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AUGUST 2011 Inside this issue: • Tooth Care for Kids • Left Hand Day! • Gardening - Micro-organisms • Computer Power • Meals on Wheels • Puzzles • Your Community info.
Spotlight on Berry Hill, Rainworth & Blidworth Contents Health and Wellbeing Tooth Care for Kids 6 Left Hand Man 8 Lifestyle and Leisure Money Sense - Isa’s 12 Business Focus 14 Puzzles 20 Home & Garden Gardening page 22 Computer 24 Meals on Wheels 26 Community Information 33-32 Index of Advertisers 34
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Well the summer holidays are now upon us and it’s time to get out and support all our local businesses and attractions. This month we have plenty of useful and diverse reading, including how to look after your childrens teeth, protect your computer from a power surge, and invest wisely. RJM electrical are our business in focus, and they can help us all to save money and be more green in the process. Please help to support all our local business who are advertising each month. As always please feel free to comment or contribute by emailing to info@ spotlightlocal.co.uk. Have a great month.
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Health and Wellbeing Tooth Care for Kids
This is good for encouraging a thorough brushing routine. An electric toothbrush especially designed for children is very effective. Fluoride toothpaste is vital, fluorine in the water is a bonus, not a replacement.
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oes the thought of visiting the dentist fill you with dread? Do you break out in the cold sweat of sheer terror? If so, then please don’t pass this fear onto your child. Your child must be relaxed about visiting the dentist for their future health and wellbeing. Good dental habits start young. Introduce your child to the dentist as early as possible by taking them with you when you go for your regular dental check-up. This will get them used to the sights, sounds and smells of the dental surgery. Your dentist may take a quick, casual look in your child’s mouth, ostensibly to count teeth, but also to check gently for any early problems. This will encourage your child to feel comfortable in the chair. Get your child used to cleaning their teeth start as soon as the first tooth shows through their gums. Brush gently with a special baby toothbrush. Supervise teeth cleaning until they prove they are proficient enough to do it themselves. Plaque-disclosing tablets stain the plaque so your child can see it.
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Most children have their entire set of 20 milk teeth by the age of three. Proper development of their permanent teeth depends upon the condition of these first teeth, so it’s essential to care for them. Milk teeth are small with thin enamel so problems spread quickly. Adult teeth start to grow by the age of six and most should be evident by the time they’re 13. Apart from accidents, there are two preventable causes of damage to children’s teeth; tooth decay and dental erosion. Both have similar causes. Acids from sweet foods and drinks, including fruit juices, eat into the tooth enamel. Water or milk are the best drinks for children. Fissure sealants are well worth considering. This is a special film used to cover the vulnerable molars which have deep, hard to clean crevices. The sealant protects the tooth surface from decay. Sealants are quick and painless to apply and last for years. Regular dental check-ups are essential to prevent future, potentially traumatic, treatment. Help your child grow up with a healthy set of teeth and gums. Good habits created while the child is young will stand them in good stead for the rest of their life. Suki North
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Health and Wellbeing Left Hand Man It’s International Left Handers Day! In my time I’ve been called keck-fisted, caggy-handed and even a cuddy-wifter and all because of the hand I use to hold my pen! I blame the Bible! You see, the good are considered to be at God’s right hand and his right hand is exalted, ergo the left hand doesn’t quite measure up. Then there’s the Devil: he’s usually depicted as being lefthanded and generally appears on the left of religious paintings. We even throw salt over our left shoulder to ‘Shoot the Devil in the eye.’ In medieval times we might have been accused of witchcraft. Yes fellow lefties, it could have been a painful death for us. As late as the 1970’s there was little evidence of enlightened thinking at my village primary. I was ‘encouraged’ to sit on my left hand and use my right...with predictable results. My writing was so bad that I was written off as ‘a bit thick’. My teacher told my mother that my fine motor co-ordination was poor because I couldn’t cut out neat paper shapes. I didn’t know it at the time but school technology was against me. The blade position of normal scissors means that a left-hander can’t see the cutting line and the natural squeezing motion of the left hand actually pushes the blades apart, causing the paper or card to get stuck sideways. Try it for yourself and see!
and increase public awareness of the disadvantages of being left handed, and also the advantages, because there are quite a few. In many sports for instance, we seem to have an advantage. Left-footed soccer players and tennis players find it easy to wrong-foot an opponent. A righthanded player is used to ‘like-handed’ opponents who play a similar game. A lefty will have faced more right-handers and thus be used to their “opposite” style of play. We’re also more creative, possibly due to the way our brains are wired: The left half of the brain, which controls the right hand, is also responsible for speech, language, writing, logic and numerical thinking. The right half, which controls the left hand, is also responsible for music, art, creativity, perception, spatial awareness and emotions. I’ve learned to embrace my left-handedness over the years. It’s part of who I am and I’m pleased to announce that since I purchased a pair of left-handed scissors I can now cut out neat paper shapes with the best of them!
