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“Dedicated to Excellence” Vol. 11, Issue 133 April 2011
Glazed Tofu Meatloaf
Ingredients:
1 (14 oz) package, Tofu, firm, drained & mashed
1 lbs ............. Turkey, ground
1/2 cup......... Dry bread crumbs
1 (1 oz) Envelope, dry onion soup mix
1/4 cup......... Green bell pepper, minced
2 ................... Eggs, beaten
1/4 cup......... Brown sugar
1/4 cup......... Soy sauce
1 tsp ............. Prepared yellow mustard
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350F
(175C). Lightly grease a
9 inch square baking dish.
2. In a bowl, mix tofu, turkey
bread crumbs, soup mix,
green pepper, and eggs.
Place the mixture into the
prepared pan, and mold
into a loaf shape.
3. In a saucepan, over low
heat, blend the brown
sugar, soy sauce, and
mustard.
4. Bake the meatloaf 30
minutes in the preheated
oven. Drizzle with the
sauce mixture, and
continue baking 15 min-
utes, or to an internal
temperature of 180F (80C)
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April 2011 Contributors: Loy Lai , John Boynton Ollie Stogrin Deb Chow Werner Stephan Jose Suganob
Production of SRR: Jose Suganob Email: [email protected]
Printing Pick-up Person: Valerie Offer 604-254-8486
Inside this issue:
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1. Take a 10-30 minute walk
every day. And, while you
walk, smile. It is the
ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10
minutes each day. Buy a
lock if you have to.
3. Live with the 3 E’s: Energy,
Enthusiasm, Empathy.
4. Make time to practice
meditation, yoga, tai chi,
qigong, and prayer. They
provide us with daily fuel
for our busy lives.
5. Spend more time with
people over the age of 70
and under the age of 6.
Recipe Encouragements
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10 Ways Some Facts 1500s
2
Last Month’s Happening
3
Email Thanks Wow! What a BLAST!
4
Jose Notes Easter...
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“There’s life after stroke”
RECIPE: ENCOURAGEMENTS
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
6. Eat more foods that grow
on trees and plants and eat
less foods that are manu-
factured in plants.
7. Clear your clutter from
your house, your car, your
desk, and let new and flow-
ing energy into your life.
8. Remember that you are
too blessed to be stressed.
9. Don’t compare your life to
others. You have no idea
what their journey is all
about.
10.No one is in charge of
your happiness except you.
—submitted by Loy Lai, Templeton Stroke Recovery
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE 1500s
In those old days, they
cooked in the kitchen with a
big kettle that always hung
over the fire. Every day they
lit the fire and added things
to the pot. They ate mostly
vegetables and did not get
much meat. They would eat
the stew for dinner, leaving
leftovers in the pot to get
cold overnight and then
start over the next day.
Sometimes stew had food in
it that had been there for
quite a while. Hence, the
rhyme: “Peas porridge hot,
peas porridge cold, peas
porridge in the pot nine days
old.”
Sometimes they could
obtain pork, which made
them feel quite special.
When visitors came over,
they would hang up their
bacon to show off. It was a
sign of wealth that a man
could, “bring home the
bacon.” They would cut off a
little to share with guests &
would all sit around & chew
the fat.
Bread was divided according
to status. Workers got the
burnt bottom of the loaf, the
family got the middle, &
guests the top, or the upper
crust.
—submitted by John Boynton
Templeton Stroke Recovery
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This is May Day, 2011, Jose
tells me it’s to write my
piece in Stroke Recoverer’s
Review. This is not going to
be easy, as I have been
away for over a month! And
I have missed all the things
that have happening!
I told Jose, I have no
exciting news, he said,
“Write about Australia”
For those that have never
been to Australia, it takes
15 hours from Vancouver to
Sydney, non-stop! A long
time to be up in the air. I try
not to think how much fuel
that plan holds to stay up
for so many hours. If I
thought about it, I might
change my mind and
chicken out and stay home?
I might??? Ahh.
Australia is a big country,
5000 miles from Sydney to
Perth. It is not all desert.
It is very rich in natural
resources, diamonds, gold,
jade, iron ore and a lot
more that I can’t name.
Problem is they don’t have
a lot of water, not like we
have in BC yet they manage
to be very self-sufficient
when it comes to food.
Cattle, sheep. They grow all
their own fruit and vegeta-
bles. Due to their climate
they grow vegetables year
round yet parts of Aussie
gets cold. Hard to believe??
They get snow in the
‘snowy mountains’ which is
near their capital, Canberra.
Not the kind of cold and
snow as we get in Alberta
but to them, it’s cold!!!
Towns are far apart and not
big. After you leave places
like Sydney (population
almost 4 million) it could be
60 or 100 miles to a fair
sized town maybe 2000
population. Central heat-
ing? Not common yet it can
to minus 5 along the
eastern and that’s cold and
damp. Melbourne, which is
on southeast coast, can
have rain, hail, sunshine all
in one day (Vancouver’s
kind of weather). Up north,
Brisbane area, it is very hot!
