Edge Oct-12-09

Eastend Edge “Our Town news” Week starting: October 12, 2009 Submission deadline Friday 5 p.m.

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The Continuous Thread The tradition of giving thanks for the harvest is a long and old one known in almost all cultures. Acts of gratitude for abundance and prosperity date back to ancient times when the Nile flooded and the prospect of another year of good crops was at hand. The festivals to this day are not essentially about abundance however but, more so, about the sense of relief that once again catastrophe has passed us by; catastrophes within memory of crop failures, fire, flood, insect devastation, price collapse, equipment failures and sheer physical toll. The knowledge that there will be enough set aside to seed the fields next year and keep body and soul together until the early crops come in. In European history most great famines came at the end of winter as the remainders of meagre harvests ran out so a good harvest meant survival for the whole family. In ancient Greece a three day autumn festival was celebrated to honour the Goddess Demeter, the deity of food grains. Similarly, the Roman festival of Cerelia was celebrated on the 4th of October to honour Ceres the Goddess of corn, the source of our modern word “cereal”. In China the Thanksgiving festival was ‘Chung Ch’ui’ held on the full moon day of the 8th Chinese month and was believed to be the birthday of the moon. A legend says that anyone seeing flowers falling from the moon on this day is blessed with a good fortune.

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The 3000 year old harvest festival of Jews is known a ‘Sukkoth’, the “in-gathering” time. And, in ancient Egypt the spring harvest festival was dedicated to Min, the deity of vegetation and fertility where mock grief demonstrations were held to divert the corn god from taking revenge for the cutting of the crop.

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In Germany today the Erntedankfest is celebrated in rural communities to recognise the completion of the harvest season, often on the first Sunday in October. Everyone who farms knows a good harvest means security.

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Today we harvest in Saskatchewan with huge equipment, scientific knowledge and efficiency. But, still there is more than a small factor of luck involved and hard-earned shrewd judgement. There’s a collective sigh of relief when the job is well and fully complete. Wherever you are in the world, when the produce is in from the fields, whether brought by huge tandem grain trucks or carried in a sack on your back you have to be grateful that the harvest is finally in. JK

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In 2009, an estimated 22,700 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 5,400 will die of it. Of these new cases, 630 will be in Saskatchewan and 150 women will die in our province.

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An estimated 180 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 50 will die of it.

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On average, 437 Canadian women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every week.

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The breast cancer incidence rate has declined since 1999 and the breast cancer death rate has declined by more than 30 % since 1986.

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There is Hope The 5 year survival has improved by 5% over the last 10 years. Today survival for women aged 40–79 is 89%. For women under 40, survival is 82%, excluding Quebec.

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancer).

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The Edge on Women’s Health:

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10-Steps to Prevent Breast Cancer 1.

Maintain a healthy body weight throughout your life. 2. Minimize or avoid alcohol. 3. Consume as many fruits and vegetables as possible. All cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, brussels sprouts, cauliflower); dark leafy greens (collards, kale, spinach); carrots and tomatoes. 4. Exercise regularly the rest of your life. 5. Do your fats right. Minimize consumption of omega-6 fats, saturated and trans fats. Maximize your intake of omega-3 fats, especially from fish oils. 6. Do your carbs right. Minimize consumption of white flour, white rice, sugar, white potatoes. Replace these with whole grains and beans/legumes. 7. Consume whole food soy products regularly, such as tofu, tempeh, edamane, roasted soy nuts, soy milk and miso. 8. Minimize exposure to pharmacologic estrogens and xeno-estrogens. Do not take prescription estrogens unless medically indicated. Buy organic produce if you can afford it. Minimize exposure to residual hormones found in non-organic dairy products, meat and poultry. 9. Take your supplements daily. A multivitamin, 500-1,000 mg of vitamin C in divided doses, 200-400 IUs of vitamin E as mixed tocopherols, and a pharmaceutical grade fish oil. 10. Maintain a positive mental outlook. Mindbody associations with breast cancer are significant. Get adequate sleep (7-8 hours per night).

