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Todd recently worked his way through the history of The Amazing Spider-Man comic books, and was surprised to discover that Peter Parker was originally kind of an ass.
The bullies we love to hate in pop culture
On the Cover: It’s rare for us to jump on a topic just because it seems newsworthy, but the recent death of Amanda Todd, and the media storm that followed it, got us talking about the subject of bullying here at The Stew HQ. So we decided it might be interesting to find out what the bullying situation was like here in Williams Lake. The sad, troubled child on our cover comes to us courtesy of our stock photography service, but he seemed to capture the many different emotions that are involved in this complicated and often tragic subject.
Though it’s likely that bullies have been around far longer than our ability to record their presence, that doesn’t mean they don’t have a place in popular culture. In fact, just about anywhere there are stories, there are bullies pushing their weight around. And while we’d be hard pressed to cite any of these bullies as our ‘favourites’, the ones included here are some of the more obvious choices. Flash Thompson Best known for pushing around: Spider-Man One of the things that makes Spider-Man — and, perhaps to a greater degree, his alter-ego Peter Parker — such a fascinating character is because he’s really an ordinary guy with an ordinary guy’s problems. He has trouble with women. He doesn’t make very much money and lives in a cheap apartment. He’s always late. Oh, and when he was in high school, he got pushed around. That bully was a fellow named Flash Thompson, who regularly got a kick out of making ‘Puny’ Parker look bad. As they two characters grew up in the comic, though, something strange happened — the animosity that once defined their relationship fell away, and they grew to actually become friends. It’s a nice reminder that all of us can change and improve who we are, even bullies, and who we are in high school does not define the rest of our lives.
The Philistine Goliath got his kicks taunting and teasing the Israelite army for months on end, calling out and laying the boots to anyone who dared cross his over-sized ass in the Isrealite war against the Philistine ‘heatens’. Even the Israelite King offered up one of this daughters in marrige, a sack of cash, and freedom from taxes to the dude who could take down the huge Philistine. Henry Bowers Best known for pushing around: The kids in Stephen King’s novel It Stephen King’s novels have a wealth of bully characters to choose from. Characters like Chris Hargensen in Carrie, Buddy Reperton in Christine, and Ace Merrill in The Body show that King has long had an understanding of man’s capability for harming and harassing his fellow man. But perhaps the ultimate King bully arrived in King’s ultimate examination of childhood — It. Bowers was a violent psychopath and, at various points in the novel, tried to carve his name in a boy’s stomach, killed another boy’s dog, and broke a third boy’s arm. I think we can all be grateful that most bully’s don’t aspire to quite this level of horror.
Biff Tannen Best known for pushing around: George McFly Sometimes you accidentally get sent back in time, and you accidentally almost keep your parents from falling in love and getting married, so then you need to try to play matchmaker for them. And sometimes that also means dealing with a bully from the distant past. If this happens to you, you might be in the film Back to the Future. The lesson to be taken from this film (besides, don’t accidentally get sent back in time) is that the best way to deal with a bullying problem is to stand up for yourself. And while we’ll admit that the reality is frequently more complex than that, it’s still not bad advice. Simon Cowell Best known for pushing
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Bullying occurs once every seven minutes on the playground and once every 25 minutes in the classroom.
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The most common form of cyberbullying is publicizing private emails, IMs, photos, or texts.
WHAT IS BULLYING? Teasing, name-calling, hitting, threatening, making repeated inappropriate comments, pressuring, spreading rumors, or embarrassing someone in public (face to face or on the computer) are all aggressive forms of bullying. Researchers have shown that bullying can lead to depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and physical illness. And in extreme cases, as we’ve already heard, bullying can lead to death. Bullying in the schools is something that local teacher and counsellor Mike Levitt takes pretty seriously. As the motivating force behind the innovative ‘Go To’ program in Williams Lake Secondary School, he feels strongly in not just stopping the behaviour at the time of interaction, but creating a solution-focused arena in which the bully can begin to practise empathy, and the perceived victims can move forward. The ‘Go To’ program starts off with the Go To Team, a group of 24 students who are trained monthly to be high-profile youth that kids can ‘go to’ for help when they feel threatened or bullied in any way. The youth are trained in intervention, and are given guidelines as to when it is necessary to “Make it a Mr. Levitt problem...” says Levitt. He describes the ‘Good Cop’ routine that the Go To Team uses when first confronted with a bullying situation. In it, he says, the youth listen to the concerns of the person being bullied or may witness the bullying themselves, and would then confront the bully in a nonthreatening manner, to talk with them about what the repercussions could be if they were to keep up their behaviour. Levitt says that they are usually effective at this first level, but there are, of course steps to take if that is not sufficient.
