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Show rij The Beaver Press - January 8, 2009 - Page 2 THE BEAVER PRESS Foresees : '^; • USPS047-400 . ••V.. -.-••. Published every Thursday in *; . Beaver, Utah b y The Beaver Press' •'• f V Second Class Postage Paid Beaver Utah 8 4 / 1 3 Marlowt. Draper Sue Draper 1 Publisher/Eilttor Bus. Mgr. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES • V ' » in Beaver County Beaver County Senior Citizens Outside Beaver County ?..$17.00 $15.00 $20.00 Postmaster please send change of address to: The Beaver^ Press, Box 351, Beaver, Utah 84713 -bpress@xmission.com Phone: (435)438-2891 • Fax: (435)438-8804 40 East Center Street, Beaver, UT 84713 from other food items. Many of us get sodium and salt confused. Sodium is a component of table salt and represents about 40 percent of the content of salt. Certain kinds of salt, like sea salt, have a bit less sodium, but a low-sodium salt does not exist. Beyond table salt, sodium is a mineral found in many foods. Fortunately, FDA-mandated food labels now prominently list the amount of sodium Ten free flowering trees will in foods. be given to residents of Utah So how can you cut back on who become members of the sodium? The Heart Failure Arbor Day Foundation in Society of America, an organiJanuary 2009. zation aimed at improving qualiThe free trees are part of ty of irfe for people diagnosed the nonprofit Foundation's Trees with heart failure and helping for America campaign. prevent the condition In those at Those who join the risk, offers a few helpful tips: Foundation in January will 1. Lose the salt shaker. receive two white flowering dogIf you stop adding salt whife woods, two flowering crabap- you cook or when you sit down ples, two Washington at the table, you can cut your hawthorns, two American red- sodium intake as much as 30 buds, and two. goldenraintrees. percent. Instead of adding salt These compact trees were to make food taste better, subselected for planting in large or stitute more healthful seasonsmall spaces," said John ings, like black, cayenne or • Rosenow, chief executive of the lemon pepper; herbs like garlic, Arbor Day Foundation. They onion powder, dill, parsley and will give your home in Utah the. rosemary; lemon juice and flabeauty of lovely pink, white, and vored extracts like vanilla or yellow flowers - and also pro- almond. vide winter berries and nesting 2. Choose low-sodium versions sites for songbirds." of favorite foods. The trees will be shipped Instead of preparing a counpostpaid at the right time for try ham - which is very high in planting between February 1 salt content - cook a fresh, lean .and May 31 with enclosed plant- pork rosst. Substitute freshly ing instructions. The six to cooked and sliced chicken, twelve inch trees are guaran- turkey, roast beef or pork for teed to grow or they will be lunch meats that usually contain replaced free of chargea lot of sodium, instead of buyMembers also receive a ing salty canned soups, chop up subscription to the Foundation's fresh veggies and cooked bimonthly publication, Arbor meats, toss them in the slow Day, and The Tree Book, which cooker end season with herbs includes information about tree and spices. If you must buy planting and care. canned soups or vegetables, To become a member of the? look for labels that say "sodiumFoundation and to receive the free," "no salt," "low sodium," free trees, send a $10 contribu- "reduced sodium" or "unsalted." tion to TEN FREE FLOWERING 3. Pick foods naturally low in TREES, Arbor Day foundation, sodium. 100 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska Generally, you can eat as City, NE 68410, by January 31, much fresh food as you want 2009. Utah residents can also without counting the sodium join online at arborday.org. content. Fresh fruits and vegetables, including freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices, have very little sodium. The same is true for fresh meat, poultry and fish. If you are not eatingfreshfoods, choose other low-sodium foods as much as possible, such as canned fruits, plain frozen vegetables and dried beans, peas, rice and lentils. 4Learn to read food labels. (ARA) - Salt is simply everywhere, from frozen dinBy reading food labels, you ners to canned soup, and fast can learn which foods are high food to fine dining fare. Even if you never touch the,salt shaker and low In sodium. As a rule, while cooking or sitting down to most processed foods, whether eat, you may still be consuming they are frozen, canned or a high salt intake that might boxed, are high in sodium, but work against you if you have don't rule them out entirely. 