The Mail-Journal, Volume 20, Number 40, Milford, Kosciusko County, 19 October 1983 — Page 11

School news

j r < ! jWggj JF jk S>-«/l * .JT ggk Jr I 4 ''’ CREATIVE READING — Students in Mrs. Harris* fifth grade reading class did projects portraying a character from books they had read. They constructed their characters from soap, clay, cork, wood, sticks, potatoes, cloth and paper. The pictured students are Diane Leslie, Sara Moerchen, Lisa Stookey, Jason Hollar, Mike Gibson and Adam Whitacre.

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PTO sponsors Halloween carnival

The Parent-Teacher Organization at Syracuse is sponsoring a Halloween carnival. The carnival will be held Wednesday, Oct. 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The event will be held in the Syracuse Junior High School building and is open to the public. Many new attractions'as well as some old favorites will be featured at this

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year’s carnival. The new addition to the carnival’s kitchen menu will be taco salad. The old favorite, face painting is back again this year. The Girl Scouts will be running the haunted house this year, as well. Among the planned booths are the Spirit booth and the PTO booth. The Spirit booth will be

selling socks, hats and shoe strings with the Syracuse Yellow Jackets’ insignia, all of which would make ideal Christmas gifts. The PTO booth will be set up at the carnival to give those who have not yet signed up for PTO membership one last chance. Temperature can affect your moods Lower temperatures can result in people staying in better moods, researchers repqft. In a University of Kansas study, subjects exposed to temperatures ranged from 68 to 93 degrees were generally in better moods at lowe temperatures. In addition, Yale University research indicates that people prefer air that is 71 to 78 degrees with 40-50 per cent humidity.

4-H offers youth over 60 different projects

By RONALD W. HOYT Extension Agent, 4-H and Youth The Kosciusko County 4-H program offers local youth the opportunity to participate in over 60 different projects and many different activities. It is the largest organized out-of-school educational program for youth in America having reached over 40 million youth since its beginnings in the early 1900 s. Here in Kosciusko County, we currently serve approximately 950 young people and 250 adults through our diverse programs. All 4-H projects and activities are geared towards being fun, interesting for the young person and educational in nature. Preparing youth for future jobs and careers and training in life skills has always been a prime target for 4-H training. The 4-H’ers learn while they complete projects ranging from agriculture to woodworking; from the arts to wildlife studies; and from home environment to household pets. In addition to our local young people, we have mentioned 250 adults who are reached by our local program. The 4-H organization offers these individuals the opportunity to expand their organizational skills through work on various committees and boards, expand their leadership skills through their involvement in leading groups of adults and young people alike and gives them the opportunity to work with and help shape the lives of our local youth. The 4-H program would not exist if it weren’t for our adult volunteers who donate countless hours of their time and energies, to provide a fun as well as educational atmosphere for our 4-H members in which to learn by doing. It is estimated that adult volunteers spend 10 hours on the average for each hour spent by a 4-H agent. As one can see, it doesn’t take long to add up a lot of time invested into the program. In addition to the time donated by our volunteers, local business and industry supports 4-H through financial assistance and donations of goods and services. These also are vital to the local 4-H program as they provide much needed incentives for 4-H members. Local government is also involved in furthering the effects of our local 4-H program. The Kosciusko County Council through the commissioners, budget approximately $2,000 annually to support the administrative costs of operating the 4-H program locally. Included in the appropriation are the costs of supporting some of the awards and award trips, training for members and adult volunteers, a countywide newsletter and supplies needed to implement some of our program. Additionally, the county council budgets SB,OOO annually to support the 4-H portion of the county fair. Os this appropriation, $6,000 annually is spent towards providing premium incentives to 4-members, and the balance is used to hire judges and purchase ribbons. The Kosciusko County Fair Association is also involved in supporting the 4-H program here in the county. In addition to working closely with our advisory council, they provide financial assistance each year by purchasing ribbons for 4-H use. As one can see, the 4-H program involves the cooperation of our local people, local business and industry, local government and through our ties to Purdue University and the USDA both state and federal governments. Additionally other agencies are cooperatively involved in the 4-H network. It is the largest learn by doing youth organization in the country, and Kosciusko County can be proud of the fine program we have. For more information on how you, your children, organization or business can join the 4-H net-

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work, please contact the Kosciusko County Extension Service at 267-4444 ext 219 or 457-5757 ext 219. 4-H Calendar October )18 - 4-H Sale Committee Meeting, 7:30 p.m., extension office

