The Challenger
April 2017
Potential Place
110, 999-8th Street SW Calgary, Alberta T2R 1J5
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Earth Day and Mental & Physical
HealthVolunteer at a Community Garden
“It’s a vitamin D sport,” says Sylvia Holland, a
gardener with Vancouver’s Green Streets program,
who says she has seen full-body benefits from her
gardening, including improved strength and aerobic
health. “But community gardening is also about
creating a healthy society, a healthy planet.”
Carolyn Bailey, community gardens coordinator with EcoSource, an
environmental education charity in Mississauga, Ont., sees that in her
Garden of the Valley program. “The garden benefits the Mississauga Valley
Park’s ecosystem by bringing more flowering plants into the park,
encouraging pollinators like bees,” she says. “But there other tangible
health benefits, too, from the friendships that gardeners make with each
other, or sharing their knowledge with young families, or new Canadians
literally put down roots in their new community.”
Trade in your car for a bicycle for the day
More and more women are rediscovering the fun of riding a bike, whether
it’s joining a group of friends to ride local trails, taking in a combo
spinning/yoga class, or simply zipping around the neighborhood to do
errands or enjoy a family outing. (And, hey, reducing your gasoline budgetand your greenhouse gas emissions-doesn’t hurt, either.)
“Cycling helps you develop fantastic lower body strength: your quadriceps,
hamstrings and buttocks,” says Jenny Brown, a fitness trainer and women’s
cycling coach at Reactivated in St. Catherine’s, Ontario. “You develop toned
muscles without bulk.”
Upcoming Events
Saturday April 1
1st Saturday of the Month
Crafts, Games & Movie
10AM – 3:00PM
Lunch $4.00
Wednesday April 5
YAOP Social Event
4:00PM – 7:00PM
Friday April 7
Laser Tag
4:30PM – 8:30PM
$9.00
Wednesday April 12
Career Dinner
4:30PM – 6:30PM
Dinner $4.00
Friday April 14
Good Friday
Easter egg Hunt & Movie
10AM – 3:00PM
Lunch $4.00
Friday April 21
Toppler Bowling
4:30PM – 8:30PM
$6.00
Friday April 28
Birthday Celebrations
3:00PM – 4:00PM
No Cost (Coffee & Cake)
Name that Tune
4:00PM – 8:30PM
$4.00
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Help the environment by connecting with it
Researchers have long touted the physical benefits of walking, such as increased oxygen intake, revvedup circulation, a healthier heart and calorie burning. But walking can also shed stress and enhance calm
energy. “Mindful walking means that you’re living in the moment,” says Laura Farres, a Vancouver sport
psychology consultant. So instead of pounding the pavement with your head down and earphones in,
enjoy active meditation, time to re-energize and think.
“Think about every aspect of your foot movement: lifting the heel, the middle of your foot and then the
toes,” says JoAnne Hunter, a nurse practitioner at Toronto Western Hospital who teaches walking
meditation, in which participants walk very slowly, inhaling with one step and exhaling with the next. “This
helps you think about your connection to the earth,” Hunter says. “You feel peaceful and in touch with
your body, which reduces stress.”
Health, Wellness, Movies and TV
By Victor Lo
Movies and TV shows are big business in the entertainment industry. You may know stars such as
Sandra Bullock, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Mark Wahlberg and Julia Roberts. These are some of
the stars appearing on the silver screen. You may know some shows on TV such as Law and Order,
Star Gate, Star Trek or Code Black. TV and Movies are a great way to pass the time as well as be
educational. Movies and TV as integrated into our daily lives have become part of our social fabric
and community.
However, our choice of what we watch is important as how often or how long we watch TV or how
often we go to the movies. Some choose comedy, others sci-fi or action. Movies can be more
educational, action packed and worth seeing. Movies such as Star Wars, for example, immerses
us into a world of its own.
Movies can be a great way to educate people, especially if they are documentaries and non-fiction.
Just like book reports in school, one can do a movie report. Explaining the plots twist and turns and
explaining what is going on is a great learning tool and experience. However how does this affect
our health and wellness? Well, it can affect our relationships. For example when a couple is dating,
one event is to go for dinner and a movie. Or a married couple without kids can snuggle up and
watch a movie or their favorite TV show. Or when with kids, it a good way to spend time with them
watching their favorite movies or TV shows.
Watching TV shows or movies can be educational for our mental wellness. For example, medical
dramas such as Code Black, House and ER have a lot of medical jargon. Star Trek, Star Gate have
a lot of scientific jargon, and movies such as Gravity or Harry Potter, usually have their own world
that one can enjoy. Just like watching sports, watching TV and movies has become a great pass
time. However, do not be a TV couch potato! Get out and take a walk from time to time!!
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Mother Earth
By Moe
Earth otherwise known as the world is the third planet from the Sun and the only object in the Universe
known to harbor life. It is the densest planet in the Solar System formed about 4.54 billion years ago.
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to
demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated
globally by the Earth Day Network] and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.
The first Earth Day celebrations took place in two thousand colleges and universities, roughly ten thousand
primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities across the United States. More importantly,
it "brought 20 million individuals out into the spring sunshine for peaceful demonstrations in favor of
environmental reform.
As Earth Day 1970 convened, the earth was experiencing exponential annual population growth of 2% or
more while the environmental climate impact per person was rising sharply. Against this stark backdrop,
the following projections were made if the then-current trends were to continue unchecked.
The first Canadian Earth Day was held on Thursday, September 11, 1980 with a ceremonial tree planting
and encouraged politicians across the country to declare a cross-Canada annual Earth Day.
Earth Day Canada (EDC) is a national environmental charity founded in 1990 that provides Canadians with
practical knowledge, tools, and simple easy-to-accomplish actions to support a healthier environment
through EDC's year-round and award-winning programs.
All things must pass. That includes life on Earth, which will surely be wiped out eventually. But how long
does it have? The possibilities are:

