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Welcome to ...THE Club“Big or Small, JohnnyRemaxSells T hem All”John A. McCharles, BrokerRe/Max Sarnia Realty Inc. Brokerage519-383-4812johnnyremax@bellnet.caDo you remember being 19? Neither do we!Kernwater1804 London Line, Sarnia519-542-4211kernwater.comMon–Fri 9 am–6 pm • Sat 8 am–2 pmU-FillWaterDeliveryServiceReverseOsmosisand Alkaline940 MURPHY ROADSarnia • 519-542-1491Welcome to ... SPRING 2023Here at Napoli Pizzawe’re not just a foodbusiness, we’re afamily business. Ourspecialty is homemadepizza, pasta and somuch more.We are dedicated toproviding you withonly the highestquality ingredients. We make our food the oldfashioned way. With classic Italian dishes, weoffer our customers a warm atmosphere filledwith the same friendly faces and aromas offreshly made dough, sizzling pizza and deliciousfresh pasta. Whether you’re dining in orordering out, we’ve made your food with thesame quality & care we would make for our ownfamily, so that you can enjoy it with yours!To Mom:I’m hungry…I’m cold…I’m hot…Can I have…I want to watch…Where are you…?Can you ask Dad…?Can you help me…He hurt me…She hurt me…I want to go there…When are we…?Why are we…?Why can’t we?To Dad:Where’s Mom?It felt silky and wonderful in myfriend’s saline pool. I swam a couple oflengths and then stood around in theshallow end, chatting. Now, this is anexercise regimen I could adopt, I musedwetly.“Dundas Community Pool,” the cheeryvoice answered. I explained that I hadphoned to inquire about the hours. Sheasked what I wanted to do. The obviousanswer would sound impertinent, I choseto remain silent. She said somethingincomprehensible and then, “...or aquafit?”“Pardon?” I replied. I had a betterchance of understanding the first bit,now I knew it was something special youdid in the water. She repeated it and Iunderstood.“Lengths, yes, lengths, of courselengths is what I’m looking for,” I laughedas if misunderstandings were innatelyhilarious. “Noon to 1. Thank you.”I arrive 20 minutes early and gust atthe woman typing behind the counter.“Hi, this is my first time. I’ve neverbeen here before. Do you have anyinformation I can have?” She handsme a small square black and whitephotocopy of the pool’s hours. I feel alittle deflated. I had hoped for a glossybrochure explaining the advantages ofsalt over chlorine with a congratulatoryparagraph that said good for me formaking such a fine choice. Perhaps a fewjaunty sketches of the different strokes,which part of the body they targeted andhow many calories they burned wouldhave been nice, too. As I flipped thepiece of paper over she may have beensympathetic to my ebbing exuberance.She said encouragingly, “We have aquafit, too.”“Oh, I couldn’t do that, I’m not fitenough,” I shared. “I can’t keep upwith the 70-year-olds in the group. Theexertion makes me feel nauseous.”“So, you’re going to do lengths,” sheresponded. Perhaps I’d leaned overthe counter too far. Determined to bepositive about my new regimen, I loudlysang out, “Well, we’ll see how I do.” Shedirected me to the ladies’ change room.I headed for the door clearly markedladies’ washroom and she called out,“No, it’s further up on your right, it says‘change room’ on the door.”the slow lane. She pointed to a wide areanext to the steps in the shallow end. Iquickly removed my towel and headedto the steps. A 90-year-old man smiledas he passed on his way to the fast lane.I noticed the sign on the steps said Ihad to turn around and face the stepsgoing into the pool. I didn’t like that. Itmeant the young male lifeguard on theother side of the pool would get a view ofme I had kept under a towel until the lastpossible moment. Perhaps he couldn’tsee the cellulite from there. I descendedExcitedly I entered and took in quickly and immediately swam athe empty surroundings. Using the spectacular length with beautiful form…lockers was a bit offreestyle with heada challenge, but theand face completelyshowers were much Slow Lane out of the watermore difficult. I put onto ensure coif andmy glasses to read the By Vivienne Mathers, Dundas makeup remainedknob. It had arrows,“hot” and “cold.” Iunaltered. On theway back I felt a bitturned it, nothingtired so I switchedhappened, I pulled it,to breaststroke.still nothing. I pushed and was blasted inthe face and shoulder with tepid water.Still no one there? Good. I wrapped thetowel around my lower half and pushedon the door that would take me intothe pool area. It didn’t open. A bit stiff,I nuanced, and began pushing, heavinga shoulder at it, running and jumpingwhen it occurred to me that the lifeguardsmight not actually be ready yet.I stood facing the door, dripping on thefloor hoping I’d still look wet when theyopened it so I wouldn’t get shouted at.“Didn’t you shower?!”“Yes, 15 minutes ago, it’s evaporated.”The door opened, it was clear theyoung female lifeguard wasn’t used tosomeone leaping out wanting to chat. Ichased her retreating form and told herit was my first time and asked which wasI’m proud of my breaststroke, barely aripple. I could feel my triceps burning,good. Part way along I realized that theselengths were a lot lengthier than myfriend’s pool.As I reached the wall back where Istarted, I was wheezing audibly. I tooka break for a few moments and headedoff again feeling some pressure to dowhat this hour called for. I flagged alittle and surmised being tired in deepwater frightened me. I flipped onto myback and headed for the part of the poolwhere I could put my feet down. Themale lifeguard seemed to be watchingme a little too intently, to my mind.Lascivious beast. I adjusted the front ofmy two-piece to ensure my hysterectomyscar was completely covered and nearlydrowned myself.Others began arriving. A woman withno visible body fat, wearing goggles andabout 75 slipped into the medium laneright beside me. We set off together, herdoing the front crawl where she seemedto elegantly submerge. I had decided todo ½ lengths. As I turned at the midwaypoint she was beside me again on herreturn journey. I didn’t even try to beather to the wall.I stopped, began intently reading all thesignage trying to recover my breathingand glanced at the clock. 