Consuming
Thoughts
by
Fay Strickler
Penn State Extension
Home Economist for
Berks Co.
The falling leaves remind us
that cool weather is coming and
kids are back in school. This
change affects the daily routine
of activities but also reflects a
change in menus, shopping, and
meal preparation.
Adults need to think about
planning foods that travel well
and can be packed in brown bag
lunches. Another consideration is
how to plan and select a variety
of healthy after school snacks
that kids can make for them
selves.
Choose foods like fruit that are
in season and are more economi
cal. They not only taste great but
provide the needed nutrition.
Avoid high calorie cookies,
candy, potato chips, and soda,
and so forth.
Here are some ideas for fun
after school snacks that kids can
make. Parents can also use this
list as a guideline when grocery
shopping.
After School Snacks for Kids:
• Peanut butter and jelly
Avanti Garelh X-treme Li I Critter
Dirt Bike
crackers
• Frozen yogurt or ice milk
• Sliced apples with peanut
butter and raisins
• Juice (100 percent)
• Cheese and crackers
• Cinnamon toast with apple
juice
• Yogurt, plain or fruit
• Animal crackers
• Fresh fruit like grapes or
pears
• Lower fat cookies and milk
• Raw vegetables like carrots
and broccoli
• Angel food cake cubes
• Gingersnap cookies with ap
plesauce
• Pretzels and milk
• Cheese slice with fruit cup
• Popcorn
• Graham crackers with milk
• Cereal and milk
• Wheat crackers with cottage
cheese
• Blueberry muffin with
orange juice
• Peanut butter toast with milk
• Frozen banana with fruit
juice
Be sure to teach
children to follow
these tips if they
make their own
snacks.
Kitchen Tips
for Kids
Wash hands be
fore. making a
snack. Hands
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Whseler
PUBLIC AUCTION
Sat. Sept. 27th 2003.
Sale Time 9:30 AM
Retirement and or Dispersal sale for Spring
House Farm located at 150 Marticvilie Road,
Lancaster County, PA 17603.
App. 40 Head of Reg. and Grade Donkeys -
including several small spotted Jennys
1 Double Reg. Small white Jack with Black factor
produces loud colored foals also several large
Jennys bred to a 16 Hand Jack
1 Zonkey gelding Halter Broke and very Gentle
1 Zoonte gelding Halter Broke and very Gentle
1 Gentle Halter Broke Texas Longhorn OX with a
Horn Spread of 5 Ft.
App. 7 Llamas including several Registered
females
App. 8 Miniature horses-vanety in color-some
registered
App. 12 Ponies variety in color and size. Several
of these are broke to drive.
A few of these are English type nding Ponies A
few are Halfinger type broke to ride and drive.
Included is 1 Reg. Shetland Filly
App. 6 nice riding horses, quiet and ready to go on
trail rides.
Tack
Large amount of used Mini and assorted tack.
1 load of mostly new tack including Saddles-
Bridles-Saddle Blankets-Snaps-Lead Ropes and
much-much more
We will start this sale with tack at App. 9:30 AM
and Horses and Ponies at App. 12:00 Noon
AUCTIONEERS
Clarence Shirk AU2750
Christian Z. Stoltzfus AA002861
Tel. 610-273-2801
COME EARLY AND ENJOY THE DAY WITH US
carry lots of germs.
Use clean knives, spoons,
forks, bowls, and other utensils.
Wash all fruits and vegetables
before eating.
Put cold items like milk,
cheese, or yogurt back in the re
frigerator as soon as you are done
with them. Do not leave these
items out on the counter.
Teach kids microwave safety
before using the microwave.
Packing Safe
Brown Bag Lunches
Store brown bag lunches in a
refrigerator at work or school.
Here are some tips to keep food
cold if a refrigerator is not avail
able:
Take ice cubes and place them
in a plastic bag. Wrap with foil.
Place this “ice pack” or a com
mercial “gell” pack in the brown
bag with you food.
Wrap sandwiches and put
them in a big plastic bag and
freeze. Do not put lettuce, toma
to, or mayonnaise on the sand
wiches yet.
Simple sandwiches freeze best.
Try using lower fat lunch meats
and cheeses. Place the frozen
sandwich in a brown bag when
you leave. It will thaw by lunch
time. Put lettuce, tomato, and
mayonnaise in a separate con
tainer. Add them to the sandwich
just before eating.
Freeze a small container of
juice or applesauce the night be
fore you want to eat it. Place the
frozen food in the brown bag.
The frozen food will thaw by
lunch time. The frozen food will
also keep the other food in your
lunch cold.
