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It’s surprisingly hard to pin down exactly when Earth Day is — the fi rst Earth Day was observed on March 21, 1970 in San Francisco, while the modern US Earth Day is usually celebrated on April 22 — but we wanted to do something in honour of it anyway. March seemed like as good a choice as any (and we already had some tenta-tive plans for our April issue), so here it is, Th e Earth Issue.

It’s a fragile earth we live on, and you’ll fi nd some ideas on how to keep the planet happy and healthy in these pages, but don’t stop there. We were only able to scratch the tip of the iceberg in these pages, there’s plenty more you can uncover if you know where to look.

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Here in the sec-ond decade of the 21st century, there are more people than ever who are concerned about the welfare of the planet, and willing to take action to try to improve not just the environment in their im-mediate area, but around the world.

But while we’re all busy buying eco-friendly house cleaning solutions and saving up for our fi rst hybrid vehicle, we some-times forget that there are a lot of really simple things we can do to that can have a profound im-pact. Th e simplest among these can be summed up by the three Rs that we all surely remember: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.

REDUCE: Th is is where it all starts, simply by reducing what, and how much, you consume. At its simplest level, less consumption means less waste, less waste means less going to the landfi lls, and less in the landfi ll means less of an impact on the environment. But reducing your consump-tion can have a much more complex impact as well. Watching what you buy and from where can have an impact on the amount of fossil fuels that get burned to deliver products. Turning off your lights can reduce the amount of energy burned and oft en wasted in empty rooms(and reduce

the numbers on your hydro or gas bill). And even though it may not have a direct impact on the environment, reduc-ing your connection to companies with question-able employment policies is probably a good idea all-around.

REUSE: Th is is the next step, because you can’t be expected to completely shut off your consumption. So you’ve bought something, and now you’re done with it. So, now what? Use it again! Okay, maybe you’re done with something, but that doesn’t mean that

there’s no further use for it. Garage sales are a great way to clear out the prod-ucts you no longer need and help other people keep their consumption levels lower, all while putting a few extra dollars in your pocket. If you don’t have enough for a garage sale, don’t be afraid to drop your unwanted items off at a share-shed or fi nd an online consum-er group looking to buy and sell used items. Heck, if it’s in good enough con-dition just hang onto it until Christmas time and give it a friend or family member!

RECYCLE: Th is is the last step. Once a product has come, at last, to the end of its life, it’s time to rip it down to its indi-vidual components and then try to make some-thing new again from those millions of tiny little pieces; metaphorically, of course. Yes, returning your empty bottles for your deposit and bringing the newspapers down to the recycling facility are the most common kinds of recycling, but it doesn’t end there. Compost your organic waste. Don’t chuck out your compact fl uorescent lightbulbs.

Bring your electronics back to a proper electron-ics recycling station. Most things don’t need to go into the trash, so make sure you give it a long, hard look before you decide to dump it.

Obviously the three Rs provide a very ba-sic framework for your environmentally-friendly lifestyle, but that basic framework is what pro-vides the foundation for everything else that you do. And without a strong foundation, you’re likely building something that’s doomed to fall.

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Ingredients (or things that helped us get through the last month): Parents who lend you their car when you need to drive to Vancouver for a check-up on your nine-month-old baby (don’t worry, she’s fi ne); Finding out that everything is fi ne with your nine-month-old-baby; Hanging out for a few days in the city with your nine-month-old baby; Not being able to check out all the cool places because it’s raining, but having fun anyway; Figuring out a cheap and tasty place to eat in the city; Visiting old friends that you don’t get to see often enough while you’re in the city; Picking up a super-cheap walker-thing for the baby so she can wander around the living room under her own power; Realizing how many things there are in the living room for her to bump into; Coming home with a bag full of books from the Rotary book sale; Dusting off your old stage show; Good friends who will lend you their costumes for your stage show (thanks Mary!); Getting to come into one of our reader’s homes to cook a local foods dinner for them; Non-fat fl avoured coffee creamers; A very understanding and patient cat; Finally fi nishing painting the liv-ing room (or at least the walls); Plenty of library visits; Gin and soda; rum and coke; beer.

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In 2009, the United Nations designatedApril 22 International Mother Earth Day.

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One thing that seems to have become increasingly clear in recent years is that our earth is a fragile host, and that we need to treat it with respect and care if we want it to be around to sustain not only us and our children, but the whole human race for gen-erations to come.

This has forced many of us to make changes to our day to day live, to make sometimes difficult decisions about the things that are important to us. Sometimes the changes are simple, like an increased focus on and awareness of recycling. Some-times the changes are more complex, even more expensive, like converting your home to solar power.

But many more of us find ourselves look-ing at our lifestyles and wondering, Am I doing enough? We wonder, Am I making the best use of time? We wonder, What’s the most important thing I can do to help the planet?

It’s a tough question to answer, and one that may not even have a single, correct response. So instead of trying to dig up that one, perfect answer, we decided to take the question to you, to see what the people in our community think we should be doing to make a bigger impact on our world.

Some people’s focus was on keeping things local, like Cindy Chappell of The Bean Counter. “Sustainability,” is what she thinks it comes down to.

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Here’s John and Jane.Here’s John and Jane.John and Jane know that taking care of home and family also includes

taking care of the planet. That’s why, wherever possible, they use

products and supplies that help them be kind to the earth. Jane keeps

their home clean with phosphate and chlorine-free, biodegradable

‘Blue Planet’ cleaning products and John makes sure that all their light

fixtures are equipped with mercury-free LED light bulbs. They closely

monitor their energy consumption with electronic energy meters,

organize their recycling with proper bins, and use their organic waste

for compost in their garden where they grow their own vegetables. They

even water that garden with rain water collected in a 190L barrel.

And they picked up all their supply needs at Canadian Tire, where we

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“If each person looked aft er their own community, and not try to save the whole world, I think the world would be a bet-ter place. Look aft er those who are in your own area. Th ere is a reason that there are towns and cities and rural areas. If each little place just looked aft er their own — they do really, with the mayor and such — but some-times they get into that political blah blah blah that they don’t pay attention to what is important, and that is looking aft er your own. Your own people.”

Faith Andre of Dandelion Living has a ‘bigger picture’ ap-proach to the question: “ Accept that we’re all individuals and we all have diff erences and agree to disagree. For example, that goes for racism and wars and religious diff erences. Th ose guys over there worship god in a diff erent way than we do, and that’s okay. Accept that. We are all diff erent but we all need each other.

“We need to understand that we all have diff erences of opin-ion and we need to see that the other person is entitled to their opinion and their life the way they want to live it. And agree to

disagree.”Jennifer Bremner of Designer

Consigner has a fairly simple an-swer. She says, “I think we all just have to have unconditional love. And I mean it. I don’t know if we have to say recycling or energy conservation, I think if we just think love, everything else will just fall into place.”

