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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-11, Page 130., vro,axr...,,. a . PO)lic Library Montreal street ,3 0004 G aderi..ch,. 6ax' ca THURSDAY, APR1LL 1 1 , 1974.SECOND•SE:C1'ION til .IyL. Orr t. Part of the 'nutrition workshop program concentrated on, cop - sumer dec,lSions. Teachers wereissuedlabels and told to decide which product they would buy on the. basiS of a ca i n P k g' 3 Nutrition often is revealed by ingredients listed by ,, manufacturers on their product containers. Three Goderich public school teachers, Donalda MacDdnald of Victoria School, left, Sandy Braid, and Janice Bonthron, both of Rober- tson Memorial School, examine tuna pan labels.'(staff photo) Better eating habits the goal tri Shari Wong smiled as she;ex- plained what she was doing at St. James school, Seafnrth, on a • . rainy evening. Thunder rum- -bled. Lightning illuminated the windovNs •at the front' of the gymnasium. Separated and - public school teachers .drifted. "into the room, • • Shari -was conducting a nutrition workshop, April 3, ,sponsored • by the Huron -Perth - Separate School Board, Teacher; from both the separate school board and the, .., public. school system were in vited. Thirty-seven came for the second night Of the seminar. • A. nutrition consultant wi:@•h, the Ontario Milk„ Marketing Board; Shari began w.orkshops along with three other nutritionists in January, '1.972. • Since initiation in. January, 1972,• OMMB nutritionists have had workshops for. about 6,000 elementary teachers across`' the provance.7 Their target -is :3,000 per year. The workshop has two parts, •one for teachers of classes:frorr kindergarten to Grade 3 and the other for Grades 4 to 6. The • April 3 workshop was for the latter group of teacher~. Six were :from, Goderich, three separate school and •three public school teachers.' • The OMMB initiated the 4 t! Teachers were not the'only ones ,who attended the workshop. v Mary -Ellen Cunningham,, Helen West, Shari Wong, the Four Huron 'County public nurses also"came. Shari Wong ex- nutritionist,Sister Marlon:SI. olumban School, and Mrs. G.K. plains a nutrition chart to them. They are June Martene, left', Thind, nursing supervisor, (staff photo) �' or program becauseit felt the province lacked nutrition education. A 1979 §urvev of Toronto grade ;-_ .classes •revealed" that 75 p,er cent of teachers thought putrition was important,. but thbv didn't know how to teach it. Although the milk marketing hoard sponsors workshops, `em- phasis is placed on four major ." food groups, not just milk., .If workshops Inst centered on milk, doors "Would he closed, Shari explained. When milk is*•.stacked up. against other fonds it looks pretty good nutritionally, she added. "Wriat we want to do is effect a orange in eating habits," • Shari said, noting the purpose• of the workshops,. As there, are only four people working out. of Toronto, the -OMMB workshops ,cannot •reach,all classrooms in Ontario; directdy. , Indi'rectly, teachers can learn methods of teaching nutrition. Thev can take ideas back to students. OMMB studies i show • that about -70 per cent of teachers apply in classrooms what they learned at workshops.— . The result? Changes in eating habits, including greater • consumption of milk. It is, a J .• - long range program aimed 'at - the milk drinking , increase. More ,important,...it is aimed at making 'people h,ealt,hier through proper, eating. harts. Most of the teachers had arrived. They sat attables-,set--- in rows in.. front oaf • a�movi-e screen. Lights were turned off. A projector was -start. The teachers viewed 'a film made •bv the California Dairy.' Council. Y The film showed four basic food groups, milk, meat, fruits' and vegetables, and bread .and 4 ,cereals. The film makers didv an ex- cellent job. Thev expla;..ned the Ar ..need •for proper riutr;' ion with balance_among- t,h "four food groups. It. starred a :voung`•hoy. Narration was simple. A 'film suited for viewing by elemen, tare students, -- After the film, Shari sfarted rhe workshop in 'earnest. She spoke of 'food selection, !processing, labelling, : adver- "„t.ising. She had teachers look at their own eating. habits. Shari was the 'teacher. The teachers were students. Shari explained that she was showing teachers how' classes about nutrition could he• con- , „ ducted, She, asked , questions, getting, teachers involved in discussion. Teachers worked ,in small • slutritiorl depends, obviously, on what people eat. Teachers at- tending the worksTlop were asked to list their regular eating habit,. Late Shari Wong, who Conducted the program, asked teachers to list foods they Could do Without. Thee teachers from Goderich's St. Mary's School, Sigler Gloria Jean, left, Mrs. John Doherty and Sister Maureen Sharon, fill out forms 'indicating their daily diets. (staff photo) ,o J �l s A n groups, analysing labels, . making consumer decisions. At the end of the workshop, a - teacher from each school represented picked up a box crammed with teaching aids. Included were eitperiments ,students ,could 'do to diticover for themselves 4nOur.ishment contained in certain foods. Tea(iie.rti .were not the only persons. attending . the workshop. Four Huron -County public nurses attended. Mrs. G. l{. Thind, supervisor of girunty public health nursing explained why they were there. . The nurses intend' to take in - 'formation from thy, workshop 10 teachers who -could not at-'' tend. • , . Mrs. Thind described the ''OMMB program as "a very good workshop.' N;')t •on Iv good ideas on nutrition but good resources on where to find nutrition information were presented. That included a ccon- citie list' of audiotvisua,l teaching aids. The workshop ended' about 10:00 p.m. Most comments from teachers ..held nothing hitt praise :for Shari and her workshop. el Photo story bg 'Ri1iDi.ffli.c.k • Shari Wong, a .nutritionist with. the Ontario Milk Marketing • .Board, plays teacher to 39 elementary school teachers at a nutrition workshop in $eaforth, April 3:(staff photo) ts.'xac=ttc._ t{—'x c tt tax T—x etc= n, 4 ,..: . _.,..... Two rcdhea and Karen form iiewskating partnership Rusty Ormandv has a new skating partner: Pain of Mr. and 'Mrs. Trey. Ormandv, well know,n in the ,Goderich and surrounding d:9 districts, Rusty skated many years with the Goderich Figure Skating Club. I p as Bruce'Brad ✓;.*instr,uc- %or, who rst introduced ,-Rusty • to dancing s o skates, In .197'2 Rustyd his part- • net, Pam Graven plac first in the Sta'mfotd Internat` al Competitions and in early received a silver medal in the same competitions. Decembher (4'7:3 with part- ne'r• Shirley Mi•Fadden they plated second in tj-te Sectional Competitions hold in Windsor. in January- of 1974 they placed a close fourth in 4he Canadian- Central' Division BY MARTHA RATHBURN Championships held in Chatham. The Western Ontario Section then invited Rusty to accom- pany the team to Moncton, New Brunswick to attend the Canadian Championship Com- petitions. Here he attended all practice sessions . and ' corn- ' petitions for the eight days where he observed and listened to Novice, 'Junior and Senior. Competitors and learned what is expected . of competitors at this level♦. n after thi:s. his riartner Shirley, `• cided to discontinue the competi ,s School rn the toe year course and one of their cheer leaders. . Karen is prest•titly working on her fifth figures and has completed her Silver Free Skating She is also an accomplished ,ballet dancer with ten years of instruction and 'an accom- plished gvmnist having won the right last summer to compete ih the All -Ontario finals,, in 'gvm- nast 1('s. A skating pupil of Dave ,Mathieson of Chatham she is now changing to Donald Cum- ming of St. 'rhonias who is also Rusty's professional teacher. His new skatirik, .)artner, is Rusty and Karen are present - Karen Oshprne of tliam tiv attending ,Spring Skating, Figure Skating Club. She is 5 *Sc•hcml in Ilder'ton. In May they years old, a grade 10 student at will bt3 attending skating school John McGregor Secondary 1n q don. In June they expect , to skate In Chatham, later going on to Si. Thomas, for two months where thev will take ins struction, six dans a' week from Mr. trimming. In August the Stamford In- ternational Competitions will ire held -Tt Niagara Falls.' Neil. Carpenter of Hamilton will 'be bringing his Canadian and World Competitors to this session. Rusty and Karen are wonting veru hard preparing their first competition together: A veru attractive young couple - Karen with beautiful long hair the same color as Rushes - is very petite,and feminine in contrast with his tall masculine appearance Gr►deHeh extends• their best wishes to this voung couple.