Volcanic apocalypse. Timeframe: 0-100 million
years? Maybe?

Asteroid threat. Timeframe: within 450 million
years, maybe?

When the core freezes over. Timeframe: 3 to 4
billion years

Expanding Sun. Timeframe: between 1 and 7.5
billion years

There is nothing to fear but life itself.
Timeframe: 500 million years
So, may there be only peaceful and cheerful Earth Days to come for our beautiful planet as it continues to
spin and circle in frigid space with its warm and fragile cargo of animate life.
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Spring Cleaning, Eh?
By Villa
Spring cleaning is often used when one thinks of a
cluttered garage, an over-filled coat rack or even just a
general sense of wanting things cleaned after a long
winter of hibernation. Like it or not, it’s something we all
start to think about once the snow starts to melting and
the sun’s shining so we can start the spring with, well, a
spring in our step. But that isn’t the kind of spring-cleaning
I’m talking about, I’m talking about the spring-cleaning
within each of us that is commonly given very little
consideration in our busy lives.
Unless you’re an avid gym-goer, the long winter months can take a steep toll on our bodies both mentally
and physically. Sometimes we don’t even notice that stress can pile on during the holidays. That, and
battling the bitter cold can lead us to accumulate tension over time. I know I’m certainly not thinking
about the gym after a long day. I’m thinking of a fireplace and a small glass of wine. Ultimately we all
want to be healthy and active, but old man winter can make that a real challenge sometimes.
The same way we take care in starting a car that’s been sitting all winter, why not start the season with a
little maintenance on yourself. We all love that feeling of “oh my god I can’t even walk” after that first
work out (And by everyone I mean EVERY one). That’s because our bodies are not unlike a car in certain
respects. When we don’t maintain them regularly, all sorts of little kinks and squeaks start to show up.
Let’s all take just a bit of time this year to do a little spring cleaning for ourselves. Maybe we get rid of
some aches and pains with a nice therapeutic massage. Perhaps we could detoxify our bodies from
toxins accumulating by engaging in an ionic foot bath. Or just get your brain to turn off and ground your
chakras with some cleansing energy work and chakra balancing. Take some time to make sure all your
cylinders are firing before you start revving your engine this spring.
There are lots of reasons for not being physically active. Here’s a list of some common reasons with some
ways to overcome them. Remember, everyone is
different, with different abilities, knowledge,
interests and free time.
The key to success is setting a realistic fitness goal
for you, choosing activities you like to do, and
asking for the support of friends and professionals
when you need it. Remember that getting back into
a healthy routine doesn’t have to be a painful
process, sometimes all that’s needed is a little care
and attention.
Earth teach us to forget myself as melted snow
forgets its life. Earth teach us resignation as the leaves which die in the fall. Earth teach us courage as the
tree which stands all alone. Earth teach me regeneration as the seed which rises in the spring.
Happy Spring!
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Hero Stories
By Lynda
My childhood was riddled with peer bullying from grade one to grade six, I was taught to turn
the other cheek when someone offends me and never fought back. I heard that many of the
children that bullied me were going into the same Junior High School, I did not want the bullying
to continue thru my junior high years so I decided to fight the next person who picked a fight
with me. My brother taught me some Judo, the rest I left up to the Devine. The “toughest girl in
the school “challenged me to a fight. In short I became the “toughest girl”, which put an end to
the bullying.
Since I was in Elementary School I have enjoyed socializing with the children in the special needs
room in our school. The children were blind and deaf. I learned Braille and Sign Language. My
friend Sherry who is blind could play jump ball better than my friends with sight. I met a young
man in college who swept me off my feet. When we were dating he treated me like gold. He’s
Asian and I got to visit many Asian countries Singapore, Hong Kong, China and Indonesia. The
honeymoon was over fast and abuse took its place. I stayed in the marriage 25 years.
I suffered a major mental breakdown in 2003 and again in 2005; my mind was scrambled, I could
not think or concentrate on anything and was assessed for a month in hospital. They came up
