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April 13, 1984 Page 9
Find the best buy
It often takes time and sure to check prices before you many other items may be
energy to find the best buy. The decide to make it. Sometimes a available to you. Are you using
best buy for you is the item that factory can turn out an item for the free things available to you?
Trade—Do you have things
will serve your needs best at the less money than we would need
lowest possible price. Finding to pay for the supplies to make in your home that you no
lo n g e r n e e d o r w a n t?
the best buy may mean looking it.
Rent or hire—When you Sometimes these things have
in several places—a catalogue,
newspapers and two or three need somthing for only a short v a lu e to o th e r p e o p le .
different stores. Sometimes time, it could be cheaper to rent Sometimes you can trade them
secondhand stores offer the it. What kinds of things can you for things you need. Sometimes
best buy. If you know exactly rent in your community? Count these things have value to other
what you need or want, it will su ch th in g s as c o in -o p people. Sometimes you can sell
be easier to find the best buy for laundries. Sometimes we rent them to others who can make
things when the cost of use of them. What items could
you.
Make it—sometimes you can equipment is too high for our you trade to others? What skills
do you have that you could trad
get something for less money budget.
Find it free—The goods and do you have that you could
by making it. This means, you
supply some your know-how, services we can get for free trade others? What skills do
labor and time. The cost of the really help to stretch our you have that you could trade
materials should be cheaper money. Parks, playgrounds, with a neighbor or friend for
than the finished product. Be community health services and something they may have that
you do not?
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
Clay Penhollow
Mollie Driscoll
Spend less, enjoy it more
Learning how to spend less
can almost be a full-time job. It
takes skill and practice to find
the best ways to stretch your
family dollar. Here are ten
not possible, an automatic ideas to help you think of ways
transfer from your checking to to cut your spending.
Don’t buy it—Apply this
your savings account will help
idea first. Ask yourself if you
you save regularly.
9. If you are lucky enough to really need this item. If it’s a
receive a pay raise, consider “want” item, ask yourself if
putting a portion of this raise there is anything else you want
more. Give yourself time to
into a savings account.
10. After establishing a plan think about it. There are very
for spending and savings, you few items to buy that won’t wait
need to work to carry out thè a day or two. A “last chance”
plan. If you are not, or if you isn’t often the last chance, if
have unplanned expenditures, you have a very hard time not
buying, stay out of stores.
make adjustments.
11. You will need to keep When you do go, take only the
track of expenditures to see money you must have for your
that you are within the plan. If real needs.
B orrow —Som etim es you
you are not, or if you have
unplanned expenditures, make can borrow an item you need*
especially if it’s something you
adjustments.
12. If you are spending more d o n ’t need v ery o fte n .
than you have, you have to Borrowed things need to be
either increase or decrease your returned in good condition.
What things do you have that
expenditures.
you are willing to loan?
Remember the library, the
Extension Service and other
public services when it comes to
Making money count
1. Developing a spending
saving plan requires knowledge
o f y o u r in c o m e a f t e r
deductions as well as your
expenses.
2. If your income is irregular,
you should estimate the highest
and the lowest your income
might be. Develop spending
plans for the high income and
for the low. Look at your
record o f ex p enses and
determine how much you need
to allocate each week or month
for each expense.
3. Some expenses do not
happen every month. Those are
the ones you are most likely not
to plan for and the ones most
likely to interfere with your
plan.
4. Think about expenses that
only occur once or twice a year.
They may be automobile
insurance or property taxes.
They may be holidays or
sp e c ia l e v e n ts su ch as
birthdays. Or they may be
seasonal things such as skiing
or hunting.
5. Write down all these
expenses. How much does each
cost? As you plan your monthly
expenditures, set aside some
money to meet these special
expenses.
6. Plan for saving just as you
plan for spending. The family
who regularly saves small
amounts is more apt to save
than the family who waits for
“extra money.”
7. If a payroll deduction for
savings is possible, this will
help you save regularly.
8. If a payroll deduction is
borrowing.
Share—Often we can stretch
our money by learning to share
items with our family and
f r ie n d s . N e ig h b o rs can
sometimes share the price of a
bushel of apples and save
money. We share recipes, ideas
and sometimes our skills with
others. Sharing usually means
that everyone benefits as a
result of getting together on an
idea or project.
