Lake Region Woman Volume 4, Issue 3

Volume 4, Issue 3 July/August | September | October 2013

Meg Swenseth The Region’s Hidden Gem in Relaxation

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April|May|June/July 2013

July 23

Arts in the Park

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell Rick Senger Easy Listening Music

July 25

Crazy Days

8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Devils Lake Activities are taking place in downtown Devils Lake between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.

July 26

Lake Region Community Fund Annual Gold Scramble 12:00 p.m.: Lunch 12:30 p.m.: Registration 1:00 p.m.: Start time Creel Bay Golf Course Call 701-662-2408 to register.

July 30

Arts in the Park

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell Come listen to the music of Jessie Veeder.

August 1

Royal Social

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A $10 donation will be collected at the door from all attendees. If you plan to attend, RSVP by email to Annette. schmid@lrsc.edu or by calling 701-662-1641.

Save the Date Please call ahead to confirm events. Promote your event in the next issue by sending information to lakeregionwoman@live.com by September 26, 2013.

August 4

August 27

September 19

7:00 p.m.

United Methodist Church

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell A variety of performers, some returning and some new (We’re always looking for new performers!) Call 701-662-2511 for information.

5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Downtown Devils Lake $20 per person

Chautauqua, featuring Joy Logan

August 6

Arts in the Park

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell Paul Nies and Friends Toe-tapping, old-time music

August 11

Devils Lake Elks Community Band 2:00 p.m.

Calvary Square in Fort Totten

August 13

Arts in the Park

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell Bring your instruments and sit in with the Devils Lake Community Elks Band. Send an email to breswen@gmail.com for information.

August 20

Arts in the Park

7:00 p.m.

Roosevelt Park Band Shell River, old-time gospel to contemporary music

August 24

4th Annual Capturing the Moments Memory Walk 10:00 a.m.

Rugar Park Pick up registration forms at Anytime Fitness or Mercy Therapy.

Arts in the Park

September 5 Royal Social

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A $10 donation will be collected at the door from all attendees. If you plan to attend, RSVP by email to Annette.schmid@lrsc.edu or by calling 701-662-1641.

September 7

9th Annual Autumn JunkFest & Flea Market

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Foster County Fairgrounds in Carrington, ND Junk Enthusiasts and Treasure Seekers: save the date!

Salvage, vintage, and unique junk creations abound.

The event features a flea market, food, fun, and a live music performance by Alien Brain and the Jugular Vein.

For more information, go to www.junk-fest. blogspot.com.

September 14

Fall City-Wide Yard Sales

Carrington Contact Carrington Area Chamber of Commerce at 701-652-2524 for more information.

Annual Devils Lake Wine Walk

October 3

Royal Social

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A $10 donation will be collected at the door from all attendees. If you plan to attend, RSVP by email to Annette.schmid@lrsc.edu or by calling 701-662-1641.

October 29 Fright Night

Memorial Building, Devils Lake This is a family-oriented event, where anyone in the community can come and play games, eat supper, and have a safe, warm place to celebrate Halloween. For more information, contact Eva Olson at 351-1310 or 662-2853 and Bill Beckie Person at 350-0548 or 662-2343.

November 2

Annual Craft & Gift Extravaganza

Carrington Armory Contact Carrington Area Chamber of Commerce at 701-652-2524 for more information.

November 7 Royal Social

5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

A $10 donation will be collected at the door from all attendees. If you plan to attend, RSVP by email to Annette.schmid@lrsc.edu or by calling 701-662-1641.

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Find these items and more through local retailers. When purchasing an item that you’ve seen in our shopping guide, make sure to tell the retailer that you saw it in Lake Region Woman. Claims that products make in the Lake Region Woman Shopping Guide are of product manufacturers’ and not of Lake Region Woman or Graber Media.

Start out this fall in these stylish leopard print and tan Moccasins from Boots and Heels in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 23.

Find this whole collection of lobster-themed dishes at Snapdragons Floral in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 20.

With Slumberland’s free online room planner by icovia®, you can try-before-youbuy furniture for any room in your home.

Save, print, and send plans via email. Check out how this Thunder Bay queen bed would look like in your own bedroom. See their ad on page 27.

