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ANNUAL VETERINARY EXAMINATION 7

SQUARE FOOT GARDENING 8

PSYCHOLOGY OF COLOR 12

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Bow Valley High School 9-12

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Elizabeth Barrett Elementary (FR) K-4 www.rockyview.ab.ca/barrett

Manachaban Middle School (FR) 5-8 www.rockyview.ab.ca/manachaban

Holy Spirit Catholic School (S) K-9 www.cssd.ab.ca/schools/holyspirit/

St. Francis High School (S) 10-12 www.cssd.ab.ca

Rocky View Virtual School 9-12 www.rvvs.com

Elbow Valley Elementary (FR) K-4 www.rockyview.ab.ca

Springbank Middle School (FR) 5-8 http://springbank.rockyview.ab.ca

Springbank Community High 9-12 www.rockyview.ab.ca

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Springbank United 250011 Range Road 33, Calgary, AB 403-288-9086

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SPRING TEA & BAKE SALE, Saturday April 16, 2 - 4 pm at Unity Church of Calgary 2035 - 26 A Street S.W. Come out and enjoy a slice of Angel Food cake with your tea or coff ee and pick up some lovely fresh baked goods. All Welcome.

ANNUAL RAIN BARREL & COMPOSTER sale: Saturday May 14, 9:00-11:00AM. Locations: NW – Crowfoot LRT parking lot; SW – Anderson LRT parking lot; S Central – Ikea 11 Street SE. For more information www.greencalgary.org or call 403-230-1443 ext. 222.

AN EVENING IN PARIS: May 6, 6 to 9 pm, Willow Park Wines & Spirits (10801 Bonaventure Dr SE) a unique fundraising event benefi ting two important charities: Youville Residence and Room to Read Canada. Enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, live and silent auctions. www.lanidonaldsonfoundation.com

CALGARY READS BOOK SALE: May 13 (noon-9pm), May 14 (9am-6pm) and May 15 (9am-4pm) at the Calgary Curling Club, 720 – 3rd Street NW. Drop off quality used books at the Calgary Curling Club, starting April 27, weekdays from 8am-8pm and weekends from 9am-4pm, or at any RBC branch from April 11 - May 4.

HENRY WISE WOOD HIGH SCHOOL is turning 50! All Alumni and staff invited to this milestone occasion. Anniversary Open House April 29, 6-10PM. Visit our website and register, http://50th-anniversary.henrywisewood.ca/.

REGISTER YOUR TREE: Are you unable to harvest the fruit from trees in your yard, or simply have too high a yield to be able to use all the fruit? Calgary Urban Harvest Project www.calgaryharvest.com to register your tree for harvesting.

TAKE BACK YOUR WEEKENDS: the Cerebral Palsy As-sociation will pickup bottles or bags of used clothing. Ditch a chore, help the environment and support per-sons with disabilities in your community. Let us do the dirty work! Large household items such as furniture please contact us at 1-888-477-8030 or email [email protected] to schedule a special pickup. Visit Go Green Recycling Program to enrol www.cpalberta.com.

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Most pet owners are familiar with the old maxim that your dog or cat lives seven years for every one of our years. In some large and giant breed dogs the differ-ence is even more extreme, with some breeds having an average life expectancy of seven years. This makes it critical that your pet gets an annual physical examina-tion. Some veterinarians have chosen less frequent vac-cination protocols for their patients, this unfortunately often means some pets do not get their annual exam. Many people have equated the annual veterinary visit with “shots”, and believe a pet not receiving a vaccine, can skip the trip to the vet. Unfortunately we know this perception will place many pets at risk.

Your pet’s annual trip to the veterinarian usually starts with a history. The veterinarian will ask questions about diet, exercise, changes in energy levels, drinking, pee-ing, and pooping. The animal should be weighed. Any changes in weight will lead to questions as to why the weight has changed. Unexplained weight loss usually leads to a veterinarian recommending blood testing and urine tests to check for kidney disease, liver disease, and diabetes, just to mention a few causes of weight loss.

