Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
May 6, 1988 PAGE 5
A dozen ways to handle daily
Today's world produces plenty
of stress. Life's little hassles mount
up until you say to yourself, "If one
more thing goes wrong today, 111
explode!"
At times when the pressure seems
to be too much and you can't con
centrate anymore, don't just reach
for the aspirin bottle. Try one of
these instant stress relievers.
Take six deep breaths. Breathe
in through your nose, out through
your mouth. Take the time to notice
how your abdomen expands as you
Till your lungs with air.
Visit the Bahamas or any other
pleasant scene from your past.
How? Imagine it! Visualize the
scene in detail. Stimulate your other
sense to. Smell the salt air. Feel the
warm sun on your skin. Hear the
waves crashing on the shore. Taste
the water. In just a couple of min
utes youll recapture the pleasure
of actually being there.
Stretch. Stand up. Raise your
arms above your head. Stretch
left and hold 1-2-3-4. Stretch right
often comes from taking yourself there s no questions but that fami
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home cleaning products
Most cleaning products used in
homes today are dangerous only
when misused. The most frequent
misuse is accidental swallowing by
curious children. Never transfer
cleaners into soft drink bottles or
other containers that may seem
harmless to children.
Regulations require that all haz
ardous substances include on their
label the statement, "Keep Out of
the Reach of Children." Under the
kitchen sink is the poorest place to
store household cleaners.
Keep products such as strong
acids and alkalies away from your
skin and eyes. Wear protective clo
thing such as gloves and an apron.
Wash off immediately any products
that you splash or spill on your
skin.
Products containing flammable
liquids should never be used near
an open flame such as a pilot light
on a kitchen range or gas clothes
dryer, lighted cigarettes or furnaces.
Do not leave an aerosal (pressur
ized) container on a kitchen range,
radiator, furnace, in direct sunight
or near other heat sources. Never
puncture an aerosal container.
Before discarding this type of con
tainer, hold the valve open until all
the contents and gas have escaped.
Never discard an empty aerosol
container into a fire or incinerator,
because some gas usually remains
even in an apparently empty can.
Heat causes the gas to expand and
may lead to an explosion,
Bulbs need proper care
Spring flowering bulbs such as
, daffodils, tulips, hyacinths and cro
cus will stay in better condition for
blooming next year if given the
right care.
. In most cases 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 have ripened and
are no longer actively manufactur
ing food for the plant.
When the foliage is cut from tul
ips, either separately or along with
Recipe
Stir-fried beef
340 calories per serving
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Marinating time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 to 12 minutes
I pound boneless beef sirloin, cut
A inch thick
!4 cup and lite soy sauce
3 tablespoons oil, divided
8 ounces mushrooms, sliced
I package (6 ounces) frozen pea
pods, defrosted
1 tablespoons cornstarch
4 cups shredded lettuce
Slice sirloin diagonally across
the grain into thin strips K inch
thick. Combine sherry, soy sauce
and cornstarch. Place beef strips
and marinade in utility dish. Cover
dish and marinate 15 minutes. Heat
2 tablespoons oil in wok or large
non-stick frying pan over medium
high heat. Add mushrooms and
pea pods; stir fry 3 to 4 minutes.
Remove vegetables; reserve. Drain
marinade from beef; reserve mari
nade. 'Add remaining oil to pan.
Quickly brown beef strips (half at a
time), stirring constantly. Add
reserved vegetables and marinade
to wok; cook and stir until sauce
thickens. Serve beef stir-fry over
lettuce. 4 servings.
Nutrient data per serving: 340
calories; 19 g fat; 75mg cholesterol;
673 mg sodium; 5.6 mg iron.
Steak will slice more easily if
partially frozen for 30 minutes.
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and hold. Repeat several times.
Hug someone. Four hugs
everyday will do a lot to calm you
down. Hug the kids, the dog, your
spouse, the mailman. (Not neces
sarily in that order.)
Change the scene. Walk to
your window and watch the birds.