with a diagnosis that I was Bi-Polar and Manic. I did not agree with this diagnosis and booked an
appointment with the Bi-Polar clinic at Foothills Hospital. After an extensive Psychological
testing the head doctor of the clinic agreed that I was not bi-polar. He said my breakdowns were
like a pressure cooker effect a lot of negatives put in my mind and when it gets too much it
explodes. My psychiatrist changed my diagnosis to schizoaffective disorder as I had extreme
depression and anxiety. When my spouse
threatened my children’s lives and my life, I
took my daughters and went to a local
shelter. My son was a teenager at the time
and decided to stay with his father. It took
me 8 years to recover from my breakdowns and have a sense of self-worth. I
started on a path of self-recovery through a
psychiatrist, C.M.H.A Circle of Friends, Peer
Options, Group Therapy, Church, and, my
Faith with the Devine and self-improvement.
I have had a successful career at banking
working with people who have special
needs from newborns to the elderly.
Potential Place is a godsend and is helping
me immensely.
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Hero Stories
By Simon
Congratulations Simon, who received 3rd place for an incredible speech he performed at the Calgary
Westhills Toastmaster Club competition. We included his speech in this our hero section because it
was such an inspiring story.
How I didn’t become an Astronaut
By Simon Adamson
What does every kid want to be when they grow up? The usual answer is – an
astronaut. I was no different. But I was different. I was special – I was a gifted child. In
Grade 1 I went through I.Q. testing which showed that I had a genius IQ and a
photographic memory. I can remember watching The Empire Strikes Back and
Superman quite vividly from when I was 3 years old.
So my parents did the best they could to help my dreams come true. We were at the library every week
when I was growing up. I devoured books and at an incredible rate. I was always reading and I maintained
an honoring standing all through elementary and junior high. In grade 5 I was reading at a grade 12 level.
In Grade 7 I had a 98% average.
However, when I was 13 I came down with a bout of depression. I had lost interest in
my studies and friendships and fell into a deep depression. But after 4 or 5 months on
anti-depressants, I pulled out of it.
My focus shifted from my studies to sports. I fell in love with football. When the time
came to choose a high school, I had two options – the advanced academic program
of Arch Bishop MacDonald or sports rich program of St. Francis Xavier. I wanted to
play football, so I choose F.X.
I played bantam football that fall, with plans to play high school senior in grade 11.
That year I won the award for Defensive Player of the Year. But when football ended, I fell into another
depression. It took 6 months on anti-depressants to pull out of it. I still maintained my grades and played
baseball that spring. I was a great base stealer, and had a great arm, but I couldn’t hit worth a lick.
That year I had a great summer, preparing for Grade 11 and high school football. I went to the UofA
summer football camp and impressed the coaches with my speed and tackling ability. The season went
great- we only lost one game, and then beat that team in the City Championship. I was riding high, until I
hit a snag – astronauts need to be good at math – I was not. I got a 51% in Math 20 and didn’t even bother
tackling Math 30.
My dreams seemed to be dying – but I wouldn’t talk to anyone about it. I didn’t want the other kids to
know I was a genius, because I didn’t want them to treat me any differently. So my dreams of being an
astronaut remained unspoken and hidden.
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Then the unthinkable happened – I came down with schizophrenia. I
lost interest in my studies, my friends and my family. I had paranoid
delusions of people stalking me, following me, spying on me and
plotting against me. I went on a Phys ED camping trip and hid in my tent
to escape the voices and shadows outside my tent. We went on a
mountain hike and I thought we were Jews being marched into the gas
chamber. I didn’t trust anyone – and it went like that for 4 months.
Then in the spring of ’95 I started having delusions of grandeur – fixed
false beliefs of grandiose nature. I thought I was in the reincarnation of
famous people. I thought I was JFK and went around telling people that
I knew who shot me. I thought I was Lou Gehrig when Cal Ripken was
chasing the Iron Man streak, and I was like, “NO one’s going to beat my
record!”. I thought I was Malcolm X, here to deliver the black race. And
I thought I was Richie Valens – bopping around the dance floor of my
high school graduation looking for some girl named Donna. All year I
