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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-12-12, Page 221 •• rifi4 Your heart works 1) harder when you're not in the game. Get fit — and turn the clock back. Fitness is fun. NW Try some. E ®Fly PannaPaa/on�o Backyard Gardner By Patrick Denton There isn't much time left before Christmas and some- times it takes a conscious effort to make this period a pleasant one. It requires a i • /.✓, • 0 X44: LOVE t1111) *Joyi70 Wig; • • 1401, Step right up for the merriest Christmas yet! Thanks for your loyal support. Bo' Brubacher Shoes Ltd. "Step in for Comfort" 7 Arthur Street, ELMIRA Ph. 669-3349 Help Your Local Hospital Are you looking for that unusual Christmas Gift? Give a lottery ticket from Wingham and District Hospital. 6 Draws for $ 1,000. beginning Dec. 31. A White Ford Tempo will be drawn for in June, 1985. Tickets $20.00 each Tickets available in Brussels at: Cardiff & Mulvey Golden Lantern Betty' Cardiff Audrey Cardiff in Belgrave at: McEwen's United Co-operatives Taylor's Groceteria in Wingham at: Miller's Ladies' Wear Zehrs Mac's Milk Stedmans Harris Stationery Keil Insurance Middleton's in Turnberry Township at: Turnberry Tavern Bluevale Post Office' or phone: 887-9284 Doug Sholdice Help support the hospital! decision to enjoy the preparation time, to reflect upon the meaning off what we are preparing for, and to in- corporate family group ac- tivities into the preparations. The season of Advent, the four weeks leading up to Christmas, is special for our family. We have always marked the beginning of this waiting period with the making of an Advent wreath. Traditionally, the wreath is made of greenery — usually pieces of evergreen boughs stuck into a circular frame of wire or florist foam. Four tall candles, one for each week of Advent, are firmly secured into the frame. We try to find three purple ones, sign of the wait- ing, and one pink one to be lit on the third Sunday — Guadete Sunday, a day of special joy. A fifth white candle is placed in the middle to be lit at Christmas. In some gardening areas of the country, finding ever- greens to cut is not difficult. In our yard we wait for this season to remove errant limbs of native evergreens from the wooded parts of the property. But pieces can also be taken from landscape and foundation evergreens at this time if there are limbs' that have overgrown their boundaries or that detract from the symmetry of the shrub or tree. In the same way in mild winter areas, bits of holly, ivy and laurel can be cut closer to Christmas to add to the decorations. We have a long family tradition of placing evergreen boughs behind every picture on the wall just before Christmas. It's a little messy cleaning up in January, I'll admit, but it certainly adds to the festive atmosphere. Though the evergreen boughs in the Advent wreath are traditional attractive and fragrant as well, they do become highly combustible as they dry out. Last year, I must admit to some concern about the combination of candles and drying ever- greens. For that reason we are try- ing something a little dif- ferent, and less hazardous, this year. We're going to use living plants to form, our Advent wreath. The same sort of wire or foa n framework as for the bough and twigs can be used for the base, and small potted plants are set into it. So that the candle flames will remain well above the plant foliage, low -growing plants should be chosen. You may well have enough already in the house. African violets would be perfect, or wax begonias or baby's tears. If you wish, a trailing plant like wandering Jew, ivy or trailing philodendron could be set in the center and arranged to encircle the out- side of the wreath. If you prefer, the perimeter of the wreath could be covered with red velvet ribbon, English ivy from the outside garden, its leaves cleaned up and its cut end placed in a glass of water hidden in the center of the wreath. As the season of Advent progresses, one additional candle is lit each week until all the outer ones as well as the center one are lit on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. During the brief time the candles are left alight, the family could perhaps think about how they could brighten the Christmas season of a lonely neighbor or friend. This time could also be used to write special Christmas letters to some- one out of town, perhaps a relative, who is alone. Small slips from plants in the house could be potted to give as presents at Christmas. Lasy year, the most memorable Christmas card we received was from a family friend who enclosed in the card a color photo of their delightful backyard garden at its summer seasonal park. • Crossroads—Dec. 12, 1984—Page 5 numorous diagrams showing the position of the shuttle, fingers and thread. Once you have mastered the art, you'll find this a very pleasant pastime and the beauty of it, it's portable! You can take it almost anywhere. To order this week's pattern No. 8152 and "How to Tat" send 75 cents for each, plus a stamped self- addressed envelope. If you do not have a stamp or en- velope, please enclose an extra 50 cents to cover the cost of handling and print your name and address. Sent to: Louisa Rush, "Craft Talk", 486 Montford Drive, Dollard des Ormeaux, PQ, H9G 1M6. Please be sure to state the pattern numbers correctly when ordering and to enclose'' your stamped return envelope for fast service. ' Craft Talk By Louisa i,ush ' Dear Louisa: I enjoy your column very much, and I try to keep a scrap book of most of your hints. However, I missed the one on finishing garments, and as it was so long ago, perhaps you could repeat the hints you gave. Mrs. M.R., Hamilton Finishing a garment is as important as the knitting. Unless the lables on the yarn specify that the yarn should not be pressed — pin the knitted pieces out to the MICROWAVE MAGIC Quick main dishes beat holiday rush . By Desiree Vivea I'd like to get my hands on the marketing genius who thought up the yearly "Countdown to Christmas" - you know — "20 shopping days left, nine shopping days left, three, two, one ... Blast- off!" last- off!" I wonder how many psychiatrists' couches need recovering after it's all over. If "Holiday Mania" is driving you to the sofa of your neighborhood shrink, take heart. 