'heart disease. For anyone, fol- Some packaged foods are avail lowing a iow-sodium diet can be able in low- or no-salt versions. It can be difficult to change '-a challenge, your eating habits, but try intro: Many health conditions ducing changes slowly instead most noiably high blood presof all at once. It may take weeks sure or heart failure - call for before you enjoy the taste of reducing your daily consumpJow-sodiurn foods, 6ut your tion of sodium, the main ingreditastebuds will adjust. Be patient. ent in salt. If you've recently sufEventually you won't even miss fe/ed a heart attack or been the salt. diagnosed with heart failure, To learn-more about heart your doctor likely wants you to failure and how to manage your ..reduce your sodium intake ^because heart failure causes condition, log on to the Heart the body to retain sodium.'Extra Failure Society of America's sodium can cause fluid to build Web site: wvw.abouthf.org. Courtesy of ARAcontent 'lip in your body, and extra fluid makes your heart work harder not a good thing for a muscle already under strain. Comments or A low-sodium diet means Ideas? restricting your daily sodium Contact Us! intake to just 2,000. to 3,000 milP.O. Box 351, Beaver ligrams (mg) - a little more than *01-438-2891/v one teaspoon per day. We get www.bp-8ss@xmission.com sodium either from table salt or Utah Residents Receive 10 Free Flowering Trees for Joining the Arbor Day Foundation in January Stymied by •s Simple Steps to *_./ increased abroad, movements for local food have also gained popularity. Marketing programs such as Utah's Own have made great progress in promoting the many local food options available at the many farmers markets in the state. "Buying local is really becoming a great option for food buyers in Utah," Hogan said. "Never before have there been so many resources to get pur SANDY, Utah - January 6, local products to market, and 2009 - Despite the challenging many buyers want to eat items circumstances present for Utah from, their own back yard. farmers and ranchers, 2009 Shoppers can look for great brings the promise of opportuni- fresh and dried fruits, many varities for growth and a productive eties of beef, lamb, pork, fish harvest. and poultry, locally produced That is the assessment of salts, breads and'much more." Leland Hogan, president of the With the arrival of spring on Utah Farm Bureau President, the horizon for Hogan, a ranchthe state's largest farm and 'ing example comes to mind in ranch organization* describing our future economic "It's true that 2008 has left outlook. those of us in agriculture with "Just as a newborn calf challenges as we enter a new struggles as it enters this world, year and new crop season," our economy has gone through said Hogan, a Tooele County a few bumps and rough times. rancher and hay producer. "But But as we get back on our feet, as Is always the case, those we'll eventually make our way challenges can also turn out to forward and grow," Hogan said. be great opportunities for suc- "We all still need to eat, and cess if farmers and ranchers Utah farmers and ranchers will rise to the occasion, match continue to do all we can to prouncertainty with optimism, and duce a safe, plentiful and affordare able to produce under the able food product." right set of circumstances." Truly, 2009 looks to be a The challenges of 2008 year full of optimism despite cerincluded a volatile energy mar- tain economic conditions of the ket, with oil prices hovering past. As the snow continues to around $140 a barrel before accumulate, ample water subsiding In recent weeks, retail resources bring the promise of food price increases, and a host plentiful crops in the spring, of weather related situations summer and fall. Utah's farmers' such as the continued recovery and ranchers will continue to be of rangeland fires of 2007 and there, providing the stability drought conditions in several needed from the backbone of Utah counties. the American and Utah econoAnother uncertainty facing my - agriculture. Utah farmers and ranchers also About the Utah Farm had its roots in 2008, but its Bureau . impacts will not be felt 'until The Utah Farm Bureau is the many months from now - that Is largest general farm and ranch the change in political philosoorganization in the state with phy at the federal level relating more than 21,000 member famto the efection of Barack ilies. Its mission is to improve Obama. the net income of the state's "With a new administration farmers and ranchers and the comes the potential for a overall quality of life in the state change in philosophy related to and nation through political agriculture regulation, public action, educational and informaland access and environmental tional means. The Farm Bureau . concerns," Hogan said. "We is a non-partisan, voluntary", welcome President Obama and organization, and its efforts are loolcforward to working with his based on grassroots policies administration to ensure that developed by members at the agriculture remains productive local, county, state and national and economically sound." levels. It is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau This change in the environFederation, the world's largest mental and regulatory landgeneral farm organization, with scape impacting public lands, which make up roughly 70 per- more than 6.5 million family cent of Utah, will have an impact members in 50 states and Puerto Rico. For more informafor those that live and make tion, go to the Utah Farm their living in rural Utah counBureau Web site at ties. In those counties, agriculhttp://utfb.fb.org. ture and its related industries are the catalyst for jobs, economic activity and the rural tax base. "We will have to wait and see what the management philosophy will be with this new administration," Hogan said. How can I keep my poinsettia alive beyont the holidays? Access and multiple-uses of public land, including grazing, Answer by Jerry Goodspeed, have a huge impact on the eco- Utah State University Extension Horticulturist nomic viability of our farmers and ranchers - especially since Poinsettias are native nearly 75 