Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
January 13, 1989 PAGE 5
New resources available to help families
Thanks to gram from (he Fred
Meyer Charitable Trust and lome
hard work by OSU Extension Cer
ontologv Specialist Vicki
Schmall, lour new packaged pro
grams are available from the Des
chutes County Extension office on
a free loan basil to families, com
munity and church groups.
With the increase in life expec
tancy, more adults are facing con
cerns about aging relatives. These
new programs can help families
prepare for adjustments and deci
sions when an older relative expe
riences increased dependency.
Each program can be checked
out and conducted by any individ
ual after they review the written
materials. Each program kit con
tains color slides, an audio cassette
and overhead transparency mas
ters. As an alternative to the slides,
a videocassctte is available for use
with families or small groups.
Resource materials that can be
duplicated and distributed to par
ticipants are included, and a con
prehensive users guide that takes
you through the program stcp-by-step
is available. Each program is
designed for a two hour presenta
tion, but can be modified for shor
ter or longer time periods.
The progra ms ha ve genera ted high
audience interest because they pro
vide real people stories, visual
drama, audience participation and
guidelines for action. If you would
like to borrow any of the pro
grams, contact the Warm Springs
Extension office at 553-1 161, ext.
238.
Following is a description of the
programs.
When Dependency Increases is a
series of multi-media programs
based on the premise that the fam
ily, with the right knowledge and
skills, can bean important support
system for elders faced with deci
sions about life changes.
Best wishes Edith and Henry
Tough decisions are faced when
Edith should no longer drive and
Henry experiences a health crisis.
Viewers look at the impact of the
decisions on all family members
and explore different approaches
to resolving concerns.
260 Primrose Lane Through the
lives of Ethyl, Claire, Sara and
Norman, viewers learn about the
impact a change in living arrange
ments can have on the older person.
Discussion focuses on the fac
tors to consider in making housing
choices and different kinds of liv
ing arrangement options.
Vie DollmakerTbe caregiver's
health is at stake when Alyce pro
vides 24-hour care for Ernie and
refuses help and respite. Alyce
becomes isolated, loses her health,
relationships and interest in life.
Guidelines are suggested for
making caregiving decisions and
reducing stress for the caregiver.
Due I'pon Receipt! Addresses
the financial concerns of the elderly
by looking at three families. Through
Isabel, viewers learn about prob
lems low-income elderly face and
the resources that are availlablc to
them. Carlos has duplicate health
insurance convcrage and is a prime
target for sales agents. Eventually,
Carlos' children must get a conser
vatorship and face nursing home
care costs. Fred and Maggie have a
sicable estate w hen Fred dies and
Maggie knows nothing about thcii
finances.
Guidelines are presented for
making financial decisions.
Information on this page provided by the
by the Warm Springs Office
of the Oregon State University
Extension Service
Phone: 553-1161, ext. 238 or 239
Sawmilling information service
now available through OSU
Lack of winter light
may hurt houseplants
Poor houseplant performance
due to lack of light is a common
houseplant problem during winter's
short, cloudy days. In the winter
months, the ideal positions for most
houseplants, especially flowering
ones, is a large window with a
southern exposure.
Heavy burden on working parents
The "new family" these days is
likely to have both parents work
ing or is headed by one parent who
has the compound responsibilities
of working, running the home and
rearing the children.
The current emphasis on child
ren's needs for enriched experien
ces coupled with parental work
roles is producing a lot of guilt feel
ings for parents. Some parents allow
guilt to prevent them from giving
their best at work and at home.
They let it limit their productivity
and use a great deal of energy in
"worry time."
Guilt is especially prominent
among working parents of young
children. As women attempt to
juggle the roles of homemaker,
work and spouse, they worry about
being a success in any of these jobs.
Very real conflicts exist if these
persons believe they can't be a
good parent or homemaker if they
work. It's especially difficult if a
parent worker's inner feelings or
the. standards of co-workers clash
with what is possible for the parent
to achieve.
If you are a working parent who
is giving home, family and job your
best, you cannot judge yourself by
another's standards of what a good
parent should be. Above all else,
good parents provide for their
children in both finance and nur
turance. But it's better to say, "111 be the
best parent I can be while fulfilling
several other jobs." When you
accept that you are doing your best
with your many tasks, you will feel
better and more confident in your
self. In American society, it is easy to
feel guilty about having to work
while raising a family. The tradi
tional family style was built on
mothers at home and fathers at
work. Now, fewer families fit this
pattern since many fathers take
care of homes and chilldren while
mothers work or one parent heads
a household, or both parents work
out of the home.
