Hotline big hit with consumers TORONTO (CP) ~ A con- sumer hotline in San Francisco is proving to be popular with Canadian callers despite longdistance toll charges at 90 cents a te. Volunteers with the Money is Not Thrilling {MINT) hotline recall a recent . inquiry from a Toronto woman. “What should I do?” asked the Toronto, woman. “I want to buy a new car, but maybe Ishouldn’t — my old one still goes.” The San Francisco volunteer asked some questions, then figured that the Toronto woman would have to work an extra day every week to make loan payments on a new car, “Is that car worth one day a week to you?” asked the San Franelaco woman. No, decided the caller, who thanked the volunteer and hung up. _ “One Canadian man called last week to ask if he should buy his wife a microwave aven for Christmas,” said Fran Peavey, oe of 15 volunteers at the two-year- ald, non-profit service, “I asked him where he ever got the idea he-needed instantly cooked food. Of course he got It from ad- vertisementa, When I was through with him, he had dropped the idea.” Started by Michael hillips, a ‘hanker turned church business manager, the group ia based on the belief that not enough bo thought, time or money is Bpent solving the world's serlous problema — hunger, war, energy — because too much thought, time and money is tied up in useless marketplace Items auch an pet rocks, The consumer groups’s goal is to cut demand for unnecessary goods ao soclety will divert its resources to get on with more important matters. Its stragety is: Why buy new if you can buy used? : Why buy at all if you ca rrow, recycle ‘or make it hourself? Its Christmas message is to keep it simple. Ms. Peavey’s rule of Special store suits needs CALGARY (CP) — Anne Richardson and her husband Norman knew they-were on to something when they decided Calgary needed a ialized gtore for the sabled and infirmed. But they never suspected demand would be go high when they opened thelr business ‘in August, 1678. “Tt has been successful beyind our wildest dreams," Mrs. Richardson says, “We had so many Ideas that we wanted to put into practlee, and the business just grew." The store specializes in clothing that can be put on easily, and in garments and Prosthesis forms for women who havehada mastectomy. Glamorous nightgowns and underwear are equipped with special pockets which make the wearer look as she did before surgery. There also ia a range of awimsuits which can be adapted for those who had breast operations. “The only thing that sepa- rates nraneenan clothes from or clothing is that they fit so well,” Mrs, Richardson says, “Most of them are made for mature women, and they are of a superior cut and made from superior materials,” Adaptive clothing also is available for elderly or in- firmed persona unable to cope with normal fastenings, Velcro fasteners are used, with buttons for ar- namentation, Zippers wilh extra-big pulls are included, and the clothea all are generously cut, making it easy to put them on. The .most expensive garment in the line costs $96.85, and everything has been manufactured to stand up to institutional washing and drying, “The whole aim of aur business ig to provide everything we can for the careof people at home and in the community,” says the former nurse. “We do not deal directly with the hospl- tals, Our business 16 a one-to- one, personal service." . They also sell special equipment and utensils for the disabled. Speclally deaigned combs, spoons, knives, peelers and forks make it easler for arthritics to perform ordinary taaks. Even the store is specially designed, Merchandise is displayed so that persons § in wheelchairs can eaally see it. There ia level parking at the door, double-door access, bathroom facilities for the handicapped and a private fitting room, Coolers can keep it hot CALGARY (CP) — In- sulated coolers used for summer plenics easily can be turned into fireless cookers to serve up hot food on winter trails, The method is an updated version of the pioneers’ hay- box cookers, in which par- tlallycooked food was packed into a hay-filled wooden box, The food finished cooking itself with the heat trapped inside the bo: x. But you don’t need hay or ever a wooden box for the fireless cooker. An aluminum or plastic in- sulated ice chest work equally well, and if it has a Coupon NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. (CP) — Liza Fare surveys the shanbles that, until last July, was her living room. Everywhere are letters, coupons, shoe boxes full of file cards, pots of glue, tape and pens — in short, the tools of the coupon clippers trade. Mrs. Fare’s home is head office of the Coupon Clippers Club, which she formed last summer to help other shoppers save as much as she does on her grocery bill. She uses coupons — the kind you find in the newspaper, in magazines and in mailed flyers — to buy food already on special. She stockpiles coupons and saves a bundle in the process: as much as $6 to $7 on a $50 grocery bill, She also takes advantage of manufacturers’ cash refunds. After forming.a local club, she and her volunteers ‘ opened a booth at a super- market so that shoppers could trade coupons before they shopped. Things have exploded since then, After exposure in newspapers, radio and national television, Mrs. Fare’s telephone hasn’t Artificial. soil now GALESBURG, Mich, (AP) — It won't take dirty hands to havea green thumb once a Michigan company's new product hits the market. The product is artificial soil. . Michigan Growers Products Inc. has developed fake dirt that looks just like the real thing, but really consists of 20: per cent styrofoam, 50 per