8 THE DALLAS POST, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1984
Tackle Tips
Now is a good time to inspect your
lures and plugs. Replace broken hooks
and ones that are rusted or badly bent.
During the winter, sharpen all the hooks
on your lures.
Crappies are fairly deep feeders. In open
water, put your bait right on the bottom
to begin, and if you get no action, fish a
little higher, moving the bait up only six
inches or so at a time until you find the
level where the fish are bunched.
Orange and yellow lures are productive
on bass, pickerel, and pike in waters that
contain large numbers of small yellow
perch.
When you tie streamer flies, be sure not
to dress the hook too thickly—A bulky
* dressing just doesn’t slim down in the
water, and won't look like the outline of a
baitfish.
If you buy new fly line, the line should
fill the reel nearly to its capacity. If the reel
. can handle more than the standard length
of fly line, splice backing onto the line,
enough to fill the reel with the fly line.
“Ice flies” tied to imitate nymphs are
effective. Tie them on hooks in sizes 10,
12. and 14.
Pennsylvania League of Angling Youth
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Walleyes
straight line from shore. o
® Set tilts for light biters.
When in doubt, strike!
hole.
Pike and pickerel
results.
Bass
that works.
Panfish
PENNSYLVANIA
FISH COMMISSION
Rivers present a great threat to
anunwary boater: low-head dams.
These structures claim the lives of
an increasing number of sports-
men annually. Of all the things on
a river that are dangerous, the
low- head dam is the most danger-
signed an efficient, unattended,
self-operated drowning machine,
it would be hard to come up with
anything more effective than a
low-head dam.
Hazards exist not only from go-
ing over the dam, an obvious
source of danger, but also below
the dam in the backwash, where
the power of water is frequently
overlooked. Much of the problem
originated in the past when the
good fishing that exists below
dams was promoted without clear-
ly emphasizing the hazards in-
volved.
Unfortunately, anything caught
in this backwash below the dam is
trapped and recirculated round
and round, making escape or
rescue most difficult. A person
will be carried to the face of the
dam, where water pouring over it
will wash the victim down under
and back beneath the boil. When
the victim struggles to the surface,
the backwash again carries him to
the face of the dam, thus continu-
ing the cycle.
To complicate matters, these
dams are usually loaded with
debris such as tires and logs on the
surface and rocks and steel bars
on the bottom, posing another
THE LOW-HEAD DAM -
HYDRAULIC
WATER “HILL”
Trout
for best results.
- serious problem for the recirculat-
ing victim. If rescue is not imme-
diate and the victim is to survive
and escape this water trap, he
must go down with the current
coming over the face of the dam,
stay as close to the bottom as pos-
sible, and try to get past the crest
of the boil before resurfacing. This
maneuver is very difficult, and few
have done it.
Another method of escape, with
rescuers available, is for the victim
to attempt a lateral movement
across the dam after each cycle.
This involves proper breathing
control and great endurance. If
the victim is able to work his way
to the side of the dam, rescuers
then may be able to assist him out
of the powerful backwash. This
maneuver is also difficult. In either
case, the chances of survival are
much greater if the victim is wear-
ing a life jacket (PFD).
Dams do not have to have a
deep drop to create a dangerous
backwash. During periods of high
water and heavy rains, the back-
wash current problem gets worse,
and the reach of the backwash
current is extended downstream.
Small low-head dams that may
have provided a refreshing wading
spot at low water can become a
monstrous death trap when river
levels are up.
There are an estimated 2,000
low-head dams in the Common-
wealth, and if river travel is some-
thing you plan for this year’s recre-
ation, whether fishing or cruising,
be familiar with the river’s dangers.
SHOP TALK
plate of each family member;
When should you buy toys for
children?
When they need them!
Don’t save toys only for ‘‘occa-
sions” like Christmas or birthdays,
or as ‘‘rewards’” for being good.
Children need toys as much as they
need food and love, according to
Growing Child, the monthly child
development newsletter. Timetables
don’t apply.
If you spread toy purchases out,
the children will be able to give
each new toy undivided attention.
Signs that a child may be ready
for something new to play with are
when he masters a new skill, looks
for a new challenge, or acquires a
new interest.
Whether you buy or make toys,
these are the main things to look
for:
— A toy should be appropriate for
the child’s interests and abilities -
not so easy as to be boring, not so
hard as to be frustrating.
— A toy must be safe. No small
parts to break off, no sharp corners
or points, no toxic paint, no poten-
tial danger even if it is not played
with exactly as the manufacturer
intended. A toy should not require a
parent’s constant supervision.
— A good toy requires a child’s
active participation and effort. The
child must do something with the
toy (and not just press a button) to
get real satisfaction from play. The
more the toy does (under power of
battery or motor) the less there is
for the child to do.
The guildeline here is simple: the
child should play, the toy should
not. The more different things a
child can do with a toy, the more
fun he will have and the more he
will learn.
to children’s health. Today many
American childen and youth eat too
much while others eat too little.
Supportive home and school envi-
ronment can help prevent obesity,
says an article in the December-
January issue of PTA Today, the
magazine of the National PTA.
