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Many Baby Boomers have fond memories of playing in the Oasis play land at what was then called Meijer Thrifty Acres. It was located in the middle of select stores, with large hard plastic animals kids could climb on, Thick green shag carpeting and a television set. Parents would drop their kids off to play while they shopped.

Two stores opened in Kalamazoo on the same day in September 1964. One store was located on Kalamazoo’s north side at the corner of Patterson & Douglas Avenue, and the other at 5121 South Westnedge, which is still in business.

The Meijer store on South Westnedge was the 22nd Meijer store to open. It was a one-stop shopping store (carrying groceries & general merchandise) and it had an Oasis play land! Parents

didn’t hesitate, leaving their kids in the Oasis unattended in those days. When parents finished shopping they could pick their kids back up at the play land, or have them paged over the loud speaker.

Many kids were allowed to play in the Oasis, roam the store and even purchase an ice cream

cone from the Purple Cow while waiting. Kids didn’t mind going shopping with their parents and parents enjoyed the freedom to shop without being distracted by their children’s demands. The 1-cent ride on Sandy, the mechanical horse, was then, and is still now, one of the highlights of a trip to Meijer.

I remember that the kids clothing was strategically placed by the Oasis, including the Garanimals brand, which was affordable children’s clothing that had hang tags depicting animal characters. Children would simply choose pieces with matching animal hang tags and they would have a matching outfit. The philosophy behind Garanimals was that if children were allowed to choose their own clothing, they would gain confidence.

The Oasis, like many things my generation enjoyed as kids, is no longer practical in today’s world. I would imagine that’s why the beloved Oasis is now just a fond memory.

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Discover the Forest is an ad campaign aimed at encouraging today’s youth and their parents

to re-connect with nature by experiencing it first-hand.

I was inspired to share this information with Good News Paper readers while out hiking last month during a much antici-

pated winter thaw. It was music to my ears to hear the kid’s laughter through the trees.

Their excitement was evident while running down the trails and gathering sticks to throw

from the bridge into the rolling stream below. The campaign brings to life the joy and excitement kids have when they discover the wonders of nature, helping create interest in their environ-

ment and a lifelong relationship with it.

Nature gives our youth the ability to explore, use their imagination, dis-cover new animals and plants, and engage in adventurous play.

Being in nature frees them from their crazy, scheduled days and offers the ability to get lost in something totally unmanaged, unexpected and ut-terly surprising. Nature instills a peace and calmness they can’t experience in their daily lives, and the more they discover the natural world around them, the more they will feel connected to the world and better under-stand their relationship to it.

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Spring; it’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!Happy Gardening Season!

Don’t you love it when the first signs of spring appear: the birds chirping, the crocus, daffodils and grape hyacinths start coming up, and the pansies start popping their little faces up on sunny days. Where can you get the best of four seasons – none other than in Michigan!

Now that the snow has melted away, get out and enjoy the outdoors while getting some early spring projects done in your yard today.

It’s time to rake up lawns and remove sticks, stones and debris that collected this winter. If the moles have given your lawn that “fresh-plowed” look this spring, apply Repellex now - it comes in a liquid spray or in a granular – and then in May be sure to apply Grubex for 12-month grub control.

Do you have bare spots in your lawn? It’s a great time to put on grass seed! The spring rains and cooler weather will help give you a great germination rate. It is also a great time to plant trees before they bud.

It’s time to start warm season annuals and vegetables seeds indoors in Dairy Doo Seed Starter Mix. Now is ideal; six to eight weeks before the spring frost-free date of May 15th.

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on deciduous shrubs and prune back to live green wood. Just remember, prune flowering ornamentals now. Spring flowering plants such as lilac should be pruned after they have bloomed. Summer flowering shrubs and some hydrangeas can be pruned now too.

Ornamental grass plants need some attention now. Using a long-handled lopper for some torque, prune back to six inches all ornamental grasses with one exception – Blue Fescue – which should be pruned back only 50%. If thinning or dividing is necessary, dig the plant up, divide it, and replant it at this time. When transplanting, be sure to condition the new planting area well with Dairy Doo organic compost and sphagnum peat

moss. Fertilize established ornamental grass plants now with a mix of 45% Plant Tone, 45% Dairy Doo Organic Compost, and 10% bone meal.

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In this case, a client asked for help with their master bedroom, which has very dark walls and windows that seemingly dictate the only placement for their bed. They struggled with what to do.

Keeping a conservative budget in mind, we offered a solution that presented a completely different layout and perspective. We moved the bed and ditched the heavy wooden bed frame that overwhelmed the room. Instead of walking into the room with the bed anchored on the side of the room, now it is front and center and became the main focal point of the room. We replaced the existing bed with an upholstered

headboard, which softened the dark heavy walls and the hard lines of the original bed frame.

