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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-10-11, Page 66 Exeter Times -Advocate Wednesday, October 11, 2006 Opinion Forum News Seniors' perspective Continued from page 5 cold cereals; instant soup mixes/cups; pancake mixes. Vegetables & Fruit canned vegetables; canned fruit or fruit cocktail; canned juice and juice boxes; tomato/pasta sauce; raisins or other dried fruit; extra fruits and vegetables from your garden if accepted. Milk Products Dry milk powder; milk pudding cups/mixes; hot chocolate mix; cheese spreads (i.e. Cheeze Whiz) Meat & Alternatives Canned fish (salmon, tuna); canned meat (ham, chicken stews) or canned beans, peas, lentils and peanut butter. What Not to Donate: 1. Any perishable food that has not been pasteurized (i.e. Honey, milk, cider) or that comes from an un- inspected premise (homemade sausage) 2. Foods that have been exposed to any possible sources of contamination (insect, rodent, and chemical) 3. Damaged store-bought canned food (dented or label off) 4. Food items that are out of date 5. Open boxes or cans of food Other Helpful Items Here is a list of additional items that the food banks in Huron County often need. Baking supplies (flour, sugar) Condiments (mustard, ketchup) Jam, Coffee/tea, Salad dressings, cooking oils, Baby food and infant cereals and infant formula, margarines, Seasoning mixes (taco, chili) Shampoo/conditioner, Deodorant, Feminine hygiene products, Soap/dish soap, laundry detergent, Toilet paper and diapers. Time to give up Dieting! Why you should eat... 1. Eating keeps you alive - Food is not an option, we need to live! Without food, our body does not work properly so it is important to eat balanced meals. 2. Eating makes you attractive - Diets don't make you beautiful...If you don't get the proper nutrients your nails get brittle, your hair falls out, your skin gets dry and your breath smells bad. 3. Eating helps you lose weight - Believe it or not diets don't work! When you don't eat enough, your body thinks it's starving. To stay alive, it hoards fat. If you go off your diet and then back on it, your body will continue this pattern and it'll get harder to lose weight. Even if you stick to your diet, you'll lose weight more slowly than you would if you ate sensibly. 4. Eating makes you happy - Diets can rob you of your energy. Not eating enough slows down your metabolism and makes you tired and irritable. 5. Eating keeps you healthy - short term - Diets don't necessarily improve your health. Getting the proper nutrients keeps you from having all sorts of medical problems. Not eating weakens your immune system, so you get sick more easily. 6. Eating keeps you from obsessing about food - Diets can turn into eating disorders. If you are hungry, you think about food. If you stay hungry, you keep on think- ing about food, even to the point of being obsessed. 7. Eating makes you strong - eating makes your bod- ies work for you in every way. It gives you the energy to get through the day and cope with all the big and little stresses that are thrown your way. 8. Eating keeps you from binging - when you go with- out eating, your blood sugar drops. When it drops very low, your brain assumes you're starving and drives you to eat. Usually when you are this hungry, you eat more than you need and may even binge. 9. Eating is fun - Diets are boring. Food looks good, smells good and tastes good and our bodies crave in. In addition, eating is a major social activity. 10. Eating proves you are in control -- Diets can make you afraid of food. Choosing what to eat and eating sen- sibly proves that you're in charge of your life. The amount of food you need every day from the 4 food groups depends on your age, body size, activity level, whether you are male or female. That's why the Canada Food Guide gives you a lower or higher number of servings, while male teenagers go to the higher num- ber. Most other people can choose servings somewhere in between. Remember if you ate today, thank a farmer! How Many ofThese DidYou KnowAbout? • Don't throw out all that leftover wine: freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces... Left over wine? What's that? • To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the area and you will experience instant relief. • Ants, ants, ants everywhere...well they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march. See for yourself. • Use air freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still, leaves a lovely smell to the shine. • When you get a splinter/sliver, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put scotch tape over the splinter and then pull it off. Scotch Tape removes most splinters painlessly and eas- ily. Now look at what you can do with Alka Seltzer... • Clean a toilet - drop in two Alka Seltzer tablets, wait 20 minutes brush and flush. The citric acid and effer- vescent action clean