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111 rlday 1 lge Outlook Lifestyle Too much pasta beats too little DEAR POLLY I never know how much pasta to prepare for guests Ei ther we have tons left over or theres not enough Do you suggestion DEAR CB A lot depends on the pasta appetites of your guests How ever you can usually plan on to ounces ol uncooked pasta per person or a main course 1 usually use KEEPING YOUR CAR ALIVE Bohr POLLYS POINTERS 3B BOOKKEEPING CONFIDENTIAL- AFFORDABLE RATES CALL COMMERCIAL RETAIL RENTALS SWEEPS INSTALLATIONS REPAIRS CAPS A JOB OP BOTTOM 8532572 Polly Fisher pound for four adults which Is fairly generous course the more Ingre dients such as vegetables meat and other additions to sauce the further a pound pasta will stretch If youre serving the pasta a a side dish only I ounces of uncooked pasta per person Is probably plenty But again It all depends on the amount of food youre serving with It and the ap petites of your I always feel too much Is better than too little since 1 love leftovers for lunch the next day I Just reheat the pasta In the sauce on top of the stove or In the microwave oven Plain or lightly sauced pasta con be turned Into delicious pasta pancakes Just mix an egg or two with the leftover pasta and cook as patties In a lightly buttered skillet It makes a great nu tritious lunchtlme treat POLLY Mountalmlaw ft JoJinSL riwPlau The only capacity In town comfort- drapes JAiliktlildiim Residential PATIOS DECKS GENERAL LANDSCAPW6 8773179 Free Esfomates Guarantee CUSTOM BUILT DOORS ft A BOUCHER SON ALUMINUM LTD GUAR JO TEAR GUARANTEE windows S Windows Stdmg Japanesecar owners tell all sent some of the Japanese auto Indus trys best efforts In building high line cars Each is similar in sue handling and performance Each came loaded with electronic gizmos and gadgets And each looks terrific in red Road Track tabulated about questionnaires sent by readers who had purchased one of the three cars brand new and had driven it 10000 miles or more The typical mileage was about Whether they owned he Toyota Nissan or Mitsubishi most owners listed handling and performance as their cars best features As for worst features the owners of the three mar ques agreed the high Initial prices of their cars and the nigh maintenance costs A decade or more ago when simple Toyota Corollas and first became popular it may have been true that Japanese cars were cheap to buy and to operate But as owners in Road Tracks survey discovered mechanics today dont charge any less to work on expensive complex Japanese cars than they do to work on expensive complex American or Eu ropean machines However these Japanese car deal er must be doing something right Its no secret to Detroit automakers or to American consumers The Japa nese make Impressively good cars In Toyota ads were told that buy of new American or European cars In 1985 had percent more problems with their cars than buyers of 1985 Japanese cars Several months ago Fortune magazine quoted a survey that showed on aver age the buyer of a 1985 Japanese car found 1 flaws in his car the buyer of a Ford two the General Motors cus tomer and the Chrysler buyer nearly three So in general Japanese cars are well made But which Japanese auto maker builds the best cars In its May Issue Road Track re veals the results of an owner survey that compares three sport cotipes from three of Japans leading auto makers the 19621985 Toyota Supra the Nissan 300ZX and the Mitsubishi Sta Ch rysler Conquest The and Conquest are essentially the same car Both are built by Mitsubishi The three models which sold for between and repre- percent of the Mitsubi shi owners percent of the Toyota owners and percent of the Nissan owners gave their dealers an excel lent or good rating That com pares to an average of percent from past Road Track owner sur veys conducted on other makes of cars since To judge by these Toyotas Nissans and Mitsubishi Japanese cars arc in deed reliable In past Road Track surveys owners of other cars had an average of seven problems In this survey the Toyota only had a single problem mentioned by percent or more of the owners trouble with the cars popup headlights Thats not exactly a grave mechanical difficulty Although they did better than aver- age the Nissan and Mitsubishi didnt beat the Toyota The Nissan had five problems reported by 10 percent or more of the owners and the Mitsubi shi had six The most telling question In Road Tracks survey asks owners if they would buy the same make of car again In past surveys percent have said yes percent were unde cided and 15 percent said no way Eightyeight percent of the Toyota owners said yes and only 5 percent said no while 75 percent of the Nissan owners said yes and 13 percent said no The Mitsubishi received only a percent affirmative response but a huge 32 percent were undecided And the winner is the Toyota The car seems to be nearly unbreakable and owners appreciate that fflim PHOTO REPRINTS appearing in The herald 8772201 Photo Tips by Peter Moss