Guilt is the basis for much un hap
piness that can be eliminated with a
new frame of mind. When you
decide that guilt stems from unreal
istic expectations of yourself, you
will make your lot easier.
Give your energies to being the
best financial and nurturing parent
possible. It's a more positive use of
your energy and will make you feel
more self-assured about your roles.
Most foliage plants require less
light than flowering varieties and
grow well in all exposures. If
needed, window light can be sup
plemented with artificial light.
If you don't knowa certain plant's
light requirements, inquire at a
local garden or nursery store.
Another cause of indoor plant
problems during the fall and winter
is high temperatures. Housplants
do best in indoor temperatures
between 60 and 74 degrees. And
just as in nature, houseplants need
a definite change in temperature.
This means a five to ten degree
drop at night so plants can build up
new tissues from the food supply
they manufactured during the day.
Plants tend to become spindly
and less resistant to disease and
insect attack when placed in a
room that is too hot. Flowering
varieties may produce poor quality
flowers under such conditions.
A sawmilling information ser
vice is now available through the
Forest Products Department of
Oregon State University. The com
puterized database was recreated
to aid in the retrieval of documents
that are written about the many
and diverse subjects associated with
the primary breakdown of logs and
the manufacture of lumber. At this
time, thedatabase contains citations
of more than 1 ,600 magazines, pro
fessional journals, texts and gov
ernment publications that are about
bucking, main hcadrig saws, re
saws, trimmers and edgers. Included
within these subjects in the data-
Dustenemy of VCRs
base are references dealing with
both softwoods and hardwoods;
sawing technology and theory; log
and lumber handling; sawing patt
erns, yield and recovery; compu
ters and computerized applications;
safety; economics; management;
etc.
For those interested in obtaining
information and the references
available on a subject dealing with
some aspect of sawmilling. contact
Stanleys. Nicmicc(503) 754-2859,
at Forest Resource Laboratory,
College of Forestry, Oregon State
University, Corvallis, OR 97331.
If you encounter picture distor
tion, commonly called "funny
lines," when you play back a video
tape, your first step is to consult
your VCR manual. You'll find a
section illustrating the various kinds
of picture and sound problems
you're likely to run into and ex
plaining how to deal with them
using the VCR's own controls. (This
section also stresses that you should
not take the unit apart or even
remove the screws holding down
the cover. Obey this warning, or
Energy questions answered
Q.: We get a backpuffing of
smoke into the room when we
reload our wood stove. How can
we stop this?,
A.: Insufficient draft in the chim
ney causes backpuffing. And it
often becomes a problem in milder
weather. People tend to run their
tions. Creosote plugging reduces
draft and frequently becomes a
problem toward the end of the
heating season.
Have you weatherized recently?
Tightening the house may have
affected the draft. With less air
leaking in around windows, doors
Calcium found in dairy foods
wood stoves at lower temperatures ; and cracks, the wood stove might
during mild weather to avoid over- not be getting enough combustion
heating the house. This practice air. Exhaust fans in a kitchen,
Dairy foods are the most abun
dant source of calcium in the
American food supply. And, the
calcium from dairy foods is readily
available for absorption by the
body making dairy products the
best food choice for calcium.
The recipes that follow can eas
ily be made by children and are
chock-full of important calcium.
We hope you'll take this opportun
ity to teach them all about good
eating habits and the importance
of high-calcium dairy products.
Strawberry Nog
1 cup skim milk
'2 cup sliced strawberries
1 egg
1 Tbsp. sugar
14 tsp. pure vanila extract
In the container of an electric
blender place milk, strawberries,
egg, sugar and vanilla extract,
Cover and whirl until berries are
pureed. Pour into a tall glass.
Sprinkle with nutmeg if desired.
Yield: 1 portion
Frozen Yogurt Fruit Pops
1 cup plain lowfat yogurt
Vi cup instant nonfat dry milk
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 cup sliced fresh or drained canned
fruit such as strawberries, bana
nas, peaches, pineapple chunks,
etc.
4 popsicle sticks
What you should
know about fats
Saturated fats Oils from
animal products and some plants
(e.g., coconut and palm) that are
solid rather than liquid at room
temperature. Examples: meat fat,
butter, cream and shortening.
These fats raise blood cholesterol
and increase your risk of heart
disease.
Polyunsaturated fats Oils from
vegetable products that are liquid
at room temperature. Examples:
safflower oil, sunflower oil and
corn oil. These fats in moderation
lower blood cholesterol and are
helpful in removing cholesterol
from the body. Substituting these
fats for saturated fat in the diet can
reduce your risk of heart disease.
Monounsaturated fats Oils
from other vegetable products that
are liquid at room temprature.
Examples: olive oil and peanut oil.