And Mark Savard of Red Shred’s Bike and Board Shed has a similar idea. “I would just say just appreciate and love life,” he says, “so that you’re not wast-ing time and space while you’re here.”

Laura Totten of the Hobbit House thinks that the issue may be more complex than it initially seems. I think the most impor-tant thing is,” she says, “it makes you think of one thing, but I think it is more like just being aware and taking responsibility for how we are connected. Like lots of people want to look at people up in Fort McMurray and the oil sands, and how it’s bad, but we don’t realize that we’re all connected to it. Anytime we travel anywhere, anytime we drive our car, anytime we buy something that wasn’t made in

the town that we are from, its all contributing to that. Not that we shouldn’t necessarily do those things, but just to be aware and take responsibility in that sense.

“Everything we do, even if people are mountain biking, you could ride your bike and there may not be emissions, but those bikes couldn’t even be made if people weren’t mining and there weren’t factories that were build-ing that stuff . It’s really hard to separate the life that we have at all from it.”

And some people, like Cam-eron Knapp, have an even darker perspective on our problems. He says, “I saw this picture, and it was like the planet was draining oil, and there were buildings all over it, and it was just like, if we weren’t here the planet would be doing a lot better. Th e most important thing we can do is give up our cars. Give them up entirely. It’s not like we absolutely need them. Go back to horses.”Local musician Oren Barter also sees the problems that stem from our reliance on oil, and will be hitting the road next year to help promote alternative energy — specifi cally electric cars.

“It’s a music tour across Can-ada, all the way from Vancouver Island to St. John’s, Newfound-land — so all the way from one island to the other — and it’s in an electric car, so absolutely no gas, which is pretty important to me. And the point of the tour, other than the fact that my music’s getting to the point where I need to go on tour, it’s to raise awareness that alternative transportation is viable.”

Barter is planning 63 stops along the proposed tour which is scheduled to begin on August 25 next year. He hasn’t managed to secure the car yet, though he is hoping he can arrange a spon-sorship agreement with Tesla Motors.

Th e plan, he says, is to focus his stops on high schools and universities. “I’m going to show the kids the car, I’m going to explain exactly why I’m doing this and what I’m doing, and just try to get people to understand, just look at things diff erently if you can, don’t get stuck in the status quo.”

“I just kind of want to be a spark,” he says. “Th at’s kind of my hope.”

Th ere’s still a lot of work to be done to bring his dream — which he’s had since he was 15 years old — to reality, and Barter says that anyone interested in helping bring it to life can contact him by phone at 778-220-7611.

Whether you’re planning a cross-country music tour to spread the message of alterna-tive energy, or just trying to make things a little better in your own community, there are certainly plenty of viable options for making the world a better place. Are any of these things the most important? Th at would be for each individual to decide for themselves, but it might be Wendy Edginton who makes the most important point.

“It’s compassion,” she says. “Compassion for the earth, compassion for each other. Compassion period. If we have compassion and we realize that, just like me, people are trying to go through their life. Just like me, people are no diff erent. We need to have compassion for everybody and everything.”

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BY TODD SULLIVANTHE STEW MAGAZINE

Sometimes I think I’m not very good at doing this whole earth-friendly thing. And that kind of worries me.

It worries me not just for the obvious reasons, that I am worried about the state of the earth and, as someone who is worried, I should be doing more of my part to help. It also worries me because I think I can count myself among the people who are fairly aware that things need to improve, and that we all need to do our part, if we’re going to make sure that the planet re-mains habitable for our

children and our chil-dren’s children.

And If I’m among those who are fairly well aware, and yet I’m still not really doing enough, what does it say about those who aren’t as well aware?

We’re pretty good about recycling. We keep our bottles. We keep our newspapers. Things tend to pile up in the carport before we get around to do-ing the recycling runs, and sometimes it takes a few runs by the time we finally get around to it, because things have piled up so much, but it gets done. But these days, recycling seems like it’s only just the

bare minimum.You have to watch

what you’re eating, be-cause you don’t want to support the wrong com-panies. You have to be careful what you clean with, because some products are far more harmful than others. You need to grow your own veggies, because who knows what got sprayed on those carrots you just bought. You can’t buy meat unless you personally know the ranch the animals were raised on, because who knows what is in those things.

Oh, and if you don’t at least get yourself a hybrid automobile, you better stop driving too.

Of course there are very few of us who can accomplish all of these things. Sometimes mon-ey is a factor, sometimes our lifestyle doesn’t al-low it, other times we’re stuck because certain options simply aren’t available to us in our area.

So, at one end of the spectrum, I’m afraid that I’m maybe not do-ing as much as I could, or as much as I should. But then, at the other end of the spectrum, is the realization that there’s no way that I could possibly do it all. There will always be something getting in the way of parts of it.

So how do I find that

middle ground? Where do I find that sweet-spot, where what I’m doing, and the frequen-cy that I’m doing it, is just perfectly, exactly right?

Honestly, I don’t have an answer to that ques-tion, but for now I think it’s a good sign that I’m at least willing to ask. And as long as I’m ask-ing, as long as I keep that question in mind, I’ll hopefully always be working at improving as well.

And if we all kept an attitude like that, well, I can’t help but think the world around us would just keep getting better and better too.

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Being earth-friendly: Th ese days it seems like it has moved beyond some-thing that we should be staying aware of and has turned into a fad. Some-thing to do. A fashion. Something that you put on and wear to show the world how absolutely awesome and earth-loving-in-every-way-humanly-possible you are.

And perhaps you are. Th ough wearing all the

hemp in the world, no mat-ter how soft and renewable a resource it is (and it is, it really, really is), will not, in and of itself, stop the rap-ing of the planet earth we

call home. What makes the dif-

ference is, in my humble opinion, a unifi ed respect for the world we live in, and a genuine love for the people and creatures who live upon it. Everything else falls under that blanket.

Would we go to our mother’s house and throw garbage on her fl oor? Would we go to our place of business and dump out all of the printer ink and watch it puddle on the desks, seeping into our pa-perwork? Would we go into our neighbor’s fridge and take one bite out of every-thing, throwing out what-ever was left behind when we were done with it? No? Th en there is no reason for

us to do the same to the planet and beings which give us food for our hunger, materials for our shelter, fabrics for our clothing and air for us to breathe.

It is the little things that count: Being aware of our actions and how they translate to a larger picture, and not expecting perfection, but striving for it none-the-less. It is about teaching our children to do diff erently than we have in the past. And about mak-ing up for past mistakes. It is about cleaning up aft er ourselves on a larger scale, and making sure we don’t leave behind a mess for our children, or their children, to have to deal with. It is putting things back where

we found them; cleaning up our spills; fi xing what we break; staying off of the good furniture.