The Go To tool is not fully Levitt’s brain child. He credits pioneers Steve deSchazer, Peter deJung, and Insookim Berg as the creators of the original program. “It is looking at existing strengths, exceptions, ability to cope... it is very much a ‘glass half full’ strategy and goal-driven thing.” And though the Go To Team is not the only tool the school has to combat bullying, it is a very large slice of the bully-control pie in WLSS. Those who are on the team feel like they are doing their part, as well. And maybe that is just as important. Attempting to break down the bullies, while training a population of youth to stand up against bullying in the first place. “I was kind of chosen [to be a part of the GT Team],” says team member Karamyn Fraser. “I was actually pretty shocked. When they first started it I didn’t understand what it’s all about. I love to help people and listen to their problems and solve it in any way I can, and when I found out that’s what the GT team was all about, I thought, cool!” “Empathy is the best way to combat bullying,” says Levitt. HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH? So is that it? Does bullying stop here? No, not likely. Bullying has always happened, and, sadly, will likely continue to happen in varying degrees. And the effects of bullying will continue to be staggering. Some interesting bullying facts: Research (Rosenthal, Beth. 2008) clearly indicates that children as young as age 5 who continually observe bullying that goes unchecked or ignored by adults are at greater risk of becoming bullies themselves. While teachers say they intervened 71% of the time in bullying incidents, students report that teachers intervened only 25% of the time. Bullying. New York, NY:
Greenhaven Press. Research by Fight Crime / Invest in Kids reports that 60% of boys who bullied from first grade through ninth grade were convicted of at least one crime by age 24 and 40% had three or more convictions by age 24. It sounds like school can be a scary place. At least kids can hang out on Facebook with their friends without feeling too bad, right? Not so. BULLYING INTHE 21st CENTURY Cyberbullying can be very different from regular bullying. First, victims often do not know who is bullying them or why, because the cyberbullies can hide their identity with anonymous emails or screen names. Second, cyberbullying can go viral, which means a larger number of people are aware of the bullying via the Internet. Third, it is easier to be cruel using technology because the bullies do not have to see the immediate response of their victims. Finally, many parents and teachers are not technologically savvy enough to be aware of what is going on online. But it’s not just digital, and it’s not just in the schools. In fact, bullying can occur anywhere there is a perceived or real imbalance of power. Workplace bullying is defined as the repeated mistreatment of individuals or groups using persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior through tactics like verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation. In the majority of cases, bullying in the workplace is perpetrated by management but it can also occur with clients, subordinates, and co-workers. And you might be surprised to learn some of the people who’ve had to deal with bullying. Celebrities who report being bullied in
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high school include Lady Gaga (who was thrown in a garbage can), Rosario Dawson (for being flat chested), Fred Durst (known as an underdog), Kate Winslet (for being chubby), and Michael Phelps (for his gangly form and big ears). MAKING EXCUSES Wherever there are bullies, there will be ill-given reasons for the behaviour. On BullyOnline, a website of the U.K. National Workplace Bullying Advice Line, there is a “child guidance page” applicable for schools. BullyOnline says 10 to 12 children kill themselves every year in Great Britain because they are being bullied in school. Exact statistics for those in Canada who have done the same are not readily available, though the bullying statistics show that the numbers may not be that different. The website advises: “Reasons for being picked on include being fat, thin, tall, short, hair or skin colour, being quiet, wearing glasses, having big ears, small ears, sticky-out ears, crooked teeth, being from a different culture, having different likes or dislikes, the ‘wrong’ clothes, unwillingness to use strength to defend him or herself, or any perceived or fabricated ‘excuse.’ These excuses have one thing in common: They are all irrelevant. “Each reason is a deceptive justification for the bully to indulge in a predictable pattern of violent (physical or psychological) behaviour against another child who is smaller, younger or less strong than the bully. The target is simply a useful object onto whom the bully can displace his or her aggression. In other words, if a child is picked on because they are allegedly ‘fat,’ then losing weight will make no difference; the bully simply invents another justification.” Local CRD Director, Deb
Bichoff, has this to say about bullies: “When I was a very new mom, a dear, dear lady — a mother of nine — gave me a good piece of advice that helped guide me as I raised three kids on my own. She said, ‘Never get high and mighty and think your kids won’t do what the neighbourhood kids are doing, ‘cuz there is one thing I can promise you — your kid is doing it, has done it, or is thinking about doing it.’ “And she was right. It was difficult to hear when my little darlings were doing something I would not approve of. They were held accountable and apologized for their actions. “By the same token, I expected the school bully to be dealt with appropriately and if my concerns were not taken seriously by the Principal, then I made an appoiuntment with the Superintendent. One situation required me to report the incident to the RCMP. Assault is assault. Doesn’t matter if it’s in the workplace, home, or school ground. All children have the right to go to school and know they are safe.” And that goes for your home, your workplace, your romantic relationships, and your sports clubs. No one should be made to feel like they are ‘less than’. No one should have to react in fear to the people around them. No one should ever have to be bullied. And more importantly, things need to change so that we can ensure no one ever does. In the meantime, if you are a person being bullied, or are a bully, and are looking for help, help is out there. Please contact us here at The Stew Magazine and we can put you in touch with the appropriate programs. Or tell a teacher, supervisor, friend, or counsellor. There are people who care and there are many people who have been through the same, and have come out the other side. juli@thestew.ca
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Stand up for yourself, for your wants, your needs BY TODD SULLIVAN THE STEW MAGAZINE
I was a bit of a nerd in school. I had the big glasses with thick frames and cokebottle lenses. I had self esteem problems and I was shy. I was awkward and not very comfortable in my own skin. I was, in all the ways that mattered, a prime target for bullies. And to be honest, yes, bullying was something that I faced. In one rather vivid memory, I recall hanging out at the school on a weekend with my stuffed Kermit The Frog doll — a favourite of mine — when a cluster of older kids on BMX bikes came rolling up to me. One of these kids reached out and snatched the doll from under my arm and rode away. As he approached the school, he lobbed poor Kermit onto
the roof, and then they all veered around the corner of the building and were gone. I was left behind, shaken and stunned and — once my poor, young brain had figured out exactly what had happened — quite miserable. Kermit, I was sure, was gone forever. I hurried home to tell my parents of this assault on myself and my best friend, and while they were certainly understanding of the pain I was in, they also explained that a solution was fairly simple to achieve. Just go to the office, they said, and tell the principal what happened, and they’ll give you back your Kermit. This seemed like a simple enough solution, and one that would allow me to reunite with my lost companion. So the next day, I headed to school ready and eager to get my frog back. Unfortunately,
I encountered a separate, unforeseen problem. When I got to the office, my heart was pounding in my chest, my hands were clammy, and I felt kind of dizzy. The problem, of course, was that, as I explained above, I was a painfully shy kid. And it didn’t matter if I was talking to another student or a grown up, it was incredibly hard for me to open my mouth for any reason. Even if that reason was to get back my favourite toy. I waited in the hallway, pacing back and forth, trying to find the courage to simply walk in and ask about the frog, but there wasn’t any courage to be found. As the seconds and minutes ticked by, I knew that we were moving closer and closer to the end of the lunch hour, and my one opportunity to get this done. Perhaps worst of all, as I
looked into the office, I could see Kermie sitting on the secretary’s desk, just waiting for me to go in and ask for him. I’m not sure if he had been found during routine maintance or if my parents had called ahead to let the school know I’d be looking for the stuffy, but either way, he was there, just waiting for me to say the word. I only I couldn’t say it. And so when the bell rang, I turned and walked back to class, simply accepting that I would never have my Kermit The Frog again. That’s actually one of my worst, most traumatic memories from childhood, and I think a lot of the social issues that I have had in the years since — through the rest of elementary school, through high school, and even into adulthood — have stemmed from the fact that I dealt with
that problem in the wrong way. And yes, it’s true that none of that stress would have happened if the bully had just left me alone. He was an ass, and I didn’t deserve it. But most of the suffering happened because I wasn’t willing to stand up for myself, for my wants and for my needs. Edmund Burke, an Irish author and philosopher, among other things, said, “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” I think that’s also true in how we deal with bullying. Yes, bullying is a problem, but it’s a problem we can make better or worse by how we choose to deal with it. And what we need to do is stand up for ourselves, stand up for those near us, and say, “We’re valuable too.” todd@thestew.ca
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Beating bullies takes more than a poster BY JULI HARLAND THE STEW MAGAZINE
Bullying is something that comes to light every now and then, usually after a tragic event. What usually happens, at least as I see it, is people will have a tendency to feel bad, blast Facebook with photos and quotes designed to tug on your heart-strings, and talk about how we need to break the cycle. Then the talk sort of dies down after some time, and then life gets in the way, and the advocacy against bullying goes slack, and then something tragic happens. And it starts all over again. Maybe I am being a little negative. It’s possible. Maybe I am feeling the impact of having had to deal with bullies as a kid, at work, and as a
parent. And I haven’t noticed a decrease in the instances. In fact, looking at the things that youth have to go through — or even just looking on Facebook — I would say that some of it has just grown worse. When I was a teenager I wasn’t part of the popular crowd, but I wasn’t exactly an outcast either. I had a good circle of great friends who I liked, and who liked me. There were also a couple of girls who, for reasons still unknown to me to this day, decided that I was the enemy and they threatened to kick my ass on a fairly regular basis. This was compacted in my life by some complex troubles at home at the time, and I ended up leaving school for a while, trying to just get away from everything, bullies and all.