Take a stroll around the shop floor.
Go outside and breathe deeply for
two minutes.
Find a friend. Chose a patient
soul, one who won't butt in or give
advice, but listen to your com
plaints. Take an exercise break. Take a
brisk walk at lunch. Climb the
stairs instead of riding theelcvator.
When your mind is cluttered, move
your body. Exercise will improve
your frame of mind.
Have a good laugh. Pull a joke
book out of your drawer and read
it. Visit with a co-worker who is
known for a fine sense of humor.
Or just laugh. Your spirits will rise
immediately.
Get a fresh outlook. Stress
If an accident occurs in the use of
a hazardous substance, refer to the
label on the product for the correct
first aid procedures. Follow the
directions carefully. If it is neces
sary to take a child or adult to the
hospital or a physician's office
because of an accident, be sure to
take with you the container of the
product that caused the injury. The
information on the label will assist
the physician in giving prompt and
proper treatment.
This telephone number could
save your life!
-Toll free: 1-800-452-7165-Oregon
Poison Control and Drug
Information Center.
Call this number free of charge
any time, day or night on any day
of the year, from any place in
Oregon for help or information
about poisons or drugs.
Pruning should be done soon
A good basic rule of pruning
i landscape ornamental trees and
shrubs goes, 'If you see a need for
pruning and you can get at it, then
do it'.
However, for those home land
scapes who like to be precise, most
pruning should be done either in
the late dormant season (early
March) or just after the plants
bloom.
the flowers, the plant won't pro
duce any blooms in the next grow
ing season.
Other spring bulbs given this
kind of treatment will also send up
only leaves but produce no flowers
in the following season.
Tulips also benefit if their seed
capsules are picked off when they
finish flowering. This will 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.
Walking
yourself
awake
When it's not even noon and
you're nodding off at your desk, it
could be more than fatigue that's
got you down. Chances are all you
need is a fresh air fitness break.
Escape the dry, suffocating atmos
phere of the office at lunchtime by
bundling up for a brisk walk around
the block. Count on the crisp, cold
air to startle your senses and give
your complexion a healthy glow.
Quick strides step up both your
heart rate and your circulation,
leaving you refreshed, revived, and
ready to get back to work
How to ensure potluck
Ever wondered if it's safe to eat
at a potluck dinner? When potluck
food items are properly handled
there is little cause for concern.
Carefully cared-for foods will not
cause illness.
To guard against potential haz
ards in potluck meals, the follow
ing food care tips are recommended.
Were foods, such as baked
beans, kept hot while being trans
ported? Select appropriate contain
ers to keep hot food above 140
degrees F if it wont be eaten for
two or three hours.
Was that tossed green salad
fixed with clean hands? Hand
washing after use of the bathroom
can prevent the spread of hepatitis
virus and certain bateria.
and the job too seriously. Lighten
the load by askingfand answering)
the questions, "What's the worst
thing that could happen if... I made
a mistake?" or "we missed the
deadline?" The actual consequen
ces are usually not nearly as bad as
the ones we imagine.
Finish something. Bogged
down by lengthy and complex pro
jects? Give yourself a quick sense of
accomplishment. Tick a task you
can easily finish in the next ten
minutes. Then do it.
Play. A few minutes spent
playing brings renewed energy and
concentration to the job. Use your
break time to work a crossword
Families changing
Some people feel that family life
is deteriorating, while others main
tain that today's families are in the
process of reorganizing lifestyles
and kinship tics.
Regardless of your viewpoint.
The family is no longer seen as
an economically productive unit.
Now the family is seen more as a
source of companionship and home
is where adults and children meet
between activities sponsored by
schools, organizations and other
institutions.
However, no matter how fami
lies change, the individual's needs
for love, belongingness, identity
and independence remain the same.
Individuals look to the family for
developing and maintaining physi
cal and emotional health.
