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Eat well, |
Live well

_ by Sonya Kupka

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_ Do you get confused by magazines and television ads telling —

you what is:good to eat? With all the conflicting information
- around-many people give up and eat whatever they like,

Don’t give up! March is Nutrition Month and in the following
weeks, local Registered Dietitians and Nutritionists will help you
make simple nutritious changes in your food style.

The following. is the first of five articles celebrating Nutrition
Month. Read on, and bon appetite!

Nutrition Month is a good time to renew your motivation to

eat well. Eating well means more than controlling how much you

weigh. Good nutrition means you have more energy to do the
things you love, and preventing or delaying the onset of disease.

@ eating a variety of foods
@ eating less fat and fatty foods

' Healthy habits you should aim towards are:

@ eating lots of complex carbohydrates, with an emphasis on

high fibre foods

@ achieving and maintaining a healthy weight through regular

exercise and healthy eating.

_ The latest nutrition recommendations still suggest using
Canada’s Food Guide to help you achieve these healthy eating

habits.

_ Many people lose track of how easy good eating can be. Wor- ~

rying about pesticides and cholesterol can make many people lose
sight of the more important is issue of obtaining variety and

balance in their meals.

Canada’s Food Guide allows for easy meal planning. By choos-
ing foods: from at least three of the four food groups at each
meal, Canadians can be sure they’l! be getting the key nutrients

they need, every day.

The four food groups are breads and cereals, fruits and
vegetables, milk and milk products, and meat and alternates such

_as dried beans and peas. Each group contributes important
‘nutrients for a balanced diet.

Variety is the spice of life, and it’s also the best way to get all
the nutrition you need. Rather than falling back on your old -
favorites day after day, try different foods on a regular basis.
Different foods contain different amounts and types of key

. nutrients. Relying. on a small selection of foods can limit your

ability to get all the nutrients you need.
For information on how to make healthy choices in the grocery

. store, join your local Dietitian/Nutritionist on a Shopsmart Tour.

Register now at your local Overwaitea store.

Watch for next week’s Nutrition Month article on lowering the .

fat.in your diet.

Food tours for free

Local members of the B.C.
Dietitians and Nutritionists

Association are celebrating
Nutrition Month by helping.
others learn how to shop smazt. -

‘Good nutrition starts at the
grocers, The tour points out
which foods should be on the

‘ smart shopper's list. ‘‘It’s fine to

tell people to eat healthy, but if
they don’t know what foods to
buy, there’s not much point,’’
says Registered: Dietician. Julie
Ip from. Kitimat General
Hospital and Skeena Health
Unit Nuttidonist Sonya Kupka.

‘The purpose of the tour is to

help people shop for better

nutrition as well as increase
nutrition value for their food.
dollar.’?

During each two-hour tour,
dietitians will take people aisle

by aisle through the Canada _

Food Guide Food Groups and

_ answer specific concerns on such
‘dietary matters as_ fibre,

cholesterol, and saturated fat.
The tours are free: >:
' People interested in taking a

Supermarket: Tour can register’ |

at their local: ‘Overwaitea store. '

- Hunters. after wild
~ meat for banquet -

The Terrace Rod and Gun Club
has postponed its annua] banquet

' because they’ve come up short of
meat.

Club representatives said last
week that game cuts promised by.
members have failed to material-
ize, so they’ve rescheduled the
dinner for March 24,

An’ excerpt from the club’s —

ews letier reads: "Remember that.

ihe object is to feed 200 people

so we need quite a bit of meat, —

but we don’t need it all from one
person. There are a lot of hunters

out there and this your chance to _

help the club out. A donation of
a three or four pound roast is

what we want, not the entire

contents of your freezer."

Bill Watson at 635-5054,

Terrace Review — Wednesday, March 7, 1990 BS

 Brummet fires back

A recent news release from
Education Minister Tony Brum-
met expresses his: concern and
disappointment with what he
sees as distortion of facts regar-

‘ding the new funding system for
-_ education in B.C,

by Nancy Orr

‘*The introduction of the new
Block Funding,’’ said Brummet,
“*is.in answer to the British Col-
umbia School Trustee Associa-
tion’s request to fund education
based on actual spending costs
of School Boards in the province
and on the Sullivan Royal Com-
mission’s recommendation for
predictable funding, ’”’

The block funding includes all
the costs for the preceding year,

_ plus an increase,

In addition, costs for. the
Royal Commission ~ program,
computer technology programs,
special education, Pacific Rim
initiatives and, as usual, capital
building costs,-will be added.

“Even the president of the
B.C.S8.T.A. acknowledges that
B.C. has the finest education
system in North America,’’ said
the Minister.

“As for the P.T.R. (Pupil
Teacher Ratio), Ministry figures
show that at 16.51, the ratio is
the lowest in 10 years and con-
siderably less than the 18.3

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reported by B.C.S.T.A.
“‘And to suggest that Govern-
ment is teacher-bashing is very
distressing,’’ said Brummet.
“The Ministry recognizes that
enducators are highly skilled
professionals and their income
reflects this, with the average
compensation in ’89/90 about
$50,000, one of the highest in
Canada.”” .
The Minister cautioned that
costs per pupil should be viewed

with care, as provinces differ in

the methods of calculating and
costs are not good measures of

‘quality.

“Spending more money does
not equate to a better education
for students,’ said Brummet, “I
hope we can focus on more im-
portant issues of learning and

. continue to work together.”

Edna Cooper, chairman of
the School District #88 board of
trustees, agreed that statistics
regarding costs per pupil. are
unreliable, as ‘‘what is included
differs from province to. pro-
vince,”’

“Yes, the B. C.S.T.A. and the
Secretary-Treasure Association
did ask for block funding, based
on actual cost plus increases,”’
she said, ‘‘and for the funding as
to the value of referenda,’’ she
continued, ‘“‘It could introduce
inequalities where one District
passes the referenda and another
doesn’t.

“But these: referenda are not
the. same as in. the States,”’
Cooper ‘said, ‘‘In the U.S.A.,

_the referenda were for basic fun-

ding, ours is only for additional
funds.

“It will be difficult for
bargaining, the funding will be
set before the deadline for wage

settlements and will eliminate .

flexibility for -increases.”’ -
Asked if she’ believed they

could live within the block and

not go to referendum, the chair-
man said it was too early to
predict.

Secretary-treasurer Barry

Piersdorff agreed that it was too.

early to tell if the District could
live within the Block Funds
without referenda.

“The Finance Committee is in
the process of analyzing and
evaluating the figures,’’ he said,
“There are some new inclusions
in the funding, such as Elemen-
tary Counselling and Parent Ad-
visory groups, besides the

customary Native Education,

English as a Second Language,
Handicap Differential, Low In-
cidence/High Cost, Health and

’ others."

The deadline has been extend-
ed to March 30 from March 15,
and the final budget to May 4
from April 15. It seems everyone
is working at full capacity to ac-
commodate the changes re-
quested.

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