Serve the richest and tastiest dips—piping hot and straight from the oven—in this extensive line of 2-piece porcelain Dip Bakers/Servers, available at LaMotte’s Paint and Glass in Devils Lake. Seen here with Gourmet Village dip mix, also available at LaMotte’s Paint and Glass. See their ad on page 18. $32.99 baking dish $15.99 dip

This Phiten Titanium necklaces helps promote stable energy flow throughout the body, resulting in lasting energy, less fatigue, shortened recovery time, and more relaxed muscles. This is perfect for the athlete on your list. Stop in to Gerrells Sports Center to pick one up.

See their ad on page 13. $46.99 Check out the new boutique in Devils Lake and Hampden! Studio 1312 has added handbags, scarves, hats, and jewelry to the salon. Stop in and check out this classic handbag today. See their ad on page 27. $49.95

The perfect traveling companion! This mug can be purchased at Creative Impressions or Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce. See their ad on page 10. $15.00

Lake Gear sweatshirts are popular this season and available at Creative Impressions in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 15. $35.00

Best accent chairs to make your room pop! Choose your chair and then choose your fabric at Slumberland Furniture in Devils Lake. Hundreds of fabrics are available to choose from, and they can be shipped in just three weeks. See their ad on page 25.

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This Bauman Massa sterling silver diamond infinity pendant is from the Kate McCuller™ Collection and available at Ritter Huesgen Jewelry in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 20. $159.00

This cup holds a lot of coffee and is a great gift idea for clients or relatives visiting Devils Lake. You can even get one for yourself. Stop in to Creative Impressions or Devils Lake Chamber of Commerce to pick one or more up! See their ad on page 10. $10.00

Celebrate America all summer long and through Memorial Day with this unique flag-themed drink dispenser. This and other products like it are available at Snapdragon’s Floral in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 20.

Pamper your feet with these cozy little foot coverings from Snoozies®, available in a variety of colors and sizes. Find these and other amazing selections at Boots and Heels in Devils Lake—so much more than a shoe store! See their ad on page 23. $12.00

Get your heart thumping with this towable tube, available at Gerrells Sports Center in Devils Lake.

See their ad on page 13.

The practice of heat therapy is centuries old. Through the ages, Romans, Japanese, and many other cultures have realized the benefits of heat therapy on their minds and body. Hot paraffin therapy is available at Studio 1312 in Devils Lake and Hampden. See their ad on page 27.

Illuminate your garden with this attractive gazing ball. The glass ball sits on a solar stand and will glow after the sun goes down.

This and other solar products are available at LaMotte’s Paint and Glass in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 18. $57.99 gazing ball $26.99 stand

Lake Gear sweatshirts are popular this season and available at Creative Impressions in Devils Lake.

See their ad on page 15. $27.50

This Bauman Massa black and white diamond pendant is available at Ritter Huesgen Jewelry in Devils Lake. See their ad on page 20. $449.00

Blend It Yourself

Written by Sheri Hatten, Licensed, Registered Dietitian and Certified Lactation Counselor

Today, smoothies are all the rage. You can find them everywhere, such as in grocery stores, smoothie stands, coffee shops, street vendors in larger cities, and in restaurants and fast food chains. Last summer, while visiting Washington D.C., I came across a stand offering smoothies that looked tasty and refreshing.

Having been outside in 90-degree weather for a couple of hours, I thought that a smoothie seemed the perfect way to cool off.

Because I have made smoothies for many years, I was interested in finding out how this particular vendor made theirs. Additionally, I wanted to make sure that they used real fruit—not fruit flavoring—before purchasing the smoothie. I wanted the real thing.

I watched as the smoothie stand associate first put juice and yogurt in the blender and then added the fruit. Then, an item was added that I had not seen in a smoothie recipe before: a lemon wedge—including the rind!

Initially, I didn’t think that I would like the small pieces of lemon in my smoothie; however, it added a lot of flavor and was surprisingly delicious. I now add this to the fruit smoothies that I make at home for more flavor, nutrients, and fiber. When purchasing a lemon, I rinse it, cut it into eight pieces, place in a freezer bag, and then freeze. This helps the lemon from going bad before it is used. I typically use one lemon slice per recipe.

Drinking smoothies has many benefits:

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Adding more fruit and vegetables to your diet. If you don’t like to eat fruit and vegetables by themselves, you might find that you tolerate them better in a smoothie. The Food and Drug Administration recommends that we eat at least five servings of fruit and vegetables per day. Vegetables, such as kale and spinach, can be hidden in a smoothie without you or a child even realizing it is there.

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Providing a quick breakfast for the days when you are in a hurry or if you normally skip breakfast. (If you don’t have time to make a smoothie in the morning, you can make a large quantity ahead of time, freeze in small containers, and then thaw briefly in the microwave.)

