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Penn State
Extension Home Economist
For Lehigh County
Tricks to Staying Cool
When it’s mid-90’s, hazy, hot
and humid, the only word on my
mind is COOL. Staying cool liter
ally and figuratively. It can be a
challenge. This past week as the
sweat trickled down your back,
you may have lost your cool. The
grass is growing but it’s too hot to
be outside. The house is messy,
but it’s just too hot to stay inside
TOURS
* Colorado!
July 16 to 23 A terrific tour of The Centennial State
including Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park,
Vail, Colorado National Monument, Silverton,
narrow gauge steam train, Durango, Mesa Verde,
Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs and more. A real
“Rocky Mountain High”. A great bargain!
* Central Eurone. A Very Soecial Tour!
July 28 to August 10 This tour is soooo special, It’s
rigparture is guaranteed. So, don’t hesitate. Enjoy
Central European capitals and countryside as never
before. Austria, Hungary, the Slovak and Czech
Republics, Germany. Cities include Vienna,
Budapest, Prague, Dresden, Berlin and much, much
more in between. Just do it!
*Akaska& The Yukon
August 11 to 24 Simply put, the best tour to Alaska
& The Yukon. More for your money than any other
tour same itinerary. This departure is
guaranteed. Sitka, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Inside
Passage, Skagway, Whitehorse, Dawson City,
Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage & more.
* Delta Oueen Cruise
September 9 to 16 A venerable, historic steamboat. A
brand new itinerary. A first you can be a part of it as
the Delta Queen steams from Memphis, Tennessee to
Little Rock, Arkansas. Mississippi and Arkansas
Rivers, All the way across Arkansas to the Oklahoma
border! A first for the Delta Queen. Space limited.
Don’t miss this historic cruise.
September 17 to 30 A favorite for more than a
decade. Travel by Amtrak, VIA Rail or air to
Vancouver, B.C. Then enjoy two glorious weeks on
Vancouver Island, The famous Inside Passage,
interior British Columbia, the Canadian Rockies and
a return “East” aboard VIA Rail Canada’s famous
Canadian. Incredible sights. A fabulous itinerary.
Super train travel. Join our group this year.
* Chinn A Hama KT/ima
October 6 to 26 Always had a “yen” to visit China?
Do it now. With us before the Yangtze River power
project fills the famous gorges. Before Hong Kong
reverts to Chinese rule in 1997. Besides Hong Kong
and crusing the Yangtze River you’ll visit Beijing,
Xian, Suzhou, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai,
Hangzhou and Guilin. See China as it really is. You’ll
never forget this trip!
'-AM Tour
October 10 to 17 Simply the best tour to Branson and
the Ozarks. Two Mississippi River Dinner cruises,
Lake of The Ozarks resort, Victorian Eureka Springs,
Branson, no less than S great shows make it THE
BEST! Ya’ll come!
* Polar Rear* !
October 13 to 20 One of the most unusual and
fascinating tours we have ever offered. T\vo
adventures in one. Ride the Vic Rail Canada’s Hudson
Bay and enjoy 4 days in and around Churchill,
Manitoba, The Polar Bear Capital of The World
watching these beautiful creatures and more from
Tundra Buggies. Space limited. Don’t miss it!
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Nov. 19 to 26 - Reunion At Sea
Feb. 1 to 22 - Australia & New Zealand
Mar 15 to 25 - Golden Southwest
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and clean. Maybe, just maybe, that
driver in the grocery store parking
lot or that whiny child may have
pushed you one inch beyond your
limit, and you lost it
Don’t touch me! Don’t talk to
me! Is that how you feel when the
mercury climbs? Well next week
is a new week. You can tty again
to stay cool. Here arc some chill
ing ideas:
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✓ Complete physical tasks
during the early morning or late
evening hours. Save sedentary
activities for the hottest parts of
the day.
✓ If your home cools down
overnight, consider CLOSING
windows and allow your insula
tion to keep the cool inside. Also,
draw drapes or blipds in rooms
where the sun shines for extended
periods of time.
✓ Regularly drink water and
other cool beverages. Add a squirt
of lemon juice and a splash of selt
zer to spruce up an otherwise bor
ing drink.
✓ Pause at the bathroom sink.
Wash your face slowly with a soft
cool cloth. Get out of the plush
cloths that you usually save for
company. Treat yourself. Also
apply cold cloths to the insides of
your wrists to help your body to
cool.
✓ Store your cologne or after
shave in the refrigerator (carefully
marked or stashed so young child
ren won’t discover them). A
splash of this cooled fragrance
will be especially refreshing on a
steamy day.
✓ Take the kids outside to a
shady area of your yard. Gather all
the dirty toys, doll clothes and
lawn furniture. Make a cooling
games of hand washing and scrub
bing the items in basins of cool,
detergent water.
✓ Spend the day in your bath
ing suit Try out the sprinkler or
soaker hose. For older children,
invite play with squirt guns, meat
basters, dish detergent bottles,
sponges.
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Roll out a plastic sheet or tarp
on a gently sloping part of your
yard. Turn a host on so water runs
down the tarp. Take turns sliding
down your home made water
slide. Make sure the area is soft
and grassy. Don’t allow the tarp to
remain in the area long-term or it
will kill the grass underneath. '■
✓ Stay inside. Turn off all the
lights and TV. Lie quietly on the
floor and listen for unusual sound
s. While lying there, tell stories to
children or take turns adding to
each others stories. For your own
sanity, you may want to set some
ground rules like “We are going to
lie down and listen for ten
minutes” or “While we are lying
down, you cannot touch anyone
else.”
✓ Make sidewalk chalk draw
ings and then enjoy rinsing off the
artwork. Get your feet and legs
in the process.
✓ Freeze chunks of waterme
lon, grapes, berries, or pineapple.
Enjoy them as a cold frozen treat.
Young children should not be
given pieces of fruit that they
could choke on. Make sure their
Food Workshops
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.)
Workshops on canning and food
preservation arc offered by the
Lebanon County Extension
Office.
• Water Bath Canning for high
acid foods such as fruits, pic fill
ings, tomato products, and pickles.
Equipment principles, techniques,
reduced sugar preservation poin
ters. Free. Thursday, July 14,6:30
p.m.-9 p.m.
‘ Pressure Canning for low acid
foods including vegetables, meats,
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pieces are big enough to suck on
and too big to swallow
accidentally.
✓ And when things are getting
really tense, walk to another room
and stand in front of a fan or stand
on a shaded porch to regain your
composure. Lose yourself in the
sound and breeze that a ceiling fan
offers.
✓ When all else fails, invite
yourself to someone else's air
conditioned home, visit an air
conditioned store or make a trip to
the pool for relief.
If you’re one of the lucky ones
reading this column from a won
derfully cool living room, enjoy
that luxury. Weren’t we all wish
ing for summer back in February?
Well it’s here. Stay cool.
Rebecca Escott is a Home
Economist with Penn State
Cooperative Extension in
Lehigh County. Cooperative
Extension provides practical
information designed to
improve the quality of life for
local residents. We work in
partnership with Penn State and
county government.
fish, game and combinations for
soups. Equipment, techniques,
principles. Free. Thursday, July
21. 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m.
• Salsa, Dried Tomatoes, and
other Tomato Products Learn to
make quality tomato products that
do not separate into watery layers.
Included arc sauce recipes you can
freeze, sauces you can by water
bath or pressure cannci. Choosing
the right and safe canning method
should depend on the recipe, the
percentage of low acid vegetables
added.
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