6B The Mountain Messenger, Tuesday, Jaruary 9, 1990 ~ Says:
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SPECIALISTS IN INDIVIDUAL
AND GROUP MEDICAL INSURANCE
For years we have masked our
food with salt. If it doesn't taste salty
we think something is wrong and
shake on more. We go into a panic
when the doctor says, "No more
salt! You need a low-sodium diet."
How will we cook? How will we eat?
How will we break the salt habit?
And what will we do when we can't
have salt any more?
Any acid or alkali mixture is a
salt. In a nutritional context salt usu-
ally means table salt, sodium chlo-
ride. Phosphorus, sulphur and chlo-
rine are acid forming minerals while
potassium, sodium, calcium and
magnesium are alkali or base. Main-
taining a proper mineral balance is
important to the body: An excess of
sodium retains fluids and destroys
the body's important sodium-potas-
sium balance making it tough on the
heart to circulate the blood. Try re-
moving the salt mask on food with
spices.
Spices are basically herbs in a
dried form which enhance the natu-
ral flavors of food in a more nutri-
tional way. Just a "pinch" of these
flavor enhancers goes a long way.
Remember, we are breaking away
from the salt habit. Nutmeg (Myris-
tica fragrans) on green beans will
stop anyone from saying "green
beans again." Nutmeg is the kernel
of the seed from a tropical ever-
green tree. (The outer coating from
this seed gives us the spice, mace.)
Besides the pleasant smell, nutmeg
works with our stomach to improve
appetite and digestion. For full flavor
and fragrance buy them whole and
Ronceverte
grate them yourself.
Another sweet spice to try is all-
spice (Pimenta officinalis). Allspice
is the dried berry of a pimento tree.
An evergreen which grows as tall as
40 feet and is found in Central and
South America. Mexico and the
West Indies. Both an aromatic and a
carminative (expels gas from the in-
testines), Allspice also aids diges-
tion.
Cloves are another tropical sweet
spice. A clove is actually the dried
flower bud of the clove tree, a me-
dium size evergreen tree native to
the Philippines and the Spice Is-
lands and also grown in other tropi-
cal areas. Cloves will sooth and re-
lieve pain (anodyne), counteract
nausea and relieve vomiting (an-
tiemetic) and may be used as an
antiseptic. A drop of clove oil on a
sore tooth will relieve the pain of a
toothache while a tea made from
cloves relieves nausea).
Besides their beneficial qualities,
all of the sweet spices including cin-
namon and mace are good flavor
accents for beets, carrots, cabbage,
cauliflower, corn, green beans, on-
ions, parsnips, pumpkin, spinach,
squash, turnips or even fruit. With
practice you will get to know the
foods each spice flavors best. Just a
pinch, an eighth of a teaspoon, is all
it takes to break the salt habit.
Editor's Note: These articles
are intended for educational pur-
poses only: They are not intended
to treat, diagnose or prescribe,
nor to be considered as a substi-
tute for professional care.
of Old
By Jonathan Wright
The purchase of five vacant
buildings on the north side of
Ronceverte's West Main Street has
been temporarily halted until a man-
datory study is made of their histori-
cal value.
The matter was discussed at the
January 2 meeting, of the City's
Board of Commissioners at City
Hall. Mayor Eugene Kelley said
Susan Pierce, Director of Review
and Compliance for the West Vir-
ginia Historic Preservation Office,
has written to the City stating the
buildings must be studied for their
historic value before any action is
!aken. Mayor Kelley said he believes
~he City will have to fund the study
ibut it is not certain whether the
'money will have to be taken out of
~he $95,000 earmarked for the ac-
quisition The amount is the remain-
:t~er from the Small Cities Block
i~rant used for the recent "Street-
~cape" Downtown Revitalization
~roject on Edgar Avenue, The
Board is studying the possibility of
emolishmg some of the buildings
~once they belong to the City.
less driving, expired operator's li-
cense, driving under the influence of
alcohol, failure to stop at a stop
sign, illegal parking, .driving too fast
for road conditions, and driving with-
out lights.