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Helping hydrate the body by providing water found in the fruit, milk, juice, and ice that are used to make the smoothie.

4. Adding fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals that are often missing in the diet. Make a smoothie with milk or yogurt to add more calcium, vitamin D, and other nutrients. Instead of regular milk, you can substitute soy, coconut, or almond milk.

5. Adding versatility to one’s diet. Try a recipe or experiment and make your own concoction.

You can even make smoothie pops by just pouring the smoothie in a Dixie cup, adding a popsicle stick, and then freezing.

6. Providing something fun and easy to make that you can enjoy with others as well. Include a child and let him or her help by adding ingredients to the blender and pushing the buttons.

Kids are more likely to eat foods that they help prepare.

7. Adding protein to your diet when you add ingredients such as yogurt, peanut butter, or protein powder.

8. Helping you lower your caloric intake. For fewer calories, use skim or 1% milk. If you are trying to gain weight, add ingredients with higher calories.

9. Keeping you cool, with a refreshing treat on a hot summer afternoon.

To save money when making a smoothie, purchase fruits when they are on sale and then freeze. Strawberries, for instance, can be placed on a cookie sheet and placed in the freezer. Once they are frozen, place in a freezer bag. When bananas are too ripe for my liking, I cut them into pieces and freeze to use later in a smoothie.

Be careful when using ice or frozen fruit. I find it helpful to put the liquids/fruit or yogurt in the blender first, then add the ice— one cube at a time—and then pulse the blender to break up the ice before adding the rest of the ingredients. This will save on the life of your blender also. You don’t need an expensive blender, but I have found that spending a little more money on a good quality one is worth it.

The following are some smoothie recipes that you can try; or, you can use these to build your own new recipe.

Berry Smoothie

Pumpkin Smoothie

Creamsicle Smoothie

½ cup skim milk ½ cup orange juice 1 cup raspberries (unsweetened, frozen or fresh) or strawberries 1 lemon wedge, including rind (optional) 6 oz. light vanilla yogurt 1-2 Tbsps. sugar (may not need if fruit is sweet) 1 cup ice cubes

4 oz. light vanilla yogurt ½ cup pumpkin ½ tsp. cinnamon 1/8 tsp. nutmeg 1 Tbsp. brown sugar ¼ cup skim milk

1 can (6 oz.) frozen orange juice concentrate 1-8 oz. low-fat vanilla yogurt 1 cup skim milk 1 Tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 5 ice cubes

Place ingredients in blender and mix until smooth. Makes 1 serving.

Place orange juice concentrate, yogurt, milk, sugar, and vanilla in a blender. Process on medium until mixture is smooth.

Increase speed and add ice cubes, one at a time. Process until ice is crushed. Makes 3-4 servings.

Add liquid ingredients to the blender, add ice, and then partially chop. Add rest of ingredients and blend well. Makes 3 cups.

Freeze unused portions for later.

Recently, I found a great guide on Pinterest that shows the basics of making a smoothie. Type in the search phrase, “Make a smoothie in 5 Easy Steps,” for this helpful guide. The combinations are endless. Happy smoothie making! [LRW] Sheri Hatten, Licensed, Registered Dietitian and Certified Lactation Counselor | Writer Sheri graduated from NDSU with a BS in Food and Nutrition and a BS in Corporate/Community Fitness.

For the past 20 years, Sheri has worked for the Lake Region District Health Unit as the Lake Region WIC Program Director and Dietitian for WIC and Public Health. Sheri is married to Bob Hatten and has two children: Stephanie, a senior at UND, and Kendall, who is a Junior at Devils Lake High School. Sheri loves to be outdoors walking, biking, and fishing. She also enjoys baking, cooking, and scrapbooking.

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Magic of Humor Written by Macine Lukach

Parenting can be both rewarding and stressful. The rewarding times are those when everyone is happy and can bring a family closer together. The stressful times can be overwhelming.

When the stressful times become too much, try humor to help you through the tough times.

Most of us are familiar with the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” A sense of humor is a powerful tool in improving your daily mood and emotional state. Humor can lighten the mood, help reduce pain, defuse a conflict, relieve a tense moment, help one cope with a difficult situation, and ease the stress of parenting.

Each of us needs humor in our diet. We should all take a good dose of Vitamin H (Humor) each day. We need to learn to use humor effectively and make it part of our everyday life.

