The Review, Thursday, January 3, 2013 — Page 9
community / sports
“Healthy communities” initiative pitched to RDOS board By Steve Arstad news@keremeosreview.com Interior Health Community strengthen action to support Health Facilitator Betty Brown healthy communities. “The RDOS has no articulated spoke to regional district directors about IH’s healthy communities mandate to address healthy livinitiatives at the December 20 ing,” she said, asking the board if they would consider creating a regional district board meeting. Brown presented some sober- healthy living strategic plan. The board’s response was ing facts to the board regarding the social determinants of health, mostly positive. West Bench speaking at length about “health Director Michael Brydon asked inequities” and the impacts of what specific projects would local poverty on attempts to live a government be expected to be involved in, to which Brown replied healthy lifestyle. Her presentation described that the goal would be to influence “health equity,” describing how policy through actions over time. poverty in the region created The commitment would not cost such situations for low income the regional district anything financially. earners as: Area “B” Director Allan Pat- having access to a swim pass, but no money for the bus, babysit- ton questioned the amount of responsibility the initiative was ting, or a bathing suit. - not being able to afford prop- putting on individual responsibiler shoes to walk 30 minutes a day. ity for health, citing broken fami- not having the time or energy lies and poor individual shopping for exercise after working two habits as part of the problem. “Why aren’t families feeding jobs. Surprisingly, the regional dis- kids good food? It’s not more extrict leads the Interior Health’s 31 pensive if you take advantage of health areas, (five of which are in local sources like the fruit co-op,” the RDOS) or has high incidence he suggested. “Why aren’t these people dorates of such illnesses as diabetes, depression / anxiety and asthma, ing that?” The board agreed to look at Brown said. Besides low income, isolation the matter at a meeting early in was another factor that contrib- 2013. uted to poor health. Not having anyone to talk to about important matters increases the risk of nearly every cause of death, a problem that was seen as a structural Monday P.M. Alley Oops malfunction of our Ladies society rather than an Irma Desjardins 197 individual one. Helen Witter 185 Brown was adBundie Page 183 dressing the board in Claire Carleton 183 order to garner supMen port for the healthy Wayne Ritchie 256 - 608 communities initiaHarold Desjardins 236 - 602 tive, asking the board Roy Stewart 229 for non financial Jack Popovich 212 endorsement of the Wednesday A.M. Goldenagers program’s objectives. Ladies While acknowlMadeleine Pruden 221 edging the regional Irma Desjardins 217 district’s current Lynda Jensen 239 work in promotMen ing healthy living Harold Desjardins 205, 229 - 604 through its commitClyde Morris 201 ment to trails and reThursday A.M. G.A. Swingers gional parks, Brown Ladies asked the board to Joycce Fauteux 196 consider broadenMen ing their mandate Andy Kittleson 232, 208 - 635 to promote healthy Ron Blackmore 231 communities through *Ed Wilson 261, 234 - 651 a partnership with John Thornton 219 Interior Health to * Bowler of the week c o l l ab o r a t e a n d
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The South Okanagan Similkameen Bantam rec and Peewee rep teams played a fast paced hockey game, Friday Dec 28 at the Similkameen Rec center. The standing room only crowd was treated to a very entertaining game which saw the score flip flop back and forth to a 11 – 9 final. For most of the players, it was the first time they have ever played in the great outdoors, and are talking about a rematch for next year. Four local boys, Kiefer Bosscha and Brodie Porter, in white jerseys, Alex Helm and Jayden Minshull in black.
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