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By Al Lowe
Contributor

Some More About Your Fantastic Liver
Part 2
Last time we noted that your liver is an amazing storehouse. But it has a lot more functions than that.
The liver has a great deal to do with the digestion of fats. It produces bile salts. These are used to emulsify fats. Big drops of fat cannot be taken into the digestive system just the way they are. So bile salts break these large drops down into little tiny ones. This is much the same kind of action as a detergent on greasy dishes. It is not really a digestive process, but rather a mechanical one, a change in size. This ‘bile’ is taken by ducts to the gall bladder, where it is stored until it is needed. If necessary, your liver can produce a cup or more of bile each day.

By Jack Elliott
Correspondent

Down here in Drizzle Creek, the earlier garden planning sessions over high-test coffee at the Bakery ignited an infectious enthusiasm and a run on onion sets that in two days flat wiped out the communities stock . Digestive upsets and bad breath should be reaching epidemic proportions any week now.

By Howard Hampton
MPP Kenora-RR

KENORA - NDP Leader Howard Hampton says Dalton McGuinty can’t hide four years of inaction on issues that matter to Aboriginal communities with empty gestures.
“For four years, Aboriginal people in Ontario have been waiting for the respectful relationship promised by Dalton McGuinty. After all this time, all he can offer is a dedicated Ministry without a dedicated Minister. The women and men living in Ontario’s First Nations deserve the chance to share in Ontario’s prosperity. Instead they have a government that refuses to consult, refuses to deal with treaty issues and simply ignores them,” said Hampton.

By Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

A new study analyzing eleven calendar years of agricultural fatality data from 1990 to 2000 has found that 440 persons aged 60 or over died in agricultural injury events. Ninety-one percent of those killed were male. This number represents over a third of all the agricultural fatalities in Canada from 1990 to 2000, even though older adults comprise only 13% of the national farm population.

Peace, order and good government are the premise upon which Confederation took place in Canada.
This year, Sunday will mark the 140th anniversary of the Confederation Act of 1867. For those 140 years Governments of Canada have used those words as a basis in which to govern.

Submitted by
Ken Boshcoff M.P.

Last November, a group of students from Thunder Bay’s Sir Winston Churchill High School had the opportunity to attend a leadership presentation hosted by motivational speaker and philanthropist Ian Hill.

By Jack Elliott

“Elliott! That #$%& garage door won’t stay closed again!” my wife the Pearl of the Orient informed me rather forcefully, “Fix it!”
It seems retirement does rest easily on these weary bones and the Pearl has found me another chore to keep me from wearing out the new sofa.

Submitted by
Carol Lavasseur

The River Runners Canoe and Kayak Club began it’s Thursday night paddles on June 7th and will continue every Thursday throughout the summer. Paddlers meet at Peace Park at 6:00pm to determine the destination for the evening.

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

In my last column, I discussed hardiness zones and how they affect the plants we choose to grow.
Zones cover large areas of landscape while microclimates relate to smaller areas. The size of a microclimate can vary greatly in size, referring to, for example, the Rainy River District or a small corner in your backyard next to the shed.

By Kendall Olsen
Principal

Over one hundred and twenty people were in attendance at Riverview School on Monday, June 11th for the Family Fun Barbeque. The children had a great time with the water balloon toss, face painting and old fashioned sack and three legged races. The whole event was sponsored by the school council who applied for and received a Parent Involvement Grant to underwrite the expenses of the evening. It was great to celebrate the successes of another school year and to honour Debbie Wagner who retires at the end of the week after teaching at Riverview for the past 31 years. Students sang songs, recited poems and presented Mrs. Wagner with flowers. Staff members reminisced via speeches and a PowerPoint slide show about Debbie’s life and teaching career before presenting her with a tree on behalf of the school community. Congratulations Debbie, you’ve made a real difference in the lives of students.