& 3d ~% g a) -) insidehalton.com nadian Champion | Thursday, Fé, suary 8, 2018 | NEWS Town of Milton to host wide variety of Family Day activities Looking to get active on Family Day? 1f-so, 'the Town of Milton has more than enough activities available. Local facilities will play host to humerous free events on Monday, Feb. 19. This includes RBC- sponsored public skates at 9, 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 1 and 1:30 p.m. at Milton Sports Centre (MSC). Family swims are set for 9 a.m. a Milton Leisure Centre (MLC) and 10 a.m. at MSC, while family dod- geball will be held at 11:30 a.m. at MLC and 2 p.m. at MSC. sZumba, soccer, floor hockey, pickleball, basketball and volleyball are also part of the Family Day lineup of activities. If you're not necessari- ly looking to work up a sweat, an 'Olympic craft workshop and slime mak- ing workshop are set for 10 a.m. at MSC. The walking/ running tracks at MSC and the Mattamy National Cycling Centre are free on Family Day. Pre-registration is available and encouraged for Stick 'N Puck and Shin- ny programs, while regu- lar admission applies for activities not specified free on the town website. Visit www.milton.ca/en/ play/familyday.asp. SUDOKU Here's How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the 'numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric CAR EEE 2s]. Level: Intermediate clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle! Halton Food for Thought to celebrate annual Feeduary campaign Time to fill some young bellies. Nearly two dozen schools across the region will be taking part in Hal- ton Food for Thotught's third annual Feeduary campaign. From February 20 to 22, politicians, dignitaries and community partners. are invited to visit a school in Milton, Burlington, Oak- ville or Halton Hills and serve up a healthy meal to "students. The ¢ampaign also serves to raise awareness about Halton Food for Thought's student nutri- tion programs. Feeduary's school visits will include hosting new breakfast carts at Oak- ville's Heritage Glen Public School: and = McKenzie- Smith Bennett Public Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you'll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Ino oor afwl-lof+]o wla]v]ololofr|o]-] o|-olr [ol rfajo]o] ~jofolo] = [o]w]o]ai~ o|~afw]-lo) ~|o[ofo|<[af-|o]o [c]=[elw]a]x ays Mills Photo Rose Audruchiw enjoys her pancake breakfast during last y Year s Halton Food for Thought Feeduary campaign. Public on Halton Food for Thought, visit haltonfood- forthought.com. and Oakwood School in Oakville. For more information School in Acton, as well as new salad bars at Burling- ton's Sacred Heart of Jesus towne FAMILY COSMETIC (MPLANTS ORAL SURGERY Dr. Mark Cross, Dr. Tony Wan MON - THU SAM - BPM FRI - SAT h OrMakCoss 905-876-1188 B.Sc, D.D.S. www.towne com SAM ~ IPM Tongue Talk We never really think about our tongues, but they are incredibly important. They allow us to talk, swallow and taste food. A healthy tongue is pink and covered with thousands . of bumps called papillae. But sometimes that changes, and these changes can be annoying or painful and can also be a clue as to problems occuring in the rest of the body as well. For example, those papillae on the surface of the tongue may become really black and hairy, a condition unsurprisingly called Black Hairy Tongue. The long papillae harbour bacteria which are black. Smoking, drinking coffee and dark tea may also contribute to the darkening. People who are diabetics, on antibiotics and chemotherapy are mére likely to develop it. Although it isn't pleasant to look at, it isn't harmful and using a tongue scraper will help ,a lot. A red tongue with a high fever could be a sign of Scarlet fever, in which case you should contact your doctor immediately. Vitamin B12 deficiencies (which vegetarians are prone to) and iron deficiencies may turn your tongue red and cause you to lose papillae which makes your tongue look smooth. Burning tongue syndrome is seven times more common in wosrien, especially post-menopausal women. It can be extremely painful and accompanied by mouth dryness and J taste changes. There are many more syndromes associated with the tongue, but as you can see, the tongue is very important and €an provide clues as to overall health problems. °