Recent evidence shows that substi
tuting these fats in moderation for
saturated fats helps lower blood
cholesterol and reduce the risk of
heart disease.
In the container of an electric
blender or food processor fitted
with a steel blade place yogurt, dry
milk and sugar. Cover and whirl
until milk powder and sugar dis
solve. Add fruit. Cover and whirl
until smooth. Pour into four, four
ounce paper cups. Freeze until par
tially set. Place a popsicle stick in
the center of each cup. Freeze until
firm. To unmold roll cup between
palms of hands to soften slightly.
Pull out pop. For a calcium boost,
serve with a glass of milk.
Add three Tbsp. sugar or to
taste.
Yield: 4 portions
significantly reduces draft.
You can correct the problem by
building a short, hot fire. This will
provide a burst of heat to take the
edge off the morning and evening
cold. It also will provide a strong
draft while preventing overheating.
Other causes of poor draft include
chimney height, wind direction,
plugging of the chimney or depres
surization in the house.
Increasing chimney height can
increase draft, but if your backpuf
fing problem is a recent occur
rence, chimney height isn't a likely
culprit. Nor is wind direction,
though this ccan be corrected by
putting a cap on the chimney.
Have the chimney inspected for
creosote buildup or other obstruc-
bathroom or utility room can com
pete with the wood stove for house
air. So can a forced-air furnace. A
separate source of air to the wood
stove will help correct the problem.
This can be ducted from a crawls
pace or outside.
Q.: My wife and I spend all our
waking hours in the kitchen and
family room. We have no need to
heat the rest of the house. Is it reas
onable to close 10 to 12 heating
ducts with butterfly turnoffs to
save the heat going through those
ducts?
A.: No, it's not a good idea to
shut the heating ducts of your
forced air furnace. There are a
couple of reasons.
The furnace is designed for a
specified flow of air to keep it
operating in the correct tempera
ture range. By reducing the air
flow, the heat exchanger or the
resistance elements of the furnace
could overheat. This reduces over
all furnace efficiency. Closing a few
vents to the larger rooms may be
okay, but closing them all is not
advisable without the help of a
heating contractor.
Aa' alternative is to turn down
the thermostat to 60 degrees and
then maintain the temperature in
the kitchen and family room by
using a space heater. Of course,
this won't work if your central
thermostat is located in the kitchen
or family room.
A better solution might be to
reduce air infiltration by caulking
and weatherstripping gaps and
seams in what is called the building
envelope. This is best done from
the inside.
Also add insulation to areas that
can use it, including furnace ducts.
You can install a setback ther
mostat to automatically regulate
the temperature day and night.
Learn three Rs for effectively relieving stress
Remove, respond and revamp
are the three Rs that can help you
learn to offset the harmful effects
of stress.
Remove the attitudes and emo
tions that sometimes bog you down.
Although you can never know
yourself completely, the more self
awareness you have, the better
equipped you are to avoid stress-
Healthy substitutes
Instead of...
Bacon
Frying
Sour cream on a baked
potato
Buttering vegetables
A red meat main dish
A fast food burger
Lean ground beef
Commercial baked
goods
Cream or butter
sauces
Nondairy coffee
creamer
Chocolate
Butter
Cooking with animal
fats
Whole milk
Try
Canadian bacon
Baking, broiling or
steaming
Low fat yogurt or cottage
cheese
Vegetables with herbs and
lemon, lime or orange juice
Pasta or rice with a little
meat, skinless white meat
poultry or fish for
seasoning
The salad bar
Lean trimmed round steak,
white meat poultry without
skin, or fish
Home baked treats, using
polyunsaturated oils and
margarine
Sauces using low fat broth
Nonfat milk
Cocoa
Tub or soft margarine
Cooking with vegetable
oils such as sunflower,
olive or peanut oils
Skim or low fat milk
full situations.
Respond by learning and using
techniques that can help reduce the
harmful effects of stress.
Then revamp your life and health
Where does all
the money go?
Do you know where your money
goes? "Do you start trie week with
dollars, end the week with pennies
and feel as though you haven't
reeally bought aything?
Knowing where your money goes
is the first step to gaining control of
your finances. To find out where
your money goes, have your family
keep a strict and detailed record of
every purchase for a two- or three
week period. Track down the money
spent at the pop machines, at coffe
break and for "odds and ends."
You may not want to eliminate
at those "odds and ends," but you
will know where your money is
going andd perhaps gain more
control of it.
so that you have the physical and
psychological strength to resist the
distress that stress can cause.
"Research suggests that stress does
not adversely affect everyone. Some
people escape the harmful effects
because they see change as a chal
lenge, not a threat. They feel in
control of their lives, are involved
in life and have a purpose or mean
ing to life.
