Phyllis Jones is up from Scranton this weekend checking in on Aunt Mary Carney and mom Jean Hamm. Howie Hamm is taking good care of them.
We still want to keep Hazel Benson in our prayers. Roger told Vi Slater that she is doing better.
Elaine Gee is home and we hope she is doing fine! I see all four of her girls when coming in and out and some grandbabies too! So keep eating good, drinking, and take your meds, Elaine.
Phyllis Jones is up from Scranton this weekend checking in on Aunt Mary Carney and mom Jean Hamm. Howie Hamm is taking good care of them. We still want to keep Hazel Benson in our prayers. Roger told Vi Slater that she is doing better. A quick reminder that our Alba Church’s annual Harvest Supper is this Thursday the 13th starting at 4:30. Roast pork and all the trimmings is the meal’s menu, along with homemade pie. Also – there are lots of homemade crafts available for sale, as well as those great dishcloths and RADA cutlery.
Rural Brotherhood will be next Thursday the 20th hosted by East Canton Methodist Church. It starts at 7 PM and all are welcome to attend. I believe this last Saturday was one of the coldest mornings we’ve had yet. It was a frigid 22.9 degrees at 6:15 AM. It did warm up some but remained well below the average temperature for this time of year. I finally dug up the lone dahlia I had in a pot out back and planted half a dozen of pink tulips in a barrel. I’m going to try the ole’ moth ball trick in hopes of deterring any vermin from getting in and eating my new bulbs. Dear Readers,
Albert Einstein once quipped, "I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive." The motivational speaker Leo Buscaglia often said, "Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God." According to Ben Franklin “Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?” Let's let Joan Crawford have the last word in this list of quotes, “I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.” Hi all. How was your week? My week just flew by.
We are saddened by the loss of a Big Pond resident, Bill Camp. Bill went to be with the Lord, Thursday night. Graveside services were held at Big Pond, Monday at 2. There were 37 people who attended the funeral dinner at Big Pond Church. Our condolences to the family. Last week I told you about the Kids Night in Bentley Creek. Wrong church, right pew, right churcn. Bentley Creek Baptist. Time 5:30. Last week there were 12 children there. By Ruth Dibble
It seems whenever you want a specific sauce you can't find it. Here are the recipes for several common ones including Lemon Sauce, Nutmeg Syrup, Bourbon Sauce, Coney Island Sauce and Rum Banana Sauce. Lemon Sauce 1 tbsp. cornstarch 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup corn syrup 1 cup boiling water 1 tsp. grated lemon peel 3 tbsps. lemon juice 1 tbsp. butter Mix cornstarch and sugar. Add syrup and salt. Add boiling water gradually. Cook over low heat stirring constantly until thick and clear. Add lemon peel, juice and butter and blend thoroughly. Substitute orange for lemon for orange sauce. By Kathie Lepper
What a beautiful day we have here on "The Ridge". I guess we better take advantage of it, for I think things will be a-changing later on this week according to the weather man. I noticed when I was outside taking out trash earlier, that the pretty little pansy in the flower bed is still smiling away. It amazes me to see it still looking so pretty with its bright colored faces. It always makes me smile when I see it still there and I'm going to miss it when it meets its demise. Frances Kobbe shared with me this morning that she's been watching a little squirrel out back chewing the top off a pumpkin and then climbing inside to eat the seeds with only its tail sticking out. That's one industrious little squirrel. I wish I could have seen it, they're so much fun to watch. I didn't write any news last week but I wanted to mention the Firemen's Appreciation dinner last week. The food was great, catered by Crouse's. The speakers were very interesting. The State Police fire marshal spoke about being at the search for Frien. He talked about the small communities coming together to see that they had everything they needed. How small communities help each other when times are tough.
The fire companies need more young people to help. In order to keep it going they need more EMT's, and fire fighters. Elise Knowlden, York was home visiting and attended the banquet. We are neither shocked nor surprised at the news that Jonathan Gruber, one of architects of Obamacare, wrote the law in a dishonest way in order for it to win passage; critics of the law have known all along that the law's passage was built on a foundation of false presumptions. We never could understand how a law could increase coverage, reduce premiums, provide more services, lower costs, reduce the deficit and improve healthcare all at the same time. It may have been possible to do one of those things, even a couple of them, but not all of them. Obamacare was overpromised from the beginning, and the embarrassment of the failed website rollout and the dislocations from implementing the law had a great deal to do with the election night debacle suffered by the President's party.
