OCR Text |
Show Pag Tlms-Thurida- Dcmbr y, crapbook 2, 1982 Don't roast those chestnuts! Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, is a familiar phrase heard during the fall and winter months in Utah. The Intermountain Poison Control Center at the University of Utah Medical Center, how ever, reminds the public that most Utah chestnuts are upocalnGSoini NOTsafetoeat. Trees bearing By MRS. JOYCE TANNER One of the family traditions that helps make our Christmas more meaningful and special is the choosing of a family or individual to deliver a special package to Christmas Eve. We involve our children in choosing the family and then we try to find something they need. Then if possible we get something. Sometimes its just a box of something good to eat, wrapped and secretly delivered. We want our children to feel the excitement and joy of giving to others secretly, without expecting thanks or something in return. Seeing a persons joy without them ever knowing who it came from is a very special feeling. I remember our delivery one Christmas Eve. We borrowed my fathers truck so we wouldnt be recognized and then took a package to be delivered. I remember going up the front steps carefully and quietly. I placed the package in front of the door, I pounded on the door and ran down the front steps, slipping on the ice, and almost not making it to the corner in the truck. Then we drove by to see them get the package and look around for a sign of who it was from. This makes the excitement of Christmas more fun for us. Secret Surprises for others is a Christmas Tradition in ou our home. LOSS horse chestnuts," also called buckeyes, commonly are cultivated in Utah for ornamental purposes. These horse chestnut trees e are large trees or shrubs with leaves and pink or white teardrop-typ- e flowers which appear in the spring and summer months. In the fall, the flowers are replaced by green spiked hulls contained a round brown seed wit h a flat beige side. The seeds are called horse chestnuts, or buckeyes, and they contain a poison called Esculip or Aesculin. When horse chestnuts are eaten, the toxin produces mild to severe vomiting and diarrhea, irritation in the mouth, respiratory depression, agitation or coma, and hemolysis or the breaking up of red blood cells. Eat ing horse chestnut s such as most of those grown in Utah has produced fan-lik- death, according to medical literature. No amount of cooking, broiling or baking can convert these horse chestnuts into edible food. The edible chestnut trees are of the Costanea variety, large trees with w hite flowers. The leaves have jagged edges and the hull is prickly or burr-lik- e in appearance with a brown nut inside. These trees differ from horse chestnut trees by not having a fan-lik- e appearance to the leaves. The edible seed is smaller, glossier, and does not have the flat beige scar seen on the buckeye or horse chestnut. To the prevent poisonings, Intermountain Poison Control Center urges parent s to warn their children of the danger of eating horse chestnuts. If home owners are unsure about the kind of chestnut trees in their yards, a sample taken to a local nursery usually can be identified. In case of an accidental ingestion of horse chestnuts, call the Intermountain Poison Control Center at in Salt Lake City. The toll free number for Utah outside the Salt Lake area is Best Pie Crust cups flour 1 cup lard 1 cup shortening 1 teaspoon salt 2 eggs beaten 4 teaspoon lemon juice 8 teaspoon water Mix flour and salt, add shortening mix like fine meal, add lard so looks like small peas, in small bowl beat eggs, add water, lemon juice mix in dry ingredients. Roll out and bake at 450 until light brown. From the kitchen of Mrs. Ella Burrell 4 581-215- 1 of The first college to confer degrees on women was Oberlin College, in 1841. cost-of-livi- ng could hurt Utah schools Utah schools are facing tremendous new demands, and Governor Scott Mathesons discouraging words about funding cast serious questions about the states future, a Utah Education Association official said Monday. UEA Acting Executive Director Don Ulmer said that when the governor raised the possibility of no increases for teachers next year, it could hurt or wreck efforts to meeting coming requirements of colleges in the state. Higher education is demanding more foreign language, English, math, science and other classes for high school students, Ulmer said. Thats fine, but theres a big problem, he said. W e have a nationwide shortage of teachers in some of those subjects. On top of that, fewer and fewer students are preparing in college to become teachers. One reason for that is teacher pay, ' ... Ulmer said., u. More and more women students now find they can move into higherpaying careers in law, medicine, engineering and other fields that once were considered by many to be exclusively the male domain," he continued. Many teachers skilled in math and science have been pirated away from the schools by private business and industry ,he continued. This brain drain simply cant continue if we expect to have solid school programs for Utahs rapidly growing population of young people, Ulmer said, adding: When the governor says teachers shouldnt look forward to a increase, thats a clear signal to more and more young people that they enter shouldnt the teaching profession, and a signal to teachers that they should leave for an employer who places them in a higher priority. The UEA wants Utah students to have and every opportunity, damaging the schools definitely closes off avenues of opportunity to the young people of this state. cost-of-livi- g .i W mwm Japanese braiding demonstration at Utah Tech Originating at least 2,000 years ago, the ancient art of Itokumimono (Japense braiding) will be demonstrated on Wednesday, December 8, at 3:30 p.m. in the crafts center area of the College Center at Utah Technical College at Salt Lake. Another demonstration will be given the following Wednesday at the same hour. Both are free to the public. Instructors Akemi and Henry Miyake describe Japanese braiding as when two or more threads are braided , to make a rope. In fact the rope can be used for belts, headbands, necklaces, drapery tiebacks, etc. Because of the interest in families in the state of Utah the Miyakes feel that American families here will be interested in learning this skill. Many of the designs of Itokumimono were within specific Japanese families and, because others were not taught them, some designs were lost. Mrs. Mitsuko Harano, president of the Seiju Handicraft School in Japan, says that sometimes the design and color of braiding and thread indicate a particular generation within a family. Japanese braiding has become taught i popular in Europe, and is beginning to catch on in the United States. Persons interested in tearing the art of Japanese braiding may register or following the demonstrations, before the night of the first class in January. wWDeee w We chose all natural gas appliances T rawwatied omr diream tom, titer wir Eli aiewdESEi w home into Turning an modern restoration is a tremendous challenge. There are walls to be replastered, bathrooms needing major plumbing repairs, and faulty wiring to be replaced. The decisions to be made are many, and theyre important, because every one costs money. One of the most important is choosing an energy system for home heating, cooking, clothes drying and water heating. Making the right choice can save a lot of energy dollars over the years. Natural gas is by far the most efficient energy source for providing heat. Its clean, efficient, reliable energy. By conserving you help us continue bringing energy home. eighty-year-ol- d tettfln agreed!9 MOUNTAIN FUEL Bringing Energy Home I V |