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PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS<br />
SUMMER <strong>2023</strong> • Volume 13 Issue 2 • greybrucekids.com<br />
EATING<br />
INTUITIVELY<br />
OPIOIDS<br />
Talk to your teens<br />
about the risks<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> fun<br />
in <strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong><br />
FREE!
FROM THE PUBLISHER<br />
Soak up the summer<br />
Did you know this past winter in Ontario was the darkest in 80 years?<br />
The grey skies seemed to be never-ending, and I can’t specifically recall a day in the<br />
depths of winter when the sun was shining.<br />
CONTENTS<br />
4 Intuitive eating<br />
8 <strong>Summer</strong> fun in <strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong><br />
We didn’t even get the natural brightness that comes with a new snowfall very often.<br />
Despite a couple massive storms – particularly a four-day blizzard that made Christmas<br />
a cozy affair at home for most of us – followed by warm weather and rain, this winter<br />
didn’t even bring us a lot of snow, just more dreary skies.<br />
It was an odd winter to say the least.<br />
Despite the fact we haven’t jumped right from winter to summer – April threw a true<br />
spring at us with a mixed bag of temperatures – I think everyone in <strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong> will be<br />
hoping for a long, hot summer. Having received some beautiful days early in April and<br />
into May, I think we may be on track to replenish our Vitamin D stores this summer.<br />
We have another fantastic edition of <strong>Grey</strong>-<strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Kids</strong> for you, this being the 12th<br />
summer issue we’ve published since launching in December 2011. Nicole Ballantine,<br />
a local registered dietician, shares her expertise about what intuitive eating is and how<br />
to encourage your children (and yourself) to adopt healthy dietary habits. Our friends<br />
at <strong>Grey</strong> and <strong>Bruce</strong> counties have teamed up to write about all the fun activities in our<br />
beautiful area that your family can experience this summer, while Alicia Gibbons has<br />
contributed a beautiful article about trusting your intuition and encouraging your<br />
children to do the same.<br />
12 Trusting yourself<br />
16 Talk opioids with teens<br />
20 Baseball Hall of Fame<br />
26 Resources<br />
30 Recipes<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Public Health also informs us about the growing concern of opioid use in<br />
our area, while local historian Mat Johnson shares his knowledge about the history of<br />
baseball from the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, in St. Marys, Ont.<br />
We all know summer seems fly by more<br />
quickly each year, with family trips, kids<br />
sports, barbecues, parties and the regular<br />
everyday tasks we do to keep a household<br />
running. It’s a challenge to sit back and soak<br />
it all in, but my hope for you this summer is<br />
that you find the time to slow down and<br />
enjoy it – Old Man Winter will return<br />
soon enough.<br />
Amy Irwin, Publisher<br />
SUMMER <strong>2023</strong><br />
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS<br />
EATING INTUITIVELY<br />
DIET AND WELLNESS INDUSTRIES MAKE NUTRITION CONFUSING<br />
BY NICOLE BALLANTINE<br />
4 GREY-BRUCE KIDS • SUMMER <strong>2023</strong>
Why are so many people confused about food and nutrition<br />
these days?<br />
Do you feel like you can’t trust yourself around your favourite<br />
sweet or salty foods? Do you feel guilty for eating something<br />
that society has deemed ‘bad?’ Have you tried every diet under<br />
the sun with no lasting impact?<br />
In my work as a registered dietitian, one thing has become very<br />
clear over the last few years – people are feeling more confused<br />
than ever before about what to eat. Individuals and corporations<br />
alike have realized there is significant money to be made in the<br />
diet and wellness industries. Remember, the diet industry is<br />
exactly that, an industry, and, as with other areas of business, the<br />
primary concern is making money. Emotional manipulation is<br />
the bedrock of diet industry marketing campaigns. Whether it’s<br />
before and after photos, celebrity endorsements or using phrases<br />
like ‘fat free,’ ‘guilt free,’ or ‘all natural,’ the goal is to shame the<br />
reader into changing their eating habits.<br />
With the sheer number of diets available, it’s not surprising<br />
that many diets will end up conflicting with others. One will<br />
demand low carbohydrates, while another will insist that carbs<br />
are fine and fat is the enemy. The common theme with all diets<br />
is the promise of weight loss and a healthier life. Blame is often<br />
placed on the individual if the desired results are not achieved.<br />
When one diet fails, there’s always another to try, even if they<br />
sound too good to be true. The mixed messaging from each diet<br />
leaves people unsure of themselves and confused, exactly where<br />
the diet industry wants you.<br />
Social media allows anyone to widely broadcast their views<br />
on health and wellness. It can be challenging to sort out fact<br />
from personal opinion. The Internet has given us free access<br />
to almost unlimited information, but within this, there is<br />
plenty of misinformation and it is important to recognize that<br />
not everyone is an expert on the subject they are speaking (or<br />
posting) about. We live in a culture that idolizes “thin” and there<br />
is significant stigma around larger bodies. This pressure to be<br />
thin has created a diet-obsessed society.<br />
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Unfortunately, what most people don’t realize is that dieting<br />
may be causing more harm than good. Ninety-five per cent of<br />
all dieters will regain the weight lost within one to five years<br />
(Grodstein et al 1996 & Neumark-Sztainer et al 2007).<br />
The failure of diets can be explained by the “dieter’s dilemma” as<br />
coined by psychologists John Foreyt and Ken Goodrick, which<br />
is triggered by the desire to be smaller, which leads to dieting.<br />
Dieting leads to food preoccupation and food cravings through<br />
a cascade of neurotransmitters and chemical hormones in the<br />
brain. Eventually the dieter gives in to the strong food cravings,<br />
overeats, and regains the lost weight. The individual is back to<br />
square one, with a desire to lose weight.<br />
People often mistake the natural biological response of hunger<br />
for lack of willpower when they succumb to strong cravings, but<br />
this isn’t the case. As the cycle repeats, the dieter feels more out<br />
of control and self-esteem decreases. If diets were successful, we<br />
wouldn’t have so many unhappy and confused people seeking<br />
out help for health and weight loss. The diet industry has<br />
corrupted the word “wellness,” and it has now become almost<br />
synonymous with dieting. Part of the path to healing one’s<br />
relationship with food is recognizing the damage dieting has<br />
done to mental health and psychological well-being.<br />
Why is it that we rely so heavily on others’ opinions and advice<br />
when it comes to eating? Food is a necessity of life. It provides<br />
fuel for the body in addition to all the nutrients we require to<br />
function efficiently. Yet many people don’t trust their bodies to<br />
tell them when or what to eat. Instead, they reach out to others<br />
for advice. Have you ever stopped to ask yourself how someone<br />
else could possibly know when you are hungry or full? This is<br />
the backbone of diets, telling you how much and what to eat,<br />
giving no thought to your internal cues.<br />
Food is required for survival just like breathing, water, shelter<br />
and sleep. When swimming under water, would you seek out<br />
advice from others before coming up for air? When you need<br />
to use the washroom, do you question the urge, thinking you<br />
couldn’t possibly have to go again? When it comes to breathing,<br />
sleeping, thirst and shelter, we have more confidence trusting<br />
our bodies, however, the same can’t be said about food. The<br />
more a person looks to others for diet advice, the more confused<br />
they become and the less they trust their (own) body. If dieting<br />
is an unhealthy approach, then what can we do to foster a good<br />
relationship with food and improve our health?<br />
Enter “intuitive eating,” which is a self-care eating framework<br />
that integrates instinct, emotion, and rational thought (Tribole,<br />
2107). It means getting back to your roots – trusting your body<br />
and your signals. The human body is hardwired to know when<br />
and how much to eat, however this concept is often lost in<br />
translation due to external influences. Intuitive eating is based<br />
on principles that help people let go of their rigidity around<br />
food by rejecting diet culture and giving permission to eat in a<br />
way that feels good in their body and honours their health.<br />
Babies are born intuitive eaters. When hungry, they tell us by<br />
sucking on their fists, leaning towards the breast or bottle, or<br />
crying. When full, they simply stop eating. Toddlers also eat<br />
intuitively, however their taste buds are still developing and<br />
meals become more complicated due to likes, dislikes, and their<br />
need for autonomy.<br />
This is the age where conversations around food become<br />
important because thoughts, feelings and external pressure play<br />
a part in decisions about eating. A well-meaning parent may<br />
say something like, “If you eat all your broccoli, you can have a<br />
cookie after.” This tells the child two things – cookies must be<br />
better than broccoli and it’s OK to overeat because that cookie<br />
is worth it. If this happens repeatedly, hunger cues become<br />
subdued, and overeating may become a common occurrence.<br />
Well-intending parents may also restrict sweets in the house<br />
for health reasons or fear of weight gain. Studies have shown<br />
that when a child (or adult) feels like they are being deprived of<br />
something, they tend to think about, and want that food even<br />
more. This can lead to sneaking, hoarding and overeating. By<br />
giving kids and adults autonomy over how much food to eat and<br />
providing consistent access to a variety of different foods (sweets<br />
included), they have a better chance of eating intuitively.<br />
Teenagers today are dealing with an overwhelming amount of<br />
