While we encourage members to be a part of the newsletter and submit ideas and stories, we reserve the right to edit any submissions for grammar and sensitivity. August was quite an eventful month for the community. From the Student Appreciation Dinner and Honouring of Grads cere- mony on August 19th, to the overnight trip to Xa:ytem Long- house Interpretive Centre on August 28th - the community members have celebrated and exercised the traditional culture together as one. The Leq’a:mel Drum Group recently took place in a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Eagle Enclosure at the Greater Vancouver Zoo on August 20th. To view photos of these events, please see pages 2-5. August Events and Updates August Events and Updates August Events and Updates August Events and Updates Inside this issue: Xa:ytem Overnighter Photos 3 Student Appreciation Photos 4 Student Appreciation Photos 5 Chief’s Update 6 Housing Update, Leq’a:mel Elders Fundraiser 7 Elders’ Group Update 8 Elders’ Group Name and Logo Contest, Parent Empow- erment Program 9 Health and Environment 10 Health and Environment 11 Health and Environment 12 Leq’a:mel Drum Group Photos 2 Announcement: Congratulations Sean! 13 Sto:lo Nation Health Update 14 Leq’a:mel Elder’s Yahtzee Night 15 Submission from Juanita Townley 16 Xyolhemeylh Fundraiser 17 Back to School Barbeque 18 September Birthdays 19 Calendar 20 Leq’a:mel First Nation Leq’a:mel First Nation Leq’a:mel First Nation Leq’a:mel First Nation September 2009
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While we encourage members to be a part of the newsletter and submit ideas and stories, we reserve the right to edit any submissions for grammar and sensitivity.
Leq’a:mel Elders group would like to formalize and go
forward with a name, please submit your ideas by
October 15,2009 for review at the October Elder’s
meeting.
Parent Empowerment ProgramParent Empowerment ProgramParent Empowerment ProgramParent Empowerment Program
Parent Empowerment Program
Parenting Strategies
• Come Share the gift of being a
parent
• Role modeling
• Nurturing
• Mirroring
• Love
• Respect
XYOLHEMEYLH CH ILD & FAMILY SERV ICE S
Group Facilitators: Amelia Roberts
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Start Date: Tuesday, Sept 15, 2009
Weekly meetings every Tuesday
Ending Date: Dec 1, 2009
Location: Leq’a:mel First Nations
To Register call Shannon Campbell @ Phone: 604-826-7976
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September is here and summer is almost over. I hope everyone had an adventurous sum-mer. I am coming to my last week or two of work here as the Health & Environmental Education Program Leader. I have had a very fun time working in your community and getting to know the Leq’á:mel members. The Moq’wem Trail is just about complete. My four Health & Environmental summer students and Sammy’s three Recreation summer students have spent the past few weeks making sure that trail is done for the community to keep fit and active. The trail will be available to walk, run, bike or hike. Many other projects we have done around the community included: painting the cemetery, weed whacking, creating a compost at the band office to help eliminate some of the waste buildup, picking up garbage around the community, pulling weeds at the Band Office, delivering notices, painting fire hydrants & swing sets, washing the play ground at the band office, cleaning up the trail behind the band office, cleaning the bus inside and out, black-berry picking, and many more indoor projects at the band office. The time has almost come for BACK TO SCHOOL; I wish the best of luck to all the children, high school and post secondary stu-dents in their studies and road to their future. I am going back to school in September to contin-ue on with my Bachelors of Child & Youth Care Studies. Thank-you Leq’á:mel Band for the job op-portunity and the awesome experience, best of luck to all! Brenda Williams
3 steps to a better breakfast You've heard it before and you'll hear it again: breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and eating it could help you get slimmer. Here are 3 ways to make the most of your morning meal. It’s a simple truth: Breakfast eaters tend to be slimmer. “Studies show that those who skip breakfast have inferior dietary habits generally,” 1. Eat protein Overweight people, who ate two eggs for breakfast daily for two months, as part of a calorie-reduced diet, lost 65 percent more weight than those who ate a bagel of equal calories. High-quality protein foods, such as eggs, make you feel full longer. 2. Skip the coffee? Consider it if you’re overweight or diabetic. A recent study found that caffeinated coffee combined with low-sugar cereal raised blood-sugar levels for many hours. She stresses that coffee is fine for healthy people. 3. Load up in the a.m. The more we eat for breakfast versus other meals, the less likely we are to gain weight. Over four years, those who ate 11 percent or less of their daily calories at breakfast gained up to one pound more than those who ate 22 to 50 percent. Benefits of walking and tips on how to: Put pep in your walk • Pick up your pace. • Give a burst of speed and get a great cardio workout. • Head for the hills. Hill walking pumps your heart and legs. • Lunge-walk uphill. If you take a long stride, bending the front leg when you land, you'll use different muscle groups than if you're walking normally. • Go up and down any stairs you pass. • Fill a backpack with water bottles, binoculars and some nature guides and go for a hike. You'll burn calories, build muscles and enjoy the sights en route. • Join or start a walking group. On days when you feel draggy, you'll be energized by the hot-to-trotters.