Doing more with less — The beauty of bulbs

A vegetable garden can be a bonus to your budget and bounty for your table, but flowers feed your soul. So, if you haven’t already strewn your property with magical bulbs, now’s the time of year to hide these little bundles in the earth for flowering next spring. People who want bulbs that can be planted with little work and that require little care should begin by growing hardy types, which can survive cold winters in the ground. This category includes some of our most beautiful flowers: narcissus, tulip, crocus, allium, anemone, camassia, lily of the valley, grape hyacinth, snowdrop, iris, snowflake, a large number of lilies . . . and many plants that are less well know. Half-hardy bulbs — hyacinth, amaryllis, canna, cyclamen, and gladiolus, for example — will need to be covered with layers of mulch if they’re to survive outdoors in a cold climate. And the tender types such as the kaffir lily, cooperia, sparaxis, and heavily scented freesia may have to be taken up each year. (In mild climates, most bulbs can be treated as hardy or half-hardy .. . as can even especially tender varieties in areas without frosts.) Aside from a gentle hand, most bulbs demand little more than a sunny exposure and fairly rich soil with good texture and drainage (they’ll usually thrive in well-prepared raised beds. Although flowering bulbs aren’t heavy feeders, you should keep in mind — when preparing the soil — that phosphorus encourages bloom development, potassium builds strong stems and roots, and nitrogen stimulates foliage Thus, if you add too much of the last nutrient, you may well end up with an abundance of luxuriant leaves but very small blossoms (or none at all). Note, too, that horse manure could burn these herbaceous perennials, but very old and rotted cow manure can be spread as an autumn mulch or applied

Autumn plants are very toxic

As the seasons change, so do the colors of the foliage, making them even more tempting for children to touch and ingest. "Some of these beautiful plants and berries can be very toxic,” stated Dr. James Mowry, director of the Indiana Poison Center. “Toxic plants can be found virtually everywhere in your home, yard, neighborhood and wooded areas.” Dr. Mowry recommends following these simple precautions to insure the safety of your child or animal. Know the name of all plants, trees, shrubs and flowers in your home, yard and neighborhood. Write the names of your plants on their containers. Keep all plants, especially toxic ones, out of the reach of young children and animals. Teach your child never to eat any part of a plant unless he consults an adult first Keep a bottle of Syrup of Ipecac in your home but always call your Poison Center or physician before using. Remember to call immediately if you suspect that anyone has

18 - 4-H Awards Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., extension office 28 - 4-H Standard and Honor Club Applications due in extension office 29 - 4-H Junior Leaders Halloween Party and Hay Ride, Barton’s

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lightly and scratched in with a rake in the early spring. Most bulb gardeners, however, prefer to feed their charges with bone meal, which gives up its nourishing properties slowly and therefore closely matches the needs of the growing plant. Peat moss, leaf mold, and other organic materials will also help porous soil retain moisture, while builder’s sand can be used to loosen up earth that contain too much clay. You can arrange your bulbs in several different ways: by massing the plants in formal beds and borders, by clustering them in small groups to add spots of color here and there in your yard, or by naturalizing the blooms ... an artful planting method that makes it appear as if Mother Nature had windstrewn the flowers with a generous hand. When preparing a bed of flowers that you expect will all grow to approximately the same height, first remove a layer of soil down to the depth required for the plant in question (as a general rule, this is three times the bulb’s diameter at its widest point, but dig a bit deeper in sandy soil and a little shallower in clay-heavy earth), add bone meal at a rate of five pounds per 100 square feet to the bottom of the bed, place your bulbs in the pattern in which you wish them to grow and bloom, cover them with topsoil, and firmly tamp the earth. Spacing is mostly a matter of taste, since the bulbs don’t mind being crowded ... as long

been exposed to or ingested a poisonous plant or berry. Do not wait for symptons to develop! The following is a list of poisonous plants most prominant in autumn and their symptoms. Jimson Weed, stink weed, thornapple: all parts are toxic; symptoms are extreme thirst, dialated pupils, delirium, coma Poison ivy and its berries: all parts, sap from plant; itchy, burning redness of skin, dermatitis Poke berry, pokeweek, inkberry, scoke, pigeonberry: all parts; severe vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, burning sensation in mouth, coma, convulsions Nightshade, deadly nightshade, bittersweet: all parts, especially berries; American: vomiting, diarrhea; European: trembling, weakness, convulsions Yew, English yew and Japanese Yew: all parts, except berry flesh; nausea, vomiting, decreased heart beat, coma, difficulty breathing, convulsions The above is only a partial list of some of the poisonous plants prominant at this time of the year. The Indiana Poison Center has a Poison Plant List available if more information is needed. “If you have a question regarding an exposure to a plant, call the Indiana Poison Center immediately at 1-800-382-9097 or your physician,” warns Dr. Mowry. Old-fashioned toys may be better Today’s expensive, advanced toys may stifle the imaginations of youngsters, while oldfashioned toys actually expanded their ability to create, researchers say. Dr. Robert Rossel, a sociologist with the Cornerstone Group for Psychotherapy, said, “The simpler a toy, the more challenging it is.” Video games are programmed with scripts that define precisely what a participant can and can’t do, he pointed out. “There are only so many manuevers a child can make with any of the video games,” Dr. Rossel added.

