406697 2 X 10.25 TRINITY MEDICAL Colors
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
407360 2 X 5.00 YOUR DOCTOR YOUR TEA 406697 PALMER COLLEGE- 2 X 10.25 MARKETING TRINITY Colors: A021 MEDICAL 407471 Colors: FULL 2 X 5.00 FIND OUT AT IA CULTURAL CORRIDOR ALLI Colors: FULL 1 from the editor contributors 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.