battled these symptoms, and obviously it affected my performance in
the classroom. But I did pull off a minor miracle when I received a mark
of 100% on my English Diploma Exam Essay.
My parents had been trying to get me into the hospital for months, but I was never a danger to myself or
others. But I had the delusion that I was a Hollywood superstar, and tried to run off to Los Angeles. Thy
caught me, and into the psych ward I went. After two months of meds and treatment I was released and
my family moved to Calgary. My dreams of being an astronaut were long gone. All I was trying to do was
survive my schizophrenia. But I found an outlet – I started public speaking about my illness. I started
going around to high schools and talking to kids about schizophrenia. And I was good at it. People told
me, “Why don’t you try broadcasting for a career?” So I gave it a shot. I was accepted into the
Broadcasting Program at SAIT in the spring of 1998. I did well for the first semester but things unraveled
in the second semester. I couldn’t handle the pace or stress of the industry. I started hearing voices,
nagging and insulting me.
So I became a Gym rat. I spend 3 – 4 hours a day playing basketball at the Eau Claire YMCA. I had
basketball Jones’ big time. I did this for 7 years, until I relapsed in 2006, spending 6 months at the
Claresholm Hospital. Since then, I have just been putting my life
back together – different jobs, volunteer work and replying on my
family.
I am nearly completely health now, except for the occasional
voices. I may not be an astronaut but I am grateful to the Lord for
putting me on this path. I have gained great wisdom and
experience from my life and I am proud to be a schizophrenia
survivor. I may not be an astronaut, but I have a clear view of the
Earth.
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Tsuu T'ina Nation Health Fair
By Giuseppe
Mike H, Villa and I attended and displayed a booth for Potential Place at the Tsuu Tìna
Nation Health Fair in March. Our booth was very busy from people curious about what
Potential Place could offer to the community. We were there for about three hours. It was
great to meet people and it was well attended by Native people. The organizers were
friendly and hospitable. Thank you to them for being such a good host and for their
generosity in providing lunch. We’re glad and thankful for participating annually at this show
and we look forward to next year.
If any member would like to participate in Potential Place activities or community
presentations there will be announcements at the weekly community meeting on Tuesday’s
at 1:00pm. It’s a great opportunity for members and we always have a great time!
Thanks!
Employment Updates
By Hannelore
Going back to work has always being a pleasure for
me, even though it is just seasonal work. I have a
new outlook on what to anticipate in the coming
spring planting fertilizing and much more.
My
duties are to help customers with their needs and
answer any questions they may have.
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Saying Goodbye to Our Practicum Student
By Marketing
Sadly our practicum student Carolyn, from the University of Calgary is finishing up this month at
Potential Place. Carolyn has been an integral part of implementing and engaging members in a
new health and wellness initiative. From office exercises to reading and understanding nutrition
labels, Carolyn along with colleagues have given us a lot of good information to implement into
our day. Carolyn has an abundance of enthusiasm which she used to get members engaged and
help them with work-order day tasks. Her bright smile will be missed. We wish Carolyn the very
best in her academic and future endeavours.
Goodbye message from Carolyn
It is hard to believe that three months have passed and my
Social Work practicum comes to an end. What an amazing
experience it has been at Potential Place. I would like to
thank every member I was fortunate to meet in person and
work alongside. I appreciate your kindness in letting me be
a part of Clubhouse.
Thank you to the staff, particularly my supervisor, Andrea, for
being role models for me to understand the Clubhouse
model. It was a wonderful pleasure to be in the cafe unit with
Dean and all the creativity he brought to each delicious lunch
preparation.
A special shout out to the presenters of the Health & Wellness
educational sessions (if you missed any of these interesting
sessions, they are available under the members directory along
with a short summary on the Health & Wellness bulletin
board).
This has been a unique experience to be part of Potential Place.
Thank you for the memories.
Carolyn
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THANK YOU CALGARY PHILHARMONIC