This is where the banana
plantations are. This year’s
floods ruined the planta-
tions and bananas are
$12.95 a kilo. Vegetables
can be grown any place
around the coast as Austra-
lia is all coast (big island).
You name it and they grow
it except in the middle
where it’s desert and hot.
Ranching can be 100’s of
acres. They herd cattle on
motorcycle. True! It’s not a
backward land by no means
It’s really a wonderful
country, very clean, very
updated. Aussies are very
proud to be Aussies!
I could go on the subject of
Australia as it is
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very interesting. A country
that’s not connected to any
other country (big island?)
Just floating around out
there, all by itself!
Anyway, I am back and one
day after returning, I came
down with the worst flu
ever. I have never stayed in
bed with flu! I made up for
it this time. I felt, as if, even
my hair hurt. Most of all,
I was so angry that I had to
miss Easter Camp. I was
looking forward to camp for
so long. I could hardly wait
to get home and then the
‘bug’ hit me with bronchitis
and every bone in my body
hurts! Needless to say,
I missed Easter Camp.
From all reports, Easter
Camp was a “huge success”
I was so happy to hear that.
Even the weather was good
Debbie and her helpers did
a great job. Everyone had a
great time! So, all the effort
on Debbie’s part paid off.
She worked very hard to get
it all together. Only as often
is said, “One cannot do it
alone.” One needs a lot of
hands at work from what I
hear.
I’m so sorry that Debbie’s
mother passed away on the
same weekend. As Debbie
had such a plate full with
Easter Camp but I guess
that’s life. We don’t choose
LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING...
our time to leave this earth,
it is when that calendar is
marked for us.
May Peggy rest in peace.
Deb will miss her as we all
miss our parents and loved
ones. Time heals the heart.
Thanks to Key for filling this
space last month. I appreci-
ate the time she had to
spend on writing it, thanks,
Key!
-Ollie Stogrin
Templeton Stroke Recovery
“There’s life after stroke”
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
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Eric & Ella McIntosh:
Hi Deb,
This is to thank you for your
part in organizing the Easter
Camp, you guy’s picked the
right name (BLAST) and Ella
and I sure had a good time.
I would like to send a mes-
sage or card to Margaret at
Easter Camp but do not
have her email address.
Best regards, Eric McIntosh
Hi Karel,
Thank you for all the work
you did to make the Easter
Camp a success. My wife,
Ella and I sure had a very
good time.
Best regards, Eric McIntosh
Barbara Moore:
Hi Deb– I hope you are
recovering from the busy
weekend—it’s probably
going to be a few more
days before I can think
straight! What a wonderful
weekend! I can’t thank you
enough for all you have
done to keep us motivated
and enthusiastic about
B.L.A.S.T. Hopefully, every-
one who was there and said
they enjoyed themselves
will be able to talk it up at
their branch meetings.
Thanks again, hugs, Barbara
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Email THANKS
S T R O K E R E C O V E R E R ’ S R E V I E W
“Building Life After Stroke
Together” began as a
s imple acronym with a
handful of loyal dedicated
people to whom I am
thankful for their ongoing
support. BLAST 2011 was
100% volunteer driven with
time, money, love and the
desire to help each other
grow. It is difficult to thank
everyone when each and
every person involved
contributed to it’s success.
The gi f ts shared and
received are intangible,
immeasurable, and inexpli-
cable.
Special thanks to Karel Ley,
who immediately jumped
on board and saw where
I was heading back in
March 2009. Through ups
and downs, she continues
to remain target to my
frustrations and emotional
rants along with Martha.
Of course, a big ‘Thank you’
to Margaret Hansen for
stepping up to run the show
for us.
We will be forever grateful
to Phyllis Delaney, whose
footsteps we follow, for her
vision. Along with Easter
Camp, three res tri cted
funds were set-up with
SRABC. The Rendell fund,
Delaney Camp fund, and
the JBH memorial fund
from which the SRABC will
contribute the
WOW!!! What a BLAST!
i n te res t ac cumul at ed .
Thank you.
Also, a big Thank you to:
Anne Wittig
Blair Clarke
Brent Page
Carol Roycroft
Casey Bourque,
Colleen Fraser & team:
(Mo Mo, Talluhla, Maria,
Jessica, Rose)
Dogwood Awards
Diane Lego and Potter
Diane Shayler
Donna Fourchalk
Francine Nantais
Gage
Hasting Community Center
Heather Perovich
Jeanine Lee
Jessica Tong
John Hedderson
Jose Suganob
Karel Ley
Kathleen Redmond
Kiwanis - Delta
Kiyoko Akeroyd
Laurie Mark
Lion’s Club - Delta
Lion’s Easter Seal Camp
Lynn Ledgerwood
Margaret Hansen
Marilyn Henderson
Martha Hutchinson
Mei-Lin Cappucino
Mike (Guitar)
Nelly Ning Tai
Olive Stogrin
Pam Hedderson
Patricia Clement-Masse
Paul Abercrombie
“There’s life after stroke”
BLAST MUG
DONATED BY DEB C.
