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Number 9, Volume 2 Stephanie Allers of Moline, Ill., is a professional counselor and September, 2006 educator. Working in the fields of mental health, career and life counseling and chronic pain management, Stephanie has Gerald J. Taylor integrated her passion for the outdoors into her work with clients PUBLISHER and has seen the dramatic effects interaction with nature can Joe Payne have on individuals’ emotional and physical health. In her Radish EDITOR debut, this aspiring naturalist shares her passion for nature [email protected] therapy (page 20) and its benefits for leading a healthier, happier life. Stephanie Val Yazbec enjoys exploring Midwestern parks and bike trails, frequenting local farmers’ ADVERTISING DIRECTOR markets and spending time with her family, friends and “Pickles” the dog. Jamie Belha (309) 797-0303 404150 Stacie Barton lives in Prophetstown, Ill., and is a writer for the CLASSIFIED ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Prophetstown Echo, the small town’s weekly newspaper. A Rachel Griffiths musician who spent 15 years touring the country playing punk (309) 757-8380 rock and acoustic music, Stacie now enjoys the “New ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Alternative” lifestyle, raising kids, gardening, knitting and living Rick Hinds 2 X 10.25 in rural America. Working as a chef in the San Francisco Bay (309) 721-6916 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Area was an education in fresh foods, and transplanting in the Midwest has sent her on a quest to “meet her meals.” After coming across the Eat Sheila Mooney (309) 721-6155 Local Challenge, Stacie has found a national support group of like-minded eaters. ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Read more about her adventures in eating on page 40, and for even more, visit HERITAGE Rhoni Perrine her blog, Mommy Mosh Pit, at mommymoshpit.blogspot.com. (309) 944-4678 ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Shelly Wells Cain is the executive director of the Black Hawk Radish Brandy Welvaert College Foundation, and is a huge fan of the Quad Cities STAFF WRITER Marathon, which she has run a few times. She lives in Port NATURAL Byron, Ill., with Molly, 16, Branson, 13, and their animals. In Normally I don’t get up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday, but doing so recently gave me an idea of what our regional growers DISTRIBUTED BY addition to running, she considers herself a “foodie” who loves to go through to bring their fresh goods to our tables. Rising early, they come from near and far to set up their stands so Moline Dispatch Publishing Co., L.L.C. bicycle, kayak and spend time with friends. Though she claims their produce, plants and other products are ready when the markets open at 7:30 or 8 a.m. 1720 5th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265 (309) 757-5041 Fax: (309) 786-1904 not to be a marathon expert, she says she hangs out with a lot of I had risen early to drive from the Quad-Cities to the Iowa City Farmers’ Market, where I was to set up the Radish For a list of distribution sites log on to them. Check out her tips for final-month marathon training on page 14. FOO booth. I didn’t return home until about 2:30 that afternoon. It had a been a very Radishy (to coin a term) day, during www.radishmagazine.com which I: Amy Meyer is a full-time teacher and part-time writer who lives • Saw a coyote before ever leaving my neighborhood in the middle of Rock Island. (Note to self: Assign story on the PUBLISHED BY in Muscatine, Iowa. She recently celebrated finishing 20 months loss of wildlife habitat.) Small Newspaper Group of surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation treatments by going on • Saw RAGBRAI participants riding across an Interstate 80 overpass and also through downtown Iowa City. (Note Deborah Loeser Small RAGBRAI. Thanks to the support of many, Amy managed to HERITAGE to self: Assign story on what it takes to prepare for RAGBRAI.) DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL ride 100 hilly, hot miles and get a couple of glimpses of Lance • Met several great people, including “Market Master” Emily Brust and grower Shelley Squier (left and right, PROJECTS Armstrong. In the future, Amy plans to teach 4th grade full time respectively, with me in the photo above). Alas, it was cheerful, helpful Emily’s last day on the job; a student at the Joseph Lacaeyse again, continue to advocate about life with breast cancer, as well University of Iowa, she’s now off to Colorado to do her student teaching. Shelley and her husband, Mike Donnelly, own TREASURER as attend the first Lance Armstrong Survivors Summit in Austin, Texas, in Squier Squash and Donnelly Farms in tiny Hinkletown, Iowa, where they grow certified organic produce. Shelley’s booth NATURAL Robert Hill October. Read her story about Gilda’s Club on page 10. was next to mine and she graciously watched over the magazines and even passed some out when I set out to shop the VICE-PRESIDENT market myself. (Note to self: Must return for more of Shelley’s and Mike’s garlic. They have a dozen or more types, Gerry Voelliger is fire chief in Bettendorf, Iowa. When he’s not including Siberian Garlic, the variety with the highest concentration of allicin — the most powerful medicinal Thomas P. Small SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT fighting fires, he is an ultra endurance and multi-sport athlete. compound derived from the herb.) He has run three marathons and competed in 32 adventure races • Met up with Radish contributors Jen and Ted Knights, and Chef Kurt Friese and his wife, Kim, who own Len R. Small FOODS ranging from eight hours to 10 days in length. His adventure Devotay restaurant on Linn Street. I later joined Kurt and Kim for a gourmet, local-foods lunch at Devotay. (Note to PRESIDENT race team, Enviromark-Orthopaedic Specialists, recently self: Yum. Also, assign story on Kurt’s book, “Slow Food in the Heartland: A Cook’s Tour,” to be released in the spring Radish is a monthly guide to improving your completed The Primal Quest Expedition Adventure Race. Gerry by University of Iowa Press.) health through the natural foods, products answers 20 questions about the race on page 12, and provides an Indeed, the day had been full of many of the things Radish is all about — natural discoveries, healthy pursuits, and services of Western Illinois and Eastern online recap of the experience on Radishmagazine.com. He is married to Lynne wonderful people, local food. Iowa. To subscribe, send check or credit card information for $20 for one year and has two children, Ryan and Lindsay. He enjoys trail running, mountain You can find all these things (except for coyotes) at any farmers’ market; the names may be different, but the ($29.95 for two years) to Radish, 1720 5th biking, sea kayaking, orienteering and telemark skiing. dedication of those involved and the quality of their products is the same. Ave., Moline, IL 61265. No part of this This issue of Radish celebrates the final months of the growing season, with information on where to go and how to publication may be reprinted or otherwise reproduced without written permission. Also writing in Radish this month are returning contibutors Darcy Maulsby preserve the foods you buy. It’s the high season for the markets, so be sure to get out and take advantage of what our Send editorial correspondence to Editor, (Preserving the harvest, page 18); Ann Ring (Metabolic fingerprints, page 16); local growers have worked so hard to produce. Radish, 1724 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201, or e-mail [email protected]. For Kurt Friese (Healthy back-to-school lunches, page 26); Barbra Annino (Preserve — Joe Payne editorial submission guidelines visit those herbs!, page 25); and Jessica Schmerse (Healthy trails to you, page 24). Editor www.radishmagazine.com. 2 3 the grapevine healthy living from the ground up

Join our online From our readers features departments community “I was pleased to see (last) month’s article on T’ai Chi. I have A virtual Radish community is meeting 1212 taken T’ai Chi for almost four healthy homes each day on the Radish Web site, where readers years. My class is through the 6 Windows: Heat flow, solar heat gain and air are posting comments at the ends of stories and Eastern Iowa Community College leakage are the most important factors others are responding. To join this ever-growing continuing education program. I when choosing high-performance windows. community, go to Radishmagazine.com and share was surprised it wasn’t among your your thoughts, post your questions, or provide listing. Please include it in your answers to others’ questions. In addition to this and health & fitness next listing. The instructor is Amy 14 Running 26.2 miles? If you’re part of the 1 other great features, Radishmagazine.com posts Lyons and she is excellent. She is percent of the population that is willing to try online-only features and news of interest. also certified by the Arthritis a marathon, here’s how to negotiate the Currently featured is Gerry Voelliger’s day-by-day Foundation and teaches their forms final four weeks of training. account of his team’s participation in The Primal as well as those she learned from her Quest Endurance Adventure Race. For more on this Master. Thanks for a very good event, see the related story on page 12. Celebrate the harvest: health & fitness magazine.” 8 Late summer/early fall 16 Metabolic fingerprints: Knowing your body’s — Ida Weibel, Long Grove, IA produce and festivals await. resting metabolic rate can help you It’s in the bag Ida: Sorry about that. Readers who want to learn more about the T’ai Chi classes determine how many calories you should be offered through Eastern Iowa Community College can call (563) 441-4100. — Editor It’s more about life: eating per day to safely and effectively lose Radish canvas tote bags are in the mail to the writers of the following letters: 10 Cancer gets second billing weight. behind Gilda’s big red door. “I have had a lot of fun with the Radish magazines I got at the Iowa City “Thank you so much for a wonderful magazine. Our community needed body, mind & soul Farmers’ Market. I shared them with several friends and family and everyone Are these guys crazy? this type of publication to help us all focus on seeking and leading a healthier, 20 Go outside and heal: Nature therapy mends seems to enjoy a different section and recognizes at least one person from each 12 No — they’re just up for a enjoyable and more productive life. … It was not until I moved to this great the body, mind and soul. issue. … I especially enjoyed reading one of the ‘grapevine’ letters from the really big challenge. country in the 1970s, with my husband and our two babies, that I realized that woman from South Carolina, Arlecia Simmons, who bought lemon balm from every day had been farmers’ day as I grew up in my native Argentina. My mother me! I didn’t know her name, but remembered talking to her at the market. It was Canning 101: walked to the small corner vegetable market each morning with her mesh tote bag grower of the month nice to hear how much she enjoyed using it and learning more about it! As an 18 Here’s what you need to 22 A common ground: Urban gardeners in to bring home organically grown vegetables that had been picked earlier that same organic farmer, I appreciate all efforts to attract more customers to local food know to safely preserve this Davenport, Iowa, join forces to grow plants morning. Once in the U.S., I greatly missed that fresh, delicious, and nutritious options. It’s good for everyone!” year’s harvest. and community. bounty until a friend told me about the farmers’ markets in our area. So, as the — Shelley Squier, Squier Squash & Donnelly Farms, North English, IA end of the growing season fast approaches, I am thankful for all of the wonderful produce I have purchased on Wednesdays or Saturdays this year and I ready in every issue outdoors myself to ‘survive’ till next season.” “We would like to thank you for choosing Miss Effie’s as July’s Grower of the 24 Healthy trails to you: Hopping on a horse — Cristina Greene, East Moline, IL Month. The response has been tremendous. I have been in business for five years, 2 from the editor and heading down a trail is a fun and have had many articles written on Miss Effie’s, and this was the best article ever! 3 therapeutic way to spend your afternoon. Darla Wiese understands the rural lifestyle and reflected it well in her article.” contributors “I am quite fond of homegrown peppers. So before fall approaches I like to — Cathy Lafrenz, Miss Effie’s Country Flowers and Garden Stuff, Donahue, IA 4 food freeze many different varieties of peppers. I take a large skillet, add enough olive the grapevine 25 oil to coat the pan, and I cut up a combination of red, green, yellow, purple and Preserve those herbs: How to reap the 28 rewards of your plants all year long. jalapeno peppers without the seeds, add them to the pan and sauté them until Stop by and see us! rooting around they are nice and tender and slightly stringy and browned. I then put them in Radish magazine continues to make the rounds at regional farmers’ markets 30 yogurt containers and freeze them for later use. All you have to do is thaw, and calendar eating right and healthy-living events. Stop by the following locations, pick up an extra copy serve. I use the peppers as a nice accompaniment to sandwiches, hamburgers and 26 Think outside the box: Make a healthy school of the September issue (to share with a friend) and meet us: 36 resources hot dogs. It is such a nice way to enjoy homegrown, all year round. Enjoy!” lunch a priority for your kids. • Thursday, Sept. 7, 2-6 p.m., Bettendorf (Iowa) Farmers’ Market, 20th and — Anita Fagerland, Iowa City, IA State streets. 38 farmers’ markets • Monday, Sept. 11, 3-7 p.m., Trinity Farmers’ Market, 4500 Utica Ridge 39 food for thought For a chance to win your own Radish tote bag, tell us about an organization in your Road, Bettendorf, Iowa. classifieds 40 An act of geopolitics: Stacie Barton takes up community that needs volunteers — and what the organization does. E-mail your • Saturday, Sept 9, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., I-Renew Energy Expo, Solon High School, the challenge to eat locally. response by midnight Sept. 6 to [email protected]. 600 W. 5th St., Solon, Iowa. on the cover • Saturday, Sept. 16, 10 a.m.-7 p.m., The Galena Garlic Festivale, Belle Aire Amy Meyer of Listen to our editor online Mansion, 11410 U.S. 20 West, Galena, Ill. Muscatine, Iowa, • Saturday, Sept. 23, 8 a.m.-noon, Davenport (Iowa) Farmers’ Market, River in front of the big Coming in October If you missed WVIK-FM news director Herb Trix’s interview with Radish Drive at Western Avenue. (Featuring Ken Jones’ award-winning “Preserving red door of editor Joe Payne, don’t despair! An audio file of the interview can be downloaded the Harvest” recipes.) Gilda’s Club. Innovative apples • Pampering pumpkins • Healthy fall drives • The from the NPR-affiliated station’s Web site, www.wvik.org. Once on the station’s (Photo by John volunteer/health connection • Cardio homepage, look under “Program Listings,” click on “Midwest Week” and select Send your comments to [email protected] or write to: Radish, 1724 4th Greenwood) Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201. tennis • Recycling E-waste • Mazes for “August 4 & 5.” your mind • Heritage Natural Foods 4 5 healthy homes Heat flow and gain, air leakage Fairfield: a great, green determine window efficiency place to live By Greg Pahl, Mother Earth News magazine Fairfield, Iowa, has been named one of 12 great places to live by ccording to the U.S. Department of Energy, replacing old windows with Mother Earth News magazine. Ahigh-efficiency windows could reduce your home’s energy bill by up to 25 The towns were chosen for percent. While most people choose new windows based on appearance, having beautiful scenery and convenience and price, energy efficiency should take top priority. recreational opportunities; civic pride 407485 Although high-performance windows initially cost more, they provide greater and a healthy economy; and a comfort, increase the value of your home and save you money in the long run. community of people who care about 407368 When shopping for new windows, consider the three main factors that impact the environment, sustainability, their energy efficiency: alternative energy and fresh, Heat flow through the glass and frame. This is generated by the temperature wholesome food. 2 X 10.25 1difference between the inside of your home and the outside environment. This “We didn’t choose these towns is often thought of as a winter issue, but it can be just as important in the based on a statistical analysis or 2 X 10.25 summer. The resistance to that heat flow is expressed as an R-value; the higher the scientific survey,” reported the R-value, the better the insulation. Multiple panes of glass are the best way to magazine. “Instead, we brainstormed IA increase R-values because they increase the number of barriers between the standout towns we’ve visited, lived in outdoors and the interior of your home. “Low-emissivity” or “low-e” coatings or heard about from readers. They had (clear metal oxides applied to the glass during production), further help to reduce to be places where people interested in WINDOW radiant heat transfer between panes of glass by reflecting some or all of the sustainable living would find kindred infrared radiation. souls. … We encourage you to visit RENEWABLE Solar heat gain, referred to in the industry as the solar heat gain coefficient these unique towns … they may provide ideas to help make your community a 2(SHGC). The SHGC measures how much of the sun’s energy transmits as heat better place to live.” into the room. The SHGC is based on a scale of zero (for no heat gain) to 1 (for Read what the magazine specifically had to say about Fairfield — and learn PROFESSION 100-percent heat gain). The SHGC also measures how much solar heat passes about the other 11 great places to live — by visiting the Radish Web site at through the frame, rather than just the glass. In the Midwest, where heating and Radishmagazine.com. ENERGY cooling are equally important, an SHGC between 0.4 and 0.55 is best. Air leakage. This is the air that flows through cracks between the sash and the ALS 3frame, or at the point where the window connects to the wall. The lower the Energy Expo has the answers leakage value, the better; look for windows with air-leakage rates of less than 0.3. For more information about efficient windows and window manufacturers, IA Learn about renewable energy choices and ways to combat rising energy costs check out these Web sites: American Architectural Manufacturers Association, at the 15th Annual Energy www.aamanet.org; Efficient Windows Collaborative, www.efficientwindows.org; Expo Sept. 9-10 in Solon, Iowa. WINDOW and Window & Door Manufacturers Association, www.wdma.com. Presented by the Iowa Excerpted from Mother Earth News magazine, the original guide to living wisely. Read Renewable Energy Association RENEWABLE the full story at www.MotherEarthNews.com or call (800) 234-3368 to subscribe. (I-Renew), the Expo will feature Copyright 2005 by Ogden Publications, Inc. nearly 100 workshops and speakers. Information will be PROFESSION provided on everything from green building and alternative ENERGY transportation to energy- efficient technology and ALS-AD G community- and home-based energy development. The event will feature demonstrations of solar and wind power, a sustainable-living exhibitor tent and a silent auction of renewable and energy-efficient products. In addition, the Clean ASSOC Fuel Car Show will showcase cars that run on alternative fuels, including a solar- powered bicycle and a wind- and solar-powered RV. Kid-friendly events and food vendors also will be available. The I-Renew Energy Expo will be held at Solon High School (built with green and energy-efficient technologies), 600 W. 5th St. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 9 and 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sept. 10. Suggested donation is $5 per person or $10 per family. For more information, call (319) 341-4372 or visit www.irenew.org.