THANK YOU!
On March 25th 2017 20 Potential Place members received the exclusive
opportunity to see a live performance at the Calgary Philharmonic, featuring
Russian Masters, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Through the Heart Strings
program, 20 tickets were donated to members. These members are
individuals who otherwise would not have been able to afford to see such
an amazing performance.
Members said they were moved by the music and that it was a positive life experience that
would take with them through life.
“Help us heal hearts through the power of music”
“Each year, your Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra donates over 600 free concert tickets to
dozens of charities. This year, the need is greater than ever. Share the uplifting gift of live music
through a tax receipt donation to our HeartStrings Program.”
For more information http://calgaryphil.com/support/make-a-donation/heartstrings/
Benefits of music include:
 Music Lowers Stress and Improves Health
 Music Helps You Sleep Better
 Music Reduces Depression
 Music Strengthens Learning and Memory
 Music Increases Verbal Intelligence
 Music Keeps Your Brain Healthy in Old Age
To view the research and more benefits of music see the following link:
www.lifehack.org/317747/scientists-find-15-amazing-benefits-listening-music
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Thank you
Reaching out to our
wonderful members
through phone calls is
important for our
Clubhouse, because it is
a way to encourage
members who we have
not been seen in a while,
avoiding isolation. We
remind them of upcoming events they
might enjoy. We ask
them if they need
support. The
maintenance part of this
task, and the data entry
are also important for
our stats.
Our members who
constantly work very hard
to keep up with this task
are:
Jag
Karen
Ron
Lomuna
Kat
Kevin Heywood
John M.
Carol
Hannelore
Moe
Tom
Giuseppe
Bart
Linda W.
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Energy Article
By Daniel Dunbar
Where do we get our energy? Every day we all have some invisible force which allows us to
awaken. This is the spark of life. The source of energy can come in many different forms. We
may get our energy from the sun or even the social events we attend. Today I would like to talk
about sources of energy we want to avoid for optimal health.
Refined sugar and processed starches such as candy, crackers, pastries and cookies are an
issue when creating stable levels of energy. They work by giving the body a temporary boost of
energy as they spike blood sugar. Fatigue, irritability, dizziness, insomnia, poor concentration,
forgetfulness and digestive disturbances are all listed in Patrick Holford’s book Optimum
Nutrition for the Mind as issues resulting from blood sugar imbalances. After our blood sugar dips
we are often looking for another hit of sugar to boost our blood glucose, thus creating a cycle
of blood sugar imbalance. The second way to raise our blood sugar level is by consuming a
stimulant-tea, coffee, cigarettes or chocolate. How often do we see a sugar (donut) go with
stimulant (coffee)? This is because we are spiking our energy levels in two ways. Removing
refined sugars and processed starches completely is a tremendous step towards optimum
health. Significantly reducing or completely eliminating stimulants will help in this process of
maintaining stable blood sugar levels.
What is a good source of energy? Cooked, raw and fermented whole foods are where we want
to be looking for energy. This means completely avoiding the processed foods. Processed foods
are made in factories and have additives for flavor enhancing, extending shelf life or more. Kelly
Brogan MD (psychiatrist) provides the definition of a processed food in her free e-book Change
Your Food, Heal Your Mood, “anything that contains more than one to three ingredients including,
hydrogenated vegetable oils, preservatives, dyes, emulsifiers, tenderizers, taste enhancers and
sugars”. Avoiding these foods lower the amount of toxins that are eaten and more importantly
allow room for the real, whole foods. Learn how to identify processed foods to avoid. Prepare
simple cooked meals at home.
Digging in a garden, trying new foods, sourcing from
the farmer or cooking for ourselves can be one of
the most beautiful journeys we can go on. The more
we invest in the beauty of life the more we get that
reflected back to us. Remember there are more
important things in life than food. Be kind to yourself.
Go to the sources of energy which love us back!
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Member’s Creative Corner
ESSENTIALS FOR EARTH’S EQUITIES:
EASTER MESSAGE
By Bart Collie
Endurance
A run the race that is set before you
B take on all the fruits of the spirit
