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Sun and Fun at Bridgewater Psychic Fair

“Be The Change” Life Coaching Center of Bedminster and a coalition of alternative health care practitioners, who give their talents, time and money to help non-profit agencies in our county, will be holding its Celebrate Summer Psychic Fair & Food Bank/Pet Food Drive on Sunday, June 7, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m..

The fair is pleased to welcome eight new readers including Native American Spirit Whispers Patricia Rusk and psychic Patti Antares. Types of offerings include readings using angel or tarot cards, crystals, intuition or aura photos; and numerology. Additional offerings include chair massage, Reiki, and Shiatsu intuitive sessions, plus a variety of vendors.

Admission to the fair is a donation of food and non-food items or gift cards, which benefit the Food Bank Network of Somerset County and New Jersey Animeals. “The food bank needs our help to stock the already low shelves. Without our help, children go hungry in the summer because there is no school in session,” states Fair Organizer SuZen Ravenheart. “We also need blankets and toys for cats in addition to food for pets.”

The readings and healing sessions are $35 for 20-minutes with $1 for each additional minute. Feel free to bring paper or digital photos of your loved ones or animals. Please do not bring animals unless they are a service animal not in training.

Location: The Days Inn of Bridgewater, 1260 US Rte 22 East, Bridgewater. For information, visit SuzenPrevents.com.

Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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