It is listening to our boss, our higher power, our inner deity and simply doing what is right rather than what is convenient. And then showing others how to do the same.

We can share our respect not by making sure we only buy handbags made in India by indigenous farm women, or by drinking chai tea hand picked by free trade workers, or even by making sure everything in your closet is made from the aforementioned hemp or bamboo (not that there is anything wrong with any of that, in fact I am

pretty sure I do all of the above), but by passing that respect along to our youth; becoming involved in our communities; and, most importantly, by example.

Together we can make the diff erence. We can clean up our greater home, encourage others, through love and respect, to do the same in their own manner, and we can teach our chil-dren good habits to pass along to the next genera-tion, and the next, and the next.

We may not get it per-fect, but we can get the ball rolling, and that is a bigger start than this world has seen in a very long time.

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Question ofthe Month

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“I think the idea that we never really own the earth, and that

we’re only borrowing it from future generations, is a really

important one. Whatever it is you do, it should be centered on

making sure things are better for our children, and their

children.

Juli Harland

sales manager / executive editor

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“Be respectful of our global home and treat it, and others, with

love.”

Angela Shephard

fine frugality (crafters beat)

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Jamie Horsley

tone soup (music beat)

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“Consume less. A LOT less. And when you get rid of things,

don't throw them away if they're useful at all. Sell it or give it

to a friend or charitable thrift store, or at least recycle it

properly. The landfill is no place for stuff you've simply grown

tired of.”

Carol Davidson

stir (health beat)

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“My worst date experience was where the guy kept

staring at me. He'd ask me a question and while I'd

answer it, he'd totally zone out and stare. Holy crap was

that bizarre.”

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In My Shoes (city beat)

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“Eat local, buy local, support your local farmers!”

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“Stay connected to the Earth rather than technology."

BY DEBRA MCNIEARTISTIC DIRECTOR FOR POTATO DREAMS

I lived in Williams Lake from 1953 until 1965. As a young girl I would see Manuel and Alcina Quintela in the gar-den of their home on Borland Street — what is now known as the Potato House — while downtown with my mother. Our family had a garden, but it was small when compared to their garden.

Bob and I moved our family to Wil-liams Lake from Vancouver in 1992. All felt right with the world to see Manuel and Alcina still living in their home and to see them in their garden once again was comforting for me. When Alcina passed and Manuel moved out of the house it was a reminder that time does not stand still.

Recently, I became aware of The Potato House Project Society and the future plans for that house to become a sustainable education centre. It was wonderful to know that the house would not remain empty and would continue to have a garden. As the house moves into the future by the endeavours of the soci-ety, Manuel and Alcina’s life story, while living in the house for 50 years, will always be honoured. The society has kept some items found in the house in the exact place they were located. The past, present, and future of this amazing historic house will continue to benefit this community and those who visit the house.

Shortly after attending the society’s Open House last summer, the vision for Potato Dreams came to me in a dream. So vivid was my dream, and the concept for a play it contained, I felt compelled to share both with the society. The board of directors agreed I should move forward to make my dream a reality.

Potato Dreams: The play is historic fiction and will be performed outside, on location, in the summer of 2012. No previous theatrical experience is needed to participate in this production. My team and I will be available to consult and mentor. This is a great opportunity to experience from beginning to end the creation of an original production from development to a final, quality produc-tion, fitting for an audience to see.

The story of a woman’s life while living in The Potato House is told. As a child and throughout her life she is visited by magical people from mystical places in her dreams. The dreams are woven throughout the foundation story which is shared with the audience through a conversation with a friend who visits the house with her after many years away.

A message of sustainability for our people, our land, and arts and culture will be at the forefront of this production.

Dream creation: The possibilities are endless when imagination is at play. We ask individuals and / or groups to develop

a dream sequence. Dreams can include music, dance, story-telling and more. The dreams should take no longer than 15 to 20 minutes to perform. To accommodate schedules and to provide opportunity for more people to be involved, not all dream sequences will be performed during a single performance. Potato Dreams is a play for all ages, so please keep that in mind when creating your dream. The dream must be an original piece of work including writing, music, dance, and is to be directed, cast, costumed and staged by the creator(s) of the dreams. Debra and her team will work collectively with the dream creator(s) to integrate the dream into the play, and be available for consulta-tion when requested.

Please submit dream outline and application form no later than April 10, 2012. Application forms are avail-able by contacting Debra at [email protected] or on the web at www.potatohouseproject.com. Hard copies are available at Dandelion Living, 271 Oliver Street Williams Lake.

Writing team: If you are interested in joining the writing team and enjoy the collaborative process please contact me. We will be writing the fictional story / script of the woman’s life and integrating the dreams into the story.

Casting the characters for the play: No previous acting experience is required to audition. Mentorship will be in place throughout the Potato Dreams experi-ence.

Auditions will be held on April 15th from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. at the CCACS Centre, 90 Fourth Avenue North (the old fire hall) in the upstairs hall. People interested in participating in the production but not wanting to act are welcome to attend even if just curious. If you require information on the audition process feel free to phone me.

The lead character is a woman who will appear to be in her mid 60s. She will narrate and tell the story of her life and dreams during the conversation with an older man. This role will require an abso-lute sense of the character and the dreams as if they were the life of the actor.

Second lead character, is an older man who will appear to be in his late 60s. He visits the house with the woman, listens to

her stories and engages in conversation.Main characters and approximate

ages, keeping in mind make-up creates wonderful magic, as does acting. are as follows:

Father, 30 to early 40s. Daughter, 7 to 9 years old. Daughter, late teens to early 20s.Young man of First Nations descent,

mid 20s.Four to six actors to be within the

audience. Adults and youth. Horse, no previous acting experience

required, must be good around people and work for hay!

Potato Dreams will include all original works, from the writing of the script, dream creation, musical score, and much more, which will be brought to life through performers, actors, artists, filmmakers, photographers, story-tellers, dancers, musicians, singers, graphics, and even a horse. My hope is for a cross section of participants combining people with experience who are willing to help mentor those with little or no previous theatrical experience.

The Williams Lake and area com-munities are abundant with creative and talented people. If you are a seasoned performer, artist, writer or someone who has wanted to be involved with a collab-orative creative process which produces a performance quality play, perhaps Potato Dreams is for you.

We will also need help with garden-ing, set creation, make-up, costumes, as well as hunting and gathering, as only repurposed items will be used during this production. On my wish list is for the play to be filmed, so anyone interested in film-ing the production, please let me know.

Those involved, no matter what capacity, will help create a wonderful and uplifting magical play for all to enjoy.

