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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:

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

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Last Month’s Happening

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Email Thanks Wow! What a BLAST!

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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


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


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




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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


“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


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


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-

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”

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