24 Terrace Review — Wednesday, May 7, 1986

Books for
young readers

In January this year ‘‘Owl’’ Magazine celebrated

its tenth anniversary. , a

by Andrea Deakin
Terrace Book Reviewer

“Owl”? and its sister magazine for younger
children, ‘‘Chickadee’’, are published by the Young

Naturalist Foundation, a non-profit organization, .
and are funded through subscriptions, some help

from the Canada Council and, until recently, by a
grant from the Ontario Arts council.

This last funding has been withdrawn from
children’s magazines partly because the council is
concerned about the cultural impact of the three
children's magazines we have left. It seem strange
that they should feel that science magazines, which
have won an award for editorial and artistic ex-
cellence are not adding to the cultural life of Canada.

“Owl? has continuously used the talents of fine
writers and illustrators — people like Farley Mowat
and John Huston, Lazlo Gal an Olena Kassian, The
impact of a steady diet of excellence is difficult to
assess, but it must have had an effect on the children
who read the magazines. ‘“Owl’’ states as its objec-
tive ‘‘to stimulate children to enjoy, respect and con-
serve their natural environment’’ and this they have
done while observing the highest standards of jour-
nalism and design.

Owl/TV was launched in November 1985 and has
won a silver medal in the International Film and TV
Festival of New York Awards and was a finalist in
the Canadian Film and Television Association
Awards. Re-runs of the series began on CBC on Sun-
days on April 27.

The April issue of ‘“‘Owl’’ contained the Grand
Prize winning entry in the magazine’s annual writing
_ contest. It was won by Andrea Park, a 13-year-old

from Richmond, B.C. Amongst the runners-up was
Tiffany Wainwright of Prince George.

“Owl” and “Chickadee”? should be available at
your local news rack. Both are published 10 times a
year and can be obtained for $15 a year from “‘Owl”
and ‘‘Chickadee’’ Magazines, 59 Front Street East,
Toronto, Ontario MSE 1B3. ‘‘Hibou’’ and
*‘Coulicou’’, the French editions, are available for
the same price from Les Editions Heritage Inc., 300,
Avenue Arran, Saint-Lambert, Quebec_J4R 1KS.

I mentioned three magazines. The third has been
called by Michele Landsberg, the “uniquely Cana-
dian alternative’’ to teen magazines from abroad.
“Jam’’, Just About Me, contains a lively informative
combination of articles on school, science and the
arts, popular music, agony column and short stories.
It is justly proud of its annual writing competition. |

Like the others, ‘‘Jam’’ relies heavily on subscrip-
tions to keep its head above water. Unlike the others
it contains some advertising, but it has had to cut
back from six to five issues a year. It would be a
serious loss for Canadian children if magazines like
these should be lost because of lack of support.

If you are looking for a gift, or stimulating reading
for your own children these three magazines are wor-
thy of your notice, All three have been chosen by the
Children’s Book Centre’s Our Choice Committee. A
subscription to ‘‘Jam’’ costs $10 for the year from
JAM, 56 The Esplanade, Suite 202, Toronto MSE
1A7, or ask at your newstand,

A Wednesday smile

Jane Hacking of Terrace enjoys fishing, sewing and
machine knitting.

OWL, Canada's leading children’s magazine, celebrates it’s
10th birthday. OWL editor, Sylvia Funston (left) and co-
founder and publisher Annabel Slaight (center) admire a
special birthday cake with OWL readers.

Council news

Terrace council has
granted permission to
the Skeena Valley
Farmers Market for use
of the municipal parking
lot next to the library this
summer, Beginning May
3, farmers will sell fresh
produce and other goods
every Saturday from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. until Oc-
tober.

In a letter to Terrace
council the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs has
admitted a computer er-
ror in the calculation of
Terrace’s unconditional
grant from the province.
The amount has now
been increased by ap-
proximately $1,000.

