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‘Family
Today’s family faces more stress
than ever. Although services offer
help to families with severe prob-
‘lems, little attention is given to the
flip side of stress-strength.
‘But making strong families
stronger is the goal of “Family
Time,” a new family activity pro-
gram from Penn State’s 4-H and
family living extension and the Luz-
erne County Cooperation Extension
Service.
“Family Time,” designed for
families with children two through
eight years old, will offer three
areas of family-strengthening activ-
ities, says Luzerne County 4-H
agent, Holly Ostlund.
Learning kits will be given to all
participating families for home use.
The . Kits include J Let’ S
Explore...Our Family,” *...0ur
Community,” ‘‘...The Foods We
EAt,” “...The World of Crafts,” and
| «Other Fun Things.” Kits focus
on the seasons of th year and are
eared to ages 2-3, 4-6, and 7-8.
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In addition, a read-aloud program
featuring selected books and accom-
panied by activity sheets with
‘“‘some things to think about,”
“some things to talk about,’ and
“some things to do,” is available.
The books can be borrowed from
the county extension office.
Boxes filled with family learning
activities - including sandpaper
alphabet, number and shape cards,
puppets, counting games, dress-up
clothes, and a lacing boot - will also
be available on loan from the
county office.
All children who participate in
“Family Time” will be designated
associate 4-H members and their
parents will be given 4-H leader
status. There is no charge for the
program.
To get involved in ‘Family Time,’
write or call the Penn State Cooper-
ative Extension Service of Luzerne
County, Courthouse Annex, 5 Water
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711; 825-1701
or 459-0736, ext. 701.
All Luzerne County residents can
take advantage of the unique
“method to calculate their family
_ finances.
"Josephine Kotch, Extension Home
Economist for Luzerne County will
be available Monday, Jan. 23, from
2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
at the Extension Office Meeting
Room, 5 Water St., Old Courthouse
Annex, Wilkes-Barre to work on the
one-to-one basis utilizing the com-
puter in calculating the various
areas the family spends their dol-
lars.
* The attendants must come pre-
pared with the listing of financial
expenditures as follows:
1. Number of people in
family
2. Number of cars in your family
3. ‘Available take-home pay each
period
4. Enter 52 if you are paid
weekly; 26 if twice a month; 12 if
monthly or 1 if yearly.
Monthly estimates:
your
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Individual, Couple, Family. Counseling
Day or Evening Hours
5. Food
6. Car payments
7. Rent or mortgage
8. Utilities (heat,
phone, etc.)
9. Installment debts with interest
due each month (Sears, Master
Charge, Loan Companies, and
others)
10. Other (including child care,
household help, alimony, taxi, and
bus)
The information is necessary to
feed the computer and obtain the
recommended spending-saving plan.
Call or write for reservation, 825-
1701, 5 Water St., Courthouse Annex,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711.
electricity,
Club bakes cookies
The Showing Blue 4-H Horse Club
recently went to the Pennsylvania
Gas & Water Co. on N. Main St. in
Wilkes-Barre to bake Welsh and
Coconut Chew cookies in their show-
room.
The leaders and members who
helped with this fund raiser are
Mrs. Carol Malig, Mrs. Pam
Morgan, Mrs. Lorraine Phillips, Mr.
Anthony Lipinski, Kris Eley, Dar-
lene Phillips, and Daria Lipinski.
They were under the direction of
Mrs. Ruth Marmo, a representative
of PG&W Co.
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Door contest
The Meadows Apartments Social Club recently announced
the winners of the first annual ‘‘Door Decorating’’ Contest
conducted at the Dallas facility. Independent judging was
performed by Raymond Condo, Executive Director of
Ecumenical Enterprises Inc. - the local non-profit corpora-
tion that owns and (operates the Meadows Geriatric
Complex, and Thomas J. Sweeney, Administrator of the
Meadows Nursing Center. The winners as proclaimed at the
Social Club’s Christms Party are shown above. Muriel
Garinger, third floor winner, is shown in the top left photo;
Minnie Hazeltine, winner of the second floor, is shown in the
top right photo; and Julie Blaskiewicz, shown. in the bottom
left photo, was the first floor winner.
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Winning door
The Annual Christmas Door Decorating Contest, sponsored
by the Dallas Intermediate School PTO, was held recently at
the school. The Grand Prize entry, a three-dimensional
Christmas tree shown here, was submitted by Mrs. Tripps’
fifth grade homeroom. Prizes were also awarded to the
homerooms of Mrs. Nagorski, Mrs. Borton, Mr. Jones, Mrs.
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The snow shoveling season is with
us again and those of us who have
grown a year older have even more
cause to be concerned about how we
go about getting it off the driveway
and sidewalks.
No matter how hard we think we
work at our daily chores, shoveling
snow. is a young person’s game.
Most of us, unwilling to admit that
we anre not in the best physical
condition, think nothing of tackling
this cold weather chore.
According to Dr. Alexander B.
Rakow, deputy secretary for Com-
munity Health Services, snow shov-
eling is one of the most dangerous
things a person over age 40 can do.
“Unless a person is in good physi-
cal health, with normal blood pres-
sure, sound heart, is not overweight,
and is accustomed to physical activ-
ity, he or she should not attempt to
shovel snow,” Rakow said.
“The degree of cold, the wind,
and the density or weight of the
snow serve to increase the hazards
of snow shoveling.”
In the past, women had appeared
to be less prone to heart attack or
stroke, but in recent years the
number of women who die shoveling
snow has increased. Rakow said it
is probably due to the increase in
the number of women who smoke
and their entrance into stressful job
positions.
For those who insist on shoveling
snow anyway, Rakow had this
advice, take frequent rest breaks;
at the first sign of discomfort -
shortness of breath, pain in the
chest, arms or shoulders, nausea,
dizziness, or profuse sweating
despite the cold - go into the house,
call for medical help and lie down.
These may be the first indications
of a heart attack or stroke.’
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