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By Dave ScottSobeys in Simcoe is preparing to say good-bye to their manager, Mike Fess. Mike, a long time resident of Simcoe, started in the grocery business as a carryout boy for Calbeck’s (it explains why you see him out in the parking lot to this day gathering carts… you know that was meant to be funny)… but it says so much about Mike… and when we grabbed a coffee in the plaza I found out why. Mike is a strong believer in leading by example… sure, he may be the boss, but if the staff sees him out there doing his part… they know if he can do it, they can do it!

Mike’s candour will be missed… he pretty much seems to know every one of his customers and takes the time for them… in an age where it is all about the bottom dollar… Mike is somewhat

a throwback… where customer and staff are his number one priority.

Mike rose through the ranks when Calbeck’s was bought out by Sobeys. He transitioned into the Produce Manager, working in Cambridge for a year before returning to Simcoe to become Produce Manager here. Then in 1999, a new opportunity arose and Mike went out on the road as a Produce Specialist to help open and renovate Sobeys all over, from Ottawa to Windsor. Mike helped oversee the produce sections development at these new locations. Mike reflects, remembering the amount of friends he made travelling all over… and he still keeps in touch with many of them.

In 2004 the opportunity arose for Mike to step in as Manager of his home store… Mike jumped at the opportunity and hasn’t looked back since.

Over Mike’s 35 years he sure has seen a lot

of change… carry out disappeared, the push button cash registering, all gone… remember ink pad stamped prices, then sticker guns, ‘Closed Sundays’. Now scanners and self-serve checkout, open 24 hours to name a few…

I asked Mike what he will miss the most… a look of sincerity crossed his face, “The people.” The folks who shop, the staff, some of which he has had the opportunity to work with off and on for over 30 years, that is what he will miss the most.

Mike laughs thinking he will actually have weekends off, he plans spending his time helping his kids with their homes… Mike seems ready to start a new phase of his life… he admits when he goes into the store it may seem a little strange… but I bet if you ask him where an item is… he will still help you out… because that is just the type of guy he is! Thanks Mike for all you have done… enjoy your retirement!

➤ For the month of May, Simcoe Zellers store Queens way East will be accepting Donations for Cystic Fibrosis on behalf of the Kinsmen.

➤ McHappy Day on May 2nd!➤ Plant, Bake and Book Sale - Saturday, May 5th, 8 am to 12 noon, a sale of books, plants, and baking will be held at St. James United Church, Colborne and Stanley Streets in Simcoe. Lots of delicious baking, plants for the garden, and favourite books. Enter off the parking lot doors. Rain or shine. Sponsored by the St. James UCW.

➤ SPRING POTTERY SALE May 4th, 9-8pm and May 5th, 9am - 5pm at the First Baptist Church, 129 Young St., Simcoe, beside Talbot St. Arena. Enter a draw for a beautiful piece of Handcrafted Pottery, enjoy coffee and goodies on us. Cash or Cheque only please. Give a Gift of Local Talent. For more information visit www.norfolkpottersguild.org.

➤ Rummage Sale - Saturday, May 5, from 8:30 to 11:30am at Grace United Church, 18 Chapman St W. Port Dover. Good Quality Clothing, White Elephant Table And Books. Something For Everyone!

➤ Sunday Brunch at Marburg Hall (1345 Lynn Valley Rd,) on May 6, from 10am to 1:30pm Adults $7.00, Children 6-12 $5 Come & Enjoy!!

➤ T.O.P.S. Spring Fling at Grace United Church, Port Dover on Monday, May 7, from 10am to 1pm, Bake Table, White Elephant Table, Books & 10 Cent Table. Serving Pea Meal Bacon on a Bun, Muffins, Tea & Coffee. Plan to Have Your Lunch With Us!

➤ Canadian Mental Health Association now

offering a support and education program for adult family members who support a relative with a mental illness. Meetings held on the 1st Tuesday of every month beginning May 8 from 7 - 8:30pm. Meetings will be held at 395 Queensway West, Simcoe. For info contact Joanne Cleland, 519-428-2380 or jcleland@cmha-hn.ca.

