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Crbs cause numerous
The main culprit ofthe majori
ty of infant and toddler deaths
is the crib. More children die
every year from crib-related acci
dents than any other infant equip
ment product. Why? Because
many children are bedded down
in hand-me-down cribs that were
given to them by family or
friends or were bought at garage
or lawn sales. These are the.
cribs that the National Safety
Council is concerned about.
Whether parents use them for
sentiment or economic reasons,
many of them are in need of
repair or total replacement and
and therefore pose a threat to
the children sleeping in them.
Yes, that antique crib that has
been in the family for generations
can be a potential life-threatening
hazard. And even if the cribs
are in good condition, they may
have been constructed before
the federal safety standards were
put into effect. Examples of two
such tragedies involving a crib
include incidents:
A one-year-old's head was
caught in the decorative opening
between the finial and top rail
of the crib headboard, causing
strangulation. The Consumer
Product Safety Commission is
aware of 33 deaths by strangula
tion on a crib's corner post.
A four-month-old slipped
between crib slats that were
placed 3 Vi inches apart (manufac
tured before federal safety stan
dards were established) and suffo
Sharing household chores
helpful to working moms
What do you do about the
work at home? Over 60 percent
of American women are working.
For most women employment
is not a temporary adventure
but a harsh requirement of mo
dern life.
; Many of these working mothers
are trying to maintain their homes
in the same way they did when
they had no paid job. They try
to do all the work at home and
find themselves pushed to the
brink of desperation.
Although many fathers are
helping with household tasks,
research studies show the majori
ty are picking up few of the
routine homejobs. When mothers
return to work, most families
do not expect that anything will
change; except, of course, there
will be more money to pay ever
increasing bills.
Does division of labor still
exist in your home? For most
men and women household chores
have always had a strict division
of labor. Women are usually
Register for range camp in
Strawberry
Hiking into the Strawberry
Wilderness, hands-on investiga-.
tion of soils, plants, stream and
wildlife-biology, plus range ma
nagement are just a few of the
experiences offered at the Oregon
Range Camp, to be held this
summer, July 13-18
Oregon Range Camp is spon
sored by Oregon State Universi
ty Extension Service and the
Society for Range Management.
The camp is open to older youth
interested in learning more about
range, forest and wildlife manage
ment. Campers must be high
school age, between 9th and
12th grade.
Complete information about
Range Camp and application
forms are available from the
Warm Springs Extension Office,
(553-1161, ext. 238).
Being located at the base of
the Strawberry Mountains in
Logan Valley, Grant County,
provides a perfect setting for the
Clam sauce recipe given
8 or more ounces spaghetti (cook
in boiling salted water)
3 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
yt cup olive or plain cooking oil
3 fresh tomatoes, chopped, or 1
I-pound can tomatoes, drained
yi cup cnoppcu iivsii park icy
(optional)
'i teaspoon crushed oregano
2 7'$-ounce cans chopped clams
cated, hold or enamel paint. Let it dry
Warning to parents and parents thoroughly so there are no resi-to-be.
Because the Consumer dual fumes. Never use old paints
Products Safety Commission and
and the Safety Council are particu
larly worried about the number
of unsafe cribs in today's homes,
they offer parents who have
secondhand cribs these words
of wisdom:
Some older cribs may have
headboard and footboard designs
that could allow an infants head
to become caught in an opening.
Parents are advised either not
to use these cribs or to nail
plywood boards to the inside of
the footboard and headboard,
pad them, and then cover with
decorative fabric.
Corner posts on cribs should
be unscrewed or sawed off flush
with the headboard and foot
board and then sanded smooth.
Never use a crib that has
missing slats. Be sure all slats
are securly fastened in place and
are spaced no more than V
inches apart. This will avoid
neck entrapment.
Make sure you use a mattress
that fits the crib snugly. If you
can fit more than two fingers
between the edge of the mattress
and crib side, the mattress and
crib side, the mattress is too
small. An infant can suffocate if
its head or body becomes wedged
between the mattress and crib
sides.
If painting or refinishing a
crib, use only high-quality house-
brought up to believes they must
do household work because they
know how to do it. Men are
usually taught from beyond that
it's not manly to do these jobs,
and besides, they work.
