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— Vegetables and Fruit: fresh vegetables and fruit in season as well as a variety
of canned and frozen vegetables and juices.
— Milk Products: milk, yogurt and cheese.
— Meat & Alternatives: meat, fish, poultry; eggs; canned fish; canned beans and
lentils; nuts and seeds; tofu and soy products, and peanut butter.
— Other foods: butter, soft margarine, vegetable oil (canola, safflower,
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PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2004.
Holidays inspire reflection
on recent trip to Jerusalem
Dr.
Kathleen
Day
Healthy Pets
are Happy Pets
A New Year's resolution for your Editor's note: Sandra Clark of
Brussels has returned front
Jerusalem where she was studying
With the Bat Kol Institute as one of
19 students from 10 countries.
I have started to write this report a
number of times since my return
home on Dec. 7. While we ate our
dinner I watched a report on
Christmas in Bethlehem then
Christmas Eve, sitting in church, the
thoughts came.
While in Jerusalem we stayed at a
hotel just inside what is called New
Gate, The entrances through the wall
of the old city all have names,
Damascus Gate, Jaffa Gate, Dung
Gate, etc. The workers at the hotel
were all Arabs. I use this term
because there are Israeli Arabs and
Palestinian Arabs. Some are
Christian and some are Muslim.
There were some of both varieties at
the hotel. They were kind, friendly
people. A couple of them reside in
Ramallah....a town we hear
mentioned on the news.
The last week I stayed with my.
son and his family at the settlement
of Ganim, which is one of the
settlements that overlooks Jenin,
another town we hear mentioned on
the news. The sister settlement is
called Kaddim. They are both on the
high ground over the Jezreel Valley
'and lOok down on Jenin.
One day I was sitting working at
my computer and heard an
unfamiliar vehicle. When I looked
out the front window it was two •
armed personnel carriers headed
down •in to the valley to do their
patrols (and we complain about the
trucks!)
Just outside the gates of Ganim
there is a small army post which is
now a temporary tank depot. The
land is a sea of mud where the tracks
of the tanks have torn it all up.
Further down the road there is a left
On Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. a two-vehicle
crash occurred at the intersection of
Huron Road and Orange Street in the
Town of Clinton.
Susan Knox, 87, of King Street,
Londesborough was southbound on
Orange Street in a 1992 Ford. Police
say she had stopped at the posted
stop sign and pulled out failing to
see the westbound car.
William Henderson, 52, of Ellen
turn where the road goes to Jenin.
There were six to eight tanks parked
there and a number the cement
barriers that we see down the
medians of our main highways were
laying around.
At the checkpoint where you enter
Israel out of the occupied territories,
the lanes have been increased to
allow for the construction vehicles
to do their work building the
separation fence.
The land is a sea of mud where the
tanks and the equipment have it all
torn up. The Palestinians have to
wait in line in this mud to go through
inspection to get in to Israel. The
Israeli settlers have their own line
and a sticker on their cars so they
just drive through.
When we visited Bethlehem and
Beit Sahour we had an opportunity
to see the separation fence firsthand
with a person who knows the details.
We got out of our bus and walked
along a stretch of it and saw where
more of it will eventually run. It was
a short street with a turn in it that had
a few nice houses on one section, a
couple around the corner and one set
by itself on the opposite side of the
street. In this area the fence will
curve and twist so that these houses
are separated from each other. This
will mean that the residents will
have to go through some sort of
security process to visit their
neighbours.
In terms we can relate to it is as
though the fence totally separated us
from all the towns around us and, in
some parts, from the people right
next door to us. No more running
here or there for something we need,
to visit a friend or relative. No more
socializing with these people or
intermarrying or getting jobs in the
next town. Stop and think about all
your connections with people in
Wingham, Blyth, Belgrave, Walton.
Street, Brucefield was travelling
Huron Road in a 1986 Chev and was
unable to stop to avoid the colli-
sion.
The Central Huron Volunteer Fire
Department was required to extricate
the occupants out of the vehicles and
Knox was taken to Clinton Public
Hospital by ambulance where she
was treated for minor injuries and
released.
Picture having to have a special
document to go there and having to
stand in line to wait while one or
more soldiers carrying a efficient-
looking weapon on a strap questions
you and the other fellow that is
doing nothing but standing,
watching and holding his weapon in
firing position. Picture being told „to
wait and wait and then wait some
more. This can be a very slow
process if the particular soldier has
brought his political stance to work
with him.
There are now 300-400 less Arab
villages than there were in 1948.
They have all been ethnically
cleansed or depOpulated (now there
is a word for you!). The fence is also
isolating the land where the water
aquifers are and separating farmers
from their bits of land where they
grow vegetables to sell or olives.
Some of these people have papers
proving ownership of the land for
hundreds of years.
The time since I came home has
been a time of mixed feelings for me
and on Christmas Eve in church
those emotions• were swirling
around. How beautiful the church
looked. How desolate Bethlehem
looked. Not too long ago I stood
beside the manger, beside the fields
where the shepherds watched, beside
the home where it is believed Jesus
played as a child. There won't be a
joyous celebration there tonight,
only a few hundred brave tourists
and a remnant of the former
Christian population..
I am so grateful for the many
blessings we have here in our little
village and so sad that there seems to
be no way to share them with the
residents of our Saviour's birthplace.
Most of the people caught up in
this mess just want to live their lives
much as we do here.
Pray for peace!
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Overweight pets, like over-
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epidemic. Obesity increases the risk
of many diseases including: heart
disease, diabetes, and arthritis. Keep
in mind that three extra pounds on
your cat is like 30 on you.
How can you tell if your pet is
overweight? Have a look from the
side- and from direCtly above. Can
you see a "waist"? Now run your
hand over the pet's chest. Can you
feel ribs beneath the cover of fur and
flesh?
If you answered "no" to these
questions, your pet may benefit from
a New Year's reducing plan. Your
veterinarian can help you assess your
pet's body condition and set a "target
weight". Remember that weight loss
should occur gradually. Weight loss
should be a simple matter of
ensuring that calories burned are
greater than calories consumed.
But this is often easier said than
done! First - make sure that your pet
is getting enough exercise. Increase
the length of intensity of dog's
walks, and encourage active play-
time for dogs and cats.
Second - address the food issue.
• Use a measuring cup. Know how
much you are really feeding.
• Reduce the amount of food fed by
one-third.
• Break the daily ration up into
three or four smaller meals -
perhaps given when you eat to
reduce begging.
• Eliminate high-calorie treats and
replace them with diet treats.
• Break treats in half.
• Use regular food kibbles as treats.
Praise and positive interaction with
you is just as rewarding as the treat
itself.
• Many dogs (and some cats) like
vegetables. Raw carrots are
especially popular and are good
low-calorie snacks.
• Keep in mind that many over-the-
counter "low fat" diets aid in
preventing further weight gain but
might not actually result in weight
loss. Ask your veterinarian to
recommend a weight loss food for
your pet.
This information is ,for educational
purposes and does not replace
regular veterinary care. Always
consult your veterinarian regarding
questions about your animal.
2-vehicle crash
occurs in Clinton