To further soften the room and add texture and dimension,

we added curtain panels on either side of the bed and along the other windows in the room. Instead of hanging panels on either side of each window, we opted for hanging the panels on one side, which helps to unify the windows.

Because the wall color is such a deep color, we opted for curtain panels that are the same hue only tinted lighter. The lighter color of the curtains helps to desaturate the wall color making it less intense and making the room feel calmer and quieter.

The headboard is also within the same hue as the wall color, but is not as light as the curtain panels, adding depth and a graduation of color. If we used a fabric that was the exact same color as the curtain panels, it would have fell flat and too much contrast with the dark walls. By graduating the colors, which is how it works in nature, it feels calmer and natural.

The bed linens are in various shades and tones of the wall color with crisp white as a backdrop. The accent colors are pops of color that our client loves, but are strategically placed around the room, similar to how you’d find wild blooms in nature. It doesn’t have to match in the conventional sense; if it feels good to you, it works.

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Just like humans, dogs can suffer periods of abnormal electrical activity in the brain resulting in seizures. Would you recognize a seizure if your dog had one, and would you know what to do? Here are some symptoms and tips, which could save your best furry friend’s life if such an emergency happens:

Causes: seizures can be caused by a variety of issues including poison, liver disease, kidney disease, head injury, high or low blood sugar, and many other diseases, conditions, or metabolic problems. All of these potential causes mean that your vet is the best person to investigate the root cause of a seizure, and to provide an effective treatment.

What to look for: a dog suffering from a seizure will show several phases which can be categorized into pre-seizure, seizure, and post- seizure, with typical signs for each. You’re dog appearing to be worried,

stressed, frightened, or confused characterizes the pre-seizure/aura phase. During the seizure which follows, your dog will probably fall on one side, appear to be paddling/treading and have muscle spasms, shake, drool, and may lose control of bowel/bladder functions. After the seizure, which should last less than five minutes, the dog will be confused, disoriented, and need reassurance.

Caution: dogs will not swallow their tongue or choke on their tongue during a seizure. Do not put your hands near the dog’s head because you may be bitten when your pet is not in control of their actions. Seizures can cause overheating, so gently putting water on the dog’s paws or cool your pet with a fan can help keep your furry friend from overheating.

Any seizure is a medical problem, which needs medical intervention, so you will want to get your dog to the vet as soon as possible for treatment. Multiple seizures, however, are a true medical emergency, which means you need to seek immediate veterinary care for your dog to ensure that long-term physical damage does not result from these seizures.

Treatment: once the cause of the seizure is identified, your veterinary health care professional can help you find the best treatment. Identifying and treating the seizure cause is the first step toward giving your furry friend the best possible quality of life, whatever the problem. KAR Newsletter, August 2015 reprinted with permission from Kalamazoo Animal Rescue. Karren Jensen

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I recently acquired five paper doll books that were created to honor the couture fashions that arose throughout the decades from a lovely friend of mine. One book to capture each decade starting with the 1920s and ending with the 1960s. They each contained two models with matching outfits and varying matching hats that were exact replica’s in paper form from huge runway designers such as Halston, Coco Chanel, and of course, Christian Dior. This got me wondering about paper dolls as they seem to be a lost art. This month I thought I would share what I learned about the changing of the dolls.

Paper dolls came in all sorts of styles, some based purely on fashion, while others allowed you to reenact famous entertainers. Shirley Temple, for example, was the biggest and most prominent child actor Hollywood star dur-ing the 1930’s. Girls in those days

had the opportunity to purchase paper doll books filled with two standard cut out Shirley Temple bases along with many of her dif-ferent outfits made famous in her movies for the girls to change out. All types of famous actresses had paper doll books made after them all the way up through the 1960s.

Paper dolls actually originated during the 17th century. They didn’t start out as “toys” either, rather a way to explore different fashions or ways to teach children lessons as a form of education. While paper dolls have been fast forwarded along with technol-ogy (you can now print print-able paper dolls from your home printer and computer) they were also transformed a bit in the last couple of decades. During the 1980’s, it seemed paper doll books went by the wayside while items such as “Fashion Plates” came to be allowing girls who loved

fashion to interchange several dif-ferent outfits with the plates and made a copy of each outfit to color with attached colored pencils.

