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Show Mm 8 Page 3IJj t tEnros-Cefo- s turers can use this ploy to help Over the past two decades convince women they can wear these sizing changes have continsmaller sizes. However, for men ued. These have all become part it is just the opposite (except for of our clothing vocabulary: slim, waist size). Small men often find husky, tall, extra tall, petite, themselves needing to buy large short, and extra short for length and girth. Preteens, juniors shirts. By Margie Young speculates that size deMemmott flation has taken place for psychological reasons, but you must USU Extension also remember that statistically Home Economist we are a larger sized population than we were 35 years ago. Catalogs also have greatly influenced sizing, In the 50s the three catalog companies: Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penny, and especially Sears, started the much as 1 to 2 inches over the trend to have variations within designers own sports or cheaper a size such as full hips in a size lines (such as LIZ Sport). 10, etc. Shoe sizes are confusing as well. I still fit into my wedding shoes of nearly 30 years. They are a 7 but when I buy news shoes I buy size 9. My feet have grown somewhat but sizing has increased a great deal especially We rarely hear about food poisince so many shoes are importsonings that take place at home, ed, Young says. but the problem is still signifiThere is no way to force man- cant. Food s sympufacturers to conform to sizing toms often include fever, chills, standards, but consumers hold cramps and headaches. In some the power to reject or complain. the sickness is mild, but This is why large and petite size cases, severe cases can cause nerve consumers are receiving more damage and even death. To prefashion and consistency to their vent food poisoning, cleanliness, size clothing than they did 20 cooking and adequate proper years ago. are the most important storage Companies often have a target guidelines to follow. The Utah market of the youthful generaSafety Council also recommends tion who tend to buy more these suggestions: clothes and shop more frequentmake the supermarAlways ly. However, larger than size 12 ket the last stop before going women are in the majority of home. Buying clothing is not as as it used to be simple want If you proof of the exuniverse panding theory, look no further than your clothes closet. The old joke that as I get older my clothes shrink may no longer hold true due to sizing irregularities. Even if you have gained a little weight you probably wear the same size and if you have maintained your weight you may even wear a smaller size than you did 10 years ago. Then again, it may depend on if you are a man or a woman. Thanks to the U.S. Army, mens wear is more standardized borne-illnes- than womens, says Louise in the Utah State University College of Family Life. In the 1930s stan- (non-shrin- k) variations between things manufacturing companies, quality, design ease and fashionable current silhouette. For instance, small in the newer female silhouettes are very tiny because they fit closer. Given the loose, relaxed, baggy trend, extra large tends to be the most popular shirt size. In reality, one size fits all actually fits from size 8 to 12. Smaller figures drown and large figures must go up to XXL if they want loose fit. There are other variables to consider. In female clothing the jr. sizes (odds such as 3, 5, 7, 9, 11) have less design ease and quality than womens sizes and better lines (such as the 8, 10, 12, 14 sizes.) Another thing, designers such as Liz Claiborne have several levels of quality. Designer quality or top of the line will have more alteration ease - as women working outside the home. They as consumers are U isnvl r?f - pro-bi- ' : . Planter Pots? s .Answer by: Sherm Thomson, Utah State University Extension plant pathologist If you are throwing out a diseased indoor plant and are going to put a new plant in the old pot, the answer is yes. A newly potted plant can be contaminated if put in a planter which previous- Root rot can be detected by wet pot for minutes. The microwave kills spores and fungus carefully inverting the plant and that might be present. This pro- removing it from the pot to excess works for both ceramic and amine the roots. Healthy roots never on the kitchen counter. If pots, but not metal. To should be creamy white. Displastic you are pressed for time, put the avoid melting, do not heat long- eased roots will be brown or frozen product in a sealed plaser than recommended times. black. tic bag and let thaw under cold It is difficult and usually not New pots do not need to be running water. worth trying to save a plant with washed or microwaved. Always keep hot foods hot Over watering is one of