cent Canadian peat moss and 3¢ per cent vermiculite, a mineral found in sail. Gale Arent, director of the Kalamazoo Co-operative Extension Service, said the artificia) dirt ia free of salts and doesn't have to be sterilized. ft contains all the nutrients needed to nurse a young plant, and weighs about one-third as much as potting soll. Michigan Growers hopes to sell 500,000 bags of the saii- leas soil to plant nurseries and greenhouses in south- western Michigan next year, said company co-owner Lorence Wenke. tight-fitting lid, so can an in- expensive styrofoam con- tainer, Old newspapers, foam rubber ar pillows can be used instead of hay. The'-only other thing needed is a kettle or a Dutch oven pot that will fit the cooler with enough room for four to six inches of newspaper padding. it is important that the pot have a tight-fitting lid, to retain all possible heat and keep out air-borne bacteria, Pioneers used large cast iron kettles, with enough food to feed 10 to 12 people — a quantity that alone ensured enough heat for several clippin stopped ringing and letters keep pouring in, There are more than 600 people from across Canada in the club's exchange file, with more added every day. “IT never realized how much people want to save,” says Mra. Fare, who now Spends between 60 and 70 hours a week clipping coupons. Because of the volume, people must wait six Lo eight weeks for a reply and their coupons. The expenses of‘ the non- profit club have grown with the interest. They need money for affice equipment, paper, stamps, phone calls, envelopes and gas for their cars. And because many people don't understand how the club works, the money for expenses isn’t sent in. “People are funny, you know,’’ says Mrs. Fare. “They think. you pocket the 30 cents we charge for the ' service,” Each time a shopper sends in unused coupons (and there should be at least $5 worth), he or she Is supposed to send In 30 cents to caver the cost of the service, plus a stamped, self-addressed Office Hours days. anda Regular Pick Up December 25, 1979 December 26, January 1, 1980 Public Works Emergency Telephone No.: 638-8188 hours. A small container with a small pot of food can cause food spoilage after five or six hours, however, simply because there is not enough heat to begin with. The following techniques give some ideas for safely adapling any favorite stew, soup or casserole to the fireless cooker: _ Choose a recipe that normally requires three to four hours simmering time, Cut vegetables and meats Into bite-size pieces for el- ficient cooking. Every piece has to be heated thoroughly before being put into the “hay box’. Bring the mixture toa boul, reduce the heat and then cover, Simmer over direct heat for 20 to 25 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat without lifting the lid, Doublebag the pot in regular brown grocery bags, being careful that the lid stays in place at all times, Set in the insulated box on a well-packed bed of tightly crumpled newspaper. Stuif mare crumpled paper tightly all around and on top of the kettle lid. Stuff in as much paper as possible, Cover the ifaulator with a tight-fitting li After four hours, the cooking will be complete. + is big business envelope for the coupens they get in return, . But many don’t bother to include the money, which then adds ta the club's costs, Sometimes, she says, con- sumers fail to check whether the coupon is good in Canada or whether it has expired, ‘Some send in $3 worth of caupons and expect $10 worth back, Mrs, Fare also has noticed that people can be rude and MANOR INTERESTED IN RENTI TAKEN: Security entrance - Pressurized halitways - Carpeted throughout - Drapes included - Fridge & stove - Ample parking - + Ensuite storage - Adult oriented « No pets NOTICE During the Christmas - New Year holiday season, the offices of the District of Terrace will, in addition to the normal weekend closing dates, be closed on the following Tuesday, December 25, 1979 Wednesday, December 26, 1979 Tuesday, January 1, 1980 There will not be garbage pick up on those days Garbage collection for those days will be as follows: Will Be Picked Up December 24, 1979 December 27, 1979 January 2, 1980 1979 (Kenney Street & Agar Avenue) APARTMENT? APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING - Bachelor suite, ane and twobdrm. suites avallable. - Washers & dryers available FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE 635-21 69 (after 6:00 p.m.) impatient at the coupon clipper’s booth. “If we don't get down there in time, we get vicious animals down our throats. Hf we're late, people go crazy.” Her latest “baby is Coupon Clippers News, a club newsletter that is available for 75 cents, or six issues for $4. It is available by writing Coupon Clippers Club, PO BOx 875, Niagara Falls, VILLA NG A NEW MODERN for your pratection e District of Terrace The Herald, Friday, December 28, 1979 Page 13 HOUSING LIMITED WASHINGTON (AP) — Until inflation and energy problema are controlled, housing and urban affairs, He says some people will have to double up In homes . me,” and rural residents will have to move to metropolitan areas because of the cost of gasoline. tTany Americans will lose their freedom to choose where they live, says Moon Landrieu, secretary of And if you can spare 90 cents a minute, the hotline number is 415-958-5744. thumb for Christmas shopping is to make sure the gift will improve the reciplent’s quality of life and do the world some good. Some gift Ideas; —Sponsoring a Cambodian refugee in a friend's name. Giving a coupon for a shared experience. 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