102 Marlboro Avenue

Easton, MD 21601

410-690-3838

www.hearthstonehealthandfitness.com

memberservices@hearthstonehealthandfitness.com

Dave Tuthill, Owner
About:

Hearthstone Health and Fitness, Inc. is a full service fitness, nutrition and wellness center. We are 100% committed to working with you to develop a comprehensive plan to support the achievement of your individual health and wellness goals. We offer an environment where knowledge is openly shared and you sense and experience a community of challenge and support.

We are customer-centric, which means we put your health and fitness pieces together in a way that delivers results. Our degreed, accredited and certified fitness coaches utilize proven concepts that are grounded in science and leading edge techniques to develop a results-driven strategy for you that goes beyond simple workout schedules and diets. Our approach is tailored to your individual goals.

We are also committed to our business model, the industry and our community.

Hearthstone Health and Fitness creates a comprehensive approach to focus on fitness, nutrition, motivation, and accountability that will encourage and challenge you to work toward your goals. The staff of fitness trainers, nutrition coaches, and life coaches provide the knowledge and guidance you need to help you look better, feel better, gain more energy, improve your health, perform better in our favorite sport, and breeze through your daily activities.

• We offer memberships at every level to suit the needs of those who want to workout on their own to those who want the advice and guidance of expert coaches.
• We offer state-of-the-art fitness equipment including KORR™, CYBEX®, TRX®, Lonsdale®, Hammer Strength®, Life Fitness, Power Plate pro6™ Vibration Platform, and more.
• We offer nutritional counseling for those wanting to lose weight, learn “clean” eating techniques, or build muscle.
• We offer tasty, healthy snacks and meals-to-go to make it easy for you to have a smart food choice at your fingertips.
• We offer concierge services to help you manage your hectic lifestyle and deal with the barriers to your fitness and wellness routine.

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Audra Cherbonnier

Family Navigator/Family Support Partner Talbot County

Social Marketing Rural Cares

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What a great “Erase Name Calling” Poetry Contest!  Pre-K through First Grade wrote class poems, while second through eighth grades wrote individual poems. The theme ideas varied but focused on friendship, hope, cooperation, problem solving, and teamwork.  We had all types of poetry including acrostic, haiku, cinquain, rap, and just rhyming fun. Our rubric included use of an appropriate poetic form, vocabulary usage, correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, illustration, and overall effort. All poetry has been displayed on our hallway bulletin boards or doors with one blue ribbon winning individual poem chosen from each class.

The class poem titles:

Pre-K: “Getting Along” and “Let’s Be a Friend”,

Kindergarten: “Cooperation, Working Together” and “The Nice Names of K-2”,

First Grade: “Friendship”.

The blue ribbon winners:

Second Grade: Rachel Andrew “Friendship”, Preston Evans “Hopeful”,

Third Grade: Abigail Silva “Friendship means to me…honesty,” Cole Mister “Friendship”

Fourth Grade: Samuel Carter “Hopeful”, Madison Rudder “Faithfulness”

Fifth Grade: Sophia Marciniak “When Someone is Nice…”, Madison Masterson “You Were Always There…”

Sixth Grade: Emily Zwobot “Never Be a Bully to Others”, Kelsey Foster “Why Name Calling is Wrong”

Seventh Grade: Jack Singelstad “No Name-Calling Rap”, Annie Ray “Erase Name Calling”

Eighth Grade: Savannah Masterson “No Name Calling”, and Katherine McGeehan “Name Calling.”

Name Calling Rap

by Jonathan Singlestad

So you want to go diss on someone that you don’t like?

Well I’m telling you it hurts them and it’s not right.

Put yourself in their shoes and understand their plight.

It’s circling around and around their head every day and night.

You’re ruining their lives stop making up excuses.

For all the pain you’re causing, those marks and bruises.

It’s really a shame that you’re playing this cruel game.

The pain you’re inflicting when you’re shouting out mean names.

Think about your actions before you give their feelings another shove.

Stop spreading rumors start spreading the message of love.

Friendship means to me:

by Abigial Silva

Hours of laughter!

Old or new, a friend is true!

Never alone when you have a friend.

Encourages me to be my best.

Sticks around in good times and in bad.

Tells the truth.

You’ve got a friend in me!”

Never be a Bully to Others

by  Emily Zwobot

Never bully.

Act kind and not mean.

Many people should not judge but love.

Even if someone bullies you do not bully.

Caring is better than name calling.

Always appreciate others.

Live without being a name caller.

Like others and you will not be bullied.

I will not bully others.

Never say mean names.

God would not want bullying to be.

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The Unique Needs of Biracial and Multiethnic Youth

Tuesday, May 15

8:45 AM – 4:00 PM

The Presbyterian Church of Easton

617 N. Washington St.

Easton, MD 21601

Increasingly, families in our region are blended across races and ethnicities. Whether within a biological family, a foster family, or an adoptive family, both parent and family caregivers as well as youth are recognizing the need to communicate respectfully and effectively with one another about cross-cultural issues of importance to them. What celebrations marking transitions in a young person’s life are important to celebrate? Are there issues of personal hygiene and appearance, such as hairstyle and clothing, that need to be honestly discussed, understood, and respected? Where can we turn on the Eastern Shore to help us answer our cultural questions as they arise?

