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One Spirit Holistic Fair Enters 8th Year

The One Spirit Festival will once again be held at the Clinton Community Center on May 6-7.  The festival is celebrating its 8th year serving the needs of the community by providing a wide range of holistic practitioners, modalities and products that enable attendees to further their knowledge and experience of alternative and complimentary methods for a spectrum of issues in daily life.  Meditation, crystals, massage therapy, vitamins and nutrition, essential oils and Reiki practitioners present alongside American handcrafts such as soap and creams, crystal jewelry, hand painted scarves, herbal wreaths, and handmade clothing.

“We encourage healers to participate as well,” states organizer Christina Lynn Whited.  “We have many types of healers here, from those who deal with emotions to Reiki masters.  There are so many ways to approach the healing process, from energy workers to hands-on healers to massage therapists, and we are delighted that such an expansive group of healers and modalities are represented at One Spirit.”

The One Spirit Festival also offers psychic readings from well known area readers.  Michael Zaikowski, Joannie Eisinger, Ceceila Barndt, and Brenda Ivey will all be returning to offer information and connection through their gifts.

Location:  63 Halstead St, Clinton. Appointments with readers can be booked in advance online at OneSpiritFestival.org or by calling Whited at 908-638-9066. See ad on page 21.

News Briefs
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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