spring has finally sprung hope arc finally of forded our golden opportunity to shake off winters last trapping and cautiously foot out of doors in earnest Not forgetting of course many of you ore winter out of doors enthusiasts and hive already stockpiled a large fileof first class photos This spring we have an extra bonus daylight savings time has ar rived early so you have the added advantage of some extra shooting time late in the day If or twilight shots are a must for and you are fortunate enough be home early from work the added shooting time will work well to your advantage A very useful lip in sunsets Is to remember this rule When metering sunset scene lake your meter reading approximately 20 from the Why Two good reasons First by aiming your lens and thereby your meter iwith most equipment directly at the sun you run he risk of blinding tin- meter cells By blinding the cells I am referring to rendering CDS cells that measure the light Inside your camera insensible to making an accurate reading The cell will recover after while but not In sufficient time for photograph that particular sunset There are several other technical reasons for not aiming at the sun with your lens but will discuss these at a later date Oh the si with your longer lenses Secondly by metering from the sun you allow yourself a reading that will help prevent a silhouette effect on your finished photo If you should wish darkened effect to your shot simply make your stop one or two values smaller fa is smaller than f5 is smaller than fB0 Dont air at the sun to do this After you have made your away reading you mujst hold this information for yhour shot therefore if you have an automatic camera you will either have to set your reading MANUALLY OK If you have an A Lock lock your reading by pressing the A Lock switch or button in order to hold your reading Now your shot for perfect composition and shoot I II sounds like a lot of work but with a little bit of practice it will lakconly a few second The soft more muted colours of spring make spectacular colour shots this time of year particularly when When the op portunity presents itself take full advantage of those soft blossoms sidelight CO against a backdrop of dark rich evergreens or the fervescent greens of willow trees highlighted some of the holdovers from winter in the background If your walking shoes arc up to it and your legs are Milling you will find yourself busy oil and preferably several more thereafter Although larger scale scenes will tend to draw the greater portion of your attention dont forget that close to the ground yes right down there by your feet there Is a budding world calling out for your atten tion We will come back to ground next week Peter Moss Photography WEDDINGS PORTRAITS TEAMS AND COMMERCIAL PETER MOSS MOSS Library book review The Stranger Houghton Mifflin Chris Van has twice been the prestigious for excellence in the ion of children books The his seventh book for children is infused with the same his earlier works suggest in design and illustration in for thi csemblancc Van large picture book format compos of doubleedged spreads In which somewhat bizarre text shares equal space with exquisite illustra tions This distinctive format poses pro For the librarian as it is dismissed by older children as being loo juvenile On the other hand the thoughts and feelings conveyed by Van stories are quite complex certainly beyond the in terest and understanding of the pic- lure book audience There Is a to be unearth ed in this particular tale Who is The Stranger A farmer in his truck mysteriously collides with a pedestrian Confused and shaken the victim is taken to the farmers home where it Is determined he suf fers fro it amnesia The stranger thought to be a hermit by his strange dress and odd ways stays with the family several weeks during what turns out to be an unnaturally pro longed summer He never regains Ins memory but on the night of his departure summer ends the air had turned cold and the leaves on the trees were no longer green If you havent yet guessed the stronger s identity your have to read the book to find out The Stranger Is a masterpiece of design Fullcoloured pastel lions alternate with stark white of text achieving a superb and simplicity Skillfully us ing light and shadow the artist evokes a wistful longing for those summer days and an of impending winter ding closeups and distant vicw- action and still life pictures draws us into a quiet rural nostalgic I940s world The silent poetry or Van Allsubrgs lions take over where the simple unadorned text leaves off The book could be used as a focal point of disucssion In art classes from elementary to high school Two of Van Allsburgs books The Stranger and his recent The Polar Express are available at Ha I ton Hills Public Libraries his other works may be borrowed from Milton and Oak Libraries Mi milled by Jane Public Libraries CASH BACK OTSENTRASECOUPE f I SALES SERVICE J COME ON DOWN TO MILTON 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