But I’m not bitter...at least they didn’t burn me at the stake! The 13th of August is International LeftHanders Day. Launched in 1992, it is now an annual event where left-handers everywhere can celebrate their sinistrality (that’s the posh word for left-handedness)
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s their name suggests you can’t see them, yet microorganisms are some of the most important things you can grow in your garden.
Garden soil is teeming with millions of them, or rather it should be. They help to keep the soil healthy. They decompose organic matter, replenish soil nutrients, form humus, promote root growth, increase nutrient uptake, and breakdown herbicides and pesticides. The microorganism family includes bacteria, algae, fungi, and protozoa and we want to do everything we can to encourage these tiny gardening friends. In order to provide a good environment we need to provide oxygen, moisture, carbon-based food matter, and the right temperature and pH. Oxygen content can be kept high by digging in lots of organic matter so that the soil structure is aerated. 75% of microorganisms live in the top two inches (5cm) of soil so particular care should be taken not to compact the topsoil. Improving the drainage of stodgy clay soil is particularly important as water-logged soil contains very little oxygen.
Finally, pH is probably the most difficult area to tackle. Most gardens have a natural pH range beyond which they’re not going to change much. So someone living on a limestone ridge, as I do, is never going to be able to grow acid-loving Azaleas, except in pots. But that’s not what we’re trying to achieve when creating a favourable environment for microorganisms. We don’t need to radically shift the pH, we just need to modify it slightly. There are pH modifiers on the market, but the best way of doing it is slowly by digging in compost or other organic matter. Organic matter acts as a neutraliser and will work whether your soil is acidic or alkaline. It is particularly important for alkaline soils like mine, because they have far fewer bio-available nutrients so become impoverished very quickly. This month give some thought to encouraging your microorganisms. Your plants will thank you.
Mulching helps to improve the moisture content of soil and also helps to maintain the soil temperature. Bare soil bakes in the summer and freezes in the winter. Mulch acts as both shade and insulation so the temperature remains more constant. Carbon-based food matter is just a posh way of saying ‘organic matter, including green manure and well-rotted compost. This provides a gourmet buffet for microorganisms and they’ll reproduce rapidly.
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he Lindhurst Wind Farm fund has given its first grants to local groups who are working within a few miles radius of the wind turbines. Nottinghamshire Community Foundation who are delivering the grants for RWE Renewables said they were delighted to have so many excellent applications. The Foundation met with community representatives to decide who to award their £10,000 annual allocation to and agreed to award the following groups small grants:
•Heathlands Out Of School Community Group to fund a growing area, bird feeding station and water channelling area for the After School Club •Instep Walking Group to fund new equipment for six Walk Leaders •Rainworth Methodist Church to fund play equipment and arts and crafts materials •Forest Folk Allotment Society to replace a shed roof •Woodside Farm Stables Riding for the
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ansfield Museum unveils plans for its annual summer exhibition
This year Mansfield Museum’s summer exhibition will be called; Our Local Larder: Mansfield Food Past & Present, which will be taking a look at food, marvellous food in all its guises. The exhibition will be running from Saturday 6 August to Saturday 26 November 2011 and displays will be looking at the history of British food and the influence of foreign cuisine on our diet, with plenty of space given to such local specialities as the Gooseberry Pork Pie. There will be lots of activities on offer throughout the summer including making and decorating your own chef’s hat, food tasting and a full-blown Food Fair. Jodie Henshaw, Museum Development Officer, said: “As always we would like to involve as many of our visitors in helping put our displays together as possible.
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Disabled to help it look after the horses •1st Rainworth Scout Group as a contribution towards a camping project •Nottingham YMCA for a Carbon Footprint Film by young people on the Bellamy Estate The Lindhurst Wind Farm Fund will open every year for local groups to apply, please visit www.nottscf.org.uk for more information on grants that are available. If you want to donate to support local groups please see the Donors page on the Foundation’s website. If you are a local group and want people to donate to you easily please ensure you get your group registered with http://localgiving.com.
