Video Teaches Teens CHICAGO —Don’t switch that dial. A new educational video developed by the National Live Stock and Meat Board is targeting teens with the message that a bal anced diet and regular exercise are the keys to healthy lifestyles. The goal of the checkoff-funded video kit, called MVE-TV: The Channel for Moderation, Variety and Exer cise, is to teach adolescents in a humorous, engaging way that a RUTGERS, N.J. If you feed wild birds, as do one of three households in the U.S. according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, then you may be interested in some information from a past issue of Audubon Action, a publi cation of the National Audubon Society. Do wild birds need to be fed in winter? No. Backyard food is a diet supplement. 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Blglarvllla, PA 17307 717-077413* That Low-Fat Diets Include Meats On the positive side, teens recog nized meat’s nutrient value and great taste. “We need to address the con cern about fat, but we didn’t want to do it in a heavy-handed way,” explained Suzanne McGough, M.S., R.D., school programs coor dinator for the Meat Board. The video is comprised of sev eral vignettes, each focusing on a exhausted.” Is it okay to feed birds bread? Yes, except for moldy bread. A common bread mold, Aspirgillasis fumigatus, causes a deadly bird disease. What type of seed is best? Sun flower seeds attract chickadees, titmice, evening grosbeaks and at least 40 other species.” For ground feeders, white millet and fine cracked corn are preferred. SMITH'S WALTEMYER’S IMPLEMENTS, INC SALES A SERVICE Mire«r«bura, PA R«> Lion. PA 717-328-2244 717-2444188 Brf P | E S- IM f« WINELAND Rd. 1, Bex 157 EQUIPMENT, INC. 717*2654440 Muttaburg, P* 717-265-M4O 114-735-210* TOBIAS M.B. YEARSLEY EQUIPMENT CO.. INC. „ 1 SONS HilHix, PA *•*< ChMtor, PA 717-362-3132 610-636-2 HO Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dttmbtr 24, 1994-817 different aspect of nutrition and fitness. There’s a takeoff from a heavily watched teen soap opera, in which a brooding teenage char acter ponders the fat content of a beef fajita. Other scenes are based on popular daytime talk shows and game shows, complete with audi ence bantering. Intended for junior and senior high school health teachers, the video program also includes a leader’s guide with nutrition and exercise lesson plans. The guide details general nutrition principles svi-i.apk W ou This column is for readers who have questions but don’t know whom to ask tor the answers. “You Ask You Answer is for non-cooking ques tions. When a reader sends In a question, It will be primed In the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then be primed in the paper. Questions and answers to this column should be addressed to You Ask You Answer, Lou Ann Good, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. QUESTION — Edgar Jackson, Ligonier, would like to know how to puff wheat, rice, and corn for making cereal. QUESTION Carl Schintzel, Rockaway, N.J., would like either an address or a source for replacement parts (ham mers) for a Kemp Shredder. QUESTION— Martha Hertzler, West Salisburg, would like an address to know where to send for a gasket for a stainless steel Flex-Seal pressure cooker Model 908, which is made by Vischer Products Company, Chicago. QUESTION A reader would like to know where solar powered window candles may be found. Is there such a product? QUESTION Helen Mill, Honesdale, would like to purch ase new or used butchering knives, which must be good with 6-10-inch blades. QUESTION Spurgeon Kimmel, Wellsville, would like to know where to obtain several pounds of raw goose fat. QUESTION Horst Schaper, Moosup, Ct., would like to know where he can buy a shepherd’s staff or crook. Call him at (203) 564-2579. QUESTION—Tom Hicswa, Hammonton, N.J., would like to purchase sheet metal parts for a Case tractor model 3008 made about 1960. He wants a grille, gas tank cover, etc. Please send information to Hicswa at Box 2169 Elwood Rl, Hammonton, N.J. QUESTION Nate Levine, Remington, N.J., needs a source for parts to a Prizer #lOO cookstove manufactured by Prizer-Painterof Reading, Pa. Thecompany no longer carries parts for it. QUESTION Carl Humer, 4745 Carlisle Rd., Dover, Pa. 17315 is trying to locate a company that sells the machine to produce firewood from logs. He understands that you place a full length log on the table, a series of saws come downor out and cut the logs to length. You then move the log to the splitter area and the machine splits the logs into cord wood. Humer would prefer to see the machine in operation if anyone has one to sell. ' QUESTION Evelyn Michaels, Beaver, asks if anyone remembers Ole Oid, a type of linament made by Dr. Peter Farhney and Sons Company in N.Y. City. It contained cam phor, oil of cloves, sassafras, and turpentine. The Swedish/ Finnish community in Tioga County used it widely from the 1930 s to the 19605. Evelyn has asked telephone operators in the calling areas 212,718,917, and 914, fortelephone listings for the company but no listing exists in those areas. Does any one know a supplier? ANSWER For Teresa Wenger, Elizabethtown, who wanted to know where to purchase bees wax for candle mak ing. Here is another source: Fruitwood Orchards Roney, Inc., Box 408, R.D. 1, Rt. 538, Monroeville, N.J. 08343 or call (609) 881-7748. and provides at least nine activi ties that educators can use in the classroom to complement the video. This fall, the MVE-TV video kit and leader’s guide was mailed to more than 3,500 health teachers across the U.S. As with all other Meat Board education programs, the kit was extensively reviewed by educators throughout its devel opment to ensure its accuracy and usefulness for teachers. Several teachers also served as contribut ing authors of the print materials.
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