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Aucust 7, 1992 PAGE 7 SpilyayTymoo Warm Springs, Oregon Feed your family well using the new Food Guide Pyramid In the old days, people ate what was seasonal and what was avail able. If food was scarce, we shared the limited supply. If it was abundant, we stored food for later. But today, seasonal foods are abundant all year around, and choices seem endless for most people. Choosing the right food and the right amount of food is the problem today. And we have advertising to tempt us in every direction. As a result many Food Guide Pyramid A Guide to Daily Food Choices Fiu, Oili, A Swetu $ Vte Sparingly f ,. Milk, Yogurt A Cheeie , 2-3sSrvingi Jt(v&cC5f I Vegetables M$'T " ' I Fruil Croup 3-5 Servingi Jwf f Kp 2-4 Servingi " r II A Hot summer weather Sunburn afflicts people and shrubs alike. People avoid it by using sun screen. Help your landscape shrubs avoid it by discontinuing pruning during hot spells. Some summer pruning of orna mental trees and shrubs is beneficial, says Ray McNeilan, Oregon State University (OSU) Extension home gardening agent. However, thinning trees and shrubs, along with removal of water sprouts and suckers, takes away some of the foliage of these plants, which exposes inner foliage to direct sunlight. The result is a sort of sunburn, a drying out and some wilting of inner foliage. Homeowners who prune trees and shrubs in June or July may notice this sunburn effect on their landscape plants and become alarmed. "It's no cause for panic," says McNeilan. "The drying and wilting of leaves on recently pruned plants means the loss of those leaves. But Facts about lice French soldiers, during World War I, dubbed body lice "cooties." The name stuck and has been used in nursery rhymes, poems and even the name for a once popular children's game. It is, however, the head louse (plural: lice) that causes so much consternation among teachers, par ents and kids today. It seems like every year we get a few calls (usually from elementary school teachers) asking about lice. Here are a few facts: There are three different lice that affect people - head lice, body lice and crab or pubic lice. All are blood-feeders. Bites cause intense itching, and in some, allergic reac tions of the skin. Scratching can lead to secondary infections, as well, when bacteria are scratched into the skin. Lice can transmit some pretty nasty diseases, like typhus, but this is rare today in the industrialized countries. The head louse is most com monly found in the hair above ears and on the back of the scalp. It mea sures about 18 inch long. The so cioeconomic group or income level of the family is not an important factor p rV..': ..lining incidence of head lice - anyone can get them. In general, small children are more sus ceptible than adults, girls are slightly more susceptible than boys, and whites are more susceptible than blacks. The chance of a head lice infestation goes up in schools where (principals please take note): locker and coat hooks are shared, not as signed. Head lice are spread by people to people contact and sharing of per sonal items like combs, hair brushes, etc. The most important sign of a lice infestation is the presence of "nits" (eggs) attached to hairs. Unlike the head louse, body lice spend much of their time on cloth ing, usually in areas where the cloth is in contact with the body. Eggs are laid on clothing as well. They generally occur in crowded, unsanitary condi tions. Body lice are slightly smaller than head lice (about 17 inch long) but otherwise almost identical in ap pearance. Body lice are uncommon in most of the U.S. population. As the name suggests crab lice look superficially like tiny crabs with their enlarged second and third pairs of legs. It's other common name, the pubic louse, also is suggestive of where it lives - in the pubic area - but it can spread to the chest, armpits, and even eyebrows. As with other lice, people to people contact is the most common means of transmis of us arc overweight, and have dis eases such as diabetes or cancer which arc related to unhealthy eating pat terns. To help simplify the choices of which foods to cat, the U.S. Depart ment of Agriculture released a new food pyramid to remind us of the choices that our bodies need to be healthy and fit. Take a look. It is different from the suggestions we have used for 30 years. Meal, Poultry. Fiih. Dty Beam. Eggi, A Null Croup 2-3 Servingi hard on landscape usually new leaves will come on to replace them. The loss of a few leaves due to sunburn doesn't mean the plant is in danger of dying. Eventually, the tree or shrub will recover, McNeilan says. Remember that hot summer weather is hard on landscape plants and don't prune during especially not penoas. Earthquake insurance in Oregon? The recent earthauakes in the Los Angeles area have caused many Or egonians to wonder about the need for earthquake insurance. "Only three percent of homeowners in Oregon purchase the optional earth movement insurance coverage,'' said Insurance Division Administrator Mary Alice Bjork, "compared to 25 percent of Califor nians. Standard homeowners policies do not cover structural damage caused by earth movement as a result of an earthquake. Homeowners need to you should know sion. There is no evidence that lice are involved in the transmission of venereal diseases, including aids. CONTROL OF LICE Lice can not survive off their hosts (us) for long, so area treatments with insecticide are not useful. Control of head lice generally requires the use of over the counter shampoo prepa rations that contain insecticides. Lindane was once the insecticide of choice and