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SPILYAY TYMOO September 27,1982 Page 9 T w o ways to make, save $$ Extension Notes much more quickly than poorly-sewn garments whether they are sewn at' home or purchased ready-to-wear. A good rule of thumb for pricing is to charge one-eighth the original price of the garment, depending on its condition, the quality of workmanship, and whether the item is still fashionable. - Beating the cash crunch Garage Sales for E x tra $$$ Tis the season to hold a garage sale. If you’re planning a sale and hope to turn some used clothing into quick cash, think about what people buy and be a good pricer. The best selling items are children’s wear, especially because children outgrow their clothing before they wear them out. Other types of garments are garments that don’t tend to have a lot of fashion or high style features about them. Good quality garments will sell Convenience is Expensive Cutting down on the food budget is a high priority for m any O re g o n ia n s . T he problem is that food prices seem to keep going up. Still, it is possible to save dollars and maintain a nutritious diet. “You need to know where your food dollar goes. Part of it goes to pay for the food itself and part of it goes to pay for the service that someone else does. For example, if you’re buying cereal, old-fashioned oatmeal would cost maybe sixty-seven cents a pound, while instant oatmeal would cost as much as two dollars and sixteen cents a pound. When whole chicken costs seventy-nine cents a pound, cut-up chicken costs eighty-nine cents a pound. So you’re paying ten cents a pound for someone else to do the work.” Grocery store sales of convenience foods are expected to rise from $60 billion in 1979 to $104 billion in 1982, according to a recent industry study. Convenience foods, in the broadest sense, are those products which significantly transfer the time and energy required for food preparation from homemakers and food service operators to food processors. The rapid increase in homeownership of microwave ovens will be a primary factor in the future demand for co n v en ien ce fo o d s . The microwave surge will bring a bigger demand for frozen convenience foods in general and for breakfast and evening meal items in particular. The sales of convenience fish and seafood, poultry products, prepared foods and fruit products are all expected to more than double by 1989. Currently, all these items are sales leaders among con venience food. During 1972- 79, convenience food with the most sales gains were frozen v eg e ta b les, co o k ies and crackers, soft drinks; canned fish, and syrups and dressings. So, the adage that time is money is true. Or, put another way, convenience is expensive. There will be a slide presentation called “Buy a Horse—Not T rouble.” A second slide presentation will cover why horses act as they do, what scares horses and why it scares them as well as ways to handle horses safely. Other things children will learn about in the horse club Fuel wood should be seasoned a while What kind of wood should the home owner use for fuel? Some varieties are better than others byt usually whatever fuel wood is readily available. Sometimes it may not be possible to be selective about the kind of fuel wood available. However, the greater the wood’s density or weight, the greater the wood's heating value. Favored woods in terms of heating values are oak, maple, madrone and Douglas-fir. A more important consideration than the species of wood may be the amount of moisture in it. Before wood will burn, the water must be removed, When buying fuel wood, be sure to determine whether it is green, partially dried, or well air- dried. This doesn’t mean that you should not buy green wood, but if you do, be prepared to season it. Green wood freshly cut from the woods usually requires six months to a year for thorough drying. Thoroughly seasoned; air dried wood still contains about 20 percent water. To air dry wood, it should be stacked outdoors where it is exposed to the sun and wind-, preferably in an area where it will be exposed to the prevailing winds. Fuel wood should be stacked on bedding stringers which are used to keep the wood off the ground. Split pieces should be stacked round side up, split face down—for best drying. The wood should be stacked away from buildings to prevent infestations of termites or other insect pests. It’s important to keep the wood covered while it’s drying. Exposure to rain and snow will slow your effort of seasoning the wood. An excellent cover for a standard 4-by-4-by 8 foot cord of fuel wood can be provided by a sheet of heavy gauge polyethylene 5 feet wide by 9 feet long. Attach the polyethylene sheet to a light wood frame and place it over the stack. This protects the wood, from rain or snow and permits air to circulate through the stack. Sticks of wood should be placed on top of the protective sheet to keep the wind from blowing tlie cover away. Lifelines— I t’s also im portant for parents to encourage their children’s interest in school and in their teachers by talking about the child’s successes and failures in school. Sometimes a child needs help in understand ing, assignments