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Prevent insect infestation during winter
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Each winter, imall insects of all
torn find their way into Oregon
hornet. Many of these insect pests
are a simple nuisance, but some
can cause damage in the home.
Insects come in through open
doors, windows or on firewood or
other objects that are carried inside.
Be concerned about pests that
can damage furnishings, clothing
or foodstuffs. Some of the more
important pests include termites
Videos available
OSU Warm Springs Extension
has several videos available for
intcrdepartment and home viewing.
There are 25 videos covering
parenting such as step parenting,
problem behavior, food habits,
parenting extremes, listening to
children and child abuse.
Other videos concerning foods
that are available include food for
later, freezing, canning vegetables,
fruits or meats.
"Best Wishes Edith and Henry"
concerns aging and caregiving and
decisions on the elderly.
"Osteoporosis Are You at Risk
for Bone Disease?" is also available.
Contact the Extension office at
553-3238 for further information.
Holiday lights use little energy
Q.: I'm concerned about putting
up decorative holiday lighting because
I dont want to waste electricity.
What do you think?
A.:Compared to major applian
ces in the home, holiday lights use
small amounts of energy.
If you haven't already bought
holiday lights, you might consider
buying the newer energy-saving
miniature lights. You can enhance
them with foil and tinsel for more
sparkle. You get the effect of larger
lights, but use less electricity.
For safety's sake, as well as to
save electricity, always unplug hol
iday lights when you go to bed or
when you leave the house un
attended. Q. I know that certain parts of
Oregon are having problems with
Holiday fire safety tips offered
The following list offers hints for
fire safety during the holiday season.
Natural Trees
Select only a fresh tree that is
deep green in color; has a strong
scent of pine; needles do not fall
readily and has a sticky tree butt.
Do not rely on chemical sprays
to make your tree flame resistant.
Keep your tree in a water -holding
stand and keep it full of water.
Place the tree away from heat
sources and out of the traffic patt
ern of the room.
non-flammable trimmings;
never use paper, fabric, cotton or
anything that can burn.
Never use ornaments that could
be mistaken for food.
Keep pets and small chldren away
from small trimming and break
able ornaments.
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Margarine, oil
Margarine and oil are both fats,
but they don't have the same results
in cookie baking. In fact, you will
notice two differences if you substi
tute oil in recipes calling for mar
garine or shortening.
One difference is that cookies
will feel and taste greasy when oil is
substituted equally for margarine.
That's because oil is 100 percent
fat, while margarine is only 80 per
cent fat mixed with 20 percent
water. A second difference is that
oil cannot be creamed with the
sugar like margarine; so less air is
Workshop offered
Marketing logs, timber
On Wednesday, December 13,
beginning at 7 p.m., the Deschutes
County OSU Extension office will
be offering a program to area tree
farmers and ranchers on "Market
ing Logs and Timber from Your
Tree Farm."
"Prices for logs have continued
to rise in the last year or so, making
it feasible to harvest timber, par
ticularly the smaller logs," says
Stephen Fitzgerald. OSU Area Ex
tension Forester. "The goal of this
workshop is to provide informa
tion on how to go about getting the
best offer for your timber."
The instructors for the work
shop are Dr. David Cleaves, OSU
Extension Forestry Marketing
Specialist and Fitzgerald. Since
many landowners sell timber on an
an1 carpenter ants, which can cause
structural damage to the home.
Insects that damage clothing and
household furnishings include ear
wigs, sowbugs and pillbugs, carpet
beetles, silvcrfish, firebrats and
clothes moths.
Insects that damage or contami
nate foodstuffs include ants, cock
roaches, bran bugs and meal moths.
Non-damaging insects that come
into the home to overwinter could
Happy
Holidays
to you
and yours!
Warm Springs OSU
Extension Staff
wood stove pollution. What can I
do to help prevent these problems?
A. Good for you for recognizing
the problem and asking how you
can help. Everyone who heats with
wood is going to have to use com
mon sense to reduce health risks
that go along with burning wood.
That's because Oregon's pioneer
ing wood stove certification pro
gram isn't improving air quality
fast enough to meet new Federal
standards.
Here are some common sense
approaches to burning wood:
Burn only properly seasoned wood.
This means you must allow time
for air to circulate through a stack
of wood to dry it out. Wet or green
wood won't burn hot enough to
result in "clean" smoke.
Burn small, hot fires. Small fires
proved lights.
Discard any lights that have
frayed or worn cords, broken or
cracked sockets, loose connections
or bare wires.
Never use indoor lights outdoors.
Never use more than three sets
of lights per single extension. .