was only available by prescription. Today, Lindane has been replaced by much safer materi als that can be purchased without prescription. Be sure to follow in structions completely or else infested individuals should be machine washed, separately, in hot water and dried under high heat (if possible). It is common for family members of infested school children to become infested. Body lice are generally only a problem (in this country, at least) among those who wear the same clothing more or less constantly, without washing them. Body lice are more common during winter months and among the poor and homeless. Body lice infestations can generally be stopped by bathing and cleaning of clothes. Crab or pubic lice are generally treated with prescription or over the counter lotions. Medical attention is recommended for this condition - see a physician. Salmon Luncheon Salad 6 medium potatoes boiled and peeled 12 cup chopped green onions and tops 1 tsp. dried sweet basil salt to taste 12 tsp. freshly ground black pep per 34 cup safflower oil 14 cup wine vinegar lettuce leaves 3 ripe tomatoes, peeled and sec tioned 1 pint canned salmon drained and broken into large chunks 6 hard cooked boiled eggs green pepper rings black olives Slice potatoes into a large bowl and add green onions, basil, salt, pepper, oil, and vinegar. Toss well. Arrange salad on a large serving platter or salad bowl lined with crisp lettuce leaves and garnish with to matoes, salmon, eggs, green pepper and olives. Serves 6. The base of the pyramid is made up of foods made from the grain foods such as wheat, rice, breads and pastas, such as spaghetti and noodles. If wc eat the 6-11 servings of the grain group, wc will have plenty of energy to last through the day.Thcsc carbohydrate foods help us to want less fatty foods, and help us to burn up fat when wc lose weight. Some people say that 6-11 serv ings is a lot. So let's count what many people cat each day. for breakfast, a bowl of cereal, two pieces of toast For lunch a sandwich with two more pieces of bread and perhaps some crackers to go with a bowl of soup. Wc already have 6 servings from the grain group. Finally when wc add dinner, wc have a salmon noodle casserole with bread sticks and wc have 8 servings from the grain group for the day. A majorchangc in the grouping of foods is making a category each for fruits and for vegetables. Before they were combined with only four rec ommended choices. The vegetable group suggest 3-5 servings. Vegetables arc complex foods which lake more lime to di gest. When wc cat a good plate full of vegetables, we feel full until time for the next mcal.That means we want to snack less. Be sure to include the traditional roots in thiscatcgory. Let's say that you have some bitter root along with green beans and spinach lettuce and tomato salad along with the salmonnoodle casserole. And for lunch with your bologna sandwich you had some lettuce and a carrot stick. Already for this day, you have 5 servings of vegetables. Well Done! The fruil group suggests 2-4 serv ings. Now is the time to take advan tage of the beautiful fruit in the stores. How about a handful of fresh huckle berries for breakfast, a banana for lunch, and a giant slice of water melon for dinner. Already we have 3 servings and we haven't had any snacks for the day. The fruit group has vitamins and minerals to protect your bodies and help us do the work and play that we all want to do. decide if thev should Durchase the optional earth movement endorse ment coverage which will protect them against this type of catastrophic loss. This coverage is relatively in expensive and readily available in the Pacific Northwest." In Oregon, the average annual cost for earth movement coverage on a frame home will range between 53 and 80 cents per $1,000 coverage. Because masonry homes are more susceptible to earth movement dam age, the average annual cost for this coverage is higher ranging be tween $2.45 and $2.60 per $1,000 coverage. Most residential earth movement coverage in Oregon is sold with a standard deductible of five percent (some companies now require a 10 percent deductible). On an $80,000 home, the 5 percent deductible would be $4,000. This deductible applies separately to the building and its contents. Contact your insurance agent if you have any questions about homeowner's earthquake coverage. Proper storage of pesticide important Safe handling of pesticides in the home landscape cannot be overem phasized. Home gardeners are urged to use extreme care in the decision to use garden chemicals, and in their application. Every pesticide container label, by law, clearly lists the precautions for safe use, says Ray McNeilan, Oregon State University (OSU) Ex tension home gardening agent. Be fore buying a pesticide, read the la bel to be sure you understand and can follow the precautions. Many pesticides used on garden vegetable crops have limitations on time intervals required between last application and harvest. Store all pesticides where children or pets can 't get to them, McNeilan says. A sturdy locked cabinet in a tool shed separate from the house is ideal for storage. Keep pesticides locked up at all times when not in use. Other precautions: -When applying pesticides, wear clothing that covers arms and legs completely, and wear gloves. -Wash your clothing and applica tion equipment thoroughly after each pesticide use. -Do not eat, drink or smoke while mixing or applying pesticides. Wash hands and face immediately after working with pesticides. -Dispose of the pesticide container according to label instructions. -Mix only the quantity of pesticide you need for a specific job. Protect