12:10. Too soonto leave really. A young couple arrive, hedoes a swift length and she stands aroundnear the wall. I decide to show themwhat I can do. I swim my ½ length andthen without even putting my feet downI turn and feel a little discomfort in myback. I fight to stay on top of the water.About an inch of hair gets wet, whichis unfortunate as it’s the inch I spent somuch time flat ironing this morning. Thelifeguard is still watching me. 12:15. Well,it was only $3.50, I could leave now. Iswim another 2 half-lengths and ask thefemale lifeguard some questions so asto catch my breath. She keeps glancingaway at the other swimmers, not reallyappropriate in polite conversation, butshe’s pleasant enough. 12:20, respectableI think and I exit the pool wrapping mytowel around me lightning fast andonly dropping it once in my haste to beunnoticeable. I wave goodbye, only tothe female lifeguard, and as I enter thechange room I notice the woman whohad been standing around in the shallowend, is showering. Hardly worth it really.I drive home virtuously. My back is stilla bit stiff though and all I’ve been doingsince, is sitting or napping. I think I’ll goback next week. I’m determined to keepup my new fitness level.P A G E14Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
Putting the “old” back in “Damn, you’re old!”RecipesSend UsYour uRecipes! e cesWe’ll be bringing you recipes from Club contributors rs& from local fundraising cookbooks we’ve collectedover the last quarter of a century. You’re welcome tosend your own recipes, or on behalf of anorganizaon that has a new cookbook, & we canhelp promote those cookbooks for free.These recipes are taken from the 3rd Edion of“From Our House to Yours” Cookbook by St.Joseph’s Hospice Sarnia Lambton. Call 519-337-05377 for your copy.Cinnamon French Toast Tray BakeBuer for greasing1 loaf crusty bread8 eggs2 c. milk1/2 c. sugar1/2 c. heavy/whipping cream1/2 c. brown sugar2 Tbsp. vanillaStuffed Pepper Casserole1 lb. ground beef2 cloves garlic, minced1 small onion, chopped2 large green peppers, chopped1 - 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes1 - 8 oz. can tomato sauce1/2 c. beef brothPreheat oven to 350°F. In a frying pan, add ground beef, garlic and onion.Cook unl beef is brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer beef mixture into an11x8 inch baking dish. Add chopped green peppers, spinach, diced tomatoes,tomato sauce, beef broth, uncooked rice, Worcestershire sauce, salt andpepper on top of the beef. Mix to fully combine. Cover with aluminum foil andbake for 75 minutes or unl rice is so. Take out of the oven, sprinklemozzarella cheese on top and bake for 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!Southern Pecan Pie2 c. flour3/4 tsp. salt3/4 c. Crisco4 to 8 Tbsp. ice cold water3 eggsBy: PaulaBlair1/2 c. flour1/2 c. brown sugar1 tsp. cinnamon1/4 tsp. saltPinch nutmeg1/2 c. cold buer, cut into piecesWarm maple syrup and berriesfor servingGrease a 9x13 inch pan with buer. Rip the bread into chunks and spreadinto pan. Whisk together eggs, milk, cream, both sugars and vanilla; pourevenly over the bread. Cover and refrigerate overnight.Mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg together. Mix in the buerwith a fork unl resembles a coarse meal. Set aside.In the morning, preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle the topping over the top ofthe bread mixture and bake for 1 hour. Serve with syrup and berries.1/2 c. chopped spinach1/2 c. long grain rice (uncooked)1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce1/2 tsp. salt1/4 tsp. pepper1 c. shredded mozzarella cheese2/3 c. brown sugar1 c. corn syrup1/3 c. melted buer1 c. pecan halves1 tsp. vanillaBy: Chrisne DayBy: Sheila CourtneyFor pie crust, sr together flour and salt. Cut shortening into flour mixturewith pastry blender or fork and blend unl mixture resembles lile piecesthe size of breadcrumbs.Gradually add just enough water, 1 tablespoon at a me, srring with afork just unl dough holds together and forms a smooth ball. Divide andshape into 2 balls. Flaen to 1/2 inch discs. Wrap in plasc wrap. Chill 30minutes or up to 2 days.For filling, beat eggs with sugar. Sr in remaining ingredients and pourunto unbaked pie shell. Bake approximately 50 minutes at 350°F.Send Your Recipes to info@welcometotheclub.caclub caWelcome to ...Russell StreetSAVE20%OF F oneregular priceditem withthis coupon.For Seniors 60+(some exclusions apply)believe it or notAn ad this size costs only$368+ hstNot per issue... PER YEAR!!!Every copy is picked up, and it’s onlineCall 519-491-1676info@welcometotheclub.caSARNIAAuto CentreTHE Club120 Russell St. North,Sarnia • 519-383-0688Family Owned andOperated Since 1989.We are known for ourterrific service:and more reputable brands.24 HOUR EMERGENCY TIRE SERVICE519-383-10001341 3Plank Road, ,SarniaaWallaceburg ac bgLocation: cion:JACK’S JA S TIRETI E7966 6McCleary cay Line • 519-627-33359-33333535Kids’ Letters to GodDear God,It’s Time ToGet YourSUMMERTIRES!• maintenance• repairs• brakes• batteriesI think the stapleris one of yourgreatest inventions.SARNIAAuto Centre- Ruth• diagnostics• oil changes• and somuch more!www.tirecraft.comw.ti ic fSPRING 2023 Be the friend that walks in when everyone else walks out.P A G E 15
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