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OPINION
Eggs Are
Not Poisonous
A health advocacy group wants the goverment to require labels
on egg cartons warning consumers that raw or undercooked eggs
can cause food poisoning. The Center for Science in the Public
Interest wants the Food and Drug Administration to require egg
cartons to cany labels saying: “Caution: eggs may contain
illness-causing bacteria. Do not eat raw. Cook eggs until the yolk
is firm.”
But we agree with the egg industry that such a warning would
give a false impression that all eggs are contaminated and suggest
instead a continuing public education campaign urging consum
ers to treat eggs like any other perishable commodity.
Eggs are one of nature’s most nutritious, economical, and ver
satile foods. With proper care and handling, it poses no greater
risk than any other perishable food.
Since science has removed the cholesterol scare from eggs,
this looks like the next attack on the egg industry. Common sense
tells you to cook eggs before you eat them. Let’s hope the govern
ment does not get involved in scaring people away from the good
nutrition they can so easily get from eggs.
AJCA/NAJ Annual Meetings,
Indianapolis, Ind., thru July 1.
Southern Maryland Farm Heritage
Festival at Prince George
County Equestrian Center,
Upper Marlboro, Md., thru June
29.
PSBA Summer Picnic, Morris
Arboretum.
17th Annual Hickory Ridge Anti
que Farm Show, Horace Potter
Residence, Milford, Del., thru
June 29.
Berks Wool Pool, Leesport Far
mers’ Market, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
York County Dairy Princess
Pageant, 4-H Center, Bair Sta
tion, 7 p.m.
Octorara Creek Summer Nature
Penn State Civil Enginerring
Camp, Stone Valley Recreation
Center, also University’s
Experimental Forest in Hun
tingdon County and University
Park, thru July 12; School II
from July 13-26.
Ephrata Area Farmers family picn-
polis, Ind.
PennAg Annual Grain Meeting,
Eden Resort Inn, Lancaster, 7
Beef and Forage Day, Southern
Branch, Ripley.
Wolfs Comer Fair, Tionesta, thru
July 5.
Deadline for 5-Acre Com Club
enrollment, thru local extension
Apilherapy Knowledge Review
Perishable
Sullivan County Rodeo and
Demolition Derby, Sullivan
County Fairgrounds, thru July
Clarion County Fair, New Beth-
Judging Schools, Bedford
County, noon, thru July 8.
1997 NCWGA Region 5 Sheep
Tour, Roman Stoltzfus, Spring
wood Farm, Kinzcrs, 10
a.m.-noon DST.
Ephrata Area Young Farmers
meeting. Landscaping, Nevin
Homing's Farm, Lititz.
Field Day, Donohoe Center/Bus
Tour, 10 a.m.
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Junior Judging School, noon,
thru July 10.
Northeast Sheep and Wool Grow
ers Association Wool Pool,
Wyoming County Fairgrounds,
Meshoppen, thru July 10.
Soybean Inoculant Farm Field
Discussion, David Bider Farm,
Fleetwood, 10 a.m.-noon.
NYS Fanners’ Direct Marketing
Association, twilight meedng
on merchandizing, Abbott
Farms, Baldwinsville, N.Y., 7
p.m.
Stockman’s Spectacular, Jackson
Branch, Jackson.
LandisvUle Weed Day, Research
Farm, 10 a.m.
Lycoming County Fair, Hughes
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Tuckahoc Steam and Gas Engine
Show, Tuckahoe Show
grounds, near Easton, Md., thru
July 13.
Bth Annual Fawn Grove Olde
Tyme Days, Fawn Grove, thru
July 13.
Annual Keystone Stud Ram Show
To File For
Fuel Tax Refund
Any person who has paid the 12
cents per gallon tax on liquid fuels
purchased between July 1, 1996
and April 30,1997 and 15.5 cents
per gallon from May 1, 1997 and
June 30,1997 and used the fuel in
the actual production of agricultur
al products may obtain a refund of
the taxes paid.
To receive your tax refund, you
must file a claim with the Liquid
Fuels Tax Refund Section of the
Board of Finance and Revenue on
or before September 30, 1997.
Claim forms were mailed to far
mers who applied for refunds in
the past two years on June 13.
Forms are also available from the
Board of Finance and Revenue,
500 C Finance Building, Harris
burg PA 17120 or by calling (717)
787-6534.
If you need assistance in prepar
ing or filing your claim, contact
Lynne Vcrgot at the Board of
Finance and Revenue.
To Know The
Signs Of
Heat Stress
Fanners and others who work
outside during summer should pro
tect themselves from heat and
humidity.
Warm temperatures and high
humidity combined with heavy
work can threaten your health,
according to Dr. Dennis Murphy,
Penn State professor of agricultur
al engineering.
If you will be working or play
ing outdoors this summer, pace
yourself and stop periodically to
cool off. Stay alen for signs of heat
stress. This occurs when the body
builds up more heat than it can get
rid of.
Depending on its severity, heat
stress can develop into heat
cramps, heat exhaustion, or heat
stroke. Symptoms of heat cramps
include muscle spasms and heavy
sweating.
Heat exhaustion is marked by
fatigue, heavy sweating, dizziness,
nausea, and fainting. Heat stroke.
and Sale, Harrisburg, thru July
Agricultural Agents annual
meeting, Burlington, VL, thru
July 17.