➤ Simcoe and District Horticultural Society Presents Master Gardener Anne Faulkner. Join us for an Evening of Inspiration and Demonstration as we Watch and Listen on How to Create Beautiful Indoor and Outdoor Planters Wednesday, May 9th, 7:30pm $2 Admission Fees Location Junior Farmer’s Building, 172 South Drive Simcoe, 519-443-8025 | www gardenontario.org/site.php/simcoe. Plus please see what we have to offer at our annual plant sale!! Located at Wellington Park, Simcoe Saturday May 12th, at 9 am.

➤ The United Alumni Senior Drum and Bugle Corps is hosting its annual musical extravaganza “…and the Bands Played on, VIII” on Saturday, May 12, @ 7pm. Four of Ontario’s best drum & bugle corps, DOCA - Brass Ensemble, Midlanders Alumni (Drum & Bugle) Corps, Preston Scout House Alumni Band, The Optimists Alumni Drum & Bugle, The Haldimand-Norfolk Concert Band and one of our neighbours to the South; The Mighty St. Joe’s from Rochester N.Y. have committed to this exciting event. $15 for adults, children under 12 Free (with an adult). For tickets call Kim @ 519-759-2613 or visit our website at www.unitedalumni.com.

➤ Norfolk Shrine Club Annual Fish Fry Stag - Vittoria Community Centre, Wednesday May 16th, starts at 5:30pm.

➤ Wednesday May 16th till Monday May 21st Kinsmen Club of Simcoe, will be selling Fireworks at the Simcoe Zellers Store

Parking Lot Queensway East. Hours of operation 10am till 7pm.

➤ Simcoe Special Olympics Torch Run will be Wednesday May16th. If you are interested in volunteering for the event or participating please contact Kim Deelen at 519-426-3561 ext 252 or at simcoe.coordinator@specialolympicsontario.ca.

➤ Saturday May 19th, Simcoe Kinsmen and Simcoe Zeller’s Store Queensway East , will be holding a barbeque to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis from 11am till 2pm.

➤ PLANT SALE: NORFOLK COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS, SATURDAY MAY 26 8am to noon.1141 Blueline Road (South of Hwy # 3) COME EARLY FOR THE BEST SELECTIONS norfolkmg@yahoo.com

➤ May 1st till 25th - Free electronics drop off at Kinsmen Gary Haviland’s Auto Repair - Location 657 Concession # 14, East of the Blue Line. Final day for electronics drop off is Saturday May 26th at the parking lot on Windham Street, across from splash pad in Simcoe from 9am til 4pm.

➤ The following event from last week’s Hub:

Grade 8 Students from the Delhi area will be holding a Yard Sale on Saturday, May 5 from 8am until 1pm. The yard sale is being held at the car wash on Church Street in Delhi (behind Re/Max Erie Shores). Proceeds will go towards students participating in a trip to Camp Celtic in June. Food and refreshments will also be sold at this fundraising event. Please come out and support us! “Is not a Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board sanctioned event.”

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Annie Mason (right) was winner of the knitted Teddy Bear in a draw held at Dover Cliffs Long Term Care Centre. The donor of the bear is Helen Young (left). Shirley Johnson (centre), of the Resident's Council held the bag of tickets. Proceeds from the draw will be used to purchase take out pizza for residents.

Crime Stoppers would like to thank everyone who supported the crime fighting program and water conservation through the purchase of a rain barrel in the program’s Rain Barrel Fundraiser on April 14, 2012. The event raised over $1000 for Crime Stoppers of Haldimand, Norfolk and

Tillsonburg and will be used locally in our community to pay rewards to anonymous tipsters and fund initiatives like Student Crime Stoppers. Student volunteers from Holy Trinity Catholic High School and Waterford Secondary School assisted with the event.

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As a kid we all wanted to be super strong… admit it, that first time you saw Superman lift a car… you were like, that would be so cool to do! Of course we never lift the car… and thanks to movie magic… neither did the guy playing Superman.

Nowadays you can go to a gym and see these hulking guys throwing weights around… a few admiring themselves as they lift… but what about the folks who lift weights for other reasons… you know, competitive lifting… and what would you say if I told you that one of the number one lifters in the country, is just down the road in Jarvis.