My examination starts with just watching the pet as I go through the last year’s history with “Mom or Dad”. I look to see if the pet’s interested in my presence or is the pet lethargic and uncaring? Is the coat shiny, are the eyes bright? I watch how the pet moves around. I stroke a dog or cat on the table and get an initial impression. This impression of health or disease is for me, the differ-ence between the science and the art of medicine. Not everything can be quantified.

My active physical examination starts with the head and goes to the tail whether I am examining a ferret, dog, cat, bird, snake, fish, cow or anything else you can mention. Ears, eyes, nose, mouth, teeth, beak, gums are looked at. Veterinarians are your pet’s dentists as well and with pets living longer they need healthy teeth and gums

longer, and dental disease hurts! A thorough examina-tion of the teeth is critical. As I work my way back on the animal, lymph nodes are palpated. I am sensitive to a pet flinching if I touch somewhere painful. Do the ears, breath, or skin stink? Do I hit an area of increased heat? When I reach the chest I listen with my stethoscope to the lungs, and heart. I watch the animal breathe. If this was a cow I’d listen to the stomachs. I look at the fur, nails, scales, hooves, and feathers. Animals get breast cancer! I check for lumps and bumps everywhere and may measure old ones to see if they have grown. I pal-pate or feel the abdomen. I check the pet’s temperature. I check testicles and all intact males get their prostates checked. I only skip a part of the physical examination if fear or ferocity on the part of my patient makes it im-possible.

This constitutes most of a general physical if your pet is healthy. Here you thought I was just stroking your pet! If you have mentioned a specific concern I may need to do further tests or probe an area deeper, such as a limb that you saw the dog limp on. I may put drops in the eyes, do a swab of the skin or ears, or collect blood and urine. We do recommend an annual fecal examination for parasites. If your pet is healthy, it is only at this point that any vaccinations necessary are administered, but for me and your pet the annual physical examination was the most important part of your visit.

On a personal note I rewrote this article because I likely lost my father early when his general practitioner did not practice preventative medicine. He received neither a thorough annual physical examination nor proper blood screens, even though he was frequently in his doctor’s office. Your veterinarian and your own general medical practitioner are there to not only treat problems but to try to prevent disease or detect it early enough to give both us and our pets’ long and healthy lives.

Jennifer L. Scott, D.V.M.

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Growing your own food is the top trend for 2011. Not

only are you in control of exactly what you grow, but also how you grow it. You select the soil mix and what herbicides/pesticides you use or don’t use.

Square Foot Gardening is raised vegetable gardening with a twist. Instead of digging down into chal-lenging Calgary soil, we are building up. We use 2” x 6” lumber to create boxes made of cedar (can be also be made of vinyl, stone or composite wood – basically any material except pressure treated lumber). We fill the boxes with a soil mix of equal parts

of peat moss, vermiculite and blended compost (use triple mix and sea soil). These boxes can be placed on exist-ing soil, sod, a concrete patio or even a deck. Ensure you include a weed barrier and proper drainage.

A typical sized box for square foot vegetable gardening is 4’ x 4’. One box includes a grid that will distin-guish 16 planting areas that are 1’ x 1’. Within each square, seeds or seed-lings will be planted. An example of a planting in one square is: 1 head of Cauliflower, 4 lettuces, 9 plantings of spinach or 16 carrots. You can liter-ally grow 16 different crops within a 4’ x 4’ area. One box of this size can feed one person for an entire season – all within a 4’ x 4’ area!

My inspiration for this concept is from the creator of Square Foot Gardening – Mel Bartholomew. His book has urged me to build a few boxes and try it at Spruce It Up Gar-den Centre this spring. It is a vegeta-ble gardening concept that is not as daunting as conventional row gar-dening that I have tried in the past. Hope you join me on the journey this season and grow your own food!