On a pleasant, winter afternoon when the snow was starting to melt, our oldest son gave his younger brother a saucer sled ride by pulling him behind the snowmobile. After a while, our youngest son—soaking wet from head to toe—came stomping into the house with the most disgusted, mad face I have ever seen. His brother had dumped him in a puddle of water amongst the snow. I’m unsure of whether it was an accident or on purpose, but it was difficult not to find the humor in the situation. To get through this tense situation, I did use humor to defuse the moment; otherwise, our youngest son would not have overcome his anger. It took many years before our youngest son could laugh about being dumped in the slushy cold water.

Humor helps during the demanding moments of growing up. Often, children want something now and don’t understand that they can’t always have what they want.

Humor provides a nonthreatening manner for a parent to communicate with a child without intensifying the situation.

Using humor helps to avoid the unnecessary yelling and screaming, which gets us nowhere.

Humor energizes and lightens the load. Consider the task of picking up toys or putting the kids to bed—make it a game, have fun. See how humor can work for you.

Humor should never be used to tease, ridicule, insult, or put someone down. Healthy humor should follow the AT&T Principle—appropriate, timely, and tasteful. As Maya Angelou so aptly put it, “people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Adults need to set a good example and be a positive role model with the use of humor.

Creative ways to incorporate humor into your everyday routine include: Act silly. Learn to play. Create wonderful memories of having fun together with your family members. As William Makepeace Thackeray stated, “A good laugh is sunshine in a house.”

Look for humor every day. Just by their actions, children provide many great opportunities for us to see the humor in daily life.

Remember a funny moment. Start thinking about something funny that happened when you’re feeling tense. This will ease the tension and help you forget your troubles, at least temporarily.

Looking at parenting situations with a sense of humor provides perspective and helps keeps things in balance. Maintaining a playful frame of mind will help you see humor in situations that arise. Bill Cosby once said, “If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.” [LRW]

Macine Lukach | Writer Macine is the coordinator for the Region 3 Parent Resource Center and the Family and Consumer Sciences extension agent for the NDSU Extension Service, Cavalier County office. To stay updated on events hosted by Region 3 Parent Resource Center, “like” them on Facebook at www. facebook.com/ParentResourceCenterRegion3.

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d i K e v i t a Cre s e i t i v i t c A Written by Christy Remmick | Photography by Christy Remmick

Summer can be a bittersweet season for many stay-at-home moms; you get to spend more time with your school-aged children, but also have to figure out how to entertain the kids all day. This task can be especially daunting if the children range in age from toddlers to school age. Keeping all kids satisfied doing the same activity is a considerable challenge when inventing ways to spend your summer days without hearing a lot of whining and complaining.

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Christy graduated from the University of North Dakota with a bachelor’s degree in Communications. She grew up in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada and first came to Devils Lake to play volleyball at Lake Region State College. Christy married Robert, who grew up in Devils Lake, and 11 years after meeting each other, they moved back to Devils Lake to raise their family.

Christy keeps busy by thinking of fun, creative ways to spend time with the kids and with sewing and writing for her online shop and blog. To keep sane, she also enjoys gardening, running, and travelling.

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The Loft Photography Studio Expands Natural Studio Written by Autumn Graber | Photography by The Loft Photography Studio

Recently, The Loft Photography Studio in Cando underwent a major upgrade to offer their clients the best natural light photography service in the area. “Natural light photography for families and children, we feel, is really our signature style,” said Lisa Swenson, owner/photographer at The Loft Photography Studio.

Most photographers that offer a natural light option with their services would agree that in our area of the country, you can’t always go outside to take photos—especially with a newborn. To offer the service year round, you would need a room with the right amount of natural light to accomplish the look you desire.

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“The area we were using was in front of the big window, the light was harsh, it was a small area, the kids wanted to touch your computers, and it really wasn’t big enough,” said Lisa. Swenson knew it was time for a change when her employee, Renae Ahlberg, returned from a workshop in Fargo and had glowing accounts about the natural light studio that was used during the workshop. “It was something we wanted for a long time.”

With natural light on their minds, Lisa, her daughter Katie Escobar, and Renae traveled to Chicago for a natural light workshop. “We were on fire,” said Lisa.

The women returned from Chicago with a new-found determination to get to work on a new studio and began looking for buildings in Cando that not only served their purpose, but also was a perfect fit for them.