If you or your group are interested in writing, developing a dream sequence, auditioning for a role, helping with production, mentorship, or all things Potato Dreams, or if you require further information please do not hesitate to contact me. You can leave me a message at 250-398-6344 or contact me by email at [email protected].

I am looking forward to meeting you!

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their homes, but without a storefront it can be hard to keep track of

where you can find which products and services.

Let our new Home Based Business Directory be your guide.

Do you need a listing in our Home Based Business Directory?

Give Juli a call at 778-412-2600

or contact her by email at [email protected]

Earning a living. Yes, it’s something

we all need to do. Most of us find an employer and work on behalf of their company, thus collecting a cheque every couple of weeks. I’ve worked many jobs, and in the process have discovered I have a rather severe allergy to work schedules. It’s just that jobs always seem to get in the way of what I want to do. Few things are lamer than having to miss a great party because you are working the graveyard shift.

If you know what I mean.

So, I’ve taken to making it my personal goal to never work for another company again. Now you may be thinking, “But Torrey, don’t you write for The Stew?” Yes, I do, but it’s out of friendship. It’s not a job. There is no cheque. Just the self-satisfaction of articulat-ing thoughts and shar-ing them with readers while helping good friends produce a very unique paper. So it’s not a job. It’s a pleasure.

At present I’m very unemployed. That’s not to say I don’t have to secure some kind of an income. I’ve taken to busking with my violin here in Kamloops, playing in the streets and relying on people

enjoying the music and offering a loonie or toonie to help support a local artist. It’s actu-ally a pretty nice way to earn a living. I get to make my own schedule. I can play as long as I like, and finish when I like. I can break at any time to, well, do what-ever I want.

I’m quite selfish that way. I want to be doing what I want to do, and for my own reasons. Busking is helping me with that, plus it’s pret-ty good for exposure, and for learning to play comfortably with an audience.

As much as busking is great fun and seems a feasible way to make a living, I am encoun-tering some obstacles. Some businesses are quite happy to have a musician performing outside their store. I’ve even had employees come out and thank me for playing. These tend to be the smaller busi-nesses in town.

Other businesses,

manly large-scale cor-porations, are not so thrilled about the idea and tend to call me a pan-handler and threat-en to call the police. My usual reaction to this is to play the saddest song I possibly can while the manager is telling me to leave.

Then I go away, of course.

To say the least, I’m rather perturbed by their refusal to allow me to perform outside their establishments. I find it worrisome to live in a world were you try and play a violin in public and corporations can tell you to stop and go away. Is anyone else bothered by this?

Anyway, my grati-tude to the places that enjoy my music and encourage me to play in front of their estab-lishments. And another huge thank you to the hard working people who appreciate what I do and support me as a developing musician.

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Unemployed and loving it

By Torrey OwenBy Torrey Owen

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Your guide towhere to go andwhat to do forthe month of

March

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SISTER ACT Kathleen MacDonald, Juli Harland, and Kalysta Szauer audition for roles in the Williams Lake Studio Theatre’s next produc-tion, Crimes of the Heart. You’ll be seeing all three women, and a couple of other faces, in the show when it goes on stage later in the spring.


Check out Oren Barter and friends later this monthin 100 Mile House, in concert at Exeter Hall

March 1 to 17, Parkside Gallery, 100 Mile House: Evolution of Art from Art-ist Len Monical.

March 2 to March 31, Station House Gallery, Williams Lake: Th e Station House Gallery presents, in the Main Gallery, Ann Nicholson “Th e Chilcotin War: A Colonial Legacy” and in the Upper Gallery, Casey Bennett - “Faces of Industry”.

March 7, Peter Skene Ogden School, 100 Mile House: PSO’s annual Amnesty concert is coming up! Th e theme this year is “Come Together” to cel-ebrate global unity and the movements to create change happening worldwide. Come join us on March 7th in the aft ernoon from 1 to 3 or in the evening from 7 to 9. Admission by donation.

March 7 at 7:00 to 9:00pm, Chuck Mobley Th eatre, Quesnel: Free Concert for All. A house-hold name in the Canadian Music industry since 1973, Aboriginal entertainer Winston Wuttunee has wowed audiences across North America as well as Europe and Australia as a singer, keynote speaker, and comedian. Born and raised in Saskatchewan, Winston is fl uent in Cree, English, French, and has working knowledge of German. His formative years as a musi-cian were spent in the Ca-nadian Guards Regimental Band as a Clarinetist, which allowed him to broaden his musical repertoire to include Rock & Roll, Blues, Country & Western, Pop, and Classical. He has appeared in hundreds of newspaper articles and in-terviews, on national televi-sion, on radio, and in three movies. In 2002, he became a Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, an honour bestowed upon him by the Annual Aboriginal Awards. He is a proud father and grandfather to four boys, one daughter and fi ve grandchildren. Winston is currently resides in Ed-monton, Alberta, Canada. Sponsored by the Quesnel Tillicum Society

March 9 at 5:00pm, Wil-liams Lake: International Woman’s Day Business Fair, Dinner and Entertain-ment! Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Women’s Contact Society building. Please contact Margaret Tucker 250-392-

4118 for more information.

March 9 at 8:00pm, Legion Hall, Quesnel: Karaoke Friday - Quesnel Partners for Student Nutri-tion. No host bar and no host appetizers available All prceeds go to support the breakfast programs in Ques-nel’s Schools Sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #94, Quesnel. Tick-ets $10.

March 10 at 7:00pm, Forest Grove Community Hall: Momentum Produci-tons Presents: Th e return of the Hootenany Cafeand everyone is welcome! Music, food, beverages, and loads of fun. Bring the whole family! Admission is by donation (minimum $7/per person).

March 10 at 10:00am - 2:00pm, Valley Room behind the Red Coach Inn: 6th Annual Seedy Saturday presented by the Horse Lake Community Farm Coop. Admission $2.00 donation.

March 10 at 7:30pm, Quesnel Seniors’ Center, Quesnel: Country Legends. David James as Johnny Cash and Sara-Joanne Hosie as Patsy Cline. Tickets available at Circle S Western Wear. Presented by the Wolf 100.3. Tickets are $35.

March 10 at 6:00pm, Elks Hall, Williams Lake: It’s the 17th Annual Business Excellence Awards! For more information please contact the Camber of Commerce at 250 392-5025.

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LIVE ENTERTAINMENT Local musician Oren Barter helped entertain the crowd at last month’s Valentine’s Day show at Diamonds and Dust in Williams Lake, which also featured our own Juli Harland, performing a sultry burlesque act, and Sheryl-Lynn Lewis performing a reading of some risque poetry.