Also, with the rise of the Internet into the late 90’s and 2000’s dif-ferent types of items such as “Plug n Play” video games that plugged into your TV allowing young girls to practice fashion. Even today, there are a number of different android and I-Phone friendly fashion apps that allow you to change out outfits and to practice being a stylist while computer games galore utilize the same type of play for kids these days - sadly pretty much replacing entirely the need for paper dolls anymore. As a gal who makes a livelihood

dedicated to vintage items, I tend to hold on to the paper form, rather than the digital. While, paper dolls may not be as sought after these days as much as they used to be and even now may only be considered “collectibles” at this point, stumbling upon these paper doll books is a rare treasure in-deed. I can’t help but wonder with the return to coloring - note those trendy adult coloring books - if paper dolls aren’t far behind. Hey, I can dream, right?

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The Summer Before the Warby Helen Simonson

“Fans of Simonson’s Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand have reason to rejoice. She has created another engaging novel full of winsome characters, this time set during the summer before the outbreak of World War I. Follow the story of headstrong, independent Beatrice Nash and kind but stuffy surgeon-in-train-ing Hugh Grange along with his formidable Aunt Agatha. Make a cup of tea and prepare to savor every page!”

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Dimestore: A Writer’s Life by Lee Smith

“Evenly divided between a book about Smith’s process and her life, first as a Southern mountain child and, later, as the parent of a schizophrenic child, this book is interesting and compelling. De-spite being surrounded by loving family and being blessed with an active imagination, Lee copes with a mentally ill mother. Later, her son’s mental illness and early death brings her to the breaking point but she is saved by her writing. This is a read-alike for Karr’s The Liars Club. It desperately needs a cinematic translation for it’s elegant and evocative writing.”

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The Madwoman Upstairsby Catherine Lowell

“Meet Samantha Whipple, a descendant of the Bronte family, who arrives at Oxford to study lit-erature, as her father did before her. She receives a copy of Jane Eyre – a volume that she thought was destroyed in the fire that took her father’s life. When a second Bronte novel belonging to her father turns up, she is convinced he has staged an elaborate treasure hunt for her promised inheritance. Enlisting the help of her sexy, young professor,Samantha sets out on a quest to find buried treasure and learns the value of friendship and courage along the way.”

Kristen McCallum, Algonquin Area Public Library, Algonquin, IL

Jane Steeleby Lyndsay Faye

“Jane Steele is a great read for lovers of Victorian literature who especially love their characters to have a lot of pluck! Jane Steele is the adventur-ous, irreverent, foul-mouthed broad that I so often loved about Jane Eyre, but in more wily circum-stances. Remember that fabulous scene in Jane Eyre when she stands up to her aunt for the first time, and how you wanted to stand up from your comfy reading chair and cheer for her? Imagine an entire book just of those sorts of scenes. Absolutely fabulous fun!”

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Jane: My generation has been left behind in the knowledge of modern manners. An example: last week, my daughter and I were waiting in line at the checkout in the grocery store while the young man in front of me scanned his debit card. I was gazing at him, thinking about other errands, when he glanced at me in irritation, cupped his hand over the scanner and typed his pin number. My daughter tugged on my sleeve and whispered, “Ma, don’t watch—it’s rude.”

Oops! I am not used to the fact that people all around me are conducting private

transactions with secret numbers. In the old days sensitive financial interactions took place in offices or one-on-one with a teller.

The other modern development in good manners is ear buds. When I was young, the beaches, the city streets, my parents’ living room, public transportation, and some workplaces were all a cacophony of music. It was impossible to escape listening to everyone else’s tunes. Not so today. Last summer I went to the beach on a crowded weekend. I could hear the seagulls and the lapping of the waves. Gone were the boom boxes and transistor radios. Every young person was wearing ear buds. Then a convertible drove through the parking lot; radio blasting an oldies station. Yep, it was a couple of old dudes.

Now, if I could only figure out the new phone etiquette. It seems like young people are constantly looking at their phones…

Ellen: I’m pondering my mom’s

revelation while out to dinner and trivia with friends when an etiquette dilemma presents itself: in the midst of our lively debate about one of the questions, my phone begins to ring.

The problem is everyone between the ages of thirteen and seventy-five has a cell phone with them all day long. For a majority of these people it also holds true that their cell phone will be on and checked frequently. With email, text message, apps, and call capacity at our fingertips there are associated polite and impolite ways to respond. Texts require a quick response, unless they are ignored forever, which sends a signal of either disinterest or forgetfulness (depending on the person). Apps and email remain in a gray area, but we try to get back to the sender within a few hours or same day. Calls on the other hand…calls are the tricky ones.

I screen my calls. Should an unknown number pop up on my phone I will let it go to voicemail, assuming that if it’s important they’ll leave a message.

Calls from known contacts pose an etiquette problem. People rarely call for a casual chat; that’s what texts are for. But if you want to reach the person ASAP, that is when you dial direct. So if I ignore a known caller it veers perilously into the rude category.

