Issue 16May 2015

We’re not just a gym...

Meet the Irwin Family

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Most of my summer memories from when I was young involve camping and the outdoors. I remember crawling out of my family’s green canvas tent as the sun rose chasing away the crisp chill that lingered from the night air. Our morning would start out with an egg breakfast cooked over the open fire. In the afternoon my cousins and I would put on our lifejackets and jump into a canoe to go picking water lilies for our moms while attempting to fish. I think we scared more fish away than we actually attracted to our poles. As the sun went down and the dew began to settle we would put out bases and start a game of kickball. At the end of the day my entire family, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins would all sit around the campfire telling stories as we cooked pudgy pies of different flavors and roasted our marshmallows for s‘mores. Wanting to share the joy that camping and nature have brought to me, I started Smores ‘N’ More five years ago to give other families the opportunity to learn to appreciate the outdoors and all it has to offer while creating their own memories.

Smores ‘N’ More is the Centre’s event that provides you the opportunity to get away from your busy life and spend time with your family in our backyard enjoying what nature can provide. Since it is only a two hour event and the stars are not out yet, we have made accommodations for star gazing, but send you home with the tools to explore the stars further. In past years, families have made crafts such as birdfeeders that they are able to take home and to attract birds of Wisconsin. The adventures your family encounters at Smores ‘N’ More will be remembered forever with your family photo.

The 5th annual Smores ‘N’ More, sponsored by Royal Credit Union, will be on Friday, May 8th from 5:45pm-7:45pm. JAD Photography will take your family photo. (Each family will go home with a complementary photo. Additional photo packages may be purchased through JAD Photography.) We are excited to welcome back the Willow River OWL’s (Organization for Wildlife Learning for Willow River and Kinnickinnic State Parks) with their outdoor nature presentation. Once again you have the opportunity to explore a variety of constellations and stars in the night sky in our darkened stargazing room. For the more rambunctious at heart, jump around in our inflatables, tumble, and work your way across the climbing wall in the gym during Romp, Stomp, and Climb. Make sure you save time to sing along with our campfire songs, cook your own pudgy pie, and of course eat a s’more!

See you around the fire,

Amanda FallBusiness Manager

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Message FromBusiness Manager Centre

Connections

Highlights3 A Scenic Ride with Cycle St Croix

4 A Pound a Week

5 Meet Centre Staff Mike Hamble

6 Time to Kick the Sugar Habit

7 Meet the Irwin Family

Issue 16, May 2015

New Richmond Area Centre428 S Starr AveNew Richmond WI 54017715-246-2252www.nracentre.comwww.facebook.com/newrichmond.centre

Board MembersJean Needham, PresidentJill Schreck, Vice PresidentPaul Mayer, TreasurerGary Bakke, Secretary Bill BuellJeff Moberg Marilyn Peplau

Administrative StaffDarian Blattner, Executive Director Jennifer Williams, Operations DirectorJackie Huff, Member Experience DirectorAmanda Fall, Business ManagerVince Dreyer, Properties ManagerLarissa Ruud, Youth, Teen and Family ManagerMegan Lyons, Child Care ManagerColleen Davis, Marketing and Communications Manager & Magazine Editor Kyle Koll, Training and Sports ManagerDonald Klitz, Fitness Manager

Centre Mission Statement Health, Fitness and Fun for All Ages

3 Core Value Relationships We choose to share lives and believe that every member has a story. We are open to all.

Think about the warm sun rising on a summer day, you slip on your tennis shoes, and head out for a long bike ride on a local trail or country road. There can be peace or renewal found in a bike ride or it can be intense and energizing. A bike can span ages, genders, and physical abilities. Cycle St Croix will take you along both trails and roads and will benefit not only your soul but the New Richmond Area Community Foundation’s Recreational Trail Fund as well.

About a year ago, Marc Lybeck presented the New Richmond Pathway Committee with an idea for a bike ride. The local Edward Jones reps would back the ride if the Pathway Committee would organize it. From there the group was off and running, I mean riding!

Sponsored by the New Richmond Pathway Committee and the Centre, Cycle St Croix is a non-competitive ride through scenic north central St. Croix County, including a 12K Family Ride through New Richmond. The ride will be on county roads, city streets, bike/pedestrian pathways, and Wisconsin’s newest Rustic Road #116. Depending on the route selected you will pass through Boardman, Cylon, Forest, Deer Park, and Star Prairie.

This bike tour would not be possible without the generous financial support of the New Richmond Edward Jones offices. Jim Heebink, a Cycle St Croix organizer, said “At the end of the day we hope everyone of the Cycle St Croix riders comes away with a positive experience and will come back to New Richmond next year.”

If cycling isn’t your thing, the 5th Annual Corn Fest is occuring at the same location and we’ll have our traditional 5K and 1 Mile Youth Run. The Centre invites each and every participant to join us in celebrating at Corn Fest after the ride. All the FREE corn you can eat, live DJ, a mascot challenge, giant inflatables, outdoor family games, and a great selection of concessions, we promise an a-maize-ing time!

