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BY DORIS W. THOMAS
Extension Agent
Family Living
Help Children Enjoy
Giving As Well As
Receiving During Holidays
Christmas shopping with child
ren can be a real chore... the stores
arc busy, everyone is rushing and
the shelves are packed with things
to choose from.
Children love to give gifts
though and if you help them they
can learn the value of money and
good spending habits.
This Christmas why not encour
age your children to make some
thing for someone they love?
Homemade gifts can be more spe
cial than a store-bought item for
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Home Economist
the giver as well as the receiver.
If you decide to let children go
shopping and pick out presents,
choose a lime of the day when the
stores will be somewhat less
crowded. During the dinner hour
or early in the morning arc good
choices. Don’t try to do your own
shopping when you have children
along. There arc 100 many things
for them to look at and decide
upon as it is, and it will turn into a
frustrating trip if you’re both
shopping at once. Feed the child
ren before you go out and limit the
trip with three or four possible
gifts. This will give the children
some direction and prevent them
from stopping to look at every
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Also by making some sugges
tions, you arc influencing the price
and style but the child actually
chooses the gift. Children really
feel a sense of accomplishment
when they have actually picked
out the presents they give.
Decorate Your
Tree Safely
The Christmas tree is one of the
most beautiful of all holiday deco
rations. But the tree can also be
dangerous.
If you have an artificial tree,
make sure it’s fire resistant. When
purchasing a natural tree, make
sure it’s fresh. A fresh tree should
have a deep green color and strong
pine scent. Needles should bend
without breaking and be firmly
attached to the twigs. If many nee
dles fall off when the tree is sha
ken or bumped lightly on the
ground, the tree may be 100 dry.
A tree purchased too early will
dry out and become a fire hazard.
Even if you buy a tree at the last
minute, it may have been cut very
early and have dried out. Don’t be
misled by a nicely-shaped tree.
“The best looking tree may not be
the safest.”
Keep the tree outside in a cool
area until you arc ready to bring it
Unless you want to be
a fiddler on the roof,
& make your next one
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inside. Cut about 2 inches off the
trunk before you put it in a stand.
This new cut will draw in water
more easily than the original cut,
which has probably hardened and
dried up. Keep the stand filled
with water so the tree will not dry
out as fast. Place the tree away
from heat registers, radiators and
fireplaces that will dry out the tree
much faster.
Use lights and cords on your
tree that carry UL approval. Use
Ponderosa To Serve
America’s Cut
The Ponderosa Steakhouse
chain has begun a national roll-out
of America’s Cut™. According to
its corporate headquarters, Pon
derosa’s franchise units across the
nation have been authorized to
begin serving the premium bone
less pork cut. Corporate Pondero
sas will begin rolling out Ameri
ca’s Cut in the near future. Pon
derosa, which has 700 units, is the
first chain to menu America’s Cut
nationwide.
“This is a major breakthrough
for pork in the foodservice area,”
When you specify and install F oral®
roofing panels for your buildings, you can
avoid getting into another business
maintenance.
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Galvanized coatings on both sides give you
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weather protection. Finally, each panels is
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coating to resist fading, cracking and
peeling in a wide range of great looking
colors.
To learn more about Fabral roofing and
siding panels, give us a call. We can give
you a great looking over head —and reduce
your overhead at the same time!
only indirect lighlm; on metal
trees. Purchase a new string ol
lights instead of trying to get by
one more year with the old, worn
out lights. Before putting any
lights on the tree, check strings for
loose or broken sockets and cords
with bare wires showing.
Never use candles on or near
the tree. Avoid small items that
might look like food or candy to
children who might try to cal
them.
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For Fast Service Phone: (201) 938-5500
said Larry C'izek, NPPC Director
of Foodservice. “Introducing
America’s Cut in a steakhouse
like this shows that leaders in the
foodservice industry are realizing
the value of today’s pork,” he said.
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