I stare at my phone on the table. Older etiquette says that answering and talking on the phone during meals is terrible manners, but modern etiquette holds that ignoring this friend who clearly needs to get ahold of me is equally rude. What to do?

Finally I grab the phone. “Hey, what’s up? Oh yeah, definitely. Sorry, but I’m at trivia right now. Can I call you back in an hour?” The caller agrees, apologizes for interrupting, and I thank them before hanging up. My friends smile, appreciating that I didn’t segue into a jarring phone conversation, and we all relax. Crisis averted. Ah, for the days when there weren’t so many types of manners!

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The newest Netflix sitcom has recently aired, Fuller House. This spin-off of the original, Full House, finds a newly widowed mother of three living in her childhood home with her sister and best friend. The family of course gets into all sorts of situa-tions, but one thing always stays the same: they always ‘hug out’ their problems.

Human touch is often forgot-ten in this technological day and age. We have smart phones that keep us connected to everything from the weather to news across the world to our friend sitting not three feet from us. The human ele-ment is usually ignored, but vastly important for health and wellbe-ing in adults.

Hospitals have been using the benefits of touch with infants for many years now. When a mother gives birth, she is encouraged to hold her baby as much as possible “Kan-garoo” style or skin to skin. The act of physical contact helps regulate the baby’s temperature, heart rate, breath-ing pattern, weight gain, oxygen satu-ration levels, etc… The same can be applied for adults; however we sel-dom participate in activities that allow this kind of contact.

The most well-known and accepted form of physical con-tact is via massage. This form of adult touch helps reduce cortisol, adrenaline, and non-adrenaline hormones (the hormones respon-sible for stress in the body). Many

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Hospital Hospitality House of Southwest Michigan (HHH) announced in February a $4.8 million public campaign to build two “cottages” near the campuses of Bronson Methodist Hospital and Borgess Medical Center. The HHH Board and community leaders, through a quiet campaign, have raised about $3.4 million so far.

In accordance with its mission: We make it easier for families to support their loved one receiving medical care by providing them a homelike, comforting place to stay, HHH provides free lodg-ing and other amenities to help families spend more time at the patient’s bedside. The organization has served patients’ families for 30 years, most often during a medical emergency, at a single site on West South Street.

The nonprofit agency’s “Two Houses One Heart” campaign to build two cottages will make for a better guest experience. The cot-tages will offer barrier free acces-sibility, increased privacy (and re-duced risk of infection), and very close proximity to the hospitals.

HHH is an integral partner in healthcare delivery in South-west Michigan; about 80% of the patients whose families stay at HHH are from the region. HHH provides more than 3,000 guest nights of service per year.

Borgess and Bronson joined the campaign in the initial phase.

More recently, the Home Builders Association of Western Michi-gan (HBAWMI) has partnered with HHH, offering construction management, materials, and labor for the first cottage, to be built on Henson Avenue.

“Two cottages will enhance our ability to support family-centered care in Southwest Michigan, said Karol Clason, HHH Board Presi-dent. “We’ve seen first hand that families are an important part of a patient’s care team.”

According to Judy Markusse Paget, HHH Executive Director, “The goal is not to expand, but rather, to meet the needs of all guests. With the new cottages, we will be fully ADA compliant and more convenient and comfort-able for our guests. Our Board, recognizing the limitations of a 150-year-old home, has spent nearly a decade researching the best practices in healthcare hos-pitality which are incorporated in the cottages’ design and locations adjacent to the hospital cam-puses.”

“The round-the-clock refuge HHH provides our patients’ fami-lies makes an incredible differ-ence here,” said Kathy A. Young, MS, President and CEO, Borgess Health. “Every member of the Borgess Health Team understands how well HHH augments com-passionate, personalized care.” Frank Sardone, President and CEO of Bronson Healthcare,

added, “For three decades, HHH has provided no-cost lodging that helps make life a little less stress-ful for patients and families from outlying communities who come to Kalamazoo for medical care. HHH has been a great partner to Bronson and we look forward to the positive impact the new cot-tages will have.”

The cottages will feature iden-tical guest spaces in a one-level structure with seven bedrooms, a dual-station kitchen, and flex-ible living and dining areas. Also planned are a library with com-puter access, a children’s playroom, and outdoor play area. Both cot-tages will be located within walk-ing distance of the hospitals.

HHH will continue to serve the West Michigan Cancer Center (about 275 guest nights annu-ally) at both locations. HHH also welcomes referrals from the Ka-lamazoo Psychiatric Hospital, the Great Lakes Autism Treatment and Research Center, Rose Arbor, and WMed.