Andersen Windows 6 7 healthy living Celebrate the harvest 406723 Late summer/early fall produce and festivals await In the kitchen Isn’t it amazing that just as the weather begins to cool, the vegetables ready By Brandy Welvaert Sept. 23: New Pioneer Co-op farmers’ market cooking demonstration, for picking are those that taste best when we cook them? After a hot summer of fresh foods that yield to our tastebuds right from the 2 X 5.00 9:30-11:30 a.m., Iowa City Farmers’ Market, Gilbert and Washington streets, he vivid colors, warm scents and overwhelming bounty of the harvest make Iowa City, IA; (319) 338-9441. fields — lettuce, berries, tomatoes, peppers — autumn’s crop needs the time and Tus ache with joy — even as we feel winter looming on the horizon. Sept. 23: ZJ Farm Harvest Potluck and Barn Dance, 2 p.m. (farm tours), attention we’re ready and willing to give it. With cooler temperatures in mind, As it does every fall, this natural beauty leaves us with just one inclination: 5:30 p.m. (potluck), 6:30 (square dance), ZJ Farm, Solon, IA; here are a couple of recipes for early fall. we party. We party with apples and squashes and soups, with toasted pumpkin www.zjfarms.com/html/directions.html. SERENITY seeds and scarecrows and hayrack rides. Sept. 23-24: Old Time Fall Festival and Antique Tractor Show, Country Corner, Autumn Harvest Soup With all the natural joys of autumn in mind, here are a few ways to make U.S. 150, Alpha, IL; (309)629-2359 or www.country-corner.com. this season of celebration a healthy one. Sept. 24: Scattergood Open House and Harvest Potluck, noon-4 p.m., 3 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon brandy (optional) Scattergood Friends School, West Branch, IA; 1 cup onion, chopped 1-1/2 cups chicken or vegetable broth SALON-MOL To market, to market www.scattergood.org/news_events/directions.shtml#. 1 butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and 1/2 teaspoon ginger, freshly grated Regional farmers’ markets remain open through the end of October, and Sept. 30: Fall Festival, 8 a.m.-noon, Davenport Farmers’ Market, River Drive and cut into 3/4-inch chunks 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg there still is much to be had. Western Avenue, Davenport, IA; (563) 332-5529. 1 medium apple, cored and cut into 3/4 cup whipping cream Tomatoes, green peppers and eggplant are available at markets until the first Oct. 1: Garden Harvest Festival, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Quad City Botanical Center, 1-inch chunks Creme fraiche or sour cream, for frost, said Teresa Krause of Teresa’s Tasty Produce, Atkinson, Ill. Krause thinks a 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL; (309) 794-0991. 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted garnish little sweet corn, too, may be lingering into early September as long as the weather Oct. 7-8: Galena Country Fair, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Grant Park, Galena, IL; Melt butter over medium heat in a large saucepan. Add onion and saute holds. Second plantings of broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are ready as well. (815) 777-0817 or www.galenacountryfair.org. about 3 minutes, or until slightly softened. Add squash, apple, pecans, and “My dad always told me that they taste better this time of year, and I always Oct. 21: Moon Over Macomb, 8 a.m.-10 p.m., Heritage Downtown Square, brandy. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 1 minute. thought it was an old wives’ tale,” Krause said with a laugh. “But it’s true! Besides, Macomb, IL; (309) 837-4855 or www.makeitmacomb.com. Stir in broth, ginger and nutmeg. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and it’s getting colder, and that’s the kind of stuff we want.” simmer, stirring occasionally, about 25 minutes or until squash and apple are Second plantings of green beans and wax beans are ready, and they’re always tender. Cool slightly. popular with shoppers, said Ken Meeks, president of the East Moline (Ill.) Working in batches, blend squash mixture in a blender or food processor Farmers’ Market. “From late August into September you’ll still have some until smooth. Return squash mixture to saucepan. Stir in whipping cream. Heat watermelons and cantaloupe, too,” Meeks said. Yet he added, “it depends a lot on through, but do not boil. Top each serving with creme fraiche, if desired. the season and the weather.” Sweet onions, beets, carrots and other root crops survive colder weather, Source: Adapted from McCormick Krause said. Also ready now are the winter squash — acorn and butternut chief among them. And don’t forget the pumpkins and late-season apples. “It’s kind of mixed until the last week of September,” Meeks said. “Then the Broccoli and Cauliflower with Lemon, days are so short that everything begins shutting down.” September also is the month for harvest decorations, such as gourds, colorful Mustard and Chive Butter dried corn, corn stalks and cut-and-dried floral arrangements — reminders of the 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room 1 1/2 pounds whole cauliflower, Midwest growing season that always seems to end too soon. temperature trimmed, cut into florets ad to come 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 1/2 pounds broccoli, stems trimmed, Regional celebrations 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel cut into florets Several harvest celebrations are being held in the Radish region this season. Since 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon chopped jazz festival many events will be held outdoors, it’s a good idea to call before planning your fresh chives outing. Using fork, blend butter, mustard and lemon peel in small bowl. Mix in 1/3 Sept. 7: Harvest Festival, 2-6 p.m., Bettendorf Farmers’ Market, 20th and State cup chives. Season with salt and pepper. streets, Bettendorf, IA; (563) 332-5529. Cook cauliflower in large pot of boiling salted water 2 minutes. Add broccoli Sept. 17: Fall Festival, noon-4 p.m., Vander Veer Botanical Park, 214 E. Central and cook until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 3 minutes longer. Drain. Park, Davenport, IA; (563) 326-7818. Combine butter mixture and vegetables in large pot. Toss gently over Sept. 21: Field to Family 2006 Culinary Walk, 5:30-8 p.m., downtown Iowa medium heat until vegetables are heated through and coated with butter mixture, City, IA; (319) 338-9441, (319) 358-5513 or www.newpi.com. about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon chives. Sept. 22: Sass Family Farms Fall Frolic and Harvest Potluck, 5-9 p.m., Sass Serves 8 to 10. Family Farm, Riverside, IA; www.sassfamilyfarm.com/farm_site_007.htm. Source: Adapted from Epicurious.com iStockphoto For a recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes, see Resources, page 36. 8 9 great places 406716 It’s more about life 2 X 5.00 Cancer gets second billing behind Gilda’s big red door FIREWORKS By Amy Meyer Today there are 20 Gilda’s Club houses in the with cancer because it would have been so nice for and awesome new friendships,” adds executive director Claudia Robinson. “Gilda’s U.S. and two in Canada. While each club is Mike to have had peers with his kind of problems. makes life with cancer more about the life than the cancer.” rom the outside, Gilda’s Club in Davenport, physically different, the goal is the same everywhere: Then in November, 2004, I became involved Still, it’s hard to describe to others exactly why it helps me to go to Gilda’s. FIowa, looks like just another fabulously old and to support anyone whose life has been touched by with Gilda’s Club in a whole new way after I was But it’s also hard to explain to others exactly what it feels like to have cancer. COFFEEHOUS unique house on the bluff overlooking the cancer. diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. The staff Maybe the beauty of being with others from the cancer world is that I don’t have Mississippi River. But the real beauty lies inside. The Gilda’s Club Quad Cities opened its doors in immediately provided me information about my to explain it all. I can just be me, a woman trying to blend her new diagnosis with best feature of this home, and every Gilda’s Club, is 1998 after several people from the area banded disease. After registering as an official member, I her old life. the wonderful people who gather inside it in a non- together to support, advocate and finance the hesitantly began going to a weekly group designed to In the last 18 months, I’ve learned a lot about the ways cancer does and does FIREWORKS clinical, informal setting. project. Ironically, the opening of the local Gilda’s help people with cancer sort out their feelings and not change your life. It’s been a time of incredible highs and frightening lows. The first Gilda’s Club opened in 1995 in New chapter coincided with the closing of a very painful their fears. We talked about everything from new This summer marks the end of many, many treatments and surgeries, but my York City. Its namesake and inspiration is the chapter for me when my good friend Mike Hansen drugs to old recipes. We were a diverse group but we prognosis is good. My life will go on. And the good news is that I will have the comedian, Gilda Radner, made famous in the late passed away. Mike had endured a grueling fight with laughed a lot more than we cried. It was nice to feel people at Gilda’s to continue to help me, my family and my friends with whatever COFFEEHOUS 1970s by her Emmy-earning performances on cancer after discovering a brain tumor two years the freedom to do either without upsetting those comes next. “Saturday Night Live.” When Radner died of ovarian earlier. We were both just 30 when he died. around me. cancer in 1989, her husband, Gene Wilder, I first came to Gilda’s Club to honor Mike Gilda’s is not all about support groups, though. For more information on Gilda’s Club Quad Cities, call (563) 326-7504, or visit understood how much his wife had appreciated her through some volunteer work with kids. On Tuesday A typical afternoon there might find you learning to www.gildasclubqc.org. E local cancer wellness community when she was coping nights I would drive up from Muscatine, Iowa, and knit in the sunroom or meeting new friends while with her disease. He began to work with others to play a few games for a couple hours while the kids’ hanging out in the kitchen. An evening might create a place that would memorialize and honor parents attended a support meeting or lecture. I include sitting in the big comfy chairs in the living Gilda’s life, her struggle, and her goals. Gilda’s theory wanted to give my time to a place where people room, listening to a speaker talk about the stress of was that no one should have to face cancer alone. came together to help each other during their fight what we call “chemo brain” (how chemotherapy affects some people’s cognitive thinking), or having a Cinco de Mayo party in the parking lot. Kids have places to play, teens have time to talk and grown-ups have the freedom to group together, have some fun and relax. There are annual events, too, like the big “Noogiefest” party for kids in the fall and the telethon in the spring. Over 1,400 official members — from 27 counties in Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin — have come through the big red door of Gilda’s Club Quad 406700 Cities in the last eight years. The club has helped families, individuals, caretakers and friends come together to heal, hope and help each other. “It’s a place and a community,” says Melissa Wright, Gilda’s 2 X 5.00 Club Quad Cities program director. “You don’t want to get caught thinking it’s just a house.” Far from being a a dark, scary place, “there is laughter, love HY-VEE BETT “The beauty of being One of many groups that meet at Gilda’s Club. (Photo by Gary Krambeck) with others from the cancer world is that I