The studio needed to be on the second floor, with plenty of space, and of course, perfect natural light. When Lisa and Katie walked up to the second floor of the building that was previously occupied by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in downtown Cando, they had to use their imagination. “When we came up here, the windows were covered in paneling. We were excited to come up here and see the light and found paneling [instead]. So, we pulled that off and the light was just gorgeous,” said Katie Escobar, photographer. At that moment, the two photographers were immediately smitten with the space. “The quality [of the light] was so good and it was soft and almost magical.”

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The moment had impact. “When we both say, we will never forget that moment for the rest of our lives…it had that much impact,” said Lisa. “We knew it was exactly what we were looking for.”

Then came the hard work of transforming this space from its original state into a warm, well lit, and welcoming area for their clients to feel at home and comfortable in front of the camera. The women needed to find someone who knew what they needed, someone who shared their vision. Pat Esterly was the man for the job. “He is creative and open minded,” said Katie. “We were expecting to be shot down. [The renovation] was a little bit out there. He saw it from an artist point of view. He does beautiful work.”

The women couldn’t be more pleased with the final results. “I am proud of this. It’s about my favorite place in the whole world,” said Lisa. “We really feel like we can offer what a big city can offer with a small town touch.” [LRW] lakeregionwoman.com

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Increasingly, clients seek help in maintaining the confidence that comes from a healthy appearance. “The job market is very competitive, and people want to look youthful and vibrant,” added Angie. “It gives them an advantage that they may not otherwise have.” Sublime’s slogan says it all: You’ll know and they’ll notice.

A Cool Idea for Eliminating Love Handles Sublime also offers CoolSculpting®, a revolutionary non-surgical contouring treatment that freezes fat, which is then naturally eliminated from your body. No needles are used in the procedure and there is no downtime for the patient. In CoolSculpting, the patient simply rests on a spa-type bed for about an hour while the machine draws love handles and other areas of fat into a specialized suction device. Fat cells are then cooled. Results start to appear within a few weeks and are often dramatic in eight to 12 weeks. According to Amy Shimek, Nurse Practitioner and owner of Sublime Aesthetic Professionals, “There is minimal discomfort, and once patients see how much fat is eliminated, they are thrilled.”

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Most of us aspire to look healthy and attractive; but in this media-saturated world, it would be easy to believe that we can only achieve such results through costly and painful procedures. Plastic surgery is a growing industry, and our preoccupation with celebrities focuses an inordinate amount of attention on those who would do (or pay) anything to attain their own standards of ideal beauty.

A recent article written for the International Association for Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine highlights a growing number of Americans who are aiming for a more natural form of beauty, one achieved through much less invasive means. “People don’t necessarily want to look different,” said Angie Bjorgaard, Certified Aesthetic Consultant and Aesthetic Nurse Injector for Sublime Aesthetic Professionals in Grand Forks. “They just want to look beautiful.”

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Ideal candidates for CoolSculpting are women who want to lose excess fat in any area where they can pinch up at least one inch of fat. “We are dealing with subcutaneous fat right underneath the skin,” said Angie. “It must be flexible enough to be drawn into the device.” Unsurprisingly, CoolScupting is attracting more customers than just women. Angie and Amy have treated male clients ranging from farmers to military personnel.

CoolSculpting costs $1,500 for one treatment and $2,400 for two treatments. With CoolSculpting, there are no diet or exercise plans to follow. If you maintain your weight, results can be permanent.

According to Amy, “It’s a great option for people with extra fat that they just can’t seem to lose.”

New Technologies in Beauty New aesthetic treatments are addressing some of humanity’s most persistent beauty issues. For example, professionals are now able to address excessive underarm sweat (known medically as hyperhidrosis) with Botox® or Dysport®. This unique treatment has proven to be surprisingly effective. “We just inject it into the skin, so it basically decreases the pump that creates sweat,” said Angie.

“The results can last up to a year.”

“Our newest treatment is the Dermapen®,” added Angie. “It’s used to treat skin discoloration like melasma or hyperpigmentation.

It’s a less expensive, less risky alternative to a fractionated laser.”

In fact, Angie has experienced the Dermapen® from a patient’s point of view. “It’s a cluster of 10 needles, and it simply vibrates,” said Angie. “One treatment takes about 15 minutes.” A series of Dermapen® treatments can improve acne and surgical scarring, stretch marks, skin laxity, melisma, and hyperpigmentation.

Unique Thinking As the non-invasive aesthetics industry has begun to mature, Sublime has differentiated itself with unique offerings. For example, Sublime offers service and treatment “packages” for clients seeking specific results (examples include skin care plans and body therapy plans). “All of the treatments are included and mapped out for you, with one package price,” said Angie.