African Peanut Soup 1 tbsp (15 mL) olive oil 2 medium onions, chopped 3 large bell peppers, chopped 4 garlic cloves, crushed 1 28 oz. (796 mL) can crushed tomatoes with liquid 8 cups (2L) vegetable stock 1/4 tsp (1 mL) pepper 1/4 tsp (1 mL) chili powder 1 cup (250 mL) crunchy peanut butter 1 large sweet potato, cooked and mashed Dash of hot sauce, to taste Salt & pepper, to taste Sour cream, optional garnish Scrub the sweet potato, pierce the skin and cook it in the microwave until tender (5—8 minutes depending on size). Let cool, peel, then mash and set aside. In a large frying pan, heat olive oil on medium-low heat, the sauté onions, red peppers and garlic until soft ( about 3 minutes). Remove and puree in food processor or blender, along with the can of tomatoes.

COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS Kinsmen—Oct. 15th Historical Museum—Oct. 6th K-40—Oct. 7th CWL—Oct. 7th Friends of the Museum & T-Rex Discovery Centre—Oct.12th Kinettes—Oct. 8th RM of White Valley—Oct. 8th TOWN COUNCIL—14th Clay Centre Comm Club—Oct. 20th School Comm Council—Oct. 20th CHAMBER—Oct. 21st Fire Dept. — Oct. 13th & 27th. Red Hat’s R’Belles — Oct. 28th TOPS MEET - Health Centre Quiet Room, Thursdays @ 5:00 p.m. AA—Monday’s @ 8:00p.m. at Henry’s Place BINGO—Mondays at 7:00 in the Rink! Alanon– Health Centre Quiet Room, Tuesdays .

Add puree to large stock pot and heat on medium-high. Add vegetable stock, pepper and chili powder. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes. Stir in mashed sweet potato and peanut butter and stir to blend well. Allow peanut butter a few minutes to melt. Season to taste with hot sauce, salt and pepper. Serve with a dollop of sour cream.

OCTOBER DATES FOR PHYSICIAN CLINICS IN EASTEND Sherry Hornung RN(NP) - Oct. 14, 15, 22 & 28 Dr. Govender—Oct. 13 & 21

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This Week in History… 1066 - Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror wins England 1846 - Dentist William T. Morton demonstrated the effectiveness of ether 1867 - US took formal possession of Alaska from Russia ($7.2 million) 1884 - George Eastman patents paper-strip photographic film 1917 - Mata Hari executed by firing squad outside of Paris. 1933 - Albert Einstein arrives in the US a refugee from Nazi Germany. 1947 - Chuck Yeager 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015 at 12 800 m). 1962 - Dr. Watson of US & Drs. Crick & Wilkins of Britain win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1978 - Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla elected supreme pontiff-John Paul II. 1987 - 1st military use of trained dolphins by US Navy in Persian Gulf. 2009—US President Barak Obama awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

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Traveling Across the Edge with Nanci Lee: The Path to the Stegner House

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Quick Facts Nanci Lee is the recipient of the 2009 Wallace Stegner Grant for the Arts. She is now in residence for the month of October in Eastend. How did a woman spending a lot of her time in Ethiopia find her way to a small town in Saskatchewan? In the early to mid-1990s Nanci was a Canadian teaching high school in Medellin, Columbia; a city of notorious drug cartel reputation. She had completed her university studies in Canada majoring in economics and English which turned out to be quite complimentary specialties. While in Columbia she began doing volunteer work through friends who took her out for visits to rural areas. This was where her interest in microfinance and development began. She returned to the University of Guelph to do a Master’s degree in economic anthropology; the study of human behavior using the tools of both economics and anthropology. From 1994 onward she has traveled extensively to third world countries working on projects that are designed to affect the quality of life to households in mostly rural areas. However, despite intensive work demands, Nanci continued to sequester parts of her time for writing. She won the 2007 Writer’s Federation of Nova Scotia’s Unpublished Manuscript contest for poetry. This year Nanci won the CBC face-off for poetry. Her poems have been published in the Antigonish Review, Fiddlehead, Contemporary Verse, Quills and the Coast. As a result of her desire to devote more time to writing, Nanci reduced her work commitments and income by 40%. She began searching the internet for places to which she could affordably retreat for some time, space and silence to focus on writing poetry. None were readily available until she chanced on the Stegner House in Eastend. Nanci applied for and received the 2009 Grant for the Arts and found her retreat while providing our community with an opportunity to welcome an exceptional writer. JK Email:[email protected] Ad drop off at 317 Clay St.

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KINSMEN 150 CLUB WINNERS June Barry Wasko Madison Gleim Julie’s Office Service George Fletcher John Tytsma

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