Mel Bartholomew’s book and more information are available at Spruce It Up Garden Centre.

Joanne Dafoe, [email protected] and Landscape Designer

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AT A GLANCE...• April 9 Vancouver Canucks & Calgary Flames face off at 8:00 pm at the Saddledome. Logon to flames.nhl.com. Broadcast on CBC • April 9, 13, 15 Aida presented by Calgary Opera 8:00 / 7:30 / 8:00 pm at the Jubilee Auditorium www.calgaryopera.com• April 10 One Thousand and One Nights – enjoy family fun with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. cpo-live.com or call 403.571.0849 for detailed information• April 14 – June 19 All Shook Up is staged in 1955 small-town America, and set to the music of Elvis Presley at Stage West. For performance times and ticket information check www.stagewestcalgary.com/shows.html or 403.243.6642• April 15 Pied Pear, Rick Scott & Joe Mock together again recreating memories of early Folk Festival Days. For information 403.244.2912, www.fishcreekconcerts.com or [email protected]• April 16 Kim Mitchell at the Deerfoot Inn & Casino. Wristband @4:00 pm - Show @9:30 pm. Tickets at hotel front desk in person or by phone at 403.236.7529• April 20 Secrets of Clayoquot Sound part of the Window on the World Presentations at the Calgary Zoo, 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Registration and information 403.232.9300 or www.calgaryzoo.org• April 21 Johnny Clegg Band: Spirit is the Journey chronicles this South African legend’s music from the past 30 years. Part of Epcor Centre’s World Music Series. Tickets and information 403.294.9494 or epcorcentre.org• April 22 The Fates: Song, Story and Myth from Three Women of Calgary Music, presented by Cantos Music Foundation. Call 403.397.3196 for more details• April 26 – May 15 Mump & Smoot Cracked created and performed by Michael Kennard and John Turner. Evenings 7:30 -- Matinees 2:00 pm. Tickets and information atplive.com 403.294.7402• April 29 & 30 Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony a performance with 200 voices and an orchestra of over 100 musicians. Calgary Philharmonic’s concert event of the season. Logon to cpo-live.com or 403.571.0849• April 30 – May 29 Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson -- presented by Vertigo Mystery Theatre. Ticket information 403.221.3708 or logon to www.vertigotheatre.com

April 26 – May 21 MOM’S THE WORD - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! presented by Theatre Calgary. Experience the frustrations, embarrassments and dizzying joys of being a mom. www.theatrecalgary.com

April 30 JULIAN FAUTH brings you contemporary Barrelhouse blues on the piano - part of Epcor Centre’s Carma Acoustic Blues Series. Tickets and information 403.294.9494 or epcorcentre.org

April 2 - June 15 YOUSUF KARSH at the Glenbow Museum, curated from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, celebrates one of the greatest portraitists in the history of photography. www.glenbow.org

April 26 – May 21 MOM’S THE WORD - FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

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• running until May 6 Cats presented by Theatre Calgary. Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot. www.theatrecalgary.com• May 5 – 7 Sarah McLachlan World Premiere an Alberta Ballet experience. Call 403.245.4549 or logon to albertaballet.com• May 5 – 8 May Classic at Spruce Meadows. Visit www.sprucemeadows.com for detailed information• May 6, 8, 10, 12 Cosi fan tutte presented by Calgary Opera at the Jubilee Auditorium. Evening performances at 7:30, matinee performance at 2:00 pm on May 8. www.calgaryopera.com• May 14 & 15 Day Out with Thomas at Heritage Park. For information visit www.heritagepark.ca/specialevents.htm • May 20 Harrison Kennedy Enjoy the gritty vocals, harmonica and guitar – part of Epcor Centre’s Carma Acoustic Blues Series. Tickets and information 403.294.9494 or epcorcentre.org• May 20 - 21 Eagles’ Greatest Hits part of the Pops Series performed by Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra 8:00 pm both evenings• May 21-23 Historical Village Opening at Heritage Park. Logon to www.heritagepark.ca/specialevents.htm for detailed information • May 28 Chilliwack & Prism at Deerfoot Inn & Casino. Wristband at 4:00 pm – Show at 9:30 pm. Tickets at hotel front desk, in person or by phone at 403.236.7529• until the end of June Titanic: The Artifact Exhibiton at TELUS World of Science. Experience a journey on the Titanic like never before. Visit www.calgaryscience.ca/exhibits details and information• until July 3 Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno. A film portrait of world famous soccer player Zinedine Zidane at the Glenblow Museum. www.glenbow.org

