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Dale Douglas and Stacey Croft welcome daughter Jennifer Adena Douglas, Port Alberni’s New Year’s baby for 2105. Jennifer arrived a day before her due date.

Alberni welcomes New Year’s babySUSAN QUINN

ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

When Stacey Croft was admitted to West Coast General Hospital at 3 a.m. on New Year’s Day, she had no idea that in less than two hours she would give birth

to Port Alberni’s official New Year’s baby for 2015.

Jennifer Adena Douglas made her grand entrance at 4:36 a.m., a day before her due date and after a fast delivery.

She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

“I was surprised she was the New Year’s baby,” said Croft, adding that she knew there were a couple of women who came into the maternity ward after she did.

Jennifer is Croft’s third child—Croft has a son, Raymond, 6,

and daughter Amber, 3—and father Dale Douglas’ fifth.

British Columbia’s first baby, a boy, was born five seconds after midnight at Peace Arch Hospital in White Rock.

Vancouver Island’s first baby, also a

boy, was born to a Ladysmith couple at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital at 1:10 a.m.

The Ministry of Health expects 44,000 babies to be born in B.C. in 2015.

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HEALTHY LIVINGActiveHealth tip: Make

SMART goals for diet and exercise this year (Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic

and Timely).

It’s all about balance, not cleansing

Are you able to find some balance in life?

Like many people, the Christmas season is a time for overindulgence with holiday treats, social gatherings, less exercise and eating lots of baking and other goodies. It’s a special time of year, and food is an important part of many celebrations and holiday traditions.

With the new year here, it’s also an annual time for resolutions for many. Are you considering

any diet-related resolutions, such as ‘eating clean’ and trying to ‘detox’ your body to start new and fresh? This extreme-type dieting is not necessary and may even be dangerous.

Dieting, fasting, using cleanses and ‘eating clean’ are various terms for restrictive diets that may do more harm than good.

Typically, cleanses or ‘detox diets’ involve a period of fasting, followed by a strict diet of raw vegetables, fruit and fruit juices, plus water. In addition, some detox diets advocate using herbs and other supplements along

with colon cleansing (enemas) to empty the intestines.

The promoted ‘cleanses’ and ‘detox diets’ are a marketing myth rather than nutritional reality. They sound like a perfect solution to starting fresh and clean with eating.

These diets seem like a great concept and it would be a quick fix if they truly delivered all that they promised. Yet, many of the claims made by detox diet promoters are exaggerated and not based on evidence. Plus, any benefit of weight loss is usually short-lived.

Some examples of detox dieting claims include; “ending unhealthy cravings, restoring a healthy metabolism, healing the digestive tract, and balancing your immune system”. Promoters may liken the physical body to a computer operating system and suggest, starting the cleanse to ‘hit the reset button’.

Statements such as “Eat nothing but unprocessed, unrefined, sugar-free food, while also cutting out entire food groups, such as dairy and grains” are common themes with cleanses. These ideas seem like a great way to start a new eating pattern, but can be too extreme and backfire for good health.

The body has a well-developed system and mechanisms to detoxify and remove waste and toxins. Waste products, such as alcohol, medications, products of digestion (fat, sugar and salt), dead cells, chemicals from pollution, additives, pesticides

and bacteria are all removed by the natural filtration organ systems of the liver, kidneys, lungs, intestines, and skin.

Fasting, or severely restricting what you eat limits intake of energy (calories) and important nutrients needed for health and wellness.

Rapid weight loss can occur, and this weight loss is largely water, glycogen (the body’s carbohydrate stores), and lean muscle rather than fat. You may feel tired, lightheaded, dizzy and experience low blood sugar and blood pressure. It’s very possible that you’ll have less energy while you are following an extreme detox program.

Long-term fasting

can result in vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Colon cleansing, which is often recommended as part of a detox plan, can cause cramping, bloating, nausea, vomiting and dehydration. Also, with detox diet systems, colon cleansing is not a regulated medical procedure and due to its invasive nature, bowel perforations can be a real risk, along with questionable sterilization methods and pathogenic bacteria.

All or nothing thinking doesn’t work well with healthy living.

Get rid of the rules and dogma. Eating a well-balanced diet of variety and

moderation will help the body get rid of toxins through the normal functions of organs, such as kidneys, liver, intestines, skin and lungs.

If you live with diabetes, heart, lung, liver, intestinal or kidney disease, the ‘detox’ or cleanse diets can be harmful, since they restrict certain foods and nutrients. These cleanses could fast track the condition into a more critical and dangerous state.