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R: What was a typical meal? GV: My typical meal was Gu (energy gel), Clif bars, a cold can of soup and an occasional handful of smoked almonds. We also took freeze-dried food from Are these guys crazy? Alpine Aire. We found this brand to be the best tasting and the easiest to eat. R: How much did you sleep? GV: We attempted to manage our sleep. Our goal was to average two hours per night. We went the first 24 hours without sleep and then slept two hours. No — they’re just up for a really big challenge Paddling down the Green River at night, we were unable to see anything after midnight so we slept two hours on the riverbank. In the mountains, due to hat possesses a seemingly sane people to dangle from dangerous cliffs, trek the difficulty of route finding, we had our longest period of sleep, six hours. Wknee-deep through icy water, mountain bike through dense forests Overall, we averaged three hours per night. overnight and trudge through a desert while forgoing sleep for 10 days? That’s a question 52-year-old Gerry Voelliger of Bettendorf, Iowa, gets asked R: How does a team work together during the race? all the time. GV: The strength of Team Enviromark-Orthopaedic Specialists is our friendship. As captain of Team Enviromark-Orthopaedic Specialists adventure racing We work together quite well, supporting each other and helping each other team, Voelliger and three teammates — Ron and Sue Stonitsch of Rock Falls, Ill., when needed. Having two people who are accomplished navigators also is a and Jamey Sanders of Sterling, Ill. — competed in The Primal Quest Expedition plus. Having a no-quit attitude is paramount, though. Sharing the same Adventure Race June 25-July 4. Touted as the most difficult course in the goals, objectives, and having worked out together for over eight months international race’s history, the 10-day, non-stop race covered 500 miles through leading up to the race also were factors. FILLER001 the desert and mountains of Utah. Before it was over, one-third of the teams had R: Many of the teams never even finished. Why? dropped out. But Voelliger and his teammates overcame extreme fatigue, numb GV: The two primary reasons for quitting were not getting along with teammates muscles, weight loss and blistered feet to reach the finish line in 32nd place out of and injuries, primarily blisters from the sand. 89 teams from 20 nations. R: How badly were you beat up — physically and mentally — by the time you Radish asked Voelliger several questions about the experience. 2 X 10.25 reached the finish line? Radish: What is adventure racing all about? GV: Personally, my feet were quite sore. I had blisters on all toes and on both sides Gerry Voelliger: Although there are many different forms and lengths of of each heel. I wore the same shoes for all 10 days of racing. When we slept, adventure races, they all contain the same basic tenets. In an expedition we would remove our shoes and socks to dry out our feet and then prop length — seven to 10 days in length — coed teams of four navigate through them up on a rock or log. This helped to lessen the swelling which occurs in ORTHOPEDI the wilderness on foot, mountain bike, swimming, on horseback and your feet and ankles. I wore only one pair of shoes because I couldn’t get my paddling a canoe or kayak. From the mass start, teams proceed through other pairs on due to the swelling. I had no other major injuries, just a lot of checkpoints. Along the way, they encounter natural obstacles which, via a Team Enviromark-Orthopaedic Specialists — Jamey Sanders, Ron and Sue bruises and abrasions to my legs. Mentally, I suffered from the depression rope, they all must cross, rappel down or ascend up. The team must stay Stonitsch and Gerry Voelliger — at The Primal Quest in Utah. (Submitted photo) which all marathon runners and, I understand, Olympians have after the together at all times, continuing non-stop to the finish line. event. In this situation, I had invested over a year in training, preparation and CS R: What type of person does this? R: Describe the easiest and hardest days of the race. anticipation of the race. When it is over, you are left with a void. I have GV: Adventure racing attracts the hard-core, competitive endurance athlete, the GV: The easiest part of the Primal Quest was the eight-mile white-water river slowly started to come out of the PPQD (Post Primal Quest Depression). multi-sport athlete who has skills in running, biking and paddling, the swim down the Green River. The water was fast, cool and refreshing after Riding two days of RAGBRAI (The Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across person who enjoys the outdoors, the person who enjoys team sports and the spending two days in 100-degree heat of the desert. There were many Iowa) helped. camaraderie and the person looking for the ultimate personal challenge. “hardest days.” With daytime temperatures reaching well above 110 degrees R: Would you do Primal Quest again? R: How do you train in the Midwest for an adventure race? in the desert, travel was difficult. Once in the mountains, ascending two GV: Absolutely! GV: The training for the mountaineering was accomplished at Mississippi 12,000-foot peaks in 36 hours on tender, blistered feet also was quite R: What’s next? Palisades State Park near Savanna, Ill. With the steep valleys and the cliffs, the challenging. GV: We already are talking about doing the Michigan Coast to Coast Expedition rock climbing and ropes skills were practiced and perfected. The river R: What did you have to carry? Adventure Race next year in the Upper Peninsula. swimming on a “boogie board” was practiced on the Hennepin Canal. GV: We had to carry all our own food and survival gear for the entire 10 days. R: What advice would you give someone who wants to get into the sport? R: What was your biggest fear going into the race? Our packs weighed approximately 30 to 35 pounds, depending on the leg. In GV: If you interested, visit www.teamhighprofile.com. This site is a portal to all GV: I actually had three fears going into the race. They were feet, feet and heat! the desert section we carried six liters of water each since there was no related sites on the Web. Books such as “The Complete Guide to Adventure They referred to how my feet were going to handle the 200 miles, much available water on the course. In the mountains we had to carry a tent, Racing” by Don Mann and Kara Schaad are available at local bookstores. You through hot, sandy desert; feet as in altitude in the mountaineering section, sleeping bag and warm clothes. also can e-mail me at [email protected]. and the heat of the Utah desert, which actually was recorded at around 130 R: How did you keep in touch with “civilization?” degrees in the slot canyons. GV: The only communication we had in 10 days with our families came quite Want to know more? R: How much of adventure racing is physical, and how much is mental? unexpectedly. A checkpoint was located in the city of Moab, Utah, at a • Read Gerry Voelliger’s day-by-day account of The Primal Quest on GV: Seventy percent is mental and 30 percent is physical. As in life, there are the Denny’s. We, along with dozens of other teams, stopped for “real” food and Radishmagazine.com. highest of highs followed by the lowest of lows. So I look for the middle of called home on the only pay phone. It was a great morale booster and a relief • Watch episodes 1-4 of The Primal Quest Oct. 9-12 on ESPN2, and episode 5 Oct. the road. I know if I am feeling great, that at some time in the future I will to our families. As each team had a GPS tracking device with them, our 14 on ABC. (Check local listings for times.) feel horrible. The longer the race, the higher the mental percentage becomes. families were able to follow the race live on the Internet. Unfortunately, ours • Turn to Resources, page 36, for information on The Thunder Rolls adventure race. At a certain point, it is almost all mental. had stopped working prior to this, so our families were quite concerned. 12 13 health & fitness 407477 Running 26.2 miles? 4 X 5.00 Let your body rest and recover in final weeks of training HEALING By Shelly Wells Cain ROSE ELIZABETH PHD he Quad Cities Marathon is one of my favorite Quad-Cities events. But I get Ta really strange look when, asked about the distance of a marathon, I say, “26.2 miles.” Most of the time there is a response like, “I don’t even like to drive Colors: FULL 26.2 miles much less run that far.” I tend to agree. There are as many reasons for training and running a marathon as there are marathoners. But the bottom line is, once you commit to going the distance, there is at least a 16-week obligation. For me, the final four weeks last forever. No matter which training program a marathoner follows — Jeff Galloway, Hal Higdon or Running Wild — the final four weeks is the time for rest and recovery. It is a much-anticipated time, but it also can be a time of frustration, anxiety and impatience. After spending the last 12 weeks building up to weekly mileage of 30, 40, 50 miles or more, then cutting back to allow your body to relax, it can be a shock to your system as well as your psyche. Up until this time, marathoners in training have focused on long runs, speed work, strength training and cross training. About four weeks out from race day, however, all this training has started to get a little wearing. Like waiting for a new baby or a wedding, you just want race day to hurry and get here. As impatient as I am, however, I keep reminding myself that the last month is the time to pay attention to my body and let it recharge.

Todd Mizener / Radish 407480 Here are some tips to help you get to race day in fine shape: • Stick with your program. During the last month it is sometimes hard to remain devoted to your marathon training plan and trust it will get you to the finish. But it’s important that you do. In most programs, strength-training is now cut 4 X 5.00 in half; cross training decreases, and speed work is less intense. • Stretch it out. Even though cool-downs and stretching are always essential, now it is extra important to take the time to do both. RETIRE TO • Get plenty of rest. Sleep is always important as we stress our bodies, but it becomes very important as we try to restore our muscles prior to a marathon. • Avoid stress. If at all possible, do your best to reduce your emotional stressors; When: 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 24 undergoing stress for a period of time makes it very difficult to continue a high O M CARAMELS level of training. (Conversely, although exercise is great for reducing stress, Where: Starts and finishes at The Mark of the Quad Cities, Moline, IL training for a marathon while there are major stressors in your life can actually What: A Boston Marathon qualifying course, the Quad Cities Marathon is flat make things worse.) and fast with more than 50 entertainers, sponge stations, GU stations and plenty • Don’t spread yourself too thin. I spent a week in Miami prior to my first of support throughout the 26.2-mile stretch. Colors: FULL marathon and didn’t arrive back in the Quad-Cities until about 1 a.m. prior to Other events: Foot First Half Marathon; Palmer Chiropractic 5K; 5-Person the Sunday event. I wouldn’t suggest doing that. Marathon Relay; “Isle Mile” Walk for Prostate Cancer (a one-mile, non- • Keep eating healthy. During the last week prior to the race, your mileage drops competitive walk benefiting the Us Too! prostate cancer program); and the Happy dramatically. With less activity, hunger seems to kick in — all week. Race Joe’s Kids Micro-Marathon, featuring noncompetitive fun-and-fitness events (to nutrition is a whole subject in itself. But most importantly, this is NOT the be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, at Bass Street Landing, downtown time to change your eating habits. Furthermore, the notion of carb loading may Moline). not be necessary. Eat a balance of whole foods, hydrate well and be careful not to “feed your stress.” For more information or to register for any event, visit www.qcmarathon.org. Finally, give yourself credit. Consider that only about 1 percent of the population will ever try to run a marathon. No matter how you perform come race day, feel good about what you’ve accomplished.

14 15 health & fitness Metabolic fingerprints Your RMR reveals how fast you ‘run’ while resting

By Ann Ring RMR test, she presented a pie chart that explained through Hy-Vee. BalanceLog calculates a person’s three components of our metabolic rate. daily caloric intake rate. “You can type in what you f you’ve ever tried to lose weight, has it seemed as “Our resting metabolic rate represents between eat and it keeps a running total of all the calories, fat, Ithough no matter how many forkfuls of lettuce 60 percent to 75 percent of our total metabolism,” fiber, carbohydrates, nutrients, protein, cholesterol, you eat, the pounds don’t come off? Or perhaps you Tremel said, “while physical activity and muscle mass and sugar for you, for the day, week, or month,” said have the opposite problem: you can’t seem to gain comprise an additional 15 percent to 30 percent of Tremel. Users of the software may have to do some weight. Knowing your RMR —resting metabolic our metabolic rate. Thermic effect of food — the measuring on their own (i.e., one half cup of pasta), rate — may help. rate at which our body turns food into energy — but in time, this becomes second nature. Our body’s resting metabolic rate, or our includes the last 10 percent.” There are other specialty devices to check a “metabolic fingerprint,” measures the number of By knowing my RMR before starting my diet person’s RMR, such as the MetaCheck and New Leaf calories the body uses to maintain vital body — er, lifestyle change — I can learn how many systems, with New Leaf costing the most (about functions — heart rate, brain function and calories per day I should be eating to safely and $200 versus $50 for MetaCheck and $40 for 407482 breathing. In other words, it is the amount of effectively lose weight. “Not everyone is meant to be MedGem). After calling nearly every health club and calories a person burns during any given day while at on a 1,200- or 1,500-calorie diet,” said Tremel. grocery store in the Radish area, I was not able to rest. Our metabolism can be impacted by gender, find any other sites that offer any of these three In trying to lose 20 pounds, I decided to check age and height, body composition, hormones and choices. Several health clubs use a less-technical way out a relatively new device that measures the RMR, muscle mass. Said Tremel, “If a person loses 50 of measuring one’s RMR, though those tests might 4 X 10.25 called a MedGem. I spoke with Stacy Tremel, a pounds, he or she won’t need 2,000 calories anymore not be as accurate. registered dietitian who uses the MedGem in three to maintain a goal weight. The smaller the person, Tremel suggested that a MedGem test would be Quad-Cities Hy-Vee Food Stores. On the day of my the lower his or her RMR. Also, overall muscle mass an excellent tool for anyone wanting to lose or gain makes a difference, too.” weight. “I also tell people that if they hit a plateau, Even though Tremel explained the procedure and they’re still trying to lose or gain weight, that FARMER'S MKT very carefully, the test was a little surprising. Not that would be a good time to come in for another I’m experienced at this, but I thought a breath test MedGem assessment.” was just that — you blow once into a tube and that’s Knowing my RMR is very helpful, but the next that. Instead, a hand-held device was placed inside few steps I’m on my own — I have to start my mouth with my nose plugged. I then had to measuring what I eat, increase my daily exercise and TOYOTA OF MUSCATINE breathe through the device for about five to 10 use weights more often. In other words, despite minutes. While I had no trouble breathing, for some today’s technology, losing or gaining weight is still reason I had a little trouble sitting still, which can accomplished the old fashioned way. cause the test to take a little longer. I discovered that my RMR is 1,780. We next MedGem testing is available by appointment for $40 at calculated a number of factors: my lifestyle activity, the following Hy-Vee Food Stores: 4218 Avenue of the current daily caloric intake, weight loss goals and Cities, Moline, Ill.; 1823 E. Kimberly Road, exercise — all easy to figure. By knowing my RMR and these other determinants, to achieve my goal Davenport, Iowa; and at Hy-Vee Food Stores in Cedar weight Tremel recommended I eat between 1,300 Rapids, Iowa. To schedule an appointment in the and 1,600 calories per day. Quad-Cities call (563) 676-1408; in the Cedar Rapids To make things even easier, a computer software area, e-mail [email protected]. program called BalanceLog is available for $30 Our metabolism can be impacted by gender, age and height, body composition, hormones and muscle mass.