external pressure to look a certain way due to social media and<br />
the desire to fit in. As a result, they are at a high risk of seeking<br />
out diets or listening to uninformed influencers for advice<br />
on what to eat. This can impact their relationship with food<br />
and could lead to a lifelong battle of yo-yo dieting or eating<br />
disorders. Teens who moderately diet are five times more likely<br />
to develop an eating disorder and those who practice extreme
dieting are 18 times more likely to develop an eating disorder<br />
(Golden et al, 2016).<br />
Part of the problem with our thin-obsessed culture is that<br />
disordered eating has become the norm and people praise<br />
friends and loved ones for losing weight. While those comments<br />
might be intended as praise, to someone quietly battling an<br />
eating disorder this may add fuel to the fire. We need to stop<br />
commenting on people’s bodies.<br />
Clients will frequently say to me, “I’m an emotional eater,”<br />
implying this is always a negative. Emotions are part of the<br />
human eating experience, and in many cases are positive. Food<br />
brings people together and food can be used to soothe or help<br />
cope with one’s emotions. This can be a perfectly healthy outlet,<br />
but when people become too dependent on food as a coping<br />
mechanism, it can lead to negative outcomes. We often learn<br />
these behaviours from an early age, such as when a child hurts<br />
themselves and is given a treat to make them feel better. Over<br />
time the child can learn to recognize food as effective at soothing<br />
difficult emotions.<br />
It is important to celebrate and enjoy the positive emotions<br />
that come from eating, but we also need to be aware enough to<br />
recognize if we are using food as our only coping mechanism<br />
rather than dealing with very challenging underlying<br />
emotional issues.<br />
A misconception about intuitive eating is that you can eat<br />
whatever you want, whenever you want. An intuitive eater is a<br />
curious observer and if they overeat or eat something that makes<br />
them feel unwell, they observe without judgment and take note<br />
for the next time. They can differentiate between what the body<br />
wants, what the mind desires, and what’s best for self-care. If<br />
you don’t think this sounds like you, don’t worry. While we are<br />
all born as intuitive eaters, many of us lose this skill over time.<br />
Thankfully, intuitive eating is something that can be re-learned<br />
with proper information and guidance.<br />
If you are tired of dieting and want to heal your relationship with<br />
food, the intuitive eating journey may be one worth taking. GBK<br />
SOURCES<br />
Golden, N. H., Schneider, M., & Wood, C. (2016). Preventing Obesity and Eating<br />
Disorders in Adolescents. Pediatrics, 138(3). doi:10.1542/peds.2016-1649<br />
Grodstein, F., Levine, R., Spencer, T., Colditz, G. A., & Stampfer, M. J. (1996).<br />
Three-year follow-up of participants in a commercial weight loss program: Can you<br />
keep it off? Archives of Internal Medicine 156(12), 1302.<br />
Neumark-Sztainer D., Haines, J., Wall, M., & Eisenberg, M. (2007). Why does<br />
dieting predict weight gain in adolescents? Findings from project EAT-II: a 5-year<br />
longitudinal study. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(3), 448-55<br />
Tribole, E. (2017, July 7). Definition of Intuitive Eating. The Original Intuitive<br />
Eating Pros. https://www.intuitiveeating.org/definition-of-intuitive-eating/<br />
NICOLE BALLANTINE is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive<br />
Eating counsellor who takes a non-diet approach to establish a<br />
healthy relationship with food. You can find her virtually at www.<br />
nicoleballantine.com or at 770 Queen St., Kincardine.<br />
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FAMILY<br />
An adventure<br />
to remember<br />
BRUCE AND GREY COUNTIES OFFER SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY<br />
BY CARLEY DONALDSON AND HEATHER MOLNAR-ALJOE<br />
8 GREY-BRUCE KIDS • SUMMER <strong>2023</strong>
Cave crawl in <strong>Bruce</strong> County.<br />
When it comes to year-round fun, <strong>Bruce</strong> and <strong>Grey</strong> counties<br />
offer endless possibilities for family activities and<br />
adventure for the young and young at heart.<br />
The region is known for its abundance of family activities and<br />
ability to encourage kids to look under rocks and use their<br />
active, inquiring minds. With epic hiking trails, amazing scenic<br />
lookouts, miles of sandy beach and great rainy-day options, your<br />
crew will be creating memories from sunrise till sunset. Here are<br />
some ideas to help you plan your getaway from the everyday,<br />
whether you live in the area or are just visiting.<br />
LOTS TO DO IN BRUCE COUNTY<br />
Discover our beaches<br />
Time moves slower at the water’s edge. Waves are an invitation<br />
for jumping and splashing. Shells and smooth stones from the<br />
sand are treasures waiting to be discovered by tiny hands. With<br />
the Lake Huron shoreline running from Point Clark in the<br />
southern reaches of the county to Tobermory on one side of the<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula and the sparkling waters of Georgian Bay along<br />
the other, there are plenty of amazing beaches to enjoy in <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
County.<br />
If you’re looking for family friendly swimming along sandy<br />
shores, head to Sauble Beach. Take a swim, stroll the main strip<br />
and let the kids blow their allowance at Giggles Arcade.<br />
Hike the legendary <strong>Bruce</strong> Trail<br />
It’s no surprise that the legendary <strong>Bruce</strong> Trail runs right through<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County, to its ultimate finish in Tobermory. This is a<br />
family-friendly destination that offers a chance to immerse your<br />
family in the natural beauty of <strong>Bruce</strong> County. Hiking isn’t just<br />
for grown-ups. Underneath every rock is a new creature waiting<br />
to be revealed and around every bend is a new story to tell. The<br />
curiosity of what the next scenic secret will be will have your<br />
children racing through the trees, excited for each new discovery.<br />
Hidden caves tucked deep in the rocks are ready for young<br />
explorers to use as nature’s ultimate playground.<br />
There are some amazing family hikes along the trail. Make sure<br />
your little ones have proper footwear (yourselves too!), pack<br />
some snacks and water, grab a camera and head out on the trails<br />
for the ultimate adventure.<br />
Buy yourself a <strong>Bruce</strong> Trail Guidebook or download the <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
Trail app to choose your route and help you find your way.<br />
While the hikes at <strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula National Park are very<br />
popular (the hike to The Grotto is perhaps best known), there<br />
are many other opportunities to get your family on the trail in<br />
quieter spots like Lion’s Head, McNeill’s Mansion near Wiarton,<br />
the <strong>Bruce</strong> Caves and Purple Valley.<br />
Cool off in Wiarton<br />
Wiarton is a beautiful town on the shore of Georgian Bay,<br />
with great downtown shopping and restaurants, a beautiful<br />
waterfront park, and family-friendly <strong>Bruce</strong> Trail hikes nearby.<br />
Bluewater Park in Wiarton is the perfect location to keep your<br />
children entertained for hours. Visit the home of Wiarton Willie<br />
and spend a few hours at the refreshing splash pad, featuring a<br />
variety of ground nozzles, making for the perfect family day trip.<br />
Challenge yourself on the ropes<br />
Just off the beaten path in Tobermory, you’ll find Little Cove<br />
Adventures – home to a high and low ropes course that will<br />
challenge your family and test your limits.<br />
You’ll be climbing from tree to tree, swinging from tire to<br />
tire and zipping from rope to rope with the help of your<br />
guides and safety equipment. There are even camping cabin<br />
accommodations for those who’d like to use Little Cove as their<br />
home base. The high ropes course is suitable for those aged 10<br />
and up while the low ropes course is geared to ages six and up.<br />
Experience the county’s history<br />
After taking the time to unveil all <strong>Bruce</strong> County has to offer<br />
outdoors, plan a visit to the <strong>Bruce</strong> County Museum & Cultural<br />
Centre to learn about the history behind all of your family’s<br />
favourite spots. There are no velvet ropes or dusty collections<br />
here – it’s packed full of fun for the whole family! Enjoy<br />
culturally immersive experiences at the Museum, located on<br />
High Street, in Southampton. With a great lineup of children’s<br />
programming and summer exhibits, the Museum & Cultural<br />
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One trick to keep the little ones moving along is to create a<br />
scavenger hunt before you leave home. Plan ahead with a list of<br />
wildlife or unique things you might come across on your hike.<br />
Here’s a few to get you started; a frog, a flower, a bridge, a maple<br />
leaf, a bird, and maybe even a snake! If you’re new to hiking, or<br />
just need a little refresher, it’s good to review our <strong>Grey</strong> County<br />
trail etiquette guidelines before you start out. These are great to<br />
go over with the young ones too, while explaining why they are<br />
important for everyone’s safety and enjoyment on the trails.<br />
Enjoy summer at Wiarton’s waterfront.<br />
Centre is a great family destination. <strong>Kids</strong> love the interactive<br />
exhibits and have a hard time leaving the iconic indoor ship!<br />
The museum offers hands-on experiences that will leave your<br />
kids asking to come back on your next vacation. Visit www.<br />
brucemuseum.ca for a full schedule of events and exhibits.<br />
With 17 <strong>Bruce</strong> County Library locations, there’s also no<br />
shortage of great reading, programs, activities and events to help<br />
fill your days.<br />
Get a delicious taste of family fun<br />
If you’re obsessed with all things culinary, weave food into<br />
your family activities. Dive into the (agri)culture of our farm<br />
communities. Make memories with your family and harvest<br />
your own fruits and vegetables at a local pick-your-own. Many<br />
farms have family-friendly activities or on-farm markets allowing<br />
you to extend your stay and spend more time outdoors.<br />
VISIT GREY COUNTY<br />
