10
community
july26
2011
Tooth Talk: For a Healthy Smile, Let’s Chat Awhile!
By Christopher M. Scheuerman, D.M.D
Got Your Dairy Today ?
6:30 AM the alarm rings, time to
wake the family and start the day. 7:15 AM,
the morning has whooshed away – and it’s
too late to make lunch for the kids, today
will be a treat and they can have hot lunch.
But wait, what should they drink – white
milk or chocolate milk?
If you haven’t had a chance to
follow the latest USDA headlines a new icon
has been created to remind consumers to
make healthier food choices, replacing the
previous Food Pyramid--What a great concept! Easily
understood, and the best part--dairy has a place of
honor as a beverage on the plate.
Parents who
drink milk and eat dairy foods show their kids that
it is important. Milk is especially important to build
growing bones of kids and teens. Now that we have
milk back on the table, make sure it’s the right kind of
milk. Milk is often thought of as an important part of a
child’s diet, or more specifically, calcium and vitamin D
are important nutrients that kids need. To make sure that
their kids drink milk, some parents
resort to giving them flavored
milk, including strawberry milk or
chocolate milk.
The case against chocolate and
flavored milks: Chocolate milk
contains almost as much sugar as
soda, leading to 75 extra calories
per serving. Research has linked
obesity to the consumption of soda
and sugar-sweetened beverages.
“In reality, what we’re giving kids
is a Hershey’s (chocolate candy
bar) a day. School should not be
the place where we are promoting sugary beverages at
a young age,” says the Rudd Center for Food Policy
and Obesity at Yale University .
The biggest case against chocolate milk is
that adding any flavoring to milk adds extra sugar and
calories to an otherwise healthy drink. Even the newer
‘no sugar added’ varieties, like the Nesquik Chocolate
No Sugar Added brand, has 3g of extra milk sugar and
an extra 40 calories. And the more traditional varieties
can add up to 24g of sugar and 100 calories per serving,
Vernonia Through the Artists’ Eye
Sponsored by Vernonia Hands-
On Art, the local arts non-profit group,
the Vernonia Through the Artists’ Eye
project is the brainchild of artist Dave
Anderson. This picture is a detail of his
interpretation of the photo from page
68 of the Images of America: Vernonia
book put together by the Pioneer
Museum. Artists were given their
choice of two classic Vernonia scenes
to interpret in their personal styles--one
the railroad station, another on Bridge
Street. Paintings will be raffled off with
half the proceeds going to Hands-On Art
and the other to the artists themselves.
There are four artist involved this
year: Walter Neuman, Sally Harrison,
Diane Coughlin, and Dave Anderson. The
paintings will be available for raffle
at First Friday events starting August
5th, and at Saturday Markets. During
Jamboree the paintings will be at the
Market in the VCLC Courtyard, and
the Pioneer Museum. During special
events they will also be available at the
museum. Drawings for all paintings
will be held at
the end of the
Salmon Fest
in
October.
Artists will be
in attendance
at
different
events
to
discuss their
works. For
more info or
to buy tickets
contact Erika
Paleck at 503-
704-5970 or
epaleck@
gmail.com.
Art by Dave Anderson is part of Vernonia Through the Artists’ Eye project.
which more than doubles the amount of calories that
you would get from just a glass of low-fat milk. And
keep in mind that the no sugar added varieties use
artificial sweeteners.
Although milk is an important drink and an
easy way for your child to get calcium and vitamin D
into his diet, it is usually best to encourage your kids
to drink plain white milk. Adding chocolate flavoring
just gives your child unnecessary sugar and calories.
If your child won’t drink plain white milk, you might
offer alternative sources of calcium before jumping to
flavoring his milk with chocolate or strawberry syrup
or powder, as it is usually difficult to get kids to later
go back to drinking plain milk once they start drinking
flavored milk.
If you are going to give your kids chocolate
flavored milk, you might offer it only as a once in a
while treat and not on a daily basis. What about all
of the extra vitamins and minerals that most chocolate
flavorings now offer? You can get even more vitamins
and minerals with a simple daily multivitamin that your
child takes with her glass of plain white milk. So have
a glass of milk today!
Nodland Crowned
Columbia County Rodeo
Court Queen
On July 16, in front of
The new court will
a packed grandstands, the 2012 begin their reigns on January
Columbia County Fair and 1, 2012 and will have their
Rodeo Court was announced at official coronation ceremonies
the Saturday night rodeo. Emily the beginning of January. They
Nodland, age 17 of St. Helens, won will work on fundraising and
the categories of Horsemanship sponsorship activities throughout
and Appearance and was crowned the upcoming months. For
the 2012 Queen. Princess Makayla sponsorship opportunities or
Bennett, age 15 of Deer Island, other information please contact
won the categories of Speech Chris Cooper at 503-397- 3726 or
and Personality and the Sales cccustomcowgirl@hotmail.com.
award. Winning the Knowledge
category and the Congeniality
and Photogenic
awards
was
Princess Jordyn
Deaville, age 17
of Woodland.
Noelani Acker,
age 16 of St.
Helens,
was
named
First
R u n n e r - U p
and Flag Team
Captain. She
also won the
Herdsmanship
and MRO Spirit Photo courtesy of Creekside Studios. Photo, left to right:
Princess Jordyn Deaville, age 17 of Woodland
awards.
Queen Emily Nodland, age 17 of St. Helens
Princess Makayla Bennett, age 15 of Deer Island
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