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Show Page 9 APRIL 27,2006 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER It Makes Sense... By Vi Blake It's bad enough to be old but to be tatoes, hash old and poor at the same time—well, browns, potato that shouldn't happen to anyone. To salad, and many avoid such an unhappy situation, plan to other ways. I've have your home paid for by the time you found, too, that boiled potatoes with the retire. A relatively painless way to do skin on taste like baked potatoes if you this is to pay an extra amount on your heat them in the oven until they are pipmortgage each month. Even $25 a month ing hot and the skin is crisp. You can will reduce the term of your mortgage save even more by heating them when by many years. Also, you may be the oven is hot for something else. tempted to choose bi-monthly instead of A Faithful Reader. monthly payments. True, bi-monthly Isn't it neat how we can help each may be easier to work into your budget other by sharing our ideas and experiand will shorten the term of your mort- ences I learned from my sister, for exgage, but you will be charged extra for ample, to never mix up just one batch of this option. You can accomplish the cookie dough. You can mix up several same thing (shorten the mortgage term) kinds while the mixer, bowls and utenthis way: Multiply the bi-monthly pay- sils are out and you only have to wash ment by 26; divide by 12 and pay this them that one time. You can freeze the batter, then, when the oven is on for amount monthly. something else, you can bake up a tray Also, by choosing a lower term (15 or two of fresh, delicious cookies to deyears instead of 20, for example) you light your family. can demand a lower interest rate thus When you need a different touch of realizing significant savings. color or if you just want to freshen up Dear Vi: We have been experimenting your lampshades, spray them with a lawith gelatin instead of commercial plant tex-based paint, clear or colored as apfood for our indoor plants. The results propriate. have been most satisfying. Dissolve one THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: package of unfavored gelatin in a cup 'When we truly love our home, our of hot water then add more water to feet may leave but not our hearts. make a quart. Water plants with this Readers: This is your feature. Send your once a month. suggestions and good ideas to IT MAKES Instead of packing shortening in a CENTS. 328 South 300 East #5, St. George, cup and digging it out, measure it with Utah or to this newspaper. If used here, I'll an ice cream scoop, which holds one- send you $2.00 or a copy of one of my newfourth cup. ...Be sure the scoop mea- est booklets. Please state your choice. sures a fourth cup, though. Not all IMMUNIZATION scoops are the same size. REQUIREMENTS Break eggs into your measuring cup before measuring shortening and it will slip right out. Also, when you need just a fraction of a cup of something, (a half cup of shortening, for example)fillthe cup half full of water then add the shortening until the water reaches the top of the cup. Be sure the shortening is totally submerged. Pour off the water and Seventh Grade Entry you'll have an exact measurement. 2006-2007 School Year LaVera France, Las Vegas, Nevada In order to attend the Seventh grade, Many cooks, myself included, pre- a student must have proof of receiving fer cast iron skillets for frying. Scour the following immunization: them with table salt and vegetable oil • 3 Hepatitis B and they will stay smooth and rust free. • 1 Tetanus/Diphtheria (Td) booster The sticky residue that remains after you • 1 Varicella (chickenpox) pull off decals can be quickly removed Previous history of chickenpox is by applying oil and letting it remain OK; parent must sign verification statebriefly. The oil softens the gooey stuff ment on school immunization record and it can then be wiped off with a wad If student is already 13 years old, 2 ' of nylon net or a rough cloth. doses are required. 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