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C-J- lari vita iOU'-- ' S' v ' still work rt v t 'fK to - in yji ?v By Mark Andaraon I M fs J J j $ is NEW YORK (AP) behind and is us boho even gone thankfully says designer Carolina Herrera Instead both for this season and the upcoming spring pretty and ladylike clothes are in fashion : “I like to see womenlook polished My collections have always been polished I didn’t go wife the minimalist or grunge trends I want ' to make women look more beauti- fol” says Herrera In fact die adds it’s much easier to look neat and feminine than to be a “Mod Squader” a bohemian or a 0 ' rock ’n’ roll rebel — all recent nge ' ' V" "!vo yfrA spent an afternoon or two last week doing a little cleanup and win terizing outside while the weaAer was so pleasant The unusually high V temperatures have felt wonderfulbut have taken a toll on lawns trees and f shrubs They will definitely need r? some extra attention before winlerI ' took advantage of fee extra summer heat and put away the lawn furniture drained fee sprinkler system and started dumpingour planters cleari-ing up the perennials and finishing off the fading annuals The uqsea- -' : sonal hot weather has also brought out the fourth invasion of boxelder this year 4 they just love warm ' and cool nights It's time to V i’ days knock down fee horde swarming all over our shed Normally I'-would recom-mend feat ViVl most garden- era stop watering the lawn V Hand planting Hi Y' beds this late v in the season-:- ' ’H'H Let the grass 0- go dormant and forget about watering fee V flowerbeds and gardens until next ' "Season However this bout of extra heat has sucked every last drop of moisture out of fee soil and it is (y y v essential feat we try to replace it V H before winter As I mentioned earli-- i erI have drained my sprinkler sys-- 'v H tern for the winter but before doing so I watered fee lawn flowerbeds ' and garden' Not because I want the - plants to grow but because fee' soil had become so hard and dry that if the ground froze at this point in the' season most of my plants wouldn't much water at all during the win-- ' ter months Bulbs would shrivel and die shrubs and trees would show " even more stress damage next spring j! t'l r " B4hJ1- - ' :' v1— s ‘ H : ‘ : ? V - J ' ’ knee-leng- ih - : - v' : ' and f fee-law- ‘ while going dormant (I n hadn’t watered for over 3 weeks) was showing stress and appeared - yy ' o - ' ' " V ' ' : : com-pact- ed er : : ' y Be sure to keep watering those ' trees and shrubs until the ground freezes! Without a little water now those plants will go all winter wife v very little moisture and that is when winter damage occurs most Deep ' water these valuable plants every 2--3 weeks to maintain the soil moisture until fee ground does finally freeze Whatever extra attention we can give our plants now will guarantee their success next season Winter is especially rough on new trees and evergreens Reflected sunlight off the snow will split new tender bark and heavy snows and winds can easily damage tender arborvitae and junipers For young trees white tree wrap either a UV treated fabric or permeable plastic works best It will guard young bark from splitting because of the harmful intense sunlight of late winter and even deter some pests Burlap seems to work best for fee evergreens' Either a spiral wrap just to told up and support the branches or a complete covering will do just fine Geaning up perennial and annual flowers in the spring is one of fee most undesirable jabs I can imagine so I clean up my planting beds each fall The hedge trimmer or even fee or lawn mower do a great job of trimming those perennial flowers down to the ground : ' ‘‘old-fash-- : '1 - ' By Pat Bohm ftostle features writer aring for an older - friend or relative can be a demand- ing task but no one has to do it alone Friends family and com-- : munity provide resources to help fee caregiver The Bear River Area Agency on Asi°S has published fee Senior Resource Guide 2003 It is a pamphlet that covers senior support topics from A to Z or at least A to V adult day centers to volunteer services offering contact information for over 200 resource groups But despite available assistance many caregivers manage wife only occasional help an affirmation of fee region’s independent spirit Bonnie and Scott Anderson of Smithfield have shared a house with Bonnie’s mother Alice Ford for 10 years She is 94 years old wife Alzheimer’s dis ease and longtime scoliosis curvature of the spine While Scott gives substantial help wife Alice’s care he suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease which often leaves hun short of breath He and Bonnie - ' H said “We just live as a family We grew up wife the idea that j you took care of your own” y " They eat meals together she said and they used to play games But Alice’s eyesight is failing so she more often listens to tapes and CDs these days And Bonnie added “She loves to have the kids around" referring to Alice’s ' Bonnie helps Alice bathe and dress each day and said she had not sought help from professional ers tome