My support network, back then, was my friends, who were great, but we were all kids. My family was going through their own stuff, so my troubles were my own to deal with. The school system was not much help. There were forced meetings in the office, having to say nice things to my attacker and vice versa knowing that after class there was going to be more threats until it eventually got physical. Then it just stopped as quickly as it started. Maybe she found someone new to pick on, maybe she got bullied, herself, maybe she found God, who knows. What the experience taught me was that no-one was going to take care of me but me, so I had better just buck up and do what needed to get
done, a lesson that has got me through some pretty trying times throughout my life. So I suppose in some way I should thank my childhood bully. At the time I thought that I would never be able to manage everything that was piling up in life, and getting bullied was the topping on an already pretty shitty cake. My breaking point made me pick up my pieces and rebuild, for some the breaking point is simply just to break. So what is the solution to bullying? I don’t know that we can answer that question completely, but we will certainly try to draw out ideas. What I do know is that there needs to be concrete change. Fluffy photos on Facebook will not stop bullies. Making a person say sorry in a brightly-lit
principal’s office will not stop bullies. Marches and parades will not stop bullies. Bullies will be bullies until their reasons for being bullies are no longer more important than another’s well-being. Or until there are concrete enforced consequences for bullying in the first place. So how does that happen? What will make them think twice? I am not sure. I have a lot of ideas in regards to the situation, enough to fill this whole publication, but for now I will just say: Tell someone if you’re being bullied. Get help — it’s out there. And if you’ve got ideas on how to stop it, let me know! Mostly, love one another. It is hard to tear someone down when you are lifting them up. juli@thestew.ca
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BY CARMEN KALLMAN WOMEN’S CONTACT SOCIETY The Women’s Contact Society has been operating the Good Food Program since early 2005. The Women’s Contact Society is committed to this program because it serves a vital need in our community. The Good Food Box is a wholesale buying program that enables families to access nutritious, top quality, fresh fruit and vegetables at a 40% to 50% lower cost than retail buying. Families are encouraged to improve their nutrition and learn food preparation and storage skills. Additionally, families and individuals are able to stretch their monthly budgets that are The Good Food Box is distributed once a month year-round on the third Monday of the month. The deadline for buying tickets is the Wednesday before each distribution date. The cost of the Good Food Box is $10 for a small box, and $15 for a large box. The boxes contain vegetables and fruit that are in season such as broccoli, carrots, romaine lettuce, celery, onions, potatoes, cucumber, apples, bananas, oranges, etc. A newsletter with a program update, recipes and information in included in each box. The program is open to every-
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“I think I was always afraid of bullies without ever seeing them. There was always this spectre of bullying around every corner, and while there were a few specific instances in my life, most of my fears were based on ideas that never manifested.”
Juli Harland juli@thestew.ca sales manager / executive editor “One of my dearest friends as a grade school girl ended up being my biggest bully in high school and I’ll never know why. Kids can be vicious.”
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one regardless of income. Tickets are available at Women’s Contact Society, CMHA and Pregnancy Outreach. The Good Food Box is a volunteer based program and participants can volunteer if they want to get involved. We also have a Christmas Donation Campaign on during the months of November and December. The Good Food Box program invites community members to sponsor a family or an individual through the Good Food Box Program. It is an inexpensive and simple way to have a major impact
on a family’s health and wellness. It is a gift that is directly related to improving health and preventing disease. To participate in this campaign, an order form is available at the Women’s Contact Society (above Caribou Ski) #301 North First Avenue, Williams Lake. The form can be picked up, faxed or emailed. Our office hours are 9 to 4 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and 12 to 7 on Wednesdays. If you have any further questions, you can call Carmen at the Women’s Contact Society at 250392-4118.
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The Soul Searching Sophomore Originated at: Reddit Have you ever found yourself wondering why you were here or what your life was supposed to mean or other philosophical and existential questions? So has the Soul Searching Sophomore. The Soul Searching Sophomore is actually better known as a perfectly ordinary stock photograph that’s been available at Big Stock Photo since September of 2011, but it wasn’t until earlier this year that a member of the site Reddit noticed the humorous potential of the image. He uploaded the above image to Reddit on June 11, 2012, and, well, that’s when the Internet took over. His post received 12,500 upvotes and 360 comments. And, of course, a number of other versions of the Soul Searching Sophomore. And thus a meme was born.
Laura Kelsey laura@wordsmore.com Poetry Editor “Bullies are everywhere — school, workplace and on the street. There is no escape; it's all in how you deal with them.”
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Other women featured in Women of Brave Mettle are Ethel Winger, Lynette Cobb, Helen Haig-Brown, Xeni Gwet’in Chief Marilyn Baptiste, and Adaline and Cathie Hamm.