These beliefs create problems
because mothers are reluctant
to ask for help and husbands
are honestly unaware of the
chores necessary to keep a home
livable.
Working women need to fight
their guilt feeling about not
doing all the household tasks
they once did. Husbands need
to fight years of upbringing that
taught them what women and
men were to do in the home.
Old beliefs cause fatigue and
resentment. Some beliefs about
housework may have worked
well in your past, but in two
worker families they are out of
date. Besides, work overload
causes destructive fatigue and
resentment.
In any family, adults and
children need to sit down together
Wilderness
Range Camp, allowing campers
to learn first hand about range
land and its relationship with
other natural resources. In addi
tion to the hands-on investiga
tions campers will also visit
local ranches to observe range
production practices, participate
in discussion on wild horses and
eastern Oregon history. Evenings
around the campfire, plus meeting
individuals from all around the
state help round out the camping
experience.
Camp sponsors are now seeking
girls or boys who would be
interested in attending Oregon
Range Camp. Interested youth
should contact their local Exten
sion Office today to receive appli
cation forms. Local businesses
and organizations will help pro
vide partial scholarships for inte
rested campers.
Camp participants will find
Oregon Range Camp a highlight
of their summer activities!
(save juice)
In skillet, cook garlic in hot
oil until golden but not brown.
Add juice from clams, tomatoes,
pepper, parsley, and oregano.
Simmer until the sauce is slightly
thickened. Add clams and heat
through. Pour sauce over cooked
spaghetti and stir. Parmesan
cheese adds a tasty touch.
deaths, safety stressed
manufactured prior to February
1978 when the 0.06 percent lead
limitation went into effect.
Check the crib thoroughly
and replace any missing parts
such as screws, bolts, or mattress
support hangers. Make sure all
screws and bolts are securely
tightened.
To insure optimum safety,
make sure that any crib bought
at yard sales or handed down
has been manufactured within
federal safety standards.
Always read the use and care
manuals and or instructions be
fore using any infant furniture.
Buy a crib with as much
distance as possible between the
top of the side rail and the
mattress support. This will dis
courage the baby from trying to
climb out of the crib which is
how most accidents occur. Always
lock sides at maximum height.
If placing a crib or playpen
next to a window, be sure there
are no drapery or blind cords
within the child's reach. More
than 40 children have strangled .
on such cords.
Never hang any stringed object
(toy or laundry bag) on the
corner of the crib or nearby as
children can get tangled up in
them.
When buying bumper pads
for a crib, make sure they fit
around the entire crib, tie or
snap into place, and have at
and examine the jobs that must
be done. Estimate the amount
of time and frequency for all
home chores. Plan as a whole
family who will do certain jobs
and when.
Job sharing can work at home.
There are many ways to schedule
job sharing. Some family mem
bers may choose to do the same
job regularly. A revolving sche
dule works well too. Post a
chart so each one knows what
heshe agreed to do.
Praise pays. If father's doing
the laundry and junior's cleaning
the bathroom, comment on their
efficiency and helpfulness. Avoid
focusing on the failure to attain
certain standards. People tend
to hate and put off tasks that
bring no feelings of success.
In your plan for "getting things
done" it's essential to allow time
for family fun and companion
ship. Family life becomes a hol
low existence when it focuses
only on the work that must get
done!
Break the news gently
Depending on their age and
developmental level, children can
have a different understanding
of death than adults do. And
that's an important concern for
parents trying to help them accept
death as a part of living.
The most important guideline
for parents to follow is honesty.
Saying that Aunt Betty has "gone
away" or that Freddy the goldfish
just "went to sleep," doesn't
help. In fact it aggravates fears
children may have about their
Seminar Set
A Controlled Grazing seminary
will be held Wednesday, May
14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lucy
Miller Building at the Deschutes
County Fairgrounds in
Redmond. Speaking will be
Russell Wilson of Gallagher
Export Company.
If interested in attending this
seminar, contact the Extension
Office. A van will leave Warm
Springs at 6:30 p.m.
4-H Camp dates set
Round Lake Camp Grades
4-6th. Located outside of Sisters,
Oregon. Monday, June 23 to
Saturday, June 28. Cost: $45.00.
Mid Columbia Grades 4-6th.
Limited to first ten youths to
sign up. Located near Wamic,
Oregon. Tuesday, June 24 to
Saturday, June 28. Cost: $60.00.
