardens to add an easy seasonal flair.

While resilient, these plants still need some TLC. Try these tips to keep your Mums looking fresh throughout the fall.

• Choose green plants with tightly closed buds. This way when your mums do bloom, you will be able to keep those colourful displays for much longer.

• The Mums’ foliage should have a deep green colour and lots of growth at the garden centre.

• Also, make sure the soil in the container is moist when purchasing your plant as dried out Mums may have already suffered damage.

• You’ll find out in short order that your potted Mums are very thirsty plants! Water them daily and make sure the soil remains moist. A shot of liquid fertilizer to the irrigation water once a week would be great as well.

Modern Mum breeding is aimed primarily at creating plants that look good in the pots when you purchase them. Therefore, much less effort is put into hardiness and performance for future years. So when gardeners try to overwinter these big potted plants, they usually are not successful.

All mum plants at garden centres are hardy, meaning that they are perennials in most climates. However, if these plants are put in the ground from August on, most won’t

make it through the winter. The reason is that mums planted late in the season are near or at the flowering stage, and they don’t grow roots to sustain plants through the winter. All the energy is put into blooming. That is why Mums should be planted in the spring if you want a perennial plant that has a spectacular autumn show!

If you really adore your fall purchase though, you can try to over-winter your chrysanthemums in the basement or a dark, cold closet, after the first frost. Water well and place in an area where it is totally dark and 0ºC to 10ºC. The plants will hibernate for the winter if you keep their roots damp. Check pots weekly. In the spring, acclimate plants to light gradually and set them out in the garden after the last killing frost. And remember to pinch them twice in prior to the first of August!

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Festival weekend as he took to the canvas to raise funds for the Port Dover Food Bank. Janet and Bruce had decided it would be wonderful to create a community canvas, meaning folks could stop by and add a few strokes to the unique piece he was painting. Over forty people participated in creating the masterpiece. Tickets were then sold with the winning ticket receiving this one of a kind creation. Congratulations to Lucy Foglietta for being the lucky winner!

We were able to take the above photo of Bruce’s sister, Carol Snow, in the midst of painting while Bruce and his brother, Dave Steinhoff, looked on. After watching Bruce at the canvas, Carol told me that this was the first time she had ever seen him paint. Bruce explained that his art has always been a solitary endeavour; that he has never painted in public before now. It was a new experience, which Bruce enjoyed!

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Physical exercises or “activities that move body parts” are good health habits. There are

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is important that one practices both these exercises to the best of one’s ability. There is much written about physical exercises but very little about mental exercising so as one reads on, here are some ideas for the other exercise or activities of the mind.

Looking first at what the mind can do or some of its functions. Unlike body parts such as the arm or leg, those of the mind cannot be seen. It is the results of the mind’s functions that can be seen and, some of these functions are learning, thinking and problem-solving. Really quite wonderful functions that help make each person be an individual!! Some easy exercises to start with are saying the alphabet, the vowels, counting by 5’s to 100 or by 10’s to 100. These may sound very simple and they certainly are, but thinking about the lifestyle of some seniors these are good ways to start doing the other exercises. Other ways that can be more fun and interesting are doing puzzles such as crossword, jigsaw, find the word and Sudoku.

Reading, playing cards, computer and board games are also good other exercises. Recite the days of the week, months of the years and the rhyme, Thirty Days has September. Sometimes, seniors forget what they know and the other exercises can be a good reminder!!!!

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J ust the facts: What your doctor should know.

All sorts of things can affect your health, from your grandmother's high blood pressure to the glass of wine you had with dinner last night. And accordingly, these are things your doctor should know in order to have the best possible understanding of the health risks you face and how to tailor your care.

Personal medical history. If you've been going to the same doctor for years, their records will likely reflect your health over the years. But if you've switched doctors or don't have a regular family physician, it's important that you keep a record of your health to ensure your doctor has an accurate understanding of your health over your lifetime.

If you've recently switched doctors, your former doctor's office can help arrange to transfer your file, which will contain records from your physical exams and other visits, as well as lab results and other tests you may have had over the years. Your own records can also be helpful.

Before your visit, make a list of any major physical or mental conditions you may have had, the date you were diagnosed, and how you were treated. Your doctor should also be aware of any known food or drug allergies and any complications you may have experienced as the result of a medical condition or treatment. Don't forget to mention if you are being treated by any other health care providers, including for mental health issues. You should also record any medications you may be using, including over-the-counter

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Family medical history Genetic factors play a role in the development of many conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, some types of cancer, depression, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and many more. While having a family member who was diagnosed with a medical condition is no guarantee you will develop it too, it could raise your risk. That's why a look back at your family's medical history can be an important glimpse into your own health future.

Knowledge about any diseases or illnesses that may have affected members of your family can help your doctor to identify your own risks and, in turn, recommend lifestyle or medication changes and determine what diagnostic tests you may need.

A record of your family's medical history should include a list of conditions that affected your immediate family members as well as their cause of death and age at death. Information on your grandparents, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and first cousins may all be relevant.

Lifestyle factors Lifestyle factors such as diet, physical activity level, and drinking or smoking habits can all affect your disease risk as well as impact how particular medications affect you. As a result, it's extremely important that you give your doctor an accurate portrayal of your own habits.

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The last few weeks have brought very hot temperatures, muggy conditions, and extreme humidity with clear sunny skies. To say fishing

is difficult is an understatement! Fishing is plain tough and requires work and plenty of searching on the water. This is especially true if you are a smallmouth bass angler. What is the solution? Switch to fishing for largemouth bass!

