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RCL #122: Legion an important part of Golden community See story and photos on page 2. Artwork courtesy of the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #122 in Golden.

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Despite changes, sense of community remains at the Golden Legion

By Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week The Canadian Legion Golden Branch 122 has been serving veterans and their dependents since 1931. Through fundraising it provides community organizations with funds while helping families.

With 260 members, it provides a place rich with history where folks young and old can meet and connect during big events and fun weekly activities, creating a safe and respectful sense of community for people of all ages to gather.

Marilyn Bertram is a regular member, as the daughter of late veteran Graham Bruce How who served in the Canadian Army during the Second World War. Bertram has been involved with the Legion for over 40 years, she says a lot has changed over the years since she was first involved, but one thing has stayed the same, a sense of love and community when you walk through the doors of the building and a feeling of home.

“There are a lot of memories here,” Marilyn says of her time as a Steward (bar manager) and member of the Legion. As a Steward, she worked for 7.5 years at the Legion and recently returned after 40 years of working in the logging industry. “It’s like a home coming. It’s a place of comradery.”

When it comes to providing a place to gather, the Legion has served as a place to connect veterans and their family members, as well as their affiliates, providing support after dealing with issues related to the experiences of combat.

Past President, Executive and member of the Local Branch, Kathy Anderson explains that there was a time when a stigma was attached to those who admitted the pains they felt from what they went through in combat - something that can now

be referred to as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is described by Psychology Today as an anxiety disorder that may develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which severe physical harm occurred or was threatened.

Without a place to connect and receive the support of those who went through similar experiences, many veterans would be left living in isolation; dealing with the issues alone.

When reflecting on her association with the Legion, Kathy shares her experience as a niece to Ken Gibbs, a veteran who passed in 2008. He eventually shared his stories from combat with

her.

“You have to understand what it was all about,” she says of what the veterans brought home from their experience in combat. “Some of the stories they told were pretty heartbreaking. They went through hell. My uncle felt guilty for coming back.

He lost a lot of his mates. It took him years to talk about it.”

Due to its association with Cadets, Boy Scouts, Beavers and many other organizations, the Legion provides the community with a place where elders and young folks work together to host events, fostering leadership and guidance among them.

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The most familiar and accessible fundraising event the Legion holds with the support of the Cadets is the annual Poppy drive held in November for Remembrance Day. Poppy funds go toward assisting veterans and exservice members and their families; purchasing medical appliances such as wheel chairs for those in need; funding medical research and training; providing bursaries to the children and grandchildren of veterans and ex-service members; and funding accommodation, care

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The 2016 Golden Sound Festival winter edition is surging into full rock and roll mode for Feb. 19 and 20 in Golden B.C. The festival will be held over two evenings, showcasing some of our favourite past artists, like electro violinist Kytami and fuzz bass rockers HighKicks. The finale night will bring to the stage a new act; cheer-rock brass and guitar ensemble, The Wet Secrets. “This season we are changing it up, and moving away from the ‘block party’ festival to a showcase stage at the Golden Civic Centre,� says Kris King, festival director.

The fun begins on Feb. 19, in downtown Golden at the Rockwater Grill and Bar with two returning artists; locals’ favorite folk singer, Sam Weber and Calgary’s rock and roll duet, Miesha and the Spanks.

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staple in Golden, bringing a full line up of up-and-coming indie artists from all genres.

Golden Sound Festival has hosted over 80 musical acts over the past five seasonal festivals. “This year we thought it was important to bring back a few of our favourites artists to Golden. We were thinking of having a ‘best of show’ however, we couldn’t decide which artists to bring back. So many were amazing and crowd favorites. In the end, we scaled back the idea and finally hand-picked a few artists that we felt Golden would love to see again,� says King.

For the first time, Golden Sound Festival’s main stage will be open for all ages at The Golden Civic Centre. “The change in venue opens up the opportunity for an all ages show. There are many young families that came to the all-ages community stage each festival, now we are stoked to open up the whole show to families and hope they can stay a while,� says King.

This year’s line up: Victoria, B.C.-based folk singer and songwriter Sam Weber; Calgary’s rock and roll duet Miesha and the Spanks; Alberta’s favorite fuzz rock duo HighKicks; Calgary’s high energy rock and roll ensemble Napalmpom; Vancouver’s electro violinist Kytami; and the headliner Edmonton’s mash-up of cheer-brass and guitar rock, The Wet Secrets.