Join Ivonn Ellis-Wiggan, JD, Psy. D, from the National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health and the Technical Assistance Partnership for Child and Family Mental Health, as she leads a local panel of parents, foster parents, and youth from across our Eastern Shore region in a discussion of the unique needs of biracial and multiethnic youth and those who care for them. As a biracial individual, Dr. Ellis-Wiggan, shares the lived experience with other biracial and multiethnic individuals, of the questions and discomfort, that their racial ambiguity can cause in others. Dr. Ellis-Wiggan has facilitated Cultural and Linguistic Competency trainings at the community level when she served as the Clinical Director with the Burlington, New Jersey System of Care and at the national level.

Addressing questions that have arisen locally, the panel will discuss their experiences – their concerns as well as successes – in both growing up in biracial or multiethnic families as well as supporting youth in those families today. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions on the registration form and submit additional questions in confidence throughout the day.

Building on the morning’s panel discussion, afternoon workgroups will be formed around four resource questions (see #3 Learning Objective below). It is hoped that this forum will serve as a foundation to building ongoing conversations and resources to support biracial and multiethnic families on the Shore.

Participants in this forum can expect to:
Increase confidence in approaching cross-cultural issues respectfully and effectively
Improve communication skills in addressing issues of importance in cross-racial and cross-ethnic conversations.
Learn effective approaches to building better relationships between biological and foster families in cross-cultural settings
Participate in building a sense of community among attendees around cross-cultural concerns to reduce the feelings of isolation among families and youth facing these issues.
Contribute to and learn from discussion around building resources in the region to support cross-cultural understanding. Participants will work in one of four resource development areas:
Building the foundation for a cross-cultural exchange where families with questions about other ethnicities can find both open and knowledgeable people as well as written resources to answer their questions
Bringing together “tips for success” from discussion about what participants have found helpful in addressing racial and ethnic questions
Constructing a “cultural checklist” that would help guide parents and family caregivers, foster parents, professionals, and others in discussing issues of importance pertaining to race, ethnicity and culture
Constructing a “cultural checklist” that would help guide youth in discussing issues of importance pertaining to race, ethnicity and culture.

Several “seats” at this training will be set aside for foster parents and a group of youth under age 24. On the registration page, you will be asked to indicate whether you are a foster parent, youth, or other community member. Please answer by choosing the group with which you most highly identify yourself. You will then be automatically registered to fill these reserved “seats” on a first-come, first-served basis. ONLY Certificates of Attendance will be offered for this training.

One hour will be provided for lunch “on your own.”

Questions? – please call Becky at Rural CARES office, 410-763-6645 or email Marcia Soulé at msoule@ssw.umaryland.edu

REGISTER TODAY by clicking on this link: http://reg.abcsignup.com/reg/event_page.aspx?ek=0046-0006-8C14B2510BF94AB6BB6C2857783954AC

This training is sponsored by Rural CARES*, a regional System of Care Collaborative, and The Institute for Innovation and Implementation, University of Maryland, School of Social Work, and supported by The Mental Health Association in Talbot County.

*Rural CARES is funded under federal grant #SM059052 issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services).

Rebecca C. Lepter

Program Coordinator, Rural CARES

The Institute for Innovation and Implementation

University of Maryland – School of Social Work

29516 Canvasback Drive, Suite 200

Easton, MD 21601

Phone: 410.763.6645

Fax: 443.926.0509

rlepter@ssw.umaryland.edu

Their names are Amelia Beatrice, Daphne and Tabitha. They were brought to Talbot Humane with their brothers and mother because the owner developed rabbit allergies. They are all very affectionate and are only 5 months old. The adoption fee is $65- the cost of having themspayed or neutered. Bunnies can live to be 12 years old when properly cared for and we encourage them as house rabbits. They can be litter trained and thrive with a varied diet which should include fresh veggies on a regular basis. They should be handled and receive out of cage exercise daily. Bunnies make wonderful family pets.

Their photos are on the website, here are the links to their names: Amelia , Tabitha, Beatrix, Daphne

While at Crackerjacks be sure to check out some of our great Easter Goodies such as …..

Hoppy Days Easter Fluffer Bunnies have fairly long fur, floppy ears, and the cutest little tail. Choose from White, Gray, or Brown.The bunny nibbles on its carrot as it is pushed along

K2/Spice is a psychoactive herbal and chemical product that when consumed, mimics the effects of cannabis. Although often labeled as incense (and often labeled “not intended for human consumption”), those who sell and purchase these products are well-aware that they are intended for smoking, and ingestion, to produce a “high.” Parents need to be aware, that while K2/Spice is not illegal, it is a dangerous drug.

As states fight to ban synthetic marijuana, including efforts by our own delegates in Annapolis, users report having serious repercussions from ingesting the substance. Dangers include irregular heartbeat, seizures, increased blood pressure, loss of consciousness, vomiting, hallucinations, agitation, and dangerous behavior. K2/Spice has been linked to numerous deaths.

We ask Talbot County residents, especially parents, to be aware. If you enter a business that openly sells drug paraphernalia for use with these and other illegal drugs, be vocal. Let the business owner know you will no longer frequent their establishment as long as they continue to sell these products and that we do not appreciate their efforts of promoting products that are poisoning our community.

Gary Pearce

Talbot Partnership for Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention

Lauren Mangold
Second Star Photography
www.secondstarphotography.com
lmangold@goeaston.net
410-924-8842

Saints Peter and Paul Middle School invites you to visit “A Whole New World” in their production of “Disney’s Aladdin, Jr.” Come fly a magic carpet, find the mystical Genie of the lamp, and enjoy an enchanting Arabian night. This magical journey comes to life Friday and Saturday, March 2nd and 3rd at 7:00 PM with a special Sunday March 4th matinee at 2:00 PM. Adults:$7 Students: $5. 900 High Street, Easton, MD. Tickets are available at the door or in advance at the school office (410-822-2251).