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fe atures 6 Good Stuff Good to Go: Balance Machine Training
On the cover: Brenda Emshwiller cuts fresh lavender at Corner Woods Farm on Camp Daggett Road, southwest of Petoskey. Photo: G. Randall Goss/GoodLife
11 Good Taste Garden fresh salsa
17 Good Health Alternatives to high-fructos corn syrup 18 Good Sport Swimming
Good Humor: Katie MacInnis
12 Cover Story Lots to love with lavender
Good for Kids: Just Us program
15 Good Thoughts Petoskey Club
9 Good Word Anne Kelly
16 Good Advice Pre-menopausal options
22 Good to Know The Meat Man at Tannery Creek Market
20 Good Buys Kettlebells
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Story by Sheri McWhirter-O’Donnell
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alance exercises benefit all ages, said Kelly Malone, physical therapy assistant at OrthoSport in Harbor Springs. “To be able to lean, you need a strong core,” she said. The newly opened physical therapy office along Harbor-Petoskey Road includes a high-tech Biodex Balance System SD machine, designed to measure and improve balance for older clients, as well as young athletes looking to improve balance or recover from an injury. “We can train or test with this,” Malone said. Stability, athletic single-leg, fall risk and concussion testing is all possible with this one piece of equipment. Concussion testing must have a baseline measured at the beginning of an athletic season, then be compared to another assessment at season’s end or after an injury. “This is great if you are an elderly person and you don’t know, but you’ve fallen a couple of times and want to know what the risk is of falling again,” Malone said. “You can train someone who isn’t very well balanced at all, and also train athletes.”
No. 1: Step onto machine and place your feet shoulder-width apart, with the bold, horizontal line on the platform at your foot’s halfway point. No. 2: Choose the test or exercise recommended by the physical therapist or assistant. No. 3: Manipulate the balance platform to complete the chosen test or exercise. A large, foam pad can be added to the top of the platform before stepping onto the machine, intended to add more dimensions and resistance to the platform’s manipulation. Malone said the machine works to improve overall stability in the ankles, legs and core muscles. She evens sends clients home with exercises to practice which can improve their performance on the new Biodex Balance System SD machine when they return to the facility. OrthoSport’s new location is at 8875 M-119, Harbor Springs. It can be telephoned at (231) 881-9000.
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used to pride myself in being a tomboy, doing the less feminine things and showing I was strong and unafraid. Probably I was my dad’s boy, the last of three girls. I could put the worm on the hook, pick up snakes, bugs or mice. Maybe I was compenCOURTESY PHOTO sating: The night I was Katie MacInnis, columnist from Harbor Springs born my dad sent a telegram to his brother that read, “Mom and baby doing fine, still no handle.” As I’ve aged, my strength and skills have slipped away. A can of spinach no longer transforms me into Popeye the Sailor Man with bulging muscles. Last summer, I couldn’t mow the lawn. Now a crew does an excellent job in a fraction of the time and I’m helping to employ people who need work. Problems with my shoulders, wrists and knees means I doubt I will kayak this year or even ride my bike. Until six years ago, I was a nurse on a busy floor. Twelvehour shifts, walking a lot, helping to pull patients across from stretcher to bed. When someone said I should get help, I told them, “No, no, I’m strong-likebull” and then I heaved them over. I remain just as bull-headed, though humbled by my ➤ Continued on page 7
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Just Us program at Crooked Tree
Story by Sheri McWhirter-O’Donnell • Photo by G. Randall Goss
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rooked Tree Arts CenHopes for this year’s ofter offers a recurring ferings include painting a program intended to ceramic tile, gingerbread help grow the bonding ex- decorating and an Irish soperience between children cial dance, she added. Sesand a trusted adult, whether sion costs vary, depending a parent, grandparent, aunt on needed supplies and or uncle — whomever. such, but most run between “The Just Us series we cre- $25-40 for a child and adult ated because we want the together. opportunity for kids and The autumn 2013 schedtheir favorite adult to spend ule should now be available time together and work online, including registraon a project,” said Valerie tion, at www.crookedtree. St. Pierre Smith, Crooked org. Otherwise, telephone Tree’s program director. (231) 347-4337 or visit the Crooked Tree Arts Cen- center at 461 E. Mitchell ter is a nonprofit organi- St., in downtown Petoskey’s zation founded more than Gaslight District. GL 40 years ago with a goal to encourage and sponsor arts and artistic activities across Charlevoix and Emmet counties. The organization maintains more than 2,000 members and annually serves more than 50,000. Its visual and performing arts programs are renowned for excellence. But the Just Us series is rather less formal, more of a community outreach effort. Past sessions include cookie decorating during holiday seasons and even a West African drumming session. “It runs the gamut of being able to have a great time together,” St. Pierre Smith said.
