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Family Living Focus By Adams Co. Extension Agent Nina Redding THE MAGIC OF LAUGHTER I enjoy telling funny stories and playing tricks on others. There’s nothing better than a good laugh. But sometimes, the laugh is on me! Let me tell you a little story. In July 1992, Russell and I wewnt on a horse back camping trip into the wilderness in southern Montana. We didn’t know any of the other 15 people on the trip. After a day on the trail, we reached our base camp and supper time finally came. The camp cook enjoyed telling us about the old sheep herders who used to use this spot as a camp years ago. Legend has it that the herders always had a pot of stew going on the stove. Each day they would add a little more water and meat. During the months they were in the moun tains. one of them lost his false teeth in the stew pot and they nev er realized it until they emptied the kettle when snowfall came. Now, years later, the old choppers are like a ghost in camp, they appear and disappear. I never gave the story another thought after it was told. The second morning in camp, it seemed that everyone was coming to breakfast at the same time. “Only the best will stand the test of time” illllH [ ias .. the . leading edge ■ 6-edge triangular . Great sek jpMp knives of mode, A VA When I thought about it later, this was highly unusual because the day before, they really straggled in. When Russell and I arrived at the makeshift dining tent, the cook and his helpers informed me that I was very special and that they wanted to actually serve me breakfast So I sat down and everyone else quickly took their places, all of us sitting on these skinny boxes in which the food had been trans ported on horseback. I was quite impressed when they set three pieces of delicious looking french toast down before me. Everyone started to eat I’m particular when I eat french toast I don’t like it piled on top of one another. With my fork, I carefully began to lay out the pieces. Suddenly when I picked up the last piece I saw that horrible set of dirt-looking legen dary false teeth pressed into my toast. As I screamed and fell back wards off my seat the camp dogs came running and barking to the scene. Everyone in camp had a great laugh at my expense. It turned out that the entire camp knew what was going to happen even Rus sell. After spending two days with me, it seemed those strangers who quickly became friends, knew I ■EDDING-CHOPKR for STRAW HAY and PAPER! ;omplete discharge iontrol and constant tutting length ithout buildup Improved rotor (new knives layout). is up your alley! • Antl-vibratlon de vice for outstand ing stability of the running board. • Full access to gas tank installed on a drawer making it easier to fill. • New safety guard „ . . . preventing bullduos • Great selection or on the engine. ™ de ' s and 3 65 ot unloading available enjoyed playing tricks on others and appreciated a good laugh on me instead. LAUGH FOR HEALTH How many times have you laughed so far today? Researchers suggest that the average American needs to laugh IS or more times a day to be healthy. When we think of mental wellness, we usually think of stress management, hold ing ourselves together, coping with and enjoying life, exercise, and nutrition. Rarely do we think of laughter and humor as possible ways to deal with stress and change. Dr. William Fry, a researcher in the psychology of laughter at Stanford University, says that 20 seconds of intense laughter can quickly double the heart rate of three to five minutes. This same accomplishment would take three minutes of strenuous rowing exer cise! Studies show that muscles in the chest, neck, abdomen, shoul ders, face and scalp get a benefi cial workout and that other parts of the body are more relaxed dur ing a laughing session. Laughter exercises the lungs and breathing muscles and stimu lates the circulatory system. While we are laughing, die chest, abdo men, and face get a workout. The entire cardiovascular system is benefited by increased oxygen in the blood. Some have called this internal jogging. It stimulates the ( endocrine system and causes sec retion of hormones which stimu late your heart and breathing. Endorphins, our natural pain kill ers, are released. After laughter is over (if your have laughted extra hard) there is the feeling of turning to rubber. Laughter is a stress reducer. When a person laughs, he or she briefly loses muscles tone. All the NEW FEATURES! tense muscles of the body are relaxed. We all experience stress, anxie ty, and frustration. Many times we look at things negatively. Howev- er, we can be free from these nega tives. We can take a bad situation and turn it into a positive one. That is, we can change our beliefs or perspectives about a situation. If you believe that the world has been good, you would see it as good. If you believe that the world Herbs Can Bring Sweet Smell Of Success HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon Co.) Herbs once used for everything from stomach ache re medies to air fresheners have made a comeback. “Interest in herbs has increased rapidly in the past few years,” said Keppy Ar noldsen, horticulture graduate stu dent in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Last year, Amoldsen and Aime Voisin, a senior majoring in horti culture, completed an independent study project growing 67 herbs in an ornamental plot at Penn State’s Trial Gardens. Their demonstra tion garden provided information used to compile a Penn Stale pub lication entitled “Herbs for the Home Gardener.” This 68-page publication has 58 colored illus trations and information on 32 herbs, including common and sci entific names, plant characteris tics, hardiness, size, soil prefer ence, propagation, pests and dis ease, bloom time, and color and uses for the herbs. “Many commercial growers are finding it lucrative to sell herbs wholesale to garden centers and stores. There’s also a large market cm 3 gets things rolling! 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Remember, laughter is contagious, as I found out with that old set of choppers. Don’t worry or analyze why peo ple laugh just participate. in dried herbs for decorations, teas, cooking and other uses. You can make a career out of herbs,” said Amoldsen. Voisin plans to do just that. “Herbs have such unusual tex tures, colors and scents. I got in terested in them when I worked in a greenhouse after graduating from high school,” she said. “I started buying books about herbs, and now I’ve decided to become a wholesaler and sell dried herb pro ducts. It’s one thing to read about herbs in a book, and it’s another to grow them,” said Voiosin. “We had some surprises in our inde pendent study. Some plants turned out to be incredibly bushy and took up three times the space we thought they would. And I never realized that cilantro and coriand er arc really the same plant one is the leaf and one is the seed.” “Herbs for the Home Gardener” is availabale for $8 from county cooperative extension offices or from the Publication Distribution Center, 112 Agricultural Adminis tration Building. University Park, PA 16802. □ Manual silage feeder □ Manual baled hay wagon □ Manual grain feeder □ Sani-Cart □ Control feed wagon □ Roller mill □ Hammer mill □ Electronic Control (or roller mill □ Electronic Control (or hammer mill □ Computerized system WIC-100 □ Gram augers □ Conveyor O Hay dryer □ Barn ventilator □ Barn broom □ Electronic swing gate □ Motors - gas O Motors - electric OTHER a a a Phone.