By H. Rockwell & Son
Ahoy! Welcome aboard Noah's Ark! "Just the facts, please" is the familiar, repeating quote from the old "Dragnet" series. In other words they wanted the basic truths without dramatic flair or embellishment to use as the foundation blocks for building and ultimately solving a criminal case. Last week I discussed some of the general differences between cow's milk and goat's milk. This week I want to go into "just the facts" and list the basic nutritional properties of goat's milk versus cow's milk The exciting news of this week began last Sunday with us attending an auction at Pepper's Auction Barn. We had nothing big planned and not having been to any for several months, it was one of those 'let's go see what they have' moments.
It turned out we or one of us wasn't satisfied with looking to see what they had. A truckload of stuff had to come home with us so we could look it over for a long time. What started with me taking a box or two to the truck and each time I returned and there were a couple more waiting. We spotted a truck in the parking lot, covered with snow, and after a short investigation it was learned the truck belonged to the Bastions who live on Armenia Mountain. Mystery solved. The exciting news of this week began last Sunday with us attending an auction at Pepper's Auction Barn. We had nothing big planned and not having been to any for several months, it was one of those 'let's go see what they have' moments.
It turned out we or one of us wasn't satisfied with looking to see what they had. A truckload of stuff had to come home with us so we could look it over for a long time. What started with me taking a box or two to the truck and each time I returned and there were a couple more waiting. We spotted a truck in the parking lot, covered with snow, and after a short investigation it was learned the truck belonged to the Bastions who live on Armenia Mountain. Mystery solved. During WWII, our government asked the people to collect milkweed pods and send them to a plant, in Petoskey, Michigan, where the milkweed fluff was used in making life preservers. The slogan “Two Bags Will Save One Life” referred to the amount of milkweed fluff needed to fill one life preserver.
Once again the call is going out; however, this time the call is for people to collect the seeds of the milkweed pods. This request is being made to save the monarch butterfly. The Heritage Garden Club, of Troy, sent an e-mail to its members informing them that the University of Kansas wanted all garden club members to collect milkweed seeds. The seeds will then be sent to the university to be planted. In the spring, the seedling plugs will be returned to be planted in the same areas the seeds came from. By Ruth Dibble
English Muffin Bread Cornmeal 2 cups milk 1/2 cup water 5 cups unbleached flour 2 envelopes dry yeast 1 tbsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. baking soda Grease two 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch glass or ceramic loaf pans. Sprinkle with cornmeal, shaking off excess. Combine milk and water in a microwave safe bowl: heat on high until warm, about 3 or 4 minutes. Mix 3 cups flour, yeast, sugar, salt, and soda in a large bowl. Add warm mixture and beat well. Blend in remaining flour and stir until dough is stiff. Divide dough between pans; cover and let rise until dough just reaches the top of pan, about 45 minutes . Cook loaves one at a time on high for 6 to 6 1/2 minutes, turning once. Let stand five minutes before removing from pans. Slice and toast to serve. While the weather has turned colder, this Lobster Salad with Tomato Viaigrette makes a luncheon special anytime. Hope some of my thirteen readers understand when I say that going to the woods, my heart was not in the work, just thought I should be exerting myself.
Then on preparing to leave met a figure just coming up the hill. Here it was my old friend Marinus DeBruin. He was just up in the area to see how much it has changed since his family first arrived in Canton. They lived in what had been Harry Rockwell's farmhouse. It was just off what is now Sterling Road. We had the longest and most rewarding conversation. Once when we both were working at the mill they had purchased a new small stake truck and wanted to have wooden sides built for it. We had stored away some rough-cut oak lumber which we took over to Bournes Mill and had it surfaced. We built all the stakes and when finished it pleased us so we didn't paint it but varnished it. Marinus has always been a great worker, at the mill, on his farm and with his trucking business. It meant so much to me that he purposely stopped and came up into the woodlot just to see me and reminisce. By Lorelei Colton
I hope you and yours exercised your right – and your duty – and got out and voted on Tuesday. I hope by the time this is published we will all be breathing a sigh of relief – finally. For one thing, I’ll be glad not to have to hear all those dreadful tv commercials, not get all those political phone calls, not get all the fliers in the mail, not get all the bazillion emails, and not have to see all those signs or read about it in the newspaper. Congratulations to Betty and Gary Ferguson on the birth of Betty’s new great-grandson Mickey” born to her granddaughter Faith (Austin) Pepper. Don’t forget the Alba Church’s annual Harvest Supper next Thursday the 13th starting at 4:30. Our repeat roast pork and all the trimmings will be served – including homemade pie. And, there are lots of bazaar craft items available for sale as well. |
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