THE NEWSPAPER AT THE HEART & SOUL OF OUR COMMUNITY
Vol. 126 No. 41
WEEKEND EDITION JUNE 5, 2016 WWW.ARLINGTONTIMES.COM 75¢ WEEKEND EDITION JUNE 8, 2014 WWW.ARLINGTONTIMES.COM 75¢
Herald THE SUNDAY
An Edition of
Berries ripe for workers, u-pick By Steve Powell
spowell@arlingtontimes.com
ARLINGTON – Biringer Farm is in desperate need of workers and u-pickers as the berries ripened weeks earlier than usual. “We had drenching rain for about a week,” Dianna said. “The first day we opened (May 21) it rained, but that’s a given.” She said the agricultural science behind it is the record-warm temperatures in April, followed by the rain. “They’re laying heavy ripe,” she said. “I don’t know if we’re going to get all of them. I’ve seen some as big as a tomato.” Dianna said it gets harder each year to find berry pickers, but there is good money to be made. She said there are some hispanics who make $30 an hour or more.
Steve Powell/Staff Photo
SEE BERRY, PAGE 2
An early season means more workers are needed at Biringer Farms or berries will go bad.
Lice treatment head and shoulders better, owner says By Kirk Boxleitner
kboxleitner@arlingtontimes.com
Kirk Boxleitner/Staff Photo
Sherine Wenzel, owner of the Rest Easy Hair Clinic in Smokey Point, demonstrates how she checks for and treats head lice on Rochelle Dove.
ARLINGTON — It’s the season for head lice, and local schools have already dealt with a few cases. Andrea Conley, public information coordinator for the Arlington School District, confirmed that school nurse Gloria Davis recently responded to an incidence of head lice at Eagle Creek Elementary. “By state law, we can’t exclude students,” Conley said. “We recommend as many resources as we can to families, but from what we understand, lice have been
getting more resistant to shampoos.” Families previously had to travel as far as Seattle to find certified treatment centers for lice, but now there is one locally, Rest Easy Hair Clinic in Smokey Point. Owner Sherine Wenzel has visited local schools to speak with them about lice. “When people look for warning signs of lice, they often focus on whether there’s any itching, but that’s not necessarily one of the symptoms,” Wenzel said. “If you’re wondering whether your children have head lice, much better indicators
include sleepless nights, bags under their eyes or general tiredness.” To check for lice, Wenzel recommends wetting the child’s head down, so that the eggs or nits are more visible. “That’s where the expression ‘nit-picking’ comes from,” Wenzel said, adding that nits are the empty eggshells of lice. Wenzel uses the “Shephard method” to look for lice. It involves separating out the hairs, strand by strand. She then wipes the hair with a white paper towel, to make any evidence
of lice more visible. “Otherwise, your eyes can play tricks on you, and you’re not sure if it’s dandruff,” Wenzel said. Wenzel urged families not to feel ashamed if their children have lice. “Head lice don’t discriminate,” Wenzel said. “I’ve found it in the most midSEE LICE, PAGE 2