Endless
A god can give you eternal life
B god’s mercy endured forever
Equities
A life sometimes outweighs its own
problems
B Christ scales can balance out life
Earths equities are endless but the
endurance is for the essentials of
eternal life
March 27, 2017
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The Littlest Lion
The Cat, like many mysteries, is ever two things at once: daylight domestic
companion and wild night time killer, affectionate cuddlier and disdainful snob,
beloved pet and despised beast. The cat’s essential nature, enchanting to some,
infuriating to others, can be summarized simply: the cat does what it desires at all
times, no matter for the most part, what we wish it to do.
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By Becky
Yarn-Bombing in Calgary
By Moe
Downtown Calgary
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Reviews
BOOK: Resilience
Reviewed by Moe
An honest tale of living with bipolar disorder.
Jessie, sister of actress Glenn Close, details the difficult
journey of living the first 50 years of her life with an
undiagnosed case of bipolar disorder. She outlines the
ups and downs of someone living with a mental disorder.
When her parents joined the Moral Re-Armament (MRA)
cult in the 1950s, Close’s childhood became chaotic, with
frequent moves to Switzerland, India and the Belgian Congo, where her father was
physician to President Mobutu. By 15, she moved back to States to live with her
grandmother and began experimenting with sex, drugs and alcohol, three things
Jessie would continue to abuse for the next three decades plus her multiple
marriages and her continued inability to understand her alternating manic and
depressive states, which appear to have escalated in intensity with age.
Her story becomes more painful when it becomes clear to Jessie that her older
son, Calen, has inherited the mental illness that runs in the family and eventually
diagnosed with schizophrenia, so Jessie began to look more seriously at her own
extreme mood cycles and seek permanent help to stop her abusive drinking and
to silence the voice in her head that insisted to kill herself.
With wealthy ancestors, help of her family and a trust fund to lean on, Jessie was
able to afford top quality treatment for herself and her son, and her sister Glen
went on to establish the organization “Bring Change 2 Mind” which targets the
stigma and misunderstanding surrounding mental disorders.
The book is packed with emotion and courageous personal reflections.
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MOVIE: Fences
Reviewed by Andrea
Fences is a 2016 American drama film directed by and starring
Denzel Washington and written by August Wilson, based on his
Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name In addition to
Washington, the film also stars Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson,
Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson and Saniyya
Sidney.
The movie is set in 1950s Pittsburgh, Troy Maxson (Denzel
Washington) lives with his wife Rose (Viola Davis) and their son
Cory (Jovan Adepo), and works as a waste collector alongside his best friend, Jim Bono
(Stephen Henderson). Troy's younger brother, Gabriel Maxson (Mykelti Williamson),
sustained a head injury in World War II that left him mentally impaired, for which he
received a $3,000 government payout that Troy used to purchase a home for his family.
The movie tells the story of the family struggles as they attempt to live in the present and
reconcile the demons of their past. Troy at Rose’s
continuous behest, starts on the process of building a
fence around the family home. In many ways the fence
is a source of contention as it symbolizes different things
for each member of the family. In one sense, the fence
is erected to keep things in and in another it is to keep
things out. The struggle for family is to figure out what to
keep in and what to keep out.
Fences was released on December 16, 2016, by
Paramount Pictures, received positive reviews and has
grossed $60 million. The film was chosen by the
American Film Institute as one of the top ten films of
2016, and was nominated for numerous awards,
including four Oscar nominations at the 89th Academy
Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Washington), Best
Supporting Actress (Davis), and Best Adapted
Screenplay, with Davis winning for her performance. It
also received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor
for Washington and a Best Supporting Actress win for Davis.
The above is mainly sourced from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fences_(film)
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Recipie of the Month
Cinnamon Oatmeal White Chocolate Chip Cookies