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One of the best parts of shopping for school supplies is picking out the lunch box that your child will love to tote to school every day.
Here are some quick lunchbox tips:
• Actual time for eating lunch at most schools only lasts for 15 - 20 minutes and is filled with distractions. Make the lunch foods
you pack are easy to eat, packed in easily opened packages, and don't require peeling or special tools.
• Small children may not eat very much at one sitting. Think about packing appetizers instead of a large sandwich and whole
banana. You can also include more choices if the quantity of each is smaller.
• Small foods are not only easier for children to handle, but they are more fun to eat. Cut sandwiches into smaller pieces, use
tiny tortillas wraps or small sandwich buns. Serve baby carrots and peel and cut fruit into smaller pieces.
• Think about different types of bread for sandwiches. Try crackers, rice cakes, mini croissants, pita bread, mini muffins, hotdog
buns, small bagels, tortillas, focaccia, raisin or cinnamon bread.
• If your child wants the same thing day after day, go ahead and pack it, as long as the overall meal is nutritious and you are
sure your child eats it. Kids don't like a lot of change in what they eat. Did you know that it takes 10 to 12 introductions to a
new food before a child is usually willing to even taste it?
• Take some time to look at the pre-packaged lunches in your grocer's refrigerated section. These appeal to kids, but aren't very
nutritious. You can pack the same types of snack foods, but use healthier choices for more kid appeal.
• Make sure to think about food safety. Freeze juice boxes or small gel packs and place in the bag. The juice will keep other
foods cool and will thaw to just the right temperature and consistency by lunchtime. Use an insulated thermos for hot foods
like soups and stews, and cold salads too.
• If you make your own snack mixes, you can include healthy additions like dried fruits, unsalted nuts, pretzels, and baked
crackers. Kids love to munch on something crunchy and sweet or savory.
• Instead of making sandwiches, consider packing individual sandwich ingredients to let your child make their own sandwich at
lunch, or eat the ingredients separately. Many children don't like to eat more than one food at a time, since their sense of taste
is very intense.
Ham & Turkey Tumble
What You Need
1 flour tortilla (7 inch)
2 tsp. MIRACLE WHIP Dressing
2 Tbsp. KRAFT Mozza-Cheddar Shredded
Cheese
20 g thinly sliced deli smoked ham (about 2
slices)
20 g thinly sliced deli oven roasted turkey
breast (about 2 slices)
SPREAD tortilla with dressing; sprinkle with cheese.
TOP with meat; roll up tightly. Cut in half.
SERVE immediately. Or wrap tightly in
plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to
serve.
RICE KRISPIE SQUARES
Ingredients
PREPARATION: Melt margarine in large saucepan over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Re-move from heat. Stir in KELLOGG'S* RICE KRISPIES* Vanilla Flavour cereal until well coated. Using lightly buttered spatula, press into buttered 3.5 L (13 x 9") pan. Allow mixture to cool. Cut into bars. Best if served same day.
50 ml 1/4 cup margarine or butter
250 ml 1 pkg (about 40) regular marshmallows or 5 cups miniature
1.5 L 6 cups RICE KRISPIES
Healthy Packed Lunches
Pre-packaged lunches for kids are popular and convenient, but they're also expensive
and often less than nutritious. Instead, create your own pack able lunch using healthi-
er ingredients.
• cold-cut roll ups (turkey, ham, or roast beef with cheese on whole wheat tortil-
Preparation: In large bowl, beat butter with sugar until fluffy; beat in
egg and vanilla. In separate bowl, whisk together rolled
oats, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt - stir
into butter mixture until combined. Stir in chocolate
chips.
