TAKING
TIME
by Rebecca Escott
Extension Home Economist
January Marriage Resolutions
If the holidays woe a time for
friends and family togetherness. I
suggest that you resolve to make
January the month to become re
acquainted with your spouse. In
busy families, it is easy for hus
bands and wives to grow out of
touch with each other. This hap
pens as the hectic schedules rob
them of valuable time together.
Time is what this article is
about. Time and commitment. At
some point, 90 to 95 percent of the
population will marry. Over one
third of those marriages will end
in divorce. One of our goals in
Cooperative Extension is to sup
port individuals as they take steps
to build strong families and mar
riage relationships.
Several researchers have done
studies related to the characteris
tics of strong marriages. Dr. Jerry.
M. Lewis cites closeness and com
mitment as two or several key ele
ments found in healthy marriages.
These elements include two adults
sharing basic values, interests, and
social relations. The adults also
express a belief that their relation
ship is the most important. Al
though they value relationships
with children, parents, friends,
and siblings, these are all second
ary in importance. That’s commit
ment
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nual check-up? Marriages lose
that sense of closeness and com
mitment when two people hold
few goals or interests in common.
Problems also occur as spouses
fail to adjust to changes in one an
other after the wedding. Dr. Cath
erine Surra, Utah Slate University,
commented that routines and pat
terns evolve in relationships, but
without care, they can become
ruts. “A husband may not try any
thing new sexually because he
‘knows’ his wife doesn’t enjoy ex
perimenting with sex. A wife may
not bother to even ask her husband
about going out to dinner on Sat
urday night because she ‘knows’
how he would respond.”
January is a great month to
break some of the patterns you’ve
fallen into with your spouse. Add
ing some spontaneity and humor
may really jump-start your rela
tionship. Some researchers have
documented a trend that marital
satisfaction declines during the
fifth year and stays somewhat
lower until children leave home.
But this is not an inevitable situa
tion. Shared leisure time is very
important to the- health of mar
riages especially during critical
times of adjustment I’ve listed a
few ideas that you can consider.
These are ways to warm up your
marriage even during the cold,
gray months of winter. (Who says
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Attend Pennsylvania Dutch Festival
LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
The Pennsylvania Dutch Con
vention & Visitors Bureau is
pleased to announce the first-ever
“Pennsylvania Dutch Food Festi
val: A Celebration of Food in Lan
caster County,” to be held
throughout Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania from February
15-20.
YOUR marital satisfaction has to
decline?)
V Give a small gift to your
spouse on an ordinary day.
v Choose one of the roles your
spouse normally does, but does
not enjoy, and perform that re
sponsibility for him or her.
v Arrange some couple time
away from home and children.
¥ Write a love letter to your
spouse. Send it registered mail for
an added sense of importance.
v Read an article or book
about strengthening marriages and
talk about the ideas with your
spouse.
v Praise each other daily.
v Join a co-ed intramural
sports league or walking group. If
sports aren’t for you, try a dinner
club, card group, or theater get-to
gether.
v Read aloud to each other af
ter the kids go to bed instead of
watching TV or doing laundry.
v Tell others how much you
love your spouse. Try writing a
letter to your in-laws to thank
them for raising such a special
person.
January is a time for resolu
tions. Resolving to recommit
yourself to your marriage relation
ship is a resolution that will pay
dividends all year long!
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The “Pennsylvania Dutch Food
Festival” will highlight the many
ways that food adds fun to a visit
to Lancaster County any time of
the year. Planned activities
include a chicken pot-pie cook
off, tours of food producing plants
and farmers markets, a tour of bed
and breakfast inns and farm bed
and breakfast inns serving local
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locally-produced foods) and a
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Cattlemen Seek Queen
STATE COLLEGE (Centre
Co.) Applications for the 1993
Cattlemen’s Queen are currently
being accepted by the Pennsylva
nia Cattlemen’s Association. PCA
will be selecting a queen and one
alternate during the 1993 PA Beef
EXPO. March 25, 26, 27. and 28.
The queen contest is open to
any interested female, ages 18 to
23. Contestants must have a work
ing knowledge or have displayed
abilities to work with cattle at the
on-farm level of the cattle
industry.
The Cattlemen’s Queen will be
crowned at the annual awards ban
quet, Thursday, March 25. She
will represent the Pennsylvania
Cattlemen’s Association and the
beef industry at various events
throughout the state.
The Pennsylvania Beef Council
will also be selecting “Beef Indus
try Representatives” for 1993.
Serving as the Cattlemen’s Queen
would not interfere with that indi
vidual’s opportunity to serve as a
Beef Industry Representative.
own, Lancaster County is syn
onymous with quality foods. It is
among the top producing farm
counties in the nation. Additional
ly, Lancaster County is the home
of many quality food production
companies, many whom offer
tours of their facilities to the pub
lic year-round.
A complete brochure, detailing
the “Pennsylvania Dutch Food
Festival,” will be available in mid-
December, 1992.
For more information, contact
Mary Rankin, Public Relations
Specialist at the PA Dutch Con
vention & Visitors Bureau in Lan
caster County, (717) 299-8901,
ext. 726.
Applications are available by
contacting Sue Clair, chairman of
the Queen Program Committee,
568 Rock Road, State College, PA
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(814) 238-1233.
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