health-car- e work- “I haven’t ever felt like we needed it” she said Nevertheless Tuesdays and Fridays are respite days for the Andersons Andrea Sims coordinator of a caregiver support program at the Bear River Area Agency on Aging visited the Andersons last spring to tell them about available services Starting about four months ago Alice spends part of each Tues- day and Friday at adult day care “That’s her days wife the girls” said Bonnie Mary Bennett director of Sunshine Terrace Adult Day Center and supervisor of its tome health and personal care and Mark Anderson owns a local gardsn supat ply store Ha can ba reached by andareonaaad Mitch MascaraHerald Journal - : year'' weed-whack- Y" ' will save on time and stress next ' ' C '""it Scott and Bonnie Anderson of Smithfield live with and care for Bonnie’s mother Alice Ford V':- I’m still planning on aerating the lawn this fall so I’ll water a few v more times right1 before winter hits so feat the aerator can take out a deeper plug Then with a little humatezeo- -' lite and winterizer fertilizer it will be back in great shape to take on all the heat Mother Nature can throw at us next summer A little extra care now r - Herrera practices what she preach- - a es: She wore a crisp white shirt clas- sic black pants and pearl earrings to direct tor most recent runway feow “I call it ‘effortless chic”’ she says a “1b put on a blouse and a pair of trousers — it's so easy in the mom- ing And you can mix and match You can wear a lovely chiffon top ' wife jeans' or you can wear jeans V " wife a tailored shirt” she says' Herrera’s fall line and others done at all price points in fee same spirit i features a lot of ratio bows trim- skirts waist jackets and ' Looking ahead gentle ruffles and ' soft fabrics in easy breezy fabrics will be offered in the spring “There’s the acceptance by women of all colors- shapes and sizes that they can be pretty and feminine and they adapt the look to work for them Other ‘looks have a very specific ' image feat not everyone canfit V into” rays Tom Julian a fashion trend ainalyst for Fallon Worldwide He adds: “There also is aninner beauty and an outer confidence that comes wife wearing pretty clothes” Julian predicts skirts will be the biggest sellers because there is such a variety — pleated scalloped toms handkerchief bottoms — feat all fall ' into the category! Plus to notes skirts are pretty new to fee closet because they hadn’t been very popu- : Jar for a few years For awhile ladylike clothes were at risk of being called ioned” but now that younger women' — and especially Hollywood stars — are embracing the look pretty and polished is very modem ' Renee Zellweger for instance wore an satin gown with a fishtail train by Herrera to the Coun- cil of Fashion Designers of America awards accessorized wife long satin - ' ? ' trends their caregivers CNAs may help bathe dress and lift fee aged or help around fee house1 In Cache County there are at least six organizations that provide tome health care available ' through Medicaid and private insurance For those paying privately the costs vary between : $15 and $26 an hour depending on fee work and the number of hours requested Some includ‘ ing Sunshine Terrace charge scale fees on a sliding LaRue Stephenson is caring for her husband at tome and she said that although her situation is stressful she does not like to ask for help “During the last year especially (the care) has been more concentrated" she reported Nevertheless she said “We tend to be independent” Stephenson said she has been attending the monthly Alzheimer’s Support Group meetings at the Cache Senior Center “I wanted to find out ' what’s available” Local support groups for caregivers Alzheimer's disease low vision and many more do bol-ster the spirits of people caring for others on a long-terbasis Besides support groups many other Services are available The Area Agency on Aging offers m See CARE on C2 all-whi- te gloves- ' “Go into your grandmother’s closet and pull out fee beaded bags the shawls” says Andre Leon Talley Vogue's editor at large He notes tow Gwyneth Paltrow wore h gloves wife tweed coat for a casual daytime look during a recent photo shoot for the magazine “It’s a way of reinventing a classic It says you can wear it in a sporty way She looks like an English girl who found tor mother’s gloves opera-lengt- in a drawer” Talley observes It’s exciting to see something as ' dignified as long gloves — not mittens that keep you warm during a snowstorm — as fee touch feat makes an outfit stylish to says “A pair of Prada gloves in crocodile or alligator just conveys luxury It stows you’re paying attention to your wardrobe and it puts fee exclamation point on glamour” Talley says After Sept II 2001 many would-b- e shoppers felt guilty about going into stores and splurging on them- selves so instead they focused on tome and cocooning he says but fee pendulum has swung again ushering in an era of optimism and elegance Talley singles out the most recent collections by Herrera and Ralph Lauren as great examples of “soft not forced sophistication” 0 aienaoom 3 r ‘ ' |