Second volume celebrates women of the Cariboo BY TODD SULLIVAN THE STEW MAGAZINE
If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for a reader, a historian, or just a fan of local flavour, the Caitlin Press published Women of Brave Mettle may be the perfect choice. Written by Diana French, the book is the second volume in the Extraordinary Women franchise, following up from 2009’s Gumption and Grit,
edited by Sage Birchwater. “I tried to show the diversity of the women,” French explains, “so there’s nurses and doctors and First Nations chiefs, and as wide a variety as I could cram into a book. So there’s a lot of women in it.” Many of the stories, she says, could carry their own books, but the stories when pulled together in a single volume like this
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I tried to show the diversity of the women, so there’s norses and doctors and First Nations chiefs, and as wide a variety as I could cram into a book. So there’s a lot of women in it. — DIANA FRENCH paint a picture of the Cariboo Chilcotin, not just in the 1930s and 40s, but of today as well. “I do think it gives people an idea of the people in the Cariboo,” French says. “For years, not so much now, but for years in the Chilcotin there was this macho image. You know, the cowboys and the loggers and the miners.”
But the feminine side of things has played just as important a role. “We’ve got the oldest continuing arts society in BC,” she continues with a laugh. “And it doesn’t fit. But it’s there.” Many of the names included in the book will be familiar to anyone who knows a little about the Cariboo Chilcotin. They
include June Striegler, whose teaching career has spanned over seventy years, and Joan Gentles, an outstanding courtworker, educator, and rodeo competitor, among many others. “And I haven’t got them all,” French admits, “but I tried to get as many as I could. “There’s probably three more books out there.”
And while French admits there has been some talk of a followup, it’s still too early to say what will happen. “I’m 81, and I’m not sure how much energy I’ve got left.” You can pick up a copy of Women of Brave Mettle at The Open Book, The Station House Gallery, The Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, and Save On Foods.
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November 2 to November 24: The Station House Gallery is hosting in Main Gallery Jean Wellburn ‘These Rocks Want to Tell Me Their Story’ and in Upper Gallery Christa Krisman ‘Timeless Journey’ November 10 to December 22: 4th Annual Christmas Bazaar at Parkside Gallery in 100 Mile House. November 14 to November 17: Williams Lake Studio Theatre Society presents ‘A Skull in Connemara’ at Glendale School. Come on out and watch the fun. Directed by Curt Sprickerhoff November 15 to November 17: Join us for our annual Cranberry Christmas event. Everything in the shop is 10% off the regular price for 3 days only! Get started on your shopping early, and go home with some local handmade gifts and goodies! Open till 9:00 pm on Friday! We will have hot apple cider and goodies to nibble while you shop. Enter to win a door prize! Hope to see you there! November 16: Author Doris Lee ‘Ever-Changing Sky’ book launch at the Williams Lake Library starting at 6pm. For more information call 250-392-3630 November 16: Williams Lake Trail Riders Association will be hosting their Annual General Meeting at 7pm at the City Hall Chambers November 16: The Williams Lake Stampeders host the Lac La Hache Tomahawks at the Cariboo Memorial Complex starting at 7:30 pm November 16: Annual Craft Sale at the Quesnel Seniors Centre, from 2pm to 8pm. November 16: The
Williams Lake Whirlaways Square Dance Club invite the public to take square dancing lessons beginning Friday October 19th and running for 9 weeks. The sessions will be held at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre in the old fire hall. Great music, friendly people and gentle exercise. Try something new, go square dancing. Call Marie for more at 392-5360 or Nick at 392-2432. November 17: The Cowboy Christmas at the Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin. November 17: The Williams Lake Spinners, Weavers and Fibre Arts Guild will hold a show and sale of their handcrafted creations from 10am to 4pm at the Central Cariboo Arts Centre. November 17: St Peter’s Annual Bazaar and Tea at 549 Carson Drive starting at 11am November 17: The Kiwanis Club of Williams Lake is sponsoring a free skate and everyone is invited to come out between 1:30 and 2:30 pm November 17: Craft Sale at the Quesnel Seniors Centre, from 9am to 2pm. November 17: DRUM WORKSHOP! At 10am at The Station House, with drummaker, Darren Charlie, is hosting a 2 hour (approximate) drum workshop, November 17th. Cost covers supplied materials: Elk hide, drum frame, lacing and stick. At registration you will choose to make either a 8” drum - cost $45.00. A 12” drum - cost $60.00 or a 14” drum for $70.00. This is going to fill up fast, so come down and register with a cheque or cash. For More Information call Diane @ 250.392.6113 or email
manager@stationhousegallery.com November 18: Williams Lake Sportsman’s Association is hosting a Turkey Trap Shoot starting at 10:00 am at the Rod and Gun Club on Bond Lake. For more information contact Barry Jenkins at 250392-6750. November 18: Kersley School Christmas Bazaar at Kersley Community Hall, from 11am to 3pm. November 22 to November 23: Ten Thousand Villages Craft Sale at Cariboo Bethel Church, 833 Western Avenue, starts at 3:00 pm November 22: 108 Mile Ranch Annual General Meeting at 7p at 108 Mile Ranch. November 22 to November 24: Kersley Players present ‘Turn the Page’, a lighthearted situation comedy rated PG. Tickets are $10 at Cariboo Propane. November 23: Williams Lake BIA, Boitanio Mall, and Canadian Tire will be promoting a downtown event called Black Friday starting at 11:00 pm November 23: Santa Claus Parade and Moonlight Madness in 100 Mile House. Parade starts at 5:30 pm, entertainment, late night shopping spree featuring “Shop til you drop” savings throughout town. November 24: Made in the Cariboo Craft Sale at the Tourism Discovery Centre from 10am to 3pm. November 24: Wildwood School Christmas Craft Fair to be held at the school from 10am to 2pm November 24: Winter Lights and Santa Claus Parade - The pa-
rade starts from Save On parking lot at 11:15 am and arrives at the Cour House Square at noon. There will be lots ofa ctivities, music, games, plus hamburgers and hot chocolate. At 5pm when Santa leaves the downtown, he will turn on the city lights. November 24: Christmas Craft Fair at the Native Friendship Centre in Quesnel. Call Michelle at 250-9928347 for more information or to book a table. November 24: Christmas Craft Sale at the Royal Canadian Legion in Quesnel From 10am to 3pm, to book, call 250-992-6819. November 24: Christmas Market at Quesnel & DIstrict Arts & Recreation Centre, from 10am to 3pm, every week until December 9. Contact Maggie at 250-747-8543. November 24: ACW Christmas Tea and Bake Sale at Anglican Church Hall in Quesnel, from 1pm to 3pm. November 24: The Quesnel & District Hospice Palliative Care Association is holding their annual Dinner & Artisan Auction from 5:30pm to 11pm. Tickets are available from Judy at 250-985-5816 or Pat at 250-992-8537. November 24: The masterful outlaw HipHop harmonica-playing, beat-box poetics of C.R. Avery meets with the tasteful art of Hot Burlesque, in a performance, the likes of which you will have never witnessed before! Tickets are for sale at Bo Peep Boutique or from your favorite Bottom’s Up Barely Burlesque performer! At Gold Pan City Dance, door opens at 8pm. Show starts at 9pm. For more info please call: 250 255 1171. As usual, this is a 19+ event!