Centre Program Spotlight

Cycle St CroixScenic ride through St Croix CountyBY COLLEEN DAVIS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Saturday, August 22, 2015All rides start and end at Cyclone Park, 1345 Campus Drive(Just off Highway 65 on the southern edge of New Richmond)

7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Packet Pick-Up & Registration8:00 AM - 10:00 AM 22K, 48K, 86K rides begin9:00 AM Corn Fest 5K run begins9:45 AM Corn Fest Youth run begins10:15 AM 12K Family Ride Begins10:30 AM - 2:30 PM Corn Fest, FREE corn included!

To get more info and to register, go to www.nracentre.com/cycle-st-croix

Cycle St Croix

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4 Core Value Integrity We hold ourselves accountable to our members, community and each other.

Exercising Healthy

A Pound a WeekBY KYLE KOLL

TRAINING AND SPORTS MANAGER

Weight loss can be a struggle and sometimes confusing. After all there’s a long list of fad diets like the South Beach and Mediterranean diets. Both sound very appealing to visit but not sure how it will help someone lose weight. Then don’t forget the late night commercials that explain, with over exhilaration of energy at 2:00 AM, the newest doohickey that is guaranteed to melt the inches with minimal work. I am going to let you

in on how to safely and effectively lose a pound a week. There are no meals you have to buy or some exercise contraption that when not used as a laundry drying rack can be conveniently folded down to fit under the bed.

To lose 1 pound a week is easy and can be done with a few small changes in your lifestyle. At the end of the week be at a 3500 calorie deficit! That is the secret, pretty simple right. One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories. So if you eat 4 1/2 boxes of Girl Scout cookies, eating 3500 calories, you will gain one pound. So to be at a negative 3500 calories at the end of the week may seem over whelming and difficult. But break it down per day that is only 500 calories a day. Then to simplify it further look to modify both diet and activity level.

Make small changes to take 250 calories a day out of your diet. For example, replace a soda with water and replace a typical snack with a piece of fruit. At the end of the week the small changes add up to a big difference. The other 250 calories can be subtracted by burning them with exercise. Find ways to burn an extra 250 calories a day with some small changes. For example, park farther away at work or workout an extra 15 minutes.

The hardest part will be finding your starting daily caloric intake. There are on-line calorie calculators that can help with this. Another way is to track calories and activity level each day for a week and then use the average.

The key to success is to be flexible when planning out your days and weeks. Some days get busy so working out isn’t an option. The day isn’t lost; shift your focus to the diet aspect. Find a way to cut 500 calories from your diet to make up for the lack of exercise. Make small changes to your diet while slowly increasing your activity level and weight loss becomes easier and safer.

For more information, contact me at kkoll@nracentre.com or 715-243-0843.

One pound of FAT equals 3500 CALORIES.

To lose one pound of FAT, your body needs

to use 3500 more CALORIES than it

consumes.

To simplfy, break it down to 500 CALORIES

per day.

To further break it down, eat 250 less CALORIES per day

and burn 250 more CALORIES per day.

5 Big Hair Audacious Goal To become the healthiest community in America

Centre Staff Spotlight

Mike HambleBY COLLEEN DAVIS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

“It’s my goal to remember as many member’s names as possible. This separates us, it personalizes the experience, and gives members a sense of belonging.” If you haven’t met Mike yet, he hopes you’ll introduce yourself and give him a shot at getting to know you better. You’ll find Mike in our Fitness Center where he supervises members, gives orientations on equipment, cleans and maintains the area, and brings a general happy and friendly presence. Mike worked in this building when it was the YMCA but is just a very recent Centre employee. He enjoys helping people get in and stay in shape so he is studying to obtain his personal training certification from ACSM. Right now he is studying and working through his textbooks. By this summer he is planning to be prepared to take the test to become certified. Mike wants to eventually work with young adults and teens with head injuries. But to get a better understanding of why, let’s go back to 2004. When Mike was just 19 years old, he was involved in an accident that sent him falling over a weight bench. A metal rod entered his brain under his right eye socket. He spend 11 days in a coma and 17 days in the hospital. He had some of the best neurosurgeons working with him, and to this day, much of what he can do and has overcome is a bit of a mystery. He suffers from daily headaches (which only running has helped relieve) and occasional seizures. All this has given him an appreciation for life that he believes he might not otherwise have. Bringing this story back to today, after he obtains his certification he plans to use his training and experience to start a group that will help kids rehabilitate as quickly as possible after a head injury. He sees a need and identifies with that particular age group because he was just a teenager when his life changed. In the meantime, Mike sees the Centre as a place he can make a difference and the Centre making a difference in others lives. “The members and staff are a big team here. The Centre is about being bigger than us.” He mentioned birthday parties, playing basketball with friends, and being a place kids can go after school to stay out of trouble as all being part of the experience here. Mike shared with me that there is a quote by Francis of Assisi he applies to all he does. “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” I think he’s got it right.