March 12 at 7:00 - 10:00pm, Satya Yoga, Williams Lake: Yoga for Empowering Youth with Ella Cooper. A 2.5 hour workshop for people interested in learning tools for making yoga relevant and empowering youth.* Any one who is involved with youth or recreation programs, counselors, front line workers, school teachers, ect. you will not want to miss out on this training*. Please contact Satya Yoga for information: 778.412.9020

March 15 at 1:00 - 3:00pm, Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin, Williams Lake: Museum of the Cariboo Chilcotin is celebrating the City of

Williams Lake 83rd Birth-day starting at 1:00pm with cake, sweets, coff ee and tea

March 15 at 6:00 - 8:00pm, City Council Chambers, Williams Lake: Dr. Glen Schmidt of UNBC presents Th e Com-munity Development Insti-tute/ Community Speakers Series: “Th e Social Aspects of Rapid Economic Growth” Th e present economic downturn lends a sense of urgency and importance to encouraging growth and development. Even in good economic times one would be hard pressed to fi nd political and community leaders opposed to new opportuni-ties that create employment and enhance community

viability. However, growth and development does not happen without social cost. Th e infl ux of workers, rapid population growth, localized infl ation, pres-sure on infrastructure, and bifurcation factors create tension and raise issues that are not always considered as communities plan for signifi cant growth. It is important to be aware of these costs and the po-tential eff ect on the social fabric of communities. For information please contact: Anne Burrill at [email protected] 250-392-8480 or Jessica Knodel at [email protected]

March 16 at 2:00pm, Anglican Church Hall,

Quesnel: Kelli Trottier in Concert! Kelli Trottier, fi ddler, singer, dancer with Greg Simm on Guitar. Sponsored by the Quesnel Old Time Fiddlers. Tickets $15 at the door.

March 16 at 9:00pm, Grey Fox Pub, Williams Lake: Th ird Degree St. Patrick’s Party! Come on out for an evening of great classic rock! $7 cover charge.

March 17 at Diamonds and Dust 160 2nd Ane N, Williams Lake: Foam Mesh Press with guest Drum and Bell Tower. Drink and food specials. For information and tickets, please contact Diamonds and Dust at 778-412-9109

March 17, Jakes Pub, 100 Mile House: Momen-tum Productions Presents: Mama Guroove! Come and dance the night away to these regional favourites. Stay the night at the Lake-

wood Hotel for only $35 with proof of concert ticket purchase. Tickets are only $12 at the door.

March 23 to April 21, Parkside Gallery 401 Cedar Ave., 100 Mile House: Th e Parkside Gallery presents:

“Stories and Dreams”with artist Paula Scott. Th e show will run March 23-April 21 with an Open-ing Reception March 23 7pm-9pm and Artist Talk 7:30. Th is show is curated by Guy Hildebrand.

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BACKSTAGE ACTION The Stew Magazine’s Morrigan Sullivan took some time away from banging on her drums, climbing, and eating Cheerios to visit with Jay Goddard during rehearsals on the set of last month’s wildly popular production of The Clumsy Custard Horror Show and Ice Cream Clones Revue.


Interested in having Th e Stew Crew come and cook you dinner?Let us know at [email protected] and we’ll work something out!

March 24 at 5:00 - 11:00pm, CJ’s Southwestern Grill, Williams Lake: The Williams Lake SPCA Presents “Spay-ghetti and No Balls” Fundraiser. Join us for an evening of great Italian food, fab-ulous entertainment with “the Perfect Match”, numerous fun games & exciting auction items all donated by caring local businesses!! This event is fully licensed sponsored by “See Ya Later Ranch”. For more information please contact the SPCA at 250.392.2179.

March 24, Martin Exeter Hall, 100 Mile House: Momentum Produc-tions Presents: Oren Barter, Candace Copley and Amber Bowen for a night of magical music. Everyone welcome! Tickets are only $15 and are available in 100 Mile House at Nuthatch Books, Gear Garage, DiDi’s Boutique, and the 100 Mile Laundymat. In Williams Lake tickets can be purchased at the Guitar Seller.

March 24 at 5:30pm, Quesnel Se-niors’ Center, Quesnel: Quesnel Com-munity Foundation’s Annual Awards Gala. The fun starts with a no-host bar at 5:30pm, followed by a great dinner, entertainment, and a live auction. Join us as we give $40,000 to local charities for valuable community projects. These grants will raise our giving total to local

projects to almost $220,000 since 2001. This eventing promises to be one of the most significant community events of 2012. Tickets are $50 per person. Re-serve them now by contacting Shirley Keen at 250-747-3725 or [email protected] or Lorna Townsend at 250-747-2988 or [email protected].

March 24 at 7:00 - 9:00pm, Gi-braltar Room, Williams Lake: Dy-namic Downfall featuring April and LarryDon’tPullThatLever! This is ‘The Big One’. Scream While You Can! This is an all-ages show, $10 at the door.

March 25 at 4:30 - 6:00pm, Cariboo Memorial Complex, Williams Lake: The Rick Hansen 25th Anniver-sary Relay arrives in Williams Lake! Entertainment and BBQ to be held at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex. Come on out and cheer Rick Hansen! For more info please call 250-398-7665.

March 27 and 28, Canlan Arena, 100 Mile House Airport: Rick Han-sen Man in Motion Tour. Tuesday: Karaoke 4:45pm, Relay Team Arrives 5:30pm , Ceremony 5:45pm, Sledge Hockey Game at 6pm - 7:30pm. On Wednesday the Relay Team departs from 100 Mile Elementary School

to proceed through town on Birch Avenue.

March 31, Satya Yoga Studio at 271 Oliver Street, Williams Lake: Re-nowned Drummer Granville Johnsonis coming to the old Delainey’s build-ing! Incredible hand drumming skill to share and be shared. Three times are available, to participate, socialize or just kick back and listen. Sunrise drum circle 7am-8:45 (will happen only with con-firmation of minimum 5 pre-registered participants), cost $10. Drumming Workshop in two parts from 12:15pm to 2:30pm and 3pm to 5:15pm, pre-registration recommended. Pay at Dandelion Living or at the door $30 per workshop or $50 for both. Babies are welcome at all workshops. Children 10+ may register.Djembe drums will be available for use and for sale.

March 31 at 7:00 - 9:00pm, Satya Yoga 271 Oliver Street: An evening per-formance not to be missed, Granville Johnson will tell traditional stories in word and beat with the help of his beau-tiful handmade African rawhide goat skin stretched over Ghanaian Mahoga-ny Djembe drum. Cover charge of $10/person, $5 for workshop participants, children are free.