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encroaching weakness. Some days, I feel lucky to open a jar of pickles. For so long I believed in the work ethic, the busy-ness of life, the gung-ho, do-it-yourself attitude. I know you change with age. If you stay alive long enough, what do you expect? But somehow it was “you,” not me. Now my best and only trick is forming a lap to read books to my grandson, naps for my cat and sit-besides for my dog as she snores. No one will remember my compost pile or that I rescue toads and snakes before I rake. Never mind how I could climb a ladder to the roof to get branches off and clean the eaves and troughs. It would be nice if I could accept the changes of age with grace, become a good listener and remain optimistic even when I am no longer physically strong. But somehow this feels like the witness protection program in which one day I know who I am and what I can do and the next I have lost all my persona and abilities. GL — Katie MacInnis Katie MacInnis is a retired nurse living in Harbor Springs with her husband Charlie. He recently placed a classified ad to sell the lawn mower, incorrectly calling it self-propelled. Katie had done most of the mowing and his memory was that it worked very well, not being pushed by him.
Cookie decorating sessions are popular in Crooked Tree’s Just Us series.
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wenty-five games. That’s how I would summarize my 16th summer growing up outside Cleveland, Ohio, and becoming a fanatical Indians fan. To be more specific, I became a groupie in the Jimmy Piersall Fan Club. Jimmy Piersall had been traded to Cleveland in 1958 from The Boston Red Socks, for whom he played since his debut there in 1950. A center fielder, he is most remembered for his erratic behavior on and off the field, but especially on. His dysfunction stemmed from a mental illness which became increasingly more detrimental to his game and to the distraction of other players and fans as his personal and professional life unraveled. Piersall finally received treatment and wrote a book titled “Fear Strikes Out,” describing his journey through and out of this dark experience. He also went on a speaking circuit that eventually brought him to my all-girls Catholic high school where he addressed an enraptured and sympathetic audience of pubescent young women, a cauldron of simmering hormones at ages 14-17 years. It was the 1960s and we were all being programmed to change the world; to join the convent or the Peace Corps or to become standard-bearers of worthy causes at the very least. Well, here it was, presented on a school assembly plate — a mission to spread awareness about
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one triumph over mental illness, all made possible with proper treatment, support of family and friends and, of course, the grace of God. This translated into action for some of us more resourceful girls. We would support this handsome young man, so tanned and so eloquent. We would give him our high school sweatshirt with the Magnificat emblem and we would cheer him on at the stadium. Yes we would! And we did, for the entire 1960 season. If I have dermatological issues today, it is probably because of baking in the hot sun in the Cleveland Stadium bleachers, where we faithfully hung over the center field fence holding down a hand-painted banner bearing an
inscription pledging our devotion: “WE LOVE YOU JIMMY!” Jimmy would run out to his center field position and then turn around and wave at us in acknowledgement. If we made it early to batting practice, we got the additional perk of having him pose with us so we could snap Brownie camera shots of each other with our hero, No. 37. “Please God, let him get a hit,” we would pray as he faced the pitcher. Jimmy always made the sign of the cross on home plate before he positioned himself for the first pitch. “Please, God, don’t let him do anything weird today.” There were others of course. Rocky Colavito — who flexed his bat behind his broad shoulders ➤ Continued on page 10
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before he stepped to the plate — Jim Perry, a young pitcher, and Jim Baxter; we hung around the stadium after the game and sometimes they gave us a ride in their convertibles up to the Terminal Tower where we caught the Rapid Transit to the West Side. Did our parents know all of this? Probably not. We baby-sat Jimmy’s kids at a downtown hotel, so he and his
