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ers who have questions but
don’t know who to ask for
answers.
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Answer, Lancaster Farm
ing, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata,
PA 17522. Attention: Lou
Ann Good.
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QUESTION - Beth, no
last name or address given,
wants to know how to ster
ilize potting soil in the oven
before planting vegetable
seeds indoors.
QUESTION - Ella Eber
sol, 311 Newport Rd.,
Leola, PA 17540, will pay
for the following used
books in good condition:
“Easy Growth in Reading,
Looking Forward,” sth
reader, Winstone by Ger
trude Hildreth (can’t de
termine where the book
was printed), and “Around
the Corner,” a Ginn Basic
Reader by Ginn and Com
pany, copyrighted
1048-1053-1957-1961,
Phillippines copyright
1049.
QUESTION - Mabel
Harnish, Willow St., wants
to know how to keep deer
Medicare Covers Screening Exams
CAMP HILL (Dauphin Co.)
Men and women more than SO
years of age and covered by
Medicare are eligible to receiving
screening exams for the country’s
second leading cause of cancer
related deaths.
Colorectal cancer, or cancer of
the colon or rectum, is second
only to lung cancer and is most
common in men and women age
SO years and older. Having regu
lar screening exams beginning at
age 50 could prevent many cases
of colorectal cancer. Screening
tests can find polyps, which are
tiny growths that can become
cancerous. And the risk increases
with age, with 93 percent of cases
ask
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out of her garden in the
summer without putting up
a fence. Deer have already
eaten off some tulips in her
flower beds this spring.
She saw deer tracks in her
flower bed and on plowed
ground.
QUESTION - Leon
Spory, 730 Roaring Run
Rd., Boswell, PA
15531-1946, wants seeds
for a pole bean called Lazy
wife. He believes it is one
of the best stringless bean
he ever tried and is a good
producer. He likes to plant
a few seeds with the field
corn, which eliminates the
need for poles.
QUESTION - Margaret
Marshall, Rochester Mills,
wants the words to the
poem, "Gossip the Barber,”
which she remembers was
in a prose and poetry high
school book in the 19405.
QUESTION - Curtis
Weaver, 1396 Creek Rd.,
Carlisle, PA 17013, has an
Enterprize 2092 sausage
stuffer and would like to
buy a lard strainer basket
and plate to fit inside. Any
one have a used one to sell
or know where he can buy
it new?
QUESTION - C. Faus,
Hegins, has some ques
tions about rhubarb stalks.
She writes that in the fall,
before frost kills the
leaves, she harvests rhu
barb stalks. The leaves will
not feed the roots after
they are killed by frost any
way. Some people say the
stalks and leaves have poi
son in them at the that time
of the year. Is this true? If
so, why don’t they have
poison in them when har
vested before June 21?
QUESTION - M. Nolt,
East Earl, wants to know
where she can purchase a
cast iron 12- or 14-inch
pizza pan similar to a Pizza
Hut pan.
QUESTION Nine-year
old Alvin Stoltzfus collects
business cards. He would
like if people would send a
few from their businesses
diagnosed in people age 50 or
older.
A family history of colorectal
cancer or colorectal polyps also
increases the risk of developing
colorectal cancer. Removing pol
yps early can prevent cancer.
These tests also can find colorec
tal cancer early, when there may
not be any symptoms and when
treatment can be most effective.
While early colorectal cancer
often may have no symptoms,
sometimes symptoms do occur.
Symptoms to watch for include
blood in or on the stool, a change
in bowel habits, stools that are
narrower than usual, general
stomach discomfort, frequent gas
or a collection of one if
they no longer want it.
Send to Alvin Stoltzfus,
1195 Mondale Rd., Bird-In-
Hand, PA 17505.
QUESTION - Amos
Kauffman, 1860 Cambridge
Rd., Honeybrook, PA
19344, is looking for a used
Kitchen Center Oster mixer
for parts. They are no long
er manufactured, and the
gears are worn in his.
QUESTION - Mary Davis
is looking for simple goat
milk soap recipe that uses
ice cubes.
QUESTION - Ronald
Strawbridge, Brogue, wants
to know where to purchase
cast aluminum name
plates, cast on one side
only.
QUESTION - Fred Girth,
515 East Freehold Rd.,
Freehold, N.J., would like
information on wooden
shallow well handpumps.
Likely made of cedar in the
the 1800 s, they are six or
eight feet long in four-inch
square sections, bored,
threaded, and porcelain
lined, with leather gaskets
between sections. Guth’s
parents had one in use in
the late 19205.
QUESTION - Sam Par
ker, 2970 Welsh Rd., Mohn
ton, PA 19540, is looking
for about 20 feet of green
house “8-mil” UV-protected
plastic.
QUESTION - Lydia Seil
er, Drumore, is looking for
an old-fashioned, hand
crank meat slicer. Call at
(717) 284-4583.
QUESTION - Mike Hart
man, 962 Martin Rd., Need
more, PA 17238, would like
an owner’s manual for an
Owatonna 595 roll baler.
He would be willing to re
ceive a photocopy, or make
a copy himself and return
the original.
QUESTION - Gladys
Stephens, R.R. 1 Box 1069
Starrucca, PA 18462, is in
terested in the 1968 Frank
lin Mint antique car/coin
collection. She also col
lects a variety of things for
disabled children.
QUESTION - Winona
Homko, P.O. Box 308, 22 N.
Spruce Street, Oxford, e
mail winonamjo
aol.com, is looking for in
formation on an old iron
bike mounted on a plank
marked Everlast Sporting
Goods Mfg. Co. in NY, No.