Here are some ways to live with
stress:
Take charge of your own well
being. Be confident about your way of
life and the changes you wish to
make.
Maintain your health. Exercise,
get enough sleep, avoid the tempta
tion to abuse alcohol or drugs, eat
properly and follow the other basic
health rules.
Share feelings regularly and talk
over problems before they get out
of hand.
Practice positive thinking. Seek
and try positive ideas to replace
self-defeating ones. Form a posi
tive attitude for daily living.
How to care for winter clothes
It pays 10 Keep your winter ward
robe in mint condition. The
Neighborhood Cleaners Associa
tion (NCA) offers these tips.
Save the hangtags that come
with the clothes you buy they
include information your dry
cleaner needs when cleaning.
Send stained garments to the dry
cleaner as soon as possible expo
sure to air, heat and light sets
stains, making them impossible to
remove. Tell your dry cleaner w hat
caused the stain.
Have garments dry cleaned regu
larly, they'll last longer, if allowed
to accumulate, grease, grit and
dust particles can also ruin the
appearance of your clothes.
Brush your clothes regularly.
Allow damp articles to dry in a
cool, ventilated area before hang
ing them in your closet.
Don't use an underarm deodor
ant without using a shield to pro
tect your clothes. Wait for the deo
dorant to dry before dressing.
Never hang knitted garments
that pulls them out of shape. Store
them in a drawer or over a padded
hanger.
Donlt wear decorative pins, es
pecially on knit garments. If the
garment has a snag, use a crochet
hook to pull the loop inside.
you risk throwing out ot whack
complex alignment and other elec
tronic mechanisms.)
There are two common picture
problems you can cure without
professional help: 1) clogged heads
(sometimes caused by cheap tapes
the magnetic coating rubs off eas- .
ily); and 2) tracking misalignment.
Start with the tracking knob on
your VCR. Turn it to see if the tape
you're playing might have been
recorded on a VCR with misaligned
recording heads. This knob will
move the heads on your VCR to
correct for a tracking error. If this
doesn't work, the next step is to ;
clean the heads. You do this with a :
headcleaning cassette; you can buy,: :
one at msot stores that sell video ;
tapes. These cassettes pop into the
VCR just like the standard ones.
The "wet" type requires that you
use a liquid with the cassete. If this
step works, you've cleared up
clogged heads.
If this step doesn't work, check
for loose or faulty cable connec-J '
tions on your VCR or monitor,
and check to see if the tape itself is j ,
creased or mangeled (release the '
catch next to the tape cover door
and swing open the door to check,. ,
for damage.) If the tape is dam- '
aged, you must then determine if
your machine is at fault. If so,
you'll want to call in a professional
who'll open up your machine and ;
adjust for tension error and other
possible problems.
Fnr the rare anH maintenance nf
. . . .
your VCR and video tapes, con
sider dust your number one enemy. 111
Keep dust away with appropriate
covers. You can buy VCR covers '
and plastic cases for your tapes at
most stores that sell video supplies.
Avoid cardboard tape sleeves
they can shed abrasive paper dust.
Tobacco smoke is also hazardous
to the health of your VCRs and
tapes. Temperature and humidity
are improtant elements for both '
VCRs and tapes. Keep them out of
the sun and in a constant tempera
ture of abut 70 degrees and relative
humidity of around 50 percent.
If you follow these guidelines, if
should be years before you have to '.
worry about serious problems.
"Seasonless"
clothes save
$$$
While you're looking at spring
and summer clothes, think ahead ,
to next fall and winter. If you select ,
clothes that span as many seasons
as possible, you can save money, '
get more wear from each item and ,
expand your wardrobe. ('
A seasonless wardrobe is built ,
on clothes made of fabrics approp-, .
riate for different climates.
Lightweight wool, for example, ,
is comfortable in spring and early
summer as well as fall. Linen fabrics
that were once worn in the summr ;
also can be used throughout the,
year. f
One easy way to develop a sea- .
sonless wardrobe is to buy light-to-
medium weight clothes that can bt ,
worn in layers. For example, when
selecting new sleeveless turtlenecks
or short sleeve camp shirts, think ;
about colors you could wear under ;
your fall andd winter sweaters. '
Loose-knit sweaters also can be I
worn by themselves in the summer,!
and over or under other clothes j
during cool weather.
Also, when shopping for year-,
round clothes, avoid color, print
and texture extremes. Try to choose :
basic cloihing in medium colortones.:
print sizes, fabric weight andj?
textures. !'
Slacks and skirts in basic colors 'j
and medium weight fabrics are ver- it
satilc. You can usually wear them '
from early spring through fall.