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WARMING UP ®The youngathletes who belongto the Win ham Optimist Track and Field Club are train-
ing hard for upcoming indoor meets. The Bantams will compete at the Ontario Indoor Championships this
weekend, while the Mites and Atoms compete later this month. (What's News Photo)
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Canadian Legion Public Speaking
Contest. They will compete in a
district competition in Harriston
next month,
Cecil Grainger has sold his Gorrie-
.area farm to Fred Koster of Embro
who gets possession April 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Belanger
moved into the residence on Leopold
Street recently vacated by Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Salter, Mr° and Mrs.
Salter purchased the house which
was the residence of Miss Charlotte
NUTRITION
MATTERS
by
Lynn Garrison
Nutrition Consultant
Huron County Health Unit
March is Nutrition Month and this
year the theme is "Healthy Weight
in '88".
Most Canadians are obsessed with
their weight. According to the 1985
Health Promotion Survey, almost 50
per cent of Canadians consider
themselves to be overweight. At any
point in time, one out of four adults is
following a weight loss diet. We are a
country preoccupied with thinness.
Obesity is associated with many
health problems such as high blood
pressure, diabetes, heart disease
and certain types of cancer.
However, many Canadians feel
pressured to achieve unrealistically
low weights and often fall prey to
gimmicks, fads and "quack" weight
control clinics. Many women carry
the desire to be slim too far by
jeopardizing their health with quick
weight loss techniques or achieving
a weight which is too low. There are
health problems associated with
being underweight, such as nutrient
deileieilic.ies, lowered resistance to
infection, and cnror, c
North American society places
great emphasis on being thin.
Magazines, television, and movies
make it seem that to be successful,
rich, happy and loved, you have to
be a slender female or muscle-bound
male."the `1' r r. tin ge` bf be4i4 is -
artificial — just as artifipial as in
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McBurney on Frances Street.
MARCH 1974
Approximately 400 area farmers
let Ontario Hydro officials know
they wanted no part of the proposed
Bradley -Georgetown transmission
line which is plannedto cross .their
land. They also informed Hydro
officials they had good reason for not
trusting the negotiating methods
which they claimed Hydro is using in
acquiring a right-of-way for the line.
The meeting, in Howick Central
School, lasted five hours.
previous eras, and just as- tem-
porary. Throughout the ages,
women of different shapes and sizes
have been painted by artists to
represent beauty, as can be seen in
museums or art galleries. Even as
recently as 30 years ago,_ the size of a
woman considered beautiful was
larger than today. Remember
Marilyn Monroe?
At the same time as we are
pressured to be thin, magazines and
television commercials show
slender people eating high calorie,
mouth-watering foods. With so much
food available in Canada and with
improved nutrition, the average
person has become heavier, not
thinner.
The theme of Nutrition Month this
year is "Healthy Weight in ' ". The
challenge this year is to promote a
tolerance for a variety of body
shapes and sizes and to redirect our
focus from weight to healthy eating
habits, and regular activity patterns
— in meneraa, ai�eaa iy iirestyle.
Healthy eating habits start with
following Canada's Food t;►uide and
increasing the amount of fibre. You
can get active by r• ularly par-
ticipating in a variety of activities
such as walking, skating, dancing,
and skiing. Choose to do activities
which you enjoy.
M' d y your lifestyle and have a
healthy NutritionaMonth!
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Smith of
Gorrie have moved to their new
home in Gorrie. Mr. and Mrs. Jan
Launder of Eganville have moved to
the Smith farm.
The students of F. E. Madill
Secondary School were visited by
the provincial Liberal leader,
Robert Nixon. He spoke on taxes and
gave the students a general idea of
where their money is going.
Students had mixed feelings about
his appearance.
Miss Ruth Elliott of Whitechurch
commenced in-service training at
University Hospital, London, where
'she will be for four weeks. She will
then return to college at Huron Park
and write exams.
