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Spilyay Tymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
November 2, 1990 PAGfc 7
Take advice with grain of salt
Manyt so-called "experts" are
giving misleading advice, about
what you should eat to stay health-
In recent weeks, new books
promoting curative effects of foods
have appeared in local bookstores.
Don't assume that the information
is accurate just because it's in print!
There is nothing magical about
eating for good health. Healthy
eating means including a variety of
foods in your diet. Include fruits
vegetables, milk milk products
and meat meat substitutes to get
the nutrients that you need.
Be wary about promises that
food is magic. Personal testimoni
als about food cures Rive people
great hope. Howeverthe claims
are usually exaggerated. If eating a
food seems to have made a health
difference. You may need to credit
it to a placebo effect. When some
one really believes that something
will happen, it may. But, that
doesn't meun that it will work for
the next person.
You can waste money by follow
ing the advice of an unqua'ificd
nutritionist . worse vet, vou
could endunger your health it you
fail to seek prompt medical treat
ment for diseases.
If something seems too good to
be true, it probuhly is!
Insects increase in winter
Information Provided By:
OSU Warm Springs Extension
1134 Palute Street
PO Box 430
Warm Springs, OR 97761
(503) 553-32383239
Winter's lower temperatures other objects carried inside.
chase small insects of all sorts into
Oregon homes.
Many of these insect pests are a
simple nuisance, but some can
cause damage in the home.
Insects come in through open
doors and windows or on firewood
Ventilation necessary
Now that the cooler weather
means you'll be doing more craft
and home improvement .projects
indoors, protect yourself with
good ventilation.
Many common materials used
around the home should be used
only with adequate ventilation.
Read the product labels carefully
. to determine whether or not the
product can be used indoors or
requires special ventilation.
Opening one window in a room
is probably not enough to insure
adequate ventilation. Open two or
more windows, turn on a portable
fan to create a draft out a window,
andor turn on a good exhaust fan
to improve the ventilation in a
room. Avoid working for too long
with materials you know give off
hazardous fumes.
Products which should be used
only with good' ventilation include
paint strippers, glues and adhe
sives, paints, sealers, varnishes,
strong cleaning products, fungi
cides and insecticides.
Dizziness, drowsiness or other
symptoms of sickness are clues that
your ventilation is not good e
nough. If any of these symptoms
occur, get out of the area and call
your doctor.
Pay special attention to children
who may be helping or playing
near the area where you are work-'
ing on a project. Help your child
ren develop an awareness of safe
practices by explaining how and
why you are improving the venti
lation for your project area.
Some of the more important
pests include termites and carpen
ter ants, that can cause structural
damage to the home. Insects that
can harm clothing and household
furnishings include earwigs, sow
bugs and pillbugs, carpet beetles,
silverfish, firebrats and clothes
moths.
Insects that contaminate food
stuffs include ants, cockroaches,
bran bugs and meal moths.
Non-damaging insects that mi
grate indoors to overwinter may
include yellow jackets, spiders,
centipedes, millipedes, box elcjcr
bugs and an assortment of insects
that are found in and around
firewood.
The key to controlling these
Boneless pork better
Compare the steps necessary for
a retailer to get bone-in pork cuts
ready for the meat case with the
effort needed to prepare customer
ready boneless packages and it's
easy to see why the boneless pork
revolution is underway.
There's a lot more labor, and
more costs, involved with bone-in
cuts. With boneless cuts, meat
managers don't have to touch a
saw to trim a lot of fat consumers
don't want.
With the boneless pork, we just
portion it out with a knife, wrap it
and it's ready for sale. With less
labor, we get a value-added pro
duct for consumers that's worth
more to us in the meatcase.
Boneless pork also offers longer
shelf life, an important factor in the
retail arena. For example, a bone-
You are unique....
Celebrate You!
Celebrate you.
You are worth celebrating.
You are worth everything.
You are unique.
In the whole world there is only one you.
There is only one person with your talents, your
experiences, your gifts.
NO ONE CAN TAKE YOUR PLACE!
We often underestimate our importance.
God only created one you, precious in his sight. You have
immense potential to love, to care, to create, to grow, to
sacrmce, it you oeiieve in yourself. I believe in you.