Heppner Camp Grades 4
7th. Limited to first 12 youths
to sign up. Located in Eastern
Oregon out-side of Heppner.
Sunday, June 29 to Wesnesday
July 2. Cost: $24.00.
least six straps. To prevent a
child from chewing on straps or
becoming entangled in them,
trim off any excess after tying.
Use the bumpers only until the
baby can pull up to a standing
position and then remove so
baby will not use them to try to
climb out.
Make sure high chairs, car
seats, baby strollers, and changing
tables have secure straps. Always
secure a child with the straps to
prevent him or her from sliding.
Use a car seat for all trips.
High chairs should have a
tip-resistant try that cannot be
removed by a child. Be sure a
high chair has an anti-fold locking
mechanism.
Never use a playpen with the
side rail in the down position as
a child can become trapped in
the mesh or can fall out of the
playpen. Make sure mesh holes
are tiny enough so fingers or
buttons cannot get caught.
Remove and destroy all plastic
wrappings from new infant furni
ture and equipment. Before
throwing it away, tie it in knots.
Plastic can be extremely dange
rous to children.
Make sure a child is supervised
at all times when in walkers,
jumpers or swings. Place barriers
on gates on all stairways.
Check all new furniture and
squipment for safety features.
The 1974 federal safety standards
were established to protect
children.
4-H Camp
This innovative high tech, high
touch camp is now in its 3rd
year. Open to any youth in 4th
8th grade, this camp will be held
at the 750 acre 4-H Center, near
Salem Oregon the week of August
1 0-1 5th. This year's camp
will again deal with aerospace
and computers, but will yet a
different slant from the past two
years. This year, campers will
find out what it would be like to
undergo training to become a
space pioneer. In addition to
learning about rockets, compu
ters and other "high tech"equip
ment, they will learn about the
future of health and medicine,
Caution advised around noisy machinery
People familiar with ranching
and logging know that hearing
loss is a common problem among
older persons. A lifetime of work
near noisy machinery can ruin
one's hearing.
Noise-induced hearing loss is
permanent, irreversible and can-
own deaths. On the other hand,
being honest mean providing all
the gruesome details of a fatal
car accident, either.
Telling the truth means gently
explaining death is permanent,
that Aunt Betty won't ever come
back, and that it isn't the child's
fault.
Address given
Pennie Albrandt
5838 Birch Court Apt. D
Oakland, CA 94618
(415) 655-2756
Event scheduled
May 24 has been set aside for
the 23rd Annual OSU Beef Cattle
Day. The event will take place
at the Harney County Fairgrounds
in Burns. Registration will begin
at 8 a.m. Cost is $7.50 per
person. Call the Warm Springs
Extension office for more infor
mation, at 553-1 16 1, ext. 238 or
239.
Aerospace Camp Grades 4-
8th. Located at Salem, Oregon.
Enrollment on a first-come-first-serve
basis. July 10-15. Cost:
$145.00.
Challenge Camp Grades 7
9th. Located at Mt. Adams
Wilderness. Limited to first 6
youths. August 8, 9, and 10.
Cost: $20.00.
Sign up now! Call the Oregon
State University Extension office
at 553-1 161, ext. 238 or 239 for
more information.
Clay Penhollow
Mollie
Mini-College planned for
June 24-27 at OSU
Jefferson County and Warm
Springs residents are invited to
"take a learning break" at the
1986 Extension Mini-College at
Oregon State University. June
24-27, according to Mollie Marsh.
OSU Extension Agent.
The 13th Annual Mini-College
features more than 40 different
classes covering such topics as
family communications, cake
decorating, Costa Rica, and a
tour of Mission Mill Village in
Salem.
Other subjects in this year's
program include an afternoon
with history, stained glass quilt
ing, manuscript preparation and
publication, drugs and the elder
ly, cardiopulmonary resuscitation
workshop, and women's health
issues.
The Mini-College is sponsored
by the OSU Extension Service
and the Oregon Extension Home-
pioneering
food production and preparation,
and shelter and clothing.