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Sublime’s focus on personal relationships has been just as critical to its success. “We don’t want the patient to feel like a number,” said Amy. “They get to know us personally.”

An example of this innovative way of thinking is Sublime’s “ladies’ night” option for those who want to create custom experiences for their friends. “We can accommodate groups of six to ten,” said Angie. “They bring their own food and drinks and receive a discount on services for their group. It’s a unique experience and there’s a lot of opportunity for fun interaction.”

According to the team at Sublime, these patients inevitably become much more than customers. “Our clients are healthy. They take care of themselves, and they want to look as young as they feel,” said Angie.

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Looking Forward The Sublime team has big plans for their business’s future. They intend to open additional Sublime locations in multiple states starting with a new facility in Fargo that opened January 15, 2013. Expansion thereafter will take place as Amy and Angie find team members who share Sublime’s relationship-first philosophy towards aesthetics.

“I’ve always wanted to be part of something like this,” said Angie.

“Something I could help to build with a great team. Something personal and important. We’re going to expand, but that just means that we’re inviting more of our friends to share in the Sublime experience.

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Photo credit: Brittnee Wilson Photography Pictured: Karen Halle, Lake Region District Health Unit (LRDHU) Administrator (retired end of June); Sherry Walters, Towner County Public Health District (TCPHD) Administrator; Barb Frydenlund, Rolette County Public Health District (RCPHD) Administrator; Terri Gustafson, Cavalier County Health District (CCHD) Administrator

Hidden Gem: Public Health

You Don’t Realize They Are There Until You Need Them Written by Autumn Graber The following is an excerpt from www.ndhealth.gov explaining the importance of Public Health.

“The Day in Your Life – Thanks to Public Health”

“It’s morning, and the first rays of sunshine peek through your bedroom curtains. You breathe deeply and enjoy the clean North Dakota air. You’re thankful that public health monitoring and clean air programs protect the air you breathe.

You take a shower and brush your teeth, knowing that the water won’t make you sick because safe drinking water is the responsibility of public health. You check your smile in the mirror and realize you can’t remember your last cavity, thanks in part to the fluoride [that] public health helps add to the water.

At the breakfast table, your children drink their milk, which is safe to drink because public health checks and monitors it from the dairy to the grocery store. Your sister—who just had her first child—calls. She says her doctor suggested [that] she enroll in the Women’s, Infants, and Children program (WIC), a public health service that ensures children get the proper nutrition to help them grow strong and healthy.

You walk outside, put your children in the car and buckle them up in their car seats. You make sure you buckle your seat belt, too. Public health and other safety organizations have worked hard to promote the importance of wearing seat belts and using car seats correctly, helping to reduce highway deaths and injuries in North Dakota.”

To read the rest of “The Day in Your Life – Thanks to Public Health,” go to www.ndhealth.gov.

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Public Health is a program that goes unrecognized by most until we are faced with a flu epidemic or the spread of a disease. “People don’t always understand all that public health does because when public health is going well, people don’t see it,” said Terri Gustafson, Cavalier County Health District (CCHD) Administrator.

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Public Health is operated by nurses on a local level. Their main focus is to educate and be an active community resource.

“We provide education and we have radon test kits [that] we distribute to the public so they can make sure their environment is safe from hidden radon gas,” said Sherry Walters, Towner County Public Health District (TCPHD) Administrator. “If there is a nuisance or a hazard, we will go out and check it out and get information.”

Some of the other services that theses nurses provide our communities are school nursing with immunization and education, referrals for HIV/Aids, family planning referrals, Head Start screening referrals, tobacco prevention and control, environment health coordination, emergency preparedness and response, injury prevention and safety, and general community assessment like car seat checks.

Vaccines tend to be a hot topic in the news. The opinions are dichotomous; people have either strong opinions on the matter or no opinion at all. After I had my children, people seemed to emerge from all directions, opining about why I should or should not get certain vaccines for my sons. It can be overwhelming as a new parent to face making the decision of whether to vaccinate your child or not.

“I was a mother before I was a public health nurse,” said Sherry. “I knew in the long run they wouldn’t have the chicken pox like I did or the measles like I did.

They wouldn’t have to go through the sickness like I did and have the scars left behind.”

New parents can benefit from having public health in our communities because if they have questions about vaccines and the side effects, they can call their local Public Health nurse to ask questions. “We provide sheets with every vaccination so [patients] know what vaccine they are getting with side effects and possible consequences,” said Sherry. “There are misnomers out there about vaccines causing various aliments including autism.