For someone new to this area or visiting, what would you recommend they see, do, or visit?

Park Art Fair -Melinda

Mary Park, there’s trails, it’s safe for kids, and great fishing -Ciara

Willow River -Julie

Interstate Park in St Croix Falls and then get a malt across the river in Taylors Falls -Dennis

Apple River -Vern

Cedar Lake Speedway -Jim

members thoughts5or 6!

6 Core Value Health We focus on healthy life choices and support people in reaching their potential.

Living Healthy

Time to Kick the Sugar Habit BY MARY JO BRUNNER, MS RD CD

FAMILY FRESH MARKET DIETITIAN

Sugars, either naturally occurring or added, are found in many foods. We find naturally occurring sugars in fruits, vegetables, and milk. Added sugars are abundant in sodas, energy drinks and sports drinks, cookies, cakes, ice cream, and candy. We even find added sugars in some of our “every day” foods including canned

soups and deli meats.

Sugar provides “empty calories.” These are calories that have little to no fiber, vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that our bodies need. Too much added sugar can crowd healthier foods from a person’s diet.

Our bodies need a specific amount of nutrients – carbohydrates, protein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and water – in a given day. An ideal way to get in these nutrients is to eat a variety of foods – whole grains, lean meats, nuts, seeds, eggs, fruits, vegetables, milk, yogurt, and some cheese. When chosen wisely, these foods have little to no added sugars and provide many nutritional benefits. There is little wiggle room in the diet to include foods with empty calories,

The easiest way to eliminate or decrease added sugars in your diet is to focus on eating a diet balanced in whole grains, lean meats, nuts, seeds, eggs, fruits, vegetables, milk, yogurt, and some cheese. To keep the added sugars little to none in these foods, be an ingredient detective. Flip over the package and find the ingredients (usually right below the nutrition facts label). As you read through the ingredients look for the following names. They all indicate added sugars.

Unfortunately, the amount of added sugar is not obvious on the nutrition facts label. The sugars indicated on the label include both added sugars and sugars that are naturally in a food. Therefore we need to read the ingredients to try to help us determine if the sugars listed on the nutrition facts label are mostly added, naturally occurring or a combination of both. There are plans for the proposed future nutrition facts label to list added sugars.

Several studies regarding the consumption of eating sugars have been done. Eating too much sugar can lead to major health problems. Sugar can increase your risk of dying from heart disease, contribute to fat in your liver, and may make your skin age faster. It can also rot your teeth and damage blood vessels.

Are you eating too much sugar or want to learn more about kicking your sugar habit? Contact Mary Jo Brunner at Family Fresh Market, mary.brunner@spartannash.com

agave nectar, beet sugar, brown sugar, cane juice crystals, corn syrup, corn sweetener, dextrose, evaporated cane juice, fructose, fruit juice concentrate, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, honey,

invert sugar, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, raw sugar, sugar (sucrose), sorghum syrup, turbinado sugar, brown rice syrup, dried

cane syrup, glucose syrup solids, oat syrup, brown sugar syrup, tapioca syrup, tapioca syrup solids, cane sugar, barley malt syrup,

high maltose corn syrup, and lactose

7 Core Value Sustainability As a non-profit, we are committed to developing a sustainable resource engine to power our future.

Centre Member Spotlight

Irwin FamilyBY COLLEEN DAVIS, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

At the age of 4, Ben (and his family) visits the Centre on a fairly regular basis as a member of Miss Katie and Miss Erica’s Preschool classroom. It’s clear from his enthusiasm that he loves being part of that class. I asked him what else he likes to do at the Centre and without a doubt, splashing in the pool and using the turtle slide are running a close second favorite for Ben. When we talked about what other fun things he likes to do, he started listing equipment in his sandbox that he uses to dig, including an excavator and bulldozer. He impressed me as knowing his heavy equipment!

Julie and the kids first started coming to the Centre when she joined the New Richmond Area Mom’s Group over 2 years ago. She credits the group with helping her get to know the community, from where the best fish fry is to what eye doctor to visit, and meeting other moms with kids at home. Julie shared that she loves being part of a group that gives to and serves the community they exist within. Once she became a member of New Richmond Area Mom’s Group, becoming a Centre member wasn’t too far behind. Julie found that classes like BodyPump™ and Group Cycle are some of her favorites.

Chris works in Fridley at Medtronic. With a background in Math, Science, and Biostatistic, he designs, develops, and analyzes clinical trials.

As a family, they consider themselves outdoor people. Between them, they enjoy a spectrum of activities from running, hiking, playing in the yard, hunting, fishing, to a little camping (which they plan to do more of this coming summer).

Busy, active, and engaged in life are the best words I could come up with after talking with the Irwin family. There is a sense of energy and happiness about them that came through in their interests and what they shared with me. I dare you not to walk away with a smile on your face if you get the chance to meet this family.

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No One Leaves The Same