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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1987-12-09, Page 27THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1987. PAGE 27. WILLIS-ROY Mr. and Mrs. Archie Willis, Brussels, Ont. are happy to announce the wedding of their son Wayne Willis to Lucie Roy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy of Peace River, Alberta. The wedding took place on December 5,1987 in Edmonton, Alberta. Missed your vacation? BY R. JANE CUNNINGHAM RURAL ORGANIZATION SPECIALIST Have you ever heard someone say ‘ ‘we had no time for a vacation this year!” or ‘‘We just don’t have the money for a vacation!”? A vacation, ‘ ‘a period of rest from work” is important to every­ one. It is used as a period away from work stress, a time for rejuvenation and an opportunity to accentuate the positive and to do something special. How can you budget time and money for a vacation? Budgeting is a means of esta­ blishing priorities and planning for them. Here are some hints to make that planning easier. • The first questions you should ask yourself are ‘‘Doi want to go on vacation?” and ‘‘Is it very impor- tanttohavea vacation?” Ifyour answersareyes, thenit’sa high priority. • Get everyone going on the vacation involved in the planning. • Mark on your calendar you and your family’s ‘ ‘relaxed or low” work periods. These become your potential vacation time periods. Number them in order of prefer­ ence. • Decide on the length of your vacation. You may find it more convenient and pleasant to have two short vacations instead of one long vacation. • Review all transportation options comparing costs and a- mount of travel time needed. Select the transportation method thatbest suits your circumstances. •List all the activities you and your family would like to do on your vacation and put them in order of priority. Find out the time and money each activity would use. Re-adjust your list of activities as needed. Remove time-wasting and costly activities. •Write down the costs while planning your vacation. This al­ lows the vacation cost to be spread out over time and lets you use a specific amount of money for planning purposes. • Plan to allow a specific amount of money for vacation emergenc­ ies. • Investigate the possibility of bartering for parts of your vacation eg. snowplowingyourneighbour’s driveway in exchange for a sum­ mer weekend at their cuiiage. Festival workshop program underway The Blyth Festival will present public readings of five new plays on December II and 12, results of its annual winter writers’ workshops. For the fourth year in a row Artistic Director Katherine Kaszas has gathered together a group of professional theatre artists from across Canada who are taking advantage of the tranquil winter atmosphere of Huron County village life to work on new plays. A SPECIAL INVITATION by Erin Bolger and Chrystal Cucksey On Thursday, December 17 all the students at B.P.S. will be participating in a Christmas Con­ cert. It will be held in the gym at 8 p.m. Every year we have a dress rehearsal for Senior Citizens, interested visitors and parents who can’t attend on the concert night. This year, the dress rehearsal will be held on Wednesday, December 16 at 9:15 a.m. Please accept this as your special invitation from the students to attend either performance. Humidify your home for healthier life BY SHERYL FEAGAN HEALTH EDUCATION CONSULTANT HURON COUNTY HEALTH UNIT The cooler weather of fall and winter is here and with it comes drier air that can dry out your nose, lips, and throat, as well as your home and furnishings. The way to deal with this dryness is to raise the relative humidity inside your home. Relative humidity is basi­ cally the amount of moisture in the air. People are most comfortable in a relative humidity (RH) of 35 - 50 per cent. Outdoor air has a relative humidity of 45 per cent at 0 degrees C. but this air will only have a relative humidity of 15 per cent in a 20 degree C. room. In other words, indoor air is very dry! If your home has forced air, gas or oil heating, the solution to dry air is to add a humidifier to your heating system. A console humid­ ifier can also be used in these environments. Both of these solu­ tions will work in the average house, but are not suitable if your home is electrically heated. Previously in this case, the only choice was to use a vapourizer to steam water into the air. Now cool-mist humidifiers are available but are only effective for small apartments or in a few rooms of your home. Cool-mist humidifiers can also be used as a vaporizer to relieve respiratory congestion. In fact, they’re usually preferred over steam vaporizers for this purpose because the cool mist tends to relieve swollen, inflamed throats better and won’t burn your skin. There are basically two types of cool-mist humidifiers: centrifugal which uses centrifugal force to make a fine mist and ultrasonic which converts electrical energy into a mechanical vibration to vibrate the water in a shallow pan into a very fine mist. This mist is then drawn into a chamber where it becomes mixed with air before being expelled via a high speed fan. Katherine describes their activity of as, “a retreat where the writers can focus on their text while utilizing the skills of experienced directors and actors. The objective is to create the best piece of writing possible.” Theseworksin progress have potential for the Festival’s upcom­ ing season and many may eventu­ ally be staged at