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Managing your food dollar workshop planned
The W arm Springs Extension
Service is offering a six-day
training in m anaging your food
dollar.
Topics will include:
P replanning Y our F ood P u r
chase. E valuate your families
fo o d preferences, n u tritio n a l
needs, tim e availability. S hop
p in g lists. C o u p o n savings..
Avoiding Im pulse purchases.
U nderstanding Food Labels.
N u tritional labeling, food ad d i
tives, fiber and calories, sugar
in breakfast cereals. U nit pric
ing, U PC codes.
G ettin g T he Best E)eal in
Town. H ow to select fresh fruits
and vegetables, dairy foods,
meats, and bread products. Is
the largest size always cheapest?
Generic vs brand name.
Why D oes F ood C ost So
Much? Packaging. Convenience
vs hom em ade. Advertising gim
micks, store display and over
head costs.
Reducing Y our Food Bill.
Food selection, storage, prepa
ration. Reducing protein costs.
New shopping tools to fit your
families need.
O SU sp e cia list, M a rg a re t
Lewis and C arolyn R aab will
present inform ation on nutriti
on/fitness and food additives/-
February 1,1985
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
food safety respectively.
This free training will be held
in W arm Springs February 13,
20, 27 and M arch 6, 13 and 20.
F or further inform ation o r to
register for the training please
call the W arm Springs E xten
sion office. 553-1161 èxt. 238/239
to register.
* Each class w lllrrin from 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Be
sure to register for this program!
Clay Penhollow
Mollie Driscoll
Synthetic silk developed
F o r consum ers who adm ire
the sm ooth texture of silk fabrics
b u t shy aw ay from the extra
e x p e n s e a n d c a re r e q u ir e
ments—th e re ’s some good news.
F o r one thing, researchers have
developed a synthetic silk.
The new silk is really a polyes
ter. I t’s a very soft, very sum p
tuous silky-looking polyester. The
only way you can tell the differ
ence is. really by reading the
label.
A t the sam e tim e, the cost of
real silk has dropped, thanks to
increasing im ports from China.
The result is th a t consum ers
now have a choice.
Real silk is m ore difficult to
care for, th a t is, it may need dry
cleaning or at least hand wash
ing and very careful, pressing,
after being hand laundered. The
new polyesters, however, can be
m achine washed, m uch to the
consum er’s advantage.
H om e m a king events
Sewing Fair: P ortlan d exhi
bition of the latest in sewing
equipm ent, notions and fabrics.
Speakers, dem onstrations, Fash
ion Show and m uch more.
The OSU Extension Service
will be providing transportation
M o n d a y , F e b ru a ry 18. T he
Warm Springs and Madras Exten
sion groups will be traveling
together. Cost: W arm Springs
residents, $6.00 and M adras resi-.
dents $13.00. F or further infor
m ation please contact the W arm
Springs office 553-1161, ext.
238 o r 239.
Master Food Shopper: Six
days free training in m anaging
your food dollars. W ednesday,
F ebruary 13, 20, 27; M arch 6,
13,20; W arm Springs 4-H Room,
8:30 to 3:30 pirn. F or further
inform ation call 553-1161, ext.
238.
1. Beef Workshop: P urchas
ing of beef in bulk and cutting
to suit your fam ily needs. Pres
enters: C rooked River M eat
Co.; Saturday, M arch 6, 1:30
to 3:30; W arm Springs 4-H room;
Sponsor-W arm Springs E xten
sion S ervice, 553-1161, ext.
238/239.
No more marathon
The W arm Springs 4-H pro
gram will h o t be sponsoring the
Siiftnasho M ih i-M arath o n in
1985 as a fund raising event.
Several 4-H groups have ex-
pressed interest in difterent met
hods of fund raising and will
continue these efforts for their
clubs and the total 4-H program.
We than k those who helped
..support the ja.ee _in..the oast. '
Moths eat anything! Conifers may be next
F o r any skeptics th at rem ain, fir and western hemlock, th at gypsy m oth larvae feeding an
an O regon State University re classificatiori includes Ponderosa oak and alder leaves grew about
searcher has turned up addi pirie/w estern white pine, grand 1.5 times as fast larvae eating
the needles of conifers like the
tional evidence th a t the invad fir arid shore pine.