16 17 healthy living 406720 Canning 101 2 X 5.00

What else will help me make a good final product? What you need to know to preserve the harvest safely Use high-quality produce for canning. Don’t use tomatoes from diseased BUTLER vines, for example. Tested recipes also are critical to canning success, and it’s By Darcy Maulsby What other canning equipment do I need? important to follow directions carefully, Camp said. To find tested recipes, log You’ll need to invest in canning jars, screw bands and lids (also called flats). onto the National Center for Home Food Preservation at www.uga.edu/nchfp, or hile canning was a necessity in Grandma’s day, a new generation is While canning jars and screw bands can be reused, flats need to be replaced every use publications like “So Easy to Preserve” (available for sale at www.uga.edu/setp). W discovering the many benefits of home food preservation. Whether you year. Before filling jars with food, inspect them and don’t use any that are cracked Books such as the “USDA Home Guide to Canning” and the “Ball Blue Book of BENEFIT SERVI want to create a spicy salsa or expand your options for a low-sodium diet, canning or chipped. Also, avoid using old-fashioned zinc lids, and save the vintage blue Canning” also are available from retailers. Next, take notes as you go. If you use offers a flavorful, healthy solution. canning jars for decoration only, said Shirley Camp, a registered dietitian with frozen onions and peppers in one batch of salsa, for example, but use fresh “I think home-canned food tastes better, and I like having food on hand,” University of Illinois Extension in Macomb, Ill. Also, don’t use mayonnaise or produce in the next batch, write down these changes so you can duplicate the version you liked best. Be sure to label each jar of food to identify the canning BUTLER said Doris Simmons of Browning, Ill., who canned 513 jars of vegetables, fruits, pickle jars for canning, because they may crack in the pressure canner. Simmons pie fillings, sauces and more last year. “My daughters call it the ‘Simmons Grocery recommends pint jars for vegetables, while salsas and sauces work well in half-pint date and the jar’s contents. “I also write down the number of jars I can,” said Store.’ ” jars. Save the half-gallon jars for decorating, not canning, Temple added. “It takes Simmons, who has been canning for more than 40 years. “Then when I’m ready Here are some answers to beginners’ common questions: so long for heat to penetrate the interior of these big jars that the food on the to can the next year, I can see how many jars I have left and know how much I outside can be overcooked while the food inside may not get processed.’’ need to can for the year ahead.” BENEFIT Why should I go to the trouble of canning my own food when I can just buy it at the store? How should I store home-canned food? What other food preservation methods can I use besides canning? Maybe you are trying to avoid preservatives and want more control over the Store home-canned foods in a cool, dry location out of the sunlight to limit Freezing, drying, curing, smoking and pickling offer more options for home foods you eat. If you’re on a low-sodium diet, you need alternatives to the high the potential for food spoilage. food preservation. For details, log onto the National Center for Home Food SERVICE IN sodium content of commercially canned foods. Home canning also can provide an Preservation at www.uga.edu/nchfp. economical way to enjoy the fresh tastes of summer all year long, said Jan Temple, How long will home-canned food last? an Iowa State University Extension nutrition and health field specialist based in The experts recommend using home-canned foods within a year. To ensure Where can I learn more about home canning and food preservation? Iowa City. food safety, check for discoloration or foaming when you open each jar. If there The Iowa State University Extension office in Johnson County has DVDs are signs of spoilage, don’t toss the jar or its contents in the trash; instead, contact and videos on home canning that can be checked out. For more information, call What foods work well for canning? your local Extension office to learn the proper way to detoxify the jar. (319) 337-2145. In addition, the University of Illinois Extension Service offers a Fresh produce is a popular choice that offers many options. Simmons cans Master Food Preserver course at various locations around the state. The course 407361 vegetables, fruit, tomato juice, tomato sauce, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, chili sauce, certifies home food canners in the latest canning techniques. For more pizza sauce, salsa, hot sauce, barbecue sauce, fruit pie fillings, applesauce, relishes, information, contact Camp at (309) 836-2647 or e-mail [email protected]. pickles, jams, jellies and more. 2 X 5.00 Which canning method should I use? It depends on whether you are working with high-acid or low-acid foods. The boiling water method, in which sealed jars of food are submerged in the hot The jar that started it all water to destroy bacteria and molds, can be used for acidic foods like fruits, jams Before the 19th century, foods were dried, TRINITY and jellies. Low-acid foods such as vegetables and combination products like salsa smoked and salted, or preserved in sugar to (which contains high-acid tomatoes and low-acid peppers) require a higher keep from spoiling, so the advent of fruit jars offered huge potential for food preservation. temperature than boiling water. “To reach 240 degrees, which will kill spores, you Early jar-sealing methods included waxed need a pressure canner,’’ said Temple, who noted that Presto and Mirro are today’s paper, leather or skin topped with cork MIDWEEK MARK leading pressure-canner manufacturers. stoppers and sealing wax. This all changed in 1858 when a New Yorker named John L. Are pressure canners safe to use? Mason invented — you guessed it — the Mason jar. Mason invented a machine that Yes. Today’s pressure canners, which are available at hardware stores and The Gem Mason jar, could cut threads into zinc lids; add a rubber MOLINE discount stores, include many safety features. Be wary of old pressure canners sold circa 1869, made by ring and, voila!, a simple, reusable and the Hero Glass Works, at garage sales, since their parts may be worn and may not function safely. If you Philadelphia, Penn. affordable screw-on lid. The jar included the buy a new canner, you can select from models with a dial gauge or a weighed (Photo courtesy of words “Mason’s Patent Nov. 30th 1858” and Frank H. McClung spread quickly across the nation to gauge. In both cases, the gauge lets you see how many pounds of pressure are Museum) CENTRE DVLMT homesteaders and urban families alike. The being registered inside the canner. With a dial gauge, the spring that moves the name “Mason” became a commonly-used dial can wear out over time. Each year, university extension offices designate dates term for the fruit jar, and after the patent ran for checking canning gauges. You also can schedule an appointment if you miss out many independent manufacturers the designated day. You may be charged for this service, but the small fee is an included the name with their logos — a CORP important investment in safety, Temple said. tradition that is still practiced today. iStockphoto 18 19 body, mind & soul Go outside and heal ad 4 x 2.37" Nature therapy can provide what the doctor can’t

By Stephanie Allers outside to bring back that feeling of wholeness.” Research has shown outdoor activities and he next time you’re stressed out, tired, achy or observation or interaction with plants and animals Tirritable, imagine you’re lying on a bed of soft, have dramatic effects on our health. In the 2002 cool green moss under a grove of trees. Dappled research study, “Greening Healthcare: Practicing as if sunlight is filtering through the rustling leaves. Birds the Natural Environment Really Mattered,” are singing, and you’re being lulled to sleep by the Katherine Irvine, M.S., and Sara Warber, M.D., 407462 sweet, soothing sound of an old brook, trickling over found that people inhabiting natural or rural areas the rocks and meandering its way through the forest. tended to live longer and reported a higher quality of 4 X 2.37 Think you’ll feel better? Odds are, you will. life than those living in urban areas. They also Now imagine how much better you would feel noticed that nature-centered cultures rarely suffered SOYBEAN OIL if you really were out in the forest, lying alongside a from many of the common problems of industrial babbling brook. Or maybe just out in the back yard, society. ASOYIA tidying up the garden, playing with the kids, or “This may be because nature inspires and walking the dog. As human beings, we have a need encourages us to grow, much like the rain and Colors: 2080 to interact with the natural world around us. sunshine do for the plants and trees,” says Dan Intuitively, we know this, yet more of us than ever Block, president of TeamBuilding Blocks, LLC, an are spending far too little time outside. We are adventure-based training firm in Dubuque, Iowa. suffering from what author and radio commentator “Nature is the greatest medium for growth in the Richard Louv refers to as “nature-deficit disorder.” world.” Furthermore, an overabundance of artificial Interaction with nature also has been shown to stimulation and interaction with inanimate objects be effective in the management and treatment of 407055 (TVs, computers, cell phones) is thought to be a learning and communication disorders, addictions leading cause of some of society’s most dominant and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder health and wellness problems: depression, anxiety, a (ADHD) in both children and adults. Depression general loss of energy and stamina, and behaviors and anxiety, as well as some stress-related conditions 4 X 5.00 such as overeating, overspending and overworking. such as tension headaches, migraines and panic To help overcome these problems, we need to attacks, also can become more manageable with get back to nature, which gives us a good, healthy nature therapy. QC AUCTION MANIA PRO dose of calm, focused energy and teaches us that we We don’t have to be suffering from an ailment are not the center of the universe. or disorder to benefit from nature therapy, however. Nature therapy, according to Ronen Berger of When we spend time outside: our bodies regulate the Nature Therapy Center at Tel-Hai College, circadian rhythms, developing healthier sleep HOUSE/PROMO ADV Israel, “combines elements from the fields of therapy, patterns and boosting immunity to disease; our education and ecology and rests upon the relationship bodies manufacture vitamin D (with exposure to and dialogue between man and nature.” It involves sunshine and natural light), which assists absorption interaction with the outdoors as well as animals of calcium and helps prevent bone and muscle pain Colors: FULL and plants. It can be an active, passive or implied and weakness, rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune activity, such as hiking in the woods, taking time to disorders; our blood pressure, cholesterol levels and notice a beautiful sunset or even watching a nature brain wave activity are positively affected. documentary on a DVD. It doesn’t take much to initiate or revive our Jody Patterson, natural resources associate with relationship with the natural world. All we have to the University of Illinois Extension-Rock Island do is venture out in our back yard, plant a flower or County, has seen the effect nature therapy can have take a walk around the block. With a little effort and on individuals. “It’s so easy for us to get caught up in a change of heart, we can improve our minds, our the daily grind, and it seems like many of us are bodies and our souls. grinding ourselves into pulp,” she says. “How Todd Mizener / Radish wonderful to know that to recharge, we can just step See Resources, page 36, for related Web sites.

20 21 growers of the month 407470 A common ground 4 X 5.00 Urban gardeners grow plants and a community FRESH AFFORDABLE By Brandy Welvaert BIAGGIS CORP OFFICES-HOME he Central Community Circle Garden overflows Tthis time of year with the fruits, vegetables, flowers and herbs that neighbors planted in the Colors: FULL spring on 6th Avenue between Vine and Warren streets in Davenport, Iowa. Tomatoes, peppers, cilantro and petunias, coriander, corn and cucumbers hold their ground on a street once ruled by drug dealers who, in the early 1990s, snaked through this part of town, usurped its vitality and left behind a dark furrow of fear. Before the community garden, neighbors were afraid to come outside, says Sister Marilyn Schierbrock, a green-thumbed Sister of Humility who serves the neighborhood and helps oversee its double-lot garden, where neighbors bump heads weeding their beds and sometimes become friends. Sister Marilyn helped create the garden and has been instrumental in its upkeep since 2000. As she wends her way through the greenery with Brenda Frederick, who lives on 6th Street and uses her garden space for beets, cabbage, corn and cucumbers, another neighbor calls out across his Sister Marilyn Schierbrock has helped build a garden in the heart of Davenport, Iowa. (Photo by Mike Itchue) 407474 fence. Soon there’s a lot of friendly shouting going on. Apparently a few inside jokes have sprouted among the neighbors, and Sister Marilyn dishes it as The group strives to make its gardens part of This, she says “is the park in the ’hood. Just our well as she takes it. communities where people feel safe and welcome. It’s physical presence here has let these people know that “For me, this has been the most growing about greening things up and breaking down barriers we care.” 4 X 5.00 experience,” says Sister Marilyn. She says the garden — even though a few barriers still are necessary. creates a common ground for a diverse group of That’s because rabbits, raccoons — you name it — If you’d like to learn more about the Garden Growers, people who share a distinct taste for garden-fresh see the Central Community plots as a buffet. Wise donate or volunteer, contact Julia Blazevic at food. It also makes a nice spot for neighbors to stop neighbors stave off the hungry with whatever’s on (563) 322-2012, or [email protected]. INTERNATIONAL COLLEG and enjoy a relaxing lunch on the bench. hand. (An empty plastic milk jug makes a nifty The garden is about growing community as seedling protector.) For more information about community gardening much as it’s about growing plants, says Julia Blazevic As Sister Marilyn looks over the bed of shrub where you live, contact your county extension office. of Davenport’s Garden Growers, a non-profit roses and hollyhocks — a barrier to the alley behind To learn more about gardens in schools, visit the LAJAMES COLLEGE-FORT community gardening group that provides the the garden — a long, brown snake slithers into a National Gardening Association’s registry at needed materials for the Central Community Circle crack beneath some dilapidated concrete steps. kidsgardening.com/School/searchform.asp. Garden and many others. “The concept of community gardening is to provide an opportunity for people in a neighborhood The group makes its gardens part of communities DODG to garden in a public place. Horticulture becomes a tool to encourage openness, togetherness, problem where people feel safe and welcome. It’s about solving and pride. Fresh food is the catalyst — a greening things up and breaking down barriers. better neighborhood will hopefully be one of the Colors: 2080 results,” says Jacki Mobley, president of the Garden Growers.

22 23 outdoors food Healthy trails to you Preserve those herbs!

