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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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Young chefs Nick Beatty, left, and Nick Skabeikis, both 10, add kiwi to a smoothie while learning to create nutritious food during a week-long camp at the Windsor Park Pavilion in Oak Bay.
Summer camp creates cooks Brittany Lee News staff
Twenty young chefs stormed the Windsor Park Pavilion last Wednesday morning, concocting fruit smoothies to re-energize after playing outside. The Thrifty Foods Young Chef Camp, teaching children aged 9 to 12 simple recipes to get them interested in healthy food, ran at Oak Bay rec last week. “The goal of the program is to teach
(children) about healthy eating and instill in kids at a young age about cooking and being creative, and creating tasty recipes,” said Jessalyn O’Donnell, a dietician with Thrifty Foods. The week-long program, which travels to different rec centres in Greater Victoria throughout the summer and during parts of the year, allows kids to develop hands-on skills in the kitchen. Campers also tour the grocery store, where they learn how to read food labels
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and are introduced to different food items. Although the recipes are easy, it’s still fun, according to an Oak Bay camper. “I find it really fun that we get to pick our ingredients and then we get to taste them,” nine-year-old Mark Pugliese said. “I would really consider going to this camp again.” For more information, see Young Chef Camp under the News and Events section of thriftyfoods.com. reporter@vicnews.com
Plans to expand Henderson recreation centre are moving forward, with hopes for construction to begin this fall. Initial designs for the building were revealed to Oak Bay officials, including Mayor Nils Jensen, parks and rec commission liaison Coun. Tara Ney, parks and rec staff, and Oak Bay-Gordon Head MLA Ida Chong, last Wednesday (Aug. 15) at the rec centre. The proposed designs will give the centre a new look, according to Karen Fedoruk, intern architect with Victoria-based CEI Architecture, the same company working with the municipality on the Oak Bay High school replacement project. “(We’re) trying to make it fit in with the existing structure, but give the recreation centre a little bit of a new life and new identity,” Fedoruk, who is also project lead, said. The 830 square-foot expansion will see improvements to the reception area, as well as an additional 530 square-feet in the fitness studio. It will provide plenty of natural light and improve comfort for both patrons and staff, Fedoruk said. The expanded gym will include a designated stretching area and more space for fitness programs. Wood beams and columns will support the structure while also showing off the architecture of the building. Windows in the gym will also be replaced with insulated, weather-tight panes to improve energy efficiency, said Gary Smith, architect with CEI Architecture. “That’ll help update the building as they make improvements down the road, so that’ll help tie in what we’re doing now,” he said. PLEASE SEE: Interim leadership possible, Page A4
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