Substitute—When you go to
buy something, ask yourself if
something at a lower price
could do the job almost as
well. Many products have very
good s u b s titu te s , and
som etim es you find the
substitute was better than the
original.
Use Wisely—One way of
stretching money is to find
ways to make the things we buy
last longer. Almost every
product we buy needs some
kind of care. See if you can find
ways to make the items you buy
wear longer, last longer or keep
from spoiling before you use
them up. Treat the things you
buy as you treat your money.
Lay your hands on your feet
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Rub them, twist them, pat,
pamper them. We’ve desired
dozens of stretching and
strengthening exercises for
everything from the Achilles
tendon to the neck, but no one
has said very much about
treating your feet with loving
kindness. They’ll help keep you
free of injuries, and they will
definitely help you feel more
relaxed and rejuvenated after
your workouts.
A c c o r d in g to s p o r ts
podiatrist John Pagliano, the
worst thing you can do after
training run is heave a sigh of
relief and fold yourself into an
easy chair. You may think
that’s what our body wants you
to do, but look at it the way
Pagliano sees it: “You’ve just
finished your run, which means
your heart has been pumping a
tremendous amount of blood
to your feet and legs. Then you
sit down and bend your body at
right angles at the waist and
knees. That’s going to cut off
the flow of blood back from
your feet.”
Instead of sitting, Pagliano
recommends lying on your
back w ith legs elevated
to promote blood flow back to
your heart. He also advises a
number of foot exercises:
curling your toes, rotating your
ankles five times in each
direction and attempting to
form a fist with your foot. Use
your hands to knead and
massage your feet, loosening
them up after a long day.
Pagliano also recommends
soaking the feet or the entire
body in a warm tub after a
w o rk o u t. A n y th in g th a t
encourages muscle relaxation
th r o u g h w a rm th , g e n tle
m a n ip u la tio n a n d lig h t
stretching will promote better
foot and leg health.
Listen to your body
SpUyay ty m o o p hoto by Shigwcxyk
Rolling out dough during Extension Service sponsored fancy
Easter bread workshop Ron Palmer makes crescent rolls.
Medicine you take may be
a high source of sodium
The medicine you take may Aspirin contains about 935
also be a surprisingly high milligrams of sodium per dose;
source of sodium-especially Vicks Form ula 44 Cough
some over-the-counter drugs Syrup contains 105 milligrams
that are taken frequently over and Rolaids, 70 milligrams.
ex ten d ed p erio d s. T hose Some OTC drugs list sodium
include certain pain killers, content on their labels. For
antacids, cold medicines, other drugs, your pharmacist
laxatives, or sedatives. For .or physician should be able to
exam ple, A lkaseltzer with give you the sodium content..
As a learned scholar once
proclaimed, “This stuff can’t go
on indefinitely.” Y our body
will likely agree with that
assessment if you ask how long
it will be able to maintain a
heavy schedule of racing and
training.
Your body has to rest from
time to time to regenerate itself.
Most of us can maintain a
“peak” for about six to eight
weeks and once that peak is
over, you can bet our bodies
will let us know. Some of the
warning signs of overwork
include a susceptibility to
colds, irritability and a lack of
desire to run. You should be
chomping at the bit when your
workout time nears, but if you
dread , the thought of lacing on
your running shoes, chances
are you need a break.
Your body will let you know
when it’s injured, too. The
slightest little pain is probably a
warning of some kind, so be
sure to heed that warning. If
you have a hard workout
planned for today, but your
hamstring is troubling you or
y o u ’re s till tig h t fro m
Saturday’s race, run easily until
you feel 100 percent again. The
same rule holds true for racing,
too. If you notice a pain you
haven’t felt before and it
doesn’t feel like you’ll be able to
“run through it,” back off and
save yourself for another race.
Unless it’s the Olympic trials,
one race isn’t worth the
suffering an injury is likely to
produce.
Two classes scheduled
The Warm Springs Exten
sion Service has scheduled two
classes for April and May.
Offered will be Microwave,
April 28 at the 4-H center from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A fee of $5 will
be charged. Also offered will be
two session layette sewing
workshop on May 15 and 22 at
the 4-H center from 7-9:30 p.m.
For more information on the
c' •’«es offered call 553-1161,
ext. .38 or 239 and ask for
Mollie Driscoll or Joni David.