Horseback riding can be fun and therapeutic By Barbra Annino By Jessica Schmerse myself — a 20-something female — and two experience level and confidence on a horse. Getting here’s no better way to boost a food’s flavor than by plucking fresh herbs from the garden experienced riders employed by Pleasant View Ranch on a horse that requires more experienced riders puts hoa! Whoa! Slooooooow down. Good and Livery in North Liberty, Iowa, our guides for the yourself and those around you in danger. Tand tossing them into a dish. But come winter, even those plants you carted inside are “Wgirl.” (Affectionate pat.) “Whoa! Slow. afternoon. Riding can be very therapeutic. Not only does it Down. Whoa!” (Firm tug on the reigns.) Bobby Sue, We ambled along through the timber, stopping work muscles that your body isn’t used to using in dying. Here’s how to reap the rewards of your herbs all year long. my faithful companion for my hour-long trail ride, only occasionally to let everyone catch up or to let everyday life, but you’re also interacting with a living, hadn’t seen a rider for awhile, and she was ready and our guides give us tips on riding our particular horse. breathing, sensing animal that has its own attitudes Drying Freezing Infusing raring to go. Although sweet, with a pleasant The sun’s translucent rays edged their way through and personality. This human-horse bond can be a There’s no secret to drying herbs, but there are You can preserve the flavor of fresh herbs by You can capture the essence of fresh herbs by personality and non-defiant attitude, Bobby Sue just the leafy canopy; we chatted, laughed and rode on in powerful connection — especially for individuals some tricks that can maximize taste and color. First, freezing them, too. For large quantities, simply place infusing them in oils, vinegars and syrups. Not only had too much energy to stick to the “stroll-through- silence. It was perfectly serene — a peaceful living with a disability. “For example, for someone in harvest before flowering for fullest flavor. Once a clean herbs in Ziploc bags, label, seal and freeze. This does this uphold the pungent taste of pliable herbs the park” pace we were taking, and I, a novice rider, connection to nature. It seemed I could lose myself a wheelchair, riding will provide stimulation to all plant begins to flower, the effort goes into producing works best when the leaves are left on the stems. Or, like basil, oregano and chives, but they look great had no intention of letting her go faster. Our group in the rhythmic movements of Bobby Sue’s steps and systems of their body,” says Barbara Clauson, the buds, and leaves lose out. Also, cut herbs in the if you prefer, strip leaves from stems and place small displayed in your kitchen, or labeled and tagged for was highly diversified: several children, a mom and still find that I was highly in tune to my executive director of New Kingdom Trailriders, an morning, after the dew has dissipated. This is when handfuls in ice cube trays. Cover with water and a thoughtful gift. her 2-year-old son riding double, an adult male, surroundings: the earthy mix of green and brown organization which provides therapeutic horseback they peak. Gently shake to release insects, and dust freeze. Then simply plop herbed cubes in soups, Harvest in the same manner as for drying, only leaves dangling from the branches that seemed to riding to the greater Quad-Cities area and dirt away with a soft cloth. Do not rinse, as this will sauces and drinks. do rinse the herbs and pat dry with paper towels. reach out toward us; the clippity-clop of each hoof surrounding communities. It may also promote increase drying time, and herbs lose essential oils the Use your imagination to come up with unique Choose tall glass bottles for your infusions. You can connecting with the hard dirt floor beneath us. It mental stimulation, coordination, multitasking, minute they are cut. combinations for your own recipes. find beautiful bottles at yard sales and was a paradoxical experience that left me feeling independence, positive reinforcement, confidence, To hang dry, strip off the last few leaves and thrift shops. (I’ve even recycled wine and liquor relaxed and energized all at once. social skills and motivation, depending on the type secure stems with string or rubber bands. To prevent bottles, using new corks purchased at a hardware Trail riding is a fun and easy way to test the of therapy and specific disability. She adds, “The mildew, herbs need air circulation, so groups of three store.) Rinse the bottles thoroughly, run them world of horseback riding, without the fees and time combination of the horse and the movement is the to six stalks work best. Next, find a dark, warm place through the dishwasher and sterilize them in boiling required for formal riding lessons. “This is a totally magic that makes this therapy work.” to hang the herbs. A pie safe or shed is a safe bet. I water on the stove. Allow to dry completely before different atmosphere than you would have at a At the very least, a horse can be a great use our basement, but an attic or linen closet also adding three to four sprigs of fresh herbs, stems stable. You talk, get on a horse and go into the confidant. “If you have something bothering you, works. (Some people recommend garages, but I intact. You can add whole spices like cloves or timber for an hour. You have fun, and it’s not a you can get on a horse and go out into the timber, personally don’t like car fumes polluting my herbs.) peppercorns, peeled, whole garlic cloves, dried fruit whole lot of work,” says Donna Simmons, manager and you can talk to that horse and that horse is never Once you’ve found the perfect spot, hang the herbs and citrus zest for layers of flavor. By adding herbs, of rental horses at Pleasant View Ranch and Livery. going to tell anybody,” says Simmons. upside down from cup hooks or simple nails. Herbs spices and flavorings whole, infusions will last longer. Simmons has been riding since she was 3 years old For the adrenaline junkies with riding dry best at 80 to 90 degrees and should take about Use as much as you like, but as a general rule try and proudly proclaims, “I have a disease. It’s called experience, hopping in the saddle and going for a two to four weeks. Check them every so often; the 1 tablespoon of hard spices, four to six garlic cloves, ‘love of horses,’ and it’s something that, if you have ride can be a real thrill; for those whose aim is simply leaves are dry when they crumble between your a handful of dried fruit or half the peel of one the disease, there’s no getting rid of it. It’s there for an enjoyable trot, well, just make sure your “Bobby fingers. Then strip leaves from the stems, but don’t citrus fruit. life.” Sue” doesn’t mistake you for the adrenaline junkie. crush completely (to reserve the precious oils). Store After you’ve added your seasonings, fill the Disease or no disease, hopping on a horse and “It’s nice when you and your horse are both working in clean, glass jars away from sunlight. bottle with an oil or vinegar of your choice. Lighter heading down the trail is a great way to spend your on the same level,” says Simmon. “It’s great when The best herbs for this method have woody liquids take a backseat to the strength of herbs, but I Barbra Annino afternoon and can appeal to the whole family, your moods match.” stems like rosemary, thyme, lemon verbena and prefer robust flavors when I cook, so olive oil and regardless of age or skill level. “When a child can lavender. Mint and lemon balm dry well too. I have apple cider vinegar are my favorites. Make certain Infusions: Olive oil with basil, garlic and ride a two-wheeled bicycle without training wheels, See Resources, page 37, for a list of regional horse-rental found that moist plants like basil and oregano do that the liquid completely covers the herbs, as air will peppercorn; grape seed oil with rosemary and they have enough coordination, balance and mental and trail-riding locations. not dry as well. Some people use an oven to dry cause spoilage. Cap tightly and store in a cool, dark lemon peel; white wine vinegar with tarragon; processing capabilities that they can ride a horse by these softer herbs, laying the leaves flat on a cookie place. Shake often to strengthen flavor and your apple cider vinegar with fennel, clove and themselves,” says Simmons. If they’re too young for sheet with the temperature set to 90 degrees and the concoction should be ready in about a month and cranberries. their own horse, riding double is a great alternative. door ajar. But I employ other methods for preserving should last one year. Use in marinades, sauces, Simmons recommends honesty with respect to your these herbs. dressings, salads and sautées. Frozen “herbsicles:” Basil, oregano and parsley for marinara sauce; cilantro and chives for salsa; The human-horse bond can be powerful — thyme, rosemary and marjoram for chicken especially for individuals living with a disability. stock; lemon balm and lavender for tea. iStockphoto See Resources, page 37, for herb recipes.

24 25 eating right 407483 407396 Think outside the box 2 X 5.00 2 X 5.00 Make a healthy school lunch a priority for your kids SCATTERGOO DOCTORS By Chef Kurt Michael Friese

own a restaurant, write nearly full time, have a house and garden, two kids and Itwo dogs to tend to and a baseball jones that can’t seem to be quenched. If I can D FRIENDS WORKING TO I make the time to pack a lunch for my kids everyday, so can you. Until the school systems can offer healthy, flavorful food that is fresh, not from a central commissary and held in a hotbox for three hours, and not laden with fat, salt and sugar, this is the only viable alternative. It doesn’t even need to cost much more — honestly. SCATTERGOO IL PRAIRIE Here is what I am NOT talking about: Oscar Meyer “Lunchables,” PB&J on white bread, individual packages of corn or potato chips, store-cut carrot and celery sticks or last night’s pizza. I AM talking about fresh salads with homemade vinaigrette, mixed nuts, D FRIENDS STATE farmers’ market eggs, cheese and bread. You can make your own sandwich meat by roasting a pork loin or top round of beef. A wedge of fresh melon or a bunch of grapes beats a tube of “Go-Gurt” every time. Two hours a week and 15 minutes a day is all I require to make healthy, SCHOO CHIROPRA delicious meals for my kids’ lunches every day. The key is planning. Having all the ingredients is a result of that planning. Try to buy in season and locally; that way the food is fresher and will last longer both in your refrigerator and in your kids’ lunchboxes. Also, look toward plenty of overlap. The sandwich meat I mentioned could be a result of last night’s roast pork loin — slice it thin and serve it with horseradish sauce on rye bread. (Side note: Keep your sliced breads frozen and build the sandwiches on frozen bread. They will thaw by lunchtime, and help keep the sandwich cool and fresh.) 400598 Ask your children what they want! Naturally, most kids will rattle off a litany of junk food first, but if you prod them a little, offer suggestions and even tastes, you will soon find a wide array of “bottom-of-the-food-pyramid” ingredients to use. Visit your local food co-op or health food store for an enormous variety of extremely affordable grains, rices and pastas all in bulk and all great for making 2 X 5.00 406717 lunch “entrée salads.” Fill a pie tin with some fresh greens, place a cup of tabouli or three-bean salad in the center, add a small container of vinaigrette, a sliced hard-boiled egg and a bunch of grapes and cover it with foil. Make the eggs, Dan Videtich / Radish tabouli and vinaigrette on Sunday, and they’ll be there for Monday and Thursday RECYCLE 2 X 5.00 lunches. In the morning you only need 10 minutes to pack them. like laundry or windows — it’s what we do to live. In addition, if you cook with I hear some of you saying, “Yeah, well, I don’t have 10 minutes in the love and with passion, the flavor of your food will improve, I guarantee it. morning, or two hours each weekend to spend on this.’’ I disagree; I think you • Next, involve your family, especially the kids. Children enjoy cooking and this do. It is simply a matter of priorities. Find the time. Skip that episode of will help in that important aspect of preparing what they want. Talk to them, RENEW MAKING “Desperate Housewives’’ or “American Idol.’’ Stay home for dinner instead of learn what they like and help them choose healthy alternatives to the junk. going out (yes, this is a restaurant owner making this recommendation). You will • Forget sandwiches — or at least try to for a while. You’ll broaden your horizons see a marked improvement in the health, and perhaps the attitude, of your children. and your children’s. Make a big salad and pack it in a pie tin. Include some Consider for a moment the impact, on a personal, national and global level, grapes or strawberries and you have a complete and delicious lunch. of the hormone-and-antibiotic-laden, fat-and-carb-filled pseudo food coming out • One more trick: include notes to your kids. Comic strips, puzzles, coded CARTRIDGE FRIENDS of vending machines, drive-throughs and school cafeterias. Then consider that messages that tell them you love them — anything that will bring a smile. childhood obesity and diabetes are at epidemic levels and rising. It’s the food the • Plan. Be organized about it. Most of all, relax and let it be fun. Your kids will be kids are eating that causes that. healthier, and will learn better, too. My apologies — I know I tend to get a little preachy on this subject. It is WORLD awfully important stuff, though. At any rate, here are a few tricks that will help: For related commentary visit the series of essays, “Thinking Outside the Lunchbox,’’ on • First, it’s about the attitude. Try not to think of cooking as work. It’s not a chore the Center for Ecoliteracy’s Web site, www.ecoliteracy.org.

