Indiana Gazette from Indiana, Pennsylvania • Page 31

The Indiana, PA Gazette Sunday, April 14, 1996 Potpourri Senior Center activities Indiana County Aging Services Senior Centers' schedule of activities for the week of April 15 to 19, is as follows. Call by noon the day before to reserve a meal. Armagh Armagh Fire Hall, Armagh, open 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday.

1-800442-8016. Blairsville 101 North Lane, Blairsville, open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. 412-459-5251.

Crafts and cards. Indiana 1001 Oak Indiana, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Crafts, pool, movies, and music.

412-465-2697. Mahoning Hills Route 119 North, Punxsutawney, open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.~ Monday through Friday. Bingo, crafts, and cards. 412-286-3099.

814 Area must dial 412. Mclntyre Mclntyre Community Center, Mclntyre, open 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. every Wednesday. 1-800-442-8016.

Point Saltsburg, open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Crafts, pool, and cards. 412-639-9055.

Two Lick Valley 64 Franklin Clymer, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Crafts, pool, and cards. 412-254-9820.

Special Events Monday, April 15 Blairsville: Bingo. Indiana: Current Events. Mahoning Hills: Card Party. Saltsburg: Grocery Bingo. Two Lick Valley: Music by Dortha Jimmy.

Blood pressure screening. Tuesday, April 16 Armagh: "Cancer Prevention," by Amy Baity from Indiana County Regional Cancer Center, 11:15 a.m. Birthday Dinner. Blairsville: Card Party. Indiana: Breakfast 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Mahoning Hills: "Spring Makeovers," by Punxsutawney Beauty School, 11 a.m. Bingo. Saltsburg: Card Party. Two Lick Valley: Bingo. Wednesday, April 17 All Centers Birthday Dinner Blairsville: Blood Pressure Screenings.

Indiana: Bingo. Mclntyre: "Volunteer Opportunities," by RSVP, 11:15 a.m. Mahoning Hills: Bingo. Saltsburg: Breakfast 9 to 10 a.m. "Cancer Prevention," by Amy Baity, Indiana County Regional Cancer Center, 11:15 a.m.

Two Lick Valley: "Senior Safety," by Belinda Neeley from Alice Paul House. Thursday, April 18 Blairsville: Grocery shopping locally. Indiana: "Cancer Health Screenings," by Kim Rhea from Family Health Council, 11:30 a.m. Card Party. Mahoning Hills: Local grocery shopping.

Saltsbnrg: Grocery Bingo. Two Lick Vallev: "Volunteer Opportunities," by RSVP, 11:15 a.m. Friday, April 19 Blairsville: "Cancer Prevention," by Amy Baity, from Indiana County Regional Cancer Center, 11:15 a.m. Movie Day. Indiana: Music by Country Pride.

Mahoning Hills: Movie and Popcorn Day. Saltsburg: Grocery shopping for local clients. Two Lick Valley: Shopping locally. Coming Events ASI Community Center Bingo every Thursday. Doors open 5 p.m.

Guaranteed Jackpot of 250 pts. Regular Jackpot plus All-Back. Line Dancing Tuesdays at 10 a.m. All age groups welcome. Adult Day Care and Adult Respite Care 8:30 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. daily. ASI Craft Store open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Third Annual ASI Health Fair, 9 a.m.

to 5 p.m., April 24. All age groups welcome. 30 health groups participating. For more information or appointments call 349-4500 or 1-800442-8016. Health visual screening, hearing tests, blood pressure, oral cancer and dental care, stroke assessment, depressing screening, glucose (requires fasting).

By Appointment Breast exam, pelvic exam, prostate exam. Also Available Nutrition counseling, safety information, demonstration of chair exercises, and Brown Bag Medicine Review. D-5 Latest confections are just buggy HEALTH FAIR PLANNED Aging Services Prime Time Health Promotion Committee is planning its third annual health fair Wednesday, April 24, at the ASI Community Center, 1055 Oak Indiana. Preparing for the fair are, front, from left, Phyllis Schucolsky, Visiting Nurse Association; Scott Pegram, First American Home Care; Marian Blough, president of the ASI governing board; back, from left, Susan Clark, ASI community center services supervisor; Barb Kellar, Indiana Housing Authority and Phyllis Roumm, consultant. Thirty local service organizations and health professionals will participate in the fair.

Screening tests will be offered for cholesterol, glucose, hearing, blood pressure, vision, oral cancer, depression and others. There will be pelvic and breast exams from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., prostate cancer screening from 3-5 p.m., nutrition counseling, safety information, brown bag medicine review, chair exercises and health information. Refreshments will be available arid door prizes awarded at 4:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $2.