Statistics seem to support this
view. For instance, married indi
viduals are generally healthier than
those who live alone. Over 95 per
cent of all Americans marry, but all
can expect to spend part of their,
adult life alone because of separa-
tion, divorce or death. Most will
remarry.
At a time when many adults view
parenting as a less desirable role, a
study of adolescents reveals a higher
Prune shade trees and summer
' blooming sbiubsin the dormant
season before growth starts. Shrubs
and trees that bloom early in the
spring should be pruned soon after
blooming.
The blooms of summer flower
ing shrubs grow mostly on wood
produced the same seaon. Most
late-blooming plants will produce
better flowers or fruits if pruned
severely each spring.
In the case of trees grown for
decorative fruit, homeowners are
advised to remember that the heav
ier the pruning, the longer it will
take for the tree to bear fruit.
Some shrubs that should be
pruned in early spring include
hydrangea, roses, pomegranate,
spirea and shrubalthea.
Flowering fruit trees or shrubs
that bloom along the sides of the
branches or on spurs of last year's
wood should be pruned in early
spring before growth starts by re
moving excess branches and water
shoots or suckers. Pruning will
Swimming builds strong bones
Until now, it's been thought that ; h may be force exerted on the
the only exercises to maintain strong .
bones throughout your lifetime
involve weight-bearing activities like
running or walking. A new study,
though, shows that the most weight
less exercise of all swimming
can give similar bone-bolstering
benefits.
Researchers at the Portland, Ore
gon, Veterans Administration Me
dical Center compared a group of
older male swimmers with a similar
mers had been doing laps an aver-
age
of 4.6 hours a week
tor IJ
years.
When the researchers checked
the swimmers' spines, they found
the vertebrae were 1 2 percent denser
than those of the nonswimmers.
Was the raw fish frozen before
the sushi was made? Freezing fish
at 0 degrees F for at least one day
destroys parasites that might be
present.
Were foods, such as pasta
salad, kept cold? Keep cold foods ;
in insulated containers with ice if
they will not be eaten w ithin two or
three hours. - " :
Was the casserole chicken
sliced on a clean cutting board?.;
Salmonella and other bacteria
found on raw meat and poultry can '
be spread by dirty cutting boards.
This is a concern if the contami-.
nated food wonlt be cooked before
eating.
stress
puzzle or play a computer game.
Change your focus. Put your
job concerns aside for five minutes,
and concentrate on your life away
from work. Plan how you will
spend this evening or the weekend.
Think of those friends you've been
mcuning to call and then decide
when you'll do it. Check to see if
you need to stop at the market on
the way home. Think up a nice sur
prise for someone you care about.
As your mind gets busy with these
kinds of thoughts, you'll fine that
your stress will begin to fade a way.
In just five minutes or so, you'll be
able to get back to work with new
vitality.
sense of families, family loyalty
and cooperation than a decade ear
lier, although this was less in fami
lies where the parents enjoyed
higher educatinal achievement and
occupational status.
Despite the place of marriage
and family in peoples' lives, Oregon
families are faced with both eco
nomic and social pressures
which can increase health prob
lems, confusion, violence and de
moralization. Nationally, only seven percent
of all families fit the traditional
picutre of husband as primary pro
vider for stay-at-home wives and
their natural children. Economics
is one reason for this change. Lower
payingjobs mean real family income
has decreased steadily since 1973.
Where income remains the same, it
now takes two people to earn it.
This is one of the big reasons for
the entry of women into the work
force. Figures show that 70 percent
of mothers with a youngest child
between 6 and 13 are employed and
that 80 percent of children under
18 months have employed mothers.
This has occurred at the same
time that supportive education and
day care assistance for parents have
decreased, despite evidence show
ing the importance of early child
hood experiences to long-run suc
cess as an adult.
"(- provide more light for the remain-
t'mg branches. " ' "
'' Cotoneastef, firethorn, holly,
' flowering quince and hawthorne
' are in this category.
Shrubs such as redtwig dogwood,
yellowtwig dogwod and coralbark
' maple are grown for their flowers.
