Kids Attend Home Safety Camp
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the ultraviolet light and Gl-
Germs, a powder that simulated
germs, by glowing under the UV
light. She sprinkled some of the
powder over a campers hands
and then had the camper shake
hands, one after the other. She
then passed the UV light over
the initial campers hands and
down the line she went over the
rest of the campers hands, to
point out just how germs are
passed on. She informed the
campers that it takes at least 20
seconds of scrubbing their hands
with soap and water to get them
thoroughly clean. Using petrie
dishes, Beth showed the
campers how different germs
grow and what they look like.
At the Com Picker Station,
manned by Jim Ladlee of the
Clinton County Extension Office
and Dave Snook was a corn pick
er similator from the
Department of Agricultural and
Biological Engineering at Penn
State. The one at a time the
campers were instructed to grab
a hold of a horizontal bar and
squeeze it tightly. When the sim
ilator made a certain distinctive
sound the campers were to let
go. The similator had a digital
meter on front of it to let the
campers know just how long it
took them to let go. They were
then told by the instructors just
how far they would have been
pulled into a machine. The
important lesson learned was,
no one is stronger or faster than
a machine.
The Shop Safety Station was
conducted by Paul Bohnert. One
cf the first things he showed the
campers is why shop safety is so
important. He asked for two vol
unteers, each to put on one
glove. One glove had three fin
gers missing the other had all
four missing. He then asked the
volunteers to pick up a set of
keys and a pen. They had diffi
culty doing so.
He discussed with the
campers also the importance of
wearing proper attire while in
the shop. Boots are essential,
definitely not any type of open
toe shoe. Long pants that were
not baggy were also important,
and wearing a belt if necessary.
Wearing a long sleeved shirt if
helping to weld, and no matter
what you were doing always
have your shirt tacked in. Safety
glasses with sides were also
important as was ear protection
and even at times a hard hat.
The campers were also
reminded that when using elec
trical cords, always make sure
that they had three prongs and
were not frayed.
Chainsaw Safety was
manned by Scott Owens. The
first thing he did at the station
was to show the campers a pair
of good leather boots that some
one had worn when they were
using a chainsaw to cut a tree
and the chainsaw ‘kicked’ back.
If the men had not been wearing
the proper footwear he may very
well have lost some toes. Proper
attire was also addressed at this
station. Long sleeve shirt,
leather boots with a good non
slip sole, chaps or jeans ’and
gloves were on the list. As was
an orange hard had that is easi
ly seen in the woods, especially
if someone has fallen because of
injury.
Andrew Marzka, Centre
County Cooperative Extension
Office, demonstrated bicycle
safety at his station. Road safety
was discussed as were common
bike safety rules. Again proper
clothing was stressed no flare
bottom pants, proper shoes
definitely no open toed shoes,
ajid of course, always wear a
helmet.
Steve Ferrara of Monsanto
manned the Poison Prevention
Station. The campers were
shown common household prod
ucts and it was explained that
even some items that are not
harmful when taken in small
doses, such as salt, when taken
in larger doses can make you
very sick.
The campers were given Mr.
Yuk stickers to take home, and
with their parents, put them on
dangerous products to warn
them and other children that
these products are dangerous.
Karl Walizer, of Dotterer
Equipment, was in charge of the
Lawn Mower and Weed Eater
Station. One of the first things
he told the campers was when
using a lawn mower to always
first check the oil and only put
gas in a cold engine, otherwise
you could get burned. The
campers were also instrueted
that when anyone did mainte
nance work on a mower it is
important to always take out the
spark plug so the mower won’t
accidentally start when the
blade is moved. He also told
campers how important it is for
someone using a mower to be
aware of what is around them
and what is in the path of the
mower. 98 percent of all win
dows that are broken in the
house are done by lawn mowers
pointed in the wrong direction.
When discussing the weed eater,
he told them that only the last
1/4” of the tip cuts the grass.
Proper attire was also discussed;
Goggles, ear protection, blue
jeans or chaps, and of course
gloves are essential.
At the Fire Safety Station,
.which was conducted by the
Milheim Volunteer Fire
Company, a non-toxic sirtoke
filled trailer was set up for
campers to crawl through so
they had some idea of what it
would be like to have to crawl
out of their house if it was full of
smoke. The campers were
amazed how sometimes they
could see in front of them and
how sometimes they couldn’t
and how they could very easily
loose their way in even such a
small trailer. The campers were
also shown how to feel along the
walls to help keep their bearings
straight.
After the campers had visited
eight of the stations, they were
then treated to a lunch of hot
dogs, potato chips, apples,
watermelon, cookies and milk,
which was donated by local busi
nesses and groups. Following
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Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
‘Tis the season for canning
fruits and vegetables. Much of
our garden produce is frozen,
but eventually our two freezers
get full as do our two refrigera
tors. Then I hunt quart and pint
jars for peaches, pears, pickles,
and plums plus tomatoes.
This year our peaches are not
very good quality as we did not
spray them enough. Last year
our one tiny tree gave us 30
quarts. Cucumbers stretch out
the season by giving us some for
weeks and so I can some every
other day for weeks. Our grand
sons gave me several packs of
seed so that I would give them
several quarts of my sweet
spiced pickles. I’m thinking that
their father taught them to like
my pickles.
My husband protected his
lunch was another demonstra
tion by the Milheim Fire
Company The campers learned
that there are three types of
fires: A (wood and clothes), B
(flammable products), and C
(energized or electrical) The
campers learned that in order to
put out fire with a fire extin
guisher they had to remember
PASS, which stands for P-pull
pin, A-aim for base of fire, S
squeeze handle, and S-sweep
back and forth. The firemen
showed the campers what they
look and sound like with all
their gear on.
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sweet corn with an electric fence
a few inches off of the ground
We are expecting a big crop if he
can keep the groundhogs out of
the patch. Our first crop has
been eaten and frozen long ago
The other week we took my
sister and her husband along to
our camper in Snyder county
We had a picnic lunch and then,
after a boat ride, drove through
state game lands.
Now you must enjoy driving
through the woodlands to like
several hours of seeing only
trees and an occasional hunting
cabin. But, we had an opportuni
ty to talk and share. As a gener
al rule we plan our days so full
of activities that we seldom stop
to simply visit. We need to plan
for pleasururable hours as life is
too short.
Explaining to the group that
if any of them are in a fire not to
hide or run away from someone
who could be looking for them
who looked like this The
campers were then shown how
to use a fire extinguisher, they
lined up to try and put out a fire
using the extinguishers assisted
by a fireman.
At the end of the day after
„ne last three safety demonstra
tions were held, the campers
were treated to ice cream. Each
camper received a certificate of
participation.