For information on the fair call ASI at 349-4500. To schedule a pelvic or breast examination call 349-2022. To schedule a prostate screening test call 465-8900. By JILL WENDHOLT SUVA Kansas City Star Gross candy is nothing new. Hardly anyone bats an eye at Gummi worms, Oreo cookie "dirt" or plastic noses dripping bubblegum But my antenna went up recently after I got a tip from an 8-year-old informant of mine.

She had just returned from Bitterman's Family Confections in Kansas City, and was eager to report what she considered a truly disgusting find. "They had a lollipop with a cricket in it!" she said, her eyes bugging out in disbelief. Like one of those gag ice cubes with the plastic bug embedded in it (let me hear a side-splitting the Cricket Lick-It features a once- live cricket suspended in a pale green creme de menthe candy resin. Other sugar-free flavors include a worm-studded tequila sucker and a worm-in-the-apple version. "We started putting a worm in a tequila sucker," says Larry Peterman, owner of Hotfix, a "traditional" candy company based in Pismo Beach, Calif.

"From there I started getting into insects," Not big on sweets? Pass the Larvets. Trademarked as the "original worm snax," the savory worms with the crunchy shell are available in savory BBQ, Cheddar Cheese and Mexican Spice fla- vors. Use them as croutons in a salad or serve them with dip at your next party. You would be right if you guessed that Peterman has bitten the bug, so to speak. "We eat them everyday," he says during a recent telephone interview.

"One of the problems we have is that the workers will snack on the worms while they're on the line. Most people say they taste like pork rinds." What a relief! It doesn't taste like chicken. But what about the eeeuuuwww factor? "It's all mental. It really doesn't have much to do with the stomach," he says. "Give the bugs to a little kid, there's no problem at all." Uh-huh.

"We're one of the few countries that don't eat insects for Peterman says. In fact, he just received a sizable order from several Scandinavian, countries and Germany. "I guess the worm has some sexual significance as an aphrodisiac," he says. Entomologists haven't proven insects will make you more amorous, but they have found that insects- have nutritive value, assuming they're eaten in large enough quantities. But with mosquito-size servings just 1.4 grams the current nutrition label registers a big zero.

One-story ranch house celebrates 50 years By JILL SABULIS Cox News Service the baby boomer launch pad, Home Sweet Home to a generation. The American ranch house is 50 years old and newly eligible for designation on the National Register of Historic Places. "I think it's a hoot," said Jeanne Gura of the Atlanta Preservation Center, which is honoring the anniversary with a ranch house tour. "People just don't realize that this uniquely American style of architecture has become historically significant. Who would have thought?" Certainly not some of the homeowners who are opening their ranches for the tour.

Landscape architect Rob Takigu- chi, 48, and his wife, Mimi Nelson- Takiguchi, a 44-year-old poet, said they were floored by the idea that their 1956 redbrick ranch is a piece of history. "I feel like Ozzie Nelson," Takiguchi said mired in the '50s. "But I know that I really like the house." The three-bedroom, ranch had belonged to Nelson-Taki- guchi's parents, and she grew up there during the days of Sputnik, the space race, the Cold War. Nothing has been changed, not the cedar paneling or the harvest-gold appliances. "When I first moved here years ago), I was thinking, 'Gosh, we could add a story here and do this and Takiguchi said.

"But then I stopped and said, 'What am I This is beautiful!" Takiguchi's enthusiasm isn't universal. Atlanta architect Amy Aronson has written "Recreating the Ranch" and is in negotiations for its publication in 1997. She lives in a renovated ranch house but admits that fondness for the plain one-story dwelling is "an acquired taste." "We feel about ranches today the way people looked at Victorians in the 1950s," she said. "Victorians were seen as dated, passe. People today want to take the ranch and turn it into a McMansion, with additions and ornamentation, which is fine, but you can also do great things to the interior while preserving the integrity of the architecture." Still, "integrity" and "architecture" aren't often linked with "ranch." In fact, the hefty Encyclopedia of American Architecture doesn't even mention it.

"The ranch fits into the era of modern architecture, which is stripped down to its essence," said architectural historian Tom Han-'- chett, who completed a Mellon fellowship in Southern architecture at Emory University last year. "Today, simplicity is out of date. We're- back to details and gewgaws." That's a sad slide from the ranch's heyday, the years just after World War II, when Southern California: architect Cliff May published his ranch design and 15,000 models of the plan went up in a matter of: months. Women in society A Gallup Poll found that societies want to see more women active in politics, but when it comes to the workplace, they want men as their bosses. Choosing a male or female boss Prefer male Prefer female Percent who prefer Effect of more women traditional family in political office- structure by gender Country would be governed: ES Men £: Women ffi Worse Better Canada U.S.

