Area stores report growing women involvement in tennis and softball
Sporting goods shops in the Winchester area note women lead in tennis and softball among sports. Managers say softball tops tennis, with jogging wear and athletic shoes popular. Interest spans backpacking to winter tennis, with women ages 14 to 50 plus showing rising participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica Sullivan
Star
Sporting Goods
Terry Bucher
Braddock Sport Shop
Winchester
Basil Conner
Coaches Supply
Conner
Stonebrook
Snag
Spaid
A&n
Loudoun St. Mall
Insulate For Comfort and Energy Savings
Extension Service specialists say proper insulation boosts temperature control and can cut heating and cooling costs by up to 45 percent. Jay Hensley notes attic insulation, batt or loose-fill options, and vapor barriers reduce heat loss. sealing gaps and using storm windows or plastic film further lowers costs by about 10 to 15 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Hensley
University of Kentucky Extension
University of Kentucky Agricultural Engineers
Hensley
Food and Home
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Preparing Perfect Tea and Iced Tea Tips From 1904
Pauline Baccary explains hot tea by the cup to a crowd and cold water iced tea methods. She covers quantities for hot tea six teabags per four cups and half gallon and gallon preparations, plus instant tea options, chilling times, and serving garnishes. The piece promotes iced tea as economical and thirst quenching with about 20 calories per glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Tea Council of the USA
Tea Council
Avoiding the bait and switch in TV ads
A consumer guidance piece explains deceptive sales tactics like bait and switch for TV sets. It advises shopping around, protesting, and reporting to the Better Business Bureau, media, and state consumer protection agencies, with the FTC coordinating a national fight against fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
FTC
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Los Angeles
New Orleans
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Home Like Setting for New Maternity Center
The Maternity Center Association opens a townhouse based Childbearing Center at 48 East 92 St New York offering births in a home like setting with family present and discharge within 12 hours. Ruth Lubic notes hospitals often dehumanize care and the center aims to provide safe, economical alternatives with prenatal classes infant care and follow ups for about 550 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane E. Brody
N.Y. Times News
New York
Maternity Center Association
East 92 St
Ruth Lubic
Association
Lubic
FIX BROKEN Na AUS S ae eet At home in minutes
Quick denture repair kit promoted as fast and easy to use at home or at drug counters. Money back guarantee if not working. Product marketed as reliable for denture repairs and sold under the QUIK-FIX brand.
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Rene A
Chuck Spaid
Dave Fahnestock
Fahnestock
Waum Ave
Gene Rhodes
Winchester Evening Star
By Pauline Baccary
Frederick County Extension
Wilkins
Shhoe
Loudoun
Mall
Better Business Bureau
Annie
OLD Dominion
Levdeun
Ree
Tg Ee Baeel Ae
Solarian
Armstrong Floor
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