different theatres across the country. There is a Christmas concert CHRISTMAS SIGHTS AND TASTES by Debbie Logue Last week, kindergarten class of B.P.S. wentforawalk around main street, to look at Christmas decorations and symbols. The children really enjoyed them­ selves. They saw Christmas trees, bells, Santas and some poinsettias. A day later the classes enjoyed some Christmas tastes such as ginger­ bread, shortbread, chocolate, peppermint, tangerines and nuts. DECK THE HALLS Grade one and their teacher, Mrs. Battye, have been very busy making decorations for their Christmas tree. Each student carefully threaded popcorn and cranberries on to a string to make colourful garlands for the tree. Then they crafted flour and salt decorations which were slowly baked in the oven and carefully painted by each student. The children were very proud of their creations, and their class­ room tree looks very nice. There are advantages and dis­ advantages with both types of humidifiers. The centrifugal hum­ idifier vapourizes water more slowly and is relatively ineffective as a room vapourizer. Its average operating time is 17 - 22 hours and can ’ t be damaged if it does ru n dry. However, they are fairly noisy, operating at about 40 decibels (eg. as noisy as a quiet radio). The major disadvantage of this system is that the output of vapour is not adjustable. Ultrasonic humidifiers perform the best for their size and output. They will run for 6 - 8 hours continuously on a high setting or 25 - 30 hours on a low setting. In addition, you can adjust the amount of vapour produced. If you have hard water, it’s best to use distilled water or a demineralizing cartridge to prevent build-up. In general, ultrasonic humidifiers are very quiet, operating at about 28 decibels or the same noise level as rustling leaves. On the negative side, they are difficult to clean and more expensive to run. However, they produce about three times the vapour of a centrifugal humidifier. Dirty humidifiers are breeding grounds for bacteria and mold. Unless your humidifier is cleaned weekly with a mild vinegar and water solution, bacteria and mold contaminated water can be circu­ lated by the fan into your home which could eventually affect your health. At the end of the season, always wash and dry your humidi­ fier before storing it away until next year. If you have questions about humidifiers your nearest sales- personshouldbeabletohelp. If you’d like a Canadian Consumer Guide chart to some cool mist humidifiers on the market today, call or write the Huron County Health Unit (524-8301), Court House, Goderich, Ontario, N7A 1M2. surprising variety of subjects and styles in the chosen scripts. Colleen Curran, a familiar name to Blyth audiences, is famous for her comedies of past seasons. Her current project, ‘‘Sacred Hearts” uses as its inspiration recent reports of a bleeding religious statues and unexplained pheno­ mena in an examination of present day search for spirituality and organized religion. ‘‘Pig War” by Suzanne Finlay, another name familiar to local audiences, recounts, in a very theatrical way, a land dispute from the historic past. The play starts simply enough on San Juan Island, off the British Columbian coast­ line, with an argument involving only two farmers. It quickly escalates and eventually involves American and British colonial governments, their armies, native people and the colourful local citizenry of both countries. ‘‘Booster McCrane” is a play by David Craig, a writer who has not only previously directed the Festi- val’s Young Company, but also was 1986’s Play-wright-in-resi- dence. Booster is an M.P. from We're a Blyth Buck participating store tl>e Blyth Ipi> WELCOMES YOUTO ENJOYTHEIR ROA^TTURKEY WithalltheTrimmings Salad Bar, DessertTable, CoffeeorTea "All You Care To Eat " SUNDAY, DEC.13-20 Served 4:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Phone For Reservations 523-9381 Licensed under L.L.B.O. Local Manager: Mrs. Helen Roorda Clinton Christian Reformed Church Location: Clinton Christian Reformed Church, Princess St., Clinton Date: December 7 to December 11 Time: Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please direct financial contributions to: FAMILY and CHILDREN'S SERVICES OF HURON COUNTY, 46 Gloucester Terrace, Goderich, Ontario. N7A 1W7 Reg. No. 0184-192-01-05 Family and Children’s Services of Huron County Requests Your Support for the HURON COUNTY CHRISTMAS BUREAU 1987 Donations of Toys, Games, Gifts and Clothing can be left at your local centre: Alberta, who by winning the 1989 federal election, rises from local obscurity to national prominence overnight. Kathleen McDonnell’s ‘‘The Great Cookie Debate” is based on a lawsuit over an old Mennonite cookie recipe found in Edna Stabler’s popular cookbook “Food That Really Schmecks”. Last is the story of a “ Mail Order Bride” who is shipped to the Canadian prairies. Her experien­ ces in this different world plus the related experiences of her daugh­ ter and grandson will be presented in this poignant story of times gone by. Blyth Festival’s commitment to the workshop program is an effort to encourage playwrights and provide assistance by giving Can­ adian plays and Canadian play­ wrights a place to flourish. The playwrights and directors always enjoy the input from the local residents who attend the public readings, held this year on Friday, December 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, December 12 at 2:00 p.m. in Blyth Memorial Hall. Admission is free.