wife could go out on the town. I I have a dusty box of memories even hosted a fan club party at our in my basement. In the bottom is a home where, my dad always re- mostly smudged baseball signed by minded me in front of my dates, he many of the 1960 Cleveland Indipracticed his chip shots and dug ans and a picture of Jimmy signed, up clumps of our lawn. Jimmy was “To Anne, a real doll.” There also is always accompanied by a priest a well-read copy of “Fear Strikes friend from Boston, Father Kane, Out.” My mission and infatuation whom I assume as I reflect back, lasted only one season, but left was the guardian of his reputation me with a scrapbook of admission to protect against lawsuits. ticket stubs from 25 games. GL
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Story and photo by Sheri McWhirter-O’Donnell
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his farm fresh salsa is my own creation. Nearly every ingredient can be found at local farmers markets, save for the key limes I squeezed for juice and the garlic cloves I already had in my cupboard. Those came from the grocery, I admit. Oh, and the sea salt. Otherwise, all the other items came from either Coveyou Scenic Farm or Pond Hill Farm, both found selling fresh produce on Fridays at the Petoskey farmers market downtown. To start, always peel your tomatoes for your recipes. That’s a tip I picked up while growing up in southern Illinois, where I learned all about home-canning summer vegetables for wintertime use. There’s something weird about the texture of a tomato peel when not perfectly attached to a tomato, so to avoid that, just ditch the peels altogether. I recommend red onions for the sweetness, though cooks certainly can use Vidalia, white or yellow onions, if preferred. Also, I call for parsley in my salsa recipe because I don’t care for cilantro. It tastes like soap to me (and to others, I’ve learned). But to each his or her own, so use either parsley or cilantro — cook’s choice. Also, include less herbs in the recipe, according to taste. My choice is to remove all seeds from the jalapeños before I toss them in the food processor. But for those who like a super hot salsa, go ahead and leave the seeds in the mix. I also always suggest squeezing fresh lime
This salsa can be made almost entirely with ingredients found at local farmers markets.
juice rather than using the pre-bot- Directions: tled stuff from the grocery. Finally, I Either dice all of the ingredients, believe it’s best to use coarse sea salt or1.use a food processor. I choose my to taste. hand-crank Tupperware food procesIn the end, I find this salsa to be sor, especially because I can easily sweet and tart, plus a little bit spicy control how chopped up the ingredion the palate. It takes 15-20 minutes ents become. to prepare this farm fresh salsa for 2. Some prefer cilantro over parsyour dinner table or next party. ley, so that ingredient is the cook’s Ingredients: 4 large tomatoes, peeled 1/2 large red onion 3 cloves garlic, minced 2/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped 2 jalapeño peppers, seeded 2-3 tablespoons fresh lime juice Course sea salt to taste
choice. Also, use less according to taste, of course. 3. Leave the jalapeño seeds in the mix for especially hot salsa.
4. Always squeeze fresh lime juice, when possible. 5. Serve with favorite tortillas, such as blue cor n or “scoopable” chips. GL
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Lavender — a ‘leave me alone’ plant
Aromatic flower is stress-reducer, bee attractor Story by Emily White Photos by G. Randall Goss
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Brenda Emshwiller, with some fresh cut lavender at her Corner Woods Farm, on Camp Daggett Road. 12 Your LIFE UP NORTH
lthough its sweet scent with room-filling capability is one of the main reasons for its popularity, lavender is used in many aspects of life. “There are hundreds of uses for lavender,” said Brenda Emshwiller, of Corner Woods Farm on Camp Daggett Road in Petoskey. The farm offers three types of lavender, including Violet Intrigue, which is popular in the culinary industry; Grosso, which makes beautiful bouquets and scented oils; and also Mitcham Gray, which is common in tea. Lavender is known to have stress-relieving aromatherapy benefits for all ages — infants to seniors — and according to Emshwiller, it has many medicinal qualities, as well. “It was used years and years ago in the war to treat wounded British soldiers,” she said. One couple visiting the area from Marquette saw the “fresh lavender” sign and stopped by to pick some up. Emshwiller cut two fresh bunches of the flower from one of her many plants and handed it to them. “That will last a long time. It holds its scent indefinitely,” she told them. According to Emshwiller, the best time to harvest lavender is early in the morning after the dew is evaporated.