U.K. France Germany Iceland Spain Hungary Estonia Latvia Lithuania Colombia Chile El Salvador Honduras Mexico Panama China Inda Japan Taiwan Thailand 0 0 0 The survey of 22.000 people in 22 countries, conducted in August-November last year, is considered representative of the views of 3.05 billion people. It has an error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Get rid of winter grime, grease with simple window-cleaning tips APAVm. J.

Castello By MELISSA F. STOELTJE Houston Chronicle You've stared at those bothersome water spots, smeared bug entrails and grimy fingerprints all winter long. Now you're going to do something about them. But cleaning your windows is not the uncomplicated, value-neutral endeavor you thought it was. No, you've got some decisions to make.

Will you go vinegar or no? Squeegee or newspaper? These questions set off fierce debate among cleaning experts. Nationally syndicated hint columnist Heloise has long advocated the use of a bit of white vinegar mixed with water and a handful of newspapers to get the job done. But Jeff Campbell, head of a San Francisco-area cleaning service and author of three books on cleaning, thumbs his nose at that suggestion. "You get newsprint all over your fingers, and you go around smelling like a salad all day," he says, grimacing over the telephone. He recommends that you use a professional squeegee and a mild, homemade cleaning solution made of two to three tablespoons of clear, nonsudsing ammonia per gallon of cool water.

Then again, cleaning expert William Bond (who has a doctorate in chemistry) says it's fine to use newspapers or an absorbent cloth, but you must limit your spritzing to a commercial window-cleaner created for the purpose. "People may live in an area that has hard water, which can encourage streaking," he says. "With commercial products, they use deionized water, which tends to give you less streaking." Use a professional-type squeegee, available for about $20 at a janitorial supply store. Forget the cheap brands you find at the grocery store; they're not as effective, and you have to replace the whole thing once you get a nick in the blade. Don't clean windows while they're in direct sunlight; your cleaning solution will dry too fast.

Dip a cleaning cloth (100 per- cent cotton) in your solution, wring out the excess, then wipe the window to loosen dirt. Grab your squeegee. Start each squeegee stroke in a dry spot. Wipe strip with a cleaning cloth to get: started. Squeegee in a systematic pattern from top to bottom or side side.

Keep the squeegee blade dry by wiping it with a cleaning cloth after each stroke. Replace the blade when necessary. Even the smallest nick can cause streaking. Bond advises to wipe horizontally on one side of the window and vertically on the other side. That way.

he says, you can tell which side streaks are on. Marriage licenses Jeffrey Grant Syster, Indiana, and Lisa Ann Myer, Indiana. John Mark Nanni, Creekside, and Kelly Ann Kobak, Shelocta. Exodus, Christian clothing takes off By ROSE MARIE BUDGE San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO Michael Edwards remembers well the moment of truth: The day he got fed up with his materialistic life and chucked his successful fashion career. "I was doing well designing a women's wear line of gauze separates," he recalls.

"I was making good money and had big plans. But a terrible emptiness was eating away inside. Things didn't have any meaning." Edwards went looking for answers and found Jesus. And today, relocated in Carnegie, Pa. from San Antonio, he's combining his faith with his fashion talent by creating Exodus, a top-selling line of Christian sportswear.

The snappy separates and accessories are carried at Christian bookstores nationwide and also can be ordered through a catalog. Last year his privately held company had $1.2 million in revenue, riding a national growth trend in Christian books, music, fashions and gift items. Silhouettes in the Exodus line are simple and straightforward T-shirts, baseball jackets, running shorts, hockey jerseys, polo shirts. Prices are moderate. Every garment features a message designed to make people think more seriously about God, their actions and goals.

There are shirts with a bold that stands for Messiah. There are garments with a bright that signifies eternity. There are crew- necked sweats that say "ETS Eternally the Same, Jesus Christ." There are T-shirts that say on the front, "Don't fight naked." On the back, they add by way of clarification, "Put on the full armor of God." But not everything is so obvious. Subtle messages such as the simple word "Savior" often are embroidered on pockets incorporated into the design so you have to look twice to see them. And that's the whole idea, Edwards says.

"We want people to look once, then look twice and really notice this apparel," he explains. "When we design an item, we hope it will be a conversation piece, a way to express beliefs, attract attention and maybe encourage others to discover Jesus." SPAGHETTI DINNER Blairsville Bobcat Football Boosters will hold a spaghetti dinner from 4-8 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at SS. Simon and Jude Marian Hall. The dinner will feature spaghetti, meatball, salad bar, bread and butter, dessert, and drink.

Cost is $4.50 for adults; $3 for children 6-12, and no charge for children 5 and under. Salad bar only is $2.50. Preparing for the dinner are, from left, Jason Maudie, Nick Lonetti, John Stiegert, and Coach Ab Detorre. (Gazette photo by Willis Bechtel).