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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 30 Jul 1994, p. 15

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The Clarington Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, July 30,1994 15 Upcoming Inventory Will Get Your Protein Inspire Communities to Appreciate Their Trees Global ReLeaf, Active Living - Go for Green! and the University of Toronto's Urban Forest Centre announce announce Count your Trees In!, a project project which will enable community groups nationwide to survey the number number and condition of trees in their the launch contact Global ReLeaf at (613) 230-3352. People can benefit from healthy trees. The average life of a city tree is now estimated at eight years. If cared for, trees will survive longer, clean our air, moderate temperatures, and Got your protein?. If you were asked which choices are the healthier meals - a salad with ham and cheese or a green salad? Pasta with meat sauce or tomato sauce? Chances are you would choose the green salad and the pasta with tomato sauce. Too many people today are confused confused about what constitutes a healthy diet and opt for the meatless choice thinking they should reduce or even eliminate protein-rich foods from their diet. Yet protein is essential to good zymes and hormones that regulate body functions. While many Canadians eat more protein than the minimum recommended, recommended, studies show it's not harmful harmful to healthy individuals. "A healthy pattern of eating must include enough protein-rich food," says MacDonald, "and meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese and yogurt deliver high quality quality protein. Other good sources of protein include nuts, seeds, legumes such as dried peas, beans and lentils." In addition to containing protein, milk products and meat are the most nutrient-dense foods. College Building Closed for Construction neighbourhoods. provide shade, beauty and a sense of health, notes Helen Bishop MacDon- As taxpayers, citizens are part well-being. Trees can increase the aid, director Nutrition Communica- owners of a city's urban forest. Count property value of a city residence by tions, the Dairy Farmers of Canada, your Trees In!, will invoke an interest seven to 20 per cent, and three trees p builds, maintains and repairs body in Canadian citizens that will trigger planted strategically around the home tissue, makes hemoglobin which car- a long-term commitment to the main- can reduce air-conditioning up to 50 r j[ es oxygen to the cells and forms an- per cent, and heating costs up to 30 tibodies that help fight infection and percent. disease. Protein also produces en- tenance and preservation of our community community forests. July 29 and August 5,1994 Durham College, Oshawa Campus, Campus, Main Building only, will be closed from 12:00 noon until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, August 5,1994. As a result of construction work related to the new Student Centre, the water to the Main Building must be shut down on both occasions. Community groups in the city of Ottawa will pilot the tree inventory kit in September 1994. The project will then be launched in 12 communities communities across Canada in May 1995. Each community will collect information information on the species, size, and condition of the trees and shrubs in its area. In each case, an estimate will be made of the number of potential planting spots which do not currently have a tree. All the data from the participating participating communities will be incorporated incorporated to provide a national summary. summary. By encouraging communities to evaluate the status of their trees through a tree inventory, citizens can be physically active while learning a valuable lesson about the important link between a healthy lifestyle and a healthy environment. "This is a great opportunity for Canadians," says Global ReLeaf Program Program Coordinator Ellen Hagerman. "the results will help to evaluate the status of the community forests, but more importantly, will educate and inspire communities to become stewards stewards of the trees in their neighbourhood." neighbourhood." Community groups participating in the launch will receive the survey, and all the necessary information and support to complete it. For more information information on becoming involved in FBDB Reports Succesful Year FBDB continued to be an important important source of reasonably priced management management counselling and training for entrepreneurs across Canada during the 1994 fiscal year. "Demand for the Bank's Counselling Counselling Assistance to Small Enterprises (CASE) program as well as its management management training seminars and workshops workshops continued to reflect business owners' awareness that strong management management skills are a prerequisite for success in today's intensely competitive competitive economy," says Beaudoin. More than 5,200 CASE assignments assignments were completed by FBDB's team of experienced CASE counsellors. counsellors. These counsellors provide entrepreneurs entrepreneurs with expertise in a variety of business areas including marketing, marketing, human-resource management, information information systems, purchasing, production production and quality management. The Bank's Management Services Division also formed an alliance with the Toronto Dominion Bank which will refer its customers to FBDB's CASE program for business management management assistance. This alliance underscores underscores the Bank's practice of fostering fostering partnerships in both the private and public sector. An emphasis on developing programs programs tailored to meet specific customers' customers' needs resulted in a successful year for FBDB's business training and mentoring programs. More than 46,000 Canadians participated in full- day and half-day seminars and workshops workshops on a variety of business topics. Another 55,000 participated in mentoring mentoring programs for groups of businesses. businesses. Once such jirogram, the Community Community Business Initiative, gathers 25 to 30 non-competing businesses for one year for workshops and individual individual counselling on business topics collectively collectively chosen by the participants. For safety reasons, the entire Main Building must be shut down at this time and everyone will be required to leave the building. The primary concern concern in water shut down is fire. All scheduled Continuous Learning Learning classes, seminars and workshops will resume as usual on Saturday, August 6th, 1994. 4T A Part Of It! The Canadian Statesman, your community newspaper, will be publishing a special Commemorative Edition on Wednesday, October 5th. This unique newspaper will be honouring the 200th Anniversary of the founding of our community in 1794. This issue will be full of special stories, interesting articles, historical features and never-before-published photos gleaned from area collectors and archives, which tell the story of our community's very interesting history. If you would like your company or business to be included in this edition, please call Display Advertising at The Canadian Statesman at 623-3303. 62 King St. W. 623-3303 Clarington's Newspaper Since 1854 Bowmanville

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