vitreous china. • Clean a vase - to remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka Seltzer tablets. • Polish jewelry - drop two Alka Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two min- utes. • Clean a thermos bottle - fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka Seltzer tablets and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary) • Unclog a drain - clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of white vinegar. Wait a few minutes and then run the hot water. Makes you wonder about ingesting Alka Seltzer, doesn't it? Obliged to notify the next of kin." The hinge Harlow was fixing a door and he found that he need- ed a new hinge, so he sent his wife Mary to the hard- ware store. At the hardware store, Mary saw a beauti- ful teapot on a top shelf while she was waiting for Carl, the manager, to finish waiting on a customer. When Carl was finished, Mary asked how much for the teapot. Carl replied, "That's silver and it costs $100." "My goodness that sure is a lot of money!" Mary exclaimed. Then she proceeded to describe the hinge that Harlow had sent her to buy, and Carl went to the back room to find the hinge. From the back room Carl yelled, "Mary, you want a screw for that hinge?" Mary replied, "No, but I will for the teapot." That is why you can't send a woman to a hardware store. Unhappy with Strong election signs Support This week I found a sign for elect- ing George Robertson stuck in my lawn outside our home. He or one of his supporters has stuck this sign in beside the mailbox. I understand there are laws which would prevent me, or some others, from removing this sign, so what is my recourse? You may wonder why this would bother me. A political sign on the lawn of a homeown- er says quite clearly the person or persons who ' a_ own that property are sup- \ porters. I cannot help but wonder at the kind of representa- tion one would get from Mr. Robertson when he shows such disrespect to homeowners. Is every- thing going to be his will and to the devil with respect to homeowners or their perceived rights and desires? After all, didn't he vote to get rid of the large garbage pickup as well as many other unpopular issues with taxpayers? I realize he likely does have the legal right to stick his sign on my lawn next to the road, but is it prop- er? How would Mr. Robertson feel about an opponent's sign, or any sign for that matter, being on his home property? Whatever his rea- soning, making persons think I am his supporter without asking my permission is offensive and not far off of being outright dishonest. I really wish Mr. Robertson would stick his sign elsewhere. By the way, Mr. Robertson can be assured we will vote; I wonder if he cares to guess for whom? IAN J. TUCK Exeter The staff at Exeter Public School would like to thank the parents and students for their support with rais- ing funds for cancer research. On Sept. 21, the school held a basket raffle from each of the classes, which raised over $1,110 during the Meet the Teacher evening. On Sept. 28, the school held their annual Terry Fox Run and raised �• over $450. The total is the best we have ever raised for Terry Fox cancer research. We are very pleased to have the support of the parents and students for this worthwhile cause. Our goal was $800 and we raised over $1560 for cancer research. Thanks! On behalf of the Exeter Public School, BARB DIETRICH AND ANN DEVRIES. i Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor The Times -Advocate welcomes let- ters to the editor as a forum for open discussion of local issues, concerns, complaint, and kudos. By mail: P.O. Box 850, Exeter, Ont. NOM 1S6 By fax: 519-235-0766 By e-mail. ditor@southhuron.com Please include your name and address. Anonymous letters will not be published. The Times -Advocate reserves the right to edit letters for brevity. $10,000 Lions Club donation $10,000 donation — The Zurich Lions Club donated $10,000 to the Bluewater Community Development Foundation (BCDF) Sept. 27.The funding will sponsor a dress- ing room in the Zurich arena. Lions Club president John Becker says the club is always pleased to support minor sports and the community. Funds were raised through com- munity donations, fish fries, turkey bingos, the Zurich Fair, the Zurich 150th Levee and more. Above from left are BCDF treasurer Mark Weigand, Becker and BCDF president Steve Haberer. Haberer says the BCDF continues to sponsor projects throughout Bluewater and will accept donations beyond their $500,000 commitment to continue spearheading projects in the area. Recently the BCDF donated $1,500 to Clan Gregor Square in Bayfield.They are also sponsoring awards for one Grade 8 male and one Grade 8 female for each school in Bluewater who show the most community involve- ment and volunteerism during the school year.The award recipient is chosen by the school staff. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout)