Assiniboia Times - August 26, 2016

Many healthy lunch options for back-to-school

Fossil dig held during Badlands Blast

Fossil Fever took place in the East Block of the Grasslands National Park August 11-15. This event allowed a dozen visitors to join paleontologists from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum on a dig for fossil. Here, a large turtle clavicle from an as-yet unknown species is being readied for transport. The Grasslands is one of the richest fossil areas in Canada. About 14 different species of turtles have been discovered here. Photo by Grasslands National Park — Information supplied by S. Falconer, Southline

Mini reunion held in Mankota

Submitted by S.Falconer, Southline

The White boys, formerly of Mankota, held a mini reunion. Paul of Lethbridge, Syd of Sylvan Lake and Earl of Oakbank arrived on their motorcycles on August 3. Allan Barker, nephew, also came from Swift Current on his motorcyle. They were joined by Richard of Calgary and they all enjoyed supper with niece Judy and Herman Schiml.

The group did some touring including the former Roy and Elizabeth White farm where they were all raised. They spent the night with the Schmil family. The next day, Jim arrived from Medicine Hat with son Darrell and Val. The family hosted a coffee party at the Grasslands Inn in Mankota on August 4, where they visited with family, as well as former friends and neighbours.

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Janice and John Mindiuk and family of Melfort visited with her family Ruth, Brian and Garth Taylor in July.

Kelly and Lynn Howe spent the first week of July camping at Pike Lake. They were joined by Ryan and Emily Howe and boys and Stewart and Cecily Howe and family of Saskatoon.

Mike and Annette Zak spent a weekend at Waskesiu in Prince Albert National Park with Dale and April Zak of Saskatoon.

Mike and Annette Zak and son Dale and April of Saskatoon visited Yellowstone Park last weekend. They enjoyed the mountains and waterfalls and went as far south as Jackson Hole.

Elizabeth Jenkins and son Joshua of Toronto spent several days at the ranch with Tom and Franki Jenkins and Pete and Jill Jenkins and boys.

Glenda Polley of Wood Mountain spent a couple of weeks in Calgary visiting with her daughters, Anna and Rebecca and Jake. She also took the opportunity to visit several friends.

Rod and Marge Clark and daughters Lianna and Larryssa were in Las Vegas for several days. Lorelai, Rylee and Sydney spent their time in Saskatoon

with family.

Tom and Franki Jenkins were in Maple Creek on August 4 to attend the funeral service for her late cousin Shirley Merle Osborne. Franki delivered the eulogy. They spent the night with Shirley Merle’s daughter and son-in-law and returned the following day.

Kelly and Lynn Howe with sons Ryan, Emily and boys and Stewart, Cecily and family spent the August long weekend at Palliser National Park. They reported that the families enjoyed their time visiting, but that the mosquitoes were terrible.

Boyd and Heather Federink of Saskatoon visited with her mother Dorothy Gavelin and David and Kim Gavelin and family on the weekend.

Charlene Orr and Betty Roy were in Kincaid recently to visit with Connie Walton of Brandon. Connie was in Kincaid to visit her son Richard.

Doug and Rhonda Falconer and family of Yorkton visited with Gordon, Sonia and Alex Falconer during the last part of July. They were heading to the Cypress Hills and the Reesor Ranch for several days.

Weekend visitors with Clem and Donna Boisvert were his brother Gilles and Pauline Boisvert of Saskatoon and cousins Michel and Lise Boisvert from Quebec. Michel and Lise were on their way west to see the mountains.

Bob and Vi Jacobs of

Winnipeg visited with Bill and Audrey Wilson and family at the end of July.

Vi was in Bill’s class at Luther College many years ago. Bob also attended Luther and was from north of Gravelbourg then.

Family omitted from the previous report in the August 12 issue about the Wilson weekend included Stuart’s wife Theresa of Melville, David’s son Ryan of Saskatoon, Keane of northern Saskatchewan, Kale, Brandy and family of Weyburn and Kendal and friend Kaylee Lam of Saskatoon.

Bill’s cousins who attended were the Ghent family — Dr. Cameron Ghent of London, Ila of Toronto, Eleanor Hill of Revelstoke, Martha of Elmira, Ont.; and Bruce and Paula of Belleville. Audrey’s cousins included Emerson and Ron Lethbridge of Limerick, Kay and Doug Mitchell of Melaval, Melva and Leroy Layman of Woodrow, Arlene Woodard of Saskatoon, Ed and Hazel Loewen of Regina and Walter and Irene Johnson of Coronach.

Travis and Francine Leduc and family of Lethbridge visited with Wilfred and Beatrice Leduc and family recently. They attended a reunion of the Kachiuks, Francine’s family, on the long weekend. The young people spent a week on the farm with the Leduc grandparents and cousins after the reunion.

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With summer quickly winding down and school just around the corner, parents are not just buying notebooks and new shoes, as many parents also have to start planning school lunches and snacks.

Most parents understand that children’s meals need to be healthy, but food choices get weighed against convenience, costs and the children’s preferences. School lunches and snacks need to be easily portable; they need to be appealing to developing young taste-buds; and they need to comply with school restrictions on items like peanuts due to allergies.

Lunches need to be fast. Once fall activities get underway, parents don’t have a lot of time to spend preparing, and children often eat on the run.

It’s easy to fall into bad habits, relying on convenient highly processed and sugary foods. These offer little nutrition for growing minds and bodies.

The Five Hills Health Region offers some valuable resources on their website, located at www.fhhr.ca, listed under their Healthy Lifestyles section.

According to the Health Ministry’s Public Health nutritionists, it is recommended that a school lunch have one food from each of the four food groups from the Canada Food Guide — vegetables and fruits, grains, dairy products and meat and alternatives.

They also encourage parents to involve their children in selecting lunch items to ensure that lunches get eaten and not swapped or thrown out.

Some suggestions for lunch-packable

grains and meat combinations include a traditional sandwich but using a whole grain bun, bagel, or English muffin paired with either canned fish, turkey slices, ham or chicken. A variation on the sandwich are a roast beef roll-up. These are made by laying sliced roast beef, mozzarella cheese and lettuce on a soft tortilla, then rolling them. They can be sliced in half or smaller pieces too.

Hummus with pita triangles offer a lighter fare and make a good mid-day snack. So do hard-boiled eggs with homemade muffins fortified with whole grains and fruits. Parents might set aside a portion of a supper meal like black beans and rice, chili or a pasta salad to pack in a lunch container.

Dairy products are important for growing children who need the calcium. Dairy products also help curb hunger pangs.

Small boxes of milk, cubes of cheese, yogurt cups and cottage cheese make excellent mid-morning snacks. Dairy alternatives like soy and rice milk can be substituted.

Vegetables and fruit options are plentiful at this time of the year. Pair raw vegetables like carrot, cucumber or zucchini sticks and red pepper slices with a yogurt or hummus dip. Bananas make the perfect food for children on the go because they come in their own packaging, they are inexpensive, full of vitamins and satisfy cravings for sweets. Grapes, orange wedges, apple and melon cubes, plums and pears also make affordable lunch options at this time of the year.

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