<strong>Summer</strong> is the perfect time for families to get outdoors and<br />
explore all that <strong>Grey</strong> County has to offer. With its natural<br />
beauty, stunning landscapes, and abundance of outdoor<br />
activities, there are countless things to do.<br />
Take a hike!<br />
One of the best ways to experience the beauty of <strong>Grey</strong> County<br />
is by hitting the many hiking trails that criss-cross the region.<br />
From easy nature walks to challenging multi-day hikes up and<br />
down the Escarpment, there is something for everyone on our<br />
trails. Whether you’re hiking to a scenic lookout along the <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
Trail or wandering through lush forests and along babbling<br />
brooks on the <strong>Grey</strong> County CP Rail Trail, you’ll be surrounded<br />
by the region’s natural beauty every step of the way.<br />
If you’re not familiar with <strong>Grey</strong> County hikes, you will be<br />
amazed to know that several of them can lead you to a beautiful<br />
waterfall. There are nine waterfalls spanning all the way from<br />
Holstein in the south through the Beaver Valley and up to north<br />
of Owen Sound. Some family favourites are Hoggs Falls, just off<br />
the <strong>Bruce</strong> Trail in the Beaver Valley, or Jones Falls just outside of<br />
Owen Sound. Jones Falls has a few access points that allow you<br />
to hike in from different locations, and the opportunity to hike<br />
to the bottom and see the falls from below. Before you head out,<br />
be sure to do some research ahead of time, as some falls close<br />
periodically due to flooding and maintenance, and Walter’s Falls<br />
does require advance reservations to visit.<br />
Be adventurous<br />
For families looking for a bit more excitement, <strong>Grey</strong> County<br />
is home to several more adventurous activities, too. Ziplining<br />
through the trees, exploring hidden caves and mountain biking<br />
along the Niagara Escarpment are just a few of the heartpumping<br />
adventures that await you. These activities are perfect<br />
for families with older kids and teenagers who are looking for<br />
a little more excitement in their summer adventures. If you are<br />
just starting out and want to try these activities for the first time,<br />
check out visitgrey.ca for local companies that can help you get<br />
started. They will ensure you have a knowledgeable guide and all<br />
the proper safety gear.<br />
Go biking<br />
If you’re looking for a more relaxed way to explore the outdoors,<br />
consider taking a leisurely ride along one of <strong>Grey</strong> County’s<br />
many bike trails. The region boasts an extensive network of bike<br />
paths, ranging from the 77 km CP Rail Trail through scenic<br />
countryside to more challenging off-road mountain bike trails,<br />
as well as on-road routes with plenty of hills and scenic roads.<br />
Grab a copy of <strong>Grey</strong> County’s cycling routes map to get started,<br />
complete with information on bike rentals and repair shops.<br />
Get on the water<br />
Of course, summer in <strong>Grey</strong> County wouldn’t be complete<br />
without spending time on the water. With the southern shores<br />
of Georgian Bay in the northern part of the county, we are also<br />
home to several beautiful inland lakes and rivers, which are<br />
perfect for swimming, fishing, boating, and other water sports.<br />
Whether you’re looking to rent a canoe and paddle down a quiet<br />
river or spend a day out on the lake testing your luck at fishing,<br />
a day on the water is delightful for the whole family.<br />
10 GREY-BRUCE KIDS • SUMMER <strong>2023</strong>
A family bike ride in <strong>Grey</strong> County.<br />
History lives here<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> County also offers plenty of opportunities for fun and<br />
learning. Consider visiting some of the local museums or<br />
historical sites this summer, where you can learn about the<br />
area’s rich history and culture. To become reacquainted with<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> County’s history, take the family to visit <strong>Grey</strong> Roots<br />
Museum & Archives, located just south of Owen Sound. <strong>Grey</strong><br />
Roots interprets the human and natural history of our county<br />
by sharing collections, stories and memories that define our<br />
collective identity and guide our future.<br />
In July and August, take a step back in time by exploring<br />
Moreston Heritage Village at <strong>Grey</strong> Roots. Discover 12 beautiful<br />
historic buildings, including the newly launched 1920s General<br />
Store. See live blacksmithing demos, fully restored classic<br />
vehicles, and even live farm animals. Enjoy interactive, hands-on<br />
exhibits including ‘Game Changers,’ which explores the history<br />
and future of video games. Mario 64 is playable on what might<br />
be the world’s largest Nintendo controller. Game Changers,<br />
developed by the Canada Science and Technology Museum and<br />
managed by Science North, runs until Sept. 5.<br />
In addition to all of these great opportunities right here in our<br />
backyard, one of the best things about <strong>Grey</strong> County in the<br />
summer is simply taking the time to slow down and enjoy time<br />
with family and friends. Whether you’re taking a picnic lunch<br />
to a local park, watching the sunset over the Bay, or simply<br />
watching the kids play in the yard, there are countless ways to<br />
unwind and enjoy this awesome place so many of us get to call<br />
home. GBK<br />
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CARLEY DONALDSON enjoys adventuring near and far with her<br />
husband and two sons, mostly sticking to local towns, beaches and<br />
parks. Her passion for the area is what led Carley to her current<br />
position at <strong>Bruce</strong> County, leading marketing and communications for<br />
Explore the <strong>Bruce</strong> and many other initiatives. HEATHER MOLNAR-<br />
ALJOE was born and raised not far from the <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Line and<br />
spent her childhood exploring local beaches and wooded areas,<br />
doing anything and everything outdoors. She and her son spend their<br />
summers near the water and their winters at the hockey arena. They<br />
also enjoy hiking, swimming, cycling and finding new ice cream shops.<br />
As a marketing and communications specialist with <strong>Grey</strong> County,<br />
Heather shares her love for this area.<br />
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HEALTH<br />
The<br />
superhero<br />
within<br />
LEARN TO TRUST YOUR INTUITION<br />
BY ALICIA GIBBONS<br />
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If I could go back and tell my younger self anything in the<br />
world it would be, “You have everything you will ever need<br />
already inside of you.”<br />
I would remind her she was born with an intuition that’s hers<br />
alone and, if used properly, it could be her compass. I would<br />
teach her about being authentic and true to herself. I would<br />
tell her to pay extra attention to the things she is passionate<br />
about – they are not at all random; they leave clues that will lead<br />
her to her purpose. I would assure her that the only moment<br />
that matters is in the present. I would tell her to be brave with<br />
her life, to always lead with compassion for others and, more<br />
importantly, for herself.<br />
At almost 40, I am living and learning these foundations<br />
daily. Although I can’t go back to my younger self and tell<br />
her everything I know now, I can teach so many others the<br />
importance of these tools and building a strong foundation to<br />
carry you through this incredible journey called life.<br />
A few years ago, I found myself on the road back home to me,<br />
the me I had somehow lost in the process of becoming all the<br />
other things. The me that had lost a piece of her self-confidence,<br />
the me that was healing. There was a space between where I was<br />
and where I longed to be, the connecting factor to bridge them<br />
together came from the big messy work we often must do on<br />
ourselves.<br />
At the same time, I was taking a program that forever changed<br />
my life. It was based upon methodology first taught at Stanford<br />
University and used emotional intelligence to help people move<br />
forward in their lives. Emotional intelligence, by definition, is,<br />
“The ability to understand, use and manage your own emotions<br />
in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively and<br />
empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse.”<br />
This program gave students the understanding and teachings<br />
that could propel them with confidence, creativity, emotional<br />
well-being tools, compassion, and a deeper knowing of<br />
themselves. I’ll always remember sitting in front of my computer<br />
listening to my teacher when it occurred to me that these<br />
simple, profound, and easily integrated tools are not always<br />
taught to us as children; we are often in the midst of working<br />
on ourselves as adults by the time we truly understand them.<br />
Imagine how much more we could have accomplished if we’d<br />
been taught this earlier in life; if our parents and grandparents<br />
had been able to pass that knowledge onto us?<br />
I knew from that moment that I wanted to help bridge this gap.<br />
I spent the next couple of years with my learning hat back on,<br />
passionately committed to teaching these foundations.<br />
The thing that I love the most about this work is watching<br />
people regain their confidence. Think of a little toddler or a<br />
preschooler, they radiate confidence! They are so sure of who<br />
they are – they wear what they want no matter if it matches,<br />
they sing at the top of their lungs whether they sound good or<br />
not, and they find joy in simple, everyday moments. They have<br />
the biggest imaginations. They follow their intuition to know<br />
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all day beating to the sound of their own drum, carefree of<br />
what anyone thinks of them.<br />
Fast forward a bit and, somewhere along the way, a little voice<br />
within emerges. It’s the voice that comes in as a protector but<br />
ends up being so loud that children start to believe it. It says<br />
things like, “Don’t wear that, they will make fun of you,” or<br />
“Don’t raise your hand, what if you get the answer wrong?”<br />
What starts out as protection to keep this little person safe and<br />
in their comfort zone ends up leading their thoughts. That<br />