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Gone (fly) fishing: Remembering this past season, looking forward Winter: a time for remembrance and reflection on the past season, planning and preparing for the next

by John Shapperd Special to Golden This Week Welcome John Shapperd to our collection of contributors! John has been a resident of Golden for 32+ years. During that time he, along with his wife Penny, owned and operated a business here.

As they embrace their retirement, part of John’s focus will shift to fly fishing, and he’s agreed to share some of his adventures with the community.

Let me run through the highlights of my past year: At the beginning of April at Loon Lake, we very appropriately watched three loons on the water moving in a circle. Two of them, probably males, were talking to each other and then pecking each other until one flew away. Mating season.

April was, finally, the first time I caught a rainbow trout in the Columbia with friends Dave Burns and Will Cunningham to record the auspicious occasion. Yee-ha!

In May, after fishing at Loon again, we encountered two sad and lonesome looking guys on the side of the road by the Five Mile turnoff.

Their truck was aways down the road with dead batteries. You don’t leave guys out in the bush, so off we went to do our good deed so they could get back to town. Good job we had jumper cables in the truck. After earlier bad experiences of my own, we have a large container with most everything you might need if stranded in the back country.

In July an old friend, Brian Fichter, came to visit and we went to Glenogle Creek. Lots of wildflowers, beautiful different coloured rocks; sunshine dappling the leaves and water; oh yeah, and plentiful small bull trout; lunch sitting on the bridge with no traffic.

The next day the weather changed dramatically.

Along with Brian, Bill Smith and I went to Baird Lake. We encountered a thunderstorm, with rain, hail and sleet on the way there and fresh snow on

the peaks - yeah, July no less. Willing, beautifully coloured small rainbows.

July 29 was my birthday. Now retired, so fishing three times in a week. Went to Mc Lain. I caught and released four nice rainbows to Bill’s one. This is duly recorded in my diary so it is the truth! I say this because even though I tie the flies, Bill invariably beats me in numbers - not that we are counting or are competitive of course!

As it was my 70th birthday an old friend, Jim Majer, had come from the Island along with our son Bryn. I took Jim to our favourite lake - Summit. Not only did we hook up to lots of brookies, but we saw a momma bear and two cubs crossing the road behind Parson and watched a bald eagle pick a fish out of the lake.

Bryn did not accompany us that day, but he and I went to Glenogle the next day. Cloudless 30 degree day, lots of small bulls caught on dry flies and saw a young cow moose quietly grazing until she spotted us and skedaddled up the road. Wet wading in shorts was great, but was that water cold, and the horseflies! Nice that Bryn kept an eye out for the old guy with the arthritic knees.

Almost forgot. In August, Bill came back from overseas and brought back a black and silver fly he had purloined from a friend’s fly box. He

caught a twenty seven inch rainbow on it! No witnesses, but fishermen never lie - right? Same lake a couple of days later, Bill hooked into a monster. I was with him this time. I pulled in my line, got the camera ready and kept circling him as the fish pulled him around. His rod was bent almost double - the fish did not want to come up.

Eventually the fish leapt in the air behind me, spat the hook and landed with a splash. Neither one of us saw the fish, but a reputable person on shore said it was BIG! Lots of other good days. Caught a beautiful fish in Nine Bay in October with my first cast, put the fly in front of the fish, twitched it and the fight was on! Hoar frost on the trees high on a ridge.

Late October, hit the Bluewater with John Dawes. Caught nothing, saw a few dead Kokanee and had a great picnic lunch complete with Halloween coloured bread on the sandwiches thanks, Pat! October 30 was an amazing day. Drizzle turning to rain between Golden and Parson. Climbing out of Parson, we entered a winter wonderland. Ours were the only tracks going into Wilbur. We fished in a blizzard, then for a short while we had blue skies and awesome mountains. We had lunch around a fire, fished again - this time right inside

a cloud. Snow came again. I laughed out loud when I heard Bill from across the lake break into a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells! Time to go home! No fish, but I got a great photo essay out of it. And, as my friend Jim would say, “We were making memories.”

End of the season was November 4. Wilbur again, with John Dawes. We broke ice, like sheets of thin clear glass, going out and again coming back in. Caught and released one beautiful fish.

Great shore lunch around the fire. My diary certainly helps. Tomato-basil soup, croissants with gypsy salami, Swiss cheese and greens.

