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Tips for saving money while staying warm during the winter SALT LAKE CITY — With the energy-intensive heating season and holiday lighting both upon us, Rocky Mountain Power is reminding customers to save energy — and money — during wintertime. Give yourself the gift of being Wattsmart with a few low-

cost tips you can use: 10 x 10 rule: Set your thermostat as low as comfortable — aim for 68 degrees. Lower the temperature by another 10 degrees when you are asleep or out of the house to lower your energy usage by about 10%.

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Cover drafty windows with a heavy-duty clear plastic sheet on the inside of window frames during winter months. Set the water heater to 120 degrees and drain it annually. Wash clothes in cold

water and wash only full loads. Completely fill your dishwasher before running and air dry dishes rather than using the dishwasher’s drying cycle. Switch to high-efficiency LED light bulbs in

fixtures that are used at least three hours a day. These bulbs use a fraction of the energy of traditional bulbs. Set the refrigerator temperature between 37 and 40 degrees and set the freezer at 0 degrees. Improve your home’s

heating and cooling systems by cleaning or replacing furnace filters and scheduling routine system maintenance to help air flow through the system more efficiently. Find these tips and more at http://rockymountainpower. net/wattsmart.

Deck the halls with DIY decor

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GARDEN HELP DESK

Make sure to pick the right poinsettias

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t’s the perfect time in the holiday season to bring home a beautiful poinsettia. If you’ve done just that-choosing a sturdy plant with dark green leaves and unopened flowers, protecting it from the cold when you left the nursery, and sliding off the plastic sleeve USU EXTENSION as soon as you were home. Now that you have your poinsettia, how do you keep it looking good for the rest of the season? Put your poinsettia in the brightest location that will meet your holiday decorating needs. Your plant will need as much bright, indirect light as you can give it. The more hours of bright light your plant gets, the deeper the colors will be and the longer those colors will last. Make sure you give your poinsettia a safe space to spend the Holidays. Poinsettias stems are brittle, so your plant’s brightly lit place should also be a where people don’t brush past it or bump into it. Also avoid places near windows, exterior doors, fireplaces, and furnace vents. Most people know that poinsettias are very sensitive to the cold, and keep their plants away from chilly windows, too, but Please see POINSETTIAS, Page A2

Decorating is one of the joys of the holiday season. Families often decorate together, and such traditions may include dressing the Christmas tree and hanging holiday lights around the house. A day spent making homemade ornaments is another great way to decorate and spend quality time together as a family during the holiday season. Though families can let their imaginations run wild when making ornaments at home, the following are some great starting points that can serve as springboards for holiday crafting sessions. Snowmen: The holiday season simply would not be the same without snowmen. Homemade snowmen can be made out of ping pong balls, which are the ideal size when making ornaments for the Christmas tree. Those who want to go a little bigger can glue wiffle balls or large polystyrene balls together or create their own papier mache snowmen to display on mantles or on console tables in a foyer or hallway. Santa Claus: Another staple of holiday decor, Santa Claus has inspired many a DIY holiday ornament over the years. A paper plate Santa Claus with a cotton ball beard glued on can make for a fun Christmas craft, especially for young children who can’t wait for the big guy to appear on Christ-

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mas Eve without his trustworthy team of reindeer. Popsicle stick reindeer projects can be fun for kids of all ages and a great way for youngsters to recognize the efforts of Dasher, Dancer, Comet, Cupid, and, of course, Rudolph, among others.

Penguins: Though they might not have a direct link to the holiday season, penguins evoke feelings of cold weather, making them an ideal addition to holiday decor schemes. Make your own penguin family using polystyrene craft balls in assorted sizes and then hang Cookie cutters: Family baking them on the tree or place them sessions are a holiday tradition for millions of people. Though around the house. that often leads to batches upon Reindeer: Santa would not be able batches of tasty cookies, it also to get the job done each Christ- means families tend to have a

surplus of holiday cookie cutters around the house. Surplus cookie cutters tend to be discarded or relegated to the miscellaneous items drawer in kitchens, but a more awe-inspiring fate can await them. A coat of paint, some glitter and a little bit of string or twine is all families need to transform their extra cookie cutters into colorful tree ornaments. Holiday decorating sessions can be made even more fun when families take time to craft some DIY decorations together.

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As weather chills, that dip in temperature is often accompanied by cold and flu season. Many people are anxious to avoid feeling under the weather this time of year, and to help ward off many illnesses, one may only need to look to the kitchen stove. Chicken soups and other soup recipes long have been touted as homeopathic remedies for colds. Not only are they hydrating, hot soups can break up congestion in the nose and chest. Plus their vegetable-rich content offers the vitamins and minerals needed to boost one’s immune system. Any soup

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will do, but “Sylvie’s Stars and Moon Soup” is whimsical enough to excite even the pickiest and youngest members of your household.

Enjoy this recipe, courtesy of “Soup’s On: Soul-Satisfying Recipes from Your Favorite Cookbook Authors and Chefs” (Chronicle Books) by

Leslie Jonath and Frankie dium saucepan over mediFrankeny. um-high heat. Add the carrots and bring to a boil. Add Sylvie’s Stars the orecchiette and cook for and Moon Soup 2 minutes. Add the macaServes 2 to 4 roni and cook for 3 minutes 2 cans (10.5 oz or 14.5 oz) more. Add the stars, edachicken broth (or homemade if mame, and green beans and desired) cook for 4 minutes more. Add 2 medium carrots, peeled the chicken, cook until it is and cut into coins heated through, then sprin1/4 cup orecchiette kle with pepper and serve. 1/2 cup elbow macaroni 1/2 cup mini pasta stars Chef’s note: Dana Cor(pastina) win, from Food & Wine, 1 cup frozen shelled edamakes this soup almost every mame Saturday in the winter with 8 green beans, cut into 1/2her daughter Sylvie. Feel free inch pieces to take liberties with the rec1 cup shredded, cooked ipe. Change the vegetables, chicken Freshly ground black pepper add more broth or adjust the Pour the broth into a me- seasonings.

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