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Giving back: Jennifer Rowe Herbal group forming in the Quad-Cities to come When Jennifer Rowe and her friends held a When Peg Christensen moved to the Quad-Cities from Madison, Wis., she benefit dance for the Make-A-Wish Foundation 12 brought with her an idea: an herbal group, a group of people interested in herbs years ago, she never dreamed she’d end up where she and the many ways they enhance our lives. “I see this kind of group as desirable, Unity Church did. Thousands of wishes later, the East Moline, Ill., and thought there would maybe be something here,” said Christensen. But there resident is chairman of the foundation’s Illinois board wasn’t, so she’s teamed up with Patti Wollenburg to get one started. The first of directors, a position she’s honored to fill. “Make-A- meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 5 in the second floor community room of the 2 x 2.37” Wish can easily give you that fairy godmother feeling,” Rock Island (Ill.) Public Library, 401 19th St. “For the group, which direction we she said. “Granting a wish to a child is an amazing go in will depend upon the people who come,” said Christensen. For more thing.” Aside from lifting spirits, Rowe said a leading information, contact Christensen at (309) 786-3099 or [email protected], or oncologist in Chicago believes a granted wish can contact Wollenburg at (309) 797-1514 or [email protected]. positively impact a child’s medical condition. “He said Radish he sees Make-A-Wish as part of the healing process. He’s seen the excitement of a child and the excitement Creating healthy spaces of a family. That excitement and enthusiasm, he believes, can take a child and Mini-review: “Essential Environments: Discover 406813 turn things around.” Rowe personally has been involved in granting 66 wishes How to Create Healthy Living Spaces” by Janie Quinn thus far, and she and the board she oversees raise $5 million annually and grant (Azure Moon, 2004) over 600 wishes a year. “I can’t see myself ever pulling away from Make-A-Wish,” said Rowe. “You realize that when you see the faces of the young people who receive the wishes and their families. It makes it all worth while.” For information filler Books detailing the toxins in our environment are 2 X 10.25 on the Make-A-Wish Foundation, in Illinois visit www.wishes.org; in Iowa, visit overwhelming and leave me feeling defeated. Janie www.iowawish.org. Quinn’s “Essential Environments” has such lists, but Amazon thanks to its “consider” paragraphs in each section, I Home-like hospice center to open in 2007 was quickly able to make five changes to combat the toxic assault. Choosing new QC brands of toothpaste, shampoo and toilet tissue was easy, and now I am looking in West Burlington, Iowa into non-toxic, non-VOC paints for a redecorating project. Each better choice Great River Medical Center in West Burlington, Iowa, will open a hospice makes me feel more in control of my environment. “Essential Environments” house in summer 2007. The goal of hospice care is to improve the quality of a covers every aspect of daily life and the chemicals infiltrating it. Topics range from patient’s last days by offering comfort and dignity. A hospice house feels and food and home to work spaces, schools, vacation choices, transportation and the MARATHON functions like a home, with medical technology and services available but hidden. gamut of community life. Each topic’s “consider” section offers easy ways to “Most people don’t want to die in a high-tech hospital atmosphere,” said Home implement choices which can really make a difference. The final section, Health Care and Hospice Director Chris Oleson. “They want to be at home, but “Sources,” lists product, company and resources for concerned readers. This book 407387 it’s not always possible for families to provide care at such an intense time. If they should be a reference on the shelf of anyone serious about reducing harmful can’t be at home, this is the next best thing.” A registered nurse and certified chemicals in their personal spaces and in our world. It is compelling (but not HOUSE/PRO light) reading. I’ll also be checking out Quinn’s Eating Essentials to discover what nursing assistant will be on duty 24 hours a day; volunteers will available 12 hours each day. The house will feature common areas and six large patient and family she would like us to “consider” for the dining table. 2 X 5.00 suites; there even will be porches and grilling areas. “This will be a very — By Judith A. Junis, Geneseo, IL comfortable atmosphere for patients and families,” Oleson said. “This is their MO ADV home at this time in their lives.” Construction should begin sometime this Mixed-media exhibit October. examines earth’s destiny THE KEY TO Race to adventure with RiverWay’s “The Architect’s Brother” — a large-scale The Taming of the Slough photographic exhibit about humankind’s overuse of the land — will be on display Sept. 2 through Oct. 29 HEALTHY M Want to sample adventure racing but aren’t quite ready for The Thunder at The Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd St., Rolls (Resources, page 36)? Then sign up for the Taming of the Slough, an Davenport, Iowa. The photographs by Robert and adventure race to be held Sept. 16 along Sylvan Slough in Moline, Ill. The race Shana ParkeHarrison incorporate theater, sculpture, will include a 1-mile kayak/canoe course on Sylvan Slough, a 6-mile mountain painting and photography to express concern for the bike on Sylvan Island and a 2-mile run from the island into downtown Moline. planet and the need for healing the earth. The HELFTER “Our community was missing something like this,” said Dan McNeil of protagonist in the images takes up ironic, and often RiverAction, which helped coordinate the event as part of the Sept. 14-17 futile, tasks of preservation or renewal amid landscapes Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison RiverWay celebration. “This is something we feel is manageable for the ruined by war or technological and industrial recreational outdoor enthusiast.” The Taming of the Slough will paddle off at 7:30 intrusion. Events held in conjunction with the exhibit FEEDS INC a.m. Registration is $30 for individuals and $50, $65 and $80 for two-, three- include a teacher open house Sept. 14 and a family program Sept. 30. For more and four-person teams. To register or for more information, visit information on this and a concurrent exhibit, “Seen Outside: Photographs from www.riveraction.org or call (563) 322-2969. the Collection,” call (563) 326-7804 or visit www.figgeartmuseum.org. 28 29 calendar

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Workshops and recipes free; cholesterol screening $5. 10, Liberty Fitness, 3705 Utica Ridge Road, UNIV OF IOWA Fusion Stir-Fry, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 7, New Pioneer Co-op, 1101 2nd St., Coralville, Bettendorf, IA; (563) 344-0200, iStockphoto IA; (319) 338-9441, ext. 36, or [email protected]. $20. www.libertyfitness.com/bettendorfia.asp. $45. Healthy Heart Tour, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sept. 7, Hy-Vee Food Store, HEALTH CARE Pilates: Stott Method, 5:30-6:30 p.m. (Intermediate) or 6:30-7:30 (Introductory) 201 W. 10th Ave., Milan, IL; (309) 756-9907. Mondays, Sept. 11-Oct. 16, Trinity Enrichment Center, 4622 Progress Drive, Suite A, Davenport, IA; (563) 742-5800. $36. Seniors: Cooking with Donna, 2-3 p.m. Sept 13, Trinity Regional Health Colors: FULL System, Quad-Cities; (309) 779-2000 or (877) 242-8899. Free. Kaishan Golden Shield Qi Gong Demonstration, 7 p.m. Sept. 7, Kaishan Institute of Natural Health, 60 S. Main St., Fairfield, IA; (641) 472-9133. Free. Spanish Tapas, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 13, New Pioneer Co-op, 1101 2nd St., Coralville, IA; (319) 338-9441, ext. 36, or [email protected]. $30. Look Good … Feel Better, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 18, Trinity Regional Health System, Quad-Cities; (309) 779-2000 or (877) 242-8899. To help women combat King of the Tailgate, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 14, New Pioneer Co-op, 1101 2nd St., appearance-related effects of cancer treatment. Registration required. Free. Coralville, IA; (319) 338-9441, ext. 36, or [email protected]. $20. 406766 Get Healthy, Stay Balanced Workshop, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sept. 18-20, 10464 Hatha Yoga: Mind and Body, 5-6 p.m. Wednesdays, Sept. 20-Oct. 25; 6:45-7:45 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 26-Oct. 31, Trinity Enrichment Center, Chapel Hill Road, Davenport, IA; (563) 381-2037. Registration required. $250. 4622 Progress Drive, Suite A, Davenport, IA; (563) 742-5800. $36. Indian Cooking, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 19, New Pioneer Co-op, 1101 2nd St., The Essence of T’ai Chi, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 21-Oct. 26; 6:30- Coralville, IA; (319) 338-9441, ext. 36, or [email protected]. $15. 2 X 10.25 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Sept. 26- Oct. 31; Trinity Enrichment Center, 4622 Progress Raw Vegan Soup & Salad Class, 6-7:30 p.m. Sept. 23, Greatest Grains, Drive, Suite A, Davenport, IA; (563) 742-5800. Registration required. $36. 1600 N. Harrison St., Davenport, IA; (563) 381-2037, [email protected]. Prenatal Yoga, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 21-Oct. 26, Trinity Enrichment Reservations required. $10. Center, 4622 Progress Drive, Suite A, Davenport, IA; (563) 742-5800. $36. Raw Foods Lecture, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 26, Greatest Grains, 1600 N. Harrison St., UNITARIAN Love the Lord with All Your Heart, Spirit and Mind (women only), 7 p.m.- Davenport, IA; (309) 755-0200. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. 7 p.m., Sept. 22-23, Sisters of St. Benedict, St. Mary Monastery, 2200 88th Ave. Diabetic Shopping Tour, 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sept. 26, Hy-Vee Food Store, W., Rock Island, IL; (309) 283-2100. Focus on prayers which help connect mind, 201 W. 10th Ave., Milan, IL; (309) 756-9907. body and spirit. Presentations, prayer, quiet and discussion; optional yoga ($10) Sicilian Cuisine, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 27, New Pioneer Co-op, 1101 2nd St., and massage ($15). $70. Coralville, IA; (319) 338-9441, ext. 36, or [email protected]. $30. CHURCH Mommy and Me Yoga, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 25-Nov. 6 (no class 406750 Oct. 23), The Davenport School of Yoga, 421 S. Brady St., Davenport, IA; HOME & GARDEN (563) 322-5354, www.abcYogaClub.org. $48 for 6 classes. Heirloom Tomato Tasting and Seed-saving Reiki (Level II), 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 28-Oct. 12, Trinity Enrichment Workshop, Sept. 2, Lillian Goldman Visitor’s Center, 4622 Progress Drive, Suite A, Davenport, IA; (563) 742-5800. $150 for Center, 3076 North Winn Road, Decorah, IA; 2 X 5.00 3 classes. (563) 382-6104, www.seedsavers.org. Free. iStockphoto Reiki Level I, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Conference Center, Genesis Medical Candle Making Demonstration, 2 p.m. Sept. 2, 9, Pavilion II, 1351 W. Central Park, Davenport, IA; (563) 421-2000. $100. 16, 23, 30, Galena Candle & Bath Company, 223 S. Main St., Galena, IL; (815) 777-3060. Demonstration of crafting all-natural soy VICKREY Stress Management, 10 a.m. Mondays, 6th Level, Roy Carver Pavilion, candles. Free. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA; (319) 384-8442 or (800) 777-8442. $10. Seedlings Program, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Sept. 9, Quad City Botanical Center, 2525 4th Ave., Rock Island, IL; (309) 794-0991 ext. 27. For children ages 5-10. $3. T’ai Chi, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Valley Fair Clinic, 2720 W. Locust St., Unit 2B, Eastern Iowa Garden and Landscape Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 9, 2160 Linden ENTERPRISES Davenport, IA; (563) 421-2000. $18 per month. Drive SE, Cedar Rapids, IA; (319) 362-7375. $5. FOOD Butterfly Fest, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 9, Bickelhaupt Arboretum, 340 S. 14th St., Come Cook With Me, 6:30 p.m. Sept. 1, 7-8, 14-15, 21-22, 28-29, The Great Clinton, IA; (563) 242-4771. Free. Galena Cookery, 412 Spring St., Suite B, Galena, IL; (815) 777-1556. $50. Colors: A100 The Splendor of an Iowa Spring, The Chait Galleries Downtown, daily and by Health Quest Senior Meals, 10:45-11:45 a.m. Sept. 3, 10, 17 and 24, alternating appointment, 218 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA; (319) 338-4442. between Genesis Health Systems East Campus, 1227 E. Rusholme, and West Art in the Pots, through Oct. 7, Marion, IA; (319) 398-5317. Flowerpots are Campus, 1401 W. Central Park, Davenport, IA; (563) 421-1905. Reservations transformed by local artisans into abstract sculptures adorned with flowers and required. $4. plantings. Self-guided tour brochures available. 30 31 407365 calendar FILLER002 HEALTH & FITNESS Thunder Rolls Adventure Race, Sept. 9, starting at Loud Thunder Forest 407362 Preserve, Illinois City, IL; (563) 370-2555, www.thethunderrolls.org. Change to 1/8 h 1 X 5.00 Training For Caregivers, 2-3:30 p.m. Sept. 5, 12 and 1 X 5.00 27, Larson Center of Genesis Medical Center, Illini Swamp Fox 5K Run/Walk, 8:30 a.m. Sept. 9, Marion, IA; (319) 854-6497, 1 X 5.00 Campus, 801 Illini Drive, Silvis, IL; (309) 793-6800. www.cvra.net/swampfox. DONITA Registration required. Free. Wild Cat Den 5K Trail Run, 8 a.m. Sept. 9, Muscatine, IA; (563) 262-9040. MACOMB Lung Disease Screening, 4:30-7:30 p.m. Sept. 11, Off-Road Leapfrog Duathlon, 9 a.m. Sept. 9, Franklin Park, Belle Plaine, IA; NEW Trinity West Campus, Rock Island, IL; Sept. 12, (319) 444-2200. GREBNE Trinity at Terrace Park Campus, Bettendorf, IA; Sept. iStockphoto Doozie of a Day Ride, 6 a.m. Sept. 9, Hills City Park, Main St., Hills, IA; 13, Trinity 7th Street Campus, Moline, IL; (309) 779- (319) 338-2396, [email protected]. BALLOON RALLE 2000 or (877) 242-8899. Appointment required. Free. FARMERS Illinois Great Rivers Ride, Sept. 10-16, Rockford to Alton, IL; (877) 477-7007 R Cholesterol and Diabetes Screening, 6-9 a.m. Sept. 12, Adler Health Education ext. 217, www.illinoisgreatriversride.com. Center, lower level Genesis Heart Institute, 1236 E. Rusholme, Davenport, IA; Yellow Brick Road Run, 1 p.m. Sept. 10, The Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA; MARKET (563) 421-2000. $20. (563) 326-1942. For ages 2-12. “Hot Momma” Dessert with a Doctor, 6-7 p.m. Sept. 12, Trinity Regional CARING Taming of the Slough Adventure Race, 7:30 a.m. Sept. 16, Sylvan Slough, Health System, Quad-Cities; (309) 779-2000 or (877) 242-8899. Learn what you 407437 Moline, IL; (563) 322-2969, www.riveraction.org. MOLINE should know about menopause. Free. Spartan Fund Run (5K, 10K, 1-mile, 1/2-mile), 8:30 a.m. Sept. 16, Solon High 2 X 2.37 ScaleDown Weight-Loss Program, 4:30-5:15 p.m. Mondays, Sept. 18- HANDS School, Solon, IA; 642-3278, [email protected]. Benefits Solon schools. Nov. 13, Trinity Regional Health System, Quad-Cities; (309) 779-2000 or COMPLETE FARMERS (877) 242-8899. $100. Run for the Rebels (4-mile), 8 a.m. Sept. 16, Rock Island Trail, Toulon, IL; (309) 286-7443, [email protected]. THERAP HeartAware, 6-7 p.m. Sept. 19, Trinity Health System, Quad-Cities; VANDER VEER BOTANICAL (309) 779-2000 or (877) 242-8899. Discuss risk factors for heart disease. Free. Dam to Beach (5K, 10K run/walk), 9 a.m. Sept. 16, Geode State Park, south of MARKET Danville, IA; (319) 367-5971, [email protected]. The America on the Move Walk, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 30, Two Rivers YMCA, COUPON! EUTIC 2040 53rd St., Moline, IL; (309) 797-3945, www.tworiversymca.org. Health and Fever River Adventure Triathlon, noon Sept. 16, Fever River Outfitters, wellness events, screenings, fitness demonstrations, walk. Free. 525 S. Main St., Galena, IL; (815) 776-9425. Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk, 9 a.m. Sept. 30, The Mark of the Quad Music in Motion 5K, 9 a.m. Sept. 17, Westwood Sports Center, 1301 E. LeFevre Cities, Moline, IL; (563) 324-1022, www.quadcitiesmemorywalk.kintera.org. Road, Sterling, IL; (815) 626-1948, www.musicinmotion5k.com. Heart Disease and Treatment, alternating Wednesdays at 2:15 p.m., alternating Z.A.G.R.A.T.A. 5K Run/Walk, 9 a.m. Sept. 17, Rockwell Recreation Center, Fridays at 10:15 a.m., 6th Level, Roy Carver Pavilion, University of Iowa Cedar Rapids, IA; (319) 295-2552, [email protected]. 384756 Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA; (319) 384-8442. $10. Habitat for Humanity Run/Walk/Golf Fundraiser, 11 Nutrition for Cardiovascular Health, Wednesdays at 10:15 a.m. and Fridays at a.m. Sept. 17, University of Iowa Ashton Cross 2:15 p.m, 6th Level, Roy Carver Pavilion, University of Iowa Hospitals and Country Course, Iowa City, IA; (319) 337-8949, 406733 Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA; (319) 384-8442 or (800) 777-8442. [email protected]. 2 X 5.00 Series of four classes gives instruction on grocery shopping, cholesterol and fats, Troops & TriHawks Triathlon, 8 a.m. Sept. 17, 2 X 2.37 sodium reduction, label reading, recipe ideas and dining out. Coralville Dam West Overlook, Coralville, IA; Principles of Exercise, 2:15 p.m. alternating Wednesdays and 10:15 a.m. www.t3.trihawks.com. FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC alternating Fridays, 6th Level, Roy Carver Pavilion, University of Iowa Galena Fun Walk/Run, 9 a.m. Sept. 23, Galena, IL; NEW IN TOWN? Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA; (319) 384-8442. $10. (815) 776-7297. Clarke College 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk, 9 a.m. Sept. RUNS, HIKES & RIDES 23, Flora Park, Dubuque, IA; (563) 588-6619, Tommy and Lindsey Nicholson Memorial 5K/1-mile, 8 a.m. Sept. 2, Orion, IL; [email protected]. WELCOM (309) 526-8338, [email protected]. Muscatine County 4-H 5K/1mile run/walk, 8 a.m. iStockphoto Regina Fall Fun Run (5K, 1-mile), 8 a.m. Sept. 3, Regina Education Center, Sept. 23, Wilton High School, Wilton, IA; 2140 Rochester Ave., Iowa City, IA; (319) 321-0100. [email protected]. Tipton Labor Day 5K/1-mile, 5 p.m. Sept. 3, Tipton, IA; (563) 886-3101 or Volksmarch (5K, 10K), Sept. 23, 835 48th Ave., Amana, IA; (319) 622-7622 or NEIGHBORHO (563) 886-6350. (800) 579-2294. 407363 Run With Carl, 7:30 a.m. Sept. 4, Bettendorf Life Fitness Center, 2222 Middle Iowa City Light The Night Walk, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23, University of Iowa Athletic 2 X 2.37 Road, Bettendorf, IA; (563) 332-2200, www.runwithcarl.com. Hall of Fame, Iowa City, IA; (319) 339-0072. OD Dubuque Benefit Classic 1/2 Marathon & 5K, 7:30 a.m. Sept. 4, Bowling and Quad Cities Marathon, 7:30 a.m. Sept. 24, Moline, IL; (309) 751-9800, MAY THROUGH OCTOBER Beyond, Dubuque, IA; [email protected]. www.qcmarathon.org. (See story, page 14.) McCausland UMC 5K Family Run/Walk, 8 a.m. Sept. 4, Methodist Church, Country Bicycle Ride, 9-11 a.m. Mondays and Fridays, Spikes Bar & Grill, MISSISSIPPI VALLEY GROWER McCausland, IA; (563) 225-2585. 109 Eagle Ridge Drive, Galena, IL; (815) 492-0235 or (815) 777-3433. Join Roy GREETINGS Iron Cop 5 Triathlon, 8 a.m. Sept. 9, Cedar Rapids Police Firearms Range, Cedar Hunter and Ray Soltys for a casual scenic bike ride through the hills of Galena Rapids, IA; (319) 210-6266, [email protected]. Territory. Free. 32 33 calendar 407366 OUTDOORS EVENTS 406725 Nahant Marsh Workday, 9 a.m.-noon Sept. 2, Nahant Marsh Educational Center, Echoes of the Past, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 2-4, Oak Hill Farm, 8044 Gabel Lane, 1 X 5.00 4220 Wapello Ave., Davenport, IA; (563) 786-8504. Apple River, IL; (815) 594-2348. 2 X 2.37 40076 Mississippi Explorer Cruises, Sept. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24, 30, Chestnut Village Fall Festival, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sept. 3-4, Walnut Grove Pioneer Village, Mountain Resort, 8700 W. Chestnut Road, Galena, IL; (800) 397-1320. 1.5-hour Scott County Park, Long Grove, IA; (563) 328-3283. FAITHFUL PILOT CAFE GARLIC exploration of the Mississippi River’s ecosystem, navigation and history. Volunteers and the Web: Merging Two Resources, 9-11 a.m. Sept. 7, Keep Reservations required. $22; $18 for ages 7-11, $15 for ages 3-6. Scott County Beautiful, 5640 Carey Ave., Davenport, IA; (309) 793-4425, 7 Join the Harvest, Sept. 3-4, Local Harvest CSA/ZJ Farm, 5025 120th St. NE, [email protected]. $10. FESTIVA Solon, IA; (319) 624-3052, [email protected]. See what a morning of harvest Getting Started in Organics, Overcoming Oat Rust, 4 p.m. Sept. 9, Roger and looks like. Camping available the night before. Amy Lansink farm, 1340 330th St., Odebolt, IA; Practical Farmers of Iowa, Monsignor Menke Observatory Open House, dusk, Sept. 3, Wapsi (515) 294-5486. Environmental River Center, 31555 52nd Ave., Dixon, IA; (563) 333-6141. Take Apple & Harvest Day, 9 a.m. Sept. 10, Seminole Valley Farm Museum, 1 X LE a tour of the summer sky. Free. 1400 Seminole Valley Rd. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA; (319) 378-9240. Monarch Tagging, 6 p.m. Sept. 5, Sherman Park, 2776 160th Ave., Calamus, IA Quality Corn for Sustainable Farms, 4 p.m. Sept. 12, Steve and Ron Brunk farm, (2 miles north of Dixon, IA, off County Road Y4E); (563) 328-3286. Free. 12789 240th St., Eldora, IA; Practical Farmers of Iowa, (515) 294-5486. 407435 GALENA Magnificent Monarchs, 6 p.m. Sept. 7, Wapsi River Clean, Organic Flax Seed, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 16, Paul and Karen Mugge farm, 10.25 Environmental Center, 31555 52nd Ave., Dixon, IA; 6190 470th St., Sutherland, IA; Practical Farmers of Iowa, (515) 294-5486. 2 X 2.37 (563) 328-3286. Learn about the monarch’s lifestyle Galena Garlic Festivale, Sept. 16-17, Belle Aire Mansion, 11410 U.S. 20 W., and migration and help with the national tagging GARLIC Galena, IL; (815) 777-9625. Reservations appreciated. $3. OPEN HOUSE AD program. Free. Autumn in the Grove, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 16, Franklin Grove, IL; Evening River Cruise, 7 and 9 p.m. Sept. 7, 14, 21, HAMPTON HEALTH & WELLNESS (815) 456-2277. FRES 28, Rock Creek Marina, 1.5 miles north of Folletts, CO River Roots Live, Sept. 22-23, LeClaire Park, 400 W. IA, on U.S. 67 (turn east at the quarry); (563) 259- 1876. Reservations required. $6; youth under 16 River Drive, Davenport, IA; (563) 326-1333, (must be accompanied) $3; children under 5 free. www.riverrootslive.com. Musical event that serves as a benefit for River Music Experience and Living Lands Volunteer Workday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 9, Wapsi H and Waters. River Environmental Center, 31555 52nd Ave., Dixon, IA; (563) 328-3286. A variety of tasks for all Print Media Old Time Fall Festival, Sept. 23-24, Country age levels. Free lunch. Corner, U.S. 150, two miles north of Alpha, IL; (309) 629-2359, www.country-corner.com. Observatory Open House, dusk, Sept. 9, Sherman Park, 2776 160th Ave., 407364 NEW Calamus, IA (2 miles north of Dixon, IA, off County Road Y4E); (563) 328- 51st Annual Old Market Day, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 23, 3286. Join the Quad City Astronomical Society at the park’s north end to explore Old Market House Square, 123 N. Commerce St., 2 X 2.37 the night sky. Free. Galena, IL; (815) 858-3392. Microscopic World, 10 a.m. Sept. 10, Wapsi River Environmental Center, Harvest Day in Prophetstown, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Radish EAST MOLINE PION 31555 52nd Ave., Dixon, IA; (563) 328-3286. Discover the aquatic world by Sept. 23, Washington Street, Prophetstown, IL; 407367 collecting samples and observing them under a microscope. (815) 537-5139. MOLINE FARMERS MARKET 2 X 2.37 Jo Daviess County Birds and Fall Migration Field Trip, 9-11:30 a.m. Sept. 16 36th Annual Warren Pumpkin Festival, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 23, Main Street, and 30, departing from Old Train Depot Visitor Information Center parking lot, Warren, IL; (815) 745-9011. YOGA HELPS 101 Bouthillier St., Galena, IL; (815) 777-0621. Reservations required. $10; $15 Taste of the Tri States Dinner, Sept. 26, The Forum, Macomb, IL; (309) 833- EER per couple; children free. 2725. Celebrate the resources of Illinois, Iowa and Missouri with a gourmet four- DAVENPORT Equinox and Solstice Viewing, Sept. 22, Maharishi Vedic Observatory, course meal of locally- and regionally-produced food. Reservations required. $35. Maharishi Vedic City, 2 miles north of Fairfield, IA; (641) 470-7000, Engineers for a Sustainable World Conference, Sept. 27-30, Iowa Memorial SCHOOL OF www.maharishivediccity.net. Join a lecture and tour about the arrival of autumn. Union, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; [email protected]. Register at CO- Free. www.uiesw.org. YOGA Star Gazing, 7 p.m. Sept. 23, Galena Territory Association, 2000 Territory Drive, Oktoberfest, noon-11 p.m. Sept. 29-Oct. 1, Festhalle Barn, Amana, IA; Galena, IL; (815) 777-8272. Public star gazing presentation and observation. (319) 622-7622, [email protected]. 407369 Free. Tree Crops, 1-5 p.m. Sept. 30, Red Fern Farm, 13882 I Ave., Wapello, IA; Hawk Watch, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sept. 23-24, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Practical Farmers of Iowa, (515) 294-5486. 2 X 2.37 OP 151 Iowa Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, IA; (563) 873-3491. Celebrate the annual Scarecrow Contest, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, Country Corner, U.S. 150, two miles north HEALTHY XTREMES Change to 1/8 v fall migration. of Alpha, IL; (309) 629-2359, www.country-corner.com. Fee-Free Day, Sept. 30, Effigy Mounds National Monument, 151 Iowa Highway 76, Harpers Ferry, IA; (563) 873-3491. Celebrate National Public Lands Day by For more events visit www.radishmagazine.com. To submit your health- or fitness- assisting with conservation projects. related event or class e-mail [email protected]. 34 35 resources

