SPILYAY TYMOO
September 27,1982 Page 9
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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
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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.