little person who once held confidence wearing a Superman<br />
cape at the grocery store suddenly feels overwhelmed with<br />
the thought of standing out. Part of what I do is teach the<br />
difference between the voice of judgment (some call it the<br />
inner critic or gremlin) and the voice of wisdom (the inner<br />
superhero).<br />
The voice of wisdom is calm, and it leads from intuition and<br />
knowing. It has solutions to problems, and it doesn’t judge or<br />
make us feel overwhelmed. The voice of judgment however<br />
causes a lot of stress. It’s favourite thing to do is to regret<br />
the past and create scenarios in the future that haven’t yet<br />
happened. It keeps us stuck, and often makes us second guess<br />
every decision we make. It also judges us, and it’s responsible<br />
for judging others. It gets so loud at times that it makes it hard<br />
for the inner superhero to be heard.<br />
Who’s driving your<br />
thoughts today?<br />
YOUR SUPERHERO:<br />
• You feel calm when it is speaking.<br />
• Offers solutions to problems.<br />
• Leads with compassion not judgment.<br />
• Brings peace.<br />
• That “gut” feeling or knowing.<br />
YOUR GREMLIN/INNER CRITIC<br />
• Quickly judges you and others.<br />
• Keeps you stuck.<br />
• Puts you down.<br />
• Criticizes and blames.<br />
• Offers no solutions to your problems.<br />
• Makes you feel overwhelmed.<br />
I use this as an example for a reason. It was this topic that my<br />
teacher Jennifer was speaking about the day I had that ‘ah<br />
ha’ moment in class. I had never really been taught about the<br />
difference between these voices. In fact, I had been wandering<br />
around most of my life thinking those voices were actually<br />
mine.<br />
What’s more, I had been letting the voice of judgment sit<br />
in the driver’s seat of my life for far too long. I had started<br />
on this journey back to myself thinking I would find all the<br />
things I needed to fix or change about me, when in truth I just<br />
needed to find my inner superhero again. Think about it for a<br />
moment – how would your life be different if you understood<br />
this concept at a much younger age?<br />
When I look ahead, I see a future that offers a more proactive<br />
approach with our emotional selves. Words like mindfulness<br />
and emotional well-being are more common now than ever.<br />
We are implementing programs to teach kids at an even<br />
younger age the importance of loving and trusting themselves<br />
and prioritizing their emotional and mental health. We are<br />
doing better because we now know better.<br />
The work we do on ourselves is lifelong. We don’t reach a<br />
specific point where we have learned it all and can sit back. I<br />
teach this work and yet I know I will spend the rest of my life<br />
also being a student.<br />
The difference between me then and now is simple – I am now<br />
self-aware. Believe me, there’s still a little gremlin in my head<br />
that tries to lead my thoughts. It tells me all sorts of things. In<br />
fact, it tried to stop me from writing this very article. It knew<br />
I would be taken out of my usual comfort zone, so as a means<br />
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of protection, it tried to stop me. I am so glad that my inner<br />
superhero took over, and I can now hear her louder than ever.<br />
I would like to dedicate this article to my Mom, Anne. She has<br />
been the voice of my inner superhero many times throughout<br />
my life when I couldn’t quite hear it myself. She is one of the<br />
brightest lights and spreads kindness like confetti. To be loved<br />
by her is an honour. She is one of those people that makes the<br />
world brighter just by being in it. Her compass helped to guide<br />
me here and, without knowing it, every time her own light<br />
went dim and she felt lost, it gave me the push to keep finding<br />
and searching for extra tools for the generations to come. Keep<br />
letting your superhero guide you Mom, I promise the best is yet<br />
to be.<br />
There’s a quote that says, “Of all the roads she travelled,<br />
the journey back to herself was the most magnificent!” Rediscovering<br />
my inner superhero was the missing piece I needed<br />
to find me again. My challenge to you is to start calling your<br />
own superhero home. It’s already inside of you, so get to know<br />
that voice, let it lead you and then never let it go! GBK<br />
ALICIA GIBBONS is a Mindset and Emotional Intelligence Educator,<br />
specializing in workshops and programs for youth and teens,<br />
as well as corporate services. For more information, visit www.<br />
thespacebetweenwithalicia.com and to download a free, printable inner<br />
superhero guide for kids visit www.thespacebetweenwithalicia.com/<br />
superherogb.<br />
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HEALTH AND WELLNESS<br />
OPIOIDS<br />
DON’T AVOID THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION THAT CAN SAVE LIVES<br />
BY KELSEY WALTER
<strong>Summer</strong> in <strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong> means school’s out and – for many<br />
local youth and teens – invitations to parties, events, and<br />
other social gatherings are rolling in. There’s a chance a youth<br />
in your life will be offered a regulated or unregulated drug at a<br />
party or event.<br />
This is concerning because the unregulated drug supply poses a<br />
significant risk of overdose or poisoning due to misuse and the<br />
possibility street drugs can be contaminated with toxic or highly<br />
potent substances such as fentanyl.<br />
While anyone using unregulated street drugs faces the risk of<br />
overdose, youth who, by nature, are more curious and take more<br />
chances may have no tolerance for these types of drugs, and a<br />
single use could put them at risk of an overdose, brain damage<br />
or death.<br />
The risk is greatest for youth who lack accurate information.<br />
For this reason, equipping youth and teens with current<br />
information can help to safeguard them from overdose.<br />
This article looks at what parents and caregivers can do to keep<br />
youth safe.<br />
UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE<br />
Canada is facing an opioid crisis that is claiming lives daily.<br />
Opioids are medications primarily prescribed to relieve pain.<br />
However, they can also produce euphoria, making them<br />
prone to harmful use. Examples of opioids include codeine,<br />
oxycodone, hydromorphone, morphine, heroin, and fentanyl.<br />
Opioids can be prescribed, but can also be produced and<br />
obtained without a prescription.<br />
While several factors have contributed to the current opioid crisis,<br />
unregulated street drugs contaminated with fentanyl and other<br />
opioids are causing many of the opioid-related harms and deaths.<br />
You cannot see, smell, or taste fentanyl, so there is no way to<br />
know if it has been added to a substance and a tiny amount can<br />
be deadly. Since 2016, there have been more than 9,000 apparent<br />
opioid-related deaths in Canada. In 2017, approximately 11<br />
lives were lost each day due to opioid overdoses, and Canadian<br />
youth aged 15 to 24 are the fastest-growing population requiring<br />
hospitalization for opioid overdoses.<br />
UNDERSTAND PROBLEMATIC USE<br />
Problematic opioid use is using opioids that are not prescribed<br />
to you or using prescribed opioids in a manner not intended or<br />
instructed by your health care provider. It also includes using<br />
unregulated opioids.<br />
Canadian youth can access opioids at home through drugs<br />
taken from a medicine cabinet, through family, friends, and<br />
acquaintances who share pills, through prescriptions to relieve<br />
pain, and by buying them from the unregulated market.<br />
RECOGNIZING OPIOID OVERDOSE<br />
Opioids slow down the part of the brain that controls breathing.<br />
If a person takes too much of an opioid for the body to handle,<br />
they will show signs and symptoms of an overdose. These<br />
include soft or no breathing, snoring or gurgling sounds, blue<br />
lips, nails, or skin, pinpoint pupils, cold and clammy skin, and<br />
becoming unresponsive to stimulation.<br />
Taking too much of an opioid can lead to possible brain damage<br />
or even death.<br />
RESPONDING TO OVERDOSE<br />
Public Health advises parents and guardians to get a Naloxone<br />
kit and learn how to use it, and encourage your teen to do<br />
the same. Naloxone is a safe, fast-acting medication used to<br />
temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. It is safe<br />
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use, while being aware of your own unconscious biases.<br />
• Set boundaries with your teen to foster a respectful<br />
relationship; don’t be afraid to enforce the boundaries you<br />
have implemented.<br />
• Listen to your teen and keep an open mind. Encourage a<br />
two-way conversation, while nurturing their self-confidence<br />
and self-worth.<br />
• Be involved in your teen’s life, while maintaining respectful<br />
boundaries, to strengthen communication skills and<br />
encourage open dialogue.<br />
• Educate your teen early on about substance use and<br />
preventative measures to allow them to make informed<br />
decisions about drugs and alcohol.<br />
• Know your goals for the conversation and avoid being<br />
judgemental towards your teen; resist the urge to lecture or<br />
use scare tactics.<br />
• Recognize and acknowledge your own learning process.<br />
• Only give factual information and discuss both the shortand<br />
long-term effects that drugs can have on one’s mental<br />
and physical health.<br />
to keep on hand because it cannot be improperly used and does<br />
not result in dependence.<br />
Naloxone works only if there are opioids in the body, so it will<br />
not cause any harm if given to someone who is unconscious<br />
due to another medical reason. It’s available for free, without a<br />
prescription, at pharmacies and <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Public Health.<br />
TALK TO YOUR TEEN<br />
Here are some tips to support conversations with your youth/<br />
teen about substance use:<br />
• Create opportunities for your children to talk to you about<br />
their feelings and experiences. Start these conversations<br />
when children are young and maintain that connection<br />
with your teens.<br />
• Talk openly with your teen about medication and substance<br />
PREVENTING PROBLEMATIC USE<br />
If you or your teen needs pain relief, talk to your health care<br />
provider about trying alternatives to opioids first (e.g., ibuprofen<br />
