The Coast News, July 13, 2012

JULY 13, 2012
THE COAST NEWS
MARKETPLACE NEWS Items
DEL MAR — For the
fourth year in a row, the San
Diego County Fair set an alltime
attendance record.
During the 24-day event,
1,517,508 guests enjoyed the
“Out Of This World” theme,
attractions, shows, exhibits,
food and rides. The previous
attendance record, 1,412,113,
was set in 2011.
The largest one-day
attendance during the 2012
Fair was 92,407 on the final
day, July 4.
It was the fifth highest
crowd in Fair history. The
largest single-day attendance
ever was 101,867 July 3, 1998.
The San Diego County
Fair is the sixth largest fair in
the nation and is the largest
event in San Diego County.
Preliminary numbers for the
2012 San Diego County Fair
Food Facts showed deep-fried
Oreos, 60,000 sold; deep-fried
pineapple rings, 20,000 sold;
deep-fried Peanut Butter and
Jelly, 15,000 sold; deep-fried
cereal bars, 10,000 sold; Belly
Buster burgers, 180,000 sold;
deep-fried green beans, 1,200
sold;sweet potato Tater Tots,
700 sold; Beach fries, 900 sold;
meatball sliders, 4,300 sold
and Beach tacos, 4,800 sold.
Additional food stats
included:
— Country Fair cinnamon
rolls used more than
10,000 pounds of wholewheat
cinnamon roll mix this
year, and 3,000 pounds of
cream cheese for 5,000
pounds of cream-cheese icing.
Country Fair also brewed
more than 200 pounds of coffee.
— Australian Battered
Potatoes used 15,000 pounds
of potatoes this year.
Those potatoes were
dipped into 15,000 pounds of
batter, and fried in 10,500
pounds of oil. They were
topped with 100 cases of
cheese sauce and a whole pal-
let of ranch dressing.
— Bacon-A-Fair sizzled
up more than 250,000 pieces
of bacon and sold 5,000 pieces
of chocolate-covered bacon.
— The Biggie’s Meat
Market used 5,000 pounds of
ground beef, 17,500 pounds of
potatoes for curly fries, 400
gallons of gourmet sauce, a
full pallet (400 gallons) of
ketchup, 1,600 heads of lettuce,
and 2,500 tomatoes.
10,000 pounds of The Big Rib
were sold with 400 gallons of
smoky, garlic zesty and spicy
BBQ Sauce.
— Grinders sold more
Contests and
Special Events
Totals:
Pies consumed at the
daily pie-eating contest:
216
Babies entered in the
Baby Derby contests: 21
Participants in Three
O’Clock Fun: 1,140
Participants in the Family
Look-Alike contest: 35
Participants in the bubble
gum-blowing contest: 292
Contestants in the
Boomers & Beyond contest:
59
Participants in the new
Latin Ballroom dance contest:
30
Participants in the new
Cantautor Latino contest:
17
Cars in the Car Shows: 384
National Anthem singers
at Opening Ceremonies:
36
Participants in Flag
Raising program at daily
Opening Ceremonies (Boy
Scouts and Girl Scouts,
Marines and Young
Marines): 1,050
than 10,000 sandwiches,
going through 2,500 pounds
of pastrami, which is their
biggest-selling sandwich by
far. Grinders customers consumed
800 pounds of turkey
and 400 pounds of Monterey
Jack cheese.
Fireworks America from
Lakeside designed the July 4
Fireworks Show.
The 20-minute display
consisted of: 220 21/2-inch
shells; 395 3-inch shells; 156 4inch
shells; 116 5-inch shells;
96 6-inch shells; 22 8-inch
shells; Total Aerial Shells —
1,005.
Scout troops that participated
in the Flag Raising
Program: 76
Patches sold for Flag
Raising program: 689
Entertainment
Applications submitted:
600
Hours of entertainment
booked on the eight stages
(not including the
Grandstand Stage): 2,500
Entertainment groups
booked (not including the
Grandstand Stage): 500
Number of entertainers
that performed this year
(not including the
Grandstand Stage): 20,322
Dance and variety group
participants: 10,590
Band members who performed:
2,321
Entertainer parking passes
collected: 10,298
Boxes of small paper clips
used for entertainer packets:
5 boxes
Participants in the Magic
Camp program: 200
Magic shows performed:
276
Kids who cried when they
saw the costumed fair
mascot, Roswell: 120
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NEW 5-lb portable oxygen concentrator gives real freedom to oxygen users
If you, or someone you
love, use oxygen therapy then
you know how limiting typical
oxygen systems can be. A new
technology gives users the
freedom to move about without
the typical restrictions of
equipment weight or length
of time.
Gordon Mori, CEO of
Mori Medical Equipment Inc.
in Vista says he started carrying
these lighter, more
portable oxygen concentrators
(POC’s) because they
truly do improve the quality
of life.
What is a portable oxygen
concentrator?
A portable oxygen concentrator
(POC) makes its
own oxygen, and unlike a regular
oxygen concentrator it is
much lighter and more
portable. Typical oxygen
equipment can weigh 20
pounds or more making it
hard to move around. As a
result, Mori said, many people
feel tied to their equipment
at home.
Dear Sara: I’d like to
start using cloth napkins,
but I’ve never done this
before. I am wondering
what kind of material is
best, and how to care for
all of the food stains. —
Lily, Illinois
Dear Lily: You can use
100-percent cotton fabric
and make your own. Fat
quarters, fabric remnants,
sheets and even T-shirts
work well. The size can be
anywhere from 12 to 20
inches square. Or you can
check sales and secondhand
sources to find cheap
cloth napkins.