“When cutting lavender, you want to cut it at an upward angle but not too close to the woody center. A fresh bouquet would last eight to ten days in a vase of fresh, cold water,” Emshwiller said. Ā e average life expectancy of a lavender plant ranges anywhere from 10-13 years, if tended to and cared for properly. “It’s a ‘leave me alone’ plant; it can withstand the heat as well as below-zero temperatures in the
winter,” Emshwiller said. of lavender, so we don’t have any On hot summer days, the plants problems with losing our plants to are bustling with honey and bum- them,” Emshwiller said. ble bees. Corner Woods Farm regularly “I’ve learned that the bees won’t participates in the Petoskey farmbother you if you don’t bother ers market from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. them. Ā ey need to do their job, every Friday through Oct. 4, on the just as much as we need to do ours, block of Howard Street between and we need them,” Emshwiller Mitchell and Michigan streets said. downtown. Ā e farm can be contacted at Lavender plants also act as natu(231) 347-9354 or by email at corral deer repellents. “Ā e deer don’t like the smell nerwoodsfarm@gmail.com. GL
ABOVE: Brenda and Eric Emshwiller, owners of Corner Woods Farm, present lavender from their farm at a recent Petoskey farmers market. LEFT: Lavender product from Corner Woods Farm, near Petoskey.
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Psychosocial rehabilitation available at Petoskey Club
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sychosocial rehabilitation. It seems a rather daunting topic, of that there is no doubt. But, broken down to its basest elements, it truly is a rather simple, and ingenious, affair. Much more than just a program or a social service, a clubhouse — as psychosocial rehabilitation is commonly known — is most importantly a community of people who are working together toward a common goal. A clubhouse is an “intentional community” organized to support individuals living with the effects of mental illness. Through participation in a clubhouse, people are given opportunities to reengage in vocational pursuits by utilizing services and supports on an individual and collective basis. A clubhouse is a restorative environment for people who have had their lives disrupted, where they come to realize that recovery is possible and can be expected. A clubhouse is also, well, an actual clubhouse. “The Petoskey Club was established 19 years ago, when (North Country Community Mental Health) transitioned from a day treatment model into more extensive psychosocial services to better meet the needs of clients with mental illness through their Community Support Services for Adults with Mental Illness division,” said Petoskey Club director Jama Moffett. “The Petoskey Club was the first clubhouse in Michigan to achieve accreditation through the International Center for Clubhouse Development. There are currently 44 clubhouse programs in our state,
seven of which are now also accredited. The Petoskey Club has been involved in mentoring other clubhouses through the Michigan Association of Clubhouses.” Petoskey Club even hosted the state-wide clubhouse coalition meeting this summer. “The Clubhouse Model of Psychosocial Rehabilitation works because every human being has the potential to be productive in some way, which promotes their health psychologically,” Moffett said. “In addition, by working collaboratively in this intentional community of peers, clubhouse nurtures other essential human needs; those of companionship, acceptance and the fostering of self-worth and a sense of hope and purpose.” Another beneficial aspect of clubhouse programming is social and recreation activities. The clubhouse provides subsidized activities on all weekends and major holidays. Members are able to access activities and cultural events that may not otherwise be accessible to them. Community inclusion also is facilitated
Jama Moffett Licensed social worker of the Petoskey Club.