You would probably say, ‘Who is he? I bet he isn’t so tough.’ Well boys, meet Lisa Nigh, Canadian Powerlifting Champ in the weight and age bracket 39-49 female… this October, Lisa heads to Texas for the World Championship. When you meet Lisa, you really don’t think of a weight lifter… her outgoing personality, her easygoing nature, that natural beauty… you really find it hard to believe that on competition day, her focus and energy all comes alive when she steps on the platform and dead lifts… oh, I don’t know, lets say 358 pounds! She says, the thrill for her is the excitement of the crowd… the cheers are just an incredible feeling for her. Oh and yes, she did dead lift 358 pounds to win the Canadian Powerlifting Championship for her age and weight class… awesome!

I got together with Lisa last week and we sat in her gym and chatted about the five-year journey that has brought her to the world championship.

Krista Schaus introduced Lisa to the sport… and well… Lisa has been hooked ever since she began training… she chuckles thinking back to her first meet in St. Thomas… where she squatted less than 200 pounds and placed 2nd. Who knew that someday she would be Canadian Champ!

From that point on she became a student of the sport… we all kind of think that the person who lifts the most wins, but Lisa pointed out that although the weight you lift goes a long way to determining the winner, the other crucial component is technique.

Here, let me explain a little how the competition works… for example at the Canadian Powerlifting Championship in Calgary, there were three different disciplines Lisa needed to do, squat, bench press and dead lift… each event has three judges plus a jury of two people (just in case there is a discrepancy) who look for proper technique, you must show that you are in control of the weight and hold it for the proper amount of time… at each lift category you are given three chances… like Lisa explained

technique has to be right!

I asked about injuries over the last five years… she explained that she has had only one major one. Her belt snapped when she had nearly 300 pounds on her back… when the belt snapped it cracked one of her ribs… she was three weeks away from her first nationals at the time. She healed enough to compete at about 80% and still had a personal best…

We moved on and discussed the mental preparation and training… there was a time when Lisa says she kind of got stuck at about 310 pounds… she just could not seem to lift anymore than that… she made a huge decision to strip down her technique and start over… it was a tough choice… but she believed it would help… think about it, imagine if you were a hockey player and someone made you learn to shoot with your other hand… to start over… well basically that is what Lisa did… she realized she needed to work more on her gluteus maximus. Her new approach paid dividends and she blew past 310 pounds.

For training she lifts six to eight hours a week plus she spends three to four hours a week on focused training work… all to make her the best she can possibly be!

Our conversation turns to Lisa’s #1 fan and supporter, her husband, Howie… a big smile crosses her face… he is very supportive, he built the gym for her… and proudly displays photos of Lisa’s events in his office.

Lisa also says that folks like Krista Schaus, World Champion Rhaea Fowler, the folks in the Niagara and Susan Abbott and the team Defining Strength clubs have all been there for her in her development!

She is not nervous about the Worlds in October… after five years, she sleeps well the night before a big event… she understands her body and the mental outlook so when it comes to competition… she is relaxed and confident!

Lisa invites folks interested in lifting to give her a call (519-587-3505). Of course she would like to see her sport grow… and who knows maybe there is the next Canadian Champion in our midst.

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Stella and Joe Keller, owners of the M&M Meat Shops, Simcoe.

By Dave ScottEvery year at this time, I do a little story about M&M Meat Shops, Simcoe and the fundraising BBQ they put on to help the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada.

I enjoy doing this story… and Joe and Stella Keller, the owners of the M&M Meat Shops, Simcoe are always so grateful… I think that I always do the story because of them… you sense that the BBQ means a lot to them… to be able to help others… oh, trust me they don’t have

to do all they do. From the BBQ, to the selling of the stars, to the Vic Gibbons painting, to the BBQ donated by Norfolk Fireplace & Vac, to the organizing of the local fire truck, to the OPP… Joe and Stella do it… because they truly want to help others. Both could care less about being the Number 1 store in Canada for raising funds… which Joe quickly reminds me is because of the help from Scotiabank in Simcoe (both donating and helping out).