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The world end our wood

There are an estimated 7.5 billion acres of land on this Earth that would grow enough wood to be considered commercially acceptable forest land - that’s enough to cover the entire United States three times over — and there’d still be some forest land left. Most of the hardwood forests are in Latin America, and the tropical regions of Africa and southeast Asia. The softwood

as they don’t actually touch and there’s enough nourishment in the soil to support them. If you’d prefer to produce clusters of color, dig small planting areas or even a number of closely spaced individual holes. To naturalize your flowers, you must forget boundaries and borders. Instead, gently throw your future blossoms out by the mixed handful, then dig them in where they fall. With any of these methods, water the newly tucked-in bulbs thoroughly to stimulate root growth and settle the soil. In cold climates, you should also remember to protect half-hardy and tender varieties with layers of mulch. Once the shoots appear in the spring, water them deeply whenever the surface soil is dry. Remove your flowers, along with their stems, as they begin to fade ... in order to direct the plants’ energy toward producing vigorous bulbs rather than seeds. But cut off as little foliage as possible, since it’s from these leaves that the bulbs receive the nutrients that will insure the following year’s blooms. In fact, though it may look untidy to do so, you must allow the leaves to die back naturally until they turn yellow. During this stage, you can spruce up the garden if you bind the fading plant tops together with rubber bands, braid the leaves, or camouflage the foliage with some annuals and perennials such as viola, ageratum, primrose, or a flowering ground cover. Then, when the leaves are finally cut away, the bulbs will appreciate a little mulch of sand and leaf mold. For free additional information on gardening and on The Mother Earth News magazine, send your name and address and ask for Reprint No. 1710: “For Luffa or Money.” Write to Doing More... With Less!, 105 Stoney Mountain Road, Hendersonville, N.C. 28791, or in care of this paper. Copyright 1983 The Mother Earth News. Inc.

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acreage is concentrated in the Soviet Union and in North America. These forests contain an estimated 11.4 trillion cubic feet of timber. If that were all piled up in a rectangle the size of a football field, it would reach twice the distance to the moon. Softwoods make up one-third of this timber inventory. Although Latin America contains nearly half the total world hardwood resources, it accounted for less than eight per cent of world industrial hardwood supplies in 1973. About 70 per cent of the hardwood timber used in the world came from the forests of North America, Asia and Europe. Consumption of timber products has been growing rapidly in all parts of the world. It just about doubled between 1950 and 1977, and several studies point to further substantial increases in demand in the decades ahead. About a quarter of the softwood produced in the world is consumed in Europe, excluding the Soviet Union. The United Nations predicts this share of world use is likely to continue. Demand for lumber in Europe is expected to increase about as rapidly as population growth. Studies of the prospective timber supply situation show that the European continent will not have enough wood to meet demand. It will be short by ten to 14 billion cubic feet in the year 2000. This could increase Europe’s demand for wood pulp and paper products from the United States. That could do our economy some good, if it does not contribute to wood shortages in the U.S. Another aid to our trade balance might be wood and paper exports to Japan. Although Japan is heavily forested, its timber resources are limited in relation to population. Japan must import some 66 per cent of its wood supplies. The experts at the Forest Service say Japan is likely to remain a major importer of timber products from North America during the next few decades. These export demands will put greater pressure on our domestic forests, but we know these forests can produce more in the future to help meet such demands. More importantly, the potential for increased imports is comparatively small, so domestic timber is the best hope for assuring relative stability in wood product prices for our own consumption. If we in America manage our forests properly, they could help us manage our own wood needs and the balance of trade. Both domestic needs and trade balances will suffer setbacks if we don’t improve our forest management. Millionaires aren't worth a million According to the Internal Revenue Service, America’s ranks of millionaires grew to 500,000 in 1982, compared to 180,000 in 1976. However, the riches aren’t as sound since the $1 million in 1976 was worth only $585,000 in 1982.

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