b: 118-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, April 19,1986 Ida’s Notebook Ida Risser The last few weeks have been busy ones here on the farm. When I returned from my trip South, I had the garden rototilled and then I planted a dozen or more vegetables. The peas are several Positive (Continued from Page B 16) Nelsen tested her theories while working as an elementary school counselor in Northern California and in her Project ACCEPT Adlerian Counseling Concepts for Encouraging Parents and Teachers workshops, which have been held throughout California. When the book used in the seminars went out of print, she wrote “Positive Discipline.” In 1981, she formed the “Sunrise Press” in her Fair Oaks, Calif., home and started publishing. “I printed 2,000 copies,” she said. “I was sure that I would sit on 1,000 of them forever." Within a year all 2,000 were sold. Nelsen printed another 5,000. They sold. The book refused to die. “I went to Florida for six months,” Nelsen said. “While I was gone, I sold $lO,OOO of the books through mail order HOLD IT For little more than the cost or an ordinary garage, you can enjoy the organized, uncluttered life that goes with a Red Rose utility building I^RH) / ROSE BUILDING SYSTEMS inches high and the garden cress, spinach, radishes, chard, lettuce and carrots were some of the first to pop out of the ground. I’ve never seen onions come up so quickly but I’m resigned to wait a while for the dise^ine “That’s when I realized, ‘My goodness, what would happen if I tried?’” In December 1985, Nelsen came out with a slick paperback edition of “Positive Discipline” and set off on a book tour. By January, 18,000 copies had been sold. Later that month, she flew to Brussels to address a conference of European teachers on applying her techniques to the classroom. All with the support of her third husband, Barry Nelsen. Super Mom? Forget it. Nelsen reserves the right to err “Mistakes are wonderful op portunities to learn” and is uncomfortable on a pedestal. “I hate Mother’s Day,” she said. “Mother’s Day is the ,one time that mothers feel guilty. There are all these accolades that mothers are wonderful and perfect, but most mothers aren’t perfect so they feel guilty.” homes, boats, etc -with lots of spar-e left over for a workshop or hobby area, if you want one. It’s a won derful way of life Why settle for anything less 9 Especially right now, at Red Rose special Spnng prices CALL COLLECT OR MAIL COUPON FOR MORE INFORMATION ‘Name Address Town County (717) 738-4248 Mail To PO Box 56 • Ephrata, PA 17533 parsley. I’ll have fun digging the 200 feet of five different kinds of potatoes that I put in the ground the other week. Our house was a beehive of activity as our children and grandchildren came home for Easter. When our daughter and her family from Seattle came east for a few days, all of the other children tried to come home too. My grandson, David, and I like to skip stones in the Conestoga River that flows by our meadow. And, he is always interested in watching his grandfather milk the cows in the milk parlor. He insists that they say, “Mmmm” instead of “Moo”-sometimes they do. Philip drove in from Chicago to help his father haul manure from the slated-dam pit. One day he hauled 27 loads and the next day a bearing broke in the spreader and nowhere in Lancaster County nor three surrounding counties could we find one. So, he went back a day earlier than expected to his job as a design engineer for a farm machinery company. Then the other Saturday Allen and I visited our daughter in Tunkhannock for the first time. She has been employed as an in dustrial engineer there for almost a year. The incentive to go was furnished by the need to take a big sofa that her sister had in her apartment, to her new home. It was a long day as we had our Foot & Fiddle square dance meeting in Lancaster that night also. GIGANTIC SELECTION Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS State Zip Delaware teens attend National 4-H Coherence NEWARK, DE - Four Delaware teens were in Chevy Chase, Md., last week as delegates to the 56th National 4-H Con ference. They are Marie Waters, Wilmington; Nancy Walsh, Greenville; Kirsten Smoot, Dover; and Christine Jernigan, Seaford. Lois Hall, a Hockessin volunteer leader, and Marcius Butterfield, state 4-H Leader, accompanied them. The focus of the annual con ference is program development and public relations efforts. Delegates were chosen for their leadership potential and par ticipation in 4-H activities. Marie Waters, 17, is a senior at Delcastle Technical High School studying medical laboratory assisting. She is a six-year 4-H’er who won this year’s senior division of the favorite foods contest in the meat and main dish category. Marie is a member of New Castle County’s 4-H Junior Council. Fifteen-year-old Nancy Walsh is in her fifth year of 4-H. The A.I. Du Pont High School freshman was a state winner in public speaking Are You Letting Stray Voltage Milk Your Profits? You could be and you might not even know it. University studies show it may make your herd difficult to handle, increase mastitis, and ultimately lead to an overall decrease in your production and profits. Using computer technology, our survey documents the level of stray voltage and shows you when and where it occurs on your farm. Fron. the survey report you can determine if stray voltage is milking your profits. If it is, Blackburn has the only guaranteed method of re ducing it from both on and off-farm sources. When we make it so easy to detect and reduce stray voltage it makes sense to find out if your milk output and herd health is less than it could be. To learn more about stray voltage and its effects call for our free brochure or arrange for a detection survey. We’ll put your farm to the test. And put your mind at ease. CALL MADISON SILO CO. OF PA. 717-733-1206 and is the assistant treasurer of the New Castle County 4-H Junior Council. Kirsten Smoot, 17, is a sophomore at Caesar Rodney High School. She is a six-year 4-H’er and won the state award in leadership. She has been the Kent County 4-H Junior Council treasurer for two years. Christine Jernigan, freshman at Salisbury State College, has been a 4-H’er for eight years. The 18-year old art major was a 1984 national 4- H winner with her swine project. She has held numerous offices in her local club, is on the 4-H ad visory council at county and state levels, and is president of the Sussex County 4-H Junior Council. The Delaware delegates are joining other 4-H’ers from the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Virgin Islands, American Samoa ,and the Canadian provinces. During the conference they will listen to business and industry leaders, meet with congressional representatives, and discuss future state and national 4-H programs.
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