Date squares and coffee to follow. Thanks again, Pat! Oh yeah, I think there was a wee bottle of “antifreeze” to share.

Next time, I will go into seasonal preparation and flies. By the way, if you find a net at the bottom of Summit, it is yours to keep. It was made in New Zealand and has a built in weigh scale, so the fish can be weighed in the net. No more wild guesses, but the net does not float!

Going to end on a quote that I love from Henry David Thoreau: “Many men go fishing all their lives without knowing it is not just fish they are after.”

Wishing you tight lines and a successful 2016.

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The family business - under new management Janet Crandall-Swaffield Publisher Growing up in a family business, I know first-hand some of the challenges the family can face. The working day doesn’t necessarily go from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to say the least, and when the chips go down, it can be all hands on deck. The early days, the late nights, late dinners, kids’ school or sporting events attended or missed, vacations taken (or not as it might be), investments made or redirected, and so many, many other things that happen day in and day out to make a family business function successfully.

If you’ve never worked for your family’s business, or been in business for yourself, I’ll go out on a limb and say that you may not quite understand the challenge or the commitment required to go all the way. It’s not just about the people who work directly in the business, it’s about the kids too, and the spouses, siblings, and maybe the parents, or even the grandparents as it may turn out.

When businesses change hands it can have a big impact on a small community.

Ownerships of several local businesses are So, do we forget about currently changing over, or have changed in the families that have poured the past year or so. I wonder if we forget about their heart and souls into the ‘family’ in ‘family business’ - those who the business? Maybe. But have laboured in the background, one way or we shouldn’t. The sacrifices another. made by many, sometimes A year ago, Cam and Erin Dawes made the all family members can be decision to purchase the local IGA, a decision significant, each in their own that certainly affects their family long-term. It’s way. And as people move a business his parents - John and Pat Dawes on to whatever opportunity - owned and operated for many years, and I comes their way next, I hope suppose it might not be too long before the it was all worth it.� youngest generation of the Dawes family are seen in the aisles.

John and Penny Shapperd owned and operated McLeods (True Value), now Ace Hardware, for some 32 years. They made their home here, raised their family here, and now enjoy their retirement here.

McDonald’s (Golden) will welcome a new owner soon, and the Lindsay and Matheson families will move on. No doubt an emotional change for everyone involved, following the death of McDonald’s franchise owner / operator Dan Lindsay just one year ago. A huge loss for Golden.

And as Home Hardware now changes over, it marks the end of a long chapter.

A story of more than 50 years of serving the community of Golden and area on the part of the Birnie family. Several generations of family and ownerships, I can’t imagine the stories they might have to tell. Good, bad, some victorious, some maybe even heartbreaking.

I could probably go on with other examples as other businesses change ownerships, but the point is we are a community largely made up of family businesses. And no matter what stage a business is at, I bet there’s a family behind that operator, contributing in some way or another.

So, do we forget about the families that have poured their heart and souls into the business? Maybe. But we shouldn’t. The sacrifices made by many, sometimes all family members can be significant, each in their own way, I bet some of us have no idea. And as people move on to whatever opportunity comes their way next, I hope it was all worth it.

To new owners, we all wish you well. And to families moving on - we thank you for all the years of service to our community.

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Financial literacy for families Francis Bowlby, age 4, seen here at a dinner event for families.

This particular section is where they share tips for financial literacy in an ongoing series entitled Family Dinner Play and Learn (FDPL), a program funded by Columbia Basic Alliance for Literacy (CBAL).

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802 Nicholson Frontage Road $289,900 - 5 Bed - 3 Bath - 2180 sq ft

1256 Horse Creek Road $315,000 - 4 Bed - 3 Bath - 2300 sq ft

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History column - “The Story of Golden� - Part 2

by Duane Crandall Special to Golden This Week

Over the next several weeks, we will run a selection of the writings of Tom King, as published in his book “The Story of Golden,� written in 1963. This is part 2 of the series. “But getting back to Frank Nicholson. I saw him ride in a “cigar race� at Windermere in June, 1900, on a horse belonging to the Mitchell’s of Brisco. The rules of the race were to saddle the horse and have a cigar alight when back to the starting point. It could be lighted before mounting or at any time, so long as it was alight at the finish line. The horses were to run 300 yards to a post upright in the ground and return. In the light, dry, sandy soil at the Windermere race track, the dust was so thick one could seldom see the contestants.

