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the HERALD Wednesday November 13 Community Page Allergy aware program sparks interest Local restaurants and eateries have shown interest in joining a new allergy aware program star ted by the Canadian Restaurant and Association Gove owner of he Cop per Kettle Restaurant located on Main Street in Georgetown said although she had not yet heard of the new program she was definitely interested in joining Ms Gove said the Copper Kettle already takes some precautions in food preparation and customer ser vice We cook our own food so we can often suggest other dishes We get quite a few people in who suffer from food allergies and since we know what goes into each dish we can offer them alternatives said Ms Gove She also said approximately two years ago her restaurant was chosen by the Heart and Stroke foundation to be the top restaurant in Halton Hills to offer choices of dietic dressings butter or margarine etc Restaurant located on Guelph Street in Georgetown is also interested in implementing the program Terry Moore assistant manager of Belamy s said he has en countered many customers with specific food allergies but had not heard about the new program from A We do have some information on food allergies but we got that from one of our customers said Mr Moore He said a customer with an allergic reaction to milk came in to eat and was the one who gave him the information C A started the allergy aware program after testing the Local illustrator awards finalist A children s book illustrated by Georgetown artist Joanne Fit zgerald has made the short list of one of Canada s most prestigious literary awards is one of five language finalists in the Children Literature Illustration category for the Governor Generals Literary Awards the Canada Council announced this week She received the nomina for her illustrations in Doctor Kiss Says a children s book written by Teddy Jam The judges who determined the final for the award praised Fitzgerald unusual illustration of the story s heroine Kiss Fitzgerald s witty dream like pictures perfectly capture the heroine of Teddy Jam s story they said There is enchantment in this book The book tells the story of a lit tie girl s fantasy of nursing a young white knight to health The names of the winners for each category will be revealed Dec 3 at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto The prizes will be presented by Gov Gen Ray Five finalists were named in each category in both English and French including fiction poetry drama non fiction children s literature and tion A total of works were nominated for the awards con major honors in di an literature concept of allergy information in We wanted to let the restaurants know they have a role to play We provide education to the restauran ts about the seventy of food allergies said Robin Garrett director of information and resear ch A announced the launch of an expansion program Nov through a press release press release stated the program was set up because with many independent restaurants control of ingredients and recipes and knowledge of food technology were not consistent It also stated restaurants par in the program would need to display an allergy aware on store windows and put up in store posters explaining to customers the different aspects of the program In order to qualify for the program restaurants would have to provide either ingredient in formation of three of their own meals three of their prepackaged meals or food allergy and sen sitivity charts Ms Garrett said A list of restaurants deals mainly with Toronto restaurants But she said many restaurant chains involved such as McDonalds and The Keg have locations across the country The press release also stated restaurants must designate and train one manager and one senior staff member for each of the restaurant shifts Information on allergic reactions and the portance of ingredient information to both cook and allergy sufferers are stressed C R A provides education in formation and representation to restaurants quick service businesses hotels caterers in stitutions educators and food service suppliers in Canada Talent Show splender Centennial Middle School student Kate was definitely on her toes during her dance performance at the school s annual Talent Show The show Included a wide variety of entertainment in eluding artists sirigers Herald Photo URNSTURE 3 PIECE TABLE SET CURIOS WALL UNIT HALTON HILLS FURNITURE AND APPLIANCES 17 Mill St East ACTON 15198534299 OH TOE WtD MO