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Art Exhibition, Earth Day Dance & Extravaganza Into the evening (details to come)

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DINNER WINNERS The Stew Crew put together a stellar meal for Deena Williamson and her dinner group last month, using mostly local foods from farmers and growers around Williams Lake and the Cariboo. Williamson won the din-ner during a recent promotion on Facebook.


BY KIRSTEN STARKFINANCIAL LITERACY PROJECT COORDINATOR

CARIBOO CHILCOTIN PARTNERS FOR LITERACY

When a million dollars isn’t enough to make you rich in 2012, perhaps it’s time to take another look at what that word really means.

An article in the Wall Street Journal, Wealth Report, indi-cates that to be classi-fied as rich or wealthy today, you need to be worth $1.4 to $5 mil-lion. Interestingly, the same report shows that many people think that if they had twice as much as they do now, they would be rich!

The reality for most people (99% of the planet, including myself ) is that even with twice the income or assets we have now, we would still be woe-fully behind the cur-rent definition of rich,

and yet we manage to survive. So I tried to come up with a dif-ferent view of what being rich means, one that does not include a goal to have or earn a certain amount of money. My new defini-tion is, “Having enough money and time to do the things you want to do, whilst trying to financially secure your future, for when you

can’t or don’t want to work anymore.”

Another reality is that having a goal like “I want to be rich” or “I want a million dol-lars” is a hard thing to achieve. Try to start with small goals and make small changes in your spending habits to reach them. Once you have worked out what being rich means to you, it’s time to take a look at how you are going to get there and that means making all of your money work hard for you.

One of the biggest drains on your personal wealth is ‘Financial Leakage’. This can be looked at as the portion of your money that you never even get to see, but it drips away slowly and can really hold you back from reaching your goals. Some of the most commonly missed leaks include bank charges, ATM machine charges, interest charg-es, fees for installment payments, and making minimum payments on a debt.

Try to identify your own leaks and find ways to stop them. You’ll soon find that simple changes can lead to big savings over time. Imagine if you changed your spend-ing habits for a few months and during this time you saved enough money to keep a good

minimum balance in your bank account. Now you don’t have to pay fees every month just to get at your money. You could then take that extra money and use it pay off a debt more quickly or start saving for some-thing you need.

It’s impossible to get away from the fact that we live in a soci-ety driven by money, but if we get smarter about how we spend it, and value our time just as much as the dollar

itself, we don’t have to be controlled by it. If you are ready to make a change to your finan-cial situation but don’t know where to start, free and confiden-tial help is available. Please contact [email protected] or phone and leave a mes-sage at 250-392-8161, option 3.

Kirsten Stark, Finan-cial Literacy Project Coordinator for Wil-liams Lake and Area, Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy.

Remember what W.C. Fields said:“A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.”

Looking to get your copy on the latest edition of THE STEW Magazine? We’re available for pickup in a variety of places

around the Cariboo Chilcotin. Please remember that this list is always evolving, and we’re always looking for new places that our magazine can call home, so if you know of someplace that you think should be a drop-off point for THE

STEW, or if you own a business and you’d like to have a few copies of our magazine on your shelves, plus let us know. You can reach us by email at either todd@thestew.

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Locations listed in alphabetical order

100 MILE HOUSE99 Mile Supermarket

A&WAlpine Deli & Sub Shop

Chartreuse MooseChevron

Dairy QueenDonex

Higher Ground Natural FoodsKFC

Lone Butte General StoreMarcel’s Boulevard CafeNuthatch Book StoreParkside Art Gallery

PharmasaveSafeway

Save-On FoodsSubway

Tim HortonsVelda’s Pasteries & Desserts

Visitor CentreYummers

IN LAC LA HACHEFast Trac Gas and Convenience Store

IN WILLIAMS LAKE7-ElevenA&W

Alley KatzBean Counter

Canwest PropaneCariboo GrowersCariboo Spring

CRD Library (Magazine & News Section)Central Cariboo Arts & Culture Center

Cool Clear WaterDairy Queen

Dandelion LivingDenny’s Restaurant

Dollar DollarElaine’s Natural Foods

The Gecko TreeHalls OrganicsHobbit House

Karamia’sLD’s Cafe

M&M Meat ShopMcDonald’s

MohawkMovies on the GoNew World CafeOne More SliceThe Open Book

The Overlander HotelQuiznos

Red Shred’sSafeway

Sandman InnSave On Foods

ShellShopper’s Drug Mart

StarbucksStation House GallerySubway (Downtown)

Subway (on the Highway)Tim Horton’s

Tourism Info CentreTRU

WLCBIAWomen’s Contact Society

Zellers Restaurant

IN HORSEFLYClarke’s General Store

Cornerhouse CafeThe Post Offi ceRaceTrac Gas

IN MCLEESE LAKECariboo Wood Shop

McLeese Lake General Store

IN QUESNEL7-Eleven (on the Highway)7-Eleven (in West Quesnel)

A&WAroma Foods

Billy Barker Hotel & CasinoBliss

Burger PalaceCarry All BooksGranville’s Coffee

Green Tree Health & WellnessKarin’s Deli

Museum & Tourist CentreQuiznos

Riverside Bistro (West Park Mall)Safeway

Save On FoodsShopper’s Drug Mart

SteepedSubway

Tim Horton’s (on the Highway)Tim Horton’s (Downtown)

IN HANCEVILLELee’s Corner

IN TATLA LAKEGraham’s Inn

IN BELLA COOLAValley Inn

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I have been saying this for a while now, but spring is definitely in the air! As we live in the Cariboo, I am sure we are in for another cold snap, and more snow. However, if you are like me, you are getting the itch to dig in the dirt, dreaming of this summer’s garden bounty. And, I must admit, I am dream-ing of more than just the garden…I’ve been re-learning snowboard-ing and my aching body would love to have an outdoor, wood-fired hot tub to go with the garden!

On a side note, any-one out there with ideas on how to build one, please feel free to share with me!

Okay, back to grow-ing food (although if your body is relaxed, you can work longer,

so in a way, a hot tub is an essential part of my garden plan!).

The ground is still too frozen to actually be out digging or building garden beds, but it is the perfect time to start drawing up your garden plan and begin ordering seeds.

In my opinion, seeds sourced as locally as possible are one of the most important parts of your home garden; and flipping through seed catalogues, planning

this year’s garden is one of the highlights of the late winter months! By ordering organic, BC grown and non-Genet-ically Modified Seeds, you are:

1. Supporting your local and BC Farmers.

2. Connecting with local growers and seed savers and are able to ask questions and share experiences growing certain varieties.

3. Putting money back into the BC econ-omy and avoiding the

huge companies who are spreading termina-tor seeds around the world.

4. Preserving local plant heritage by propa-gating open-pollinated and heirloom seeds.

5. Giving yourself the best chance to succeed at growing, as local seeds have adapted themselves to the climate and soil condi-tions of our area.

