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Oriental cooking class offered
A one meeting class on
cooking Oriental foods is being
offered through the Warm
Springs Extension Service o a
Saturday, March 20th, 9:30
a.m.-noonr
Ann Bowlsby and Takako
Carlson are coming from
Beaverton especially to teach
the class. Ann and Takako will
demonstrate how to cook rice
correctly, a Filipino chicken
dish, and Japanese style Egg
Foo Young and salmon
coquettes. All participants will
be able to taste the foods
prepared at the end of the class.
Stir fry and fried rice methods
will also be discussed.
Ann and Takako have
designed the class content so
th at dishes prepared use
inexpensive foods available in
Central Oregon. Equipment
used will be simple and found
in most homes. All dishes to be
prepared have an Oriental
flavor, easy to prepare and a
b a l a n c e d m e a l w ith in
themselves.
Recipes for all dishes will be
available to participants in the
class. If you would like to
attend, sign up by calling the
Extension Office at 554-1101,
Ext. 238 or coming to the office
in the Old Adminstrative
Buildling. There is a $1.00
materials charge for the class
and a limit of 25 participants as
reserve your spot now!
Ways Of handling job loss
to spend money wisely and to
plan for and afford necessities
and a few luxuries.
This is part of a continuing
series of articles and tips on
smart shopping, family budget
planning, and ways to make
money buy more for you.
What to do when you lose your
job.
The first step is to sit down
and review the situation with
youself and family, members.
This action helps the family
share concerns and to decide
what actions must be taken.
Second, review all expenses,
needs and wants and stop all
unnecessary spending. Some
quick ways to reduce spending
Cash, bread, plastic money, are to cook foods from scratch
checks; there are many names in ste a d of buying more
for the money that has to be e x p e n s iv e p r e - m a d e or
spent daily to live. Amounts of conventional foods. Sew some
money available are shrinking, of the family clothing, reduce
md on top of that a dollar is the use of g aso lin e by
not worth what it used to be!
c o m b in in g e r r a n d s an d
Although the outlook is not shopping into one trip to town,
good now and everyone will and think about how you can
have to “ tighten up on conserve at home andcut down
spending,” there are still ways buying at stores.
Beating
the
cash crunch
4-H News
O n th e f ir s t d ay o f
unemployment, go to the
nearest unemployment office
and file for benefits. Benefits
are decided from the first day of
filing, so it’s important to do it
soon and reduce the waiting
time before the check arives.
Another step to take is to
c o n ta c t a il p e o p le a n d
companies you owe money to.
Explain the problem and try to
work out a solution, such as
smaller payments on all bills
for a short time. Be sure and
c o m m u n ic a te w ith th e
creditors as bills can be referred
to collection agencies if no
communication has been made
for a certain period of time.
The important things to
remember are not to panic, to
file for unemployment benefits
quickly, to communicate, and
be prepared to change your
standard of living to fit money
coming in.
‘Single copies of “What to do
When You Lose Your Job” are
available free through the
W arm Springs Extension
Office by calling 553-116l Ext.
238. We’ll send you one.
bicycle rental, orientation and
educational servicing costs,
plus and experienced group
leader and translator are:
$2,190 for the bicycling tour
and $2,590 for the commne
living experience.
Details and applications may
be obtained from county
extension offices, state 4-H
offices at the land-grant
universities or from 4-H
Community pride conference
Je ffe rso n C o u n ty 4-H
members and leaders interested
in working toward making
their communities a better
place in which to live and make
a living will be among those
attending the 1982 Community
Pride Conference in April.
A c c o r d in g to D o r is
B ra c k e tt, O re g o n S ta te
University Extension agent in
Warm Springs, a team of two-
to-four 4-H members in grades
9 through 12, and one leader
may represent the county at the
April 23-25 conference at
Camp Davidson oh Suttle
Lake.
The conference is held every
tw o years to create an
awareness of the Community
Pride program, to learn group
action skills and problem
solving techniques, explains
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curiosity. At age three or four,
children are fully mobile and
have learned to climb, which
puts high shelves and medicine
cabinets within their reach.
■Parents have a responsibility
of keeping dangerous products
If you think about it, families out of their children’s reach.
are the basis our world is built After buying a new product,
on. People make families, re a d d ir e c tio n s , sp e c ia l
families make communities, instructions and warnings on
com m unities make states, packages and containers of
states make countries and household cleaning products.
The label often gives first aid
countries make our world.