They must be pruned severely in
early spring to develop vigorous
, shoots with young showy bark.
Prune early blooming shrubs and
trees immediately' after the blos
soms have faded. Pruning will con
sist mainly of cutting out the older,
branched or twiggy growth. These
shrubs will grow new wood and
( form fruit or flower buds before
the end of the growing season.
Included here are camellias, deut
zia, forsythia, lilac, moonlight
' broom and flowering plum.
Pruning prevents shrubs from
becoming overgrown and formless.
It also keeps plants healthy by
removing dead, diseased or injured
wood and improves the quality of
the plant.
bones by the muscles that s lmpor-
tant lor increased Done mass, says
Erick S. Orwell, M.D., the study's
main researcher. "You can exert a
tremendous amount of force on the
skelton by the muscular action of
swimming."
And swimming's beauty for peo
ple with arthritis, osteoporosis or
other weak spots is that it's relax
ing and virtually injury-free (Clini
cal Research, January 1987).
QQ CreaiTI eOUQlS
' . ,
A halt-cup ot ice cream is the
nutritional equivalent of one-third
cup of skim milk plus two teas
poons of oil or butter and three
teaspoons of sugar.
safety
Were the baked potatoes kept
at a safe temperature before the
potato salad was made? Baked
potatoes are perishable. If left at
room temperature longer than two
or three hours, Clostridium botul
inum and other bacteria might
grow.
Was the cream pie prepared
by someone w ho avoided sneezing
on the food? Sneezes can contami
nate perishable food with Staphy
lococcus bacteria.
Proper temerpature and good
hygiene will keep foods safe for
potluck dinners. T he safety of left
overs must be judged on the same
basis.
The
AGRICULTURE4-H
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Mollie Marsh
FAMILY LIFE4-H
Arlene Boileau
4-HYOUTH AIDE
Joni David
2126 Warm Springs Street
with the times
Long-range studies show the per
vasive influence from environmen
tal disarray and family disorgani
zation on adolescents andyoung
adults. The ability of the family to
function in the parenting role is
jeopardized as American set world
records among developed nations
in divorce, teenage parenting and
children under five living in poverty.
For instance, among 40.000
children born in Oregon in 1985,
more than half had teen mothers.
7.000 of whom were unwed and
one-third of whom were under the
age of 19.
In 1985. single-parent families
accounted for one-fourth of all
family groups. One in six children
lived in stepfamilies.
How to cut
The arrival of spring, means
trimming time for home lawns and
makes spring a good time to review
lawn grass cutting guidelines.
How short and how frequently
the lawn grass is cut is very impor
tant. If the grass is cut too often or
too short, the individual grass plants
may become weakened and die.
On the other hand, the lawn may .
go into shock if the grass is allowed
to grow to a height of six or seven
inches and then cut back to a
height of two inches. This can
happen because the major food
producing portion of the plant has
been removed.
' Letting lawn grass" become Very'
,tali 'bef ore .auuing also makes! re-
movbl of grass clippings necessary.
Use care in
Spring, as they say, has sprung,
along with crabgrass, chickweed,
aphids, weevils and other favorite
companions of the home gardener.
American gardeners seem to be
undaunted by suohtjjests, though.
In 1987, Americans rated garden
ing as their second favorite out
door leisure activity, according to a
poll by the National Gardening
Association and the Gallup Organi
zation. The poll also reports that 59.5
million Araeircan households
maintain their lawils and garden's
with the aid of such outdoor power
equipment as lawn mowers, garden
tractors and tillers. One more $ta-
tistic: in the same year, 1 987, more
than 170,000 people were injured
in power equipment-related acci
dents, reports the National Safety
Council.
While outdoor power equipment
can make your work easier and
your yard more beautiful, it can
also lead to serious injury if im
properly used. The National Safety
Council, in accordance with the Out
door Equipment Institute (OPEI),
suggests seven basic steps to follow
in the purchase and use of outdoor
power equipment.