6. Enjoying the best tasting vegetables and fruits, from lovingly grown and preserved seeds!

Now that you’ve decided to purchase quality seeds for your garden, where do you start? Open up a Seed Catalogue! Here is a very quick rundown on the basic terms you will see when considering what seeds to purchase:

Treated and Untreat-

ed: “Treated” seeds have a fungicide applied to help prevent disease before germination

GMO: Genetically Modified Seeds. There is so much I could say about this, but the general idea is that GMO seeds have had specific changes intro-duced using genetic engineering techniques. These seeds are subject to intellectual property law (ie. companies such as Monsanto can own a seed, thereby mak-ing it illegal for farmers to save seed from year to year). Often GMO seeds have had changes introduced to them that would never have hap-pened naturally, such as a strawberry seed being injected with a gene from an Alaskan Salmon to make a more frost resistant variety.

Open-Pollinated:

You can save the seeds from these plants, and they will produce for you the next year, however the crop may not be uniform (which can be just fine, because what home gardener wants all of their broc-coli to be ready at the same time?)

Hybrid: Cannot save the seed from hybrid varieties; developed for commercial growers to increase yields and uniformity in crop

Now, where can you start looking for non-GMO, untreated, open-pollinated seeds?

The best way to get local seeds is to support Seedy Saturday events! The Williams Lake Food Policy Council, in partnership with other community organiza-tions, has hosted a Seedy Saturday for the past three years.

Draw up your garden plans and order your seeds

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Details for this year’s event to be announced, but look for it to be held in early May; Come par-ticipate in a grassroots celebration of growing food!

The next best op-tion is to order from a BC seed grower / seller. I began the list below, and want to keep it alive by adding and deleting places, and by including anecdotals from people who have bought seeds from particular growers, etc. Please e-mail me with any input you have!

Boundary Garlic:

250-449-2152 Clear Sky Farm:

www.clearskyfarm.com Eternal Seed: eternal-

seed.caSalt Springs Seeds:

www.saltspringseeds.com

Sesen Farm and Seed: 250-498-4746

Stellar Seeds: stellar-seeds.com

Sunshine Farm: www.sunshinefarm.net

Terra Viva Organics: www.tvorganics.com

Territorial Seed Co.: www.territorialseed.com

Two Wings Farm: www.twowingsfarm.com

West Coast Seeds:

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In the theme of ‘seeds,’ I have chosen potato recipes this month — if you’re not saving your stored po-tatoes to be planted this spring, enjoy the below recipes!

Twice Baked Pota-toes

4 russet potatoes1 tsp. vegetable oilkosher salt1 tbsp. butter2 leeks (white and

green parts, halved and thinly sliced)

2 cloves of garlic, minced

2 tsp. fresh thyme4 oz. chive and onion

cream cheese½ cup milk1 tbsp. fresh parsley

Preheat oven to 375. Rub potatoes with oil and season with salt. Place on baking sheet and bake until potatoes are tender on the inside and crisp on the outside (about 1 hour). Heat butter, add leeks, season with salt and pepper, cook until soft. Add garlic and thyme, cook for one minute. Cut each potato lengthwise, scoop out insides into bowl, leaving about ¼” shell of potato next to skin. Add leek mixture, cream cheese, and milk to potato and mash well. Stir in parsley, spoon back into potato shells, and place back onto baking sheet. Bake until heated through, about 20 minutes. This is also delicious if you add cooked bacon to the potato mash!

Oven Roasted Pota-toes, one of my absolute favourite, easy, standby side dishes!

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Th e short french fi lm Le Voyage Dans La Lune was based, loosely,on two science fi ction novels: Jules Verne’s From the Earth to the Moon

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AirLe Voyage Dans La Lune

French electronica duo, Air are best known for their ‘98 debut album Moon Safariand their score for the film The Virgin Suicides. Their most recent album Le Voyage Dans La Lune (or, in English, ‘A Trip to the Moon’) has them revisiting both the moon and film scores as the album was composed as a score to Georges Méliès’ 1902 silent film of the same name.

Since it’s a score there’s very few lyrics, besides a few bits and phrases lightly scattered throughout. In fact, only two of the eleven tracks actually contain sung verses, and those are fairly short.

The album itself is fairly short, with a runtime of barely more than thirty minutes, yet I found it to be playful and engaging, taking the listener to

strange and wonderful places, as I’m sure the moon must be.

I enjoyed Le Voyage Dans La Lune so much that as soon as I had listened to it once, I listened to it again. Very cool.

Iron FireVoyage of the Damned

The term ‘power metal’ brings to mind long haired rockers, symphonic metal riffs and usually very Tolkien-esque themes. Iron Fire’s latest album, Voyage of the Damned, is power metal all the way, except for one thing: they’ve traded their swords and magic spells for ray guns and space ships.

But that doesn’t make them any less powerful. On the contrary, this is probably one of the best albums in the rocky history of the band. The vocals are better (less whiny), the music is good and heavy

and well produced without being over-produced, and a fresh theme all add up to one solid album.

The album opens with the typical short, brooding, instru-mental intro and then slams into the fastest paced song on the album, ‘Enter Oblivion OJ-666,’ which is easily one of the best songs on the album. A little later we run into the requisite power ballad, ‘The Final Odyssey’; I’m a sucker for power ballads and this one is no exception. It is immedi-ately followed by ‘Ten Years In Space,’ which has an awesome opening riff.

Next up is the ten minute title track which tells a great story (even if it is typical) from the point of view of the pilot of a spaceship that’s breaking down in mid-journey. The last third of the album is full of more good songs but none quite so memorable as the aforementioned.

Voyage of the Damned is something power metal and sci-fi fans should check out.

Paul McCartneyKisses On The Bottom

Regarding the concept of his latest album, Kisses On The Bottom, Paul McCartney has said, “For years I’ve been wanting to do some of the old

songs that my parents’ genera-tion used to sing at New Year...But we tried to work out a slightly different approach, and used a selection of songs that wouldn’t be the obvious ones...that everyone tends to cover.”

McCartney applies all his grace and charm to such classic gems as ‘I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter,’ ‘Only a Paper Moon,’ ‘Glory of Love,’ ‘Bye Bye Blackbird’ and more. But he didn’t forget to toss a couple brand new pieces of his own. His single ‘My Valentine’ was written for his new wife and was played for her at their wedding back in October. He also performed it on the 2012 Grammy Awards stage with Diana Krall and Joe Walsh.

This is a beautiful, easy lis-tening album that your mom will surely enjoy.

