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Show Friday, December Subscribe To Ttye Summit County Bee 11, 1992 The Summit County Bee IB Decorate For The Holidays Safely I The holidays are a time of celebration. A time to decorate your home with lights and around All candles. Utah, glowing families spend hours making sure decorations lode just right to give their home a festive air. Children particularly love the holiday season with its happy music, sparkling ventable. tinsel and son. multi-color- brightly-colore- ed paper. d This year, give your children something truly special. An early holiday present that will last a lifetime. Given them an injury-fre-e holiday season. Many of die traditional trappings trees, giftwrap, and mistletoe pose health threats to children. Each year many children arc injured during the holiday season most of which are pre "The holidays are a happy time to spend with family and friends, said Robert Parcnti, Utah Safety Council president. "The last thing you want to worry about is something happening to your child. By taking a few precautions, you can have a safe and happy holiday seaThe Utah Safety Council suggests the following safety tips to help make your holiday injury-free. Christmas Trees Look for a fresh Christmas tree if you opt to buy a natural tree this holiday. Fresh trees are less likely to catch on fire than older trees. A fresh tree has: a strong scent of pine; branches that easily bend without snapping or breaking; nee- one extension cord. Keep toddlers dles that are very green and hard to away from electrical sockets when pull from branches, bend easily be- they are not in use. tween your fingers, and do not easTurn off the tree lights when ily fall off the tree (try bouncing you go to bed or leave the house. the tree on firm ground to see if Keep burning candles out of children's reach. Teach children not to many needles fall off). Set the tree up in a place away touch burning candles but, instead, from heat sources such as a fire- to admire their beauty from a safe place, radiator or heat vent. Trim distance. Do not place candles near your tree with your children in draperies or anything flammable. mind. Do not put breakable ornaPoisons Christmas introduces unique ments; ornaments with small, detachable parts; or ornaments that chemicals and poisons into the look like food or candy on the home many come in innocent lower branches in reach of small and unexpected forms: children. Keep poisonous plants out of Dispose of your tree as soon as reach. Holiday plants that are poipossible after the holidays. Never sonous include: amaryllis, azalea, bum a Christmas tree, treated wood boxwood, castor bean, Christmas or wrapping paper in your fireplace. cactus, Christmas rose, Consider buying a English and American ivy, artificial tree. Beware of flocked holly berries, jimsonweed, Christtrees. Children think the flock is mas cherry, mountain laurel, and pokeweed. Be sure to it is actually powdered sugar remove mistletoe right after the poisonous. Berries that may fall from holidays. Lights and Candles Decorate your tree using only old plants are poisonous. UL approved lights and cords. InKeep common baking ingredisuch as vanilla and almond exents spect the lights for exposed or tract out of reach. They contain frayed wires, loose connections or of alcohol and can be levels high Do broken sockets. not overload extension cords with lights. Use no harmful to young children if swala form more than three strings of lights on lowed. Oil of wintergraen of aspirin should also be kept out of reach. Beware of fire salts used in fireplaces to produce colored flames. They contain heavy metals and 1SIM. cause intense gastrointestinal irritation or vomiting if eaten. Dispose of coined wrapping paper immediately. It may contain lead and other materials toxic to 1982 Ford small children if chewed. Teach your children that decorations are 4x4 Ton not food. Long bed with The Utah Safety Council wishes shell, AT, AC, low you a safe and Merry Christmas. If miles you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the Council at 3 or outside the Salt Lake iimJS Metro area at The Utah Safety Council is a private, crown-of-thom-s, fire-resista- nt 9 South Main Coalville 336-241- 1 poin-settia- Comprehensive Eye Exam By Dr. E. Allan Bates Doctor of Optometry Fashion Frames Contact Lenses Prescription and Non - prescription sunglasses Frame Adjustment and minor Frame Repair Contact Lens Polishing TUES. 2 PM - 7 PM, Friday 9 AM - 5 PM Glenn's Budget Auto 815 W. Columbia Lane 1990 msasEF Isuzu Trooper Perfect condition nli o i 5sp,2dr, good transportation 1992 EEE9SHP Nissan (Mbiw IP : ! Wheels & Tires 1395 1986 Pontiac 6000 Extra dean, reduced INC. 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