There is no research to prove that is what happens. We provide education and CDC recommendations and guidelines. Our state recommendations always follow the CDC.”

If Public Health didn’t exist, we would undoubtedly see our community’s health risks increase. “We are committed to promoting healthy lifestyles, preventing disease, and protecting the environment,” said Terri. “So without public health in communities, we would see the needs of those areas increasing”. [LRW]

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News from LRSC...

Royal Social Invests in Fitness Trainer Technician Program

The Fitness Trainer Technician program at LRSC received $5,000 from the Royal Social, a fundraising project linked to the Community College Foundation. Each month, area women are invited to attend a social gathering in a home and asked to pay a fee of $10 per person. When the fund reaches $5,000, the organizing committee chooses a project to support. The Royal Social has also invested in LRSC’s music and volleyball programs. To learn more, contact the Foundation office at 701662-1513 or LRSC.Foundation@LRSC. edu.

Pictured: Fitness Trainer Technician lead instructor Tammy Riggin and fitness trainer faculty Jenny Steinhaus

Funds from this donation will help the program purchase needed lab learning equipment for students in the program. The Fitness Trainer Technician (FTT) program provides the training required to work as a personal trainer. Employment is increasing in this area

and positions are being created to meet the growing health care needs of our population. Graduates of the program will be prepared to enter the workforce and will play a vital role in promoting healthy living by advocating for proper nutrition and increased physical activity. Courses include theory and practical application and provide the necessary tools for students to develop the skills, knowledge, and abilities for working as a personal trainer. Upon completion of the program, graduates are prepared to take the American College of Sports Medicine certification exam.

The Fitness Trainer Technician Program recently received notice that it is the only program of its kind on the community college level that is accredited by the ACSM.

Quilting for Quality Education

Lake Region State College has been awarded matching funds from the North Dakota Legislative Assembly. You can help the Friends of Lake Region State College qualify for these matching funds by purchasing a Quilting for Quality Education raffle ticket for $5.

Proceeds from the raffle will be used to purchase equipment for various programs at the college. For example: Adult and child simulators for the Nursing Program, yield-monitoring technology for the Dakota Precision Ag Center, visual systems for the Simulator Technology program, and many more needs that qualify for the North Dakota Matching Fund.

Foundation Board member Annette Hofstad is contributing a beautiful, hand-crafted quilt and two lovely table runners as prizes for this raffle. Tickets ($5 26

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The drawing will be held October 3, 2013 at a popular fundraising event called the Royal Social.

To learn more, contact Quilting for Quality Education Chair Kelli Heilman at (701) 351-8927 or contact the Foundation Office at (701) 662-1520 or LRSC.foundation@LRSC.edu.

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Meg Swenseth The Region’s Hidden Gem in Relaxation

Written by Autumn Graber | Photography by Autumn Graber

Breathe

, remember to breathe. Breathing is a

function we might take for granted, but something we should be conscious of. Writing this article, and getting to know Meg Swenseth during the process, couldn’t have come at a better time for me.

I’ll be honest, I had been feeling overwhelmed and anxious about many aspects in my life. As a mother, I’m always thinking about my kids. As a business owner, I worry about the future.

As a woman, I try to do everything…and simultaneously. What I hadn’t realized, was that I had forgotten to breath.

After the interview, I walked into the dimly-lit yoga studio that Megan had just recently set up at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Devils Lake. I felt a little apprehensive, never having participated in a yoga class before. As we began, it was difficult for me to wipe away the “to-do” list lingering in my mind. In between cues to breathe, I mentally crossed off the items that I knew had to be done, and then continued to add new items to the evergrowing list.

Wait, breathe—she’s telling me to breathe and clear my mind. Focus Autumn, focus.

Stress can lead to shallow breathing, but proper and deep breathing can release tension. “I like it because it helps me clear my mind,” said Meg Swenseth, owner of Barefoot Yoga Studio in Devils Lake.

Meg opened her yoga studio shortly after she returned to the area after finishing her master’s degree at Argosy University

in Chicago. She returned with a master’s in Clinical Psychology, but found it difficult to be licensed in North Dakota with an outof-state degree. Because of this, Meg wasn’t able to practice in the capacity that her education allowed; therefore, she found herself underemployed. While waiting for her licensure to come through from the state, Meg decided that she needed to do something constructive. “I just didn’t feel like I was fulfilling my purpose and my passion,” said Meg. “I needed to find some other sense of purpose.” That sense of purpose was revealed to her during a conversation with her sister-in-law. “She said, ‘what about yoga—you said you really loved it.’” Not to do anything in baby steps, that same week, Meg registered to get a certification in yoga instruction.