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It’s the season of craft fairs, so get out and support your local artists and crafters!
November 24 to 25: The Medieval Market returns to Columneetza Secondary School in Williams Lake November 24 and 25. The market is a great place to buy beautiful handmade gifts from artisans from around the Cariboo and beyond. There is also local produce for sale, entertainment, and a concession. All proceeds from the market support School District #27 programs. November 25: The Wolf presents Jason McCoy at the Gibraltar Room starting at 7:30 pm November 25: 100 Mile & District Arts Council and the Chamber Musicians of Kamloops, featuring chamber music from Russia, Germany, North America, Bulgaria, and France, at 2pm at Martin Exeter Hall in 100 Mile House. November 26: Child Development Centre Annual General Meeting at 6:30 pm at 690 North 2nd Avenue. November 26 to 28: Annual Rotary Club Auction, with funds going to community projects. To see a list of items available, visit http://quesnelrotary.com/Auction.aspx. Bids will be placed by calling 778-414-2437. November 25: The Wolf presents Jason McCoy at the Quesnel & District Seniors Centre starting at 7:30 pm November 27: The Williams Lake Library is hosting an opportunity to learn the basics of how to use a computer and email from 10am to 12pm. Register at the library. November 27: The Cariboo Camera Club meets at 6:30pm on the fourth Tuesday of the month in the Great Room of the Central
Cariboo Arts Centre. The Cariboo Camera Club is CAPA affiliated (Canadian Association of Photographic Art). November 28: The Williams Lake Golf and Tennis Club is hosting their Annual General Meeting at 7pm. Call to order, at the Fox’s Den Restaurant. All members are welcome to attend. November 28: The Quesnel & District Chamber of Commerce invites you to help us applaud and celebrate the nominees for the 19th Annual Business Excellence Awards at the Billy Barker Showroom. Lunch for the nominees is proudly sponsored by the South Quesnel Business Association and the West Quesnel (Village) Business Association. The Chamber would like to thank them for their partnership. Tickets are available at the Quesnel Visitor Centre, 703 Carson Ave. Call Patty at 250-9928716 or email qvisitor@quesnelbc.com to reserve your ticket now or for more information. November 30: Earth Friendly Holiday Event - Come enjoy a relaxed holiday atmosphere in nature. Make a holiday wreath or bird feeder, children’s games and activities and much, much more. Nov. 30 from 5pm to 8pm and Dec. 1 from 10am to 3pm at the Scout Island Nature Centre. November 30: The
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December 2: Nazko Christmas Market at Nazko Valley Elementary School. Concession provided. Many vendors which include: Rodeo and Rhinestones, The Nutty Baker, Homemade Crafts, Candles, Avon, Painting and much more for all your Christmas Shopping Needs. Raffles and Door Prizes available. To book a table or for more information please call: 250-249-0235 December 7: Williams Lake Library is hosting an after dark party. Come in your PJs with your favourite stuffed animal. Doors open at 6:15pm and are locked at 6:30pm. Bring a donation for the food bank and enjoy holiday stories and songs with popcorn. December 7: 2nd Annual Christmas Nativity Exhibit, 2pm to 8:30pm. Everyone is welcome to view these beautiful Christmas Nativities from around the world. December 8: Breakfast with Santa Claus at the 108 Community Hall at 108 Mile Ranch from 9am to 12pm. Preregistration is required. Contact Bev French at 250-7917206. 108 Mile Ranch residents only please.
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We’re supporters of the concept of lifelong learning here at The Stew Magazine. Juli is currently at university learning to become a nurse and Todd is working his way through an online philosophy course on death from Yale University. Yay learning!
StewSpots Looking to get your copy on the latest edition of THE STEW Magazine? We’re available for pickup in a variety of places around the Cariboo Chilcotin. Please remember that this list is always evolving, and we’re always looking for new places that our magazine can call home, so if you know of someplace that you think should be a drop-off point for THE STEW, or if you own a business and you’d like to have a few copies of our magazine on your shelves, plus let us know.You can reach us by email at either todd@thestew. ca or juli@thestew.ca. Locations listed in alphabetical order 100 MILE HOUSE 99 Mile Supermarket A&W Alpine Deli & Sub Shop Chartreuse Moose Chevron CRD Library Dairy Queen Donex Higher Ground Natural Foods KFC Lone Butte General Store Marcel’s Boulevard Cafe Nuthatch Book Store Paninos Parkside Art Gallery Pharmasave Safeway Save-On Foods Smitty’s Subway Tim Hortons Velda’s Pasteries & Desserts Visitor Centre Yummers 150 MILE HOUSE 150 Mile Mall Marshall’s Store IN LAC LA HACHE Fast Trac Gas and Convenience Store Clancy’s Restaurant IN WILLIAMS LAKE 7-Eleven A&W Alley Katz Annie’s Attic Bean Counter Canadian Tire Canwest Propane Cariboo Growers Cariboo Memorial Complex Cariboo Spring CRD Library (Magazine & News Section) Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Center Concrete Fitness Cool Clear Water Dairy Queen Dandelion Living Denny’s Restaurant Dollar Dollar Elaine’s Natural Foods The Gecko Tree Greyhound Halls Organics Hobbit House Husky Karamia’s LD’s Cafe M&M Meat Shop McDonald’s Mohawk Mountview Store Movies on the Go New World Cafe One More Slice The Open Book The Overlander Hotel Quiznos Red Shred’s Safeway Sandman Inn Save On Foods Shell Shopper’s Drug Mart Sight and Sound Starbucks Station House Gallery Subway (Downtown) Subway (on the Highway) Tim Horton’s Tourism Info Centre TRU WLCBIA Women’s Contact Society Zellers Restaurant IN QUESNEL 7-Eleven (on the Highway) 7-Eleven (in West Quesnel) A&W Aroma Foods Billy Barker Hotel & Casino Bliss Burger Palace Carry All Books Granville’s Coffee Green Tree Health & Wellness Karin’s Deli Mac’s Museum & Tourist Centre Pier 14 Quiznos Riverside Bistro (West Park Mall) Safeway Save On Foods Shopper’s Drug Mart Steeped Subway Super Suds Laundromat Tim Horton’s (on the Highway) Tim Horton’s (Downtown)