or acetaminophen). If opioids are required, try a less powerful<br />
type of opioid first, and ask for an opioid prescription with<br />
fewer pills.<br />
• Keep opioids and all other drugs in a safe and secure place,<br />
preferably locked in a security box or cabinet.<br />
• Keep track of the number of pills in each container when<br />
you are taking prescription opioids for medical reasons.<br />
If the number of pills does not match your normal use or<br />
you need to refill your prescription sooner than expected,<br />
someone else may be using your medication.<br />
• Model safe and appropriate use of medication and other<br />
substances that you may use, such as alcohol.<br />
• Always adhere to the directions on the prescription<br />
medication label. Never share your medication.<br />
• Plan to set aside time at least once a year to empty out your<br />
medicine cabinet and ensure you bring leftover and/or old<br />
medications to your local pharmacist for safe disposal. Do<br />
not flush medications or throw them in the garbage.<br />
WHAT IF YOUR TEEN’S USING OPIOIDS?<br />
• Have an open conversation with your teen when emotions<br />
are not heightened and there are no distractions.<br />
• Ask questions that encourage your teen to openly talk about<br />
opioids, rather than just asking yes or no questions.<br />
• Refer to specific events that have occurred that you are<br />
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worried about. Be transparent with them and let your teen<br />
know you care and that is why you are asking them about<br />
this.<br />
• Offer support and familiarize yourself with the resources<br />
available in your community to connect your teen once<br />
they are ready.<br />
• Learn about opioids, both prescription and nonprescription,<br />
so you can support your teen and connect<br />
them to the community resources they need.<br />
• Have a support group and people you can lean on for<br />
yourself, like a family member, friend, counsellor, faith<br />
leader or doctor.<br />
HARM REDUCTION TIPS<br />
Consider sharing these resources with your youth and the<br />
following tips for lowering overdose risk and other harms:<br />
• Avoid using alone.<br />
• Avoid mixing drugs or taking drugs while drinking alcohol,<br />
which increases overdose risk. If mixing, use less of each<br />
drug.<br />
• Know your body. Body weight, food in the stomach,<br />
tolerance, stress levels, and taking other medications are all<br />
factors that will impact how drugs will affect someone.<br />
GBK<br />
REFERENCES<br />
CAMH. Info Sheet: What Parents And Caregivers Need To Know<br />
About Prescription Opioids. Dec. 2020.<br />
Government of Canada. How to Talk with Your Teen about Drugs-<br />
Communication Tips for Parents. Feb. 2010.<br />
Health Canada. Canada’s opioid crisis fact sheet. April 9, 2019.<br />
Health Canada. Talking with teenagers about drugs and alcohol.<br />
Feb. 6, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Ottawa Public Health. Safer Party Tips. May 20, 2022.<br />
Torontovibe.com. Party Safer. March 16, 2017.<br />
KELSEY WALTER is a Public Health Nurse who has been part of <strong>Grey</strong><br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Public Health’s Harm Reduction Team since November 2021.<br />
In her spare time, Kelsey likes to stay active by playing baseball,<br />
participating in Crossfit, and going for runs. Learn more at www.<br />
publichealthgreybruce.on.ca.<br />
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HISTORY<br />
Canada’s game?<br />
EVIDENCE MAY PROVE THE FIRST BASEBALL GAME WAS PLAYED NORTH<br />
OF THE BORDER BY MAT JOHNSON<br />
20 GREY-BRUCE KIDS • SUMMER <strong>2023</strong><br />
Though baseball is universally recognized as America’s game, historic inconsistencies<br />
exist about when and where the first game of modern baseball was played. The<br />
consensus among American historians has the inaugural game taking place in New Jersey<br />
on June 19, 1846.<br />
However, credible evidence exists to indicate that the first baseball game was in fact<br />
played in Upper Canada (now Ontario) on June 4, 1838, in the town of Beachville, a<br />
community located between Woodstock and Ingersoll.<br />
In the May 26, 1886, issue of the Philadelphia-based Sporting Life, St. Marys, Ont.,<br />
native Dr. Adam Ford recalls in detail witnessing a “baseball-like game” in 1838 in<br />
Beachville. This documented, first-hand account adds significant substance to Canada’s<br />
claim of hosting the first organized baseball game.<br />
The bottom line is that there is still a vigorous debate about this subject, and it probably<br />
won’t end any time soon. As baseball historian Ron McCulloch notes, “No one person<br />
can be credited with inventing baseball. Instead, constant refinement of rules and<br />
regulations by many people gave us the game we have today.”<br />
Undoubtedly, the roots of the game lie in an English game called rounders. Arriving<br />
in North America in the 1700s, rounders was considered a children’s game that was<br />
played with various rules that were often decided by the participants. Typically, like
aseball, rounders involved a pitcher, batter and<br />
bases. Batters ‘struck’ at the ball and ran around<br />
designated bases. In order to stop the runner,<br />
fielders would try to hit them with the ball as they<br />
ran.<br />
The 1868 farmhouse that was the original Canadian<br />
Baseball Hall of Fame before the addition in 2017.<br />
One of several baseball fields at the Canadian<br />
Baseball Hall of Fame<br />
The game played on June 4, 1838, was the central<br />
attraction in what was a holiday celebration<br />
recognizing the end of the Upper Canada Rebellion<br />
(in which combat effectively ended in December<br />
1837, though further bloodshed would take place),<br />
and the birthday of King George IV (1762-1830).<br />
The game was played “on a nice smooth pasture” in<br />
which the playing field itself was a five-sided shape.<br />
Beyond the unusual configuration of the field, the<br />
Beachville game had many similarities to the game<br />
played today, including foul balls or what were<br />
referred to at the time as ‘no hits.’<br />
Interestingly, Dr. Ford makes reference to a ruling<br />
that if a batter struck (swung) and missed, but the<br />
ball was dropped by the catcher, the strike didn’t<br />
count, foreshadowing Major League Baseball rule<br />
5.05(a)(2) in which a third strike must be caught in<br />
order to record an out.<br />
As baseball continued to evolve as a sport, Canada’s<br />
relationship with the game similarly changed. By<br />
the early-1860s, a collection of amateur clubs had<br />
begun to form, particularly across what is now<br />
Ontario, and they helped to spread the game.<br />
With no particular league structure to determine<br />
champions at the time, controversy quickly<br />
developed over which club reigned supreme. In the<br />
Woodstock Sentinel of July 17, 1863, for example,<br />
the Woodstock Young Canadians claimed the<br />
title of Canadian champions following a 15-<br />
game winning streak. This is a dubious assertion<br />
as the club turned down a subsequent challenge<br />
from George Sleeman’s Guelph-based Maple<br />
Leaf baseball club to defend their claim of being<br />
Canada’s best team.<br />
These same Maple Leafs were the first Canadian<br />
team to gain international notoriety. The club<br />
participated in the amateur baseball world<br />
championships beginning on June 29, 1874, in<br />
Watertown, New York. The tournament pitted eight<br />
amateur teams against each other in a round-robin<br />
format that saw the Maple Leafs not only proving<br />
to be “gentlemen all,” (as reported in the Watertown<br />
Daily Times) but winning the tournament<br />
with a thrilling 13-10 win over the Easton P.A.<br />
Eastons, who were described by the same paper<br />
as a “muscular set of fellows.” The beautiful 87 F<br />
summer day featured not only the championship<br />
game, but a band, throwing contest, and wrestling<br />
match.<br />
In the years following the Maple Leafs’<br />
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Memorabilia from Canada’s national women’s<br />
baseball team.<br />
Items from the hit movie, A League of Their Own.<br />
international success, baseball continued to grow in popularity<br />
across the quickly expanding country. Playing fields of differing<br />
dimensions were a common sight in many communities,<br />
however, it was London, Ont., in 1877, where WJ Reid<br />
constructed a world-class baseball facility that is still in use<br />
today. Swampland adjacent to the Thames River was drained<br />
and cleared for a baseball stadium named Tecumseh Park.<br />
Though used regularly for the next six decades, the stadium fell<br />
into disrepair in the early-1930s. Coming to the rescue of the<br />
grand playing field was the Labatt family of London brewing<br />
fame. They purchased and donated the park to the City of<br />
London, while also footing the bill for over $10,000 in upgrades<br />
(over $175,000 today).<br />
Today, Labatt Park remains the oldest continually used baseball<br />
stadium in the world. Its unique early stadium architecture<br />
provides fans with the unforgettable experience of watching<br />
baseball the way the game’s early enthusiasts did over 100<br />
years ago. Today, the London Majors of the semi-professional,<br />
Ontario-based Inter-County Baseball Association call the<br />
historic grounds home.<br />
By the beginning of the 20th Century, baseball had exploded<br />
in popularity in the densely populated U.S. With railroads<br />
providing comparatively rapid travel between cities, organized<br />
leagues had formed and the playing rules were standardized. By<br />
1903, Major League Baseball had begun to take on a similar<br />
structure to what it is today. The original National League,<br />
which was primarily based on the east coast of the U.S., reached<br />
an agreement with the American League, which was centred in<br />
the midwest, to compete yearly for the World Series, which saw<br />
the champion from each league square off for the title.<br />
Though Canada would not have a Major League team until<br />
1969 when the Montreal Expos joined the National League,<br />
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World Series rings given to (from<br />
left) the Pittsburgh Pirates, and<br />
the 1992 and 1993 Toronto Blue<br />
Jays.<br />
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followed by the American League’s Toronto Blue Jays in 1977,<br />
Canada has a storied past of minor league affiliations and<br />