406726 CELEBRATE THE HARVEST HEALTHY TRAILS TO YOU 407392 2 X 2.37 (Story on page 8) (Story on page 24) 2 X 2.37 Ever wonder why you often see green tomatoes at farmers’ markets in early autumn? The Looking for a place to ride the trails? Check out these horse rental locations: ARBONNE INTNATL-SCHL reason, says East Moline Farmers’ Market president Ken Meeks, is because growers Pleasant View Ranch and Livery, 2229 Scales Bend Road NE, North Liberty, IA; MASSAGE THERAPY scramble to gather what remains of their tomatoes, green or not, before the first frost. (319) 626-8000 ARBONNE INTNATL-SCHLABAUG (Frost burns tomatoes, turning them black and rendering them inedible.) Believe it or not, Shenandoah Riding Center, 200 N. Brodrecht Road, Galena, IL; (815) 777-2373, BOBB CHIROPRACTIC CNTR “green tomatoes are a big-ticket item in October,” Meeks says. If you see green tomatoes at www.shenandoahridingcenter.com your favorite market, you’d be wise to snatch them up. They’re likely to be the last Bar Y Ltd. Trail Rides, 120 N. Winchester St., Nauvoo, IL; (217) 453-2091 tomatoes you’ll see until next year! Here’s a way to prepare them. Pine View Cabins Horse Rental, Keithsburg, IL; (309) 587-3217, www.pineviewcabins.com Fried Green Tomatoes Centaur Stables, 4564 Oak Crest Hill Road SE, Iowa City, IA; (319) 351-0201, 2 pounds green (unripe) tomatoes (about 4 1 large egg www.artsalacarteic.org/centaur.htm medium) 1 tablespoon milk Cedar Valley Stables, 492 Harding Ave., Tipton, IA; (563) 886-3752 1/2 cup all-purpose flour 5 cups cornflakes (about 6 ounces) Big River State Forest, Keithsburg, IL; (309) 374-2496, 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R1/Bigriver.htm 384529 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup vegetable oil New Kingdom Trailriders, 4343 16th St. PMB 305, Moline, IL; (309) 764-4220; 407359 3/4 teaspoon cayenne (309) 787-0627 or www.nktriders.org. 2 X 2.37 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Cut about twelve 1/2-inch-thick slices from tomatoes. In a 2 X 2.37 shallow bowl whisk together flour, salt, sugar and cayenne. In another shallow bowl whisk PRESERVE THOSE HERBS! together egg and milk. In a third shallow bowl, coarsely crush cornflakes. Working with 1 EXPERIENCE THE FUN A (Story on page 25) LOCALLY HOME GROWN tomato slice at a time, dredge in flour and dip in egg. Coat slices with cornflakes and arrange slices in one layer on a baking sheet. In a 12-inch nonstick skillet heat 1 tablespoon COUNTRY CORNER-ALPHA A handful of fresh herbs can add a punch of citrus, spicy, sweet or savory to anything from RIVER CITY MARKET ASSN butter and 1 tablespoon oil over moderate heat until foam subsides and fry 3 tomato slices appetizers to aperitifs. If you prefer the jar varieties, remember that dried herbs are more until golden brown, about 3 minutes on each side. Transfer tomatoes to paper towels to potent than fresh. And whole leaves will last longer than crushed. Figure on a teaspoon of drain. Fry remaining tomato slices in remaining butter and oil in same manner. On dried versus a tablespoon of fresh herbs. Here are three recipes from Radish contributing another baking sheet arrange drained tomato slices in one layer. Bake tomatoes in middle writer Barbra Annino of Galena, Ill., who has been creating herbal recipes for over a of oven until tender and hot, about 4 minutes. decade. Source: Gourmet magazine Lemon Zucchini Bake ARE THESE GUYS CRAZY? Use lemon thyme to add a sweet, citrus flavor to everything from poultry to vegetables. If you can’t find it in your area, try chopped lemon balm, lemon verbena or lemon basil. (Story on page 12) 406696 2 large zucchinis, thinly sliced ¼ cup seasoned breadcrumbs 406729 1 large Vidalia onion, thinly sliced ¼ cup Parmesan cheese For the fourth year, High Profile 4 tablespoons butter, melted 2 teaspoons of lemon thyme leaves 2 X 2.37 Adventure Racing will host The Thunder 2 X 2.37 Rolls Adventure Race, a 24-hour Mix breadcrumbs, cheese and thyme. In a round casserole dish, layer half of the zucchini WE HAVE A VARIETY OF expedition -style race that follows the and half of the onion slices. Baste with butter. Add half the breadcrumb mixture. Repeat WOMENS HEALTH SERVIC trails, waterways and migration routes of layers and bake, covered, in a 350-degree oven for 20 minutes. Serves 4-6. the Sauk and Fox Indians of the early REASONS LOCKER SERVICE 1800s. The event, a Midwest Regional Spearmint Sundaes WOMENS HEALTH SERVICES qualifier for the USARA National Championship, will be held Sept. 9-10 in 4 cups spearmint leaves, loosely packed Sugar and near the Quad-Cities in western Water Green food coloring (optional) Illinois. Teams of three will cover over 80 Place leaves in saucepan and cover with water. Simmer for 30 minutes. Strain mixture miles. For more information or to register, through coffee filter or jellybag. Discard leaves and rinse pan. Return strained liquid to contact Gerry Voelliger at (563) 370-2555 or visit www.thethunderrolls.org. saucepan and add 1 cup of sugar per 1 cup of liquid. (If you have 4 cups of the minted 406685 water, add 4 cups of sugar, etc.) Simmer 15 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Add food coloring, if desired. Chill for 2 hours before using over ice cream. Serves 6. 2 X 2.37 GO OUTSIDE AND HEAL (Story on page 20) Cheddar Chive Biscuits CARING IS OUR SPECIA Herbs add a unique flavor to all kinds of breads. You can substitute rosemary, thyme or 407370 COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER For more information on nature therapy, visit: anise hyssop for the chives in this recipe, but use ¼ cup for these stronger herbs. Gatherings: Journal of the International Community for Ecopsychology: 2 cups buttermilk baking mix 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese 2 X 2.37 Colors: FULL www.ecopsychology.org 2/3 cup milk 1/3 cup fresh-snipped chives The Nature Therapy Center, Ronen Berger: www.naturetherapy.com Project NatureConnect: www.ecopsych.com Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Combine baking mix, milk and cheddar cheese in mixing MIDDLE EARTH Psychological Benefits of Nature Experiences, John Davis, Ph.D.: www.johnvdavis.com bowl. Carefully blend in chives. Drop dough by spoonfuls onto un-greased cookie sheet. TeamBuilding Blocks, LLC: www.teambuildingblocks.com Bake 8-10 minutes or until golden brown. Serves 10. ×£*Cí University of Illinois Extension Rock Island County: http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/rockisland 36 37 farmers’ markets