As the campaign nears comple-tion, HBAWMI will take the lead in the construction (anticipated to start this summer) of the cottage adjacent to the Borgess campus on Henson Avenue. Once completed, work will begin on the second cottage near Bronson.

HBAWMI’s contribution to the campaign will equate to more than $750,000 worth of labor, supplies and materials. “Hospi-

tal Hospitality House provides a tremendous service to the quality of life and economy of our region,” said Keith Crowell, HBAWMI CEO. (See sidebar.)

Why does HHH work? “Re-search shows that the pres-ence and participation of family members and friends improves the recovery process,” said Lisa Carriveau, Co- Chair of the Two Houses One Heart Campaign with Rick Wordell. “HHH opera-tions will benefit from increased energy efficiency, reduction of travel costs and easier mainte-nance but most importantly, we will be offering improved services to family members. Our new facil-ities will be barrier free and quite frankly, just more comfortable.”

HHH will remain a single, independent, non-profit organiza-tion.

Individuals who want to learn more about the campaign and how to become involved may contact Judy Markusse Paget at 341-7811, or visit their website at http://hhhkz.org.

Plan to attend their fundraising event “Tasting on the Town” on Thursday, April 21st from 6-9pm at the Rose Street Market. The evening is a fun one with live music, a variety of wines to sample and delicious hors’doeuvers pre-pared by Just Good Foods. The cost is just $50. For tickets please contact Judy Paget, [email protected], 341-7811.

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The mission of the Health Fair is to “promote lifelong learning of the aspects of health and wellness to create resilient families”. This annual event is in its fourth year.

Vendors and community groups will be on hand to provide health awareness and education to all ages, in a family-friendly environment. Prizes will be awarded to those who participate in fun, interactive games.

The Camp Extravaganza will take place at the Sherman Lake YMCA as well. Parents can get a head start in signing their children up for camp and tours are planned to give families a taste of the camp experience and how it can benefit youth of all ages. Camp directors

will be on hand to meet campers and many fun family activities are planned.

There will be face painting, a bounce house, arts & crafts, and science experiments. Taste some healthy snacks, learn about fire safety, have your blood pressure checked, and any number of other fun activities that will be going on at the fair and camp visit day!

Sherman Lake YMCA offers incredible indoor and outdoor settings for families to explore. Bring your swimsuits for the open swim and closed-toed shoes for wall climbing.

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Doctors tell us exercise has many health benefits. We know exercise burns calories, strengthens our muscles, and increases our stamina. In fact, exercise is just as good for our minds.

When we exercise it is one cue our body uses to release endorphins. Endorphins are chemical messengers that play a role in feeling excitement and satisfaction. When we exercise regularly, studies show our mood gets more positive overall.

Physical activity outdoors has even more mental health benefits. Scientific studies have shown spending time in nature helps people feel more “alive” and more peaceful. Also, natural sunlight helps our skin produce vitamin D. Low vitamin D levels have been linked with feelings of depression as well as other health concerns. Just remember to wear sunscreen when you are out in the sun!

So now that the weather is warming up and the days are a bit longer, do your best to get moving

outside. Here are some ideas for you and your family to try this spring.

•If your kids are in sports, follow their lead. Walk around the field during practice instead of sitting in the stands. Get active by volunteering to coach or referee. Take some time to practice with the kids in back yard or the park.

•Have a garage sale. Not only can you spend some time outside and earn a few bucks, you will also undoubtedly make a few trips lifting heavy boxes and tables. You can get the kids involved by having them sort their own closets or create a lemonade stand. As an added bonus, cleaning out clutter will make your indoor

environment more calming and uplifting as well.

•Start an active hobby as a family. There are plenty of activities families can do together. If something simple like walking is too “boring” for your kids, try enticing them with a bike ride or walking to a destination like a park or a friend’s house. Add variety by exploring a green space in your town that you haven’t been to before. Michigan is blessed with many different walking and hiking trails. Do a little research on-line to discover new ones in your area.

•reshen up your yard. Michigan winters can be hard on the garden. Have your kids help you get

the landscape (and yourselves) back in shape. Kids will be more interested in yard work if you let them help with some of the decisions (ex. What to plant? Where things should go, etc.). Also let them get hands on. Digging in the dirt is the fun part and it strengthens our core to go from standing to kneeling to standing again.

Even small steps toward getting active are significant. When you take time to move and get outside, you will notice that you have a better outlook and you will feel less stressed. Including your kids will help them reap these benefits too. Doesn’t that sound like a formula for family harmony?

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Recipes citrus sunshine My mother wasn’t at all fond of Midwest winters. Mom couldn’t wait for spring and one of the ways she helped usher it in a little sooner – if only in our minds – was to start serving up lots of citrus!