If ‘eating clean’ to you means buying and consuming less chips, chocolate and candy, then it’s a good time to make a fresh start with shopping habits, but to swear off those goodies forever is not reasonable or

realistic. Black and white thinking when it comes to eating can do a lot of damage, since it can affect your relationship with food.

Yo yo dieters have seen the effects of rapid weight loss, then re-gaining back the pounds, plus more and more over the years. All foods can fit, as long as there’s some balance, variety and moderation.

Instead of jumping on the detox diet bandwagon, resolve to try to make Smart, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely (SMART) goals that target a particular dietary pitfall.

A goal such as cutting back on double portions at dinner or reducing the mindless snacking while watching TV may help get the ball rolling to small steps in the right direction for better nutrition.

Using the SMART method will help improve daily habits with positive actions and results over time. Ensure that some regular daily activity is part of your healthy living plan. This fitness will ensure your body works more efficiently to improve body functions for long-term health.

While detox diets may encourage some positive habits like eating more fruits, vegetables, and limiting overly processed foods, it’s best to enjoy a healthy, varied diet of moderation and active lifestyle rather than following a restrictive ‘cleansing’, fasting or ‘detox diet’.

Sandra Gentleman,

RD, is a registered dietitian and steward of Canal Beach.

SANDRA GENTLEMAN

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A father’s gifts are cherished

Two months ago my dad called and as soon

as I heard the sound of his voice I knew something was wrong.

“Hi, Honey,” he said softly. “Do you have a couple of minutes?” Instinctively my eyes welled up with tears and I could feel my throat constrict.

“Yes,” I said, bracing myself for the news he was about to deliver. His voice uncharacteristically cracked with emotion as he told me he had esophageal cancer. Feeling the quick onset of a throbbing headache and a shortness of breath I failed to stop myself from crying out loud.

“I don’t want you to worry,” he said. “I’ll be going for tests and we’ll find out what can be done. I’ll keep you informed. Just think positive thoughts, okay? There’s nothing we can’t handle.”

After our conversation ended and I hung up the

phone I no longer tried to control my sorrow and allowed myself to weep with abandon.

Ken White was only 67 years old and had just retired in May. He was full of life and excited about the future. He’d been diagnosed with skin cancer and a slow-growing leukemia not long ago—both of which he’d downplayed as nothing to be

concerned about. But this new discovery of a life-threatening tumor in his lower esophagus was alarming.

I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening in a haze. I tried to only think optimistically as he requested, but I found myself emotionally raw and physically drained, breaking down in tears several times over the next few days. After our

mother’s death less than a year prior I’d convinced myself that our healthy father would live to be at least 100 years old.

Over the next couple of weeks, as he went for tests and we waited for results I got better at carrying out his wishes to only think positively, and when he called with an update I fully expected him to tell me the cancer was treatable. When my

hopes were met I cried again, but this time with tears of joy.

“We’re going to fight this aggressively, Kiddo,” my dad said, detailing the weekly chemotherapy and daily radiation treatments for the entire month of December. “Hopefully the tumor will decrease in size and the surgeon will be able to remove it in the new year.”

As promised, Dad

kept us updated with his progress, even sending smiling pictures of himself hooked up to an IV getting his chemo.

Since he was advised to avoid crowds and public places so his weakened immune system wouldn’t be challenged, we weren’t sure if we’d have the opportunity to see him at Christmas. Fortunately his doctors approved a visit from us providing we were in good health.

My children, husband, brothers, sister-in-law, nephews, uncle, grandma and I arrived at Dad’s place on Boxing Day at 11 am at his request. When we got to the door his wife said he was resting and summoned us into the living room.

We visited quietly for awhile until we were suddenly interrupted by a jolly good bellowing of “Ho Ho Ho! Merry Christmas!”

Looking up in surprise, I watched my father enter the room wearing a Santa

outfit and beard, ringing a bell and handing out gift cards to everyone.

Again I felt my eyes well up with tears of joy.

It was one of those moments I’ll never forget. Not because it caught us off guard in such a sweet and wonderful way, but because it so completely captured the essence of this man who always seems to react to everything with an optimistic frame of mind.

“My cup is never half empty,” he’s often said over the years. And from a lifetime of observing how he’s chosen to think, his cup isn’t just half full, it’s running over.

Dad’s jovial outlook has been an incredible blessing to our family. But the gift we cherish most is his unconditional love and support – something we adoringly give right back.

Lori Welbourne is a syndicated columnist. She can be contacted at LoriWelbourne.com.

LORI WELBOURNE

A Brighter Note

Arcus takes over as Coast Realty manager

Coast Realty Group has appointed Chris Arcus as branch manager for the Coast Realty Group Port Alberni and Ucluelet branch offices as of Jan. 1.