Explore lifelong learning at the WL Library Lifelong learning refers to the ‘ongoing, voluntary, and selfmotivated’ pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons. We’ve recently acquired a number of Great Courses perfect for those on the quest to expand their knowledge. The Great Courses are DVD courses (lectures), taught by university professors, with content spanning many disciplines, including business and economics, fine art and music, literature, science, religion, and history. Comparative religion. Kimball, Charles. Call number: 200 COM What, exactly, is religion? And why does one religious tradition often differ so markedly from another, even when you might not expect it to? Why, for example, are the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — despite their common source — often so different? And what kinds of factors separate the beliefs of a Hindu or Buddhist not only from those held by Jews, Christians, or Muslims, or by each other, but also from many who identify themselves as fellow
Hindus or Buddhists? From Monet to Van Gogh : a history of Impressionism. Brettell, Richard R. Call number: 759.05 BRE They appeared in a period of upheaval. They saw the rebuilding of Paris, the rise of industrialism, the ruin of the Franco-Prussian war. They displayed their startling and shocking works in a series of exhibitions from 1874 to 1886. And by the 1890s, this “loose coalition” of artists who rebelled against the formality of the French Academy had created the most famous artistic movement in history. ‘They’ were the Impressionists, and Professor Brettell is your expert curator and guide to a movement that created a new, intensely personal vision of the world. Masters of Greek thought: Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle. Bartlett, Robert C. Call number: 180 MAS For more than two millennia, philosophers have grappled with life’s most profound issues. It is easy to forget, however, that these ‘eternal’ questions are not eternal at all; rather, they once had to be asked for the
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Love is like oxygen! Love is a many splendored thing! Love lifts us up where we belong! All you need is love!
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Love. It’s more than a word when you think you have fallen. It’s action beyond reason and reason is nature’s law disguised. If the desire to be with someone can fade, why are inner questions replaced with replacing your love? Love. Expressed as a series of pretty poses, rubbing noses, sending roses. Or just once on a dark uninhibited night. Some leave imprints on us only to be distant and forgotten in the years to come. Details. The details disappear but the emotion in the vacant presence of words remains. Prominent. Wilting as new layers of the self bloom. Feeling to the point of songs and poetry Obsession to the thought of stalking Like a vile drink turning gentleman into boors when it’s the wrong concoction A love affair. A never-ending indulgence or an infantile addiction? So I ask. Where are the purveyors of truth? The ones who are brave enough to see that all anyone has ever loved….all anyone CAN love…is the reflection of ourselves in their eyes. We are all criminal.
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Remember, Christmas is more about spending time with the people you love and not about who can buy the biggest, most expensive present.
Is consumer pressure just bullying? BY KIRSTEN STARK FINANCIAL LITERACY COORDINATOR CARIBOO CHILCOTIN PARTNERS FOR LITERACY
When it comes to money, there are many ways to feel pressured. In some cases that pressure is so strong it can leave you feeling like the victim of a bully. What may start as innocent consumer pressure can quickly turn into peer pressure, something both children and adults can feel. Peer pressure is not about money itself. It’s a pressure that makes us buy things we don’t really need, just to feel like we fit in. Some good examples of this are: Buying a big truck when a compact car would meet your needs. Always changing up to the latest, greatest cell phone or whatever-pod when the one you have works just fine. TV — did you replace your last one because it was broken? Possibly not! In reality nothing about you actually changes, but your credit card bill certainly gets larger. Consumer pressure is felt in many other situations, whether you are buying an actual thing or a financial product. It starts with intense advertising leading
you to believe that your life is incomplete without a particular item, or in peril without the right kind of insurance coverage. Telemarketers, retail stores pushing extended warranties, and store credit cards with tempting discounts encourage overspending. It can come from a salesman pressuring you to choose luxury features, an expensive lease, or a burdensome finance deal. It can come from your insurance company; it seems however much we have is never quite enough! Another big offender can be the buy now pay later deal. Many people get caught out by these and locked into high rate repayment terms. None of these things are necessarily bad, there are times in our lives when we need certain things, but there are also times in our lives when we don’t. It is up to us to be strong against these tactics and make well thought out financial decisions. Here are three recommendations to help you make wise financial decisions: 1) Avoid impulse purchases. This is especially important when considering expensive items, tech gadgets or replacing something that still works. Walk away! Give the purchase serious
thought as it may be regretted later. Wait three months and while you are at it, shop around and find out where you can buy it for less if you decide you still want it. 2) Avoid buying unnecessary things for your children. Encourage children to save for the things they really want and apply recommendation number one. Encourage opportunities for earning at home. For example the child that takes care of the recycling chores and returns the items with a deposit can earn a tidy sum. Limit the number of activities that involve spending money; you can still have fun for free! 3) Understand your responsibilities and know your rights. This is very important when purchasing financial products, using credit cards, or, if the worst happens, dealing with debt problems. Visit this website http://www. consumerprotectionbc.ca/ for more information about your responsibilities and rights as a consumer. If you would like more information or advice on making better financial decisions or protecting yourself as a consumer, please contact kirsten@ caribooliteracy.com. All consultations are free and confidential.
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The second loaw of thermodynamics is most frequently described as: “The entropy of an isolated system not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.” So now you know.
New tunes from Wallflowers, Kiss Alright folks, we’re all a little behind schedule here this month; myself even more so than others, so I’m left with lots to talk about and little space to do it in. So we’re gonna keep this short and sweet. Let’s get to it.