Ald. Bob Jackman
noted that Kitimat,
which has a much
stronger industrial tax
base than Terrace,
received about $120,000
more from the province
than Terrace got, and he
suggested that the B.C.
government should be
lobbied to incorporate
this factor into their
grant calculating for-
mulas. It was decided
that a telegram will be
sent to Municipal Affairs

putting forward the PlO- --Nrarina,

posal,

Municipal planner
Rob Greno informed
Terrace council at the
April 28 meeting that
Terrace will be given two
entries in the 1986 census
results. One will reflect
the number of people liv-
ing within the district
boundaries and the
other, called the Terrace
Conglomeration, will in-
dicate the population in
the service area for a
radius of 50 kilometres
around the district.

A proposal entered
with the Regional
District of Kitimat-
Stikine to raise taxes in
order to upgrade
Kitimat's MK Bay
Marina would cost the
District of Terrace over
$30,000. This calcula-
tion, submitted to Ter-
race council by the
Finance Committee at
the April 28 meeting,
caused council members
to decide that discussion
with Kitimat council will
be necessary in order to
review the municipality’s
role in the regional
district marina function.
Approximately 30 Ter-
race boat owners are full
time users of the MK Bay

‘chers,

Books for adults |

Everyone is becoming more aware of new ways of
eating — cuting fat, increasing fibre, lowering the
amount of sugar and salt in recipes. The benefits
from a change in diet include, amongst others, a
decreased chance of heart disease or some kinds of
cancer,

by Andrea Deakin
Terrace Reviewer

Anne Lindsay has put together a collection of
recipes called “Smart Cooking”’ (Gage:$14,95)
which are published in cooperation with the Cana-
dian Cancer Society, Lindsay’s introduction 1s a sen-
sible practical approach to changing eating habits,
pointing out simply and clearly how to cut fat and
calories in straight-forward substitutions without
making drastic changes in eating patterns, changes so
drastic that it makes the conversion to a healthier
style of eating very difficult.

The recipes cover a wide range of dishes, from ap-
petizers to desserts, each clearly set out and accom-
panied by nutrition information — fat content,
calories, fiber, calcium etc. There are some
disconcerting appendices listing the fat and calorie
content of some common favorite foods. Who would
have thought side bacon to have so much fat in it?
Alas!

Michael E. DeBakey has performed a similar ser-
vice for the heart. Dr. DeBakey is a heart surgeon
with a professional concern for the way diet affects
his patients. ‘‘The Living Heart Diet”, for a long
time on the New York Times bestseller list, has just
been issued in paperback. (General Publishing:
$14.95),

The author begins with a detailed description of
atherosclerosis, the risk factors and the place of diet
in handling the disease. He continues by describing
ways of adjusting the diet, and explains the balance
necessary in determining the fat, protein and fibre
contents of a meal.

This is the most thoroughly argued and described
analysis I have come across, not something to be ab-
sorbed at a casual reading, but rather studied at
length. There is a wide selection of recipes consider-
ing not only the basic sound heart diet, but also the
problems of diabetics, low sodium recipes for
Hyperlipoproteinemia and very low fat recipes. Dr.
DeBakey also goes into the problem of weight loss
and control in detail.

Lastly there are two cookbooks from Weight Wat-
“Weight Watchers Fast and Fabulous
Cookbook” (New American Library: $10.50) is a
paperback edition of the 1983 publication. The wide
range of recipes are accompanied by instructions on
increasing the basic two serving recipe for 3,4 and 6
servings — a handy addition, each recipe is marked
for length of preparation and inexpensive recipes are
clearly indicated.

“Weight Watchers New International Cookbook”’
(New American Library: $24.95) presents 300 recipes
from 40 countries, all of them adapted to the low
calorie kitchen. Each recipe includes counts for
calories, protein, fats, sodium and cholesterol per
serving.

The recipes certainly appear very tempting — and
anything but diet fare! Many of the adjustments are
made through low-calorie margarines, skimmed milk
and other basic cuts. Once again the book is clearly
set out and each recipe indicates the time necessary
for preparation and cooking.

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