Show i Section Wednesday August 14 2002 i The Herald Journal Page 1 Give kids choices for back-to-scho- ol Q: How can we avoid the "brand-nam- The Ben & Jerry’s plant has become Vermont’s biggest tourist attraction back-to-scho- ol e shopping blues"? Answer by Tom Lee Utah State University Extension Family and Human Development Specialist Gothing items with certain brands or labels seem to promise a more exciting fun life Children can easily feel deprived if they don’t have things they see in the media or things they think their friends will have Consider these tips when By Brenda D Farrell For The Associated Press Vt (AP) — It’s an day in Ver- Mountains — sun shining high in the New England sky wildflowers rocking gently in a valley breeze birds sweetening the air with chirps and songs niece notices Emily my none of this Lips and tongue tainted pur- pie from a recently consumed cone of berry sorbet she is keenly focused on one thing only: getting the color balance exactly right on her spin art Natalie the daughter of my college roommate skips over to show off a temporary tattoo of a shark devouring an ice cream cone Pleased with the outcome of her design Emily sets down a squeeze bottle of cobalt blue paint and runs off with her new friend to pick out her own tattoo of a cow jumping over the moon These activities for kids are the cherry on the sundae that is the Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory Tour in Vt With some 300000 guests Waterbury ’ per year the Vermont Tourism office says it is the Green Mountain State's most visited attraction “The Ben & Jerry’s Tour is Mecta to many of our fans” says Sue Scheer factory tour manager “When the factory tour in June of 1986 no one in their opened f wildest dreams expected it would be so popular On opening day the doors exploded open and the original staff of three quickly turned into a staff of 20 It was so busy that even the plant general manager was giving tpurs” In those early days Scheer explains the tour coasisted of a multiprojector slide show in a small theater a small gift shop and ice cream samples right off the line on the production room floor In the heijght of summer magicians musicians and demonstrations of hand-crankice cream entertained the waiting crowds outside the factory’s doors: WATERBURY back-to-scho- ol shopping Approach children with choices appropriate to their age and understanding For example brand name awareness is especially prevalent when buying shoes With preschool children you can say “Here are two great pairs of shoes Which pair do you want?” With elemen- ' tary school children you A can set an question' amount of answer arf column money and say “Let’s go to (he store and choose a pair in this range” For teens you might say “I'm willing to spend ‘x’ amount for shoes If you want something more than that you will need to pay the difference” Specials $ Help children’distinguish between wants and heeds If there is something they want that you don’t approve of be truthful Instead of saying “I can’t afford that” say “I’m' not willing to spend my money that way” Talk about quality versus price Have children do comparison shopping for something they don’t care about such as canned vegetables Show them that a store brand ' ' with equal nutrition and value costs less than a name brand Compare this to other things they do care about where die brand name increases the without necessarily increasing price ' the quality Give older children a clothing allowance Talk with them about planning and projecting their needs and then let them make their choices Resist your urge to rescue them from poor choices Talk about what hap- pened and what might weak better next time Require them to have the money saved or to have done the required work before getting die desired item and stick with your decision' Children need to learn that hassling you will not get them what they want This will help them learn patience in working for things As parents be aware of the mes-- " sages you may be sending about materialism through your own behavior Children learn their values by watching what we do mote than by what we say Point out examples of people around you and in the news who value service and people over materialism ever-evolvi- ’ tee other "Ask A Spectator columns vteft To ' 1S6 84322-490- 0 Right A line forms to buy' ice cream at the Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury VL last month With some 300000 guests per year the Vermont Tourism office says it is the Green Mountain State's most visited attraction Betow: Mackenzie O'Brien an from Rochester NY tries a bite of Ben & Jerry's ice cream at the factory in Waterbury' Vt July 24 2002 Tourists can sample ice cream right off the line ' 45-79- 7- jutenerOsunremcom ed See TOUR on CIO The scoop on the tour GETTING THERE: From Interstate 89 in Vermont take ExRIO (Waterbury) Then follow the eigne for Route 1 00 toward Stowe Fofaw Route 100 tar approximately one mile Ben & Jerry's win be on the left x : TOUR FEES: $2 for adults $175 for senior dtizena Chicken 12 and younger admitted free : TOUR HOURSrJuiy-Augu- st 9 am until 9 am until 6 8 pm September-Octobe- r pnt NovemberMay 10 am until 5 pm : GROUP TOURS Reservations reoom- I mended for groups of 10 or mors No ?: V group tours given in July August or bn hoi--V day wbekands-f- htlpetten4ionu8uBdupubKcanew8a ska Direct column topics to Julene Reese Utah State University Extension Logan UT Above: Two young girts pose for their picture at the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury Vt last month ' j ACnvmESt Fbe Lane activities are held dally during July and August This i year's activities todude Sand Art Tempo- : jyrary Tattoos and Compost Happens ' ' : vA-- y lUwIrmUII lwwJ Awl w U 1” AjI I CHICAGO (AP) — Janjs Minor in f Forte found her a jail document — he was listed among the possessions his owner lost great-grandfath- er inabet ' v “Needless to say l let out a holler” Forte sairLlhe discovery was chflling and exhilarating: “a cer-ta- in Negro man slave Walton about 26 years of age and of black com- - V pinion” ' Fbrte had found another slave in herfsmilytree People have ben searching for their roots in slavery for decades and the personal journeys became more popular after the 1977 televi- - v sion miniseries based on Akx Haley’s novd MRoots” Many people start tracing their lineage with nope of finding an African slave so that they might find their links to Africa — the motherland ' The International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry offers research tpols such a slave u ddtabase oral histories old pho-tograp- hs census data and birth and death certificates Several other groups assist in genealogical V research bpt this Chicago-base- d in slave organization specializes ' ancestry and a proven link to a slave is a requirement for membership ' The organization helps would-b- e ' members comb through aged fragile: and incomplete documents that can ' reveal pieces of a puzzle: A last slave’s name An age A price : A A AU I A dif-v Tracing roots to Slavery can be ficult Often families were split apart at the auction block and slaves were not given last names or their ' V names were changed ' “It’s a tremendous challenge but in most cases there is a light at the end of thetunnel" said Charles Blockson a black history expert at Temple University in Philadelphia Forte of Chicago traveled to Eutaw Ala for her search She found the 1856 document that named ' AU I A her m u Am A4 Waltort and his owner a man named Minor her : maiden name Walton had been a fanner who married twice and had at least eight children she learned from research' “It lifts him iipofT of a page he’s just not another name on a death certificate or a birth certificate” Forte said “He becomes a real person” : Forte a longtime member of the society had found slaves in her background before great-grandfath- er |