Citrus fruits are a delightful diversion because not only to they make us think of warmer climates but they are also delicious, refreshing, and rich in beneficial compounds – flavonoids - that have been shown to inhibit the

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mixture evenly over the top of cake. Refrigerate cake for 1 hour. Mean-while, in a mixing bowl, beat together remaining box of orange gela-tin, 1 box of instant vanilla pudding, 1cup of milk, and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. Beat for two full minutes. Fold Cool Whip into mixture. Spread frosting evenly over the top of cake. Refrigerate cake for at least one hour before serving. Garnish with Clementine or Mandarin seg-ments, if desired. Keep cake refrigerated. Approximate servings per recipe: 24. Nutrition per serving: Calories 140; Fat 2g; Carbohydrates 19g; Protein 4g. 40 calories

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when you were a kid? Perhaps you still play it with your children or grandchildren. The object is to ask your opponent if “you have any 5’s”. If s/he does, you get to collect them. And then you say “Gin”. What a minute, I think I have the wrong card game.. But this isn’t about cards; it’s about fish, as in seafood. It’s hard to beat as a nutritional powerhouse. Seafood is rich in protein and other important nutrients, without adding lots of calories. And, according to the Tufts University School of Nutrition, it can be a source of heart-healthy omega-3 fatty acids.

Yet, given the myriad of health benefits, it’s difficult to come up with a good reason why Americans don’t eat more of it. Americans average only 14 pounds of seafood per year. This compares to 90 pounds a year per Spaniard and 120 pounds a year in Japan. A recent USDA study concluded that 80-90% of Americans fail to consume the recommended two servings of fish per week.

Even when we do purchase seafood, we often wind up throwing it away. It’s estimated that as much as 47% of all edible seafood in the US went to waste. Total seafood waste between 2009 and 2013 is estimated at 2.3 billion pounds. That’s a lot of fish!!

This is particularly troublesome because there are real global concerns about seafood and sustainability. Worldwide consumption has doubled since the 1970’s. With an estimated 158 million tons (so multiply 158 by 2000) of seafood harvested every

year, that’s good for the world’s nutritional needs, but there are concerns about the world’s supply of seafood. One recent scientific study predicted that, without significant changes, worldwide ocean fisheries will collapse by 2048.

So what’s a person to do? If you’re worried about over-fishing, there are species that are either caught or farmed in ways that ensure the long term sustainability and stability of that species. So there’s no reason to stop eating seafood. The world may be home to more than 27,000 types of fish, but here are a few species that dominate our supermarkets:

•Catfish is no longer the muddy bottom feeder that you may thought of. It is a sweet tasting lean fish, low in calories and with a modest amount of omega-3s.

•Wild cod is available year-round; small, young fish may also be called “scrod”. Flaky and mild in flavor, it’s versatile and can be used in any recipe calling for mild whitefish.

•Flounder is another lean, low-calorie choice with modest amounts of omega-3s, and, for the most part, a sustainable choice.

•Haddock is related to cod and is popular choice for fish and chips. However studies have shown that fried and battered fish aren’t not associated with the same health benefits as other types. (You just knew that was coming, didn’t you.)

•Pollock is the fish you get in imitation crab products and is a member of the cod family. Although low in calories, it’s a better source of omega-3’s than other lean white fish.

•Tilapia is the most commonly sold farmed fish in America; it’s low in calories and a modest

source of omega-3’s

I’m sure that you’ve heard of concerns about contaminants, namely mercury and PCB’s. Most experts, including the Institute of Medicine, agree that the health benefits of fish outweigh the risks of mercury. Of course, pregnant women or women planning to become pregnant should evaluate the frequency with which they consume fish. And if you eat a lot of sport fish you catch yourself, check with our local authorities.

This a good segue into closing this with a true story. I once knew a farmer who had an organic farm as well as a pond on the farm. He sold organic beef and he also sold organic fish from the pond. The pond was stocked with bass. I once asked him how much per pound the bass were. He said the price was $3 per pound if he caught them and $10 per pound if I caught them. That was one smart farmer.

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Erbelli’s has launched a “Slices for Hunger” initiative to fight hunger in the Kalamazoo area, benefitting residents of the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission.

For only $1, you can purchase a slice of pizza that will be donated to the Kalamazoo Mission on the following Friday. They delivered 180 slices to the Kalamazoo Mission on a recent Friday.

It is estimated that 15% of Kalamazoo residents, including over 10,000 children, are classified as food insecure, so Erbelli’s decided to take action. They’ve drawn inspiration from Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia, and hope to end hunger in our area one slice at a time.

