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This column is tor readers who have questons but
don't'know who to ask tor answers.
“You Ask—You Answer” is tor non-cooking ques
tions. When a reader sends hi a question, It will be print
ed in the paper. Readers who know the answer are
asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then
be printed in the paper.
Questions and Answers to this column should be
addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Farm
ing, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Attention: Lou
Ann Good.
Do not send a self-addressed, stamped envelope tor
a reply, if we receive the answer, we will publish It as
soon as possible. Please Include your phone number
because we sometimes need to contact the person to
clarify details. We will not publish your phone number
unless you request It.
QUESTION Lena Hoover, Shippensburg, would like
the name and address of a mail-order company that special
izes in woman’s wide-width shoes.
QUESTION Evan Weidman, Westfield, would like the
complete address for the American Guernsey Association
in Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
QUESTION Four-year-old Victoria Gaffney wants
information on raising and caring for a miniature donkey.
Because she wants one for a pet, she needs to know what it
eats, where it sleeps, etc., and cannot find information in the
library. “Maybe I can start a 4-H Club when I’m six or older,"
she writes.
QUESTION Help! Mike Cannon's old wooden barn in
Oreland is beseiged by carpenter bees that chew perfect
circle holes all over the place, especially under the eves.
Mike has tried wasp and hornet spray, but it doesn't bother
them. The bees are driving Mike crazy because he can hear
them chewing but feels helpless to stop them. Any sugges
tions to make his barn less attractive to these chewing crit
ters or better yet - get rid of them.
QUESTION Robert AJcott, Lansdale, wants an up-to
date used correspondent course on small engine repair.
Write to him at 810 S. Broad St., Lansdale, PA 19446-5213.
QUESTION—Jo Marie Snyder, Shermans Qale, writes
that 18 years ago her mom bought a croquette set made by
SKpwegan. The ends need to be replaced but the place
where the setwaspurchased is no longer in business. Does
anyone Know where the ends can be replaced or have an
address. AHhouqh she could buy a new set for $5O, she
doesn’t Brink itwould be as good as the old set.
QUESTION Cindy Eshleman of Jonestown would like
to know where to buy horse patches of different breeds that
can be sewn on jackets.
QUESTION A reader writes that his lawn has dried
soots in several areas. Wherever the dead spots appear,
red fire ant hills are popping up everywhere. l is I***
thing other than pesticides that can be used to get nd of
them?
QUESTION— E.L. Langan, Malvern, writes thqt he has a
32-acre horse farm and wishes to screen the borders with
evergreens. What species is recommended and what spac
ing should be foll&wed to encourage hardiness, fast growth,
and disease resistant
He also wants to know what type and size of equipment
should be used to maintain the pastures of the 32-acre
horse farm.
QUESTION —Durwood Tuttle, Knoxville, wants to know
where to mailorder parts for a piston water pump. He needs
a Daton, but other name brands might work, he writes.
QUESTION Bonnie Blain, Halifax, wants a pattern for
an upright vaccuum cover that looks like a doll with a dress
or apron that goes to the flood.
QUESTION Linda Smith, 26 New St., Glen Rock, PA
17327, wants fo know if anybody has a pattern for the Ruble
Cube Quilt or -where she can buy a pattern.
QUESTION E. Gingrich, 2704 Meadow View Rd.,
Manheim, PA 17545-8320, wants a new or good used Mirror
2'A quart pressure cooker No. M-1952, Pat. No. 4038719. It
is no longer being made.
QUESTION Paul Charles, Wellsboro, is looking for
anterless deer licenses from the 1950 s for Montgomery
County as his father’s was lost in a fire. Call him at (717)
724-3482.
QUESTION Mrs. Adolph Steger, Groton, N.Y., wants
to complete a set of Corning dishes in the pattern Wisteria
and learned it is no longer manufactured. She also needs to
replace a few luncheon, bread and butter, and dinner plates
in Royal Garden (a Corning product). Does someone have a
few extra pieces to sell. Contact her at 100 Chipman Cor
ners Rd., Groton, NY 13073.
QUESTION Glenn Roller, Spring Grove asks where
cast iron Christmas fencing, the kind used years ago, may
be purchased.
QUESTION Lynn Rossi, Lititz, wanted to know where
to buy 8-inch glass pie plates, not the larger sizes.
QUESTION Naomi Becker, 4691 Maple Dr. Walnut
port, Pa. 18088, has an old school desk with a I*/« -inch hole
for an inkwell. She would like td buy at a reasonable price a
glass with black top ink well with a cover to fit into the
opening.
QUESTION—Lois E. Newcomer, York, would like to buy
a 1-2 quart electric Ice Cream Parlor ice cream freezer.
Also, she writes that her mother made a few mother sow and
detachable piglet sets in the past. She recently passed
away and left an unfinished set. Lois cannot find the pattern
or instructions to finish it. She would like to borrow instruc
tions. Write to her at 3415 E. Prospect Rd., York, PA
17402-8685.
QUESTION Stephen Voyce, Simpson, would like a
steel chisel bit or any other bits that fit a Kango Electric Jack
Hammer Type 950-115 Volts 9:3 amp. AC or DC.
QUESTION Walter Mochari, N. Brunswick, N.J., wants
information or the location of Home Life Insurance Co. of
America. His letter to 1120-24 1.8. E. Bldg. Wilkes Barre.
PA., has been returned with no forwarding address.
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Lancaster Firming, Saturday, July 5, 1997-815
Pilot Test
KANSAS CITY. Mb. Part
nen for a Safer Community begin
the national pilot test of the prog
ram's youth safety educational
materials this month in Kansu
City. Missouri. The group
launched the pilot test with a two
day training of six community
teams from Georgia, Pennsylvani
a. Texas, Utah, Washington and
Wisconsin on April 12 and 13.
As a special project of the
National FFA Foundation, Part
ners for a Safer Community is a
national collaborative effort to
promote agricultural youth safety
and health through education,
community development and
youth leadership. To help accom
plish this goal. Partners for a Safer
Community compiled the instruc
tional package including adult
and student guides, sample educa
tional resources, a resource guide
and a CD-ROM for teaching
youth safety to secondary and
elementary school students.
For the next four months, parti
cipants will conduct local Partners
for a Safer Community youth
safety programs using the instruc
tional package and will provide
evaluation feedback. Program
staff will use the pilot test results
to strengthen the materials for
training workshops in fall 1997
and for national distribution of the
package of 4,000 communities by
the end of 1998.
Major sponsors of Partners for a
Safer Community are John Deere,
Lorsban* 15G, Pioneer Hi-Bred
International, Inc., and W.K. Kel
logg Foundation. Contributing
sponsors include the Equipment
Manufacturers Institute, National
Food and Energy Council and
New Holland. Program collabora
tors include Farm Safety 4 Just
Kids, National Farm Medicine
Center, National FFA Organiza
tion. National FFA Foundation,
Inc., National FFA Alumni Asso
ciation, Inc., National SAFE
KIDS Campaign, National Safety
Council, National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health,
National Council for Agricultural
Education, National Vocational
Agricultural Teachers’ Associa
tion, NYFEA The Association
for Educating Agricultural Lead
ers, Teaching Agricultural Safety
to Kids and Cooperative Exten
sion System.
For more information about the
program, pilot test or instructional
package, please contact Partners
for a Safer Community, 4302 Car
lisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM
87107 or send email to:
jasess@aol.com.