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Hunterdon Holistic Fair Features Holistic Animal Wellness Workshop

The 13th Annual Hunterdon Holistic Fair returns Saturday, October 29 at the Flemington Elks Club from 10 AM to 4 PM. This year’s fair will feature new workshops in addition to the popular psychic readings and vendors. Sue Ann Seccia-Harnden, owner of Fifth Dimension Healing Energy LLC, and Virangini Cindy Rounsaville, owner of North Eastern Health Institute, will present a 1-hour workshop on holistic approaches for healing animals.

Sue Ann and Cindy will share their approaches and experiences from years of working with animals using natural healing techniques such as Reiki, Homeopathy, Flower Essences, EFT and more. Each regularly works with animals as well as people in their respective private practices, and both volunteer their professional services at the Woodlands Wildlife Refuge in Hunterdon County.

Stop by their booth at the fair and meet them as well as Epona Pet Care “Bed & Biscuit” owner Christina Russoniello, where their monthly Animal Wellness Day program is held. The Holistic Animal Wellness workshop is free, but registration is requested, as seating is limited.

Location: Flemington Elks Club, 165 Route 31, Flemington. For more information, visit FifthDimensionHealingEnergy.net, or call Sue Ann at 908-730-0658 or Cindy at 908-996-6761.

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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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