Once receiving her yoga instructor certification, Meg began teaching classes at the library and then in the conference room at Blooming Prairie Assessment and Therapy Center. As the popularity of her class began to grow, she soon needed a larger space. Through personal connections and chatting with her Elks Band flute section, she found that new space at Our Saviors Lutheran Church.

In July, and after some help from a local mentor, Meg finally received her licensure from the state and is now an In-Office Counselor at The Village Family Service Center in Devils Lake.

While in graduate school, Meg learned how to marry the practice of yoga and counseling during one of her classes. “For eight weeks, we got together and we did yoga, we saw how it impacted our mental health,” said Meg. “Yoga is just trying to make you be okay with you. Being okay with silence, being okay with the absolute minimum that you need, and to not be overzealous and desire things. It’s more than a physical practice, it’s a lifestyle.”

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LRW: Can you have weight loss benefits from doing yoga?

Meg: “You can. I think yoga is a good addition to whatever workout regimen you want to do. I use it more for health benefits in the sense that yoga really makes me think about what I’m putting in my body.”

LRW:

yoga?”

How often should someone practice

Meg: “It depends on the personal goal. If they are there just to have an hour a week to themselves—no stress, no worries—then an hour is what they need. If they are looking for physical benefits, three times a week for an hour. If they are looking for a yoga lifestyle, then five to seven times a week for an hour. It depends on your life.”

LRW: What is a big benefit you see by practicing yoga?

Meg: “It makes me think about if I’m taking the time to listen to the cues that are coming out of my body. There is something that is constantly going on neurologically and anatomically in your body that, yes, it’s useful to block out some of those things. But when we are sitting at a desk for nine hours a day, blocking out the urge to go to the bathroom, blocking out the sensation of being thirsty, blocking out the hunger sensations, then okay, we might need to tune back into some of those things because those are there for a reason.”

LRW: You practice Ashtanga Yoga. What does that mean?

Meg: “There are eight sections of yoga that they want you to look at. Two of them are principles on how to live your life: looking introspectively and looking outside of you, so how are you treating yourself and how you are you treating others.

So, what kind of thoughts and messages are you sending yourself, and how do you interact with others, and how do you behave in the broader world? Are you mostly positive, are you mostly negative, [and] how that impacts your body and others around you. [The other six] have to do with eating, breathing, meditation. The goal is to do a little bit of all of them and get to enlightenment— whatever [enlightenment] means to you.”

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Meg finds that practicing yoga can benefit those suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). “I’ve noticed in some of the readings I’ve done that yoga for anxiety and depression, a lot of times, folks who are dealing with those mental health illnesses have a hard time being connected with their body and it’s easier to be shut down and on auto pilot, as I call it. You live in the future, worrying about [when] the next scary thing is going to happen. People with depression also [worry] about the past, being stuck on the bad thoughts.”

Meg believes that by practicing yoga, you can bring yourself back to your body, making that connection you are missing. “There is a saying, ‘what fires together, wires together.’ That is saying—in your brain—if you are thinking about something, and those neurons are firing together to get those thoughts out, [then] all of a sudden you are building pathways in your brain to predispose you to continue to think that way, and so not only are you setting yourself up for mental and emotional patterns, you are setting yourself up for physiological patterns.” Meg believes that yoga helps to rewire and recreate those paths if you keep a consistent practice with it.

Yoga doesn’t have to be something you are afraid of if you’ve never done it before.

“If you’re not flexible, yoga is there to help you gain more flexibility. You don’t have to be a gymnast to do yoga. There are many ways I can modify the poses,” said Meg. Meg hopes to expand her yoga business to include yoga parties, private consultations, and even bring her classes into schools.

She believes that it’s important to teach kids how to “self-sooth” so they don’t have to reward or comfort themselves with food. “Tools,” she says, that she “can give them to have a little corner of peace in the day.”

Businesses even have an opportunity to help lighten stress on their employees. “I hope to get people on board to do consultations for their business and teach their workers how to relax,” said Meg. Teaching employees how to relax and breathe properly can promote a safer and happier work environment. “You want to sit up straight.

You want to be more relaxed. When you are using the muscles the way they are intended to be used, of course, that is going to bleed into the rest of your life – you want it to.” [LRW]

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