It doesn't matter your age, or your color or whether your
parents loved you or not. Maybe they wanted to but
couldn't. Let that go. It belongs in the past. You belong in
tne now.
It doesn't matter what you have been. The wrong you
may have done. The mistakes you have made. The people
you have hurt. You are forgiven. You are accepted. You are
OK! .
You are loved in spite of everything. So love yourself and
nounsn yourseir. Be gentle with yourself, indulge yourself.
And ueieorate you!
Begin now. Start anew. Give Yourself a new birth. Today.
You are you and that is1 all you need to be. S You are
temporary, here today and gone tomorrow. But today,
today can oe a new beginning, a new thing a new life.
So celebrate you.
And live each day to the fullest.
Get the most from each hour, each day, and each age of
your lite.
Then you can look forward with confidence.
And back without regret.
Be yourself.. .but be your best self.
Dare to be different, and to follow your own star.
Enjoy what is beautiful.
Love with all your heart and soul.
Believe that those you love, love you.
Learn to forgive yourself for your faults.
or this is the first step in learning to forgive others.
Listen to those whom the world may consider
uninteresting.
For each person has, in himself, something of worth.
Disregard what the world owes you.
And concentrate on what you owe the world.
Forget what you have done for your friends.
And remember what your friends have done for you.
No matter how troublesome the cares of life may seem to
you at times, mis is still a beautiful world and you are at
home in it, as a chjld is at home in his fathers house.
When you are faced with a decision
Make that decision as wisely as possible,
hen forget it.
he moment of absolute certainty never arrives.
Above all remember that God helps those who helD
hemseives.
Act as if everything depends on you.
hen pray as if everything depends on God.
You are a very special person and I am looking forward to
knowing you better & sharing your successes.
Ruth Kahn
less pork loin arrives at the retail
er's door in Cryovac bags that have
shelf-life of about 21 days com
pared with about five for bone-in
loins.
If retailers run weekend specials
on bone-in chips and sell less than
expected, they're stuck on- Mon
day. Their only choice is to put the
chops in the freezer, and a lot of
consumers don't like to buy frozen
pork.
With boneless loins, retailers can
open one or two Cryovac bags at a
time as needed, with any left un
opened able to be used the follow
ing weekend. With bone-in loins,
retailers are more apt to underbuy
to avoid having to go to the freezer.
So boneless cuts help avoid out of
stock rows in the pork meatcase,
which equates to more sales and
profits for the industry.
Packer, of Stop'n Shop, agreed
that the Cryovac-packaged bone
less pork lets retailers stock bone
less cuts seven days a week, 52
weeks a year. He added that it also
allowed retailers more flexibility in
their meat purchases.
unwanted visitors is sanitation.
Firewood suspected of containing
insccis 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
ceiling, will go a long way in
controlling many insects in the
home.
Control of pests that infest
foodstuffs is similar. Keep all
cereal products in glass or metal
containers with tight-fitting lids.
Keep food storage and preparation
areas clean.
' Spilled foodstuffs provide a
ready source of food for insect
pests. Don't forget to clean under
and around the stove and refrig
erator. The original containers in
which most food materials are
purchased, including pet food, are
usually not sufficient protection to
prevent an infestation of insect
pests.
Store large amounts of flour,
cereal products, dried fruits, or dry
pet food in metal containers with
tight-fitting lids.
Tank could help
You can lead a cow to water and
keep it out of the stream.
A study lust winter found that if
cows hud an alternate source of
water besides a stream alone, they
would spend less time in the
stream, where they can wreak
havoc on riparian soil and vegeta
tion, water quality and fisheries.
Some environmentalists say,
'Fence all the streams,' to keep the
cows out, this is extremely expen
sive. .
A less expensive solution is first;
what would happen if you set out a
slock tank for cows to drink from?
Would the cows stay out of the
stream more of the time?
With a grant from the Gover
nor's Watershed Enhancement
Board researchers designed a sim
ple experiment to look at the
amount of time cows spent near a
central Oregon stream if they also
had an alternative source of water
nearbv. Thev compared this with
the amount of time cows spent in
the stream when it was their only
source of water.
The difference was dramatic.
So far, researchers have found
that in the winter, if an alternative
water source is provided during the
feeding, there is almost a 20-fold
reduction in the amount of time a
cow will spend time in a stream.