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Ont. 519-357-1705 Res. 357-1262 B Line West of Josephine St. Store Hours Closed on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Thursday• 10.00-6 00 p.m. Friday: 10:00-8:00 p.m. Saturday. 10:00-4:00 p.m. got to bake 10 million cook- ies, get half as many packages in the mail, figure out 'how to put two bicycles together, arid play host to visiting relatives for God knows how long. Not to men- tion decorating and par- tying, and then, there's your job — and through it all you've got to try to look like the '80s' answer to Rita Hay- worth (or at least try to avoid looking like a frazzled Santa Claus in drag). Calm yourself, dear. You own a microwave oven, re- member'? Make dinnertime as easy on yourself as possible, and choose good -tasting main dishes that microwave up with little time and effort. You'll need both for other things. SAUCY HALIBUT 1/4 cup butter or margarine 2 tsps. lemon juice 1 tsp. dried parsley flakes 1/4 tsp. each paprika and dry mustard 1/e tsp. garlic salt 1 lb. frozen halibut fillets, thawed Place butter in 10 X 6 -inch baking dish and microwave at 70 per cent power (ROAST) for about 11/2 minutes. When butter is melted, stir in all ingredients except fish. Quarter each fillet, dip in seasoned butter and turn over. Arrange fish so that thicker parts are to- ward edges of dish. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and microwave for 6 to 7 minutes. Fish should flake easily with fork. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving. Serves 4. WEDNESDAY NIGHT STEW 11/2 lbs. ground beef 1 small onion, chopped 3carrots, bias sliced 1 large potato, peeled and cubed 2 tbsps. water 374 cup ketchup '/4 tsp. ground black pepper *3/4 cup water 172 cup frozen corn kernels 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce Combine beef and onion in 3 -quart glass casserole and microwave 6 minutes,. stirring after 3 minutes. Set aside. In smaller bowl, com- bine carrots, potato and 2 tablespoons water. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and microwave 6 to 8 minutes, or until tender. Drain off liquid. Add vegetables to beef with remaining ingredients. Cover and microwave at 50 per cent power (MEDIUM) for 5 minutes. Let stand, covered, 5 minutes before serving. Serves 4. SPEEDY SAVORY SAUCE 1 Ib. ground beef 1/4 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, minced 1/4 tsp. each thyme and ground black pepper 1 (4 oz.) can mushroom stems and pieces, drained 1 (10374 oz.) can condensed tomato soup, undiluted 1 (15'/2 oz.) can French -cut string beans, with liquid Parmesan cheese, for garnish Crumble beef into 1/ - quart glass casserole dish; add onions and garlic. Microwave 3 to 4 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Stir in remaining ingredients except cheese and micro- wave 6 to 7 minutes longer. Sprinkle lightly with Par- mesan cheese, if desired, and serve over cooked rice. Serves 4. 0 0 0 Recipes in this column are tested in 625- to 700 -watt microwave ovens. Foods are cooked on High (100 per cent power) and uncovered unless otherwise specified. measurements given in the directions. Cover with a damp cloth that has been well wrung out in coldwater, and over the wrong side of work. With a moderately warn iron; But not hot, pass the iron lightly over, and never let the weight of the iron rest on the work, otherwise this will give a very flattened look to the finished texture of the knitting. If you •are using a steam iron, hold the iron just a little above the finished pieces, allowing only the steam to penetrate through the cloth to the knitting. Leave the pieces pinned out to dry. Always pin and baste seams, then try the garment on. This way you can make any adjustment if necessary. Using the same yarn as for the knitting, make small. running stitches with an occassional back stitch. Another method is with a crochet hook, working a chain stitch through the two pieces that are to be joiged. Work the chain stitch along where the seam stitches would be. I myself use this method as I find the seams have a great deal of flexibil- ity and "give". Buttonhole bands are usually in garter -stitch or made double on stocking - stitch, so a weaving stitch is better here to attach the bands to the garment. Take one stitch from one side, then one stitch from the other side. In this way, there is no heavy bulky seam. I always find that it is better to fit the sleeves into the armholes, then join the side and sleeve seams all in one. And it is a good idea to always press the seams. again, after the garment has been completed. 000 This week's pattern is for tatting delightful Lacey placemats that would make. an ideal gift for weddings or showers. 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