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See "Edward Douglass White: Louisiana's U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice" -- a Louisiana State Museum traveling exhibit that explores the lives of White and his father, Congressman Edward Douglass White through Sept. 9 during library hours at Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Ave., Metairie. Food and arts camp The Ogden Museum of Southern Art's free food and arts camp for children entering the second, third or fourth grades in Orleans Parish public schools begins today. Participants will learn about good nutrition and how New Orleans' heritage is expressed through food and cooking. They will prepare their lunch each day and, on Fridays, they will use the fun, fanciful napkins, menus and ornaments they have made throughout the week to decorate their lunch tables.
ELL students finish program
DALLASTOWN SCHOOLS — The Dallastown Area School District recently finished its summer program for English Language Learner students and their parents. Instructional Program Specialist Alma Row said 13 students, from first grade through high school, and two parents participated in the week-long program. The program helps the students and their parents to connect with the community and increase communication skills in English, Row said. The group took a virtual road trip through the United States to have a greater understanding of the country, she said. The trip started in York County and went to Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Francisco, New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Google Earth, literature, games and cooking were incorporated in the activities. "It was tons of fun," Row said.
Food labelling hard to swallow
A plan to put traffic lights on food to let shoppers know if they are making a healthy choice could be in for a bumpy ride. Parliament's health committee says New Zealanders are eating too much, not working it off and creating an obesity and diabetes epidemic. One in five New Zealanders are obese and 200,000 have diabetes. And with each new case, the health system is feeling the strain, so the select committee is suggesting the colour coding as another way to keep obesity in check. Maori, Pacific Islanders and children are most at risk and politicians want people to drop the unhealthy food and head for the bag of fruit. If you don't know your healthy from your fatty they want to introduce a traffic light system - with a red light denoting bad food and green light good.
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