the stem and root rot. Unless you and cold foods cold by using hot primary reasons for diseased in- have a family heirloom, discard plates and coolers. door plants this time of year. the plant and start over. Avoid cross contamination Consider these points for care by washing hands, cookware, and prevention. utensils, cutting boards and othStems will turn dark and rot er contaminated surfaces imme- when plants have been given too diately. water. This is called dampmuch Remember, food safety starts off. The roots usually rot first 623-052- 5 ing with limiting the opportunity for to grow slowly the causing plant disease causing bacteria to re- and use very little water. Plants produce, by storing and prepar- use little water during the wining foods properly. If you have ter, anyway, and continued irriadditional questions on food safegation when it is already moist ty, call the Utah Safety Council brings on the root and stem rot. at or Excess soil moisture prooutside Salt Lake Metro. vides conditions that are favor-2 Farm Bureau sponsoring annual essay contest CARPET CLEANING (801) nt and Judy 1986. Paiaten Century 21, the most rec- ognized name in real es- - tate. homes and property in this area. I you are inter- ested in selling your home or property, I would preciate being your agent. ap- Immaculate and well kept: home, dining room, family room, new oak kitchen with everything. th $117,900. home. Sitting on a deep 12 acre lot: Laundry room, partial unfinished basement. $75,000. 12 are building lot, $19,700. Lots of living area with large family room and kitchen. 1 2 acre. Fenced yard. $149,900. Fully fenced yard with matumtrees. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. Modern kitchen with lotftCraflinets. New windows, new roof. Only $76,000. Main Street store in a pfirfettyocation. Near bank and O'--' post office. Z&tate Many times your agent can get the price you want for your home or property, with and added bonus of doing all the work for you. This includes: 1 . Making appointments and showing the home and property to qualified buyers. 2. Making sure the transaction is done in a legal manner, with deadlines and contingencies that may be necessary. 3. Working with the buyers and their loan officers to expedite the loan. 4. Finding the very latest comparables in the are for the appraisal. (Local Realtors keep track of all the sales in his her are for this reason) 5. Setting up a closing on the property with buyers and sellers with all the necessary paperwork turned into the Title Company. An animal unit month is the amount of forage needed to sustain one cow and her calf, one horse, or five sheep or goats for a month. Under the 1986 presi- dential Executive Order, the grazing fee cannot fall below $1.35 per AUM. The annually adjusted grazing fee, which takes effect March 1, is computed by using a 1966 base value of $1.23 per AUM for livestock grazing on public lands in Western States. The figure is then adjusted according to three factors current private grazing land lease rates, beef cattle prices and the cost of livestock production. The fee decreased this year because of lower beef cattle prices and higher production costs. The $1.35 per AUM grazing fee applies to BLM lands and national forests in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklaho- dress, telephone, class entry, county, and parents or guardian. Entry deadline is March 15. Entries should be submitted to your local Farm Bureau Office or the following Farm Bureau Committee members: Jane Nelson Lottie Anderson Awards for the county are $35 1st place, $25 2nd place, $15 3rd place. County winners gfftbh to th'e'state confesi Awards for the state are $75 1st place, $50 2nd place, $25 3rd place. 798-376- 798-668- 8. This Newspaper and all inserts included are recyclable Please Recycle! Phillips mal rights. $72,000. MONA: Four bedroom home with outbuildings. .72 acre with addi- tional acreage available. NEPHI: Three bedroom home, garden tub, bay windows with a view, vaulted ceilings. Animal rights and additional acreage available. NEPHI: Brick home with acreage and animal rights. Finished basement with outside entrance. PAYSON: Home located near the center of town. Four bedrooms, new kitchen cabinets and large .75 acre lot with possible building lot. BUILDING LOTS: Nebo Heights, Nephi, and Mona. 14 to 12 acre lots. Call for information. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES: 3.75 to 5 acre parcels. 38 ACRES east of Mt. Pleasant. RECREATIONAL PROPERTY in Indian Canyon area. 10 acre pieces. 