1. Make sure your equipment
has been tested and meets safety
standards. Before you purchase new
equipment, be sure it is marked
with the OPEI triangular seal. The
seal indicates than an independent
testing laboratory or third party
has certified that the equipment
meets nationally recognized volun
tary safety standards, as published
by the American National Stand
ards Institute.
2. Be sure you know how to
operate the equipment. Read the
operator's manual thoroughly to
find out where the controls are and
what they do. Become familiar
with the safety devices on the
machine and be sure they are never
damaged or missing.
3. Dress properly for the job.
Wear substantial shoes, long pants,
and close fitting clothes no loose
jewelry, unrestrained hair or any
thing that could get caught in a
moving part.
- 4, Handle gasoline carefully.
Store gas in a container approved
by Factory Mutual. Underwriters
Laboratories or some other relia
ble organization. Keep gas away
from the house. Fill up your gas
tank before your start, whilehe
engine is cold. Vipe up all spills
and never smoke hile in the vacin
ity of gasoline.
5. Clean up and clear out your
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Although children areamazingly
resilient, they arc vulnerable at all
levels of society to the lack of sta
bility with significant adults guid
ing their development. This is
reflected in the number of child
abuse cases and in national figures
indicating that 35 percent of Amer
ican children suffer stress-related
problems at some point.
Managing lifestyles and family
functions today demands more
flexibility and innovation than ever
before in making decisions and
building relationships. People must
become better at communication
and conflict-resolution if the fam
ily unit is to meet the expectations
of themselves and others
your lawn
A large buildup of grass clippings
left on a lawn will smother it and
encourage the buildup of grass
plant disease.
Trim a lawn often enough that
no more than one-third to one-half
of the grass plant is removed by the
mower. Mowing a lawn about once
a week usually satisfies this require
ment. Grasses should be cut back to
1.5 to 2 inches in height.
The mower should be sharp
enough to cut the grass cleanly
without bruising or tearing the
leaves. Rotary mower blades re
quire frequent sharpening. Height
of cut by most rotary mowers is
fixed by adjusting the wheels in
holes or slots on the mower frame.
yard work
work area betore you start. Pick up
anything that could be thrown by
the equipment, such as trash, twigs,
toys or rocks. Be sure that children
and pets are out of the way until the
job is done.
6. Operate equipment carefully.
following reecommended safety
procedures. Use equpment only for
its specified purpose. Avoid leav
ing equipment unattended. If
equipment must be left unattended,
turn off the engine and remove the
.. key even ifthe machine will be used
" again'' momentarily. 1
7. Keep hands and feet away
from moving parts. If repairing or
( uncloggingfequipment, turn off the
" engine first and disconnect the spark
-plug wire.
Your summer gardening should
be enjoyable, not hazardous. Fol
lowing the seven steps may not give
you a green thumb, but they'll help
to keep both of your thumbs, as
well as the rest of you, safe and
intact.
Clean your drapes
During household spring clean
ing don't forget your curtains and
draperies. They will last longer if
cleaned at least every two years.
Soil build-up on curtains speed up
sunlight damage, causing strength
loss and rotting of fabrics.
Read labels for care instructions.
Most polyester cotton blend cur
tains can be machine washed and
tumble dried with minimum shrink
age. However, to prevent shrink
age, line drying is often recom
mended, especially for washable
open-weave curtains.
Since many draperies shrink five
percent with the frist cleaning, a
double hem than can be let down is
a good feature. Five percent shrin
kage on an 84 inch panel means the
curtain could be more than four
inches shorter.
If you need to dry clean, costs
will be less if you don't ask for
pressing. Wrinkles usually disap
pear under the weight of the drape
after hanging.
Shop around
for bargains
If you need something, use some
time and energy to find the best
buy. Bargain hunting may mean
looking in several places such as
catalogs, newspapers and different
stores. Someitmes you can buy
what you need at the least cost at
secondhand stores or garge sales.
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