Arcus has been working with Coast Realty Group for a number of years. His previous experience with management and marketing started in the food and beverage industry and continues in the real estate business.

Arcus has been recognized for his sales achievements and has also participated in extra

training for real estate trading services certification. He has served, as well, on many local community organizations in his spare time and enjoys recreational sports.

“Chris joins the team of Coast Realty Group managers that bring strength, experience, training, and support to our group of realtors to enhance their business model success,” says Barb Lafreniere, Coast Realty Group general manager.

The Port Alberni and Ucluelet regions foresee continued economic growth of markets for recreational properties, family acreages and retirement homes along with new subdivisions scheduled to be built.

Chris Arcus replaces Gary Gray as branch manager at Coast Realty Group.


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TOUR at 8 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Arj Barker, Dan Quinn, Craig Campbell and Paul Myrehaug come togetehr to create on hilarious show. Ages 19+, tickets are $35 at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/923016. FMI visit www.snowedincomedytour.com.

THURS. JAN. 22◆ MARITIME HERITAGE

EVENING at 7 p.m. Trinity Church Hall at 4766 Angus St. Two fishing documentaries will be shown and local artist Phil Harrison will shair paintings and stories. Refreshments provided and admission is by donation. FMI call

250-723-8362.

FRI. FEB. 6◆ UNITY COMMUNITY

CELEBRITY SHOW is happening at the Alberni Athletic Hall at 7 p.m. Come see Lefty WIlliams and more. Tickets at Echo Centre, $13 general admission, ages three and under are free.

FRI. FEB. 13◆ SUESSICAL THE

MUSICAL opens at 7:30 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre. Show runs Fridays

and Saturdays from Feb. 13 - March 7 at 7:30 p.m. with 2 p.m. shows on Feb. Tickets available at Rollin Art Centre, the Capitol Theatre or at www.atthecapitol.org.

ONGOING◆ BARKLEY SOUNDS

CHOIR has started its 15th season and welcomes new members of all ages. Rehearsals are Wednesdays fom 6:45-9 p.m. at the Alberni Valley United Church. For more info call 250-723-7185.

◆ COMMUNITY ARCHIVES at the Alberni Valley Museum is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers available to answer questions on local history, help with family records and other research. Phone 250-723-2181, local 267.

◆ SUNDAY COFFEE GROUP meets Sundays from 11 a.m. - 1p.m. at the Quality Food Starbucks. Come on in and wakeup togetehr. Lunch available too. For info call 250-723-3863.

◆ FOLK SONG CIRCLE at Fir Park Village every Tuesdsay from 7-9 p.m For more info call Diane at 250-723-7945.

◆ ALBERNI VALLEY STARFLEET CHAPTER

meets the second Thursday of every month. At Echo Centre, 6 p.m. For info. call 250-724-7293.

◆ FREE DROP-IN at Hilton Centre, 4325 Neill St. On Mondays from 10-11 a.m. For parents of children up to age five. Call 250-735-3022.

◆ FUN NIGHT on Friday nights at Legion Branch No. 293, 4680 Victoria Quay. Starts at 5 p.m. Food available. Nominal admission fee.

◆ ALBERNI VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND meets Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in the E. J. Dunn band room. Flutes, saxophones, and brasses are needed but all instruments are welcome. For info: Cory @ 250-723-1285 or Manfred @ 250-724-6780.

◆ ALATEEN at the Alano Club, 3028 Second Ave. From 11 a.m. to 12 noon. For teens ages 13-17. For more info. call 250-724-6826 or 250-723-7223.

◆ CRIB NIGHT at Legion Branch No. 293. Starts at 7 p.m. every Monday.

◆ FUN DARTS at Legion Branch No. 293. From 2:30-4:30 p.m. every Tuesday.

◆ VOLUNTEERS

NEEDED volunteers with calm obedient dogs requested by the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog Program. Contact Pat Threlfall at 250-714-5264.

◆ WEDNESDAY NIGHT BINGO at Legion Branch No, 293, at 4680 Victoria Quay. Starts at 6:45 p.m.

◆ TY WATSON HOUSE HOSPICE is looking for people to work in the kitchen preparing meals and offering hospitality. Interested volunteers may call Theresa at 250-723-4478 for more info.

◆ BETA SIGMA PHI’S Preceptor Gamma Beta chapter meets on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Call Lorna at 250-724-2487.

◆ MEN’S DART LEAGUE, looking for players and teams. New players will receive a set of darts. Drop in nights planned as well. Call Bill at 250-731-6930 for more info.