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MAY 24 – 28 CALGARY INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL 25TH ANNIVERSARY featuring artists from Italy, Scotland, The Netherlands, Australia, the U.S.A. and Canada. Check highlights at www.calgarychildfest.org/

MAY 28 – 29 THE 16TH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF QUILTS is western Canada’s largest outdoor quilt show on display at Heritage Park. Hundreds of handmade quilts on exhibit between 9:30 am – 5:00 pm each day. Logon to www.heritagepark.ca/specialevents.htm for detailed information

MAY 23 CELEBRATE THE 138TH BIRTHDAY OF THE FORMATION OF THE NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE(NWMP) at Fort Calgary, 750 – 9 Avenue SE from 11 am – 4 pm. Join Fort Calgary on Victoria Day in a ceremonial cake cutting at 2 pm to commemorate this important day in Canadian history. Live entertainment, crafts, games, face painting, etc. Visit www.fortcalgary.com or phone 403.290.1875

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Have you ever thought about why you like or don’t like certain colors, or what a certain color means to you? Col-ors cause a psychological and physiological response that is different for everyone, based on your past experi-ence. This is why it is so very important to know what certain colors mean to everyone.

There are typical feelings and reactions that are spon-taneous to certain colors that the designer learns, but for the most part, it can be very subjective. They can make us feel good, or bad, warm or cold, comfortable or uncomfortable. There are also cultural differences; we in the Western culture use white to symbolize pu-rity and piety, in Asia it is a symbol of mourning. When working for California Closets, a Chinese client was buy-ing a home from a builder. She loved the home, but was really turned off by the colors used in the show home. They had decorated in a navy blue color scheme. This color to her culture was the color they used at funer-als. Fortunately she was able to see past the color and see that she could color her home differently, but most people won’t allow it to go that far. In one of the show homes, we were redecorating and allowed people to go through during the process. The designer had chosen a bright, but soft yellow for the main color scheme. Peo-ple would enter and do an about face turn. The reaction was so severe, that we had to stop people from going through until it was complete. When all was said and done, they loved it!

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Fiction• Lunch in Paris – Elizabeth Bard• The Salt Road – Jane Johnson• True Grit – Charles Portis• The Confession – John Grisham• A Red Herring Without Mustard –

Alan Bradley• Cutting for Stone – Abraham VerqheseNon-fi ction• The King’s Speech – Mark Logue and

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Spinach & Strawberry Salad with PecansFresh, crisp salads provide a bright and colourful addition to meals, and given the range of salad greens available in grocery stores and farmers’ markets, salads don’t have to be boring.

Dress salads lightly to allow the fl avour of the greens to come through, and choose wooden utensils if possible to toss the salad, as metal utensils can bruise the leaves.

This is a simple salad, quick and easy to prepare, and it’s packed with healthy nutrients!

Salad ingredients:3 – 4 cups fresh, washed, baby spinach1 ½ cups fresh strawberries, washed and sliced½ cup pecan halves or pieces2 – 3 tablespoons crumbled goat cheese – optional

Dressing ingredients:¼ cup extra virgin olive oil2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar3 teaspoons granulated sugarDash onion powderDash garlic powderDash dry mustardSalt & Pepper

Directions:In a large salad bowl, toss spinach, sliced strawberries, pecans and crumbled cheese.Whisk the oil, vinegar, sugar, onion powder, garlic powder and dry mustard together; drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss lightly.Finish with freshly ground pepper and Maldon sea salt to taste.Serves 6

Variations:• Substitute blue cheese for goat cheese• Substitute sesame seeds and poppy seeds for the pecan halves

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Green thumbs are wanted for the 11th Annual Springbank Junior Gardener Contest.