The fact is that ‘“‘obesity results
from consuming more..food than
expending energy,” according to
Rob Wharton, author of the article
and director of the Weight Control
Program at the Children’s Hospital
Medical Center in Boston. It is not
true that: obesity is caused solely
by too many fat cells formed during
infancy, an abnormal metabolic
rate, a thyroid deficiency, or
through heredity.
To help a child who suffers from
obesity Wharton suggests that par-
ents:
Eliminate high caloric foods from
shopping lists and not allow them in
your home;
Make mealtime a time of togeth-
erness where confrontation and
anger are avoided and positive
behavior is rewarded;
Place the proper portion on the
Decide with the child before meal-
time if second portions or desserts
will be served;
Plan weekly menus to ensure
proper nutrition.
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(“Shop Talk” is a column about
Back Mountain businesses and busi-
ness people. Information for ‘‘Shop
Talk” may be submitted to writing
to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366,
Dallas, Pa., 18612.)
GILBERT D. TOUGH, of
Lehman, president and chief execu-
tive officer of Blue Cross of North-
eastern Pennsylvania, has, on a
table just a few steps from his desk,
a framed replica of the jacket of
Pastor Robert H. Schuler’s newest
book bearing the title, ‘‘Tough
Times Never Last, but Tough
People Do.”
SEVERAL BACK MOUNTAIN
new members of the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chapter of Commerce.
They are:
CORY FOOD SERVICES, INC. (A
Hershey Company), 129 S. Pioneer
Ave., Trucksville. Frank
Raczkowski, territorial manager.
Specializing in fresh brewed coffee
services and related products, Cory
also leases equipment for spring
water filtration systems, microwave
ovens and refrigerators.
SLOCUM INSURANCE AGENCY,
INC., 575 Memorial Highway, Route
309, Dallas. Bartt Slocum, vice pres-
ident. This family-owned business
specializes in all types of insurance,
commercial or personal.
SPURLIN’S DALLAS EXXON,
124 Memorial Highway, Route 309,
Dallas. Bill Spurlin, owner.
DR. CATHERINE WILSON,
D.P.M., 165 N. Main St., Shaver-
town. Catherine Wilson, podiatrist,
specializes in surgery, sports medi-
cine and other disorders of the feet.
CADDIE LABAR’S Service Sta-
tion and Boat Repair Shop on Route
415 in Dallas got a face lift recently
as workmen were seen putting a
new coat of paint on the building.
The royal blue color sure makes the
building look nice.
ED ROTH of Roth Jewelers,
Route 415, Dallas, found himself in
tl. middle of the action at a Penn
State football game this season. It
seems Ed was very innocently walk-
ing to his motor home when a group
of college students playing ‘‘parking
lot pigskin’ managed to mos him
down. Fortunately, the only injuries
Ed sustained were minor bruises.
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Cholesterol
is one major
health worry J
Cholesterol deposited in the arter-
ies of its citizens has become a
national health problem in the
United States and many investiga-
tors believe it to be a major cause
of heart disease.
As an aid to help people maintain
a cholesterol-lowering diet, the Con-
sumer Education Research Center,
a national non-profit consumer
group, offers a booklet that lists the
milligrams of cholesterol in a wide
variety of foods.
Cholesterol is a whitish lard-
appearing substance that is only
found in animal tissue. When choles-
terol collects in the arteries they
become constricted, leaving less
space through which blood can flow.
Circulation becomes impaired, often
seriously - sometimes fatally.
Oxygen and food reach the tissues
less rapidly and gradually the tis-
sues are harmed, the degree of
damage varying with the severity of
the cholesterol build-up and the
length of time it has been excessive.
Visual problems are said to be
complicated by cholesterol narrow-
ing the blood vessels to the eyes.
Similarly, it is believed that clog-"
ging of the arteries with cholesterol
causes leg cramps-particularly at
night when inactivity further
reduces circulation.
To limit cholesterol intake it is
necessary to limit consumption of
foods rich in saturated fats, such as
meat, butter and whole milk dairy
products.
The Cholesterol in Food Booklet,
which is pocket-sized and a handy,
ready reference whether eating at |
home or dining out, gives an alpha-
betical listing of the cholesterol |
count in a wide range of foods from
anchovies (275 milligrams in one-
and-one-half ounces) to yams (no
cholesterol); from bologna (200 mil-
ligrams in seven ounces) to Welsh
rarebit (100 milligrams in three- .
and-a-half ounces).
The cholesterol guide, written by
Dr. Sally Johnson Lerager and
Carol Franz, points out that the
average cholesterol count in blood
sample should be approximately 150
to 230 milligrams and advises that
daily intake of cholesterol should
not exceed 300 milligrams.
With this in mind, cholesterol
counters using this guide will stay °
away from such foods as egg yolks
(275 milligrams in one large yoke)
and organ meat such as kidneys
(375 milligrams in three-and-a-half
ounces) and liver (600 milligrams in
seven gunces). ot
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The guide is available by sending Cd 4 4
$2.00 (including postage) to CERC, 4
P.0. Box 336C, Se. orange, N.J. ® 4
07079. wv
Correction
The name of one of the winners in
the 1983 Great Back Mountain Home J
Decorations Contest was inadvert- :
ently reported in the Jan. 4 edition
of The Dallas Post.
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