The testirig also suggests gypsy Douglas-fir.
ing gypsy m oth stirring up a
Also studied the am ount of
ruckus in Oregon is a versatile m bth’larvae can exist by eating
needles of trees in the classifica foliage the gypsy m oth can con
eater.
In la b o ra to ry experim ents, tion “Taxodiaceae,” which in sume. Hopes to dispel a myth:
gypsy m oth larvae preferred the cludes the coastal fed wood and the widely circulated inform a
foliage of hardw oods such as giant redwood. Those trees ap tion th at the insect can consume
o a k a n d a ld e r . B ut la rv a e pear to?be “less suitable” hosts a square foot of a foliage a day.
In the lifetime, not a day, of a
switched from a diet of red alder for the pests.
Y oung gypsy m oth larvae fed female larva feeding on oak or
onto a diet of either Douglas-fir
or w estern hem lock developed rieedles of the incense cedar and alder the to tal consum ption ap
into full-sized pupae with 100 Western red cedar did riot deve proached a square foot, but it
percent survival.
, lop into the pupae th at emerge d id n ’t quite m ake i t
A female gypsy m oth larva'
The experimerits show that, as m oths iri the sum m er and
when hardw ood leaves aren ’t mate. The larvae would n o t eat can eat three or four times as
available, the needles of trees in foiliage of the Pacific yew. A dd much as a male, he noted, adding
the scientific class “Pinaceae” ing th at they plan to conduct th at, although both have wihgs
when they are m ature m oths,
are “highly spitable” food for more tests with th at tree.
The researcher found th a t only the male can fly.
the gypsy moth. Besides Douglas-
Record an oral history Family food checklist
O lder fam ily members can be
gold mines of inform ation fo r
an interested prospector. Exten
sion gerontology says a little
preparation can tu rn a casual
conversation a t a holiday gath
ering into a rich look at a bygone
era—an oral history.
T oo often you hear a family
say: “ Gosh, I wisli I had asked
grandm other or m other ques
tions ab o u t her life or about our
family history before she died.
Now it’s too late.” And basi
cally, all it takes is having a
good cassette recorder and writ-
ing down some questioris. F o r
young children it’s often a very
Rewarding experience to ask old
er family members w hat life was
like when they were their age.
. The chanCe to retrace and
evaluate their lives makes oral
h isto rie s v alu ab le fo r o ld er
p eo p le,to o , .
..........
iet pills not for everyone
M any advertisements' prom
oting diet pills and capsules
claim, “Y ou’ll lose weight fast
and still eat your favorite foods.”
Such statemerits give m any con
sum ers an alm ost irresistable
urge to try the product, b ut dieit
pills aren’t for everybody.
If you read the label yoti’ll
discover th a t diet drugs should
not be considered by some peo
p le , says M ollie p riscoll, W arm
Springs Extension agent. Those
who have high bldod pressure,
d iabetes o r kidney problem s
should not use them, and women
who are pregnant or nursing
should not take diet drugs unless
they are recom m ended by a
physician.
In addition, m ost packages
also contain instructions sug
gesting a 1200 calorie diet. Many
people d o n ’t read and follow
the meal, plans, they ju st take
the pills, J
There are two com pounds in
these over-the-counter diet pills
that consumers should be aware
of, says M argaret Lewis, Oregon
State University Extension nutri
tion specialist. One is benzo
caine, which dulls the taste buds
with an anesthetic. The other is
phenyleproponolam ine, (PPA )
a drug related to the am phetem -
ine com pounds.
In diet pills, PPA , an appetite
suppressant, is often com bined
with the stim ulant caffeine. The
side effects of PP A include ner
Teaching parents
M ost people go through some children had short memories.
form al education to prepare for For exam ple, ^as a parent yori
a career, but very few train to be know th at you expect them to
good parents. And the’re’s a lot behave and shape up. You tell
th at m any parents d o n ’t know, them something, they’re sup
says Extension hum an devel posed to do it. C hildren have
o p m e n t sp e c ia list M a rc elle very short memories.
T h at’s where parent educa
S trattm an.
F o r instance: M any parents tion comes in—to help parents
expect their children to love l£arn w hat behavior is natural
them and if your child doves and w hat isn’t. M ost parents do,
you, w ouldn’t you think they’d a prfetty good jo b already, says
believe? A survey recently con Straatm an. But it can ’t hurt to
ducted by Oregon State showed learn some new skills.
th a t parents did not know th a t
vousness, restlessness, insomnia,
dizziness, headache, anxiety,
n au sea, fast h e a rt b eat and
breathing, trem or and agitation.