independent league professional teams, from which many baseball<br />
stars began their climb to fame in Major League Baseball.<br />
Canadian baseball fans today passionately debate what qualifies<br />
as the greatest moment in this country’s baseball history. Many<br />
would point to the Blue Jays’ first World Series win in 1992, or<br />
Joe Carter’s World Series-winning homerun in 1993, complete<br />
with legendary Blue Jays broadcaster Tom Cheek’s famous call<br />
of, “Touch ’em all Joe, you’ll never hit a bigger home run in your<br />
life.” A younger generation of fans might argue that José Bautista’s<br />
infamous bat flip homerun against the Texas Rangers in Game 5<br />
of the 2015 American League Division Series matches the Carter<br />
long-ball for drama.<br />
Though there is no definitive answer, a consensus can be reached<br />
that Canada has a unique and storied relationship with baseball.<br />
Preserving Canadian baseball memories and moments must be a<br />
priority as baseball is more than a game in so many communities.<br />
It is woven into the very fabric of Canadian culture.<br />
The Jack Graney Award, given yearly<br />
to a member of the media who has<br />
significantly contributed to the game of<br />
baseball in Canada.<br />
A jersey of former Blue Jays slugger<br />
José Bautista, as well as items from<br />
Montreal Expos greats Vladimir<br />
Guerrero, Tim Wallach and Dennis<br />
Martinez.<br />
Fortunately, baseball history has a permanent home at the<br />
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, located in St.<br />
Marys. Officially opened in 1998, the Hall of Fame and museum<br />
originally occupied a vintage farmhouse (dating from 1868) in the<br />
small southern Ontario town of 7,650 residents. The facility was<br />
established following a bidding process involving 12 Canadian<br />
cities vying to host and on Aug. 25, 1994, St. Marys was chosen<br />
over Guelph.<br />
Since 1998, the museum has undergone many changes, including<br />
a renovation in 2017 and the addition of 2,500 sq. ft., which were<br />
designated to provide secure storage for artifacts and house an<br />
extensive library. Today, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and<br />
Museum is a must-see for Canadian baseball fans, and, with four<br />
immaculate playing fields, it is an ideal venue for baseball games<br />
and tournaments. The museum itself hosts meticulously crafted<br />
displays and memorabilia highlighting not only Canada’s general<br />
baseball history, but also its most important teams, players, and<br />
builders who helped popularize the game in this country. The Hall<br />
room is a journey in nostalgia for baseball fans of any age, with<br />
notable individuals from every generation represented.<br />
Studying human history involves identifying cultural elements<br />
that greatly influence the path of societies. Sport is one of these<br />
elements that must considered when looking at the overall picture<br />
of Canada’s history. Baseball, like any sport, is more than just<br />
a game. It reflects the changing currents of society through its<br />
stories and people. Wins and losses, and heroes and villains are all<br />
part of the story.<br />
Thankfully, through the efforts of the Canadian Baseball Hall<br />
of Fame and Museum, this important story is safe for future<br />
generations to explore. GBK<br />
MAT JOHNSON is the owner of Marathon of History, a historical<br />
interpretation company located in Durham, Ont. To learn more visit<br />
marathonofhistory.ca or follow Marathon of History on Instagram and<br />
Facebook.<br />
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Above: Vancouver Asahi<br />
memorabilia.<br />
Right: Memorabilia of Hall of<br />
Famer Larry Walker, the pride<br />
of Maple Ridge, B.C.<br />
Play Eat Stay<br />
visitgrey.ca<br />
@visitgrey<br />
greybrucekids.com • 25
RESOURCES<br />
ABUSE<br />
Assaulted Women’s Helpline<br />
Crisis line: 1-866-863-0511<br />
www.awhl.org<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> Child and Family Services<br />
(<strong>Bruce</strong> and <strong>Grey</strong> Children’s Aid Societies<br />
amalgamated April 1, 2012)<br />
1-855-322-4453<br />
Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services<br />
1-800-567-2384; 519-371-4773<br />
kcyfs@bmts.com or keystonebrucegrey.org<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Saugeen First Nation - Kabaeshiwim<br />
Respite Women’s Shelter<br />
519-797-2521<br />
cgeorge@saugeenfirstnation.ca<br />
www.saugeenfirstnation.ca<br />
Sexual Assault and Partner<br />
Abuse Care Centre<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Services<br />
1-888-525-0552 or www.gbhs.on.ca<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Victim Services <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong><br />
Perth<br />
Crisis: 1-866-376-9852<br />
Administration: 1-888-577-3111<br />
info@victim-services.com<br />
www.victim-services.com<br />
Victim/Witness Assistance Program<br />
Owen Sound - 1-866-259-4823<br />
Walkerton - 1-866-994-9904<br />
attorneygeneral@ontario.ca<br />
http://bit.ly/ujKyeE<br />
Women’s Centre (<strong>Grey</strong> and <strong>Bruce</strong>)<br />
Administration: 519-376-0755<br />
Crisis: 1-800-265-3722<br />
womenscentre@bmts.com<br />
www.bmts.com/~womenscentre<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Women’s House Serving <strong>Bruce</strong> and <strong>Grey</strong><br />
Sexual assault crisis: 1-866-578-5566<br />
Crisis line: 1-800-265-3026<br />
Administration: (519) 396-9814<br />
crisis@whsbg.on.ca<br />
www.whsbg.on.ca<br />
Kincardine<br />
BREASTFEEDING<br />
Brockton and Area Family Health Team<br />
1-866-507-2021 or 519-881-1920<br />
RN/certified Lactation Consultant available<br />
www.bafht.com<br />
Walkerton<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit<br />
1-800-263-3456<br />
publichealth@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Hanover Family Health Team<br />
RN/Certified Lactation Consultant<br />
519-506-4348<br />
www.hanoverfht.ca<br />
La Leche League Canada<br />
Owen Sound; 519-376-5916; www.lllc.ca<br />
Moms Walkerton<br />
New Mom support<br />
320 Durham St.., Walkerton; 519-379-6769<br />
Support groups<br />
Southampton, Port Elgin, Paisley, and Tara -<br />
519-797-2010<br />
Kincardine, Ripley, Tiverton, and Lucknow -<br />
519-368-4847<br />
South-<strong>Bruce</strong> Breastfeeding Buddies -<br />
519-881-1920<br />
Wiarton and <strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula - 519-534-0912<br />
Markdale - 519-369-3381<br />
Owen Sound - 519-372-1330<br />
The Mama Nurse<br />
www.themamanurse.com<br />
CHILDBIRTH<br />
Glamma Doula<br />
Christine Piotrowski, Postpartum Doula<br />
www.glammadoula.com; 519-477-9985<br />
Hanover and District Hospital Obstetrics/<br />
Family Centred Care Birthing Centre<br />
519-364-2340<br />
admin@hanoverhospital.on.ca<br />
www.hanoverhospital.on.ca<br />
Jessica Connor Doula Services<br />
519-580-0612 or jconnor.doula@gmail.com<br />
www.jessicaconnor.ca<br />
Midwives <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
519-371-2886<br />
www.midwivesgreybruce.com<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Owen Sound Hospital Labour and Delivery<br />
519-376-2121<br />
www.gbhs.on.ca/owensound.php<br />
Walkerton Hospital Family Birthing Centre<br />
519-881-1220<br />
www.sbghc.on.ca<br />
CHILD CARE<br />
Acorn Montessori<br />
705-606-1642<br />
Thornbury<br />
Amabel-Sauble Child Care Centre<br />
519-422-3611<br />
Sauble Beach<br />
Beaver Valley Outreach<br />
519-599-2577<br />
Bobi’s Playschool<br />
519-538-5483<br />
Meaford<br />
Brockton Child Care Centre<br />
sbross@brockton.ca<br />
Brooke Montessori Toddler Program<br />
519-376-3447, Owen Sound<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Childcare Services<br />
519-881-0431 or www.brucecounty.on.ca<br />
Walkerton<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula Family Centre<br />
519-793-4100<br />
Lion’s Head<br />
Chesley Nursery School<br />
519-363-9544<br />
Durham Nursery School<br />
519-369-6973<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> County Childcare Services<br />
519-376-7324, www.greycounty.ca/childcare<br />
Hanover Montessori Children's House<br />
1-800-906-7036 or 519-364-6455<br />
Happy Hearts Day Care Centre<br />
519-376-1284<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Inglenook Creche Day Care<br />
519-371-9471; Owen Sound<br />
<strong>Kids</strong> & Us Community Childcare<br />
and Family Education Centres<br />
Ayton - 519-665-2022<br />
Dundalk - 519-923-2182<br />
Durham - 519-369-9911<br />
Holstein - 519-334-3132<br />
Markdale - 519-986-3692<br />
Osprey - 519-922-2333<br />
Paisley - 519-353-7220<br />
www.kidsandus.ca<br />
<strong>Kids</strong> Street Nursery School - Port Elgin<br />
519-389-9050<br />
Kinhuron Integrated Day Nursery School<br />
Co-op<br />
519-396-4532<br />
Kincardine<br />
Le Jardin des decouvertes - Owen Sound<br />
519-371-4411<br />
Military Family Resource Centre - Meaford<br />
519-538-1371 x6509<br />
mfrc.meaford@gmail.com<br />
www.cafconnection.ca/Meaford/Home.aspx<br />
Meaford Co-operative Nursery School<br />
519-538-3854<br />
Nawash N'Shiime Day Care Centre<br />
519-534-3909<br />
Neyaashiinigmiing (Cape Croker)<br />
OneList – Find and apply for child care<br />
brucecountychildcare.ca<br />
greycountychildcare.ca<br />
Queen of Hearts Nursery School<br />
109 Balmy Beach Rd., Owen Sound<br />
www.queenofheartsnurseryschool.com<br />
Sandbox Daycare - Hanover<br />
519-506-7263<br />
Saugeen First Nation G’Shaw-da-Gawin<br />
Day Care Centre<br />
519-797-2419<br />
gshawdagawin@bmts.com<br />
www.saugeenfirstnation.ca<br />
Saugeen Shores Childcare Centre<br />
519-832-2400<br />
Tobermory Primary Place<br />
519-596-2606<br />
Unity House - Owen Sound<br />
519-371-8686<br />
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Viola Jean’s Garden Daycare - Owen Sound<br />
519-416-5633 or 519-371-2362<br />
Wiarton <strong>Kids</strong> Den Day Care/<strong>Kids</strong> Club<br />
School age Program<br />
519-534-4434<br />
Wiarton Nursery School<br />
519-534-2121<br />
Wooden Hill Child Care Centre (La Colline<br />
De Bois) at Notre Dame School<br />
519-376-6952<br />
Owen Sound<br />
YMCA Childcare<br />
Arran Tara - 519-376-0484<br />
Hanover - 519-364-4938<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-9622<br />
Owen Sound - 519-376-0484<br />
Port Elgin - 519-832-6225<br />
Ripley - 519-395-5570<br />
ymcaowensound.on.ca<br />
DIET/NUTRITION<br />
EatRight Ontario<br />
Ministry of Health Promotion and Sport<br />
1-877-510-5102; www.eatrightontario.ca<br />
