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Wednesday, JULy 3, 2013 VoL. 9 » no. 27
SERVING THE COMOX VALLEY, CAMPBELL RIVER & THE NORTH ISLAND
Midweek is published every Wednesday at:104-250 Dogwood Street Campbell River, BC V9W 2X9
To reach us: North Island 250-949-6225Campbell River 250-287-9227 • Comox Valley 250-338-5811
SLP98V 98.2% E� cient Natural Gas FurnaceEXCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGIES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE.
So quiet...
it won’t interrupt even the sweetest dreams.
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$300 to $800 in additional rebates~ see store for more details
*Remote access via smartphone,
tablet orlaptop
For a full list of programs or to apply, visit www.nic.bc.ca or call
1-800-715-0914 today.
Start your degree, learn a trade,
develop a careerwith dozens of programs
starting this fall.
Business AdministrationEnhance your employment options with a well-rounded business education that supports nearly every type of business and industry. Study online or in the classroom. Earn credit toward your future degree.
Length: 1-year certificate Tuition: $2,685 approx
Joinery / CabinetmakingLearn to design, construct, finish, and repair high-quality wood products such as cabinets, furniture, and fixtures. Earn apprenticeship technical training credit toward your Red Seal.
Aircraft Structures Maintenance (AME-S)Develop precision skills building and repairing sheet metal, composite, wooden, and fabric aircraft structures. Earn time credit and Transport Canada recognition toward your AME-S licence.
Fine ArtsExplore a variety of subjects from photography and digital visual art to sculpture and ceramics. Earn two years credit toward Emily Carr University’s bachelor of fine arts degree at NIC.
Length: 2-year diploma Tuition: $2,685 approx / year
Wednesday, JULy 3, 2013 VoL. 9 » no. 27
SERVING THE COMOX VALLEY, CAMPBELL RIVER & THE NORTH ISLAND
MidWeek reader Kili Enger submitted this photo of a swan, reflected in the water, taken by her cousin Braedon Walsh while the two were kayaking in the Campbell River. To submit your photos for MidWeek, send them to [email protected].
Midweek is published every Wednesday at:104-250 Dogwood Street Campbell River, BC V9W 2X9
To reach us: North Island 250-949-6225Campbell River 250-287-9227 • Comox Valley 250-338-5811
PORT HARDY—Drafting students at Port Hardy Secondary School got their feet wet in the world of computer-aided design over the last few weeks as the students were tasked with creating a cardboard boat for their final class project.
Then they got the rest of themselves wet when they took their creations to the nearby Quatse River to test them out.
The students used the program Rhino to design their vessels before using cardboard and duct tape to bring the designs to life.
Luckily for most, the students’ grade on the project wasn’t dependent on the seaworthiness of their craft as the first intrepid captains, in traditional mariner fashion, quickly went down with their
creations.A few, however,
were surprisingly successful, the
makeshift dinghies ferrying their cargo the length of the 100-yard stretch of water despite
the design restrictions forbidding waxed cardboard, layering the hull or excessive
taping.Teacher Kevin
McGhee explained that the outing was just a fun way to round out the year’s lessons, though he betrayed his views on the students’ chances by making lifejackets mandatory before launch.
Once everyone had a chance to navigate the stretch, the successful few converged on the centre of the strait in a bid to oust the others from their craft and guarantee that no one boarded the bus back without getting wet.
Due to several considerations, the drafting class will not be offered in the upcoming school year, although it is hoped that the course can be offered on alternate years to allow all students the opportunity to participate.
Outgoing Principal Steven Gray said he considered drafting “an important class,” and one that he would like to see return.
If the would-be captains and their experience were any measure, the school will have no need to pressgang recruits when the popular course returns.
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Students float their best ideasSydni Burns and Sarah Case of Port Hardy Secondary School set off catamaran-style in their homemade cardboard crafts. Photo by A O’Toole
Makayla Andrews does her best to right her cardboard vessel during a float of the Quatse River with the Port Hardy Secondary School drafting class. Photo by A O’Toole
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Coho salmon are plentiful and the anglers getting out are reaching their limits at most � shing areas. Springs are being caught and some bigger � sh are coming in. The Hump, Shelter Point and Bates Beach are prime areas. A couple of Salmon Derbies just � nished and both the guides and anglers caught � sh and the ladies at Painters Lodge were very happy. The largest � sh came in at 22.5 pounds. Discovery Pier is still looking for the � rst salmon caught this year but on the weekends the locals and tourists come out to � sh and socialize. Fishing rods can be rented and � rst timers can enjoy a day out at the pier. Fly � shing on the Elk River has been good at certain times and this catch and release river can be busy on the weekends. Anglers who get out know the pools and can have a great of dry � y � shing.
Like it or not, we live in a toxic environment. The daunting task of cleansing your body of the toxins you knowingly or unwittingly ingest falls upon your liver – one of the hardest-working organs in your body.