labels so they won't become lost or illegible. Never use unlabeled pesti cides. -Avoid applying pesticides where they might contaminate wells, ponds, streams and other water sources. -Apply pesticides on quiet days when the wind is at a minimum and blowing away from susceptible plants. Buy only as much pesticide as you need for a single season. The duirv products crouD SUBCCStS 2-3 servings. You probably already had two servings of dairy products in the casserole, some cheese and some milk plus some milk on the breakfast cereal. For the growing toddler, give her some more cheese to nibble be tween meals. This group is very im portant for growth and repair of bones and teeth. The protein group suggests 2-3 servings. This group has meat, poul try, fish, dry beans, nuts and eggs in it. Your dinner meal all ready has salmon in it, and the bologna sand wich adds the second choice for pro tein to build and repair muscles. When the kids are hungry after a swim in the creek, perhaps some peanuts or a hard cooked egg will give them an extra boost until dinner time. The top of the pyramid is ihc reminder. Those fats, oils and sweets that we love so much, arc the ones that do more harm to our nutritional well-being. Use them sparingly.How about fry bread only twice a week, instead of everyday. And how about real juice rather than a carbonated fizzy drink. Or be daring! suggest water when they arc thirsty. In addition to using the pyramid to plan what you feed yourself and your family, remember that timing is important. Small children need to cat "real food" often. That docs not mean the chips in a bag. For their growing bodies, they need small amounts of food in each category except the Tip of the Pyramid. Train them to think thin, low salt and low sugar and help them to avoid the diabetes and high blood pressure that hurt so many people in Warm Springs. Garden potatoes For a good harvest, give your gar den potato plants extra care through the summer. As potato plants grow, gradually mound soil around the base of each plant six inches to either side. Sun light causes newly formed potatoes to turn green. Mounding the soil around the plant helps protect new tubers from the sun. When piling the soil around the plants, be careful not to cover plant foliage. Weeding around potato plants is important, says Ray McNeilan, Or egon State University (OSU) Extcn sion home gardening agent. Use a hoe to cut the weed roots just below Herefords commonly affected Bovine ocular squamous cell car cinoma, commonly called "cancer eye," is one of the more serious problems faced by ranchers today. Although the disease occurs in sev eral other breeds as well as cross bred animals, Herefords are most commonly afflicted. The cause of the disease is unknown, however genetic predisposition of the Hereford breed together with prolonged expo sure to ultraviolet light in the sunny climates of the West appear to be contributory factors to the onset of the disease. Presently, "cancer eve" comprises approximately 80 of all tumors reported at slaughter and is the leading cause of carcass con demnation with losses approaching $20 million per year in the U.S . alone. Various forms of therapy have been developed to treat "cancer eye" including traditional surgery, cryosurgery (freezing the tumor), Hyperthermia (heating the tumor)', radiation and immunotherapy. The effectiveness of each of these treat ments whether the tumor has invaded the underlying structures. Traditional surgery, which involves excision of the tumor via lid resection andor enucleation (removal of the eyeball), does not always cure the disease. In our experience, a 40-50 recurrence can be expected. Aaaitionauy, can Keep medications out of reach of children PeoDle make three common mis takes when storing their medicines, says Norma Simpson, Oregon State University Extension Agent in Warm Springs. These are: Putting their medication on windowsills; Keep ing medication in the bathroom; Putting medications in smaller unlabeled containers or mixing medicines together in one container when traveling. How you store your medications is important. Improper storage can cause medicines to lose their strength, disintegrate, or even become dan gerous over time because of chemi cal changes. The "bathroom medicine cabinet" is actually one of the worst places to store medicines because of the heat and moisture generated by the bath and shower. As a general rule, light, humidity, and heat can cause medications to break down more rapidly. Medicines should not be stored on windowsills, in the bathroom in the glove com partment of the car, or near heat producing appliances or surfaces, such as the oven or the top of the television set, adds Vicki Schmall, OSU Extension gerontology spe cialist Here is what you can do to increase safety. Store medicine in a cool, dry, and dark place. Unless otherwise 1 992 Summer 4-H Calendar and Fair Dates August 9-14 4-H Wilderness Enrichment Camp at Trout Lake August 12-16 Crook County Fair, theme is, "A Country Gathering' August 20-23 Wasco County Fair, theme is, "Celebration Along the Barlow Road" August 27-Sept. 7 Oregon State Fair, theme is, "We're Talkin'Big" Please call your 4-H Leader to find out If you are meeting through the summer Wilderness Enrichment camp to begin The 4-H Wilderness Enrichment Camp at Trout Lake is scheduled for August 9-12, 1992. Camp is open to all girls and boys completing grades 3 through 7,rcgardlcss of racc.crecd, or national origin. 