Foodlink <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
Find locally grown meat, fruit and produce<br />
www.foodlinkgreybruce.com<br />
Good Food Box<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit<br />
519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456<br />
publichealth@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit<br />
1-800-263-3456<br />
publichealth@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Hanover Family Health Team<br />
519-506-4348; www.hanoverfht.ca<br />
Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services<br />
1-800-567-2384, 519-371-4773<br />
kcyfs@bmts.com or keystonebrucegrey.org<br />
Ontario Student Nutrition Program <strong>Grey</strong><br />
<strong>Bruce</strong><br />
www.osnp.ca<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Academy of Learning - Owen Sound<br />
1077 2nd Ave. E., Suite B (2nd floor)<br />
519-371-6188 or www.academytraining.ca<br />
Adult Learning Centres<br />
Collingwood, Port Elgin, Markdale, Owen<br />
Sound, Walkerton, Wiarton<br />
www.adultlearningcentres.com<br />
Bluewater District School Board<br />
1-800-661-7509 or www.bwdsb.on.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong>-<strong>Grey</strong> Catholic District School Board<br />
519-364-5820 or www.bgcdsb.org<br />
Conseil Scolaire Catholique Providence<br />
(French Catholic School Board)<br />
1-888-768-2219; www.cscprovidence.ca<br />
Edgehill Country School, Durham<br />
www.edgehillschool.org<br />
Georgian Tutors<br />
www.georgiantutors.com<br />
EMPLOYMENT SERVICES<br />
JobsWork<br />
Aimee Kim, Job Developer, akim@clkd.ca<br />
519-396-9434 x223<br />
Leads Employment Services<br />
1051 2nd Ave. E Owen Sound<br />
1-866-955-3237<br />
www.leadsservices.com<br />
Live<strong>Grey</strong><strong>Bruce</strong><br />
www.livegreybruce.ca<br />
VPI Employment Strategies (Walkerton)<br />
519-881-4900 or 1-855-260-4900<br />
jobswalkerton@vpi-inc.com<br />
www.vpi-inc.com<br />
YMCA Employment Services<br />
1450 1st Ave. W., Suite 4A, Owen Sound<br />
519-371-9222<br />
employmentservices@ymcaowensound.on.ca<br />
FAMILY SUPPORT<br />
211 Ontario<br />
Online database of services in your area<br />
www.211ontario.ca<br />
Aspire Youth Services Inc.<br />
Ryan McLeod, CPT, RSW, MSW, CYC (BA)<br />
ryanmcleodplaytherapy@gmail.com<br />
aspireyouth.ca; 416-417-7098<br />
Big Brothers Big Sisters<br />
Owen Sound - 519-376-4449<br />
www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/bbowensound<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-3565<br />
www.bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/kincardine<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> Child and Family Services<br />
1-855-322-4453<br />
www.bgcfs.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> Mentorship<br />
504 10th St., Suite 2, Hanover<br />
519-506-5065<br />
www.brucegreymentorship.ca<br />
Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation<br />
- Native Child Welfare - Cape Croker<br />
519-534-3818<br />
supervisor.ncw@gbtel.ca<br />
www.nawash.ca<br />
EarlyON Child and Family Centres<br />
Chesley, Hanover, Kincardine, Markdale,<br />
Meaford, M’Wikwedong (Owen Sound), Owen<br />
Sound (East Ridge), Port Elgin, Thornbury,<br />
Wiarton<br />
1-800-616-8116<br />
Family Support Initiative<br />
Peer support for family of those with mental<br />
health issues<br />
519-371-4802; fsi@hopegb.org<br />
mhagb.ca<br />
Grandparent Network<br />
For grandparents raising grandchildren<br />
Meets first Monday of month at 9:30 a.m.<br />
Owen Sound<br />
Call Mary Nuckowski at 519-371-2498<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Supervised Access Program<br />
519-371-5991; pc-superacc@bmts.com<br />
www.supervisedaccess.ca, Owen Sound<br />
<strong>Kids</strong> Help Phone<br />
1-800-668-6868 (24 hours)<br />
www.kidshelpphone.ca<br />
Multiples in <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
For families with or expecting multiples<br />
http://multiplesinbrucecounty.webs.com<br />
Nemesis Group Services<br />
Owen Sound; 519-372-2425<br />
www.nemesisgroupservices.com<br />
Parent Help Line<br />
1-888-603-9100<br />
Penetangore Wellness<br />
Art and family therapy<br />
www.penetangorewellness.com<br />
Salvation Army<br />
Hanover - 519-364-3450<br />
Owen Sound - 519-371-0957<br />
Port Elgin - 519-389-3942<br />
Wiarton - 519-534-0353<br />
Victim Services <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong><br />
Perth<br />
Crisis: 1-866-376-9852; Admin: 1-888-577-3111<br />
info@victim-services.com;<br />
www.victim-services.com<br />
Victim/Witness Assistance Program<br />
1-866-259-4823 - Owen Sound<br />
1-866-994-9904 - Walkerton<br />
attorneygeneral@ontario.ca<br />
http://bit.ly/ujKyeE<br />
FINANCIAL SUPPORT<br />
Beaver Valley Outreach (Thornbury)<br />
519-599-2577; info@bvo.ca; www.bvo.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Children are Special Foundation<br />
Directs donations to the children programs<br />
provided by <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> Child and Family<br />
Services (formerly Children’s Aid)<br />
1-855-322-4453 ext 4133<br />
Social Services<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> County - 1-800-265-3119<br />
www.grey.ca/health-social-services/<br />
Owen Sound<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County - 1-800-265-3005<br />
www.brucecounty.on.ca/ontworks.php<br />
Walkerton<br />
United Way of <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong><br />
519-376-1560 or manager@unitedwaybg.com<br />
www.unitedwayofbrucegrey.com<br />
YMCA of Owen Sound and <strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong><br />
519-376-0484 or ymcaowensound.on.ca<br />
FOOD BANKS/HOUSING<br />
Beaver Valley Outreach - Thornbury<br />
519-599-2577, info@bvo.ca or www.bvo.ca<br />
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RESOURCES<br />
Durham District Food Bank<br />
Monday and Friday, 9 a.m.-noon<br />
Flesherton and Area Food Bank<br />
Marian Doyle, 519-599-3576<br />
Kincardine Ministerial Food Bank<br />
519-396-2185 or circlek@bmts.com<br />
Lion’s Head and District Food Bank<br />
519-793-3860 or helen.rick@amtelecom.net<br />
Markdale and District Food Bank<br />
519-986-3094<br />
Meaford Food Bank<br />
519-538-4550<br />
Paisley Food Bank<br />
Immanuel Evangelical Mission Church<br />
307 Balaclava St.; 519-353-5270 (Carol)<br />
Salvation Army<br />
Hanover - 519-364-3450<br />
Owen Sound - 519-371-0957<br />
Port Elgin - 519-389-3942<br />
Tobermory Food Bank<br />
519-596-1501<br />
Walkerton and District Food Bank<br />
519-881-0168<br />
Wiarton Food Bank<br />
519-534-0353<br />
Habitat for Humanity <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
1-866-771-6776 or habitatos@bmts.com<br />
www.habitatgreybruce.com<br />
Ontario Tenants Rights<br />
ontariotenants@hotmail.com<br />
www.ontariotenants.ca<br />
Safe ‘n Sound Homelessness Initiative<br />
519-470-7233; www.safensoundgreybruce.com<br />
Subsidized housing<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County - 1-800-265-3022<br />
www.brucecounty.on.ca/socialhousing.php<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> County - 376-5744<br />
http://bit.ly/vVG1k0<br />
HEALTH CARE<br />
ActivEars Hearing Centres<br />
Owen Sound - 226-908-3651<br />
Hanover - 226-840-2254<br />
Durham - 226-840-0989<br />
www.activears.com<br />
Brockton and Area Family Health Team<br />
1-866-507-2021 or www.bafht.com<br />
Walkerton<br />
Canadian Mental Health Association<br />
<strong>Grey</strong>-<strong>Bruce</strong> Branch<br />
Administration - 519-371-3642<br />
Crisis: 1-877-470-5200<br />
jralph@cmhagb.org; www.cmhagb.org<br />
Collingwood General and Marine Hospital<br />
705-445-2550; www.cgmh.on.ca<br />
Connect Rehabilitation, Yoga and Fitness<br />
1100 16th Ave. E., Owen Sound<br />
admin@connectrehab.com; 519-372-2121<br />
www.connectrehab.com<br />
ConnexOntario Help Lines<br />
Drug and alcohol - 1-800-565-8603<br />
Gambling - 1-888-230-3505<br />
Mental health - 1-866-531-2600<br />
www.connexontario.ca<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Services (hospitals)<br />
Lion’s Head - 519-793-3424<br />
Markdale - 519-986-3040<br />
Meaford - 519-538-1311<br />
Owen Sound - 519-376-2121<br />
Southampton - 797-3230<br />
Wiarton - 534-1260<br />
www.gbhs.on.ca<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit - Owen Sound<br />
1-800-263-3456<br />
publichealth@publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
Hanover and District Hospital<br />
519-364-2340/info@hdhospital.ca<br />
www.hdhospital.ca<br />
Healthy Babies, Healthy Children<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit<br />
519-376-9420 or 1-800-263-3456<br />
www.publichealthgreybruce.on.ca<br />
Hanover Family Health Team<br />
519-506-4348 or dford@hanoverfht.ca<br />
www.hanoverfht.ca<br />
Healthy Smiles Ontario<br />
Dental for families making under $20,000/yr<br />
Register through the health unit<br />
Online: http://bit.ly/JAqJbY<br />
Honouring Life Network<br />
Indigenous youth suicide prevention<br />
www.honouringlife.ca<br />
Hope<strong>Grey</strong><strong>Bruce</strong> - Owen Sound<br />
Mental Health and Addiction Services<br />
519-371-4120 or www.mhagb.ca/gbchc/<br />
Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services<br />
1-800-567-2384 or 519-371-4773<br />
kcyfs@bmts.com or keystonebrucegrey.org<br />
<strong>Kids</strong> Help Phone (24 hours)<br />
1-800-668-6868 or www.kidshelpphone.ca<br />
Kincardine Family Health Team<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-2700<br />
Ripley - 519-395-2601<br />
www.kincardinefht.ca<br />
Mino Bimadsawin Health Centre<br />
57 Mason Dr., Saugeen First Nation<br />
519-797-3336<br />
M’Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource<br />
Centre - Owen Sound<br />
1-866-202-2068 or admin@mwikwedong.com<br />
www.mwikwedong.com<br />
Owen Sound Crisis Pregnancy Centre<br />
1-888-371-2004<br />
oscpc@wightman.ca<br />
Pediatric clinics<br />
Hanover - 519-364-2340<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-3331<br />
Markdale - 519-986-3040<br />
Owen Sound - 519-376-2121<br />
Walkerton - 519-881-1220<br />
Penetangore Wellness<br />
www.penetangorewellness.com<br />
Poison Control Centre<br />
1-800-268-9017<br />
Postpartum depression<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Health Unit - 1-800-263-3456<br />
Keystone Child, Youth and Family Services -<br />
1-800-567-2384<br />
Sandra Hall Physiotherapy<br />
519-270-6528; shallphysio12@gmail.com<br />
www.sandrahallphysiotherapy.com<br />
South <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong> Health Centre (hospitals)<br />