First up, The Wallflowers reunion release, Glad All Over. It’s a little more rockin’ than their smash hit, quadruple platinum, sophomore album, Bringing Down the Horse. But on Glad All Over they execute that rock much better than they did when they tried to pick up the pace on Red Letter Days, and again when they tried to build on that in the nearly unnoticed Rebel, Sweetheart. This is light heartland rock with real heart. Two thumbs up to The Wallflowers for Glad All Over. You should listen to this album. Muse have produced a rather wicked sixth studio album with The 2nd Law. While some have criticized it for spanning too many genres and not adhering to one sound, I don’t think they realized what Muse has done here.
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When you consider the album title, which refers to the second law of thermodynamics (and you can google that one yourself if you’re unfamiliar with it) and the almost chronological progression of influences clearly audible on the record — from an epic Zeppelinesque opening to Queen to Prince to U2 and on and on — and then ending the album with a ‘Skrillex inspired’ hardcore dubstep riff in a song called ‘The 2nd Law: Unsustainable,’ do you really have to be a music and science geek to get the humour? This album spans the last forty years of music filtered through the eyes of Muse, and it’s pretty damn epic. If you haven’t listened to it yet, do it now. I’ve been looking forward to Coheed and Cambria’s The Afterman: Ascension since February when they released the acoustic video of Claudio singing ‘Sentry the Defiant’ on their website. As it turns out, the full title of that song is ‘Key Entity Extraction V: Sentry the Defiant’ and will appear on the second part of the Afterman story to be released in February 2013 as the sequel album, The Afterman: Descension.
The Afterman: Ascension is an interesting step forward for the sci-fi story based concept band. In all but the nearly eight minute epic, ‘Key Entity Extraction I: Domino the Destitute,’ the focus of the songs moves away from conspiracy and interplanetary war complete with spaceships and gunfights, and moves more fully toward real emotion and relationships that the rest of us non-action hero types can actually relate to. The downside, if you choose to see it that way, may be a few more power ballads. My opinion might be a little biased, but I’m a pretty big fan and I think this is an awesome step forward, and I can’t wait for February. But if you’re interested in an extremely insightful review of the album, I read an amazing review of it by Chris Coplan over at ConsequenceOfSound.net. Well I’m glad I named this column ‘Tone Soup’ and not ‘Music and Shit’ because now it’s time for me to eat my words. Last month I promised a review of a “new and probably horrible” Kiss album. Well Kiss’s new album Monster is here and guess what.. It doesn’t suck.
Dethklok, the famous
animated death metal band, has released Dethalbum III. Some fear this album will get overlooked because the album is essentially a soundtrack (what? soundtracks are for losers.) for the adult swim cartoon series Metalocalypse, and that it won’t get taken seriously. I disagree.
Have you heard of Black Moth Super Rainbow? Maybe? Well they just released their fifth studio album, Cobra Juicy. They’ve got a psychedelic experimental style that keeps their music strange enough and good enough to give them a cult following that loves them. I learned a new word when I looked up Black Moth Super Rainbow on Wikipedia: folktronica. Whatever that means. I’m gonna classify this album as space grunge. Can you dig it? I can dig it. Check it out. And last but not least I wanted to mention Cee Lo Green’s Magic Moment. Let’s not take the title out of context
here folks, this is a Christmas album.
This is the first new Christmas release that’s caught my attention this year and the first Christmas album from Cee Lo Green. The album includes such classics as Mel Torme’s ‘The Christmas Song,’ Chuck Berry’s ‘Run Rudolph Run,’ the traditional ‘Silent Night,’ an appearance by The Muppets, and a stellar performance of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” with The Voice co-star, Christina Aguilera. Now, after a long day of having my head sunk into some epic rock albums (as mentioned above), it was pretty jarring to press play on the pop merriment that is Cee Lo Green singing modern Christmas classics, but I will be far more appreciative of this album between the 15th and 25th of December. When you’re ready to pick up some new music for the Christmas family gathering, make sure this is one of the albums you grab. tonesoup@thestew.ca
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Like Apple with their iPhone 5, Kiss are finally making good on promises they made about their previous release. In 2009 Kiss promised that Sonic Boom would be more like a late ‘70s Kiss album than anything they’ve done since, but in actuality it sounded like a glistening, well produced modern rock album in a classic style, with Gene Simmons on vocals. Now, finally, with Monster, they’ve done it. With a more retro style recording process, Monster actually sounds like classic Kiss. Gene Simmons admits, “For the new album, the actual recording process was 24-track tape and an old Trident board. And as many tubes as possible. You need tubes, electricity and thick wood to make that thick sound.” And it seems like that made all the difference in the world. Kiss Army, this one’s for you!
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We’ve never read The Omnivore’s Dilemma, but we suspect that the dilemma is not about which part of the buffet table you should start at.
The pros and cons of the meat market, part one Today I’d like to talk about meat. I have so much to say about meat in fact that this will have to be a two-part article. Meat is oddly controversial and incredibly political. Even as I write this, my house contains one vegetarian, one former vegetarian, a pescatarian, a carnivore and myself. I eat meat. But I only eat meat from my farm, my parents’ ranch, or from Cariboo Growers’. It is important to me that the animals I eat had a good life and a dignified and peaceful death. Besides caring about the animal itself, animals who die peacefully taste better. Meat becomes tough and not as tasty when the animal’s death is stressful. Our food system has managed to hide the realities of where our meat comes from quite effectively. Some people will speak of how hunting is wrong and yet still buy the Styrofoam packages of chicken without a thought as to how that chicken lived or died. Once I began to understand the realities of life for a factory farmed
animal I could no longer buy this sort of meat. Factory farmed chickens are kept in crowded cages with barely room to move. They are debeaked to stop them from pecking each other to death out of sheer boredom. For the most part no one who is not involved in the production of these chickens has ever even seen inside their housing. Reporters are forbidden. The security and secrecy is alarming. Those who have managed to sneak in and report on the conditions of these animals often state that if consumers knew what was really happening that would be the end of this sort of food system. But for the most part, no one really wants to know. I don’t even want to talk about the life of factory-farmed pigs. The documentary, “Food Inc.” does a great and horrific job of showing this. It made me cry. And then there are the cattle. With everything that has been happening lately with the E. coli scare, beef has suddenly been pushed to the fore of the meat-
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By Terri Smith eaters’ minds. This is cattle country. Drive half an hour from town in any direction and you will see dozens if not hundreds of cattle. These are happy cows (and steers and heifers and bulls). These cattle get to, “express their cow-ness,” to paraphrase Joel Salatin. It would seem with so many cattle all around us that we would all be eating local beef no matter where we bought it. Yet the industrial model of agriculture wins again and though we are surrounded by cattle the average person must make an extra effort to actually eat one themselves. There is just no infrastructure for processing any sort of volume of beef locally. Before the age of two the majority of lo-
cal ranchers’ cattle are sold on the commodity market to feedlots. Michael Pollen describes these feedlots or CAFOs (Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations) in alarming detail in, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, a book I reference often for it is quite an entertaining and informative read. Here cattle are fed bushels of corn. Corn is not something a cow’s rumen is designed to handle in copious amounts. Most cattle are slaughtered within 150 days of arriving at the feedlot, because even with all the antibiotics they are fed to counteract their diet and poor living conditions, this is about the limit of what their systems can handle. Furthermore, because CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
Juli Harland Combichrist - ‘This Shit will Fuck You Up’ The Dropkick Murphys - ‘Going out in Style’ Adventure Club - ‘Crave You’ Jamie Horsley Kid Koala - ‘8 Bit Blues (Chicago to LA to NY)’ The Wallflowers - ‘Angel On My Bike’ Coheed and Cambria - ‘Mothers Of Men’ Laura Kelsey Frank Zappa - ‘Billy the Mountain’ Crysalys - ‘The Awakening of Gaia’ Wintersun - ‘Time’ Terri Smith Drum and Bell Tower - ‘Very Star’ Drum and Bell Tower - ‘Dropping the Seeds’ Anything by Sigur Ross
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Todd and Juli tend to be the type who have a lot of reusable cloth bags, but never remember to bring them to the store.