It only follows that the in fo rm a tio n . N ext, keep
e x p e rie n c e s le a rn e d by household products in their
members within a family help original containers. Storing
build the type of world we live these hazardous items in cups,
in. Each and everyone of us, no bowls or soda bottles leads
matter how small and helpless ch ild re n to th in k these
we feel, can help the chain substances are safe to eat or
along in a positive direction drink.
through good family communi
Always keep products in
cations and understanding view when they’re in use. Even
between family members.
a pause to answer the telephone
This is a part of a continuing or doorbell gives a youngster
series of article and thoughts on plenty of time to reach an
b u ild in g p o sitiv e fam ily unguarded product.
m e m b e r u n d e r s ta n d in g ,
D raw ers and ca b in e ts
communications and inter
sh o u ld be selected and
action.
arranged especially for safe
storage. Lock drawers and
Poison prevention important cabinets
if possible, and
at home
remove stepstools or boxes
from the area because they give
S o ap s, d e te rg e n ts and
the child a way to climb up to a
International, National 4-H
Council, 7100 Connecticut household cleaners cause six storage area that he or she
Avenue, Chevy Chase, Md. percent of all accidental couldn’t otherwise reach.
poisonings of children under
20815.
All p re sc rip tio n drugs,
The programs in China are five years old. Cosmetics, nail including vitamins and aspirin,
polish,
perfume
and
hair
spray
part of a broad range of
should be stored well out of
international exchange and are also items children often reach. Be sure containers have
training programs arrange swallow. When proper use and child-proof tops. Children are
through National 4-H Council storage of medicines and im itators, so. d o n ’t take
in support of the 4-H vouth h o u s e h o ld p r o d u c ts is
medicines in their presence.
¡program of the Cooperative practiced by every family
When discarding empty
m e m b e r, th e a c c id e n ta l
Extension Service.
containers, make sure they are
poisoning of children, pets and
other family members can be empty and stored in a trash can
with a tight-fitting lid so they
prevented.
cannot be found and used in
lay.
Studies show that most
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It’s worth the time to check
Extension 4-H /Com m unity poisoning accidents in the
d e v e lo p m e n t s p e c ia lis t. home happen in the kitchen or with a doctor, poison control
bathroom where dangerous center, or the county Extension
County groups will learn
products are commonly kept. office about house plants.
how to identify a community Children are attracted to Some are harmful, or can cause
problem on which to work, colorful containers especially rashes if touched or comsumed.
how to organize for action and when they are open. They are
Keep the telephone number
how to work with others in the eager to know, what is in them,
community, he adds.
how ever, c h ild re n d o n ’t of the family doctor and the
P e rs o n s in te re s te d in approach the unknown with Oregon Poison Control Center
learning more about the 4-H the same caution as adults. on hand in case of emergency.
Community Pride program or When children first start to P o i s o n c o n t r o l c e n t e r
4-H leaders or members who crawl, they naturally want to in fo rm a tio n is free and
w o u ld lik e to s ta r t a re a c h , to u c h a n d ta s te available 24 hours a day. Call 1-
Community Pride club in everything. Products involved 800-452-7165 from anywhere in
Warm Springs may want to in accidental poisoning at this Oregon. When making such an
attend the conference as a team age are those stored on the emergency call, read all the
member. The cost is $20.00 per floor or in floor-level cabinets i n f o r m a t i o n f r o m th e
team member and all those in the bathroom and kitchen. concerned container label to
interested in attending are Toddlers reach low tables, the doctor or poison specialist.
asked to register with the night stands and bathtub Stay calm and describe the
Warm Springs Extension office ledges, so all objects in these child’s symptoms as accurately
locations arouse children’s as possible.
by March 15.
Trip to China offered to 4-Hers
The first 4-H international
program with the People’s
Republic of China will be
offered in the summer of 1982,
M e lv in J . T h o m p s o n ,
co o rd in ato r, In tern atio n al
R e la tio n s, N a tio n a l 4-H
Council, announced recently.
The two programs include:
Bicycling in South China, July
5-24, for young people 15 to 21
years of age and Living on a
Chinese Commune, July 18-
Augst 10, for persons 18 to 25
years.
The overland excursion by
bicycle will begin with an
orientation in Hong Kong and
proceed through cities and
towns in South China. It will
tak e the tra v e le rs to a
com m une, a m o untaintop
Buddist monastery, the folk-art
center of Roshan and the'fable
hot spring spa of Conghua.
The commune experience
will provide a rare privilege of
living and working for ten days
with the Chinese people.
Following orientation in Hong
Kong the group will travel into
m ainland C hina to visit
Peking, the Han and Tang
dynasty sites, the Great Wall,
Ming Tombs, the Forbidden
City, Builin and much more.
Fees for the two programs,
including international travel
from San Francisco, lodging,
m eals, m edical insurance,
from Pennie Albrandt, Clint Jacks
and Doris Brackett