Do you like to put your hands in the dirt?

Plant a seed and watch it grow?

This contest is open to Springbank residents between the ages of 4 and 14 years or if you attend the Elbow Valley El-ementary or Springbank Middle Schools.

All who plant are winners.

Enter your flowers and vegetables into the Springbank Annual Fall Fair and Agricultural Show in September and win even more! Don’t have a garden plot? No problem. The Springbank Garden Club has plenty of tips to pass along. For a small entry fee you will be given a large seed kit that includes a number of flower, vegetable and herbs to plant in your garden. Entry forms are available in the front offices of the Elbow Valley Elementary and Springbank Middle schools from April 1 until May 11th.

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X-Apr City – Spring Clothing Give Away 14V Spring Clothing Give Away Date: Saturday, May 7th, 2011 Time: 10:00am-2:00pm Location: All Saints Lutheran Church 380 Midpark Blvd. SE Bring your family and pick out some FREE Clothing! We will be accepting clean, gently used Spring and Summer clothing at All Saints Lutheran Church on: Tuesday, May 3 - 11:00 am - 2:30 pm Wednesday, May 4 - 11:00 am - 2:30 pm Thursday, May 5 - 11:00 am - 2:30 pm & 5:00 -7 pm Friday, May 6 - 11:00 am - 2:30 pm For more information please call 403-475-1519






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This year marks the 10th season of the award winning Vegetable Garden at Fort Calgary. This community gar-den showcases various types of heirloom vegetables that can be grown in Calgary and also uses ecological gardening techniques. It symbolizes the historic NWMP garden that once existed at Fort Calgary.

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I decided to cut two branches off my hibiscus - I want to make my plant more full so I cut it back quite a bit. Now I am going to root those two branches and then I will plant them back in the same pot with the main plant. I cut the branches during the waxing moon, and once those cuttings have rooted I will pot them during the 1st or 2nd quarter.

‘Waxing’ is the increasing light of the sun on the surface of the moon - the period between the New Moon and the Full Moon. This phase is associated with plant growth and pro-liferation - it is during this time that the gravitational pull of the moon is at its strongest - pulling water into the stalks and leaves.

This is the best time to:1. Take cuttings2. Transplant and pot3. Water4. Gather herbs (the oil content is more concentrated)

On the other hand, if you want to encourage rooting or control growth, these activities are best done during the waning moon - I’ll be talking about that next month.

Take plant cuttings during the waxing moon

April 3New Moon

April 11First Quarter

April 17Full Moon

April 24Last Quarter


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PALLISER BAYVIEW PUMPHILLSaturday, June 11, 9 am -2 pmOrganized by PBP Community AssociationPBP Community Centre – 2323 Palliser DriveContact (403) 281-1908 for more information

BRAESIDE PARADESaturday, June 18, 11:00 – 1:00 pmOrganized by Braeside Community AssociationBraeside Community Centre – 11024 Braeside Drive SWContact (403) 253-4232 for more information or to enterCost: Free

A CELEBRATION OF THE WEASELHEADOn Saturday, June 18, Calgarians of all ages are invited to attend a celebration of the Weaselhead. There will be music, treats, celebrity guests and more as we gather to appreciate one of Canada’s largest and most pristine protected urban natural areas. The event, which will be held just west of the Weaselhead parking lot on 37th street and 66th Ave SW, will start at noon and run all day. Mark you calendars and keep your eyes and ears open for more information about this fi rst ever event, sponsored by the Weaselhead / Glenmore Park Preser-vation Society.

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