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winter light-up and santa claus parade SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24 The parade will start at 11:15 am, heading down Oliver Street, and arrive at the Court House Square at NOON. There will be lots of activities, music, games, and the Lion’s Club will also be there with hamburgers and hot chocolate. It will be a Great Weekend — and when Santa leaves the downtown at 5:00 he will turn on the Christmas Tree lights as he goes. Don’t miss out!
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KEEP IT GREEN Whether you use plastic or cloth bags at the store, there are ways that you can minimize your impact on the environment.
Bags: Plastic versus cloth It seems that everyone in the world has an opinion about plastic versus cloth bags, so I thought I’d offer my two cents on the argument. With plastic bags taking almost forever to break down (I know, I’m being super scientific), I believe cloth is better for the environment. Many plastic bags seem to be flying around, without anyone owning them, and animals sometimes wind up with bits of them in in their stomachs. There are also those that say using cloth bags is unhealthy for you, as they can carry bacteria. Well, I have to say, they are cloth bags, so wash them, frequently. As with your clothing, or dish cloths, you want to wash them as though they were going to be next to your skin, because they are going to be next to the food you eat. I not only use cloth bags, but reusable plastic totes, and even woven baskets! If you are buying a cloth bag, note that the
ones that seem to be covered in a plastic outer shell probably are, and the plastic will more than likely get wrecked while washing. You can peel it off after you’ve washed it, the bag itself will be fine to use, but the pretty picture or writing on the outside will look faded. If the bottom of the bag is solid, without any plastic piece or cardboard visible, it may also be ruined in the wash. I suggest getting bags without a hard bottom, or ones with a removeable plastic piece. If you have one of these, don’t forget to clean the plastic part with hot water. After all, what is the point of washing the bag, if you’re just going to put a dirty piece of plastic back into it? Dragging the bags around — heck, even remembering to take them in the first place — is hard. I’ve been known to forget them on occasion, then kick myself for it. Then I realised that even if I do forget, I can still give the clean, plastic bags I receive to places
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like the public library or the Salvation Army Thrift Store — they are always in need for them! Can’t afford to buy a cloth bag? Then ‘upcycle’ an old shirt. How do you do that, you ask? Easily! All you need is a t-shirt or tank top, pull it inside out with the side seams together, and sew the bottom of it up. If it’s a t-shirt. you may want to use a seam-ripper and remove the shirt sleeves, and then make a small seam where the sleeves were to ensure that it doesn’t unravel. Done! You can even make the opening (what had been the shirt’s neck) bigger by using scissors, and making a small seam to prevent it from unravelling. You don’t even need to own a sewing machine, a well done ‘whip stitch’ will do the job. You should always check your cloth bag seams, whether you bought or made them, to ensure they are in good repair. Fixing a small tear early can save you the problem of a bag giving out, and that could be expensive for you if anything breaks. It is especially hard if you are walking with your groceries, since you may not have a spare with you, and that can lead to frustration on top of it all! Who wants that? angela@thestew.ca
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We prefer to not think too deeply about where our McDonald’s cheeseburgers come from while we’re enjoying them. Mmmmm, cheeseburgers.
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of this diet, the stomachs of feedlot cattle are much more acidic than they ought to be. And why should we care? A cow’s rumen is supposed to have a neutral pH. With a neutral pH, any of the microbes from the cow’s gut that end up in our food will be killed by the strong acids in our own stomachs. However, the stomach of a corn-fed cow is nearly as acid as our own. Enter the new acid-resistant strains of E. coli. As few as ten of these newly-evolved microbes can cause a fatal infection by producing a toxin that destroys human kidneys. Feedlot cattle stand all day in their own feces. By the time they get to the slaughter plants they are filthy and this filth is filled with these microbes. At the giant processing plants, as many as 400
cattle are slaughtered per hour. With so much speed, a certain amount of feces always ends up in the meat. To counteract the problem the meat is irradiated to try to sterilize the manure in it. McDonald’s hamburger anyone? It makes one wonder how and why we ever got to this point. The quick answer is cheap food. The consequences are something we are only beginning to recognize. So what do we do? While I have focused on
the negative aspects of the meat industry this month, next month I shall speak more about local and grass-fed alternatives in the raising and slaughtering of animals. For now I will just say that small, local farms produce healthier animals and small local butchers almost never have food contamination issues. Check out Cariboo Growers’ great selection of local meat products and I’ll give you more information on local meat next month. roads.end.csa@gmail.com
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ed s i a r e w r e h t Toge s d r a w o t 0 0 close to $16 i! l u J r o f l o o h c nursing s There is still close to $5000 to raise this year for this 90% average student to stay in school. Donations can be sent to “Help Juli Help Others’ c/o The Stew Magazine or email harlandj12@tru.ca for details.
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