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PAGE 20,WEDNESDAY, MAY 28.1986. WHITBY FREE PRESS Mother wants to work at home PROM PG. 4 children. Forget the about my vlews onl this D)o you realize. how crowded daycares and subject, because 1 know many other mothers are nannies. What's 'wrong how much I can make doing the samne. We wth Mom belng home. working 40 hours a week don't ail bave the bur- I have made teflon for someone else and nlng desire to be (quote) bande for Iieat seallng have to buy clothes, lun- career woman. A large machines, babysat a ches, gas and best of ail number of womnen work great dane and stuffed pay for someone else to outalde the home capsules for 25 cent look after my daughter. because they have to. venldlng, machines. 1, personaily, bave only staying at home doing There bas got to be got experlence ln jobs outside jobs and other jobs that women tbat pay $8.00 and hour babysltting their own can do at home to sup. maximum. This leaves kids would probably be plement the family in. me wlth a grand total of just as rewarding if not corne. approxixiately $20 a mnore. I am so desperate month afte expenses. My biggest headache Board liability costs triple By JAN DODGE Free Press Staff For the same llability c.Iverage as last year the Durham Board of Education wll pay more than triple the price. Agents for the board bave been able to obtain another $13 million in llabilty coverage. This brlngs the total coverage up to $20 million, the same as asat year, but at a cost of over last $217,00compared to the $63,000 pald for the sanie coverage last year. In January Sandy Lawson,. chairman of the finance committee said the board'a agents had been able to obtain only $7 million coverage at a cost of $67,000. The main rationale for plcklng up the ad- ditional amount, Lawson sad, was to pr ovide coverage for nAple accidents sc as >mlght occur in a school bus accident "though God forbid that should bappen,'" she ad- ded. Bacent hlgh awards by the courts, such as the $6million settlernent awarded a Bramnpton man are being blamned for the increase in premiums. The new coverage wifl ha effective until April 30, Chairman Ruth Lafarga sald. la thls ... the home jobs I do ail corne from Wood- bine and Steeles area. I pick up and deliver once a week and do rush jobs as weil. Another sur- prise la a lot of women can drive. Women can package thinga at home wlth the rlght equlpment. I per- sonally bave wlred heat sealing machines, (not at home, but there's no reason ln the world that 1 couldn't have). Soldering canhaedone at home,. assembllng, sor- tlng, typlng, packaging, labelllng, etc. etc. etc. I wonder If employers are aware that there are lots of women out there just waltlng for a chan- ce or break to be able to stay home wltb. their kids. It would also help the employer cut back expenses and space requlred. Desks, chairs, larger lunch rooma, wasted time, etc. ait cost money. 1 offer free pick up and delvery. The quality of work done in a persons home is probably far better than havlng it done In a stuffy factory. At- mosphere ls very im- portant when your dolng a repetltlous Job. A per- son's home is more relaxed, therefore a bet- ter Job la performed and the employer is not paying by the hour, but by the piece. It's better for everyone, mother, baby and employer. Bad workers can ha weeded out the samne wlth a home worker as it can ha wth a worker that la on the premises of an employer, by the amount of work produced. I have ralsed three chfidren. 'Wth my firat two 1 went out to work and, struggled, now I work at'home and I am stifi strugglng, as the jobs I can get to do at home are not consistant and nobody advertlses for home work. I would ha willlng to hat that a lot more mothers would. stay home if piece work was more readily available, leavlng the job market more open for childiesa familles and the teens of our future world. A lot of mothers go out to work because they have to, not for self satisfaction. Other groupe that would benefit fromn home work are the dlsabled and older - people struggilng on a pension. If there are other people out there who flnd themselves in the same predicament I would appreclate hearlng from them. I can be reached at 666- 1576. Slncerely, JTudy Kent. Ail geraniums not created equal CENTRE for alyourgardenîng needs SPECIAL TABLE TREATS A varlsty of f Iowers & vogetablos ta chooso f rom only 75" p er box (on seiected box plants) Gladiolus bulbe O each "'Ail box plants are grown In our own greenhouses"' ,We reserve the right to lmit quantlty" VANDEMEI iEM ilNUR9 "Drive a littie AY=Y -~ m~ & àsave a lot" Open 8 a.m.-O p.m. Monday thru Saturday J from 9 a.m..8 p.m. Sunday J Most people are familiar with the bedding or zonai geranium which can be seen blooming in gardens and public areas ail summer. However, there are a number of other types of geraniums that are less familiar to the gardening public, says Horticulturist Patricia Harney of the University of Guelph's department of horticultural science. For example, the ivy geranluni has been gaining in popularity particularly because somne of the newer cultivars have large semni- double flowers and bloom profusel y. They are usually grown in hanging baskets in patios and apartment balconies; they are also important com- ponents of a window box planting. Ivy geraniums are grown in the sanie manner as bed. ding geraniums and, like theni, flower ail summer. Another interesting, but less well-known geraniuni is the Regal, pansy or Martha Washington geranluni. This has been more popular as a houseplant than as a garden plant, although it is grown outdoors in places like California. The flowers are often much more spectacular than those of the bedding geranium or the ivy geraniuni, but unfortunate- ly, they do not bloomi in- definitely as these two do. Regal geraniums flower naturally in April and May indoors, but may need a period of cold to induce this flowering. If the plants can be put in a cool room that 15 well lighted during the day for about six weeks, you will have no problem producing flowers. Other than this response to cold and the lengthening days of spring, Regal geraniums have the same growth requirements as the bedding geraniums. There is some breeding work being done which may resuit in Regal geraniunis which flower for longer periods. A numnber of so-called "scented" geraniums are related to the Regal geranium. These are best known for their scented leaves; there is no eniphasis placed on get- ting these geraniurns to flower because the in- florescences are usually not outstanding. The flowers tend to be small, but in- teresting and attractive in their own way. The scented geraniums are usually houseplants, but could be grown outdoors in the garden. Culture is essen- tially the same as for the other geraniumns, Harney says. Most commercial greenhouses and nurseries seli bedding geraniumns and ivy geraniums in the spring. It is not so easy to find a source of Regal and scented geraniumns. 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