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4A Wednesday, Sept. 5,1990 Citizens Journal
• Local events
• Society news
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Cam's Pointers
By Pam Lincoln
Cass County Extension Home Economist
For more information call 756-5391
Pack a safe lunch
By PAMELA LINCOLN
Extension Agent
More than 23 million American
children are taking their lunches
now that school has begun.
Whether the food is safe to eat may
depend on how it's prepared.
Food-borne illness is a bigger
problem than most people think. Be-
tween 24 and 81 million cases of
this disease are reported each year.
The best defense against food-
borne illness is safe food handling
practices. This means taking
precautions every time food is
prepared.
Whenever you pack lunches for
school, work, trips or other events,
you should follow these tips:
•Keep everything that touches
food clean. Stop and wash utensils,
bowls and counter tops — every-
thing that touches food — in be-
tween working on each dish.
•Use a fork, not your hands to mix
meat, macaroni, egg, tuna or green
salad. Your hands continually pick
up bacteria and other germs that
get into fingernails and in the
creased skin of the hands. Only
vigorous washing with hot, soapy
water prepares hands to safely deal
with food.
•Cook food thoroughly. For com-
plete safety, raw meat, poultry and
fish should be thoroughly cooked,
following package or cookbook
directions.
•Refrigerate lunch fixed the night
before. Pack your bag with perish-
ables — meat or poultry
sandwiches, hard boiled eggs —
and refrigerate it. Add chips and
cookies and cold drinks the follow-
ing morning.
•It is always best to refrigerate
your lunch, but since most children
have no way to refrigerate their
lunch at school, follow these tips to
keep food cold:
—Put something cold in the lunch
bag. This could be a frozen cold
drink, a small, plastic refrigerator
dish filled with water and frozen, or
one of the new commercial gels. Al-
so, some lunch boxes now come
with freeze pack inserts.
—Freeze sandwiches. This works
best with coarse, textured breads
that won't get soggy when thawing.
The sandwich thaws in time for
lunch, and it keeps everything else
cool in the meantime. Sandwich ex-
tras — lettuce, tomato and mayon-
naise, don't freeze well. Pack them
separately.
—Use a thermos to keep milk or
juice cold, or try the new fruit juices
in wax paper cartons that need no
refrigeration.
—Keep your lunch in the coolest
place possible. Never leave it in
direct sun or on a warm surface.
Some foods are safer to take
along for lunch than others. Com-
mercially prepared and ready to eat
meats, such as corned beef, salami
and bologna, are good lunch box
choices because they keep well.
Canned meat and poultry, which
can be opened and eaten im-
mediately, are also good choices.
Before you buy these, make sure
the cans are properly sealed and
not rusted, bulging or badly dented.
Fruits and vegetables go well with
any lunch. Wash them before pack-
ing to remove soil, bacteria, viruses
and insecticide sprays.
It's also important to take care of
your lunch container. Wash lunch
boxes and laminated totes
thoroughly every night to keep bac-
teria from growing inside. A weekly
wash with baking soda will eliminate
odors.
Use only new, clean bags. Bags
that have carried groceries can
pass insects or bacteria from other
food to your lunch. Wet or stained
bags carry a lot of germs.
Lunch, anyone?
MRS. RITCHIE LYN SMITH
Stacey, Smith wed Aug. 18
Burl and Beverly Stacy, formerly
of Poteau and now living in Queen
City, wish to announce the recent
marriage of their daughter Vickie
Lyn Stacy to Ritchie Lyn Smith of
Texarkana.
The couple were united in
Hughes Springs
to host CCDW
Sept. 26
Cass County Democratic Women
will gather Thursday, Sept. 6, at the
Wildflower Inn in Hughes Springs,
instead of Sept. 26, as was pre-
viously posted.
A dutch treat soup and sandwich
meal will be served at 6:30 p.m.,
and the meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
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AUTUMN ANNETTE SMITH
Smith, Thomas to marry Nov. 24
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Smith of
Queen City announce the engage-
ment and approaching marriage of
their daughter Autumn Annette to
Kyle Thomas of Texarkana, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Thomas of
Texarkana.
The wedding will be held at 7
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24, at First
Baptist Church of Atlanta.
The bride-elect is a graduate of
the University of North Texas with a
bachelor of business administration
degree with a major in manage-
ment. She was a member of the Chi
Omega Sorority. She is employed
with East Texas State University at
Texarkana.