or experiences in social relationships. Parents and teachers both can help in these situations by working together to help the child understand the new situation. Horse club meeting Sept. 28 The Warm Springs 4-H Horse Club will hold an organization meeting Tuesday evening, September 28, 1982 at 6-8 p.m. at the Community Center. Children between the 4th and 12th grades and their parents are invited to attend. You do not have to own a horse to belong to the club. from Pennie Albrandt, Lee Hamilton and Doris Brackett are how to ride and show horses, proper feeding and health care, training methods and how to select eqiupment. The club plans todo some barrel racing, pole bending and other games as well as trail riding and special Indian Heritage ceremonies. Education classes starting soon Paren ts/teachers are a team Mark the follwoing two Oriental Cooking Class events on your calendar to attend! Coming to Warm Springs Machine Maintenance and for a third time to show us how Wing Dress-Making Classes to cook easy, inexpensive, low This will be a two-meeting fat and good tasting oriental class from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 dishes are Takako Carlson and noon on two Saturdays, Anne Scissons. Takako and October 30 and November 6. Anne live in Beaverton and The classes will be held at the donated their time last Springs Extension/4-H meeting room to teach two classes that had and kitchen in the basement of attendance of over 60 people. the Daycare building. Their food was a hit and so Bring your own machine if were they. you would like to learn how to At the latest class to be held clean, oil and maintain it, or if on Saturday, October 23, from there aré parts of your machine 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, you would like to learn how to dishes to be prepared are Won use. If vou don’t have a Ton Soup, fried Won Ton, machine, your are welcome to slamon chowder, yaki-soba use a machine provided by (fried noodles using inexpen Extension during the class. siv e p a c k a g e d i n s t a n t In addition to learning about soup/noodles), and suwae y o u r sew ing m a c iu n e s , (m arinated cucumber and instruction will be available on seafood). Recipes will be making wing dresses from start available for dishes prepared to finish. Each person will during the classes given in the make a dress during the two Spring. classes. There is no charge for There is a $2.00 charge for this class but participants will the class to cover cooking have to supply material for supplies. If you are interested in their wing dress project. More attending this class, come to the information on this class will Extension office and sign up appear in the next two editions and pay the $2.00 fee to of Spilyay Tymoo. If your are Sandra. There is a 20-person interested in attending, call limit to the class and the only your name into Sandra at the way a space can be reserved for Extension office. Phone: 553- you is to pay the class fee when 1161, extension 238. signing up. Family Lfi_n_n_nJ p rv R n ri After the excitement of getting first-graders off to school subsides, parents often express many concerns about their children’ first classroom experiences. P arents ask themselves, “Will my children be hurt or misunderstood?” How will their grades turn out?” “Will they be liked "by teachers and other children at school?” A lthough p aren ts and teachers differ in their degree of interest in children, they have almost the same goals for all children. Parents provide guidance, su p p o rt, love, stability, and general education for their children. Teachers p ro v id e e d u c a tio n an d guidance in social and working situations with adults and play mates. Both teacher and parent roles involve a great deal of responsibility. It’s important for parents and teachers to recognize th eir com m on purpose so they can work together toward common goals. What does this involve? It should be more than the parents just meeting or seeing the child’s teacher. It means developing a partnership that supports children in their effort to achieve academically and s o c ia lly in th e sc h o o l environment. How do strong teacher- parent partnerships develop? After a couple of months of school when the teacher knows your child, it’s time for a visit. Arrange a time when the teacher can sit down and talk and share notes with you. Parents may have questions written down that they want to ask. In case of disagreements, the question is not who is wrong or right, but rather what would be best for the child. Sometimes parents are fearful of teachers. A parent may harbor feelings that developed long ago when he or she was a student. Good feelings about school and teachers are transmitted to children in the same way as bad feelings about school that hang on from the past. If parents are to form a team with teachers, old fears about school must be looked at as ch ildhood experiences that no longer bear on the present. Sometimes teachers fear parents too. For the team to accomplish their goals, parents and teachers need to forget old fears and strive for an honest effort at working together. This will lead to a successful, productive school life for children.