Van HalenA Different Kind of Truth

As you probably already know, David Lee Roth has reunited with Van Halen once more. Their first single, ‘Tattoo,’ was met with mixed reviews and I certainly wasn’t a fan of it. When I first heard the album I wasn’t overly im-pressed as it mostly sounded like a direct rehash of old Van

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Halen riff s and nothing on the album really jumped out and grabbed me enough to go, “Yeah! Th at rocks!”

Later, as I was doing some digging, I learned that David and Eddie actually sat down and dug through all their old scraps of unfi nished works from the mid-70s and built this album out of all the best bits they found. Well that ex-plains why it sounds almost exactly the same, though not quite as good, as old, late-70s Van Halen.

Fans of classic Van Halen should give this album at least one listen and decide for themselves what they think of it. I’m gonna shelf this one with comeback albums by classic rock bands that should have left well enough alone.

EarthAngels of Darkness, Demons of Light II

Drone rock band, Earth, has been evolving its sound and its lineup since its inception in 1989, and since that time every album has been as good as, or better than, its predecessor. Most recently Earth has released the second and fi nal part of last year’s Angels of Dark-ness, Demons of Light. Both albums are phenomenal and they play together as one coherent piece. Frontman, Dylan Carlson cites English folk bands Pentangle and Fairport Convention as ma-jor infl uences on these recent releases.

Th e long, slow, droning riff s on these albums are as beautiful and melodic as they are melancholy. ‘Sigil of Brass,’ the opening track on Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II, is a mere three and a half minutes, short when compared to the seven-to-twenty minute slow epics that make up the rest of this project. But those epics are

par for the course with Earth. As a fan of Earth and other slow, droning, musical styles, I expected this album to be good, but what I didn’t expect was how relaxing I found it. As I began to listen to Angels of Darkness, Demons of Light II, it made me feel like I was high and euphoric, as if I was going to fl oat away on a magic carpet of sound. So beautiful.

Both of these albums are a must hear. Probably some of the best music you’ll hear all year.

Sleigh BellsReign of Terror

Usually the thought of sleigh bells evokes images of white Christmases in the country with family, hot apple

cider, horse-drawn sleighs, and other such heartwarm-ing things. Unfortunately the band known as Sleigh Bells evokes far less heartwarming images than their namesake.

Th is modern noise pop duo is following in the foot-steps of Th e Jesus and Mary Chain and Sonic Youth, while pushing the sound of the genre to the bleeding edge.

Reign of Terror is Sleigh Bells second full length al-bum and is expertly executed. All the big name critics are raving about it. Metacritic.com compiled an average critic score of 75/100 based on 31 critics and if you look closely at those results you will fi nd that most of the biggest names in music news have rated the album at 80 or better. Q Magazine called it “stunning” and Rolling Stone gave it 4/5 stars.

I can easily see the validity of what they’re doing combined with the expert craft smanship with which they do it, but unfortunately I have a hard time really enjoying this music. ‘Crush’ is

a pretty awesome rock chant and ‘You Lost Me’ is the one song I fi nd most enjoyable. Th e mashup of opposing styles (pop and electronica vs. rock and metal) without any one of them having a clear dominion over the sound or style just seems a little much for me.

Th is album is defi nitely for fans of bands like Sonic Youth and Jesus and Mary Chain and other experi-mental music and noise pop bands.

The CranberriesRoses

Aft er being reunited for three years, Th e Cranber-ries have released their fi rst album since 2001, Roses, and thank the gods, it’s good. As

I listened to the fi rst track, ‘Conduct,’ I knew Th e Cran-berries were back and that they hadn’t lost their touch, as happens with so many reunited bands. I even found it hard to believe they’d been gone so long.

Dolores O’Riordan’s unique and powerful voice sets Th e Cranberries apart from nearly every other band in their pop and alternative rock genres. Add to that, bright music and catchy tunes as well as lyrics about love and relationships that we can all relate to, and you have the winning recipe that make Th e Cranberries so sweet. Unfortunately, with the exception of their multi-platinum second album, they have been largely under appreciated.

I won’t speculate that this will be their next platinum album but it certainly does deserve some recognition. Roses is exactly the album that fans have been waiting for for so long. Check it out.

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I happened to run into an article on a group of people who believe that shampoo is bad for your hair, and that going without is bet-ter, overall, for your hair. This group of people make up the “No ‘Poo Movement” and they say that all the chemicals that are in shampoo actu-ally make your hair more oily, because they make your seba-ceous glands produce more sebum oil. If we weren’t to use the shampoo, they say, the glands would stop overproducing, and our hair wouldn’t be greasy, and would be healthier overall.

Well, since I be-lieve that the sudsing chemical in shampoo causes cancer, and that chemicals overall are

not good for you if they are not naturally occurring, I decided to try this out. I started at the begin-ning of February, and have been doing it for just over three weeks as of the writing of this article.

I know, everyone is probably saying, “Ewwww, that’s gross!” but the way I have been doing it does require items to both clean and condition the hair. As a matter of fact, these items are found in most homes already!

For the shampoo you’ll need two table-spoons of baking soda and two cups of water (comfortably warm). Put both into an old, clean shampoo bottle and shake. To use, dampen hair, and use the baking soda solution to wash your hair. Massaging the scalp is very impor-tant! It helps to clean the scalp and hair, as well as encouraging

circulation and hair growth. Rinse out, massaging your scalp as you do so.

For the Condition-ing rinse you’ll want two tablespoons of ap-ple cider vinegar and two cups of water. Put both into an old, clean conditioner bottle and shake. To use, after washing hair, use the vinegar solution on your hair, massaging it into your scalp as you did with the baking soda solution. Then rinse out, massaging the scalp as you do so.

You’re probably thinking that I must smell like vinegar or like something pick-led, but I don’t! The water and scalp mas-sage rinses it away! I do have to say that I altered the recipe for the conditioning rinse with a few drops of essential oil, because I’m a girl and I like to smell nice. While the vinegar rinses away, the fragrance of essen-tial oils tend to stay,

though just a little.Now to the impor-

tant part: How my hair reacted to the change.

I would wash my hair every second day, as I did when I used shampoo, but in the first week my hair felt oily by the second day. My glands needed time to get used to the change, and they eventually lessened the amount of oil they released. By the third week my hair was do-ing well.

However, in saying that, I have read a lot of articles covering the subject, and found that many people had to wait months for their hair to get used to the change. As well, some people recom-mend brushing your hair in the morning and evening to help distribute the benefi-cial oils throughout the length of your hair.

The goal of the “No ‘Poo Movement” is to eventually just use wa-ter to wash your hair. I myself have not gotten to that point, and I’m not sure if I ever will. I’ ll just have to wait and see.

If you wish to read more about this sub-ject, or other topics on frugal living, visit my blog at www.fine-fru-gality.blogspot.com.

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