Frank had been slow, for some reason, in getting off and before he reached the turning post an Indian was returning and the dust was so bad even the horses could not see each other and met head on and Frank was shot up into the air so far we could see him through the thinner dust, maybe twelve or fourteen feet up in the air. His horse broke his neck and died on the spot and the Indian had a broken leg. Frank was practically unhurt.

He drove the stage for a few years that ran between Windermere and Golden and was one of the better-known old timers of the Valley. He lived in Vancouver for many years and passed away there about three years ago at the age of eighty-six.

The Windermere horse races were the highlights of interest and excitement in those far off days. The year after year winner of the open mile race was a horse known as Old Goldie owned by an early settler of the Windermere district, Mr. George Goldie, and ridden by Walter Stoddart, then hardly in his teens. Other noted horses were Roy Carruthers, a beautiful but

hard to handle stallion the Indians had brought in from the U.S. to try to beat Old Goldie. He was much faster, but a bad starter. Another fine horse of note at the races after Goldie retired was Grey Eagle, owned by the late Mr. Joseph Lake and ridden by his son, the late Mr. Percy Lake. Kootenay Bay was another fast pony as speed went at the local races.

Whether “cayouse talk� bothered Mr. Aylmer (about whom I will refer to later) or not, they provided good sport and excitement for the majority of Valley settlers.

There were four other Nicholson’s in the family of Charlie and Frank — their brothers Klaus and Oscar, and sisters, Nannie (now Mrs. Kallman, for many years) and Annie, Mrs. Oscar Carlson.

The next homestead, a mile farther south, was tenanted by a long, slim be-whiskered individual, Jack Leigh. This was the oddest arrangement I had ever heard of, though immorality was the commonplace of the day.

His sister bought the place and brought Jack out from Ontario to run it for her while she ran a house in town with the assistance of several other women. What depravity in family relationship!

When I arrived in Golden she had moved to a town on the Crow’s Nest as that railway had just been built and opened up a few towns the summer before.

Very recently I had a letter from Jack Leigh’s son in Ontario stating he understood his aunt ran a boarding house in Golden and he understood she had two daughters and he was wondering if I could help him locate his cousins.

In this, of course, I could be of no help except to tell him his aunt had moved to Fernie before my arrival here.

Another mile farther south was Horse Creek and three Italians had homesteaded a quarter section along this creek and lived off the proceeds of their products, which must have been a meagre existence as the land cleared from which to grow their feed was no larger than many one-man places, although they paid their bills and, I am sure, never went hungry.

The partner who seemed to be the business head went by the name of Charlie Ross. The others were Mike Degrazio and Tony Pelligreno.

They raised cayouses on the sloughs and kept quite a number of sheep, cutting hay on the sloughs to carry them through the winter; but very poor fodder it is.

A few years after my arrival here they decided to dispose of the sheep, so Ross took them to Calgary. It was reported they brought something over $700.00, but Ross returned saying he had

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“It was reported they brought something over $700.00, but Ross returned saying he had not received the payment, but was to return to Calgary shortly to get it. That, of course, was not the truth. He returned home to get some personal items, it was thought, but, while ostensibly going back to Calgary to get the money, no one knows where he went for he was never seen around these parts again.� not received the payment, but was to return to Calgary shortly to get it. That, of course, was not the truth. He returned home to get some personal items, it was thought, but, while ostensibly going back to Calgary to get the money, no one knows where he went for he was never seen around these parts again.

Through process of law, the remaining partners made an amicable settlement between them, Pelligreno keeping the Horse Creek place and Mr. Degrazio going south to near Harrogate to take up another quarter.

The next settler was Mr. Charlie Cartwright.

He didn’t farm much, but kept a stopping house and had a liquor licence. Later he had a hotel at Athalmer.

Another mile on, Mr. William Wallace had a nice looking little clearing on a hill side with nearly two acres of apple trees started, many of which are still producing to this day. Later, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wilson owned this place for many years. Mr Wallace left the Valley about 1901. He too, was a bachelor. This place now belongs to Mr. Chris Pederson.

Settler number nine was the second married one this far — 18 miles from Golden. Mr. W. H. Johnson had, a few years previously, married a Swedish girl who had come to Donald to work as a domestic with another girl friend and they had only arrived there a few days when Mr. Rufus Kimpton of Windermere, who also still had business interests in Donald, was driving up the road and told Mr. Johnson (who was not Swedish, as the name is common to many countries) of these two female arrivals, and further up the road, told another settler, whose name I will not mention, and within a week these two bachelors were in Donald, successfully persuading the girls to marry them, though the late arrivals could speak not a word of English. However, they understood and went back as brides with the homesteaders to their little farms.