through volunteer and service projects. Membership is open to adults with a history of mental illness, usually those with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depressive disorder. Members may have other, co-occurring diagnoses, as well. Membership is voluntary and without time limits. Most clubhouse members are referred by their mental health service coordinators. Those who currently are not clients of North Country Community Mental Health services may call the access center at (231) 487-9144, or toll free at (800) 8343393. Petoskey Club is at 555 W. Mitchell St., in Petoskey. GL
Members and staff of the Petoskey Club pose in front of the clubhouse in Petoskey. GOODlife 15
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Did Aunt Flo ruin your summer? Dr. Mary A. Ivey, contributing writer
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s ladies we all know how pause. Heavy bleeding is more vasure is not a form of birth conaggravating that monthly than just an occasional hassle trol. If you are looking for birth visitor can be, but I would — it can take a toll in a number control and cycle reduction, this like to tell you about a few excit- of ways. It can make you tired next option, the Mirena, may be ing new ways we can handle that or nauseated, cause bad cramp- for you. time of the month. ing and headaches, and can even Many women in their 30s and make you miss work or personal No. 2: 40s begin to experience heavy engagements. If your cycles interbleeding as they approach meno- fere with work, exercise or fun, let The Mirena uses one of the me walk you through two options hormones that are found in birth that are available to you. control pills. It is a small, Tshaped device that is placed inside the uterus. This progesterNo. 1: one-only device is safe for women If you are done having children, who smoke or have other medical one new approach to heavy cycles conditions which would require is a small, 20-minute outpatient them to avoid estrogen. The proprocedure called an endometrial gesterone in the Mirena thins the ablation. This procedure uses lining of the uterus over just a few energy to thin the inside lining months. Most woman bleed 80-percent of the uterus. There are several types of ablations available. less by the first year. The Mirena I have found that the Novasure is easily placed during a short ofablation gives the best and fastest fice visit. The Mirena can stay in results. My patients have found for up to five years or be taken out that their cycles are significantly at any time. Another advantage of less or completely eliminated. the Mirena is birth control — it is The ovaries are not affected, so no more than 98-percent effective in COURTESY PHOTO worries about early menopause preventing pregnancy, but comor hormones. Most ladies have a pletely reversible. Mary A. Ivey, M.D. few hours of cramping afterwards Don’t let Aunt Flo control your Board certification: and feel fine the next day. life. Talk to your OB/GYN profesObstetrics and Gynecology The results are usually evident sional to see if one of these opCharlevoix Women’s Health Care by the very next cycle. The No- tions would be right for you. GL Charlevoix Area Hospital 14651 Upright St., Charlevoix (231) 547-4477
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Diet clean up
Cutting out a synthetic sweetener
Wade Kelso can be found at Healthy Alternatives in the Toski Sands Plaza, on M-119 in Petoskey.
Story by Emily White, photos by G. Randall Goss
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igh fructose corn syrup is in nearly everything we eat. It often seems unavoidable.
Companies utilize this synthetically manipulated sugar because of its long-lasting shelf life and its low production costs. Common foods the sweet synthetic can be found in include big name, mainstream juices, sodas, cereals, candy and granola or sports bars, bread and crackers. “When I go to the grocery store, I walk around the outside, sticking to fresh produce and other items that haven’t been artificially sweetened,” said Wade Kelso, owner of Healthy Alternatives in Petoskey. “Occasionally the kids and I will grab a bag of candy, but we try to be conscious as to how often we do it,” he said. As consumers, becoming aware of the amount of high fructose corn syrup we consume can be done a variety of ways. To cut it out of our diets, Kelso recommends “becoming a label reader.” “You have to read labels to find out if the product contains high fructose corn syrup and then say to yourself, ‘Do I really want this?’ For some people, the answer is ‘it hasn’t hurt me yet, so why not?’ and for others it can be eyeopening,” Kelso said. At Healthy Alternatives, there “isn’t a product in the store that has it,” he said. There are alternatives to and ways to get around eating foods that are full of high fructose corn syrup. For soda
ABOVE: Healthy Alternatives store in Petoskey offers many snack products made without high fructose corn syrup.
drinkers, an organic soda line called Blue Sky is an option and is available at Healthy Alternatives. The natural soda is sweetened with cane sugar. Another type of soda, Zevia, is available and also is naturally sweetened. It even contains zero calories. The store also stocks a variety of organic cereals, many of which are naturally sweetened with honey. “The majority of big name cereals on the shelves in your average grocery store are full of high fructose corn syrup. Producers like Kellogg’s like to use it because it has such a long shelf life,” Kelso said. A popular snack for children, the
There are tasty organic sodas available, made with real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.
