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February 14, 1986
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Working parents need support
From Employers:
1. Flexible working hours:
leads to greater productivity
because of less absenteeism and
tardiness; allows employees pa
rents to be where they are needed
most.
2. Part-time work or job
sharing that is decently paid
and respected for both mothers
and fathers: companies can retain
valuable employees; employers
benefit by having workers who
are more eagar and alert; removes
the pressures between career
and child-care needs for parents;
allows more jobs in times of
high unemployment.
3. Recognition of the conflicting
demands made on working
Gene Harvey instructs 4 -H Indian
Controlling your diabetes
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- - The balanced diabetes treat
ment program includes both
meal planning and exercise to
reduce body weight and control
blood glucose levels. If you're
already on a diet to lose weight,
an exercise program can help
by decreasing appetite and helping
your body burn fat more effi
ciently. As you lose excess weight,
insulin receptors on body cells
increase in number. Exercise
; also increases the uptake of
glucose by active muscles cells
so that blood sugar declines.
Many people with diabetes find
they can use exercise to help
control hyperglycemia. However, .
', exercjse needs to be coordinated
with meal planning and medica
tions (if any) to be effective in
lowering blood glucose. Regular
aerobic exercise the kind that
gets your pulse rate up also
strengthens the heart and may
decrease the risk of heart disease.
Regular Exercise can make
you feel more energetic, give
you confidence, and is a great
way to reduce stress and tension.
Understanding your
child's behavior
Individuals are born with a
basic behavior style or tempera
ment. The qualities that are
inborn include: activity level,
regularity in sleeping, eating and
elimination patterns, readiness
to accept new people and situa
tions, adaptability to change,
sensitivity to light and noise,
general mood of cheerfulness or
unhappiness, intensity of
responses, persistence.
Infants show a mix of characte
ristics and combinations of traits
making some babies more de
manding of parental tolerance
and patience than others. Because
parents have an image of the
"perfect baby," infants who enter
the world with predominantly
instense reactions such as high
activity level, a general mood or
unhappiness, and longer periods
of wakefulness are most likely
to be misunderstood. If your
infant is like this youll need all
the imagination you can muster
to be the consistent, loving play
mate baby nee Js.'
Knowing about the characteris
tics infants are born with keeps
parents from blaming themselves
parents.
4. Cafeteria style program of
fringe benefits to include on-the-job
child-care or child-care
subsidy and both maternity and
paternity leave.
5. Allowing sick leave to apply
to both parents and children.
6. That it's okay for kids to
make limited and planned phone
calls to parents at work.
From families:
1. All family members need
to recognize that adults have
needs and work demands.
2. A change in family members'
expectations that all their needs
will be met immediately.
3. Cooperation and participa
tion of all family members in
Heritage Club members in the
Exercise red uces blood glucose
levels by increasing the body's
demands for energy. Active mus
cles draw increased amounts of
glucose from the blood. For
several hours afterward, muscle
cells continue to take in glucose
from the blood to replenish
their sugar supply.
Exercise may help override a
genetic tendency to develop
Give vour
thorough
While doing your house clean
ing, clean your houseplants too.
Most houseplants can be washed
in warm, soapy water at bath
temperature, about 90-1 OOF. The
exceptions to houseplant bathing
are hairy-surfaced plants such
as African violets and begonias.
Washing houseplants removes
dirt, insect eggs, oily deposits
from oil heat, and insecticides.
It also helps control houseplant
or feeling guilty about baby's
behavior. If your baby is a poor
sleeper, poor eater, constant cryer,
stiffens in your arms when you're
trying your best, it's just the way
the baby is. Much of the spark
of this infant's temperament will
remain but by the end of the
first year or by midchildhood
many of the characteristics will
have modified. Like any other
infant, adjustments to life depend
on your loving attention to bring
about a transformation in baby's
less convenient behaviors.
Chefs meeting
Junior Chefs 4-H Club met
January 16, 1986. Leaders are
Ortheila Miller and Nina Rowe.
Secretary Bobby Horn, Reporter
Joy Soto, Members are Frank
Reese, Jolene Soto.
We learned how to make
biscuits from master mix. We
made them out of different shapes,
and sizes. We shared our biscuits
with the group home.
At the Janaury 29 meeting we
household management.
4. A commitment from all
family members to spe'nd some
time together.
From communities:
1. Development of various
child-care options: latch-key,
day-care, night-care, sick children,
infant toddler care, combining
with senior citizen programs,
summer day-care, park and re
creation programs,
YMCAYWCA programs.