They both had the opportunity earlier this

year, to meet with a child who suffers from this affliction… they were able to see how the funds raised helps this young man… Joe thought for a moment of how his son was roughly the same age as this young man. He and Stella realize as parents of three, just how important it is to help others…

So, on Saturday May 12th stop by M&M Meat Shops in Simcoe make a donation, enjoy a hamburger or a hotdog… say Hi to Joe and Stella and help out the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.

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targeted area. The use of shock waves makes the treatment completely non-invasive and is well tolerated by patients. The effects of shock waves were discovered several decades ago after it was noticed swimmers in the Pacific Ocean were affected by the detonation of mines although they were well out of the blast radius. As the scientific community grew more understanding of the effects caused by shock waves, and medical technology advanced to a sufficient level, the medical profession was able to harness the power of shock waves for therapeutic uses.

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the “convenience factor” of our busy lives, there have been staggering increases worldwide in diseases such as: Cancers, childhood cancers like leukemia, asthma, obesity, autism, ADD/ADHD, and chemical sensitivity. Toxins impact the immune, nervous, and endocrine systems, and unfortunately are passed down to future generations. The following tests are useful for treatment planning and achieving wellness.

• The Phthalates & Parabens Profile helps determine body burdens of these chemicals from everyday exposures. Phthalates are plasticizers used to make PVC plastics more flexible. Parabens keep fungus and mold from personal care products such as shampoos, lotions, soaps, gels, and more.

• The PCBs Profile measures the body burden of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are bioaccumulative and found in food sources such as fish, fatty meats, and dairy products.

• The Volatile Solvents Profile determines volatile solvents exposure. Volatile solvents are mostly inhaled from products such as furniture, building materials, cleaning agents, and inks.

• Proper porphyrin production is essential for our body’s capacity to detoxify toxins. The Porphyrins Profile can help identify the severity of heavy metal toxicity or organic chemical exposure.

• The Toxic Metals Profile focuses on five highly toxic heavy metals and is available with whole blood or urine specimen types.

• The Chlorinated Pesticides Profile measures the body burden of chlorinated pesticides, such as DDT. These chemicals are bioaccumulative and can be ingested through fruits, vegetables, and drinking water.

These environmental toxicity tests are available at the Armstrong Clinic for Naturopathic Medicine. You can determine whether your work, home or external environment is creating your symptoms. Your registered Naturopathic Doctor can use this and other environmental tests to guide individualized detoxification programs. Spring is here, and this is the perfect time for a supervised cleanse for everyone.

Garlic mustard was introduced by gardeners to North America in

the 1860’s as a culinary herb but very soon became an invasive weed. It can be found growing throughout Norfolk County crowding out many of our native Carolinian species such as hepatica, trilliums and wild ginger.

This plant is a biennial which grows close to the ground in first year as a rosette of leaves that remains green all winter. Then in the second year, it may reach 2 to 3 feet tall with flowering stems in early spring. The leaves are heart shaped with toothed edges that has the odour of garlic when crushed. The small white flowers give rise to black seeds which remain viable in the soil for 10 years or more.

A disturbing problem has been found with this particular invasive species. It has been shown that the garlic mustard roots release chemicals that are harmful to the natural soil fungi which seedling trees depend upon for growth and survival. Mycorrhizal fungi of the soil form symbiotic relationships with many plants which allow their root systems greater access to nutrients from an intricate interwoven network of long filaments.

Garlic mustard is responsible for the decline of hardwoods such as sugar maple, red maple, white ash, beech and oak.

Prevention and Control:The application of dense mulches will smother the seedlings in the fall in the rosette stage. More importantly though, hoeing or pulling the second year plants out before seed set will really reduce the spread of this weed. New shoots will arise from pieces of root left behind, so make sure that you remove the whole root.

Chemical sprays available in Ontario include chelated iron and acetic acid based products.

Either way, you should check for new shoots in a few weeks after cleaning up an infested area and repeat your eradication method until no more shoots appear.

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Ticket sales at Lighthouse Festival Theatre have been brisk since the new season was announced, and theatre staff is looking forward to the start of the 2012 with renewed anticipation. Numbers are up significantly from where they were at this time last year, with the most substantial gains made in subscription sales and bus tour groups.