Five sisters from Belgrave,
Joanne, Karen, Andrea, Janice and
Alison Coultes, were chosen as one
of the acts from the second
preliminary round of the Lions'
Talent Hunt to go on to the Show of
Stars in April. The girls were among
14 acts that vied for that honor.
by Huron MPS'
Jack Riddell,
Agriculture and Food .
Minister
As part of an election promise
made by Premier David Peterson,
Solicitor General Joan Smith has an-
nounced that the RIDE (Reduce Im-
paired Driving Everywhere)
program will go into effect year-
round on Ontario highways begin-
ning this spring.
-The program will help police -more
effectively enforce drinking -and -
driving laws in an effort to win the
war against impaired 'driving in
„Ontario.
All municipalities are entitled to
apply for funding to cover expenses
associated with this program. The
ministry will spend $2 million to
cover costs, including staff over-
time, equipmenturchases and
p the
promotion of enforcement activities.
Mrs. Smith emphasized that in
light of the recent encouraging
statistics and public support for the
program, the expansion of RIDE is
fully justifiable.
Feedback Requested
The Ontario Study of the Rele-
vance -of Education and the Issue of
Dropouts was released last week.
One of eight studies commissioned
by the Ontario Ministry of
Education, the. Radwanski Report,
identifies and recommends ways of
ensuring that Ontario's system of
education is fully relevant to the
future needs of the province's young
people.
The study targeted both elemen-
tary and secondary levels. Key
recommendations in the report call
for a return to basic learning skills,
standardized curricula and grading,
stable classroom settings and
province -wide testing.
Both Mr. Peterson and Education
Minister Chris Ward welcomed the
study and await further comments
from school boards, parent groups,
universities, colleges, and labor and
professional organizations.
According to Mr. Peterson, the
report raises a 'number of in-
teresting analyses as well as
potential solutions to the problems
confronting the education system in
Ontario.
The ministry of edcuation is dis-
.;a
tributing copies of the report. to all
interested groups and asks for
comments to be submitted by June..
20, 1988.
Mr. Peterson noted that the gov-
ernment will act quickly on the
report's findings as soon as it has
consulted with all interested parties.
- LOOKING NORTHWARD
In recognition of the special health
needs of women, an alternative
birthing centre pilot project will be
established at the General Hospital
of Port Arthur in Thunder Bay,
Health Minister Elinor Caplan has
announced.
This centre, featuring additional
prenatal 1
education on
and
continuity tmui
of
care and family involvement -
through all phases of pregnancy,
will offer more homelike sur-
roundings for women with uncom-
plicated pregnancies.
The centre, which will be func-
tional later this spring, is expected
to serve about 150 women during its
firstp
ear of operation.
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SENIOR ACHIEVEMENTS
My colleague, Senior Citizens'
Affairs Minister Mavis Wilson, has
announced the province's intention
to again honor individual seniors
who have made an outstanding
contribution to the citizens of
Ontario during their retirement
years. Ontario Senior Achievement
Awards will be presented as part of
the annual senior Citizens Month
celebrations in June.
Anyone wishing to nominate a
senior for this honor may contact
any of my riding officesfor a
nomination form. Deadline for
nominations is April 15, 1988.
GRANTS TO RIDING
, Tourism and Recreation Minister
Hugh O'Neill has recently an-
nounced a $6,795 grant to the
Wingham' and' District Snowmobile
Association to purchase new groom-
ing equipment.
The Township of Stephen has
recently been advised by the Ontario
Ministry of Energy of a $1,500 grant
for the Dashwood Community
Centre.
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FUTURE OL YMPIANS — These girls, members the Wingham Optimist Track and Field Club, are practi-
ing their high jump *flops. before. upcoming indoor track meets this month. Young athletes shown in the
photograph are Melissa Evers, Sarah Chapman, Mary Lisle and earn Cook. (What',. ,Ne ws pho; o) , ,