Mr. Kimpton was quite a match-maker. About the same time, his wife had a new maid in their Donald home and he told another settler of this young woman while he was going south with the mail and passenger stage. Next trip to Golden, the fellow was waiting on the side of the road for the stage to take him to Golden where he would get a train to Donald. He, too, returned in less than a week with a bride. I do not mention the names because descendants still live in the valley.

Settler number ten was “Billy� Smith. He, too, was a bachelor and didn’t marry for many years.

It is told that a lady came out from England to marry a man in Calgary, acquaintance having been gained through a matrimonial paper, but that marriage did not take place. Somehow she came up here and Rev. Mr. Yates, then Anglican minister at Golden, married them in Tom Haddon’s home at the 14-mile. When the ceremony was finished Billy remarked, “Well, that’s done,� as if he had just harnessed the horses, and the new Mrs. Smith at once went back to the kitchen to help prepare the wedding meal and Billy joined his male friends and continued on where the conversation had been broken off to have the marriage ceremony. Not much romance in that. Mr. Yates told me of the affair.� ... Continued next week

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Golden Legion ‘a place of comradery’ ... Continued from page 3 facilities, meals-on-wheels, transport and related services for veterans, seniors and disabled persons.

Over the past year, the Legion has donated over $8,000 to the local community through funds raised by self-serve lottery tickets, auctions, meat draws and contests. These funds go directly back into the community to support groups such as Girl Guides, Cubs, hockey clubs, swimming clubs, Scouts, various children’s sporting activities, Search and Rescue, Children’s Ability Fund and the Cadets.

“It’s a relaxed environment and a place to learn about history. It’s these people (those who serve in the Canadian Armed Forces) who made our freedom ...

There’s so much interesting stuff to see here, there’s so much history on our walls.”

One of the challenges the Legion faces today is retaining committed volunteers to assist with fundraising events to help them keep the lights on and the doors of the Legion open.

“If we can’t pay the bills, then we have to shut down,” Kathy says. If the Legion were to shut down funds raised through gaming would not be available and they would lose a vital community gathering place, typically utilized by seniors in the community.

Executives are looking for committed volunteers to take on leadership roles and work with them to implement events and activities to help raise funds and take on special jobs.

Kathy shares Marilyn’s passion for the history of the Legion, and encourages people to visit the local branch to find out what it’s all about.

“It’s a relaxed environment and a place to learn about history. It’s these people (those who serve in the Canadian Armed Forces) who made our freedom,” Kathy says, adding, “There’s so much interesting stuff to see here, there’s so much history on our walls.”

With children being welcome in the Legion until 10 p.m., the organization provides a familyfriendly environment.

“It’s a really enjoyable place and it’s a respectful environment,” says Ed Coon, President of the Legion.

Executives of the Canadian Legion Golden Branch 122 gather for a pic after their Annual General Meeting where they were sworn in for another year on January 25. From left in the back, Bob Alexander, Vice President and Service Officer Randy Hamilton, President Ed Coon, Marilyn Bertram, Laurie Meadows. From left in front, Corina Peterson, Karen Bruce, Past President Bill Ewing, Kathy Anderson, Secretary Lorraine Nygren.

These days, anyone can become a member and join the Legion - something that changed about 10 years ago. While it is a place welcoming all community members, two house rules apply: Keeping with the terms of its liquor license the Legion asks guests to sign in if not a member. The other house rule is requesting that visitors take off hats or toques as a sign of respect.

The Legion has a banquet hall available for rent for special occasions and is available for private parties and events. It is a licensed facility with friendly staff offering a calm atmosphere to meet with friends and loved ones to talk, play board games, darts, cribbage or even curling. People can donate to the organization or join in any of its weekly or monthly events.

Business hours are Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 2:30 p.m. to close and Saturday 3 p.m. to close.

For more information, please visit www.rcl122. ca or call 250-344-6214.

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Eat Pure: It’s sushi time!

by Judith Thibault Eat Pure Mountain Market Special to Golden This Week

What do you do when you receive 60lbs of fresh ginger instead of six? Make pickled ginger!

And what do you do when you have lots of pickled ginger? Make Sushi!