This camp is definitely for
both boys and girls. Some of
the activities planned include:
designing futuristic structures
with aid of the computer, using
a word processor and data proces
sor, making yogurt, drying food,
making tofu, clothing construc
tion for the year 2000, learning
to fly the space shuttle, construct
ing a geodesic dome structure,
deciding what to pack for that
long trip into space, and learning
about how to keep your body
and mind fit. In short, campers
will learn about the mental and
not be helped through medicine
or surgery. It is, however, 100
percent preventable.
Noise-induced hearing loss is
caused by extended exposure to
loud noises. "Typically, loud
noise affects the high frequency
spectrum of a person's hearing
first. Continued exposure will
cause the middle frequencies to
deteriorate gradually, followed
by the low frequencies.
Tell-tale signs of noise-induced
hearing loss are inability to hear
birds, crickets, doorbells, ringing
telephones, women's and
children's voices, or other high
pitched sounds. Another sign is
the inability to distinguish clarity
of speech in a noisy setting,
such as crowded room.
A condition known as tinnitus,
or continuous ringing in the
ears, can also develop. Usually
a temporary condition, tinnitus
can become permanent.
Frequently, your ears will ring
after you've been involved in a
noisy activity. That ringing in
your ears is like a little alarm
telling you to protect your ears.
Your ears don't bleed and
may not hurt. But it would be
almost be better if they did..
Proper bulb
extends life
Spring flowering bulbs such
as daffodils, tulips, hyacinths
and crocus stand a better chance
blooming again next year if
given proper care.
Usually this means leaving
the foliage on individual flower
plants rather than cutting it off.
The leaves provide the bulb
with food needed to keep the
plant healthy.
Leaves can be safely cut off,
but only after they hav e ripened
and are no longer actively manu
facturing food for the plant.
When the foliage is cut from
tulips, either separately or along
OREGON STATG UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
SERVICE
The Oregon State University Extension Service
offers educational programs, activities and
materials without regard to race, color, sex,
age. religion, national origin or disability.
Driscoll
Joan David
makers Council (OEHC).
Mini-College classes start
Wednesday morning and conti
nue through Friday morning.
Each participant may enroll in
one morning class for all the
three days, as well as for two
different afternoon classes.
Fees for the 1986 Mini-College,
which includes a room in an
OSU residence hall, meals and
registration, is $130.00 for full
time participants. There are re
duced fees for those whocommute
to the Corvallis campus.
Complete information about
the classes as well as registration
forms are available from the
Jefferson County and Warm
Springs offices ofthe OSU Exten
sion Service. The offices are
located in Madras 475-3808 and
Warm Springs 553-1161, ext.
238 or 239.
the future
physical skills needed to confront
the future, explore space and
set up a new space colony in the
year 2000.
This camp is jointly sponsored
by Oregon State University
Extension Service, OMSI, and
Oregon Aerospace Association.
Cost for the week long camp is
$ 145.00. The deadline for registra
tion is July 1, 1986. More infor
mation and a registration form
can be obtained by calling the
Warm Springs or Jefferson Coun
ty Extension Offices. Space is
limited and on a first-come,
first-served basis so apply early.
because then a person might be
more inclined to do something
about it.
Fortunately doing something
is easy. You can either get away
from the noise, which for a
rancher or logger is impossible.
Or you can wear hearing protec
tion. Proper hearing protection
comes in several forms, including
earplugs and earmuffs. Dispos
able earplugs offer a convenient,
low-cost method of hearing pro
tection. Available at farm supply
houses, safety equipment distri
butors, hardware stores and many
chain stores, these slender, ta
pered earplugs offer a comfort
able alternative to bulky ear
muffs. Their innovative shape
also makes them easier to wear
and use than other earplugs on
the market.
Using proper hearing protec
tion is one thing farmers can do
that won't cost them a lot of
money. A good set of earplugs
costs less than a dollar.
For more information, contact
the national Farm Medicine
Center, 510 North St., Joseph
Avenue, Marshfield, Wisconsin
54449,(715) 387-5241.
care
with the flowers, the plant won't
produce any blooms in the next
growing season.
Other spring bulbs given this
kind of treatment w ill also send
up only leaves but produce no
flowers in the follow ing season.
Tulips also benefit if their
seed capsules are picked off
w hen they finish flowering. This
w ill cause the plant to devote its
energy to storing food for next
year's flowers rather than to
ripening seed. Flower stems can
be left standing. Water the plants
until the leaves begin to yellow.