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Spring is here! It’s a great time to start thinking about the environ-ment, which leads to an age-old question: paper or plastic?Many grocery stores don’t of-fer much of a choice anymore; most of them use plastic bags, but which is better for the environ-ment? I’ll list it all out...

Pros of Paper:•Reusable•Made from a renewable resource•Recyclable•Carries more than plastic

Cons of Paper:•Emits 70% more air pollution than plastic•Consumes 4x as much energy to make than plastic•Uses 3x the amount of water as plastic•Takes 91% more energy to recycle a pound of paper than a pound of plastic•Generates 80% more solid waste than plastic•Biodegrades at a similar rate to plastic

Pros of Plastic:•Reusable•Recyclable•Cheaper than paper

Cons of Plastic:•Is a serious source of litter•Highly dangerous to wildlife•Considered to be non-biode-gradable•Difficult to recycle because ma-chinery at most recycling facilities are not built to handle plastic bags

Now that you have seen the pros and cons, it’s time for you to de-cide: paper or plastic?How about neither?To avoid most of these environ-mental problems, use cloth bags for your shopping needs. Cloth bags are almost infinitely reus-able and don’t contribute to waste. Spring forward with your habits and help the environment by replacing your use of paper and plastic bags with cloth bags. Judy SmithHigh School StudentGalesburg-Augusta/KAMSC

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The ruling by the USGA and the R&A to ban anchoring of the putter starting in 2016 is going to affect thousands of golfers world-wide. And there are primarily two groups of golfers who use the anchored putting technique:1.Those golfers who discovered

they could putt better using a belly putter or long shafted putter2.Those golfers who suffer with

the putting yips and discovered that anchoring the putter to their body helps diminish the effects the yips have to their putting stroke.

I suffered with a severe case of the yips for years, and I tried a number of different putting techniques to cure my yips but nothing worked for me. So I thought, as a last resort, I would try using the long-shafted putter to cure my yips. At the time I thought (as most golfers do) that if you get the yips – all you have to do to cure them is use a long-shafted putter. Well, as I found out – that’s not true at all. A long-shafted putter may help some golfers with the yips, but for other golfers it doesn’t help at all.

So thinking a long-shafted putter was the answer, I bought a 43-inch putter and since I am right-hand-

ed, I held the end of the putter just below my chest using my left hand and used my right hand to stroke the putter. But when I stroked the putter using this technique – I still yipped…that’s right, I still yipped! My right hand & wrist still twisted uncontrollably dur-ing the putting stroke just like before. So now what? Still search-ing for an answer, I experimented with the long-shafted putter and switched hands – using my right hand (which is my dominant hand) to hold the end of the putter just below my chest and used my left hand to stroke the putter.

THIS SIMPLE CHANGE CURED MY YIPS.

I discovered this technique of using a long-shafted putter (cross-handed) back in 2006 and I have been putting “yip-free” ever since. I am not claiming my technique will cure all golfers who suffer with the yips, but I know it will help many golfers cure their yips and to me that’s worth sharing.

Given my experience with the yips and analyzing my cross-handed putting technique, I believe I know why my technique works and why it will work for many other golfers.

Even though the yips are a neuro-logical disorder, they are “triggered” in many golfers by the movement of their hands & arms during the putting stroke. And for some golfers, like myself, it is the golfer’s dominant hand that is the primary factor in causing their yips. What I discovered is the relationship between the movement of my dominant hand during the putting stroke and my yips. And the key to the success of my technique is that my dominant hand & arm do not move during the putting stroke, and since there is no movement of the dominant hand & arm – there are no movement “signals” going to the brain to trigger the yips.

And the best part about my put-ting technique is that it works “anchor-free” – you don’t have to anchor your dominant hand to your body. Using the long-shafted putter (cross-handed) puts your dominant hand & arm in a posi-tion where they remain motionless during the putting stroke – just hold your dominant hand & arm away from your chest and putt anchor free.

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Saturday, April 9Fontana Presents: Crybaby ConcertFor ages 5 & under & their familiesBronson Gilmore Center For Health Education11 – 11:45am • 382-7774

Saturday, April 9Westminster Art Festival 3-6pm, 4pm: Talk: Trent Thompson: Green Up Your Lawn & GardenWestminster Presbyterian Church344-3966

Saturday, April 9Music: Benedict Dolly RockersBoatyard Brewing Co.7-10pm • 226-0300

Sunday, April 10Music: Wasepi Bluegrass SingersParchment Community Library2-3pm • 343-7747

Sunday, April 10Sunday Series: Avoiding Climate Chaos: The Threat of Global Warming And What We Can Do About ItKalamazoo Valley Museum1:30pm • 373-7990