4-- D PLUMBING & BUILDERS1 SUPPLY 66 SOUTH MAIN, NEPHI, UTAH rC CALL 623-119- FOR SERVICE 9 Heating Service Plumbing Service Electrical J ma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The $1.35 fee also applies to national grasslands administered by the Forest Service in California, Idaho and Oregon. For national grasslands administered by the Forest Service in nine states Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wyoming the grazing fee will be $1.42 per AUM. The BLM, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, manages about 270 million acres of Federal land, most of it in 12 Western States, including Alaska, for a variety of public uses, such as grazing, mining, hunting, fishing and camping. The Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. News Tip? Call in Nephi. 262-540- 0, BLM 26-ce- able for growth of fungi usually present in potting soil. Watering plants only after the surface of the soil has had a chance to dry will usually prevent the fungi from rotting roots and stems. Be sure that pots have drainage holes to allow excess water and salts to leach out. Correct the ly housed a diseased plant. Wash conditions in the pot rather than the used pot with hot, soapy wa- masking the problem with funter and microwave the dripping gicide treatments. 10-1- 2, and Forest Service set . ' 4-- 6, Grazing fees on t 4, 3 7-- 9, I have buyers wanting tteal Never leave perishable foods unrefrigerated for more than two hours. If something thaws, do not refreeze! Keep your refrigerator temperature at 40 degrees or lower and your freezer at zero or be- Should I Microwave My beginning to shout Style is not a size, give me fashionable something to wear! Most companies have a target market they shoot for. This means there is a certain type or low. build of person they manufacture Keep cooked food above raw their clothes for. This is why a items in the refrigerator, and size 10 dress of one brand may make all items are covered sure not fit the same way a size 10 of to contamination. prevent another brand does, There are Utah County Farm Bureau is adult: Class I Grades Class leftovers as soon even size variations within as Refrigerate Class III sponsoring its annual essay con- II Grades possible. brands. That is, two dresses from Class IV Adults. Never eat raw or under- test. The title for the contest is: Grades the same manufacturer may not cooked is a farmer? What The should not exceed length or meat, poultry, eggs fit the same even if they are both The essay contest has four di- 1,000 words, front page should products. labeled size 10. This can happen unpasteurized dairy clean and wash visions which include youth to include contestants name, ad- due to slight imperfections in the all Thoroughly fruits and vegetables before construction process. There is cooking or eating them. monitoring done within the manThaw foods in a refrigerator, ufacturing process by inspectors. Along with care labels there Hot water extraction! must be identification numbers Free Estifnates! Reasonable Rates!'" representing companies and inreroutso be can flaws spectors 433-832- 6 ed or tracked down. Sizing variance and flaws are Cottam Services - Wales partially responsible for the inThe grazing fee for Western creased number of outlet stores. public lands administered by the Many sell clothing overruns, but Bureau of Land Management most of the clothes have sizing and the Forest Service will be variances or flaws in fabric or $1.35 per animal unit month construction. de(AUM) in 1996, a There is something in the crease from the 1995 fee of $1.61 ERA CASCADE clothing market called size de- per AUM. The formula used for flation over the last 35 years. A calculating the fee, established Ann George size 10 in 1960 might be called by Congress in the 1978 Public 623-198- 9, Nephi 1st in Service. an eight now. Clothing manufac- - Rangelands Improvement Act, has continued under a presidential Executive Order issued in NEPHI - OWNER MOTIVATED: Home on .72 acre lot with ani- art&vuz m and missy sizes have also be' come popular. The boom in catalog sales may help reduce the variation in size and fewer and fewer people- ac- tually try clothes on at the store, Most catalog companies have lib- g eral return policies and most vide sizing charts that tell you in inches what the sizes mean. Still, the boring truth is that the only way you can be sure of sizes is to try everything on. Food poisonings at home can be dangerous' Young, clothing specialist dardized sizes were employed for military uniforms using service mens measurements to determine the averages. Unlike womens sizing they used actual measurements for shirt sizes (i.e. neck, sleeve and chest). The military also measured mens trousers, as is the practice still, by waist and inseam leaving some flexibility for alterations. Not all sizing is variable. Some companies are dead on. For inare stance, Levis usually very consistent. If they do not measure up to the standard sizes, they are sold as seconds. 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