Keep young children away from
all electrical decorations and lights.
Never place presents too near
the lights of your tree.
Always turn off all tree lights
and electrical decorations when you
leave your house or go to bed at
night.
Other Fire Safety Tips
Never allow smoking near trees
or decorations.
Safely dispose of Christmas
wrappings immediately after open
ing gifts.
Never burn Christmas wrappings
in the fireplace.
Be extra careful when wearing
not the same
incorporated into the batter. This
changes the texture and density of
the cookie.
If you want to substitute oil for
margarine in cookie recipes, use
less than the amount called for and
expect a slight difference in tex
ture. Oil does not contain the emul
sifiers that shortening does, thus
you may need to add an extra egg
to your recipe when using oil in
place of shortening. Be sure to use
polyunsaturated oil, such as corn,
cottonseed, sunflower, sesame or
soy oil for better heart health.
infrequent basis, this workshop will
help landowners become familiar
with the marketing process and
help avoid some of the common
pitfalls. The workshop will coyer
such topics as marketing strategies,
market timing, methods of selling
timber, getting competitive offers
and how to compare offers using
net stumpage value.
To ensure enough education
materials will be on hand, you are
asked to pre-register for the work
shop by calling the office at 548
6088. The workshop will be held at
the Deschutes County Fair Con
ference Room located at 912 SW
Highland in Redmond. If you have
any quetions, please call Fitzgerald
at the above number.
include vellow jackets, spiders, cen
tipedes, millipedes, box elder bugs
and quite an assortment of insects
that are found in and around fire
wood. The key to controlling these un
wanted visitors is sanitation. Fire
wood suspected of containing in
sects should be left outdoors until
burned.
A vacuum cleaning under fur
nishings, along the base of walls, in
corners and at the edge of the ceil
ing will go a long way in control
ling many insects in the home.
Control of pests that infest food
stuffs is similar. All cereal products
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should be kept in glass or metal
containers with tieht-fittins lid
Food storage and preparation areas
should be kept clean.
Spilled foodstuffs provide a ready
source of food for insect pests.
Donl forget to clean under and
around the stove and refrigerator.
4-H clubs
Local4-H clubs beina offered bv
the Warm Springs OSU Extension
Service will prepare local youth for
the 1990s. Following is a list of
those clubs.
with plenty of oxygen burn clean
est. Burn briskly the first 30 min
utes. Then keep the fire at a mod
erate burn rate.
Weatherize your home and you
won't need to burn as much wood.
Because a weatherized home holds
heat longer, it will be warm in the
morning without your burning a
slow, smoldering fire overnight.
If your wood stove is old, con
sider rmlacinc it with a new one
certified to meet the Department of
Environmental Quality's clean air
standards of 9 grams per hour (4
grams per hour for catalytic mod
els). Avoid an oversized model that
may perform poorly in your home.
You might want to consider buying
a pellet-burning wood stove. These
stoves exceed DEQ standards by a
large margin.
long loose flowing clothing near
open flames of a fireplace, candle
or stove.
Keep candles, matches and ligh
ters out of the reach of small child
ren. Fun cookies
for children
Here are some fun cookie recipes
to share with the child in your life.
These two cookie doughs are
particularly good for children to
manipulate. They withstand sev
eral additions of flour and much
patting and rolling. Role the dough
into 'snakes' (long pieces about the
size and shape of a fat pencil). Then
shape on a greased cookie sheet
they should be flattened slightly,
by pressing with the fingers. This is
a lot easier than doing cutout cook
ies. ABC Cookies
34 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
Vh cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Cream butter and sugar. Add
eggs and vanilla. In a separate
bowl, combine flour, baking powder
and salt and add to creamed mix
ture. Chill at least one hour. Form
letters or shapes on lightly greased
cookie sheet about V" thick. Bake
at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes.
Keep tree fresh, safe
A fresh, green Christmas tree is
usually the centerpiece of indoor
holiday decorations, but it's im
portant to remember that the tree
does represent a degree of fire
hazard depending on the care it
gets.
The importance of keeping the
tree as fresh as possible while it's in
the home can't be overemphasized.
If the tree is to be stored for some
time before being moved indoors,
stand the tree trunk in a container
Tiled with water. If the tree is to be
displayed immediately, set the trunk
in a tree-stand that is designed to
hold water. And don't forget to
saw a two- to three-inch portion off
the bottom of the tree trunk to
allow the tree to take up water.
After putting the tree indoors,
fill the stand with water and keep it
filled for as long as the tree remains
in the home. Some tree-stands hold
The oriuinial containers in which
most food materials are purchased,
including pet food, are usually not
sufficient protection to prevent an
insect infestation.
