You can receive Featurettes by e-mail daily, weekly or monthly by request. We can e-mail by your choice of topic or all stories as you may prefer. To make it even more convenient for editors to use our stories, NAPS has added an RSS syndication feed to our Web site. Simply hit the RSS button on our site for automated updates on available content. Please contact us to arrange to receive Featurettes in the format that works best for you at (800) 222-5551 or e-mail your request to us at printmedia@napsnet.com. We can provide Featurettes on CD-ROM or you can download it online at www.napsnet.com. Gary Lipton Media Relations Manager Phone: 1-(800)-222-5551 Fax: 1-(800)-990-4329 Web site: www. napsnet .com e-mail: printmedia@napsnet.com #2541 North American Precis Syndicate, Inc., 350 Fifth Avenue, 65th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10118-0110 Tire Safety: What You Should Know (NAPSA)—Staying safe on the road is a lot easier if you properly maintain your tires. Here are a few tire maintenance tips to set you on the road to safer driving: • Check Tire Pressure. Keeping tires properly inflated can boost fuel efficiency by one mile per gallon. Before any long trip and once a month, check the pressure of each tire with a tire gauge. The carmaker ’s recommended tire pressure is on the tire placard and can be found near the driver ’s doorjamb, on the glove compartment door or in the owner’s manual. • Rotate Tires Regularly. Regular rotation helps extend the life of your tires, saving time and money in the long run. Rotation ensures that all the tires wear evenly and last longer. If no period is specified in your vehicle’s owner’s manual, tires should be rotated every 6,000 to 8,000 miles. • Keep Proper Vehicle Alignment. Alignment generally refers to the adjustment of a vehicle’s front and rear suspension parts. Proper alignment helps ensure that your vehicle handles correctly and will help increase the life and performance of your tires. • Keep Tires Balanced. Proper balancing is critical for optimal vehicle performance. When tire and wheel assemblies are unbalanced, vibration from the wheel assembly shakes from side to side or the tire and wheel assemblies hop up and down. It is important that these assemblies are in both static and dynamic balance. • Check Tire Tread Depth and Replace Worn Tires. In most states, the minimum legal tread depth is 2⁄32 of an inch. If you place a penny with the top of the New Technology Could Relieve Allergies Ready to replace your tires? Look for tires that can handle rain, snow and curves for superior all-season handling. head facing down into your tires’ shallowest groove and you can see the top of Abraham Lincoln’s head, it’s time to replace your tires. When you are ready to replace them, look for tires with g-Grip interlocking sipe design, such as the BFGoodrich Advantage T/A. Encompassing attributes from its racing counterparts, the tire is designed with extended tread life and greater control in mind. Backed by a 60,000-mile tread life warranty, the tires provide real driving excitement and better handling, whether drivers need traction in the rain, snow or on curves. You may also want to look at the BFGoodrich g-Force Super Sport A/S, a high-performance tire, which features a tenacious grip for wet conditions and tread blocks designed to grip snow. Allseason rubber compound and ETEC System construction offer maximized control in any weather, while cutting-edge aesthetics deliver the modern look of the gForce family of tires. Learn More You can learn more online at www.bfgoodrichtires.com or at (877) 788-8899. Food Savings Are In The Bag (NAPSA)—There may be promising news for the estimated 50 million Americans believed to suffer from symptoms related to allergies and other conditions such as IBS, acid reflux, ADD/ADHD and possibly even autism. According to experts, the body’s immune system can malfunction when exposed to high levels of stress. That malfunction might make symptoms from certain con- Tips For Limiting Allergy Symptoms Homestyle Pot Roast is an economical meal that families enjoy. • Shower before bed to wash off pollen and other allergens from the day. • Vacuum and dust your home regularly. • Use allergen-resistant bedding. • Know and avoid your allergy triggers. • Talk with your doctor about noninvasive treatments. (NAPSA)—You don’t have to break your budget to feed your family tasty meals. Simple things, such as cooking less expensive cuts of meat, can help save you money. The key is to use an oven bag to make chuck roast and similar cuts more tender. Oven bags, such as those made by Reynolds, trap in the moisture to help transform tough cuts of meat into tender, juicy, delicious meals. And, cleanup is easy since all the juices stay in the bag. The bonus is that there is no dirty pan to scrub. Here’s a family-favorite recipe to try: ditions worse or create new ones. The stress can be both internal (from a psychological source or a lack of sleep, for instance) and external (exposure to a certain substance, for example) in nature. But the result could be an erroneous response by the body where it activates its natural defense mechanism in the form of frustrating symptoms. A state-of-the-art laser technology used by trained practitioners at AllergiCare Relief Centers could help relieve the immune system of stressors and their associated symptoms. Once the noninvasive treatment is successfully completed, patients can once again come in contact with substances that may have previously sparked attacks. For more information, visit www.allergicare.com or call (877) 9-SNEEZE (976-3393). Homestyle Pot Roast 1 Reynolds Oven Bag, Large Size 1 ⁄4 cup flour 2 ⁄3 cup water 1 envelope dry onion soup mix 3- to 31⁄2-pounds boneless beef roast 4 medium red potatoes, cut in quarters 1 medium onion, cut in quarters 1 package (16 oz.) peeled baby carrots PREHEAT oven to 325F. SHAKE flour in Reynolds Oven Bag; place in 9x13x2inch baking pan. ADD water and onion soup mix to oven bag. Squeeze bag to blend in flour. Add beef to bag. Turn bag to coat beef with sauce. Place potatoes, onion and carrots in bag around beef. CLOSE oven bag with nylon tie; cut six 1⁄2-inch slits in top. Tuck ends of bag in pan. BAKE 21⁄2 hours or until beef is tender. Makes 7 to 9 servings. For more information, tips and recipes, visit the Web site www.reynoldsovenbags.com.
