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Show .... nr pHkf4a , ,. , . , Page 6 GEMS 91594 Red Hills Racers h Home and School: Vital Links take 1st overall by LILY ESKELSEN President, Utah Education Association The Red Hills Riders Racing Team took first place overall at the Battle of the Borders, held August 27 and 28 in Preston, Idaho. The small team from Richfield will be presented 1st place plaques at the Annual USRA Banquet held in December for their outstanding performance and overall scores. Results for Saturday, the 27th are as follows: ATV - Adam Robinson, 1st; 60 Class - tyge Wall, 2nd; 80 Novice 1 - Tyler Lafave, 2nd: 12-1- 6- Dustin Malmgren, 10th; 80 Amateur, Bryan Hatch, 4th. Results for Sunday, the 28th are as follows: ATV - Adam Robinson, 1st; 60 Class - TVge Wall, 1st; 80 Novice 7-- Tyler Lafave, 1st; 80 Novice 12-1- 6 - Dustin Malmgren, 7th; Amateur- - Byran Hatch, 1st. The next race will be in Ogden September 17th and 18th. This will be the final race in the USRA series for 1994. Riders Racing Team-toofirst overall at the "Battle of the Borders ". Pictured are(lefit to right)Tyge Wall, Adam Robinson, Dustin Malmgren, Bryan Hatch, and Tyler Lafave. k When is the best time to pick garden vegetables? slave all summer growing your squash, pumpkins, tomatoes You and melons and now its time to pick them. Or is it? How do you know for sure when they are fully ripe? Here are some suggestions Bill Barga, Utah State University Extension specialist and director of the Farmington Botanical Gardens, gives for harvest and storage of a few popular fall crops. WINTER SQUASH Pick your squash and pumpkins when the vines begin to die down after a light frost, but before a hard freeze. Use the thumbnail test Run your thumbnail lightly over the fruit skin. If the skin is hard and impervious to scratching, the fruit is mature. To store squash and pumpkins, leave at least one inch of stem attached to prevent decaying around the stem scar. Curt in a warm, dry place for about 10 days and then store in a dry area at 50-5- 5 degrees. TOMATOES Dont panic if your tomatoes are suddenly coming on strong. Mature, green to slightly pink tomatoes can be stored for one to two months. Sort them according to ripeness and spread them on a rack covered with newspapers. Keeping them covered helps retain moisture. Check on them every week. Pick out the ripe fruits and throw out the spoiled ones. At 65 to 75 degrees, if out of direct sunlight, they will ripen in about two weeks. At 55 degrees, they ripen in three to four weeks. At 50 degrees or below they will spoil. ONIONS The best varieties of onions for storing are grown from seeds rather than sets. Harvest onions when the tops have turned brown and have died. Otherwise, harvest in the late fall before the ground has frozen, even if the tops havent died. Dont store bruised onions or onions with thick necks. Before storing, cure for several weeks in a warm, dry place until the skins are papery and the roots are completely shriveled and dry. When cured, the tops can be braided. The onions can also be put into mesh bags or open crates and stored in a dark, well-ventilat- dry, place at 32 degrees. POTATOES Late varieties of potatoes will store longer than the earlier maturing ones. Harvest potatoes after the vines have died down completely and when the ground is dry. Dig carefully to avoid bruising and allow the surface to dry. Cure them for 10 to 14 days at degrees in the dark. After that, the optimum storage temperature is 40 degrees in the dark. After that, the optimum storage temperature is 40 degrees. Lower temperatures tend to turn 45-6- 0 starch into sugar and sprouting will occur. APPLES For most varieties of apples, the optimum storage temperature is 30-3- 2 degrees with a 90 percent relative humidity. At 40 degrees apples ripen twice as fast as at 32 degrees. They last longer and retain more flavor when kept in a fruit cellar in plastic bags or in cardboard boxes lined with plastic sheets. Be sure the cardboard boxes and plastic bags or liners are perforated to allow proper air circulation. For best results, individually wrap fruits in tissue paper or newspaper. The storage duration depends on the variety. Keep in mind that one bad apple will spoil the whole bunch too. Spoilage and spore contamination quickly spread to other produce. I' CARROTS Carrots are natural storers. You can keep them in the ground all winter and dig them as needed. If MELONS Will you turn that noise down! I shouted above the video. Huh? He looked up at me. At least Id made contact Are you deaf? I yelled above the din. I think Jared has it! We have cute, little conversations like this at my house all the time. My children love noise. Their favorite noise is loud noise. And as a community service, they try to keep the radio, tape player and television volume up loud enough for neighbors several houses away to be able to enjoy the program. And while it may seen funny on a TV to have teenagers forever plugged into headsets or strutting sit-co- m with around blasters balancing on their shoulders, its not. My kids think Im like totally uncool for even like coming right out and saying it but like my boys are like going deaf. Like really. Teachers see it in class. They see kids who speak too loudly and dont seem to notice. They have to repeat instructions too often. Yeah, sometimes kids just arent listening. But often now more kids just arent something more. Maybe your teenager who borrowed the car didnt leave the radio turned all the way up as a joke on the next person turning the key. Maybe thats just how he or she regularly listens to music in the car. My kids think Im a pest because I no longer ask them to turn down the volume. I do it myself. I turn down the television as I walk by the set I tell them if they turn it louder, Ill turn it off. I refuse to let the car radio drown out a conversation. Their music cant be loud enough to be heard outside their rooms. Now, when theyre on their own, theres not much I can do, but what I can control, I will. Because I dont want my children clipping the coupons for more information on Miracle Ear when And yes. Im an theyre thirty-twalarmisL Theres nothing wrong with sounding an alarm when theres danger. And theres danger here. Listen to your children as they list to all the electronic gadgetry screaming for their attention. Listen to the pounding of their fragile, o. tender eardrums beating along with remain green and the netting turns Youve seen it at home. some rap beat. Listen to the television thats way too loud and the radio with the volume control on a beige color. Another test of ripeness is to press lightly on the blossom end. Lf it gives a little, the Wondering if theyre ignoring you. They had to have heard you calling. Maybe its wax in their ears. Maybe max and the headphones turned up to ten. Listen to your children going deaf. A cantaloupe is ripe when its ribs melon should be very ripe. The stem will also slip from the melon when it is very ripe. A sure sign of ripeness for watermelon is the color of the spot where the watermelon rest on the ground. As the melon ripens, that ground spot turns from whitish to deep creamy yellow. Also, the shiny surface of the melon dulls somewhat when its ripe. Call Classified 529-783- hearing. Snow College Job Opportunity: Teacher and Day Care Provider. Qualifications: Minimim of two years of college education Including coursework in child developement. For more details and application information cotact Snow College HRPersonnel Office, Noyes Bldg Room 1 01 , Ephraim, UT 84627 Ext 240. Closing date SepPhone tember 19, 1994. 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There are some steps you can take to help your furnace perform more ably and safely this winter ol 9 winters are severe, one foot of cold spell each ghetto its reli- 1. Clean or replace filters. 2. Remove all flammable objects from around your furnace and water heater. 3. Check to see that your heat registers 4. Check to see that the venting system clear of obstructions and in good condition from the furnace to the roof cap Mon-S- 5. Check the blower belt (replace if loom or cracked) and oil the blower motor (if needed). Make sure the blower doors are replaced securely so your furnace will vent properly. 6. Have your furnace inspected annually by a qualified heating professional to make sure its installed, vented and adjusted properly. To arrange for a professional inspection: Call your heating contractor, Contact the Rocky Mountain Qas Association at 9 fin 1 1 a free contractor referral, Or refer to your telephone directory. 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