4-H membership is not required. Transportation will be provided to camp, parents will be responsible forpicking up thcircampcr on August 12, after the family dinner. If you can not pick up your camper, please make arrangements to have someone pick need extra care the soil surface. Be careful not to hoe too deeply, or you may damage the plant roots. Irrigate potato plants so that soil dampness is maintained at least an inch below the surface where the feeder roots are located. If the soil dries out between watering, many of the potatoes at harvest time arc likely to be small, knobby and inferior in quality. A good way of watering potato plants is to irrigate them heavily once a week to a depth of eight to 12 inches, says McNeilan. During dry spells, dig into the soil to see how far down the dryness extends. Apply water if the soil is dry more than an inch below the surface. cer may have spread to the draining lymph nodes of the lesion (under the ear and jaw) prior to surgery and will continue to grow. Animals with this condition will be condemned at slaughter. Thus, a one-eyed cow pre sented at slaughter is always a sus pect for cancer. Hyperthermia and cryosurgery can be as useful as tradi tional surgery if the tumor has not invaded underlying structures too deeply. If extensive invasion has oc curred, traditional surgery should be the treatment of cancer eye and im munotherapy is still in the experi mental stage. When inspecting animals in the herd many producers will be dis mayed to find animals afflicted with cancer eye which were clean a few months previously. This unpleasant experience can be avoided to a large degree by learning to recognize early eye tumors, which are not yet can cerous, and treating them before they turn malignant. In other words, pro ducers can practice preventive medicine in the case of cancer eye. Most people have no trouble rec ognizing cancer eye, yet few recog nize benign or precursor lesions (70 of which can become malignant) which are highly treatable. On the eyeball, the precursor lesions are known as plaques or papillomas. snecified. most medicines should be kept at temperatures between 50-68 degrees F. Do not store medicines in a refrigerator unless instructed to do so. Auxiliary labels tell you if re frigeration or other special storage is required. Keep medicines in their original, properly labeled containers. Medi cines are dispensed in containers to protect them. For example, brown containers are used for light-sensitive medicines, and glass containers are used for medicines which can be absorbed by plastic. Intact labels ensure you know which medicine is in which container and in an emergency, medical per Wilderness Enrichment Camp at Trout Lake August 9-12, 1992 Children completing grades 3 through 7 invited to sign up 4-H membership not required $15.00 Scholarships available for each camper Information provided by: Warm Springs OSU Extension Office 1131 Paiute Street 553-3238 up your camper, and inform your camper who will be picking them up. Also inform the camp director (Arlcnc Boilcau) who that person will be. The 4-H camp is well supervised, and is an educational outdoor adven ture experience with responsible leadership in group living. Cost of the camp is . 15.00 per child. The cost of the camp per child is really $30.00 but the Johnson O'Mallcy committee has graciously donated $1 5.00 in scholarship money for each camper. Parents have until September 30 to pay the $15.00 at OSU Extension office. Activities will include: an adven ture in camp living in the great out doors with trained and responsible leadership, hiking, swimming, crafts, nature study, memory-making campfirc programs, and 4-H tradi tional observances. Campers will be sleeping in two (2) man tents. And will eat well balanced and delicious meals. The staff includes trained resource people, recreational leaders, crafts and waterfront directors, experienced cooks. Insurance is included in the fee and covers health and accident for every camper. Health card is on registration form. by cancer eye Th.v are easilv recoimized as white or pink growths at the edge of the colored part of the eye. On the eye lids, the precursor lesions are known as keratomas or commonly called "wickers". Usually on the lower lid, these small tumors are often crusted over with scab-like material which resembles the dried eye matter which is always present. If the growth ap pears to be attached to the eyelash, it is probably merely dried eye matter. If the growth appears to be attached directly to the lid and removal of the "scab" reveals a small growth and perhaps a bit of bleeding then it is probably a precursor lesion and is highly treatable. Probably the easiest and most effective treatment of these benign lesions is cryosurgery. Re member, these are precursor lesions and, as of yet, have not invaded into the deeper structures. Therefore, being more surface-oriented, they are highly susceptible to any insult and freezing is particularly damaging to cellular structure and growth. Preventive medicine certainly is now new to herd health management. But, it is new with regard to the prevention of cancer eye. There is no question that early recognition and treatment of benign eye tumors can drastically reduce the incidence of cancer eye in any particular herd. sonnel can quickly identify your medicines. Keep medicine containers tightly closed. Caps on medicine containers are designed to protect against mois ture. Store medicine out of the reach of children and pets. A major cause of accidental poisoning in young children is taking a parent's or grandparent's medicine. The ultimate safety and effective ness of all medication rests with the user, Schmall stresses. Having good information about your medicine and taking it as instructed is the best way to avoid problems and receive the greatest benefit.