August 8, 2018
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Tips to Beat the Heat
By Kay Newell “the
Lightbulb Lady”
August is spelled hot. The long, warm days of
summer are great for growing your garden, neces-
sary for grains to ripen and plants to mature. Farm-
ers depend on it. In the city, the same heat bounces
off sidewalks, streets and buildings, trapping heat
close to the ground and slowing the cooling at night.
Our homes collect summer heat through window
glass, open doors, and standard light bulbs.
For both homes lucky enough to have air condi-
tioning and those without, you can do a few things
to stay cooler. Keep blinds and curtains closed all
day. Open the windows at night, 4 inches on the top
and bottom to let cool night air enter and warm hot
air move out. Use a child safety device to prevent
the window opening more than 4 inches.
Other ways to keep cool is to use wet sheets or
towels and hang them to dry cool the air in the area
you are resting. Let your children play in a wet tent.
A pan of cool water is great to soak hot feet and
make your body feel cooler as does a wet cloth
around the neck.
A pan of ice in front of a fan blows cooler air.
You can reduce heat created inside of the home
by doing less cooking. Eat salads, fresh raw fruits
and veggies and foods that do not require heating
up.
Remember to keep all electrical devices off when
you are not using then. Lights should be turned off
unless they are LED. LED lights use about 1/10 the
power of incandescent lamps. They produce very
little heat to create light.
Sunlan Lighting at 3901 N. Mississippi Ave.
has LED bulbs that look like standard A19 or flood
lights which produce a light that is very close to the
familiar incandescent light bulb and has a color ren-
dering of 90 percent natural light.
Find Progressive News at
Moore Street Basketball Camps
At last a basketball camp that is affordable,
fun and exciting with many good opportunities of
making basketball a fun game for all.
With the price of basketball camps skyrocket-
ing, the Moore Street Salvation Army, 5335 N.
Williams Ave., and the community center’s Ath-
letic Director Leveryll Wilson, have come to the
aid of the community by creating summer basket-
ball camps that are affordable for youth ages 6 to
18.
The weekly camps are now running from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and include
breakfast, lunch and snacks. The cost is only $40
per week.
To sign up, email leveryll.wilson@usw.salva-
tionarmy.org or call 503-340-4021.
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