“We would like people to tell us all about their own family-favourite dishes and if we receive enough we plan to make them up into a modest recipe booklet to sell in the Museum to celebrate Nottinghamshire nosh!” Cllr Kate Allsop, Portfolio Holder for Regeneration at Mansfield District Council, said: “This year’s exhibition looks really promising as after all – who doesn’t love food and drink?! “It’s going to be a really exciting exhibition and I hope to see even more visitors coming along than last year!” You can send the Museum your recipes by post, by emailing mansfieldmuseum@ mansfield.gov.uk or by handing them in at the Museum’s reception. The Museum is also on the look-out for the loan of retro and vintage kitchen utensils and recipe books. If you feel you can help with this or any other aspect of what promises to be an intriguing project, please don’t hesitate to ring Jodie Henshaw for an informal chat on 01623 463088.
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Community Information These are free pages to publicise your local events and information. We would love to hear from you if you know of any event in or around the Berry Hill, Rainworth and Blidworth area; copy deadline is the 12th of each month. Please email dave@spotlightlocal.co.uk Bards at Blidworth meet at 10am to 12pm at Blidworth Library on the 3rd Saturday of each month, whether novice or experienced, all are welcome and all styles of poetry. Our first publication ‘Bards at Blidworth and Beyond 2011’ is due out this year. Meetings involve a workshop followed by a cuppa and chat and a readaround of member’s work. There is no entry fee but people sometimes make a small, voluntary donation as we hope to book guest poets in the future. The music and culture night (mainly folk music and song, sometimes poetry and storytelling) is an extension of Bards and is running every Monday at the Black Bull from 8pm to 10.30pm and includes a raffle. Performers and listeners are welcome! For more information go to http://www. christinemichael.org/bardsatblidworth and http://www.christinemichael.org/ musicandcultureatthebull Music and Culture Night at the Black Bull Blidworth every Monday eve from 8pm Music is mainly folk but all types of musicians are welcome Performance poets and storytellers also wlecome And of course - an audience! Free entry - a raffle is usually held for a couple of items to be won Dance Fanatic School of Dance Based in RAINWORTH VILLAGE HALL. Small and friendly all ages and abilities welcomed. Ages range from 3 through to adults and styles include Ballet technique, Gym dance, Freestyle and Street. . One to one tuition also available. Annual show, exams and is a ADFP competitive school. I.D.T.A and A.D.F.P registered, fully insured and crb checked. More info contact kerri mason on: 07849549291/ dancefanatic@hotmail.co.uk Zumba Fitness Classes are now being held on Weds. Rainworth Village Hall, 7.45 - 8.45 - Thurs Rainworth Miners Welfare 8.30 - 9.30
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Sun Rainworth Miners Welfare 11am - 12pm 3rd Rainworth Rainbow Guides are part of the Girlguiding movement. The unit is for 5-7 year old girls. The meetings are held every Friday [term time only] at the Methodist Church Hall on Southwell Road East - time 4-45p.m. to 5-45pm. Leader: Mrs Edith Mason - tele: -01623 796472 Sequence and ballroom dancing for beginners Rainworth village hall Fridays and sundays at 7.15 Also - sequence social dancing fridays and sundays 8-10pm contact 01623 794443 for more information. Water Babies: award-winning specialist baby swimming classes at Annesley School (Wed,Thurs); Portland College (Tues,Thurs, Fri) and Kings Mill hospital (Mon, Fri, Sat) - contact Marie on 01636 815567 or check out the website www.waterbabies.co.uk for more information BLIDWORTH & RAINWORTH WOMENS INSTITUTE meet on the first thursday of each month at the Blidworth Methodist Church, main St, Blidworth at 7.30pm. New members welcome. For more information contact Mary on 01623 799095 Zumba Fitness Class on Thursday evenings at St Peters C of E Primary School (School Hall), Bellamy Road, Mansfield, NG18 4LN. 8 - 9pm. £3.50. For more info contact Claire on 07425171895. BLIDWORTH & DISTRICT HISTORICAL AND HERITAGE SOCIETY meet on the first Tuesday of each month at the Blidworth Miners Welfare 7.30pm. Contact Bill Hutton for more information. 01623 484189
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