Pearl&Charlene Tai
Peggy Chow
Ray East
Sue Chalmers
Terri Damiani
Una Fester
Valerie Offer
W R Paynes
...and each and every
campers who took part in
rewarding our volunteers.
—Deb Chow
Templeton Stroke Recovery
EMAIL THANKS: Hi Deb— You, Karel, & Mar-garet did an outstanding job and should be very proud of your accomplishments! I was honoured to volun-teer, and I do agree, it was amazing to see Rudi’s progress; Rick & Don in the pool. I met many wonderful people & as I said, truly feel I am part of a family now. Thank you! ……….Brent Page
Go green. And practical keepsake for the event. Thank you, Deb!!!
EASTER...
With all the yucky ads for
Easter presents in the stores,
don’t you feel like having
rabbit stew for your Easter
dinner? I admit it, I do! It
seems to me that Easter has
been completely taken over
by commercial interests.
Hold it!! Easter? A rabbit?
Colored eggs? Even an
advertising person could not
have a mind that fertile and
still make sense. There must
be more to it! I have the
habit to consult ‘the net’
when I have questions. Here
is what I found after some
searching:
Easter is a ‘moving holiday,’
meaning it is on a different
date every year. The council
of Nicea determined in 325
AD that Easter should be
celebrated on the first Sun-
day after a full moon which
places Easter close to the
Spring Equinox. Spring
Equinox? This sounds like a
pagan holiday! The approxi-
mate period from Ash
Wednesday to Easter
Sunday is called ‘Lent.’ All
Christians denominations
agree that it should last 40
days in remem-
brance of the Passion of
Christ. Thus, the churches
consider it a time of reflec-
tion, fasting and penance.
In the second century
Europe, the Spring Equinox
and the associated fertility
celebration was raucous and
very popular. The, (then),
struggling Christian church
absorbed ingeniously many
popular pagan holidays, such
as Christmas and Easter. The
Spring festival was dedicated
to the Goddess of fertility,
Eas tr e ( Os ta ra) whos e
sacred animal was the hare
(or rabbit) both are very
fertile and also the egg
(fertility). The colored eggs
were an even more ancient
symbol of rebirth and
fertility. The practice was
resurrected in the 15 th
century in the Black Forest
region in Germany and
imported to Pennsylvania.
It is not surprising that some
church groups question
these symbols and de-
nounce the ‘Easter’ term
because of their pagan
roots. They urge to use a
more Christian oriented
name, such as ‘Resurrection
Sunday.’ However, it is very
doubtful that they will
succeed against the estab-
lished advertising industry.
Around the world different
Eas ter tradi tions are
observed in Christian
communities. The Easter
bunny is recog-
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After being cancelled for 5
years, the Easter Camp is
here again, thanks to the
ladies led by Deb Chow
(with Gage), Karel Ley,
Margaret Hansen, Martha
Hutchinson, Ollie Stogrin,
Heather Perovich, Diane
Shayler, Valerie Offer, Anne
Wittig, and all the people
that made the Easter Camp
BLAST event possible.
Donations came big and
small, and preparing the
events was a big task ahead
and they were successful in
doing it.
In Easter Camp BLAST,
there were many activities
avai lable, from Colleen
Fraser’s massage team and
Ayurvedic talk, exercises
with Nelly , Caregivers
group, Crafts, Swimming
pool, Scavenger hunt,
Bocce, Railway Museum,
Bingo, Raise your voices
with Una, Campfire sing-a-
long every night, then
there’s the Saturday’s
Dance with Metro Swing
Band, Sunday celebration
of Spring, Easter bonnet
making and modeling it
after, Yoga2Go, Aroma
therapy and Sunday night
casino followed by auction.
—Jose Suganob
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nized in most parts of the
world as a symbol of a
Western tradition, although
a slightly different ‘spin’ is
chosen by each country. In
the USA, both the Easter
Bunny and Santa Claus
have shown a remarkable
t a l e n t f o r s u r v i v a l ,
regardless of the religious
a f f i l i a t i o n o f t h e
celebrant. In parts of
Germany and France, the
children built nests out of
twigs and leaves in the
garden for the bunny to
leave in eggs and sweets, if
the child was ‘good’ (each
year, I was out of luck).
In the Ukraine and parts of
Greece, elaborately deco-
rated eggs are eaten, rolled,
cracked or exchanged by
children and adults alike.
In Sydney, Australia, the
Royal Easter Show cele-
brates the end of Summer
and the coming time of rest
before renewal starts again.
The Easter season, particu-
larly in Europe, is also
strongly linked to pre-
Christians traditions such as
Spring and re-birth. Large
bonfires are symbol of spring
cleaning and the coming
sunshine. It is a time of
remembrance, sharing of a
meal (not rabbit stew) with
family or friends, or fasting
and reflecting. I don’t like
fasting, I like chocolate and
sweets!
—by Werner Stephan, NSSRC,
West Vancouver Group “There’s life after stroke”
JOSE NOTES...
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