814-Unc««ter Farming, Saturday, May 16, 1992
Berks County Holds Spring Awareness Day For 250
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Fanning Staff
LEES PORT (Berks Co.)
About 230 women attended the
Berks County Cooperative Exten
sion Spring Awareness Day, May
5, that focused on meeting the
challenges of the world’s families.
Topics addressed included
healthy attitudes, telemarketing
fraud, lifestyles of African fami
lies, and flower arranging.
The annual event held at the
Berks County Ag Center in Lees
port also awarded scholarships to
two students pursuing a degree in
fashion merchandising. The stu
dents, Maureen Dundas, South
ampton, and Katherine Ritz,
Stonetown, are students at
Albright College in Reading.
Attitude affects health
Dr. Leo Frangipane, a surgeon,
told partipants at the workshop that
when he became in tested in how
attitudes affect healing, he con
tacted six women who outlived
their diagnosis for cancer. He
believes four things are needed for
people to be happy and do well:
Faith in God, faith in the doctor
and people attending them, faith in
treatment, and faith in self.
Out of his concern and love for
patients entrusted in his care, Fran
gipane organized a support group
called SEEK (support, encourage
ment, exceptional, kinship) where
patients learn exceptional attitudes
in defying the odds as they battle
their illnesses.
“The worst things in life are
seeds for the best,” Frangipane
said. “God permits things to hap
pen because there is something
better in it We can learn from
them. Cancer teaches the urgency
of life.
“Everybody is going to die
After his speech on “The power within an attitude of
healing, Dr. Leo Frangipane took time to meet Individually
with those who had questions.
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sometime. You can dig a hole and
hide or you can say, T may get
breast cancer, but I’m not going to
worry about it’ About 99.9 per
cent of life is tragedy free, but we
walk around like it’s the opposite,”
he said.
Frangipane teaches the need for
simplifying, forgiving, and living
moment by moment so that healing
can occur.
Telemarketing frauds
Deputy Attorney General
Michael Butler, who oversees five
counties, warned the audience
about telemarketing fraud and
other con games in contests,
sweepstakes, charities, and invest
ment scams. He reported that con
sumers lose $3 billion a year to
telemarketing fraud.
One of the most common ploys
is the telemarketing scheme that
claims substantial prizes have been
won by the householder. To claim
the prize, householders are asked
to give credit card or check
account numbers.
“Never give them your credit
card number and expiration date or
your check account number,” But
ler said. “Although that is not a
tough concept, many people suc
cumb to the high pressure sales.
The information is then used to
charge things to the householder's
account. Seldom are prizes
awarded.”
Multi-level sales and network
ing should be examined thorough
ly before participating in them
according to Butler. “Although
many of them are legitimate, if you
sell distributorships instead of pro
ducts. it becomes an illegal pyra
mid scheme,” he said.
Bouquet ideas
Marjorie Shiner, owner of The
ire of the Family Living Advisory Committee who were honored for their term
of service In planning programs Included, from left: Beth Hartman, Carol Reed, and
Dale Schwoyer. On right, Fay B. Strlckler, Extension home economist, congratulates
the members who served from 1986 to 1992.
Nosegay in Bemville, shared an
abundance of ideas for combining
heibs, flowers, and foliage with
antiques or other unique household
containers.
“I prefer to arrange things in
bunches and stick to one color
tone," Shiner said.
Using bunches of asparagus,
parsley, lavender, mint tea, and
thyme, she arranged them in a
basket
“Combining interesting textures
are more pleasing to the eye,”
Shiner said.
She often uses sprigs of azaleas
and other flowering bushes and
trees in arrangements. Bare twigs
also lend height and interest to
arrangements.
When preparing an arrange
ment, Shiner suggested that per
sons walk around their yard and
garden and look for unusual
objects to include in the arrange
ment “Flowers do not need to be
perfect” she said. “A bent leaf or
irregular flower can add interest”
She showed the simplicity that
can be achieved by arranging
puiple tulips in a red-painted
basket She added radish leaves,
spray asters, and birch sticks as
accents.
Shiner interspersed helpful
hints for do-it-yourselfers while
she arranged flowers.
When using clear crystal con
tainers. Shiner suggests crumbling
deflated foil balloons and inserting
era upside down In a dry,
dark place until air dried, in
this arrangement,
hydrangea, larkspur, and
clover shows how pre
served flowers can be
arranged for long-lasting
pleasure.
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Homemaker’s scholarships are Maureen Dundas, center,
and Katherine RRz. Elaine Mauchllne, chairperson of the
committee, presented plaques and $350 checks to the
scholarship winners who are enrolled In fashion design at
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Marjorie Shiner, owner of The Nosegay in Bemvllle,
showed how to incorporate vegetables and herbs in flower
arranging.
Oasis inside the foil so that the
silver side of the foil is turned out
ward. This hides unsightly stems
and adds a silvery shimmer to the
glass container.
Flower containers that become
discolored may be cleaned by
using denture cleaner or white
vinegar.
If roses drop their heads, they
may be revived by placing the rose
in a deep container filled with hot
water. Shiner explained that a rose
with a drooping head is often fresh,
but air pockets form in the stem
and travel upwards. Because the
stem connecting die rose is so slen
der at the neck, the air pocket
becomes lodged at that point and
causes the head to droop. By plac
ing the rose in hot water, it forces
die air bubble through the head and
the head will then stand upright.
To make flowers from your gar
den last longer, use flower preser
vative in the water. Hie preserve-
m
MW mm
live may be purchased at flower
shops and garden centers.
Flowers from your garden last
longer if they are cut in the morn
ing. Always carry a bucket of
water with you to place the flowers
into it Roses should be cut under
water to prevent air pockets from
forming in the stems.
Condition cut flowers by plac
ing them in the refrigerator for two
hours before arranging in room
temperature water.
African families
Mae Hostetler, extension agent
from Dauphin County, reported on
her visit to Africa during a study
tour coordinated by the National
4-H Council and 4-H Youth
Exchange Association. Hostetter
said that 80 percent of the work is
done by women who arise at 4:45
a.m. and work until sundown. The
life expectancy of women is SO
years, and 2 out of 5 children do
not live to enter first grade.