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Show Page 12 The Ogden Valley news Volume XIV Issue XVIII July 1, 2007 Need to Reduce Stress In Your Life? Try fishing! What Does a Blue Cello, a Singer Songwriter, trying to pay the family bills, stress can have an irreversible negative effect on health. Chronic and acute stress can cause diffiHealth experts have long been aware culty with concentration and memory. Studies of the negative effects of stress physiologi- show that individuals subjected to stress have cally, socially, and mentally. Stress seems more difficulty with short-term and verbal to be a contributing factor to everything memory, and stress makes it much more from cancer and chronic fatigue syndrome difficult to pay attention to detail, causing to backaches and insomnia. Stress also can careless accidents and problems with work or lower the body’s immune system making it academic demands. much more vulnerable to People have different illnesses. During stressful ways of coping with stress; situations, or over extended they may eat too much or periods of time where we too little. While this is somemay feel stressed, the body times emotionally motivatreacts physically much as in ed, it appears that it may be times of perceived danger a physical response as well. where our primitive fight or Studies show that the stress flight response kicks in that hormone cortisol causes an produces stress hormones. increase in abdominal fat. Over time, stress literally In serious cases, some peobecomes toxic as it slowly ple develop eating disorders begins to drain us physisuch as obesity, or anorexia, cally, emotionally, and psybulimia, and binge eating as chologically. coping mechanisms. According to the U.S. Fat also tends to accumuCenter for Disease Control late when a person is under and Prevention, stress stress. The body stores accounts for two-thirds and uses the fat to comof family doctor visbat and buffer the acids that its and half the deaths to are released when a person Americans under the age of Sidney Reeves at Quail Creek in is under stress, which trig65. The American Medical southern Utah with large mouth bass gers physiological changes. Association claims that (green fish) he caught this spring. Stress tends to shift the 75 percent of all illnesses body’s natural pH levels today can be attributed to stress. Even from a desired neutralized state to higher though studies confirm stress has devastat- acidic levels. ing consequences for your overall heath, So what can you do to alleviate stress Americans often pride themselves on work- in your life? Doctors recommend getting ing longer and harder, staying on top of the plenty of rest, consciously letting go of competition, and working late at the office. tension, exercising, eating right, avoiding One ten year study by Kiecolt-Glaser looked drugs and caffeine, meditating or adopting at the effects of stress on health of medical other relaxation techniques such as fishing students. The researchers found decreased . . . . That’s right—fishing! levels of the body’s natural killer cells, Taking time for relaxing hobbies or which fight infections and tumors, during activities such as fishing is great for reduceven the familiar stress periods of exams. ing stress. Personal Fitness Trainer Sidney Whether you are studying for a test or just FISHING cont. on page 15 Compiled by Shanna Francis Ogden Valley News and Acid Folk Have in Common? Cellist Martha Colby, in conjunction with Lodestar Productions, will be kicking off her tour of the Midwest at the Snowberry Inn on Friday the 13th. She will be joined by Ogden Valley electro-acoustic fiddle player Theresa Ellis and percussionist Joe Clem. The concert will be held rain or shine, and refreshments will be served. Martha Colby is most known for her work as the cellist for such fabulous artists as October Project, Sloan Wainwright, Gregory Douglass, and Pharaoh’s Daughter. She will be visiting Eden following a three week stay at Yellowstone National Park as a guest cellist with the Lake String Quartet. Martha Colby music is what you get from a kid who wanted to be a lead singer and a bass player and wound up playing the cello. She started her studies of classical music as a child, enjoying both the cello and piano, and continued her studies at the renown Berklee College of Music—entering as a pianist, and graduating as a jazz cellist. Martha is a recording artist on the LWR Productions label in New York City. Critics have said of her debut release, “A masterfully engineered accomplishment, composer and cellist Martha Colby’s “Across Two Rivers” is a virtuosic blend of indy, folk, orchestral, (and) rock (Free Range Thought radio). “Cellist and songwriter Martha Colby distends classical riffs into a vessel of global rhythms ranging from sultry jazz to undulating folk-rock. Colby’s vocals are solid, with emphatic pushes offset by placid whispers (Maximum Inc Music Magazine).” Joining spectacular singer/songwriter Martha Colby during the Concert at Snowberry Inn will be local artisans Theresa Ellis, violinist of Eden, and percussionist Joe Clem of Huntsville. Theresa’s company Lodestar Productions will be hosting the Martha Colby Concert together with the Twin Pines Teacher Retreat held on Friday and Saturday, July 13 and 14. Martha will be a guest clinician at the Retreat—a relaxing weekend workshop retreat for string teachers interested in adding alternative music styles of string playing into their curriculum. Joe Clem, who began his studies as a music major, is now a Computer Science graduate of West Virginia University, and also plays drums for the Shades of Grey band. Martha Colby will have performances this summer in Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, and will have available her new CD, “Across Two Rivers”, available for purchase. Join us for an artful evening of songs like “Balloon” and “Twister,” and find out the rest of the story about the song “Would I Scare You” by attending this spectacular concert at the Snowberry Inn on July 13. More information on the Twin Pines Teacher Retreat, as well as the Martha Colby Concert, can be found at www. LodestarProductions.com or by calling 801-745-9490. You can contact Martha Colby at <www. MarthaColby.com> or at her Myspace address <www.myspace.com/marthacolby> FOR ALL YOUR HAULING NEEDS: Gravel, Road Base, Sand, Etc. |