Tuesday, April 12ARTBreak: Talk: Kalamazoo Alliance of ArtistsKalamazoo Institute of ArtsNoon • 349-7775 Wednesday, April 13Music: Carrie McFerrinO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666 Wednesday, April 13Grief – A Family ExperienceSt. Thomas More Church – Kal.7-8:30pm • 381-8917

Thursday, April 14, 28Crafty Needles - Knitting NightBoatyard Brewing Co.4-9pm • 226-0300

Thursday, April 14WMU University Symphonic BandMiller Auditorium7:30pm • 387-4667

Thursday, April 14Music: Tom DuffieldO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666 Friday, April 15Music: Brass RailOld Dog Tavern5-8pm • 381-5677

Friday, April 15Music: Robert Rolfe FeddersenBoatyard Brewing Co.7-10pm • 226-0300

Saturday, April 16Spring Expo & Craft ShowKalamazoo County Expo Center9am-4pm • 903-5820

Saturday, April 16All Ears Theater: Rip Van WinkleKalamazoo First Baptist Church6pm • 345-2195

Saturday, April 16Music: Robert Rolfe FeddersenBoatyard Brewing Co.7-10pm • 226-0300

Sunday, April 17Kalamazoo Record & CD ShowKalamazoo County Expo Center11am-4pm • (734) 604-2540

Sunday, April 17Interactive Health Fair & Camp ExtravaganzaSherman Lake YMCA1-4pm • 731-3000

Sunday, April 17WMU University Concert BandMiller Auditorium3pm • 387-4667 Sunday, April 17Partnering with Families to Prevent Child AbuseSt. Thomas More Church – Kal.2-4pm • 381-8917

Monday, April 18KCASI for Senior Issues presents:May Ballot ProposalsSenior Services Coover Center1:15-2:45 • 373-5147

Monday, April 18The History of Fort Custerwith Colonel John AndersonKal. Valley Genealogical Society Meeting7pm, (Skill Session (TBD) 6:15pm)Portage District Library616-334-1288

Tuesday, April 19ARTbreak: Video and Talk: Kalamazoo ’76 with David CurlNoon • 349-7775

Wednesday, April 20KIA Library Book Discussion:The Art of TravelKalamazoo Institute of Arts2pm • 349-7775 Wednesday, April 20Music: Out of Favor BoysO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666

Thursday, April 21Music: Megan DooleyO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666

Friday, April 22Earth Day: Free Admission to the Bird SanctuaryW.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary9am-5pm • 671-2510

Saturday, April 23Weekend Kalamazoo Indoor Flea & Farmers MarketKalamazoo County Expo Center8am-3pm • 383-8761

Saturday, April 23Earth Day CelebrationKalamazoo Nature Center9am-5pm • 381-1574

Saturday/Sunday April 23-24KazooPex Stamp & Cover ShowKalamazoo County Expo CenterSat. 10am-5pm, Sun. 10am-3:30pm375-6188

Saturday April 23Earth Day FestivalCelery Flats (Portage)11am-3pm • 329-4512

Saturday, April 23Westminster Art Festival Westminster Presbyterian Church4-7pm, 6pm Awards Closing Ceremony 344-3966

Saturday, April 23Music: The Dow Family BandBoatyard Brewing Co.6-9:30pm • 226-0300

Sunday, April 24Sunday Series: Tasting KalamazooHistory: Favorite Dishes & Recipesfrom Rich Midwestern Heritage1:30pm • 373-7990

Sunday, April 24WMU Symphony OrchestraMiller Auditorium3pm • 387-4667

Sunday, April 24Kal. Comm. Chorale Spring ConcertGo Ring-A Dem BellsFirst United Method. Church (Kal.)4pm • 615-0167

Tuesday, April 26Dinner & Movie: Peace Officer-Indies Lens Pop-Up ScreeningArcus Center. For Social JusticeLeadership at Kalamazoo College5:30-8pm • 337-7332RSVP to [email protected] by 4/25

Wednesday, April 27Music: Joe Wang and The Test PilotsO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666

Thursday, April 28Music: Bog RoadO’Duffy’s Pub8-10pm • 344-5666

Friday, April 29Music: Final ApproachBoatyard Brewing Co.7-10pm • 226-0300 Fri. April 29 & Sat. April 30Rummage SaleVicksburg United Methodist Fri.9-6, Sat. 9-3 • 649-4300

Saturday, April 30Grow it Your Self Organic plant startsTips for growing food your selfPeople’s Food Co-op9am-2pm • 342-5666

Saturday, April 30All Ears Theater: The Name of the TreeFirst Baptist Church (Kalamazoo)6pm • 345-2195

Saturday, April 30Music: Steve PeschBoatyard Brewing Co.7-10pm • 226-0300

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