Police investigations for Decem-
ber included a case involving dam-
age to a Ford pickup and a Subaru
station wagon parked downtown
December 5. Also investigated was
the theft of $100 in currency and
food stamps from the C-Mart at
,West Virginia Route 63 and U. S.
219. No one has been arrested in
connection with either incident, ac-
cording to police.
By F. J. Caizonetti
West Virginia University
News Service
Most West Virginians are pain-
fully aware of the state's economic
woes and the problems the state
faces when trying to attract new in-
dustry.
Few West Virginians know, how-
ever, that the state has at least one
industry, the electric power industry,
which is one of the strongest in the
nation. This industry has world class
facilities, injects billions of dollars
into. the state's economy year after
year and employs thousands of
people directly and indirectly
through its use of the state's re-
sources.
The electric power industry is im-
portant to West Virginia because the
industry, in addition to providing a
service, is a manufacturer of a valu-
able commodity. In the early part of
the 1980's some people became
aware and even concerned that as
much as 70 per cent of the power
generated in the state was being
sold outside of West Virginia.
A group of investigators funded
by the West Virginia University En-
ergy and Water Research Center
have completed a comprehensive
evaluation of electricity exports from
West Virginia. The product of this
study, Power From the Appalachi-
ans: A solution to the Northeast's
Electricity Problems?, has recently
been published by Greenwood
Press. Authors Frank Calzonetti,
Timothy Allison, Muhammad Ch-
oudhry, Gregory Sayre and Tom
Witt conclude that electricity should
be viewed both as a product and as
a service. The production of electric-
ity as a manufactured product is no
different than the production of
steel, chemicals or aluminum. The
state gains substantial revenues, to-
cal communities gain taxes and
many areas are provided with jobs
needed to maintain the operation of
the plants and provide the plants
with fuel, which in all cases is coal.
While there is often concern over
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the environmental impacts of these
facilities (p~rticularly acid rain), sur-
veys associated with the study
found that those living near powee
plants had little complaints and
would welcome new facilities.
As part of the study, the authors
completed a detailed comparative
cost analysis. This analysis revealed
that West Virginia is a good place to
locate power plants if plants are to
export power to the mid-Atlantic
seaboard. New, large coal-fired
power plants with scrubbers can be
built in northern West Virginia at a
lower cost than in New Jersey. The
power can be delivered at a lower
rate to New Jersey consumers even
if new electricity transmission lines
are built, The researchers found that
large markets for West Virginia
power exist, and utilities in New
England, New Jersey and Virginia
are seriously considering West Vir-
ginia as a source of electricity for
their impending needs.
It will not be an easy task to in-
crease the sales of electricity'from
the state without some major
changes according to the authors.
The biggest problem is the question
of transmission capacity. If new
power plants are built in West Vir-
ginia, it will be necessary and pru-
dent to increase the transmission
capacity from west to east. There is
also great uncertainty about the ef-
fects of future acid rain legislation.
Legislation may affect the most of
generating coal from existing and
new power plants. Foreign competi-
tors may enter the market in certain
areas and compete with power from
the Mountain State.
Despite these uncertainties, the
book is supportive of the state's ef-
forts to develop the industry and to
work both with the power industry
and independently to develop sites
for electricity generation. The au-
thors call .for further study on the
transmission system in order to gain
better information on ways to im-
prove the delivery system.
JIM McCUTCHEON, Managing Agent
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Barbara H. Thymius (center) of Lewisburg, the new president
Marshall University Parents' Association, presented a symbolio|
bill to Dr Edward G. "Ned Boehm Jr, Marshall vice president forI
tutional advancement. Through a "pass the hat" collection, me~
of the parents group collected $715 during Parents' Weekend~
Marshall University Foundation, Inc., matched the association'S.
earmarked for the Parents' Association. With them is Dr Nell I~
Marshall University vice president for student affairs. In additl~
being the mother of two daughters, Dina Michelle and Kathryn I~
who are attending Marshall, Mrs Thymius is a Marshall gradua~
dent.
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~nnounced the December 27 adop-
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