Each cow that had access to a
water tank spent about one and
one half minutes in the stream per
day. In the pasture without a water
tank, each cow averaged over 23
minutes per day in the stream.
Through next summer col
leagues will try similar experiments
to see if cows' time in stream areas
can be reduced in other seasons of
the year.
Ultimately what we hope to find
out is where and how alternative
water sources can be placed to best
protect the streams.
Marketing seminar set
The winter presents an opportu
nity of a lifetime. The Oregon State
University Extension Service and
U.S. Bank is presenting a "Grain
and Livestock marketing Semi
nar." Dates for these events are
January 8, 15, 29,' February 5. I2
and 19, concluding with a field trip
on February 26, 1991.
The seven sessions are listed be
low. The first five sessions are
videotapes with instruction from
Clark F. Seavert (OSU) and Curtis
J. Fuszard (U.S. Bank). These
sessions will begin at 1:00 p.m. at
the U.S. Bank building on the
corner of 3rd and Washington, The
Dalles.
You can attend one or all of
Sessions I through 6 at no charge.
Session 7 may have a small fee to
cover transportation.
Please call 1-800-874-0946 ask
for Sally or 296-5494 or 386-3343.
Again, there will be no charge for
these sessions, however, knowing
the number of individuals attend
ing will be greatly appreciated.
Important As an added fea
ture to this seminar, individuals
may take these marketing sessions
for college credit. Three credit
hours may be taken for under
graduate or'graduate credit. There
will a fee of $99 for those who take
it for the three college credit hours.
Call Clark at the Wasco County
Extension Office (296-5494) for
more details.
Session I: January 8, 1991 -"Planning
the Farm Business"
Session 2: January 15, 1991 -"Managing
Price Risk"
Session 3: January 29, 1991 -"Using
Future Markets"
Session 4: February 5, 1991 -"Using
Agricultural Options"
Session 5: February 12, 1991 -"Understanding
Basics"
Session 6: February 19, 1991 -"ARMS
and GMX asa Marketing
Decision Aid"
Session 7: February 26, 1991 -
Field Trip
Save energy now
October is American Energy
Month. This is a good time to
remember that enerirv used or
Check, clean air filters regularly
Two of the best things you can
do for your room air conditioner
are also the easiest-checking and
cleaning the air filter.
The air filter collects dust, lint
and other particles from the air
before it passes over the cooling
coils. A dirty filter is the number
one cause of poor performance and
service calls, say appliance experts
from Whirlpool Corporation. By
simplv checking the filter regularly
and cleaning or replacing it as
needed, you can help assure peak
performance throughout a long,
hot summer. For air conditioner
maintenance, follow these steps:
Disconnect the power cord.
Remove the front panel and
clean it with warm water.
Dust the control panel with a
soft dry cloth. Never use cleaners
of any type.
Remove and vacuum the fil
ter. If it's very dirty, wash it in
warm water and a mild detergent.
Better still, replace the filter with a
new one.
Dust off the condenser coils
and cooling fins on the outdoor
side of the unit.
. About once a year, inspect
and clean the coils and condensate
water passages, check the fan, and
oil the fan motor, if necessary.
Consider bleach in laundry
When used correctly, chlorine
bleach can be a good ally when
doing the laundry, say Whirlpool
Corporation home economists. It
joins the enemy ranks, however, if
used improperly. Chlorine bleach
helps with some soil and stain
removal, whitens some fabrics and
acts as a disinfectant.
To help keep your summer
wardrobe at its whitest and bright
est, follow these tips:
First, read and follow gar
ment care label instructions for use
or no use of bleach.
Use a bleach dispenser, if your
washer has one. If not, dilute the
bleach with one quart of water and
4-H
clubs open
It's not too late to sign up for
4-H. Currently we have twelve
clubs actively running:
Grooming
Yarn Screening
Beginning Beadwork
Advanced Beadwork
Pen Pal
Quilting
Baseball Card Collection
Search & Rescue
Story Telling
Beginning Cooking
Shawimaking
Basketball
Other clubs will not start until a
later date, most likely in January.
While others are put on hold due to
no leader(s). To find out more
about the clubs call OSU Exten-sion4-H
Program and ask for
Arlene and or Tina. Or drop by
our office and pick up a registra
tion form.
add it to the washer alter it has
filled with water.