As for care, you should
address any stains as soon
as possible and use an
enzyme laundry detergent
such as Wisk or Tide, coupled
with Oxi-Clean. I suggest
that you reserve a set
of cloth napkins for guests
or special occasions, too.
Dear Sara: Do you
have any summer reading
suggestions for kids, ages 9
to 12? — Linda, Wisconsin
Dear Linda: I would
recommend going to your
local library for their summer
reading program. They
can give you a wonderful
list. My kids enjoyed the
“Simon Bloom” books by
Michael Reisman and the
“Warriors and Seekers”
series by Erin Hunter. My
kids were glued to these
books. As a family, we
would like to see these
books make it to the big
screen.
They’re great stories.
Dear Sara: When you
The advantage of this
new technology is that the
equipment is so light (from 3
to 10 pounds depending on
the manufacturer and model)
that people can actually carry
it over their shoulder like a
book bag.
“People who haven’t
seen a POC are always surprised
at the portability of
this new technology,” Mori
says. One model they carry,
the Freestyle by AirSep
weighs just 4.4 pounds and
comes with an over the shoulder
bag.The shoulder bag carries
the POC and extra batteries
for all day events.
POC’s are becoming
immensely popular for people
who like to travel. They
are now accepted by the FAA
for commercial airline travel
as well as cruise lines, trains
and buses. For those who like
to stay closer to home, a POC
can make gardening possible,
or allow users to attend sporting
events or family outings. It
plugs into a regular outlet for
use the homemade
Bisquick recipe, are you
supposed to add water or
milk to the mix? The recipe
doesn’t say. — Irma H.,
email
Dear Irma: You mix
this to have on-hand, just
like you would with a box
of Bisquick, and you follow
the same additions that
you would with the boxed
mix. In other words, initially
no, you’re not adding
anything to this dry mix
recipe because you’re storing
it. When you use it, the
ingredient additions vary
depending on what recipe
you are making. It’s a
homemade substitute that
is cheaper than the brand
in the box.
For recipe ideas, visit
frugalvillage.com and
search for “Master mix,”
“homemade baking mix”
or “homemade Bisquick.”
Here’s the recipe
again (thanks to reader
Spirit Deer of Minnesota),
for readers who might have
missed it:
Master mix/Homemade
baking mix
8 cups flour
1/3 cup baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
8 teaspoons sugar
(optional)
1 cup solid shortening
(such as Crisco)
In a large bowl, mix
flour, baking powder, salt
and sugar well, then cut in
shortening with a pastry
blender until well-combined.
Store in airtight
container. Makes about 10
cups.
Dear Sara: I was reading
online about the potential
for disaster with
Corelle dinnerware; people
are saying it can
explode without warning.
Have you experienced
charging at home, in a car or a
hotel — and can still be used
when it is charging. POC’s can
also use portable battery
packs.
Mori Medical Equipment
Inc. is a family owned and
operated business founded in
2011 to provide North County
Use cloth napkins, not paper
SARA
NOEL
Frugal Living
such a thing? — S.D.,
Minnesota
Dear S.D.: I haven’t
experienced it personally. I
have read complaints from
readers, but I don’t know
how they used or cared for
their dinnerware. You can
read about the care and
use of Vitrelle glass on the
Corelle website, at
corelle.com/corelle-vitrelle-use-care.
I would take
this information into consideration
prior to purchase.
Dear Sara: Are the
homemade laundry soap
recipes that recently ran in
your column high-efficiency
compatible? Clearly, it
would not be frugal to
damage an expensive
machine to save a few dollars
in the short run. —
Mark H., email
Dear Mark: HE washers
use less water, so they
require detergents that are
low-sudsing. Fels-Naptha
laundry soap (the major
ingredient in the homemade
laundry soap
recipes) produces little to
no suds, so to me it’s HE
compatible. My advice is
that you use it at your own
risk after reading your
warranty details. If you
don’t feel comfortable
using it, don’t.
Sara Noel is the owner of Frugal
Village (www.frugalvillage.com), a
website that offers practical, moneysaving
strategies for everyday living.
To send tips, comments or questions,
write to Sara Noel, c/o Universal
Uclick, 130 Walnut Street, Kansas
City, MO, 64106, or e-mail
sara@frugalvillage.com.
San Diego residents a more
personal resource for medical
equipment purchase and
rental including wheelchairs,
electric beds, breathing
equipment and related items.
Unlike many of their competitors,
Mori Medical has a 24hour
service line, and a local
equipment warehouse located
in Vista. The Mori Medical
staff sets up and takes down
equipment and provides
equipment training in the
comfort of your home as
needed.
They also have a certified
respiratory therapist on
staff.
Mori Medical Equipment
Inc. is a member of The Joint
Commission, the prestigious
national organization that
accredits and certifies health
care organizations in the
United States committed to
continuously improving
health care for the public.
Mori Medical is also approved
as a Medicare provider. They
stand behind what they sell.
Mori Medical represents
the top four manufacturers of
POC’s in the United States.
Mr. Mori says that it is important
to match the right equipment
with an individual’s
lifestyle and needs. “Our
goal” he says, “is to help people
who have been limited by
their medical conditions have
the freedom to enjoy life to
the fullest.”
For more information,
you can contact Mori Medical
Equipment Inc. at (760) 659-
4200 or email Mr. Mori at
gmori@morimedicalequipment.com.
2012 San Diego County Fair sets
another attendance record