The prospective groom attended
the University of Arkansas at Fayet-
tville and will be a December
graduate of East Texas State
University at Texarkana. He is
employed with Cooper Tire and
Rubber Company.
Honor grandparents on special day
matrimony Saturday, Aug. 18, by
Vickie's great-uncle and aunt Fines
L. and Juanita Harris of Houston.
Ritchie and Vickie will reside in
Houston where he is employed by
Pinkerton Security for Flemming
Foods.
Grandparents have always been
valued for sentimental reasons. For
most Americans, they are living
symbols of cultural traditions, family
history and moral values passed
along through the centuries. But
they're more than just symbols.
Recent social changes are bringing
today's grandparents back into the
mainstream of life as workers,
providers, child-rearers and political
leaders.
National Grandparents Day,
which will be celebrated Sept. 9,
gives Americans a chance to honor
their grandparents for all of their
contributions, both traditional and
current.
National Grandparents Day has
been an official national day of com-
memoration since 1978, but it hasn't
yet achieved the public recognition
of Mothers or Fathers Days. Ac-
cording to Texas Department on
Aging spokesman Allen Baca, that
is beginning to change.
"A special day for grandparents is
an idea that appeals to nearly
everyone," Baca said. "We began
promoting the holiday heavily when
we first heart about it five years ago,
and the response to a special day
for grandparents just took off like
crazy.
"I've noticed that a lot of greeting
card sections in variety stores and
supermarkets are featuring
Grandparents Day sections, which
is really gratifying to us."
Baca said the recognition is
overdue for older men and women
whose contributions to society con-
tinue long after retirement and their
children's establishment of their
own families.
"Grandparents are more impor-
tant than ever to their families, and
to society. Many of them are taking
care of grandchildren for their work-
ing children. A significant number of
Boosters to meet
Queen City Band Boosters will
meet Monday, Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at
the band hall.
grandparents end up with custody
of grandchildren after their
children's marriages dissolve."
The role of seniors in the
economy and workforce has also
changed in recent years, Baca
noted.
"It takes an increasing amount of
family income to maintain a decent
standard of living these days, so a
lot of grandparents are rejoining or
staying in the workforce after they
turn 65. They do it to supplement
their own income, or to help support
their adult children, or sometimes
both.
"The truth is, most grandparents
are far from the burden on their
families they're sometimes thought
to be. Their contributions are impor-
tant — and often essential — to
their families' economic survival."
Most people, though, would prob-
ably say their grandparents'
greatest contributions are gifts of
themselves like good advice, love,
emotional support and a sense of
family identity.
"We're urging everyone with living
grandparents to take time to get in
touch with them, and to let them
know they're appreciated," Baca
said. "This can be done individually,
or by groups such as schools, civic
groups, local governments, nursing
homes or senior citizens. We've
found that intergenerational ac-
tivities — those that give young
people and seniors a chance to be
together — have been especially
successful.
"It's very easy for the elderly to
feel forgotten or taken for granted.
National Grandparents Day is a per-
fect time to show them that we
remember, and that we care."
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Ferry club
sets meeting
for Sept. 17
The Spring Bank Ferry EHC held
their summer luncheon at Union
Station in Texarkana.
Special guests were Ruth Sliultz
and new member Jana Miller.
The next meeting will be Sept. 17
at Doddridge Methodist fellowship
hall. The program will be on living
wills and and organ donations.
The public is invited to attend.
Echols to
address
genealogists
Cass County Genealogical
Society will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Sept. 11, at the American Legion
Building on West Miller Street in At-
lanta.
Mary Echols will tell how to or-
ganize a cemetery association for a
church or a community.
Art league to
name officers
The Atlanta Art League will install
officers for the year at their meeting
Monday, Sept. 10, at 6:45 p.m. at
the Art League Building.
Sibyl Fagg will present a
demonstration in oil painting.
All members are urged to attend.
Fish fry set
for Sept. 8
at Queen City
The Queen City VFW Post 5870
will have a fish fry Saturday, Sept.
8. Serving will be from 11 a.m. until
1 p.m. Catfish and all the trimmings
will be the menu.
The price is $5 for adults and
$2.50 for children 12 and under.
The post is located 2V? miles east
of Atlanta High School on Hiqhwav
251.
Card of
thanks
LINWOOD
A note of thanks to everyone for
your support and concern of the
loss of my home. Your donations
are greatly appreciated.
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