Pop-Tart, contains high amounts of high fructose corn syrup. At Healthy Alternatives, Kelso carries a Nature’s Path toaster pastry, which utilizes organic fruit and evaporated cane sugar. “The people of today’s generation are the ones who are starting to recognize that they have options when it comes to choosing foods that lead to healthier lifestyles,” Kelso said. Healthy Alternatives is at 2290 M-119 in Petoskey and can be phoned at (231) 348-8390. GL GOODlife 17
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Swim your way through fall and winter Story by Catherine Dewey
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hen you think of swimming in autumn or winter, some thoughts that come to mind are polar plunge, brrrr and no way. However, swimming during these months is proven to benefit your health and can be done at your local indoor pool. In the colder months, complaints about joint pain, stiĀness and inflammation are more common. Athletes with injuries who want to keep their heart rate up but without the stress on the joints use swimming. The Osteo Relief Institute states that “even a single session of 30 minutes can dramatically improve discomfort in the hips, knees, shoulders and back for the remainder of the day.” Swimming in the fall and winter doesn’t just have to be for those suĀering with physical discomforts, though. The pools are heated so it is refreshing to dip into warm water and let the stress wash away. Join a class and meet new friends while exercising at your own pace. “Whether you are a first-time swimmer or a triathlete, there is always a place for someone at the pool,” said Betsy Granstra, aquatics director at Charlevoix Area Community Pool and manager at East Jordan Community Pool. Your local Northern Michigan pools have so many fall and winter activities to keep everyone busy during the cold seasons. Enjoy lowimpact exercises such as group water aerobics. Keep your heart
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FILE PHOTO Swimming is an exercise known to ease joint pain.
health in check with lap swimming routine, too. Parents can tread waor individual water aerobics. If you ter or swim, while their kids play. “Swimming indoors is predictare a runner or biker, cross-train and work out different muscles in able. You can always rely on the a fun and festive environment. Tri- pool and stick to a schedule year athletes can enjoy master classes to round,” Granstra said. Kids can enjoy swimming lesperfect their stroke, or advanced swimmers can track their miles to sons, join the swim club and enjoy do a virtual swim. a night or weekend of fun at recreIncorporating swimming into ational swim sessions. “The pool is a great way for kids your Ātness routine is easy. Jump start your workout or try some- to Ānd an outlet for their energy, thing new by attending a scheduled but also spend fun time with their aerobics or water boot camp. Fam- family,” said Mike Cullip, of Harbor ily fun can be part of your Ātness Springs Community Pool.
Check out your local Northern Michigan pools the next time you think about what to do as a family during a cool autumn or winter evening, or how to get a refreshing workout in. Charlevoix Area Community Pool is at (231) 547-0982, East Jordan Community Pool is at (231) 536-2250 and Harbor Springs Community Pool is at (231) 5264824. More information about the Osteo Relief Institute is found online at www.osteorelieĀnstitute. com. GL
FILE PHOTOS Pool swimming is a way to keep kids physically active during the cool and cold months in Northern Michigan.
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Kettlebells for gym or home training By Mary Jane Doerr Photos by G. Randall Goss
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ith a name like kettlebell, it sounds like it belongs in the kitchen. Maybe it is used on playgrounds to signal the end of recess. Perhaps it is something campers use to make dinner. None of these are correct. Kettlebells are exercise apparatus that look like iron cannonballs with large handles. Ā ey are now a part of the equipment at many sports centers to enhance the exercise routines of enthusiasts. Because of its versatility for developing balance and strength, it is considered an important tool in developing muscles and training. Ā ey can be used strictly for weight lifting or swinging to facilitate the improvement of balance. “Actually, kettlebells have been around since the 1700s. Ā ey were developed by the Russians and used in their armies for physical training,” said Jeff Smith, co-owner of Northern Michigan Sports Medicine Center in Petoskey. Smith said kettlebells remained popular enough that since the 1940s there have been kettlebell 20 Your LIFE UP NORTH
Physical therapist Alex Ivens, of Northern Michigan Sports Medicine and a Crossfit coach, demonstrates a Turkish Get-Up with a kettlebell. The exercise involves lifting the bell from a lying down position, while also rising up to a standing position.
competitions held throughout other reasons, too. Ā ey come in Europe and Russia. Even the U.S. various weights from 1 kilogram military uses them in physical de- to perhaps as heavy as 50 pounds. velopment training. Ā e equipment ranges in price “We like them here at Sports from about $12 to as much as Medicine because of the diver- $300, so it can be as affordable or sity of benefits they provide both expensive as the trainer likes. Beaerobic and anaerobic training,” ing relatively small, they easily can Smith said. be used in home exercise routines. Kettlebells are popular for Kettlebell exercise routines
require the simultaneous use of strength. Exercise routines should several muscles. Some studies be developed with the assistance show that 20-minute workouts of a physical therapist or sports with kettlebells are equivalent to trainer. running a six-minute mile pace. Smith is a highly trained physiHowever, there are warnings that cal therapist with a master’s dekettlebells can be harmful to any- gree from St. Ambrose University one with back or shoulder prob- in Davenport, Iowa. He grew up lems. The equipment needs to be in Petoskey and returned after used properly to develop mobility, finishing his degree to open his range of motion and increased business. The facility grew to be
so successful that five years ago they began a new program called CrossFit Training. Northern Michigan Sports Medicine Center is at 4048 Cedar Bluff Drive in Petoskey, though additional locations also are found in Charlevoix, Petoskey, Harbor Springs, Indian River and Cheboygan. The business can be telephoned at (231) 347-9300. GL
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Position No. 3 — swing kettlebell up over the
physical therapist Alex Ivens demon-
head, pause for a second, then lower and repeat.