“Obviously I’m not content to sit back and count chickens yet,” said Artistic Director Derek Ritschel, “but the early numbers are giving us reason to be excited.”

Ritschel cites a committed team and a renewed focus on promoting Lighthouse locally as contributing to the recovery. “We’ve all worked very hard over the fall and winter,” Ritschel said. “The board of directors and staff have been diligent in addressing some of the issues that caught up with us last year, and we’re confident that we’ll see a substantial turnaround in 2012.”

Lighthouse experienced a significant downturn in ticket sales in 2011 due to a number of factors, including the fluctuating economy, increased competition for tourism dollars, and a decline in single ticket sales, especially locally.

There were early signs that 2012 was a new beginning at Lighthouse. Ticket sales for the annual March Break children’s production more than doubled last year’s totals. Attendance at the theatre’s Playwright’s Festival was also up considerably.

“It’s a good sign,” said Andrew Schneider of the Erie Beach Hotel. “The theatre adds an awful lot to the local economy, and when it’s busy everyone benefits - restaurants, overnight accommodations, shops, other attractions – we’re all busier.”

Lighthouse’s 2012 season includes:

Rhinestone Cowgirl: a Tribute to Dolly Parton arranged by Leisa Way (May 22 – June 16).

Crowd pleaser Leisa Way performs over 30 of Dolly Parton’s greatest hits, including 9 to 5, I Will Always Love You, Islands in the Stream and more. Accompanied by a live band, Way sings and tells stories spanning Parton’s entire career, highlighting her remarkable career as one of the most successful entertainers in history.

Self Help by Norm Foster (June 19 – July 11)

A frantic farce about staying on top and saving face that tells the story of Hal and Cindy Savage, a “power” couple that has built an empire peddling questionable advice about love, sex, romance, and success. With nowhere to go but down, the ambitious couple will go to any lengths to protect their fame, fortune, and reputation.

The Fly Fisher’s Companion by Mike Melski (July 17 – August 4)

This humorous and heartfelt story of betrayal, reconciliation, triumph, and loss features two lifelong friends who embark on one final fishing trip to reconnect after many years apart. As

memories come flooding back, some are recalled fondly while others aren’t quite so sweet.

Rum Runners by Derek Ritschel (World Premiere, August 7 – 25)

Based on the prohibition-era Lake Erie bootlegging trade, this new home-grown play is rich with lively songs, memorable characters, and big laughs. Local history, legends, and tall tales fill the stage in this new musical comedy.

I’ll be Back Before Midnight by Peter Colley (August 28 – September 15)

Thrills, chills, and big laughs lurk around every corner in this edge-of-your seat murder mystery. The most popular stage show in Canadian history, I’ll be Back Before Midnight has been produced in 28 countries and adapted into a Hollywood feature film. There’s never been anything quite like it on the Lighthouse stage.

Single tickets for all five productions, as well as subscriptions and group packages are on-sale now. Call the box office at (519) 583-2221 or 1-888-779-7703, or order online at lighthousetheatre.com.

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Hospital-Nursing Home volunteers acknowledged for their excellence in serviceThe Volunteer Association to Norfolk General Hospital and The Norfolk Hospital Nursing Home has a long history. Many volunteers that are still active today are a big part of this history. During the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday April 24th, service pins were presented to several volunteers including Ellen Johnson and Elva Broker who both received their 50 year pins!

Elva and Ellen have witnessed many changes over the past 50 years, but one thing has remained, and that is the joy that they receive from volunteering at their hospital and nursing home. During this time, Elva and Ellen’s volunteer experiences and duties have varied. They have appreciated the opportunity to pick and choose the activities that they enjoy most as well as take on new volunteering opportunities in fundraising and patient care.

Ellen and Elva are highly respected by their fellow volunteers, employees, patient and residents. The hospital and nursing home has benefitted greatly from the services they have provided for the past half century!

Congratulations to Ellen and Elva on this tremendous achievement! Thank you to all of the dedicated volunteers for your care, compassion and contributions to quality patient and resident care in our community.

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During the NGH-NHNH Volunteer Association Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday April 24th, service pins were presented to several volunteers including Ellen Johnson (left) and Elva Broker (right) who both received their 50 year pins!