When I talk to people about boosting their glutathione levels, I’m essentially talking about improving the body’s ability to cleanse itself. The most essential element the liver uses in the detoxification process, in fact, is glutathione – by far the most important antioxidant produced by the body for neutralizing free radicals. When your body is exposed to large amounts of toxins for prolonged periods, however, glutathione levels become depleted, which can result in liver damage and oxidative stress.
Imagine your body is a clean sponge and the nutrients and vitamins your body needs are a bowl of pure, clean water. If you first submerge the
sponge in a bowl of muddy water (toxins) before placing it into
the clean water, you won’t absorb many of the nutrients. However, if you thoroughly wring out the muddy water and clean it completely (detoxification
through the liver) and then submerge it in the clean water, you’ll absorb many more of the nutrients your body needs. This, in a nutshell, is the effect glutathione has on your liver. With ample glutathione levels, your liver has the means to extract toxins from your cells, which are
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Water is the most abundant, yet possibly the most overlooked, substance in the human body accounting for 45 to 60 per cent of an adult’s total body weight.
Water is essential for many bodily processes. It is used to provide lubrication for joints, transport nutrients to the cells, get rid of unwanted waste, and most importantly keep us cool when the temperature rises.
Of course, running all of these systems takes a constant supply of water that needs to be replaced on a daily basis. For an average adult, water loss during
a typical day can be up to 2.5 litres.
In order to maintain the fluid balance within the body, water gain needs to equal water loss. In other words, any water lost by sweating, or urinating, needs to be replaced by eating food, or drinking liquids. During exercise, water loss increases rapidly. Sweat production is increased to keep the body temperature down, and the breathing rate increases to supply oxygen to the muscles. This results in greater water loss from the lungs. During heavy workouts, water can
be lost at a rate of up to four litres per hour. Loss of too much water from the body results in dehydration. Dehydration reduces the volume of blood in the body, and makes the heart work harder to pump the blood around the body and deliver oxygen to the muscles. Exercise is hard enough when you are properly hydrated, never mind when the body’s systems aren’t working as efficiently because of lack of water.
A five per cent reduction in body weight due to dehydration can result in a 30 per cent drop
in exercise performance. Nausea and vomiting may be experienced as dehydration progresses and fluid loss greater than five per cent creates weakness,
confusion, and dizziness, and can lead ultimately to coma and death. The moral of the story: remember to drink while exercising.
It is easy to tell when you need to water your plants.
They droop. It is not so easy to know when to water yourself. The simple answer is to drink as much as your body tells you to. This issue is a controversial one and there is a great deal of conflicting information on it. However, if you obey your thirst and drink only when thirsty, then you will be safe and it should not affect your performance at all.
It is better not to force yourself to drink too often. In most situations you can listen to your body and you should be fine. If you have trouble hearing what your body is telling you, drink somewhere 400
to 1,000 millilitres per hour while you are exercising. Are sports drinks necessary for re-hydration?
Sports drinks can be helpful to athletes who are exercising at a high intensity for 60 minutes or more, but it’s really not necessary to replace losses of sodium, potassium and other electrolytes during exercise since you’re unlikely to deplete your body’s stores of these minerals during normal training. For most of us, water works perfectly well for restoring water balance to the body, and it is certainly a lot easier on the wallet.
No reason to see a physiotherapist this time, but I hope you enjoyed the article. Have fun. Drink lots (of water).
Ben Chatterson is a physiotherapist at Rehabilitation in Motion which has four Island locations including two in Campbell River – Willow Point (250) 923-3773 and Quinsam (across from Save On Foods), (250) 286-9670 – as well as Comox Valley (250) 334-9670 and Port Alberni (250) 723-9675. Ben Chatterson works at the Comox Valley Clinic. Visit www.rehabinmotion.com
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David Cox will take a months-long two-wheeled journey cycling the Island tip to tip to tip in a bid to end Multiple Sclerosis.
The 68-year-old will ride to Port Hardy and back for the endMS cause and embarked from his Triangle Mountain home on his third unsupported Van Isle End to End to endMS early this morning.
“I get to start off going down a hill,” the Colwood man said indicating his steep driveway. “Really, the idea was to start at home and end at home.”
At first the then-Torontonian was just “looking for a good organized bike ride”. The next year it got personal, his niece was diagnosed with MS. Within six months she was confined to a wheelchair.
Cox organized a dynamic team of RBC fundraising riders and now is in his 19th year of MS bike rides.
“I’m going to raise money – that’s gravy,” he said. “It keeps the whole concept that this disease does not have a cure and make people aware of it.”
When he retired to B.C. in 2005, Cox continued to ride fundraisers and raise awareness, spending three years on the board for the MS Society’s South and Central Island chapter. In 2009, he started the Island-wide ride that became bi-annual after an injury in 2010. The idea is to put his own “blood, sweat and tears” into the effort.
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CAMPBELL RIVER- Birch Apts, 2 bdrms, certifi ed crime free multi-housing. Quiet, clean, close to hospital. On site manager, underground parking. $650 inclds heat/hot-water. (250)287-8045.
