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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-11-09, Page 88 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, November 9, 2016 Brennan Hogan Goderich Harbouraires perform as part of a special Remembrance Day dramatic presentation of The Padre's War Diary. Brian Dalton reads from his book The Padre's War Diary during a visual and musical presentation and recounting of his late uncle Rev. Major Michael Dalton's wartime diary The Kingsbridge Centre celebrates Remembrance Day with "The Padre's War Diary and His Music" presentation Sheila Pritchard Rev. Major Michael Dalton, until his death. 200 illustrations. Contributor Canada's most decorated The inspiring part of Rev. The dramatic Remem- Roman Catholic chaplain. Major Dalton's story, written brance Day presentation fea- The Kingsbridge Centre Born in Goderich, Rev. from the battlefields, as tured musical selections by audience was captivated by Major Dalton was ordained in recounted by his nephew, is local male choir, the Goder- epic and inspiring wartime 1932 and then joined the of the humanity and spiritu- ich Harbouraires, and an story on Saturday night. Essex Scottish Regiment in ality that he found in the introductory performance Recounted and brought to Windsor in 1939. During the midst of such tragic and grim by the Port Albert Pipe Band. life through a musical and war, Dalton served on the wartime experiences. Padre's War Diary is avail - visual presentation, The front lines in the bloody It truly is a story of cour- able for purchase in the Padre's War Diary was led by march across Europe, earning age, loss, and hope. Owen Sound area at the Billy the moving readings of the prestigious Order of the Brian Dalton, an artist and Bishop Museum, Grey Roots author Brian Dalton. British Empire, presented to retired teacher currently Museum and Archives, and Dalton's self -published him by King George VI. residing in Owen Sound, Heartwood. book is a compilation of After the war, he contin- spent four and a half years It is also available at writings and illustrations ued to serve his church and collecting, editing and illus- Goderich bookstores, as well based on the Second World community in Southwestern tratingthe diary, resulting in as Condor Fine Books in War diary of his late uncle, Ontario with distinction more than 300 entries and Kincardine. Grey Bruce Health Unit says food insecurity still a significant problem Rob Gowan This year the costing was Owen Sound Sun Times done in May and it includes 67 set items, that include The Grey Bruce Health plain, raw ingredients Unit is again raising the including fresh produce, alarm that low-income fami- meats and other goods. lies in the area do not have "It is nothing you would enough money to cover their buy already prepared, pack - costs of living, including aged and flavoured up," said food. Forsyth. "It is the bare bones The health unit released of basic healthy eating." its Nutritious Food Basket Forsyth said the cost for results for 2016, on Oct. 28, the basket compared to 2016 which show that the last year is up about one basic cost of food for a family per cent. While it rose of four in Grey -Bruce is just about 10 per cent between over $200 per week, or just 2014 and 2015, the health under $870 a month. unit doesn't like to com- If the family is on Ontario pare years because they Works, they would have just don't always use the same over $450 for all other stores. expenses after paying for "We all know the cost of food and rent. food is going up, that is not a "Food is a basic human mystery," said Forsyth. "But right and the government the point we want to make should be supporting access using these numbers is put - for all," said Kathryn Forsyth, ting them back in the sce- public health dietitian with narios that are sent to us the Grey Bruce Health Unit. from the Food Security "Clearly with some of our Working Group from the systems that is not sup- province and see what is left ported and it is time to really after we feed in the average pay attention to that and food and rent costs for our stop this two-tiered food sys- region." tem that we really have going While the family on on." Ontario Works would have The Nutritious Food Bas- some money left for other ket is a costing survey done expenses such as utilities, by health units every year. travel and household items, a single person receiving Ontario Works in Grey - Bruce would not. With an average monthly rent of $573, and the monthly cost for healthy food of $292, the single person would already be over budget by close to $100, or 13 per cent. "You can see there are some choices that are going to have to be made there, and not very good ones," said Forsyth. Food insecurity can lead to serious public health problems such as higher rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and poor oral health in adults, and mental health problems, Forsyth said. "It is a public health issue because we are all about prevention," said Forsyth. The health unit and its board of health is asking the government to adopt an income response, which it feels is the only effective response to food insecurity. What many social and economic experts are recommend- ing is a basic income guar- antee. The Ontario gov- ernment is currently exploring a basic income guarantee pilot program. "It is either you pay now or pay later, do you want to give people health and dignity or do you want to wait until they are ill and try and fix them then," said Forsyth. "That doesn't seem like a very up front and forward thinking solution." The basic income guaran- tee would target working - age adults much the way old age security or the guaran- teed income supplement are provided to older adults. The health unit's statistics show that a single person receiv- ing old age security and the guaranteed income supple- ment would still have almost $640 — 40 per cent of their monthly income — left after paying for food and rent. "They have shown through research that food insecurity decreases 50 per cent once you hit age 65 and get those supplements, versus the 60 to 64 category that aren't getting them," said Forsyth. "That is a huge improvement in food inse- curity rates. "If we could do that for our working younger people, much more productive par- ticipation in society and dig- nity for them." Fatal collision claims life of Waterloo woman east of Bluevale The Huron County OPP is investigating a fatal collision that occurred on Sunday Nov 6, 2016 shortly before 5 p.m. Investigation revealed that a Honda Fit travelling west bound on Amberley Road East of Bluevale, left the road- way, entered a ditch, and struck the attached garage of a residence located on the south side of the road. The female driver, the lone occupant of the motor vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. She has been identified as 67 -year-old Eugenia Koszycki of Waterloo. No injuries were sustained to anyone at the residence. OPP West Region Techni- cal Traffic Collision Investi- gators (TTCI) were deployed to the scene and assisted with the investigation. Anyone who may have observed the vehicle involved in the collision, just prior to the collision, to contact police at 1-888-310-1122. Health Unit survey shows rec space users want healthy choices Rob Gowan Owen Sound Sun Times The results of a recent Grey Bruce Health Unit sur- vey show that there is an appetite for healthier food options in area recreation spaces. The Recreation Spaces Food and Drink Survey results released Nov. 3, 2016 show 88 per cent of the more than 700 residents who responded to the survey want healthy food and drink options. "We were pretty pleased to see almost 90 per cent of respondents wanting to see some more healthier choices in our rec spaces," Health Promoter Jason Weppler said. "It is a promising first step and hopefully we will see it as a little bit of ammu- nition to take to municipal staffs and councils to make some changes." The health unit has been putting an emphasis on the importance of offering healthy food options at rec facilities in recent years. A study conducted last year by the health unit showed that there were healthy options at most recreational facilities that offered food, but the majority of options remained unhealthy ones. "I think there is certainly more awareness," Weppler said. "I would say we are trending in the right direc- tion, but I would still say there is lots of room for improvement." Most of the respondents to the food and drink survey, which was conducted in June, were the parents or guardians of the children who visited the recreation spaces. The majority of those who responded to the survey also indicated they would buy more or the same amount of food and drink if there were health options. A total of 56 per cent said they would buy more and 29 per cent said they would buy the same. Only three per cent said they would buy less, while 13 per cent did not know. Also, 69 per cent of respondents said they would support candy machines being removed from recrea- tion spaces. Weppler said the study is not about removing the unhealthy choices, but rather adding additional healthy options. The top healthy food items respondents would consider buying if available were fresh fruit smoothies, veggies and dip, homemade soup and biscuit, fruit, hummus and crackers, chili, pulled pork on a bun, and frozen yogurt popsicles. Many of the respondents already indicated they bring food from home to the facili- ties, with the most common being fruit, granola bars, veggies, sandwiches, protein and energy bars, and other homemade snacks. "We certainly did hear one of the reasons people weren't buying from these concession stands and vend- ing machines in these facili- ties was that they couldn't get healthy choices there," said Weppler. "Many were bringing their own food from home and they did indicate in the survey they would be much more likely to spend money on site at these spots:'