Even though we are miles from the ocean, you can still make great sushi right at home. From smoked salmon and cucumber rolls to yam tempura or how about Sriracha-spiced tuna with avocado or mango! As long as you have pickled ginger, wasabi and soy sauce you can be as creative as you want!

Unfortunately most of the pickled ginger and wasabi commercially available is dyed with food colouring, artificially sweetened and full of preservatives. Ever wonder why pickled ginger is pink when ginger is pale yellow? Well I did.

It turns out that if pickled ginger is made from very young ginger it does naturally turn a pale pink colour. The bright pink ginger we see in grocery stores and sushi restaurants though, is dyed with food colouring, most often sweetened with aspartame and “preserved� with potassium sorbate! Homemade or commercial organic pickled ginger is pale yellow and free from all those nasty things. Time to a big batch!

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didn’t have any pure wasabi powder at Eat Pure Market (it’s coming this week!) and we were out at home, so I sent Brian to grab some at one of the supermarkets. He found a powder, which I recommended over the paste to try to avoid preservatives, but let me tell you there was a lot more than just horseradish in it!

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So after a little bit of product searching, I found a pure wasabi powder with just three ingredients that we’ll have at the store next week: Japanese horseradish, mustard powder and North American horseradish. No dyes, no preservatives, no gluten, no GMOs - don’t know what they’re all doing in there anyway.

Just mix it with water and finally you can make sushi! Also available at Eat Pure: organic raw nori (now in 50 packs), organic sushi rice, organic pickled ginger and organic wheat free tamari in bulk!

Come get your sushi on!

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Ice Cream for Breakfast: Off the Cuff - Leon the Lion

by Sarah Elizabeth Special to Golden This Week

When I was a little girl I had a ton of stuffed animals. I used to line them up and pretend to be their teacher; try to fit them all in bed with me at night when I went to sleep; and would always bring two or three with me when leaving home for overnight visits to my Grandmother’s or friend’s house.

When I was their teacher, I would go as far as taping paper to the wall so I could have a chalk board. Then I could pretend to teach about all of the amazing things I knew and wisdom I had accumulated in my five or six years of life - unfortunately they weren’t very interested in participating in class. They never put their hands or paws up, they never spoke (though I would wonder if they came to life at night when I slept), but that was okay, I still loved them.

I had one stuffed animal in particular who, just between you and me, I still hold from time to time when I’m feeling sad. He was a gift from my Grandmother for Christmas when I was just over a year old and he kept me comforted in the days after my Grandmother passed. His name is Leon the Lion.

Leon the Lion has traveled far and wide with me throughout our decades together. It started off as a comfort thing when I was a child and led to being a lucky charm for me whenever I would leave home - I would feel superstitious if I didn’t As my daughter grows I’m waiting for her to find the stuffy she will become attached to, because I can’t imagine any small child without bring him along. Sadly, I left him in Sudbury, Ont. their right-hand stuffed animal. ... Photo by Sarah Elizabeth. once on a visit there with a friend. Imagine my horror when I forgot my life-long friend in a town that, at the time, was six hours away from where I hand stuffed animal, and I get it as I was obviously The day finally came for them to meet (she was love, therefore Tractor is a welcome addition to lived in southern Ontario. He made it safely home attached to mine for forever. My partner and I about 8 months old) and sure enough she held our outings. Tractor goes with us wherever we thanks to a few sensitive friends and their family him in her arms with a smile, enjoyed him for a go. Tractor is loved. Tractor will not be left behind, members who understood his sentimental value to selected a few stuffed animals while preparing for our daughter’s arrival. With each one we carefully moment and then got bored and threw him to the until he is, and then we will work to reunite them. my heart. chose I couldn’t help but wonder which one would ground. Poor Leon, I thought, so I picked him up I can’t help but wonder if Tractor will be sitting in Over the years, as I got older and my bringing be “the one.” and put him away for another time. a bag when she goes to visit her Grandparent’s him with me places started to get weird, I Now, I’m not one to impose too many outside When my daughter was about a year old I tried house and if one day, when she has her own would sneak Leon in my bag on trips to my Grandmother’s cottage. My Grandmother, knowing expectations on my daughter, but since I kept Leon again, but she just kind of awkwardly stood beside child, she will clean and polish Tractor and around for so long I thought it would only make him, like a friend would when trying to set them up ceremoniously present him/her to her own child me well enough, could sniff him out. She once some decades down the road in the hopes her discovered him in his own bag, something she saw sense to clean him up a bit and present him to her with someone you think they would like. She gave me this “seriously mom?” kind of a look. I tried child and her Tractor will form the same bond and as extra luggage to try to fit in the car. I remember in the hopes she and Leon would form the same bond and be forever friends just as Leon and I again some months later and my daughter finally be forever friends. finding it quite humourous, as my Grandmother have been. let me know what’s what with an outwardly dirty I kept Leon for all of these years in the hopes exhibited her x-ray vision right in front of my own I got to work. With my tongue sticking out of look I rightfully deserved. I guess it just didn’t work he would provide my own, future child with the eyes while pointing at the bag he was in as it sat my mouth in full-on concentration I sewed up his out between them. same comfort he provided me. Now I’m not one on the porch waiting to be loaded in the car and holes, wiped down his markings and brushed his So who, or what won the heart of my 2.5 year to impose anything on my daughter if it doesn’t stressfully snapping, “Is that that lion you have in matted hair. I pampered and prodded for their old in the end, you wonder? Well, it was a tractor. make sense to her, but a small part of me feels that bag?” Thankfully she saw the humour as well ceremonious meeting. I just couldn’t get rid of this A hard, plastic tractor that sings songs and she is missing out on some fantastic snuggles with and Leon got to come along. a really reliable friend. Oh well. Just between you As my daughter grows I’m waiting for her to find weird perfume-like smell he had, but nonetheless, makes vroom-vroom noises when you push on I knew my daughter would love him the moment the steering wheel. Again, I’m not one to impose and me, I think it’s her loss. I guess I’ll just keep the stuffy she will become attached to, because I she laid eyes on him. Or so I thought...and hoped. my own ideas of things she should cuddle and him for myself. can’t imagine any small child without their right-

