Page 8, News, Wednesday, October 26 , 1988 International skating competition soon With Sun Life Skate Canada International fast approaching, most of the International skating federations have responded with the names of the skaters that they are sending to represent their countries. Leading the men's entries will be Canada's Kurt Browning whose dynamic jumping ability is reminiscent of past Canadian Champion Ron Shaver. Browning, 2nd to Brian Orser at Nationals the past two years, is hoping to re- create a moment he made in histo- ry last March. At the World Championships in Budapest he landed figure skating's first ever quadruple jump in a competition. Browning will face stiff com- petition from two men who train in Barrie, Ontario with Doug Leigh, Brian Orser's coach. Canada's small but powerful Matthew Hall exhibits the same fluidity of Orser, though the "packaging" still needs some pol- ish. The other skater from Leigh's camp is Oula Jaaskelainen, repre- senting Finland. Jaaskelainen said he is "looking forward to Skate Canada in Thunder Bay; through these invitational events I get to see Canada." Being the Finnish National Champion Jaaskelainen's looking forward to a chance to bring home a medal for his home- land. Viktor Petrenko of the U.S.S.R. is the top seeded male amateur due to the retirement of Boitano and Orser. With bronze medals from the 1988 Olympics and Worlds Petrenko will certainly be fighting for the position of the podium. To complete the men's entrants, Jim Cygan and Angelo D'Agostino (USA), Daniel Weiss(W. Germany), Frederic Lipka (France), Tatsuya Fujii (Japan) and Mark Bachofen (Switzerland). Due to an injury, on the Canada's original entrants, Shannon Allison, has had to with- draw. Team mate Marie-Claude Tremblay faces a formidable task being the sole Canadian ladies entrant. Tremblay will be up against such seasoned competitors as Jill Trenary (USA) who was 4th in the World Championships (Budapest) and Sth at Olympics. With the retirement of Katarina Witt, Elizabeth Manley and Debi Thomas, Trenary is one of the top 3 ladies for the upcoming compet- itive season. Thunder Bay will be seeing "Canadian content" qwhen viewing Trenary's programs. Her choreographer is none other than past Canadian pair champion Sandra Bezic. Other entries in the women's event are Patricia Neske (W. Germany), Elina Hanninen (Finland), Gina Fulton (Great Britian), Tamara (Hungary), Tracey Damigella (USA) and Natalia Lebedeva Teglassy (USSR). A lite word about proper food terms Have you ever wondered what "calorie-reduced", "low- calorie" and "natural" mean? Does "light in a label always mean the same thing? Consumers have become aware of health, and in response the food industry has developed new products. To protect the consumer, the gov- ernment has written a detailed set of regulations and guide- lines on labelling, advertising, and claims. Calorie-reduced The food, when ready to know how much I can to." 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Fresh Fresh food is considered to be food that is unfrozen or unpreserved by any method and is offered for sale at the earliest possible time e.g. fresh milk as compared to evaporat- ed or dried milk. . Foods are not considered fresh if they have been stored over a long period of time, or have been sold in a frozen or thawed state. Meat, fish or poultry that has been frozen and then thawed for sale must have "previsouly frozen" on the label or on a sign close to where the food is sold. Note that previously frozen meat, fish, or poultry which has been tahwed should not be refrozen unless it is cooked first. Natural This word is hard to define. Foods or ingredients of foods should not be described as natu- ral if their original physical, chemical, or biological state has been significantly changed. This includes such changes as loss of nutrients, loss of dietary fibre and removal of caffeine. A food described as natural should not contain an added food additive, an added vitamin or mineral or an added artificial flavouring agent. Health food Some foods may be nutri- tionally better than others. No one food is perfect. No one food, by itself, will give, restore or ensure health or nutritional well-being. Descriptions such as 'health food' should not be used. If you have any concerns or questions about labelling or advertising of products, contact Consumer and Corporate Affairs, or call the Thunder Bay District Health Unit at 625- 5000. ; :