Prolonged use of P P A may be
followed by a period of fatigue
and m ental depression if use is
stopped abruptly.
Lewis cautions that PPA , like
all drugs, has undesirable side
effects and carries some risk for
the user.
In 1980, approximately 10,000
people were treated at poison
control centers as a result of
exposure to P PA through diet-
control products.
N um bing the taste buds with
benzocaine may be effective if
research is correct th at obese
persons are m ore sensitive to
i
If you d o n ’t have' receipts for
gasoline or mileage, the IRS
will accept diaries and logs as
records of your voluriteer ex
penses.
. “If you donate items to char
ity, those donations are ¿Iso
ta x -d e d u c tib le as c h a ritab le
g iv in g /’ adds Alice Mills M or
row, Oregon State University
Extension family economics spe
cialist.
“However, if ari item is merely
loaned, such as a large coffee
m aker m ight be, th at is not tax-
d ed u c tib le. A lso, child care
needed while Volunteering, and
m arket value pf your time can-
riot be deducted from your tax
taste, Lewis says. The only side
effect th at is presently known is
an allergic reaction. Long-term
use may cause a person to be
come allergic to local anesthetics.
“A lthough these drugs may
help in initial weight loss, they
are ineffective for maintaining
long-term weight red u ctio n ,”
Lewis says. The only side effects
th at is presently know n is* an
allergic reaction. Long-term use
may cause a person to become
allergic to local anesthetics.
“A lthough these drugs may
help in initial weight loss, they
are ineffective fo r maintaining
long-term weight red u ctio n ,”
Lewis states. “C)nly a life-long
change in food habits and phys
ical activity can do t h a t ”
Cavities can start early
S tart worrying about your ,
children’s teeth as soon as they
start poking through the gums.
Cavities can start form ing when:
your child is as young as six
months.
‘
One of the biggest causes of;
tooth decay in infants is baby
b o ttle sy n d ro m e o r “ b o ttle
m outh.” This condition occurs
when a child is allowed to go to
sleep with a bottle containing
Tax tips for volunteers
Volunteers who donate their
skills and tim e for com m unity
needs should get m ore th an a
warm glow for their, efforts. If
they keep good records, they
may get some tax deductions,,
too.
O ut-of-pocket expenses in
curred during volunteer work,
are deductible on your 1?84
income tax return. These include:
travel (expense for vehicle use
or mileage), tools, parking fees,
meals and lodging.
I t’s im portant to save receipts
if y o u ’re going to claiiri deduc-
tio n s; says M ollie D risco ll,
W arm Springs Extension agent/
Studies indicate th at a female
larva can strip the needles from
30-34" of a D ouglas fir branch-
in her life, Repeated or exten
sive defoliation will destroy the
aesthetic value of a tree and can
kill it.
The OSU scientist, a member
of a state D epartm ent of Agri
culture steering committee coor-
dinating the effort of control
the gypsy m oth in Oregon, said
he and representatives of the
state D epartm ent of Agriculture
have seen D ouglas-fir trees with
part of their needles missing.
No oné I know Of has actually
seen m oths eating needles in the
field, and there are still some
nonbelievers on this, but th ere’s
nothing else th a t’s doing it.
retu rn ,” M orrow says.
“The important rules of thurrib
to keep good records and to
stay up-to-date o n the regula
tions,” M orrow notes. “Some
of the regulations and details
change from year to year.”
Morrowrecomiriends that vol
unteers—and other taxpayers—ob
tain a copy of IRS Publication
17, “Your Federal Ipcome T ax.”
This large booklet gives all the
current inform ation you wm
need for filing your federal -tax
return. It is available from a
local IRS office, or call the toll-
free number listed in yoftr phone
under Internal Revenue Service.
M ark an answer that describes
your actions. This checklist will
help you evaluate your family’s
food m anagem ent fitness,
♦Plan meals one week in ad
vance?
♦Plan meals to take advan
tage of foods in season?
♦Plan to use perishable foods
before they spoil?
♦Plan ahead for using left
overs?
’•‘Serve sm aller ¿servings- .of
higher meates? *
♦Use low-cost m eat alterna
tives?- I | \
, fe
♦Eat a t home or carry food
from home rather than eating
out? |
♦Use the four food groups
guide for balancing meals?