Store large amounts of flour,
cereal products, dried fruits, or dry
pet foods in metal containers with
tight-fitting lids.
Avoid overspending for gifts
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Ask yourself:
Who do I want to remember
with gifts?
What price range is appropriate
and affordable?
How much, if any, savings can I
start in January
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4-H Arts and Crafts Era ina
Palmer and Susan Findlay will
team up to do art projects. Eraina
and Susan together will create
beautiful jobs in water color, calli
graphy and basic design.
4-H Dance Orthelia Miller and
and Helcne Arthur will teach fun
dance steps such as square dancing
and dances from other lands, then
go into Indian dancing.
4-H Grooming Arlene Boileau
is quite popular with the youth
with her 4-H club as she brings in
several resource persons, such as
Anna Hurtado for skin care.
4-H Library Eli Johnston
brings to this new club vast expe
rience gained in numerous librar
ies. Eli will tour her youth to differ
ent county libraries and teach child
ren how to research material.
4-H Range and AgriltureLeo
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Many of us get wrapped up in
the giving at Chrismas time and
sometimes forget about how im
portant sharing is to the children in
our families. Sharing time, and
including kids in the holiday activi
ties, will help them learn to appre
ciate family relationships and tra
ditions. Letting them help with the
decorating, the shopping, storytell
ing, entertaining and the visiting
that takes place are all part of
learning those family traditions.
Stories help children learn what
past Christmases were like. Telling
them of your own expriences of
happiness or disappointments can
help them understand their own
Holiday cooking shows variety
Gingerbread Modeling
Cookies
Vi cup butter or margarine
Vi cup brown sugar
sh cup molasses
1 egg
I Tbsp. water
Vh cups flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. ginger
1 tsp. cinnamon
Vi tsp. ground cloves
Cream butter or margarine and
brown sugar together. Add the
molasses, egg, and water and beat
until smooth. In a separate bowl,
combine the rest of the ingredients.
Add the dry ingredients to the
creamed mixture one-half at a time.
Work the last amount in by hand.
Divide into large balls. Make shapes
and bake on lightly greased cookie
sheet for about 10 minutes.
Nuts, nuts, nuts!
Microwave seasoned nuts for
the holidays. You can use walnuts,
hazelnuts (filberts), raw peanuts,
almonds, pistachio, or even pump
kin or squash seeds.
All of the recipes can be stored
for several weeks in a tightly covered
only a small amount of water, so be
certain to fill these stands every day.
Also: 1) Locate the tree away
from heat sources in the home. 2)
Place the tree away from doors. In
the event of a fire, the tree could
block escape from the room. 3) The
cooler the room temprature, the
longer the tree will stay fresh in the
house.
Play it safe. Alert all family
members to watch for dangers near
the tree and in rooms where there
are illuminated holiday displays.
Try to restrict the use of lighted
candles to the dinner table. Don't
consider burning candles on the
tree.
And avoid overloading electrical
cords. Make sure your home's
smoke detector is working prop
erly and keep a portable fire extin
guisher handy just in case.
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
we for holidav eifts?
How much of my current income
can I afford to spend on gifts?
How much, if any, can I afford
to buy on credit?
If these questions reveal that the
amount of money available is less
than needed to complete your gift
buying, give the gift list a second
look.
You may be able to find less
costly alternatives to what you
planned to give. You also may
er Clav Penhollow will teach his
club to water, care for, feed and
vaccinate a cow and calf. Learn
how nutrition affects the growth of
cows and calves. Learn how to
grow alfalfa and bale hay. Evaluate
expenses, sales, value and profit
and loss.
4-H Search and Rescue Leader
Keith Baker will teach his group
how to track, use a map and com
pass, identify edible and poisonous
plants, fire survival, rock climbing,
participate in team challenge
courses, go on a survival weekend
and become certified in first-aid
and CPR.
4-H clubs will start in January.
4-H application project enrollment
and health cards need to be filled
out and returned in order to insure
4-H leaders and members.
feelings. Bring out the Christmas
records, tapes, songbooks and have
family caroling sessions.
Let children help decorate the
house and the tree, or even let them
have a small tree of their own. They
can make ornaments out of con
struction paper or play clay. Hav
ing their friends to help can be the
start of some very special memories.
Take part in special events that
your children will enjoy, but be
careful not to over do it. When we
get run down from doing too much,
tempers may flare. When you are
good and rested, more enjoyment
will be gained from the time spent
together and the memories sweeter.
container.