Drop by heaping 1 tbsp (15 mL), about 2 inches (5 cm)
apart, onto prepared pans. Bake in top and bottom thirds
of 375°F (190°C) oven, rotating and switching pans
halfway through, until golden, about 12 minutes. Trans-
fer to rack; let cool. (Make-ahead: Store in airtight
container for up to 5 days or freeze for up to 2 weeks.)
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Summer is season for peaches, which are delicious on their own, in a salad, dessert or alongside meat and poultry dishes. There are two types of peaches: freestone (flesh is loosely set on the pit) or clingstone (flesh is firmly set on the pit). Selection The best tasting peaches smell sweet and are yellow with either a rosy blush or mostly red colouring to their soft, fuzzy skin. Avoid peaches with a green tinge, because they will not ripen much more. Peaches bruise easily; the perfect peach will be free of soft spots and yield to gentle pres-sure in your palm. Storage Unripe peaches can be kept at room temperature in a paper bag for a few days to improve the colour, but this will not improve the taste. Ripe, un-washed peaches should be refrigerated for three to five days. Nutrition A dieter's delight, summer peaches are juicy and sweet, offering whole-some nutrition at low caloric cost. One medium peach has 40 calories, offering a good source of vitamin A for healthy eyesight, as well as vitamin C, an antioxidant known to fight free radicals that damage cells and cause disease. Although higher in sugar and calories, canned and dried peaches are excellent source of fibre that can be added to yogurt, snack packs, baking and breakfast cereals.
Fresh Peach Sundae recipe I ngred ients :
2 tablespoon of butter. ¼ cup of packed brown sugar. 2 cups of sliced fresh peaches. ¼ teaspoon of ground cinnamon. Vanilla ice cream. ½ cup of toasted chopped walnuts or pecans. Preparat ion Instruct ions :
In a skillet, heat the butter over moderate heat and stir in the brown sugar until dissolved. Add the sliced peaches and cinnamon and sauté just until the fruit begins to soften (take approximately 3 minutes). Spoon over scoops of vanilla ice cream and top with toasted chopped walnuts or pecans.
Apple Spice Muffins
Ingredients Preparation time: 15 minutes 2 1/2 cups (625 mL) whole wheat flour 2 teaspoons (10 mL) baking powder 2 teaspoons (10 mL) baking soda 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) allspice 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) nutmeg 2 teaspoons (10 mL) cinnamon 1 large pear or apple 1 can unsweetened pineapple juice concentrate 1 tablespoon (15ml) vanilla 1 cup (250 mL) smooth unsweetened applesauce, such as Mott’s Fruitsations Apple Unsweetened fruit snack (2 x 111g cups) 3 eggs Directions Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Butter muffin tins or use paper liners. Combine all dry ingredients in a mixing bowl and mix well. Grate pear or apple into bowl and toss to coat. Combine thawed pineapple concen-trate, applesauce and eggs. Pour into the dry ingredients and quickly stir well. Fill tins 2/3–3/4 full and bake apple spice muffins for 16-18 minutes. Serves 12
Banana Chocolate Chip Loaf
Ingredients:
2 cups (500 ml) all-purpose flour 1/4 cup (50 ml) granulated sugar 2 tsp (10 ml) baking powder 1 tsp (5 ml) baking soda pinch salt 1 cup (250 ml) chocolate chips 2 cups (500 ml) mashed ripe bananas 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter, melted 1/4 cup (50 ml) milk 2 eggs
Preparation:
In large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt ; add chocolate chips. In separate bowl, whisk together bananas, butter, milk and eggs; pour over flour mixture and stir just until blended. Spread in greased 9- x 5-inch (2 L) loaf pan. Bake in centre of 350°F (180°C) oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean. Let cool in pan on rack for 15 minutes. Turn out onto rack; let cool completely. (Make-ahead: Wrap and store at room temper-ature for up to 2 days or overwrap with heavy-duty foil and freeze for up to 2 weeks.)