Never allow undiluted chlo
rine bleach to come in contact with
clothing. It can damage color and
fabric.
Use chlorine bleach on white
or colorfast cottons. Do not use it
on wool, silk, acetate or rayon.
Test an item's "colorfastness"
by making a solution of one table
spoon of bleach and !4 cup of
water. Put a drop or two in an
inconspicuous spot on the fabric
(an inside scam, for example) and
check it for color loss.
For stains, mix !4 cup chlorine
bleach with one gallon of water in a
sink or pail. Soak stained items in
the solution for five minutes. Chlo
rine bleach is not effective on
protein-type stains (egg, grass,
blood). Use an enzyme pre-soak
product for these.
Recipes offer variety, tasty alternatives
Squash Bread
Vi cups unsifted flour
2tsp cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
Vi tsp baking soda
V tsp salt
2 eggs
cups sugar
V4 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 13 cups zucchine or yellow
summer squash coarsely shred
ded, lightly packed.
Preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease a 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan.
Mix dry ingredients, except sug
ar thoroughly.
Beat eggs until frothy. Add
sugir, oil and vanilla. Beat until
lemon colored, about 3 minutes.
Stir in squash. Add dry ingredi
ents. Mix just until dry ingredients
are moistened. Pour into loaf nan
Bake 40 minutes or until toothpick
inserted in center of loaf comes out
clean.
Cool on rack. Remove from pan
after 10 minutes.
I loaf makes 18 slices.
Patio Salmon Potato Salad
1 pint canned salmon
1 pound can small potatoes
drained and diced
V cup minced green onions
V cup chopped dill pickle
Vi chopped cucumber
cup chopped celery
1 tbsp minced parsley
V4 cup mayonnaise
1 teaspoon lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste
Drain salmon. Flake salmon
and mix with potatoes, onions,
pickle, cucumber, celery, and pars
ley. In a small bowl combine
mayonnaise, lemon juice and salt
and pepper to taste. Pour over
salmon mixture and mix well.
Makes 4 servings.
Salmon Macaroni Salad
8 ounces elbow macaroni
.1 small onion, finely chopped
V cup chopped parsley
1 cucumber, sliced
1 pint canned salmon, drained
and flaked
V? tsp dry mustard
V4 cup mayonnaise or yogurt .
salt and pepper to taste
Cook macaroni according to
package directions. Drain and
rinse with cold water. Combine
macaroni with remaining ingredi
ents. Salt and pepper to taste.
wasted is gone forever. The good
news is that reducing energy use
saves money, which will help offset
inevitable increases in energy costs.
Smart use of laundry appliances
saves energy and dollars.
In the United States, 17 percent
of the energy consumed by home
owners goes for heating water for
household use.
Use warm and cool water set
tings as much as possible. For
lightly soiled items use warm wa
'ter; save hot water for heavily
soiled loads.
Special features on the washer
can save you money; for example,
soak cycles help to remove stub
born stains in one washing. In
structions on the detergent box
should be followed carefully be
cause ovcrsudsing causes the wash
ing machine motor to work harder.
Conserve energy and dollars
when drying clothes; don't over
load the dryer or overdry the
clothes. Your instruction manual
gives the proper settings and dry
ing times. On the other hand, don't
dry just one or two items at a time.
Of course, line drying, either inside
or outside, is the ultimate energy
saver!
Clean the lint filter on both
washer and dryer after each load.
Remove lint from the dryer outside
vent.
To eliminate much of your
ironing, remove all garments from
the dryer as soon as the cycle is
finished. Iron large amounts of
clothes at at time to avoid heating
the iron too often. Iron fabrics
requiring lower temperatures first
and work, up to those needing
higher heat. Use the lowest tem
perature that will do the job.
Freeze that
Coleslaw
Frozen coleslaw
1 med. cabbage, washed and
shredded
Add 2 tbsp. salt. Let set for one
hour (more okay).
Meanwhile bring to boil
2 cups sugar
1 cup cider vinegar.
Remove from heat and cool.
Rinse salt off cabbage and
squeeze out excess moisture.
Mix with
I shredded carrot
I chopped green pepper
I tsp. celery seed
I tsp. mustard seed
Add coo'erf sugar and vinegar.
Place in fieezer cartons atM
1 2 serving.
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