2. Postive attitudes toward
families with working parents
encouraged within the commu
nity. 3. Connection with other single
adults.
4. Teachers encourage an aware
art of making bustles
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diabetes. It type n diabetes runs
in your lamuy, mats an tne
more reason to start and exercise
program now.
Vigorous aerobic exercise is a
good preventative approach to
heart disease and artery pro
blems. Exercise, coupled with
meal planning, can help shed
excess pounds.
houseplants a
mid-winter cleaning
insect pests such as mites, mealy
bugs, and scale insects.
Wash all leaves, stems, and
buds. Clean both sides of the
leaves, shake and allow to dry
overnight in the sink or on a
newspaper.
You can also put the plants in
the shower, under a fine gentle
spray to rinse off the soap.
Cover the soil in the pot with
aluminum foil or plastic if you
put the plant in the shower.
Literature available
The Extension Service has
these publications available for
check out: 1986 Buying Guide,
Money Management Library,
Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual,
Simplicity Pattern Books, The
American Heart Association
Cookbook. Cooking for the Dia
betic. Magazines available at the
Extension Services are: Consumer
Report, Changing Times, Organic
Gardening, Newsweek, Science
'86, Parents Magazine, Better
Rabbit club hopping along
Tommy Kalama is the leader
of the Rabbit Club. There is a
lot more to raising rabbits then
one would think. Learning to
care for rabbits can be a fun
regularly
learned to cook fast foods. We
made tossed green salad. We
enjoyed it very well. We also
made soup, and ate crackers
with it.
Attending were Joy, Alvita,
Jolene, CaroL Shaunetta, Alyssa,
Frank and Jake. Leaders present
were Orthelia and Nina.
Signed Club Reporter Jay.
ness in their students of the
large number of working parents
and variety of family job combi
nations represented in their peer
group.
5. Recognition by school per
sonnel that there may not be an
available parent at home to
provide support in case of illness,
accidents and other problems.
Opening communications with
employers, families and school
personnel about the above topics
may help you cope with being a
working parent.
Gas to be
Effective January 1, 1986, the
lead content of regular gasoline
is reduced to 0.1 grams per
gallon to conform to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agen
cy regulation concerning lead in
gasoline. Prior to 1973, regular
gasoline contained about 2.S
grams of lead per gallon. In
1973 it was reduced to 1 . 1 grams
per gallons; in July 1985, to 0.5
grams; and now 0.1 grams.
EPA's goal is to completely
phase out lead by 1988. Lead, in
the form of tetraethyl lead, was
added to gasoline to boost octane
and prevent engine knock. Today,
the petroleum industry can boost
octane by adding aniline, ethyl
alcohol or iron and nickel
Financial publications aid planning
Before people make major
financial decisions, they need a
clear understanding of their pre
sent financial situation.
Two new financial planning
publications from the OSU Exten
sion Service are designed to
' help people gain that under
standing before borrowing money
, .va yui vuasitigiiiojvi osacis ucii
as real estate or stocks.
"How to Prepare an Income
Expense Statement" will show
people how they're spending
their money and how much
income comes from what sources.
Income-expense statements are
a picture of how you've spent
Repeat the washing at frequent
intervals to bring out the natural
shine of plant foiliage. And don't
water the plants every time you
pass by. More plants die from
over-watering than from under
watering. Water houseplants tho
roughly, but only enough to
prevent wilting. If you over
water, the fine roots, or feeder
roots, rot and can't absorb water
for the plant.
Homes and Gardens and 1001
Home Ideas.
Equipment loaned
The Extension Service lends
equipment (pressure canners, dehy
drators and sewing machines)
and publications (buying guides,
sewing cookbooks) to the public.
Persons having Extension equip
ment and publications checked
out need to return them so
others can borrow them. Thanks!
experience.
Here are a few of the things
4-Hers can learn in Rabbit Club:
1 . Proper nutrition (surpris
ingly lettuce isnt always good
for rabbits!)
2. Different type of rabbits
(Learn how to tell the different
breeds).
3. Proper Animal care (Why
do you need clean pens? What is
the right shelter for rabbits?
These questions and many others
will be answered)
i. PcU, S'nin8 p. for
clothing).
5. Judging (Techinques to pre
pare your rabbit forjudging).
Most of all the good feelings
you get from taking responsibi
lity for their care.
Clay Penhollow
Mollie
virtually lead-free
carbonyls.
Since 1974, all four stroke
cycle engines including those on
agriculture equipment have been
designed to operate on lead-free
gasoline. Design changes since
1974 include hardened intake
and exhaust poppet valves and
value seats which do not require
the lubrication and cooling pro
vided by lead in gasoline. One
major concern is whether pre
1974 engines can be operated
safely on lead-free or low-lead
gasoline.