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By MARG WERDEN Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick!No, that is not an indication of time passing by, but rather the number of those nasty, blood-sucking little beasties that I’ve already found in the house this spring: on the dog, on me, crawling up the wall. I hate them!

By the time this appears in the newspaper, hopefully my daughter will have received her Master of Science degree, which she has been working on over the last two years on the topic of, yes, you guessed it, ticks! She used to hate them too, but now she is quite fascinated with them and I’ve learned more about ticks, (and the even more disgusting botflies that parasitize the same animals that ticks target) than I ever wanted to know.

In the late 1980s my family lived in Pennsylvania for two years and, while we were there, we were often cautioned to be careful of ticks if we were going for hikes in the bush. I’d never heard of ticks then, but after a friend’s young son contracted Lyme disease, I began to take more notice of this arachnid. (I’ve been straightened out. Ticks are NOT insects; they’re in the same family as spiders.) When we moved back to the Waterloo area, I didn’t worry about ticks and Lyme disease as I believed they were a more southern, that is, American, problem.

However, this wasn’t quite true; established tick populations and the causative agent of Lyme disease, a bacterium known as Borrelia burgdorferi, could already be found in the Long Point area and had been known there since the 1970s. Interestingly, it seemed to be “stuck” in its expansion there for quite some time because the Lyme disease cycle wasn’t confirmed at Turkey Point until 2003. By 2006, the disease had also crossed the border in eastern Ontario and

could be found in the 1000 Islands area. It is believed that migratory birds carrying immature ticks are how the Lyme disease cycle is being introduced to new locations in Canada. Climate change models predict that over the next 100 years, conditions may be suitable for the establishment of ticks across the southern half of much of eastern Canada.

Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne disease in the temperate areas of the world, causes fever, headache, and a characteristic bulls-eye rash or erythema migrans, and if left untreated, can become a serious chronic health problem with complications of the heart, nervous system and joints. Over the last ten years, it has become an increasing public health concern. Fewer than 15 cases were reported each year in eastern Canada from 1994 to 2004, but this number doubled in 2005 and 2006 and continues to increase.

The Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium is transmitted by the bite of an infected tick, namely the blacklegged tick (or deer tick), Ixodes scapularis. This is not the same type of tick as the more easily seen dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, which is much larger. Besides being larger, the dog ticks have different colouration: both males and females have white on their scutum, the hard part of their backs, something the blacklegged tick does not have.

The blacklegged (deer) tick has three life stages, each of which requires one blood meal. The life cycle of a tick lasts between two and four years. The larvae hatch from eggs in July, seek a blood meal from a variety of small mammals and birds during the summer and then moult into nymphs. The following spring and early summer, these nymphs find a host from which they garner a blood meal and then moult into adults. Adult ticks have eight legs and can be distinguished by their size and colouration. The female is much larger and has a

large red sack at the back that can stretch and fill with blood when she feeds, something she needs to do in order to produce eggs. In the fall and the next spring, the adults look for a blood meal, primarily from

white-tailed deer. After mating, the females lay their eggs in vegetation and then the cycle begins again with the eggs hatching during the summer. Adult ticks are most abundant in the spring and fall when the temperature is above 4 degrees Celsius. As a result, with the warm temperatures we had this spring, they became active in March this year.

The smallest and most difficult to see are the six-legged larvae, but they don’t pose a health hazard as they haven’t previously fed on blood, so have not picked up the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium. A bigger risk is found in the nymphal stage for two reasons. They are most active during the early summer when people spend more time outdoors and because, although larger than the larvae, they are still quite small and hard to see. As

a result they can feed for a longer time before they are noticed and removed. A tick has to feed for 24 to 36 hours before it can transmit the Borrelia bacterium, so frequent “tick checks”, and prompt removal of the tick, are essential to avoiding infection.

Next week: Lyme disease risk management and how to protect yourself from ticks.

Ticks, at all stages of their life cycles, become significantly larger when engorged with blood after feeding. In the top row, from left to right, are blacklegged (deer) ticks (nymph, adult male, adult female, 2 engorged adult females). The bottom row shows the larger dog ticks (male, female, engorged female with eggs hanging from her body).

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