◆ RAINBOWS helps children process loss, due to divorce, separation, death or other life changes. Contact Family Guidance 250 724-0125.

◆ PORT ALBERNI YOUTH COUNCIL MEETINGS every Tuesday night, from

4:30–6:30 p.m. Attendees are eligible to win a $50 gift card. Meetings at 3092 Third Ave.

◆ FRIENDLY BATTLE, Feasting, fighting, archery and other medieval pastimes such as games, needlework, weaving, armor making and cooking. Families welcome. For more info. contact Sara 250-724-0535.

◆ MEAT DRAW, Saturdays 3:15–5 p.m. at Westwind Pub. Proceeds to Mid Island Kidney Association.

◆ MEAT DRAW, at Legion Branch No. 293. Saturday’s from 2-5 p.m.

◆ MEAT DRAW AND 50/50 RAFFLE, at the Kingsway Pub. Sundays: 3-5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays: 4:30-6 p.m. Proceeds go towards the Alberni Valley Hospice/Ty Watson House.

◆ BEREAVEMENT WALK AND TALK meets every Saturday, 9-11 a.m. Groups are ongoing. Join any time, commit to eight weeks. Register at the Alberni Valley Hospice, phone 250-723-4478.

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Suzuki looks back on Blue Dot Tour

I recently travelled across Canada with David Suzuki

Foundation staff, from St. John’s to Victoria and up to Yellowknife,

joined by friends and allies along the way. Besides our Blue Dot Tour evening events featuring some of Canada’s best-known musicians, writers, artists and thinkers, we also took part in many community events and discussed

environmental stewardship and treaty rights with Indigenous people.

We visited places that lack access to clean water in a country that boasts having an abundance of the cleanest water in the world. We met people trying to protect their communities, wildlife and habitat from fossil fuel development and pipeline projects. We joined more than 1,000 people in Toronto for a celebration of local food, music and nature during the Homegrown Park Crawl. We took part in nature-themed scavenger hunts with schoolchildren.

It was a lot of work that included many serious discussions, but it was also inspiring and fun. It’s empowering to know that so many people share the understanding that our health, well-being and survival depend on clean air, fresh water, healthy food and the natural diversity that makes

it all possible. More than 460 volunteers joined us on the tour and tens of thousands of people attended events and signed postcards and a pledge of support for the right to a healthy environment.

It’s also been empowering to see people of all ages and backgrounds on Burnaby Mountain near Vancouver standing against pipeline development and oil sands expansion, the Tahltan Nation and allies protecting the Sacred Headwaters in Northern B.C. from Imperial Metals’ proposed Red Chris mine, and hundreds of thousands taking to the streets around the world for events like the Peoples’ Climate March.

But we can’t go on stamping out small fires when they keep igniting again and again, and when an inferno threatens us all. When I look back, I see many battles we thought we had won rearing

up again — including stopping major dam projects in Brazil and Canada, keeping oil exploration and tankers from threatening fragile West Coast ecosystems and preventing clear-cut logging in old-growth forests.

We’ve been so focused on individual projects that we’ve failed to realize these battles reflect fundamentally different ways of seeing our place in the world. And it is our deep, underlying worldview that determines the way we treat our surroundings.

That’s why I embarked on the Blue Dot Tour with the Foundation and Ecojustice. To resolve the serious environmental issues we face in Canada and beyond, we need people from across the country and all walks of life to join together to make protecting the people and places we love a priority.

We’ve been asking people to advocate in their communities for recognition of the right to clean air, water and food by all levels of government — and, ultimately, in the Constitution’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Local-level organizing has already been incredibly successful. Municipal declarations of the right to a healthy environment have now been adopted by Richmond and Vancouver, B.C., The Pas, Manitoba, Montreal (preceded by its borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie), Quebec, and Yellowknife, Northwest Territories — all thanks to citizens of those communities working together. More than 11,000 volunteers have signed up and similar efforts are now underway in 30 communities.

More than half the world’s nations, about 110, have constitutional rights to a healthy

environment. It’s time for Canada to join them. Research shows the benefits go beyond protecting the environment and human health to strengthening the economy by stimulating innovation, diversification and competitiveness, and reducing health-care costs. It’s not about slowing progress or stopping development; it’s about ensuring those occur in the best ways possible, reducing environmental degradation and ensuring that the long-term needs of citizens are prioritized over short-term corporate profits and political ambitions.

The tour may be over, but the movement is just getting started.

Written with

contributions from David Suzuki Foundations Senior Editor Ian Hanington.

Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.

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