strates a kettlebell swing exercise. This is position No. 1 — the start position.
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DA Schultz, The Meat Man
Purveyor of hormone and antibiotic free cuts and poultry Story by Brooks Vanderbush Photos by G. Randall Goss
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here’s a certain bit of romance that comes along with the thought of an Old World art. Creating functional art with the human hand is something people can really respect. Especially when that art is delicious, wholesome and healthy. The Tannery Creek Market is home to just such an artist, and he calls himself The Meat Man. “I have been processing deer since I was a kid, then started processing for others and always liked it,” said DA Schultz, owner of Tannery Creek Market. “My hobby is actually learning dying trades, such as blacksmithing, upholstering, butchering, etc. Long story short, my mentor, Norm Conklin, a butcher his whole life in the area, was butchering on the farms in the area, as well as running the meat department at Carter’s and asked me if I would be interested in helping him and learning the craft of butchering. I said ‘heck yea’ and I loved it.” Schultz said his mentor taught him to take the animal “from the moo to the chew.” “I liked it so much I started thinking about starting up an old fashion butcher shop, so I went to school in Kansas and learned meat processing, i.e. sausage-making, lunch meats, etc. And Tannery Creek Market was born.” Ever since that birth, folks have flocked to Schultz’s establishment in search of some of the best products available in Northern Michigan. “Our niche is building all of our own products right on site,” Schultz said. “That way we have control over what goes in them. For example, our 22 Your LIFE UP NORTH
Darryl Schultz, of Tannery Creek Meat Market in Petoskey, is commonly known as The Meat Man.
actually responsible for how far we have come. I’ve allowed them to dictate what products we build. It brings great pleasure to my wife and I when we hear people talking about how awesome their dinner was or how Tannery Creek Meat Market is found on the northern side of Petoskey. great their grill out was.” Why does Schultz think his cushot dogs are made with just pork tomers continue to return? shoulder and seasonings, no fillers, “No antibiotics. No hormones. No no funny meats and no powder milks reason to shop anywhere else,” Schulor protein powders. We build all of tz said. “And never any MSG. Plus we our products this way. After all, we sell a 30-day aged beef called Double eat all these products ourselves, so RR. It’s the No. 1 beef program in the I wouldn’t add anything I wouldn’t country, top eight-percent of choice want to eat myself.” and prime. The cattle all come from Tannery Creek Market offers a full one farm, they raise all their own line of fresh and smoked sausages, feed, insecticide and pesticide free. more than 100 flavors, 10 or so lunch Our poultry and pork products are meats, lots of specialty burgers, 15 also the finest in the country. We also flavors of pinwheel steaks and grow- offer all the cuts you can’t find at the ing, five flavors of bacon, a 12-foot grocery stores, like tri-tip flat irons, case of ready-to-eat homemade ribs bone-in filet mignon, the old fashion and chicken and sides — too many to bone-in sirloin steak or roast, sevenmention — and 70 additional feet of bone chuck roasts, baseball-cut sirserviceable meat case. loins. You name it we have it.” After years of standing behind a Schultz sticks to a local and ormeat counter, Schultz certainly had ganic philosophy simply because he ample time to discover favorite bits understands people actually do care and pieces about this unique profes- what they put into their body and sion. He definitely knows his favorite. they will seek out “the good stuff.” “My customers,” said Schultz withThe Meat Man is sure to be delivout hesitation. “Like all businesses, ering the good stuff for years to come. we get a few people you just can’t More information about Tannery make happy, but 99.99 percent of our Creek Market can be found online at customers are awesome. They are www.tannerycreekmarket.com. GL
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