Blackberry Custard Ingredients: 4 cup Blackberries 3/4 cup Sugar 2 tablespoon Lemon juice 2 cup Milk 1/3 cup Sugar; additional 1 1/2 teaspoon Cornstarch Dash of salt 2 Eggs 1 tablespoon Vanilla Wash blackberries and drain well. Combine the berries with 3/4 cup sugar and cook them over low heat, stirring frequently, until they are soft. Remove them from the heat and stir in lemon juice. Press the berries through a sieve to remove the seeds and cool the puree. Scald 2 cups of milk. In a bowl, mix together thoroughly 1/3 cup sugar, corn-starch, salt, and eggs. Gradually stir in the hot milk and cook the custard over very low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk, until the mixture just begins to hthicken. Remove it from the heat and stir in vanilla. Let the custard cool completely and blend in the blackberry purr. Spoon the mixture into sherbert glasses and garnish with sweetened whipped cream.
Blackberry Jam Ingredients: 3 cup Blackberries 2 cup Water 1 pack Powdered fruit pectin (CERTO) 5 cup Sugar Crush fruit thoroughly. Add water and fruit pectin. Stir until pectin is dissolved. Heat to boiling. Boil 5-10 minutes. Add sugar. Stir until dissolved. Boil 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently, or until thick.
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Submission from Julie FitzgeraldSubmission from Julie FitzgeraldSubmission from Julie FitzgeraldSubmission from Julie Fitzgerald
You will recall my son Sean Fitzgerald was featured in the August newsletter when he
made the National Midget AAA Ball team. We are happy to report that the Nationals
went very, very well. Sean pitched the Bronze Medal game and Team BC came home
with a Bronze Medal. Please see picture below:
Leq’a:mel First Nation
Congratulations Sean!
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To book an appointment with Charles Hodgins, you may call him directly at
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Submission from Juanita TownleySubmission from Juanita TownleySubmission from Juanita TownleySubmission from Juanita Townley
In Loving memory Of my DadIn Loving memory Of my DadIn Loving memory Of my DadIn Loving memory Of my Dad Mel AndersonMel AndersonMel AndersonMel Anderson
March 6, 1923
To
August 6, 2009
I will not look at this as a goodbye.
I will not allow the sorrow of this event to destroy me.
I will embrace what you have taught me through the
years and carry that with me.
You have not died. You will forever be a part of my life,
and through me you will forever be a part of my
children's as well. We are a part of your legacy.
I am proud to have had you in their lives.
I hope they inherit your charm, your good nature, and your
charisma. I know with your influence they will grow to
become good men.
You have raised me to the best of your ability
and for that I want to thank you.
Thank you for being kind, thank you for being stronger than
you know, and most of all, thank you for loving us.
I will not be taken over by the anger and
frustra(on of your loss.
Instead, I will see you in my dreams.
There you will forever be healthy and strong.
In (me, I hope to embrace your freedom, freedom from the
pain, and freedom from the weight of your illness.
Sorrow is inevitable, but I will face this with the same
courage you did, because I am you, and you are my Father.
Always your daughter,
In MemoryIn MemoryIn MemoryIn Memory
OfOfOfOf Joseph Evan SeymourJoseph Evan SeymourJoseph Evan SeymourJoseph Evan Seymour
November 1, 1950 – August 17, 2002
God saw he was getting tired God saw he was getting tired God saw he was getting tired God saw he was getting tired
and a cure was not to be. and a cure was not to be. and a cure was not to be. and a cure was not to be.
So he put His arms around him So he put His arms around him So he put His arms around him So he put His arms around him
and whispered, "Come with Me.”and whispered, "Come with Me.”and whispered, "Come with Me.”and whispered, "Come with Me.”
With tearful eyes we watched him suffer With tearful eyes we watched him suffer With tearful eyes we watched him suffer With tearful eyes we watched him suffer
and saw him fade away. and saw him fade away. and saw him fade away. and saw him fade away.
Although we loved him dearly, Although we loved him dearly, Although we loved him dearly, Although we loved him dearly,
we could not make him stay.we could not make him stay.we could not make him stay.we could not make him stay.
A golden heart stopped beating, A golden heart stopped beating, A golden heart stopped beating, A golden heart stopped beating,
Hard working hands to rest. Hard working hands to rest. Hard working hands to rest. Hard working hands to rest.
God broke our hearts to prove to us God broke our hearts to prove to us God broke our hearts to prove to us God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.He only takes the best.He only takes the best.He only takes the best.