Iliis(l:n, Jlih l> |
Cumberland County Young Adult
Fanners Tour and Picnic, Penn
Township Fire Hall, Huntsdale,
thru July 16.
District FFA Dairy Show, Leba
non County Fairgrounds, 8:30
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the most serious heat related con
dition, can result in coma or death.
Initial symptoms include altered
perspiration, shivering, nausea,
and confusion.
To Prevent
Heat Stress
According to Dr. Dennis Mur
phy, Penn State professor of agri
cultural engineering, there arc
several ways to prevent heat stress.
Drink plenty of water before and
after working. Consider your age
and health when deciding what and
how much you can safely do. Take
work breaks to fight fadgue and
extend your energy. Do the hardest
jobs in the morning or late after
noon, when temperatures are
cooler.
Also, wear loose clothing that
allows air to circulate on the skin.
Adequate clothing and a hat will
protect you from skin damage
caused by the sun’s ultraviolet
rays.
If you must work in a hot or
poorly ventilated building, open
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BY LAWRENCE W ALEHOUSE
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SELF-CONDEMNED
June 29, 1996
Background Scripture:
Titus 3:1-11
Devotional Reading:
Romans 13:1-10
Hardly a week goes by that I
don’t receive a form letter, news
paper article, or magazine piece
chronicling the growing animosi
ties between Christians of various
stripes. Very often, when I see re
ligious groups depicted on tele
vision, the faces are angry, the
words bitter, and the atmosphere
depressingly negative. Inter
estingly enough this is generally
not a matter of Methodists against
Presbyterians, or Episcopalians
against Baptists. The conflicts, it
seems, rage within each of these
and other denominations: Metho
dists against Methodists, Luther
ans against Lutherans, and Bapt
ists against Baptists.
What I am bemoaning here is
not conflict within the churches.
Conflict is normal and healthy
within all groups. It is the atmo
sphere that surrounds and per
vades these conflicts that disturbs
me most. This anger grows and
the bitterness continues to escalate
and spiral. Christianity is often de
fined in the media by the things
Christians are against, rather than
what they are for.
INQUISITIONS &
CRUSADES
Unfortunately, most, if not all
of these people believe that it is
for God’s sake that they are being
militant and they regard their
emotions as righteous indignation.
They defend a God who doesn’t
need or ask for their defense. For
those outside the church, there is
little or nothing that is compelling
about this kind of Christianity. It
was this same kind of Christian
anger and fear that gave birth to
the devilish Inquisitions and spur
red the bloody Crusades.
Perhaps all of us need to com
mit to memory and heart
Paul’s words to Titus of Antioch:
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”... to speak evil of no one, to
avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and
to show perfect courtesy toward
all men” (3:2). Four simple re
quests. but these could change the
current atmosphere within the
doors and windows to get all the
ventilation possible. Setup electric
fans if you can do so safely and
without raising too much dust. Go
outside often for fresh air.
If you feel dizzy, lightheaded,
weak or overheated, or if you
sweat profusely, stop working and
get to a cool place immediately.
or lie down, drink water or juice,
and bathe your face with cool
water or a wet towel. If you do not
feel better soon, call for help.
Also, pay attention to humidity
levels. like the wind chill index
during winter, a humidity index
gives you a better idea of what it
really feels like to be outside. As
humidity rises, you may be more
prone to heat exhaustion. At 95
degrees Fahrenheit and with
humidity in the 60s, heat rises well
above body temperatures. This
dramatically increases the risk of
beat stress, especially for those
who are working or playing hard.
Feather Prof, ’s Footnotes
‘Look before you leap. Thirl |
before you speak. ”
churches. I’m not saying there is
no place for righteous anger with
in Christianity, but it should be the
exception at most, not the rule.
sn
Paul makes it clear that this
kind of quarreling is definitely
pre-Christian. It is what we are to
give up when we become follow
ers of Jesus Christ. “For we our
selves,” says Paul, were once fool
ish, disobedient, led astray, slaves
to various passions and pleasures,
passing our days in malice en
vy, hated by men and hating one
another” (3:3). “Hated” and “hat
ing” are too often descriptive of
Christians today.
WITNESSES, NO JUDGES
Paul also reminds Titus that we
are saved by Christ, not because
we ourselves have achieved moral
acceptability, but only because of
the grace of God—“... but whed
the goodness and lovingkindnes?
of God our Savior appeared, he
saved us, not because of deeds
done by us in righteousness, but in
virtue of his own mercy ... so
that we might be justified in his
grace and become heirs in hope of
eternal life” (3:5-7). We are. all of
us, as dependent upon the unde
served grace of God as those
whom we judge. In fact, we are
called not to judge, but to witness
to the love of Jesus Christ.
And then, just in case Titus is
not getting the point, Paul says
again: “But avoid stupid contro
versies, genealogies, dissensions,
and quarrels over the law, for they
are unprofitable and futile” (3:9).
And to underline the seriousness,
Paul goes on to say: “As for a man
who is factious, after admonishing!
him once or twice, have nothing
more to do with him, knowing that
such a person is perverted and sin
ful: he is self-condemned” (3:11).
And so are we all if we continue
to divide the Church that is not
ours, but his.
(The Allhouses will walk in the
footsteps of Paul and John of
Revelation, leading a tour to Tur
key next Oct. 17-Nov. 2. For in
formation: "Turkish Delight,"
4412 Shenandoah Ave., Dallas,
TX 75205/(214) 521-2522.)
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