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Show JUNE 22,2006 It Makes Smt Page 8 THE GARFIELD COUNTY INSIDER By Veda Hale with Vi Blake - Dear Veda It seems that every time you turn on TV some expert is telling you about a new danger. We can get overwhelmed and give up. However, if we live in an older neighborhood, one proven danger that does seem worth doing something about is lead poisoning. Federal Agencies near you can be found by calling 1 800 424 LEAD or web site www.epa.gov/lead/nlicdocs.htm. If you are unsure about the safety of a product and the label has worn off, call the local poison center listed in the front pages of your telephone book. The best way to dispose of a product you bought for a now un-needed project is to give it to someone who could use it. Of course, this is before it reaches an age when it's usefulness is questionable. Local theater troupes usually need ' paint. Homeless projects, garden clubs, daycare centers, and schools always need cleaners and other products. If you live where you have a septic tank, avoid discarding hazardous chemicals down the home drain altogether. They can release contaminants into the drinking water and even cause your septic tank system to fail. Some communities collect hazardous waste annually in a "roundup". To find out if your community has one, call the sanitation department. The garbage can is the easy way, but what is put there goes to the land fill and then can seep into the ground water. Even in small communities, a problem can develop that we would not want to pass on to our children. Here are some nonhazardous alternatives: Furniture polish - two parts olive or vegetable oil, one part lemon juice. Floor wax stripper- pour club soda on the floor. Allow it to soak for several minutes and then scrub. Air freshners -An open box of baking soda; cinnamon and cloves boiled in water. Drain cleaner - Plunger first. Then try one cup of baking soda and salt and then one cup of white vinegar. Wait 15 minutes. Rush the drain with-boiling water. Window cleaner - Equal parts vinegar and water. Silver cleaner - Soak silver for five or ten minutes in warm water with one teaspoon baking soda, one teaspoon salt, and a small piece of aluminum foil. Shoe polish - beeswax Oven cleaner- make a paste of baking soda aand water, then loosen grime with a scrubber. Mothballs - Cedar chips; dried lavender; peppercorns. Bug spray - flyswatter. Still interested in cutting the fat from your diet? Remember the hint about using applesauce in pancakes or cakes instead of oil. You can increase the life-time of your cell-phone batteries by remembering to turn the phone off when you are out of range of a signal. The phone then doesn' t waste energy searching for one. We have all heard that laughter is good for us. But finding something to really get a genuine belly-laugh over isn't easy to do. I was glad to find out that just pretending— acting as if— still brings you good physical and psychological effects. Yes, that's right, pretending. Paul Ekman of the university of California at San Francisco has done.research that seems to prove this. He claims that just mimicking facial expressions associated with happiness, fear, or disgust, without the feeling cause the same bodily changes -in heart rate, skin temperature, muscular tension, and the brain waves—as if those expressions were caused by emotion. So get busy and put your face into a smile. Chuckle, and laugh and have a good day! Speaking of pretending: Vi Blake (whom you will remember started this column and kept it going 30 years) is said by the family to have started life as a grumpy, frowning child. Her father called the family together and forbid them from calling her grumpy or any other negative name. He said from then on she was to be called "Happy". Soon she was living up to her name and, at a relative healthy age 90, her facial expression is pleasant looking, the lines around the mouth slanting upward. I got my son and his family to try this on a grandson whose babyhood expression seemed sour. At age 7 he is now a delightful, happylooking and acting child. If we remember the Seven Dwarfs, we can see something of this kind of thing manifested—"Sleepy", "Sneezy", "Doppy", etc. I would hope no one would ever nickname a child "Doppy" or "Stupid" or anything of the kind. Treat a child as if he is what you desire and see how far it takes-hinv -~ - VEDA HALE STUDIO AND GALLERY ORIGINALS AND PAINTS ALSO FEATUREING OTHER NOTED LOCAL ARTISTS WALLACE LEE, LYNN GRIFFIN, RANDSOM OWENS VALERIE ORELEMANN, EUODIE MCFUIRK, NEUCILE YARDL£Y 6 3 N. MAIN, PANGUITCH, UT 6 4 7 5 9 435-676-2695 Vedahale@yahoo.com Bring this ad and iBcehre a 10% Discount CITIZENS OF GARFIELD COUNTY Primary Election is June 27th Please Don't Forget To VOTE. James D. Perkins Jr. «ltfLUM*» Garfield County Sheriff Dedicated & Experienced! You can look at my work ethics and see what I have accomplished in the last 19 112 years. This will show you that the promises and statements I have made will be easy to carry out. Thank You For Your Support " Danny Perkins |