Research by equipment manu
facturers, petroleum suppliers
and automotive engineers mdi-
cates that 0.1 to 0.2 grams of.
lead per gallon of fuel is sufficient
your money. And allow you to
compare income and expenditures
to your goals and values.
Some goals, such as down
payment on a house or college
education, require long-term
saving plans. Your statement is
a tool to determine where to
trim expenditures in order to
increase funds for savings or
special expenses.
The circular includes a sample
completed statement as well as
a form for the family to prepare
its own statement.
The second publication, "How
to prepare a Net Worth State
ment," tells how to list assets
Glean soil
A clean, nutritive planting
soil is the key to successfully
growing plants indoors. Whether
grown for indoor decoration or
transplanting outside in the gar
den, any plant's early health
and vigor depends on disease
free soil.
Clean soil usually means pasteu
rized soil where planting mixes
for transplants are concerned.
Any soil that has been pasteu
rized and has the following charac
teristics will promote good plant
growth.
Contains a reasonable
amount of nutrition or plant
food.
Loose enough that both
water and air can pass through
readily and yet retain moisture.
Contains a large amount of
humus (organic matter) and is
easilv crumbled and readily
Roping club to begin
The Roping Club plans to
start in the spring. J.R. Smith
will be the leader.
4-Hers in the club will learn
to ride and how to handle a
rope.
Barrel racing techniques will
also be offered.
Here's a spud
Smoked Fish 'N'Taters
4 large baking potatoes
(about 10 ounces each)
lA cup coarsely chopped mush
rooms 23 cup minced celery
2 tablespoons each minced green
pepper and onion
6 tablespoons melted butter or
margarine
lA cup half and half or milk
Vi cup shredded Cheddar cheese
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Salt and cayenne pepper,
to
taste paprika, for garnish
Wash potatoes, pierce skin
and bake in 400 degree F. over,
50 to 60 minutes, until tender.
In skillet, saute mushrooms,
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Driscoll
Joan David
in these engines to protect poppet
valves and prevent valve seat
wear or recession under normal
engine operation. However, a
complete elimination of lead
from gasoline could cause exces
sive valve wear in pre-1 974 gasoline
powered engines. Under such
conditions, these engines should
not be operated at full load or
high speeds for extended periods.
In general, two stroke-cycle
engines do not have poppet
valves and will actually benefit
from using unleaded gasoline
because of reductions in spark
plug and combustion chamber
deposits. Lead is not required
to provide lubrication for pistons
or pistons rings as is sometimes
claimed.
and liabilities and determine net
worth. The statement gives a
picture of the fair market value
of assets held as well as total
debt at the time the balance
sheet is prepared.
Net Worth statements can be
useful for measuring progress
toward long-term financial goals.
The statements may also be
useful when applying for credif
or talking with an estate planner.
Although not every person or
family may need to calculate
their net worth, people need to
know their present situation before
incresing debt or making deci
sions about major investments.
necessary
worked.
The pasteurization process
cleans the soil, killing any mema
todes, weed seeds or harmful
bacteria it may contain.
Clean potting soil can be made
at home or purchased at garden
and nursery stores.
The first step is making the
soil mix at home is to blend
equal parts of sand, loam and
peat moss. Pasteurize the mix
by first moistening it to a state
suitable for seed germination.
Then place it in a shallow pan
and bake it at 175F for 30-45
minutes. Afterward, turn off
the heat and wait until the oven
cools before removing the soil.
Take care not to overcook
the soil or the beneficial bacteria
it contains will be destroyed
along with the bad.
Most importantly, proper horse
care will be demonstrated and
practiced.
These are only a few things to
learn in the 4-H Roping Club.
Call Extension at 553-1 1 6 1 , ext.
238 or 239 to sign up.
recipe
celery, pepper and onions in
two tablespoons of the butter.
Cut cooked potatoes in half
lengthwise; scoop out pulp leaving
enough to make a sturdy shell.
Mash pulp with remaining four
tablespoons butter and the half
and half until fluffy. Stir in
vegetables and cheese. Fold in
fish. Season with salt and cayenne.
Spoon mixture into potatoe shells.
Place on baking sheet; bake in
preheated 350 degree F. oven
ten minutes or until tops are
lightly browned. Dust with
paprika. Makes eight stuffed
potato halves.
Note: One can salmon,
or other canned or cooked fish
can be substituted for the smoked
fish.
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