A thermos bottle can be used
to keep drinks and foods hot or
cold. Hot foods such as soup,
stews, and chili should be boiling
when you pour them into the
thermos. This will prevent food
poisoning. Wash the thermos bot
tle with hot soapy water and
rinse well with boiling water after
using it.
LIVESTOCK
LIKE NEW PANEL GATES
App 20 panel gates for round pen
to be offered for sale
DIRECTIONS TO SALE
From Strasburg take Rt. 741 west to Rt. 324
South App. 1 mile to sale on right
Terms by Ted Cardwell Ph 717-872-8602.
AUCTIONEERS NOTE
Food available on premises served by
the local Amish. Food proceeds will
be donated for a local hospital bill.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 13, 2003-811
Penn State Researcher
Looking For West Nile Virus
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) When the penguin at the
Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester,
N.Y., contracted West Nile virus
and died in August 2002, Adam
Rohnke took note, but never
dreamed it would mean much to
him.
Today, the research assistant
in Penn State’s College of Agri
cultural Sciences is conducting
songbird counts at two Centre
County sites, checking some
birds’ blood for the virus and
trapping mosquitoes to be tested
to see whether they carry the dis
ease-causing pathogen.
About all he can tell you about
the presence of West Nile disease
in central Pennsylvania now is
that not much is known. “Talk to
me in a year or so,” he says.
“There have been some crows
and blue jays found dead that
were infected with the disease,
but we just don’t know if West
Nile is prevalent in birds across
our region, or even if songbirds
are carrying it.”
The work being done by
Rohnke, who is pursuing a mas
ter’s degree in wildlife and fisher
ies science, is novel because he is
focusing on songbirds, and their
populations have been largely ig
nored by West Nile researchers.
There have been many confirmed
cases of larger birds succumbing
to West Nile virus in Pennsylva
nia, but there is little information
about whether their smaller cous
ins are widely infected.
“Big birds are easy to find
when they die, but the songbirds
migrate, so they could be spread
ing the virus,” notes Rohnke, a
Rochester native who graduated
from SUNY College of Environ
mental Science and Forestry with
a bachelor’s degree in environ
mental forest biology. “Also, they
have the closest interaction with
humans, so they might pose the
biggest threat.”
He will get lots of help with his
research. Rohnke who has
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been trained and certified by vet
erinarians in handling birds, ex
tricating them from mist nets and
drawing blood samples will bt
catching birds under the guid
ance of professor of wildlife re
sources Margaret Brittingham
and his advisor, Rich Yahner,
professor of wildlife conservation.
Mosquitoes will be collected in
pheromone light and heat traps
supplied by entomology professor
K.C. Kim, who will be examining
mosquitoes captured at both sites
and cataloging species. The state
Department of Environmental
Protection will test mosquitoes
for West Nile virus. Entomologist
Liwang Cui will test the blood
samples of birds taken by
Rohnke.
The research sites have dra
matically different characteris
tics. “One is near the wastewater
treatment plant where water is
sprayed every day,” he explains.
“The other is in the pine barrens
near the Scotia Range, where the
soil is dry and sandy. It will be in
teresting to see if infection rates
of birds and mosquitoes differ be
tween the two. We don’t know
what to expect. In a study done
this year by the University of
Southern Mississippi, 600 birds
were tested and not a single case
of West Nile was discovered.”
Lykens Valley
Garden Club Plans
Garden Tour
MILLERSBURG (Dauphin
Co.) The Lykens Valley Gar
den Club will present its annual
Garden Tour Sunday, Sept. 28,
from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Rain or
shine.
Advanced tickets may be
bought at Manor House, Market
St., MiUersburg, or Mid-Penn
Bank, MiUersburg, or at any of
the garden tour locations the day
of the tour.
The following gar
dens will be included
on the Garden Tour:
Andrew and Jenelle
Albright, Halifax; Sally
and Randy Tobias,
MiUersburg; Vaughn
and Maryann Boyer,
MiUersburg; Gallery on
the Square, Millers
burg; Dot Brown, MUI
- Matt and
Jennifer Erdman, Mill
ersburg; EU and Mar
tha Smucker, MiUers
burg.
A member artist will
be painting at the Gal
lery on the Square dur
ing the tour.
For more informa
tion call (717) 692-3140
or (717) 692-3555.
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Cooking
Tip
To make hard
squash (acorn or
butternut) easier
to cut, micro
wave on high for
lOV2 minutes,
then cut and re
move seeds and
finish baking as
you wish.
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