¾ Cup Butter softened

¾ Cup packed brown sugar

½ Cup White sugar

1 Egg

2 TBS Water

2 TSP Vanilla

¾ Cup Flour

2 TBS Cinnamon

¾ TSP Baking Soda

3 Cups Quick Oats

1 ½ Cups White chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease or line sheets with wax paper. Cream
butter, sugar, egg, water and vanilla together. Use medium high speed on the
mixer until light and fluffy. Combine flour, cinnamon and baking soda. Add the
creamed mixture beating on a low speed until blended. Stir in oats and white
chocolate chips. Roll the cookies into a ball about an inch high and an inch in
diameter. Bake for 15 minutes, wait for about 5 minutes before removing from
the sheets. Let cool and enjoy! This is my rendition of making cookies taste
festive!
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Did You Know?
 the most common mental illnesses are anxiety and depression
 8% of people have an extra rib
 the average person will consume 100 tons of food and 45,424 liters (12,000
gallons) of water in their lifetime
 an ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain
 paper originated from China
 cats spend 66% of their life asleep
 tennis was originally played with bare hands
 the only continent with no active volcanoes is Australia
 the longest street in the world is Yonge street in Toronto Canada measuring
1,896 km / 1,178 miles
 the average human brain contains around 78% water
 your tongue is the fastest healing part of your body
 in 1878 the first telephone book made contained only 50 names
 french fries are originally from Belgium
 your skin is the largest organ
 Brazil covers 50% of the South American continent
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FUNNIES
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