Ida’s
Notebook
by
Ida Risser
This spring I dug my flower
garden by hand. Then I planted
seeds and waited for them to
come up. Only a few were brave
enough to show themselves. So,
I re-planted, and now I’m wait
ing again.
The fact that our two young
cats run through and play on the
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Bally, PA
215-845-2261
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Rd 1, Box 1392 215 Oak Bottom Rd
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loose ground does not help. Each
morning they tumble around in
a nearby bed of big daylilies.
However, these are large enough
to hold their own. A separate bed
for calendulas is far enough
away to escape their antics.
The larkspur reseeded them
selves and another bed is an
Magnum 90i
Herringbone Stall
ocean of blue with Shasta
daisies around the edge. Allen’s
rosebed is also doing us proud as
we have taken several bouquets
to luncheons and banquets. So
far insects have not chewed on
their petals and so they are per
fect. We have most every color in
the rainbow.
Recently, I had a birthday
and was pleased to get phone
calls from our children and from
friends. One was from a lady
that I worked with in an office
some 50 years ago. We had trav
eled together over the UnitecT
States and into Canada. The pic
tures that we took have faded as
they were some of the first col
ored photos. Since then the
method of developing pictures
has been improved.
We spent to weeks on a pri
vate train as we traveled to
California. Nights were spent
HONESDALE (Wayne Co.)
Between 6.3 and 80 million peo
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es each year. In 1993, an outbreak
of hamburger infected with E. coli
0157:H7 was associated with four
deaths and over 500 cases of ill
ness.
At least 41 percent of these out
breaks can be prevented each year
with proper time and temperature
control in food service operations.
sleeping as we sped west and
days were spent seeing the
Grand Canyon, Denver, Salt
Lake City and San Francisco.
On the train with us were farm
ers from Ohio and it was a con
genial group. Memories like
these are pleasant.
FORSHEY’S, INC.
110 Forshey St.
Martmsburg, PA
814-793-3791
JIM’S SURGE
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 13, 1998-B7
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Owner - Samuel P. Stoitzfus
RD3, Box 331
Pine Grove, PA 17963
Another 20 percent of these inci
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personal hygiene of food handlers.
Penn State Cooperative Exten
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safety and sanitation training for
food handlers.
* HACCP-Based inspections
The two-day training will be
held at the Penn State Cooperative
Extension office in Honesdale on
June 22 and 29 from 9 a.m.-noon.
Participants must attend both days
of training.
For a $l5 registration fee, parti
cipants will receive a training
manual and video to be used at
their worksites. For more informa
tion or to make reservations, call
Penn State Cooperative Extension
at 717-253-5970 cxL 239.