percent of agricultural Mexican plants. They thrive durincome in our state comes from ing the holiday season because animal agriculture. they are short-day plants that Additional challenges will be require long nights to launch faced in the fluctuating com- their color change. The colorful modity markets, which have bracts of these plants are leaves, not flowers, with the seen prices drop while input costs have risen in the beef, most common bract color being dairy, pork and poultry sectors. red. The flower buds are the red or green buttons in the center of A steady supply of labor will also be critical to maintaining stabili- the bracts that open to a smalf ty in agriculture operations. yellow flower. Healthy poinset"Despite many unfortunate- tias have dark green leaves ly losing jobs recently, we in below the bracts and foliage all the way to the base. Wit?) propagriculture have not seen a rush to the farms for jobs," Hogan er care and attention, your poinsaid. "Many of the jobs in fann- settia can brighten your home ing and ranching are demanding for months to come. Consider and very difficult, and we're just these tips. not seeing a steady supply of • Poinsettias need a minilocal workers to fill those jobs - mum of six hours of indirect suneven with the hard economic light each day. times locally. A supply of legal • Protect the plants from workers is going to be crucial." freezing temperatures, espeBut 2009 looks to build on cially when transporting them. the success of 2008 in terms qf Place them in a light-filled room increased export opportunities away from drafts. They do best for American agriculture. in rooms between 55 and 65 F "We saw exports of at night and 65 to 70 F during American agricultural products the day. Keep poinsettias away siar to a record of nearly $|00 from cooler locations and avoid billion In 2008," Hogan said. exposing them to temperatures This positive trend looks to con- below 50 F. tinue into the future and Utah * Water poinsettias when agriculturalists are poised to the soil is dry 2 to 3 inches benefit." ,; down. The plants are very senWhile appetites for sitive to overwatering and will American products have develop root rot quickly if kept Farm Leader Potential for Growth, Despite Challenging Market Ask A Specialist: too wet Water the pot thoroughly, letting excess water drain out of the container bottom. • Apply an all purpose, water-soluble fertilizer once a week to keep plants healthy during the holidays. Once the colorful bracts drop off, reduce watering and fertilization to give the plants a rest period, trim the poinsettia back so that just a few leaves are left. • With proper care, poinsettia bracts can be maintained until about March or April. Once they begin to fall, cut the plant back, leaving about six buds. For the first couple of weeks, the plant will resemble a stick. Water and fertilize as before, and by May it will begin to leaf out again. • For an interesting, unusual outdoor plant, poinsettias can be taken outside in the spring when the danger of a freeze is past. Place the plant in a shady location, and it can be enjoyed throughout the summer. • To keep the plant small and compact, cut it back about mid-July and early September to stimulate branching. • Beginning the first of October, put the plant in complete darkness as soon as the sun sets, allowing a minimum of 14 hours of darkness. 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Richard loved his family and., we will remember many fishingand camping trips that we all shared. He gave his family a_; great love of the mountains. His.: greatest joys were his grand-, kids. He made sure that every-y. one in the family had a nick• name when they, were bom. He :will be remembered for his quick wit, his amazing sense of humor and being the rock in our family. He kept us alt laughing even in, : his final months. He is survived by his loving wife of 31 years, Kim;, children:-. Ryan (Kimi), Melissa (Tony),:? Brad; grandkids: Destiny, Bailey, *' Constance, Ethan and a baby girl due in March; his father and • stepmother, J?ichard _ A. and Maureen Thompson; sister, Jeanne Anderson, many nieces and nephews, also Bill and Ludean Bishop. He was preceded in death by his son, Justin Thompson and mother, June Davis Thompson. Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the Kolob 1st Ward, 1230 S. 500 E. Springville, UT. Friends called'on Saturday from.: 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., at the church. Burial was in the Spanish Fork City Cemetery. We would like to thank Dr. William Alward, Dr. James. Rose, UCNS and members of the Kolob 1st Ward for their love, care and friendship for Richard. Condolences may be sent at www.wheelermortua.ry.com (NAPS)—King Arthur Flour has developed a select group of 35 surefire recipes—each of them a basic American favorite—which is; backed by a guarantee. To learn . more, viBit www.kingarthur flour.com. The (Beaver $*r&s$ We Specialize in (Business forms Cards flyers Posters ftH 'Types of Advertising Cfucfiout our tow everyday prices Before you tocf^dscutfien* - • • • * HoneysuckleWhite.com and;] ShadyBrookFarras.com feature:"; nutritious turkey recipes that are £ realistic for families on tight bud- £ gets. The recipes use a variety off: turkey cutlets, tenderloins,,;: sausages, patties and lean ground:*: meat. 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