G 530-3, made in USA. It
pains, or weight loss. If you have
any of these symptoms, discuss
them with your doctor. Only he
or she can determine the cause of
the symptoms.
If you are SO or older and are
covered by Medicare, you may be
eligible to receive the following
colorectal cancer screening bene
fits. There is no minimum age for
having a colonoscopy.
• Fecal Occult Blood Test
Covered once every 12 months
• Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Covered once every 48 months
• Colonoscopy Covered
once every 24 months for those at
high risk or once every 10 years,
but not within 48 months of a
was purchased at an Army
Depot many years ago.
QUESTION - Shirley Or
fanella, 1125 Slate Hill Rd.,
Quarryvilie, PA 17566, is
looking for “horse oint
ment” for arthritis.
QUESTION - Ron Smith,
325 N. High St., Duncan
non, PA 17020, wonders if
there was a dairy named
KOPF and Henry in Lancas
ter County or elsewhere.
QUESTION - Russ
Brezler, 314 W. Seventh
St., Waynesboro, wants to
know of a supplier for axe
and axe handles. He will
supply patterns.
QUESTION - A reader,
who sent no address,
wants to know where to
find old cards manufac
tured by Gibson, Cincin
nati, Ohio. The seven-day
cards have messages writ
ten as if the animal wrote
the message. The reader
has cards numbered 4,5,
6, and 7. An example of the
writing is the number 4
cards with the message:
“Betsy Bear is at your
door/With get-well #4
wish.” Anyone able to help
her locate numbers 1,2,
and 3?
QUESTION - A reader
needs a set of good beaters
to fit a Spatula Smart Black
& Decker hand mixer. It is a
heavy duty power boost
mixer. If you have a set,
call (301) 791-9586.
QUESTION - David Sim
pler, Elkton, Md., writes
that he used a product in
1972 call Purge-O-Matic
from Stewatt Chemicals to
clean soot from oil burners.
It worked great, but he
doesn’t know where to get
it now. He doesn’t want to
use soot sticks, he writes,
because it will eat the fur
nace.
QUESTION - Maggie
Keeler and her husband are
responsible for obtaining
heirloom seeds for a living
history farm, The Burr
House and Farm In West
Virginia. Keeler writes that
the 1751 house is the old
est frame structure in the
state. The committee has
purchased seeds from
Landis Valley Farm Muse
um, but would like to ex
pand the varieties grown
through donation, pur
chase, and seed swapping.
They especially would like
bean varieties and seeds
for other favorite vege
tables that have been
For Colorectal Cancer
screening sigmoidoscopy, for
those not at high risk for colon
cancer
• Barium Enema Can be
performed instead of a colonosco
py or flexible sigmoidoscopy
Medicare will pay 100 percent
of the cost of the fecal occult
blood test. For all other colorectal
screening tests. Medicare will pay
80 percent of the approved
amount after the yearly Part B
deductible. Medicare patients are
responsible for the 20 percent
coinsurance and any deductible
applied.
For flexible sigmoidoscopy or
colonoscopy, Medicare patients
must pay 25 percent of the Medi
passed down through the
generations. Send to Burr
House and Farm Agricul
ture Committee, Jefferson
Co. Landmarks Commis
sion, c/o Irvan M. Groff,
324 E. First Ave., Charles
town, WV 25414. Or, phone
(304) 724-1279.
QUESTION - Donna
Truesdell, S. Deerfield,
Mass., wants to identify a
source for replacement
rubber caps for the ends of
tension curtain rods. The
rods are fine, but the rub
ber caps have become
fragile from sun exposure.
ANSWER - A reader
wanted the name of the
Ohio vendor that sells wag
ons. Thanks to Arvillla
Keeny, New Freedom, who
writes that she believes the
vendor is Andy Weaver,
16891 Farmington Rd.,
West Farmington, Ohio
44491. Phone number is
1-800-882-8799.
ANSWER - Mary Mont
gomery, Doylestown, had
questions about a gardenia
plant that hasn’t flowered.
Arvilla Keeny, New Free
dom, writes a plant book
that she has teaches that
gardenias kept indoors
must have high humidity
and cooi nights (about 62
degrees), along with sun
light. Gardenias thrive in
greenhouses. The plants
require an acidic soil and
also can be successfully
grown under artificial
lights. Some gardenias
bloom in.the summer and
others are winter bloomers.
ANSWER - Howard Gib
son has this solution for
Kathleen Salotti who, want
ed to know how to rid
moles from the garden:
Place pieces of Wrigley
Juice Fruit Gum near the
mole holes.
ANSWER - Harriet Tin
ker, Cockeysviile, Md.,
writes that the hollow to
mato variety that Elsie Mar
tin, Hagerstown, Md., is
looking for is called Vera
Tomato Pepper, and is
available from Totally To
matoes, P.O. Box 1626, Au
gusta, Ga. 30903-1626.
Phone 1-803-663-0016.
ANSWER - A reader
wanted to know where to
find a 3-inch porcelain light
socket. Thanks to Terry
Fake who e-mailed that he
has one that fits a 3-inch
electrical box with 2 3 /i-inch
mounting holes center to
center. Call him at (717)
867-1588.
care-approved amount if the test
is done in an ambulatory surgical
center or hospital outpatient de
partment. If you have a Medicare
supplemental or Medigap plan, it
may cover your coinsurance and
deductible amounts. Check with
your supplemental insurer if you
are unsure what your secondary
plan covers.
If you are 50 or older and have
not been screened for colorectal
cancer, talk with your doctor
about the colorectal screening op
tions that are right for you. For
more information on colorectal
cancer, contact the National
Cancer Institute’s Cancer In
formation Service at
1-800-4-CANCER.