ILLINOIS Keokuk Farmers' Market, Keosippi Mall parking lot (2nd and Main streets); 7 a.m.- BUREAU COUNTY noon Saturdays. (319) 524-3985 Bureau County Farmers’ Market, Darius Miller Park at the train station, Princeton; LINN COUNTY 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Cedar Rapids City Market, Riverside (815) 875-6468 Roundhouse, 1350 A St., S.W.; 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-11:30 a.m. CARROLL COUNTY Saturdays (moves downtown first Saturday Mt. Carroll Farmers’ Market, west side of of each month 7:30 a.m.-noon). courthouse on Main Street; 7 a.m.-noon (319) 286-5731 Saturdays. (815) 244-2171 Noelridge Farmer’s Market, Collins Road HENRY COUNTY and Council Street, Cedar Rapids; Geneseo Farmers’ Market, east side of 4-6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. (319) 286-5731 Extra Mile convenience store, Chicago ROCK ISLAND COUNTY Farm King Farmers’ Market, Farm King Street; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through East Moline Farmers’ Market, Skate City parking lot, 609 S. Gear Ave., West MUSCATINE COUNTY October. (309) 269-7409 parking lot, 1112 Avenue of the Cities; Burlington; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Tuesdays and Muscatine Farmers’ Market, riverfront; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Saturdays. Saturdays. (319) 752-7111 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays, Mississippi Drive and Kewanee Farmers’ Market, 200 W. 3rd St.; (309) 755-1291 Sycamore Street, 7:30-11:30 a.m. 8 a.m.-noon Wednesdays. DUBUQUE COUNTY Saturdays. (563) 262-8264 Silvis Farmers’ Market, Mother Hubbard’s Dubuque Main Street Ltd. Downtown JO DAVIESS COUNTY Cupboard, 1007 1st St.; 8 a.m.-noon Farmers’ Market, between Central and SCOTT COUNTY Elizabeth Farmers’ Market, St. Paul’s Tuesdays and Thursdays. (309) 792-3817 Iowa streets on 13th Street, and on Iowa Bettendorf Farmers’ Market (Mississippi Lutheran Church parking lot, 411 W. Street between 11th and 14th streets; Valley Growers’ Association), 20th and Catlin; 3-6 p.m. Fridays. (815) 598-9023 Trinity 7th Street Market, 500 John Deere 7 a.m.-noon Saturdays. (563) 588-4400 State streets; 2-6 p.m. Thursdays. Road, Moline; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays. Galena Farmers’ Market, Commerce Street (563) 332-5529 (309) 779-2912 HENRY COUNTY by Old Market House; 7 a.m.-noon Mount Pleasant Farmers’ Market, town Saturdays. (815) 777-1838 Blue Grass Farmers’ Market, Paul Barnes Trinity Mid-week Market, parking lot U square; 4:30-6 p.m. Wednesdays, 8:30- farm, 430 Mayne St.; 4:30-7 p.m. on 15th Street between 4th and 5th 11 a.m. Saturdays. (319) 986-5114 classified Galena Territory Association Farmers’ Thursdays through mid October. avenues, Moline; 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays. Market, 2000 Territory Drive, Galena; (563) 381-3761; [email protected] (309) 762-7804 JACKSON COUNTY 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. first and third Preston Farmers’ Market, Iowa 64 at Sundays. (815) 777-2000 Davenport Farmers’ Market (Mississippi WHITESIDE COUNTY Twogood Park; 4-6 p.m. Thursdays Valley Growers’ Association), River Drive at Twin City Market, 106 Avenue A, Sterling; through Oct. 1. (563) 577-2216 Stockton Farmers’ Market, next to Casey’s Western Avenue; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesdays 8 a.m.-noon year round (indoors). on South Main Street on Tuesdays; and Saturdays. (563) 332-5529 Saturdays at Stockton High School, 500 (815) 535-0509 JEFFERSON COUNTY Fairfield Farmers’ Market, Howard Park; N. Rush St.; 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays, 8 a.m.- River City Farmers’ Market (River City 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. 1 p.m. Saturdays. (815) 598-3220 Market Association), John O’Donnell IOWA Saturdays. (641) 469-5285, ext. 211 Stadium parking lot, Gaines Street and KNOX COUNTY River Drive, Davenport; 8 a.m.-noon CEDAR COUNTY JOHNSON COUNTY Galesburg Farmers’ Market, Railroad Wednesdays and Saturdays through Cedar County Farmers’ Market, south of Coralville Farmers’ Market, Coralville Museum parking lot, Seminary and October. (563) 299-3333; court house, Tipton; 7:30-11 a.m. Community Aquatic Center, 1513 7th St.; Mulberry streets; 8 a.m.-noon Saturdays. www.davenportfarmersmarket.com; Saturdays. (563) 886-2076 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. (309) 368-9844 [email protected] (319) 248-1750 Tipton Farmers’ Market Association, north LEE COUNTY Trinity Farmers’ Market, Trinity at Terrace side of court house, Tipton; 4-6 p.m. Iowa City Farmers’ Market, Chauncey Dixon Farmers’ Market, Hay Market Park, 4500 Utica Ridge Road, Bettendorf; Thursdays. (563) 886-6255 Swan parking ramp, Washington and Square Park, Highland and 3rd streets; 3-7 p.m. Mondays. (563) 332-5529 7 a.m.-noon Wednesdays and Saturdays, College streets; 5:30-7:30 p.m. through October. (815) 288-5043 CLINTON COUNTY Wednesdays, 7:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays. DeWitt Farmers’ Market, Lincoln Park; West Kimberly Market, 4004 W. Kimberly Road, Davenport; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. MCDONOUGH COUNTY 4-6 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays. Sycamore Mall Farmers’ Market, west end Wednesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m.- Macomb Farmers’ Market, Courthouse (563) 659-5540 of Sycamore Mall parking lot, Iowa 4 p.m. Sundays (year round, indoors). Square; 3:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Highway 6 and Sycamore Street, Iowa (563) 391-1616 Sept. 5, 6 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursdays. Lyons Farmers’ Market, Lyons Four Square City; 3-6:30 p.m. Tuesdays. (309) 837-4855 Park, Clinton; 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays, (319) 338-6111 8-11 a.m. Saturdays. (563) 577-2216 WASHINGTON COUNTY Washington Farmers’ Market, Central PEORIA COUNTY LEE COUNTY Park, Washington Street and Iowa Avenue; Peoria Metro Centre Market, 4700 N. DES MOINES COUNTY Central Park Farmers’ Market, 9th Street 5-7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m. University; 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Mondays and Downtown Partners’ Riverfront Farmers’ and Avenue E, Fort Madison; 3:30- Sundays, through September. Saturdays. (309) 692-6690 Market, 400 N. Front St., Burlington; 5:30 p.m. Thursdays. (319) 372-7700 5-8 p.m. Thursdays. (319) 752-0015 (319) 653-4888 38 39 food for thought An act of geopolitics Taking up the challenge to eat locally

By Stacie Barton mile radius of home for an entire month. miles from my house. I found the Twin Cities This is such an important idea, I thought to Farmers’ Market, open year-round, right across the hen I first heard about the Eat Local myself. The decisions we make every day with our street from the supermarket I shop at in Sterling, Ill. WChallenge, I started wondering if it was purchase power has a global impact. Economics, My excitement grew as I found responsible farmers possible to do it here, in the rural Midwest. The politics and ecology all converge on our dinner plate. raising cows, pigs and chickens not far from my thought just wouldn’t go away. It seems like an important place to make a stand. front door. Maybe I could eat local after all. The Eat Local Challenge is an offshoot of the However, the task seemed daunting. The The more driving around I did, the more Locavores, a group that started in the San Francisco Locavores have the advantage of living in the Bay people I met, like Cyndi Mueller of Mueller’s Lane Bay Area a few years ago, but is rapidly growing into Area, where politically-correct thinking has been on Farm in Rock Falls, Ill. She and her husband have a a national movement. The Locavores refer to the menu for decades. Chefs like Alice Waters, the small farm where they raise many heritage breeds of themselves as “a group of concerned culinary mother of the fresh-food movement and owner of livestock and foul. They make their own butter, whip adventurers” who set a goal to eat foods from a 100- Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Calif., have their own cream and bake their own bread. They paved the way for consumers to expect fresh, local even keep bees for their own honey. fare. I met Marc and Abby Strobbe of Healthy I, on the other hand, thought I was living in Heritage Farm, also in Rock Falls, who participate in the vacant wasteland of commercial agriculture. CSA and raise chickens for eggs and meat. I also Everywhere I looked I saw nothing but corn and soy made a decision to only buy Walnut Cheese, from beans. I longed for my years in the Bay Area, Walnut, Ill. Their products are delicious, and they shopping at the Berkeley Bowl market, which offers carry a huge variety at their factory store, as well as at a mind-boggling array of produce, locally made grocery stores all over the area. I gave up cheeses and breads, and fresh, local seafoods and commercially produced cookies and bagels, and my meats. It was almost too easy there. baking skills grew by the day. So I had to decide: Was I up to the Challenge? Every trip away from home became a search for While it is an ongoing movement, the Locavores the next little farm around the bend. I was eating pick one month of the year to make the Challenge locally and loving it! “official.” In 2005 it was in August, a time in most Today I have a new appreciation for my rural climates when backyard gardens and farmers’ surroundings. In what I once thought was a parking markets bring the concept close to home. This year lot of commercial farms, I have found instead a they upped the ante, holding the Challenge in May. patchwork. This made the task seem almost impossible in my This area was once full of small, sustainable yet unthawed Midwest surroundings in rural farms, and the idea of eating local was simply a way Prophetstown, Ill. of life. Of course, technology and world markets If I was going to participate, I had to get a few changed the landscape, and the simple act of feeding things straight. First, I had to decide what things I ourselves has become an act of geopolitics. But if you would be willing to do without, because I knew look between the corn fields, there are surprises there was just no way to find them. I decided I waiting for you to discover. The Eat Local Challenge would spend May on research and discovery. I was is just one small step in the long journey to take back on a mission to meet my food. our dinner plates. I started with a 15-minute session on the Internet. Through LocalHarvest.org, I found a CSA For more information, visit www.eatlocalchallenge.com (Community Supported Agriculture) farm only eight or www.locavores.com.

“Today I have a new appreciation for my rural

The Eat Local Challenge leads us to local goods, surroundings. I am eating locally and loving it!” such as this jar of honey. (Photo by Stacie Barton)

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