Chesley - 519-363-2340<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-3331<br />
Durham - 519-369-2340<br />
Walkerton - 519-881-1220<br />
www.sbghc.on.ca<br />
South East <strong>Grey</strong> Community Health Centre<br />
55 Victoria St., Markdale<br />
519-986-2222 or 1-855-519-2220<br />
info@segchc.ca or www.segchc.ca<br />
St. John Ambulance First Aid training<br />
519-364-7004 or grey.bruce@on.sja.ca<br />
Online: http://bit.ly/t3Ye8g<br />
TeleHealth Ontario<br />
1-866-797-0007<br />
TVCC<br />
519-3370-0777 or 1-866-590-8822<br />
www.tvcc.on.ca<br />
LIBRARIES<br />
Blue Mountains Public Library/<br />
L.E. Shore Memorial Library<br />
Thornbury<br />
519-599-3681 or thebluemountainslibrary.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Public Library<br />
opac.brucecounty.on.ca; 519-832-6935;<br />
libraryinfo@brucecounty.on.ca<br />
Cargill - 519-366-9990<br />
Chesley - 519-363-2239<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-3289<br />
Lion’s Head - 519-793-3844<br />
Lucknow - 519-528-3011<br />
Mildmay - 519-367-2814<br />
Paisley - 519-353-7225<br />
Port Elgin - 519-832-2201<br />
Ripley - 519-395-5919<br />
Sauble Beach - 519-422-1283<br />
Southampton - 519-797-3586<br />
Tara - 519-934-2626<br />
Teeswater - 519-392-6801<br />
Tiverton - 519-368-5655<br />
Tobermory - 519-596-2446<br />
Walkerton - 519-881-3240<br />
Wiarton - 519-534-2602<br />
Collingwood Public Library<br />
519-445-1571; www.collingwoodpubliclibrary.ca<br />
Dundalk/Southgate Public Library<br />
519-923-3248; http://southgate-library.com/<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> Highlands Public Library<br />
Flesherton - 519-924-2241<br />
Kimberley - 519-599-6990<br />
Walter Harris Memorial Library (Markdale) -<br />
519-986-3436; greyhighlandspubliclibrary.com<br />
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Hanover Public Library<br />
519-364-1420 or www.hanoverlibrary.ca<br />
Meaford Public Library<br />
519-538-1060<br />
www.meaford.ca/meaford-library-home.html<br />
Owen Sound and North <strong>Grey</strong><br />
Union Public Library<br />
519-376-6623; www.owensound.library.on.ca<br />
West <strong>Grey</strong> Public Library system<br />
www.westgreylibrary.com<br />
Durham (main) branch - 519-369-2107<br />
Elmwood and area - 519-363-3321<br />
Neustadt - 519-799-5830<br />
Ayton/Normanby - 519-799-3242<br />
MUSEUMS<br />
Billy Bishop Heritage Museum - Owen Sound<br />
519-371-0031 or www.billybishop.org<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Lighthouse Museums<br />
Cabot (Lion’s) Head - 519-795-7780<br />
Chantry Island (Southampton) - 866-318-8889<br />
Kincardine - 519-396-3468<br />
Point Clark - 519-395-2494<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Museum, Cultural Centre &<br />
Archives - Southampton<br />
519-797-2080 or www.brucemuseum.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula Visitors Centre<br />
519-596-2233 or http://bit.ly/rQQFf6<br />
Tobermory<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Power Visitors’ Centre<br />
519-361-7777; www.brucepower.com<br />
Chesley Heritage & Woodworking Museum<br />
519-363-9837<br />
Craigleith Heritage Depot - Thornbury<br />
519-599-3131<br />
www.thebluemountains.ca/Craigleith-Heritage-Depot.cfm<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> Roots Museum & Archives<br />
Includes county’s archives<br />
1-877-GREY ROOTS; www.greyroots.com<br />
RR4 Owen Sound<br />
Meaford Museum<br />
519-538-5974<br />
www.visitmeaford.com/meaford-museum.html<br />
Owen Sound Marine and Rail Museum<br />
519-371-3333<br />
www.marinerail.com<br />
Paddy Walker Heritage Society - Kincardine<br />
519-396-1850<br />
www.walkerhousekincardine.com<br />
South <strong>Grey</strong> Museum - Flesherton<br />
519-924-2843 or museum@greyhighlands.ca<br />
www.southgreymuseum.ca<br />
St. Edmunds Township Museum - Tobermory<br />
519-596-2479 or online http://bit.ly/vEdicK<br />
Tobermory Maritime Association<br />
519-596-2700; www.tobermorymaritime.ca<br />
Treasure Chest Museum - Paisley<br />
519-353-7176 or http://bit.ly/1PjTS1D<br />
NEWCOMER SERVICES<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Settlement & Langauge Services<br />
519-371-9222 or settlement@osgb.ymca.ca<br />
ONLINE SUPPORT<br />
www.211.ca<br />
www.pathwaysawareness.org<br />
www.mentallyfit.ca<br />
www.shelternet.ca<br />
www.targetyouth.ca<br />
www.thehealthline.ca<br />
www.wesforyouthonline.ca<br />
PLAYGROUPS<br />
<strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Play<br />
Monthly inclusive playgroup<br />
<strong>Grey</strong>bruceplay@gmail.com<br />
Pine River Moms<br />
519-389-7136; jill.ricica@gmail.com.<br />
Thursdays during school year, info on FB<br />
EarlyON Child and Family Centres<br />
Chesley, Paisley, Kincardine, Port Elgin, and<br />
Wiarton - 1-800-616-8116<br />
Hanover, Markdale, Meaford, M’Wikwedong<br />
(Owen Sound), Owen Sound (East Ridge), and<br />
Thornbury - 1-866-483-7774<br />
SPECIAL NEEDS<br />
Autism Ontario <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Chapter<br />
226-787-0333 or marti@autismontario.com<br />
http://bit.ly/tO6kam; Owen Sound<br />
Autism Parent Support Group<br />
Community Living Kincardine & District<br />
519-396-9434 or www.clkd.ca<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Children’s Services Resource<br />
Program<br />
1-800-265-3005 or www.brucecounty.on.ca<br />
Walkerton<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> Peninsula (Wiarton) Association<br />
for Community Living<br />
519-534-0553<br />
Community Living Kincardine & District<br />
519-396-9434; www.clkd.ca<br />
Community Living Meaford<br />
519-538-4165<br />
Community Living Owen Sound<br />
and District<br />
519-371-9251 or communitylivingowensound.ca<br />
Community Living Walkerton & District<br />
519-881-3713 or www.clwalkerton.org<br />
Georgian Riding Association<br />
for Challenged Equestrians<br />
519-372-2721; grace@log.on.ca<br />
Wicklen Stables, RR5 Owen Sound<br />
Hope Haven Therapeutic Riding Centre<br />
519-986-1247<br />
www.hopehavencentre.org<br />
Keystone Child, Youth & Family Services<br />
Owen Sound; 1-800-567-2384<br />
kcyfs@bmts.com or keystonebrucegrey.org<br />
PRANCE Therapeutic Riding Centre<br />
519-832-2522 or prance@bmts.com<br />
Miramichi Farms, Hwy. 21 Port Elgin<br />
Reading Rescue Ontario<br />
519-794-4745 or soehner@bmts.com<br />
www.readingrescueontario.ca<br />
Holland Centre<br />
South <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong> Youth Literacy Council<br />
519-364-0008 or info@sgbyouthliteracy.org<br />
www.sgbyouthliteracy.org<br />
Hanover<br />
Special Therapy and Education<br />
Program of Saugeen (STEPS)<br />
519-797-1935<br />
info@stepsahead.ca; www.stepsahead.ca<br />
Southampton<br />
TVCC<br />
519-370-0777 or 1-866-590-8822<br />
www.tvcc.on.ca<br />
United Way of <strong>Bruce</strong> <strong>Grey</strong><br />
519-376-1560; unitedwaybg@bmts.com<br />
www.unitedwayofbrucegrey.com/<br />
Owen Sound<br />
SPEECH/LANGUAGE<br />
<strong>Bruce</strong> County Childcare Services<br />
1-800-265-3005; www.brucecounty.on.ca<br />
Walkerton<br />
Closing the Gap Healthcare Group<br />
Rehab Express <strong>Grey</strong> <strong>Bruce</strong><br />
1-866-990-9901 or www.closingthegap.ca<br />
Owen Sound<br />
South West Community Care Access Centre<br />
In-Home Services<br />
Owen Sound - 519-371-2112<br />
Walkerton - 519-881-1181<br />
www.sw.ccac-ont.ca<br />
TVCC<br />
519-370-0777 or 1-866-590-8822<br />
www.tvcc.on.ca<br />
VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children<br />
Support, speech and language therapy<br />
<strong>Grey</strong>/<strong>Bruce</strong> chapter is free to families<br />
www.voicefordeafkids.com<br />
WISH PROGRAMS<br />
Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada<br />
1-800-267-9474<br />
on@childrenswish.ca or www.childrenswish.ca<br />
Ajax, ON<br />
Make-A-Wish - Southwestern Ontario Chapter<br />
519-471-4900 or www.makeawishswo.org<br />
London, ON GBK<br />
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RECIPES<br />
Everything’s<br />
peachy!<br />
CURRIED CHICKEN, PEACH AND PECAN SALAD<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
Dressing<br />
½ cup plain yogurt<br />
⅓ cup mayonnaise<br />
2 tbsp fresh lemon juice<br />
1 tbsp curry powder<br />
2 garlic cloves, minced<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
Cayenne pepper to taste<br />
Salad<br />
3 cups cooked chicken, cut into bite-sized pieces<br />
4 peaches, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces<br />
½ cup green onion, chopped<br />
2 carrots, grated<br />
⅓ cup pecan halves, preferably toasted<br />
INSTRUCTIONS<br />
Dressing<br />
In medium bowl, stir together yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice, curry<br />
powder, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper until blended. Refrigerate until<br />
ready to use. The dressing will keep well for a couple of days.<br />
Salad<br />
In large bowl, toss together chicken, three of the peaches, green onion<br />
and carrots until combined; toss with dressing. Add pecans and gently<br />
toss.<br />
Sprinkle with remaining peach and serve immediately.<br />
NO-BAKE LIGHT PEACH CHEESECAKE PIE<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
1⅓ cups graham cracker crumbs<br />
⅔ cup granulated sugar<br />
1 tsp cinnamon<br />
¼ cup butter, melted<br />
8 oz light cream cheese<br />
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice<br />
5 peaches<br />
1 envelope unflavoured gelatin<br />
¼ cup cold water<br />
1 cup low-fat yogurt<br />
Mint sprig (optional)<br />
INSTRUCTIONS<br />
Combine crumbs, 2 tbsp sugar and cinnamon; stir in butter. Press to<br />
bottom and sides of deep, ungreased 9-inch pie plate.<br />
In bowl, beat cream cheese, remaining sugar and lemon juice until<br />
smooth. Peel and finely chop four of the peaches; stir into cheese<br />
mixture. Sprinkle gelatin over cold water in small saucepan and let<br />
stand five minutes; stir over low heat until dissolved. Or, soften gelatin<br />
with water in small bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds and<br />
stir.<br />
Beat into cheese mixture; refrigerate until thickened, 15 to 30<br />
minutes. Fold in yogurt, and pour into crust. Refrigerate for several<br />
hours or overnight.<br />
Peel and slice remaining peach and use with mint to garnish top.<br />
GBK<br />
Recipes courtesy Foodland Ontario<br />
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Museum & Park Passes<br />
Technology Kits<br />
Ozobots<br />
Sports Kits<br />
and more!<br />
Free with your Library Card<br />
Join us for <strong>Summer</strong> Reading Club!<br />
www.library.brucecounty.on.ca