Conventional method to cook:
Place in a single layer on a lightly
greased baking sheet in a 250 degree
oven for about 30 minutes.
Roasting Chestnuts in the Shell
Slash through the shells on the
flat side of the nuts. Place cut side
up on a baking sheet. Roast in a
400 degree oven until tender (about
20 minutes). Insert fork to test foi
tenderness.
Herbed Nuts
1 cup nuts
1 Tbsp. butter or oil
Vi tsp. each thyme and oregano
1 tsp. parsley
Mix fat and spices and toss with
nuts. Spread evenly in a glass pie
plate, leaving center open. Micro
wave three minutes, stir, micro
wave three to five minutes more
until coated and crisp.
Chili Nuts
1 cup nuts
1 Tbsp. melted butter or oil
Vi tsp. chili powder
Va tsp. garlic powder
Microwave same as for herbed
nuts.
Oriental Nuts
1 cup nuts
1 Tbsp. soy sauce
1 Tbsp. Dijon-style mustard
Vi tsp. oil
Vi tsp. honey
Vi tsp. ginger
'4 tsp. garlic salt
Sesame seeds
Sit down,
Relax
When stress begins to pile up
during the day, take 1 5 minutes out
(you cant afford not to!) to sit by
yourself and relax or do some
exercise.
There's nothing like tension to
send one on a binge to the refriger
ator or cookie jar!
When it comes time to celebrate,
down play food and drink. Birth
days, Christmas and other holi
days are just as special with less
food and more family interaction.
want to discuss budget limits with
family members. If funds are tight
this year, let everyone k now to pre
vent disappointments.
Not all gifts have to be pur
chased. Food and craft gifts are
always appreciated. However, these
items require more time than you
have to devote to holiday prepara
tions. It doesn't help if you have
more unfinished projects than you
can complete. Handcrafted gifts
require careful planning and work
months ahead of the holiday season.
Gifts of services are especially
thoughtful. Babysitting coupons for
young parents or window washing
or snow shoveling "gift certificates"
for older friends often are welcome
gifts.
You may have gifts among the
things you already own. Special
family heirlooms make memorable
gifts. Or you could divide house
plants and share them with others.
Gift giving should be a joy for
the giver as well as the receiver. The
holidays will be more pleasant if
the gift costs are within the limits of
the family budget.
1 990 4-H Camps
Winter Camp
"Shoot for the Stars"
At Pringle Falls in the snow in the
Bend area
Dates: February 23-25. 1990
Camp Counselor Training
To be announced in early spring.
Watch for further information.
Summer Week
A week at OSU
Learn about campus life
June 18-22, 1990
Tri-County Camp
June 24-28, 1990
At Crystal Lake Camp in Prine-
ville, Oregon
Challenge Camp Counselor
Training
July 21-23, 1990
Grade 9-12
Challenge Camp
August 14-17, 1990
After tossing nuts with season
ings, roll in sesame seeds and cook
until crisp.
Chinese Nuts
1 cup nuts
1 tsp. five-spice powder
Vi tsp. salt
Vi tsp. water
Stir well
Vi tsp. sesame oil
Sprinkle over top and toss well.
Follow previous instructions.
Add oranges
Who doesn't like to give and
receive fresh citrus fruit and cook
ies during the holidays? Here's a
recipe and gift idea that gives you
three times the mileage too. "Three
Way Orange Cookies" can be used
to fill a cookie jar along with fresh
navel oranges. Tuck in a few cook
ie cutters or attach them to the bow
after wrapping in celophane. Or
combine apples, oranges and tan
gerines in the same manner for a
new twist on an old favorite. Place
all on a decorative cookie rack with
holiday greenery and a bow for an
extra special give-away gift.
Three-Way Orange Cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking powder
XA tsp. salt
23 cup butter or margarine,
softened
A cup sugar
I egg
Grated peel of two oranges
3 Tbsp. fresh squeezed orange juice
Chopped nuts, shredded or flaked
coconut, colored sugar crystals,
cinnamon, sugar, etc. for topping.
Sift together the flour, baking
powder and salt. In a large bowl,
cream together the butter and sugar.
Add the egg, orange peel and juice;
beat well. Gradually blend in the
dry ingredients. Cover and chill for
one hour or longer. Shape dough
into one-inch balls or 3"x'$" logs or
roll to a V4" thickness and cut with
lightly floured cookie cutters. Roll
or sprinkle cookies with chopped
nuts, coconut, etc. Place on un
greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350
degrees for 12 to 15 minutes. Re
move and cool on wire racks. Make
three dozen.
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