This article from The York Region Newspaper was sent over to Norma by the 1st. Place Winner, Dave Chong, Ree. our recent June Pike Tournament.
Sports
June 19, 2009 04:19 PM
michael hayakawa
When Dave Chong and Ted Filippou first wet their lines in the June pike tournament on
The next year, the York Region angling tandem exhibited a noticeable improvement, placing eighth.
Their progression, however, didn't stop there.
Last year, Chong, who lives in Aurora, and Filippou, a
This year, they struck the mother lode.
Competing in a field of 129 two-angler teams last weekend, Chong and Filippou caught their five-fish quota, measuring 167.25 inches in total length.
It was good enough for the winning pair to drive off with a nice paycheque of $12,400.
"Once we figured out how we could catch them, we didn't deviate from what we were doing," an elated Chong said.
While northern pike can be caught on a variety of artificial offerings, their best success stemmed from tossing hard jerk baits including models manufactured by Lucky Craft and Mega bass, Chong said.
In retail outlets, these baits aren't cheap, but to win tournaments where money is on the line, the costs of these baits aren't a factor, Chong said.
"People who don't believe baits worth $20 to $25 apiece can make a difference. Well, they do," he said.
Angling the day of the tourney was challenging as just 20 of the 129 teams measured their five-fish limit and another 50 teams did not weigh anything.
Four of the five fish caught by the local team came from one specific area of
Upon landing their fifth northern pike, Chong felt they could be in the hunt for the big prize. This they based on the winning lengths from past events.
"When we measured our fish, we knew from previous years' tournaments, we had what it would take to win it," Chong said.
"But you can't control what everyone else does. Someone could have had a phenomenal day on the water. Anything can happen and there were some big fish caught that day."
While Chong and Filippou's longest northern measured 27.25 inches, longer fish were caught.
But they weren't enough to overtake the overall numbers recorded by Chong and Filippou.
"Fishing was tough," said Chong, a fishing guide and co-host of the upcoming angling TV series Fish City.
http://www.yorkregion.com/News/Sports/article/93474
Posted by Dave Chong
BLUE-GREEN ALGAE
As reported in the North Bay Nugget on Saturday June 13th. 2009:
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit warns the public to avoid using water from Wasi lake after a blue-green algae bloom was found in the south end of the lake in Chisholm Township.
The water should not be used for drinking, cooking or bathing.
The blooms have the potential to produce toxins that cannot be destroyed by treating or boiling the water, the health unit said in a media release.
"This may be harmful to human health and the health of animals because these blooms have the potential to produce toxins."
Mike Duncan, manager of enviromental health, said in a media release, "If you draw your drinking water supply from Wasi Lake where algae are evident, it's important to use an alternate source of water for drinking, cooking,washing dishes and bathing.
The health unit advises the public to avoid swimming and other water sports.
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Posting by Ros
These are pictures of an actual polar bear attack in Churchill.
These pictures were taken while people watched and could do nothing to stop the attack!
Reports from the local newspaper say that the victim will make a full recovery.
The photos are below.
Posted by Rene Boudreau
From: Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 2:07 PM
Subject: National Online Petition to Scrap the Long Gun Registry
Dear O.F.A.H. member,
You are receiving this email as advance notice of an exciting initiative being launched across later today by the O.F.A.H., provincial affiliates, the C.S.S.A., and C.S.A.A.A.
Together, we are launching a national online petition to scrap the long gun registry. Our goal is to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures, and we need your help to make it happen. Please ACT TODAY and use the online share feature to reach out to everyone you know who has a stake in scrapping the wasteful long gun registry.
Be the first to get onboard! Visit www.scrapthelonggunregistry.com
Together we can abolish the costly, ineffective long gun registry and redirect our taxes to initiatives that will reduce crime in our country.
Yours in Conservation,
Mike Reader
Executive Director
Federation of Anglers and Hunters
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Posted by Norma McQuoid
Cancer Update from John Hopkins
AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY' IS THE KEY WORD) AND ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHN HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.
1. Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will st rengthen the immune system.
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and organs.
8. Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can als o cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply. CANCER CELLS FEED ON:
a. Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.
b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastrointestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk cancer cells are being starved.
c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).
e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer-fighting properties. Water -- best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is aci dic, avoid it.
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The East Ferris Winter Carnival 2009 was another resounding success with thanks going to the brigade of Carnival Committee Volunteers
The Community Center was a constant buzz and congratulations go out to the Perron Hockey Team for winning the Family Feud Championship
And to the Lynx Team for winning the Outlaw category
Sorry, I don't have any pictures for these two events nor any details for the winners of the Curling rounds
The Saturday afternoon Family Skate had a good turnout with many of the parents and adults on the ice to help out the beginners
Sunday saw the sun shining and had our new NOSBONSING ANGLERS AND HUNTERS GET OUTDOORS Youth Group sponsoring the kids outdoor activities
Norma McQuoid above kissing the fish for good luck before beginning the big fish race
Some other games included the snowshoe race, ball pickup and slush races
Photos by Debbie Hebert
Posted by Roseland
So your bird feeder empties at an allarming rate. Have you been blaming the squirrels?
The picture below makes everything crystle clear
We will be working for bird seed.
Any job offers with bird seed remuneration can be forwarded to this e-mail address
posted by ros our web master
Winter is almost over - we can now see the deer !!
Posted by Norma McQuoid
The hockey fans are going to be in envy of Rene.
As seen by the following pictures, he and his son Charlie are taking in some of the World Jr. Hockey games in Ottawa. The pictures show them at the Canada/Russian game and also the Sweden/USA game.
And may have more news if they take in the big Canada/Sweden game tonight. Jan.5th.2009
Submitted by Rene Boudreau
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