As guides we have to search out water constantly so we can put our clients onto fish. Since we have clients who fish for different fish species, we have to understand what a smallmouth bass, largemouth bass or resident trout require for favourable habitat and then find those waters. We have to change tactics and techniques as well.

You can locate largemouth in one of two waters: 1) shallow shorelines with weed and slop, and 2) open-water weedlines and weed puffs. Largemouth use these weedy conditions for ambush spots, cover from the bright sun and generally cooler water temperatures.

Whether you fish shorelines or open-water there is high percentage spots to look for. Points, inside turns, where two bottom substrate conditions meet (sand against rock, sand against clay, etc.), where different plant species touch one another are some of the important considerations required to increase your fishing success. Once you catch two fish in vegetation make a note if they were in rushes or wild rice, etc. This can develop a pattern for you. Skip over the non-productive other plants and only focus on the plant type holding fish.

A lot of anglers will fish the edge of the weedlines, either above water or under water. This will generally get you numbers but not quality fish. If you are looking to catch fish with weight then penetrate those edges. Get back into the cover.

If it’s open-water you are fishing then look for tiny openings in the weed flats or puffs. Pitch your bait into those openings and let the bait drop to the bottom. Once on the bottom then bounce the bait up and down. This motion creates little puffs of dirt from your offering hitting and lifting off the bottom. Also you are imparting action to the bait. All of this will trigger fish to hit.

Fishing weedlines above water is not much different than

fishing open-water structure. The same principles are going to apply. You are going to present your bait to those high percentage spots (points, inside turns etc.). To catch the larger bass you need to penetrate the vegetation.

Penetrating those weeds and cover is not the time to use your light tackle. To use fast food jargon – upsize that rod, reel, and line. You must now use tackle with some muscle behind it. You have to get those fish out and keep them out of heavy cover.

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You will be using pitching, flipping or worming techniques for these conditions. A high speed reel ratio is required for a couple of reasons. We are working the bait for a short stretch and then bringing it back quickly to present the bait again. Also we are fighting the bass in close to the boat so we need to be able to catch up to the bass quickly and keep him up top and get him to the boat as quick as possible.

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it with an Abu Garcia Revo SX Low Profile baitcast reel. This reel has a gear ratio of 6.4:1 and 7.1:1 retrieving 26” and 29” respectively. This is what is required to get the hawgs out of the green heavy vegetation and get them to the boat. We prefer using Trilene Braid Professional Grade, Spiderwire Stealth Camo Braid and Spiderwire Ultracast Fluoro-Braid. The last choice is because it is a sinking braid as superlines float. Depending on our application we use 40 to 80 pound braid.

The way to penetrate this heavy vegetation largemouth bass live in is to use heavy worm weights and flipping jigs. It is crucial the bait goes through the vegetation and gets to the bottom. We use worm weights or jig heads weighing from ½ ounce to 1 ½ ounces.

Since you are trying to penetrate this heavy cover do not use worms with curly tails. This type simply wraps itself around the stalk of the plant which does not allow the worm to reach the bottom. Straight tails are best. We use Berkley

Havoc’s Bottom Hopper, Subwoofer, and Flat Dawg; and Berkley Gulp!‘s Nightcrawler and Turtle Back Worm.

There are many choices when it comes to a trailer to use on a heavy jig. Some productive choices we use are Berkley Havoc’s Pit Boss, Devil Spear, Wide Load, Pit Chunk and Craw Fatty; and Berkley Power Baits’ Chigger Craw and Chigger Chunk. We use baits that have larger profiles so the bass can see them easier in heavy cover.

If you find your baits don’t slide easily into the water a trick you can employ is to spray them with Berkley Gulp! Alive! Attractant. It acts like a lubricating agent. Not to mention it adds an attractant scent to the artificial bait.

There is plenty of action to be had with largemouth bass up until the closing of the bass season. Look for the green vegetation as it is key at this time of the year. Avoid dying, brown, rotting vegetation as it is robbing the water of oxygen.

OUT&ABOUT ~ With Emily Mellors

Fall – A Beautiful Time to Hike

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With fall around the corner, it's a great time to get outside and do some hiking. Whether it's with friends, family, or even by yourself for some

alone time, fall is the perfect time to go since lots of wildlife are active. Ducks and geese are creating large flocks to begin their migration and animals are storing food for winter or eating well to prepare for hibernation.

Hiking is a great way to get exercise, but just like lots of other outdoor activities it can be dangerous and some precautions should be taken.

Before you leave to go hiking there are a few things to check. For example, checking the weather is always a good idea especially if you are planning to go a long distance. If you do see that there is a chance of rain make sure you and your group pack the appropriate rain gear.

But first and foremost you need to plan your route. Picking a trail before you leave is a good idea. That way you have a plan that you can leave with a family member or friend in case of an accident. While you are hiking make sure you don't go too far if you aren't too familiar with the area. Getting lost

isn't fun! If you are not sure where to get started for a route, search on the Internet for local trails in the area. You will be surprised to find the number of great trails that are right near you.

Now that your weather is checked and you have planned your route it's time for snacks. Just like any other physical activity it is important to stay hydrated. As well make sure you pack some snacks because you never know when you are going to need a boost of energy.

As for the day of that hike make sure you pack and wear appropriate clothing. If it's a cool day make sure you pack a hoodie or jacket, but also make sure you don't wear too much because overheating is also not a good idea. Make sure you are wearing comfortable shoes as you never know how long you will be walking for.

Hiking is loads of fun, great exercise and virtually doesn't cost anything! So get out this fall and explore the trails! Nothing like a breath of fresh air.

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