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Brighter Life: Be a man - look after your health!

Men: It turns out there’s an economic as well as a physical price for poor lifestyle choices. But there’s a simple way to do something about it.

by Anne Levy-Ward, It’s a Brighter Life.ca

Groundbreaking research has found that men’s poor lifestyle choices cost the Canadian economy a staggering $36.7 billion every year.

Four risk factors — smoking, excess weight, over-consumption of alcohol and physical inactivity — were studied by H. Krueger and Associates for the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF). Together, these risk factors contribute to approximately 40 conditions, including 78% of chronic lung disease, 67% of type 2 diabetes and 58% of heart disease. “If we could get men to make some changes in their lifestyle, we could prevent 70% of these problems without adding another doctor, hospital or dollar to the healthcare system,� says Dr. Larry Goldenberg, the founder of CMHF. Along with eating well and getting plenty of exercise, one very good way for men to keep an eye on their health is to be screened. Screening is designed to catch diseases in their earliest and most treatable stages by testing large numbers of people who may not yet display any symptoms.

Some of these screening methods are very simple; others require a bit more effort. They range from the blood pressure testers in drugstores

(the results of which should be verified by a visit to your doctor), to mass diabetes screenings organized by employers and other organizations, to the tests for prostate and colon cancer that your doctor routinely orders when you reach a certain age. Especially for men who don’t spend a lot of time thinking about their health, there are a lot of diseases to watch for, and a lot of screening tests to keep track of.

An option first released in June 2014 is You Check, a fast, free, anonymous online tool that assesses a man’s risk of serious illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, depression, erectile dysfunction, prostate cancer, low testosterone and osteoporosis, all at once. Through a few simple questions, it’s programmed to analyze medical factors, family history and symptoms to produce a personal risk profile and make recommendations such as visiting a physician if necessary. You Check was recently updated and improved to make it even simpler to use. It’s now also available in French at PourMaSante.ca You Check is the result of years of work by the Men’s Health Initiative of British Columbia, begun in 2009 by the University of British Columbia. Its research and development were supported by funding provided by Sun Life Financial. “We are proud to support You Check as a way to bring early attention to the risk factors of certain diseases and promote a healthy lifestyle

for Canadian men,� says Paul Joliat, Assistant Vice-President, Philanthropy and Sponsorships at Sun Life Financial. “As part of our philanthropic support, primarily aimed at diabetes awareness and prevention, we’re thrilled to be part of an initiative that could make all the difference in someone’s life.�

Work is currently underway on a version for women.

Meanwhile, men can help reduce their chances of death from disease by getting screened — online, at work or through their doctors.

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