♦Rewrap m eat for freezer sto
rage?
♦Use your oven efficiently-
d o n ’t fully preheat, bake Several,
items a t once.
♦Select the m ost energy effi
cient appliances for food pre
paration?
♦Gook double batches and
freeze some for a later meal?f
♦Refrigerate or freeze leftov
ers promptly?
Prepare some of your own
b aby/toddler foods?
♦Cut up your own chicken
and buy the least expensive cuts
of meat your recipe needs?
* Prepare a complete and orga
nized list before you shop?
♦Stick to your list unless you
find a less expensive substitute?
♦Take advantage of advertised
specials?
♦Consider perishability, sto
rage space, frequency of use,
and quantity discounts in decid
ing how much to buy?
♦Coinpare price per serving?
♦Consider and com pare the
quality of national brands, store
brands, and generics?
♦Use unit pricing (cost per
ounce) to select the m ost eco
nomical package size?
♦Read food labels to -deter-
mine which brarid is the best
value?
♦Look for open dates marked
ori perishable foods?
♦Buy only as much conven
ience food as you need and can
afford?
♦Buy day-old bakery items if
you’re going to use them quickly
or freeze them?
♦Lim it purchases of fancy
snacks, condim ents, soda and
.other “frills”?,,
♦Compare prices of food in
d if f e r e n t fo rm s (fre s h vs.
canned)?
♦Buy enriched or whole grain
breads?
♦M ake your own biscuit mix
or other “ master mixes”? |
♦Read food labels to deter
mine sugar, sait and calorie
content?
* Buy low-fat milk rather than
whole milk?
♦Buy plain vegetables rather
than thé more expensive forms
with saucé an d / or special sea
sonings?
♦Shop when stores are not
crowded and you’re not rushed?
♦Shop when you’re not hun
gry?
♦Keep a record of your weekly
food costs and separate non-
food items from these costs?
♦W atch for errors as prices
are rung up?
♦Get a rain check if an adver
tised special is unavailable?
♦Read labels to buy nutri
tionally econom ic foods?
Give yourself three points for
those items you’re now doing;
two points for the things you
plan to do and one point fo r
those m arked not appropriate.
Scoring goes as follows:
Below40-Help! Time to start
training; 40-49—lots more train
ing needed; 60-79—N ot bad,
check a few more “plan-to-dos”;
80-95—- Y ou ’ re on the way to
the top apd 95 and over-^-Con-
gratulations! Y ou’ve made the
/‘Süper/Shopper All Stars!”
something other than water.
The sugar in baby form ula or
fruit juices combines with the
bacteria growing on the surface
of the teeth and forms acids that
eat away at enamel. ■
During the day, saliva washes
these sugars and acids away,
but at riight saliva productioii
decreases. As a result, the teeth
m ay break or become impossi
ble to fill. They may have to be
removed, even though the child
is very young.
Choosirig. the right clothing /Is, that they should absorb body
To p ro te c t,your child from
baby bottle syndrom e,-do not and wearing it correctly can perspiration. The best ones to
give a child a bottle containing make a big difference in cold do this are cotton and cotton
milk, formula, fruit juices, soft weather exercise performance. blends. But since they are heav
drinks or any other sweetened The key, says Extension textiles1 ier in weight, many people are
liquid at bedtime or naptime,’ and clothing specialist ArdiS'; Choosing to use the new m anu
factured fibers, th at is, poly
says M argaret Lewis, Oregon Koester, is layering.
State Univerrity Extension nutri; I You can adjust the tem pera propylene. which wick or carry
ture of your body to the tem p er/ the m oisture away from the
tion specialist.
Lewis offers these suggestions ature of the air easier if you body rather than absorbing it.
W hatever your preference,
for protecting your child from have several lightweight layers
that can be removed or put o n - Koester says Cold weather warm-
prem ature tooth decay.
—D o n ’t give children food at as necessary. F o r exercise in the ups.should allow b oth freedom
wintertime, the innerm ost gar of movement and flexible temper
bedtime.
—If your child needs a bottle to m ents should be absorbent, that ature control.
go to sleep, give one filled with
pool water or try apacifier,
— Make sure your child gets
fiouride daily. W ater is a good
source of fluoride.
-7-Never dip a pacifier in honey
Or syrup.
Cold weather warmups
t