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Show ommunity lews A2 • WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2007 - N E W S - Spanish Fork 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, UT 84660 Lane Henderson Publisher Namon Bills Editor Dana Robinson . . Assoc. Editor Thoughts on New Year's Resolutions never again wait in the gas line at COSTCO so I can save STAFF WRITER a lousy fifty-three cents on a My heart doctor thinks I'd tank of gas! That would be an live longer if I gave up Mexican easy one for me, but for the food, so I'm pondering a sake of marital harmony I bear New Year's resolution on the that travail. matter. I resolve to abandon my The trouble with New quest to be voted, The World's Year's Resolutions is that most Sexiest Man, 'cuz they always of us lack the will power to give the it to some young, good follow through with them. A looking guy. I resolve to never few years ago I drove past a make a fool of myself by trying Weight Watchers facility in out for American Idol. California on the first Monday The world's formerly of the new year and there was oldest person died recently a line of women out the door at age 116. Hryhoriy Nestor and down the sidewalk. That lived in the Ukraine and line didn't last long. I read attributed his long life to the of a study which determined fact that he never married. It's that 80 percent of the exercise way too late for me to follow equipment sitting around Mr. Nestor's example on that homes throughout the land is one. A surviving relative no longer in use. Lets face it, noted that he was a short man a Krispy Kreme donut is much and never had much money. I more appealing than half an don't believe his height hour on a treadmill. ' had much to do with We need to make the fact he remained resolutions that are more single, have you practical and easier . ,:. noted how many to achieve, like : • r"'--'->£. tall, I resolve to '',"•'••".'; beautiful Gary Davis The Spanish Fork News is published each Wednesday for $37.50 per year in area and $41.50 out of area by J-Mart, 280 North Main St., Spanish Fork Utah 84660. women hang out with short, bald, ugly movie moguls? Now, the lack of money ... that's a possibility. But, I digress. The Mexican food resolution. I love Mexican food. "What's wrong with Mexican food?" I asked the doc. "It's not the food, it's what they cook it in," he replied. My doctor is death on the trans-fats thing. When I first came to Utah, many moons ago, to attend college, Mexican dining establishments were as rare as Democrats. Now they are omnipresent, like Mormon chapels or elementary schools. It's easier to be an alcoholic here the Beehive state than mexifoodoholic. The temptation is everywhere. Hryhoriy Nestor claimed his greatest luxury was a slice of sausage on a bread roll. I'm guessing 'ol Hryhoriy never had plate of Mexican food. He's a poorer man because it. Covering what matters most Benjamin takes on festive look 'Round and About Benjamin Kathleen Olsen necessarily reflect As you read this, Christmas has been observed and we sincerely hope it was a lovely day with family and friends. The Christmas season is one of joy and, at the same time, solemn as its meaning is carefully studied and pondered. A most beautiful time! ••• Congratulations to Gavin Argyle who has been named Sophomore Student of December at Spanish Fork High School. Gavin is the son of Mike and Julie Hales and the grandson of Bert and Lucille Argyle, all of Benjamin. ••• Benjamin has taken on a festive look during this holiday season. A drive through the roads and lanes of the community is a happy experience as the light displays are turned on. Many houses and some outbuildings are decorated in a wide variety of ways. The gentle lights from the trees in the homes spill out through their windows in greeting. The lights on the,buildings have reflected on the snow making two sew* of lights—those on the structures and those shining back from the snow. ;' Because of the deep darkness between the hom^s, the lights vividly stand out. From our home we can see them glowing across the fields from a substantial distance. Trees along lanes are decked out in colorful lights inviting extra moments to enjoy the beauty" of them. There are a number of illuminated displays featuring scenes of the season and including o£ie showing Santa Claus traveling in a untraditional way — on a lighted tractor. \ Even those resting at the cemetery are included wiih wreaths and other mementoes surrounding the graves. The growing tradition of putting lighted candles on tBe graves on Christmas Eve brings those from the p^st closer as the flickering lights silently glow making another beautiful scene. Thanks go to those responsible for the festive tre,es adorning each foye^^n. the .church and to those wrto supply the weekly flowers of the season in the chapel We invite everyone to enjoy the special feeling these heartfelt displays offer to anyone who will takel the time to observe them. We hope the remainder of) the holiday season will be a happy time for each of* you. the views of The Letter to the Editor Email stones to editor@spforknews.com Email ads to ads@spforknews.com Call us at 794-4964 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Spanish Fork News 280 North Main St. Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 The entire content of this newspaper is Copyright® 2007 Spanish Fork News. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the editor or publisher. DEADLINES Weddings, anniversaries, missionaries, 1st birthdays, articles, photos, letters to the editor Friday, 12 p.m. Display advertising and classified advertising Friday, 12 p.m. OK, I resolve to only eat Mexican food on days ending with Y. It won't be easy, but I'm determined. .^Letters to i h a T O editor do not Too much spending Spanish Fork News. ;£^ Dawn shares 'no-fail' white bread recipe Ready Or Not Dawn Van Nosdol It has been pointed out to me that I have not shared my white bread recipe. It is a wonderful no-fail recipe that anybody can make. Twenty years ago my friend gave me this bread recipe that had been handed down from mother to daughter for several generations. The recipe had never been written down and so I begged my friend to write it , down so that it wouldn't be forgotten—and so I could try , it. The reason that I liked it so much was because it was so light and it tasted wonderful, but it was also sturdy enough to make sandwiches and not fall apart. I was also impressed that it didn't use eggs, not because I was worried about calories or cholesterol, but because the fewer ingredients needed in a recipe, the less I have to worry about running out of ingredients. Before I actually give you the recipe, let me first explain a few things. I can't tell you how much flour to use - I've never measured it and even if I had, it would change each time depending on the humidity and the flour itself. The secret to good bread is the feel of the dough. My suggestion is if you have never made bread before is to make it by hand before you start using your mixer or bread making machine. There is a feel to the bread and the only way you can really get it right is to look at it and feel how the dough responds when it has the right amount of flour. If you put in too much flour it is tough and heavy and a bit crumbly. If you don't put enoughflourin it, it is too light and it won't stand up to much more than making toast. Whether you are mixing it by hand or machine, when it starts to hold together or pull away from the side of the bowl that is when it is just right. If it is too sticky to handle then just keep dusting it with just a little bit of flour so that you don't overdo it. Enough said. Next, knead it. Don't just sit there and poke at it. You need to pull it up over on top of itself and push it down, turn a quarter turn, pull it up over again and push it in with the heal of your hand and keep repeating. Dust the countertop with just enough flour to keep it from sticking —not more. Remember that you don't want to make the dough tough. I use powdered milk to make my bread and it is very important that you use good tasting high quality powdered milk; if you don't it will make the bread taste terrible. If you don't have good powdered milk, then use regular milk. I personally like the Country Cream brand and have had really good luck with it, but you can use any brand you want as long as it tastes good. where from four to six cups to start) in a large bowl (or mixer) and mix in the yeast (I use the kind that you don't have to start ahead of time). Add liquid to flour and stir. Continue adding flour until it starts to pull away from the bowl. If you are mixing by hand, pour out contents on counter and continue kneading and adding flour a little at a time until it feels right— just trust yourself. After making it a couple times you will begin to know what density you prefer. If you are mixing with a mixer, just keep adding thefloura little at a White Bread time until it pulls awayfromthe 1/2 cup dry powdered milk bowl and is somewhat self-con(or 2 cups milk) tained. Let raise, punch down, 1 Tbsp. salt form into loaves, let raise again ] /2 cup + 1 Tbsp. sugar and bake at 400° for 18 minutes. 1 cube margarine or Vi cup Don't over bake. The dough or light olive oil (I prefer the ol- the baked bread freezes well. ive oil) If you are freezing the bread or 4 cups water (or 2 cups- rolls, make sure they are cooled of water if you use 2 cups of down before freezing. milk above) Depending on what size 1 Tbsp. yeast (Tip: Store loaf pan you have, this recipe your yeast in the freezer) will make either three or four Flour loaves. You can also make eight rolls per loaf of bread Heat one cup of water over dough or three large bread medium heat and add powdered bowls. Just remember that milk, sugar, salt and oil and stir the more you practice the betuntil everything is dissolved. ter you will become and your Add three cups cold water to hot family will love being your mixture. Put someflour(any- test subjects. Our "wide-awakes" in Congress are about to do it to us again! The Senate will very shortly move to vote (may have already done so by the time you read this) on a massive omnibus spending bill that was passed in the House on Dec. 17, 2007. This bill is stuffed full of so much bad pork and wasteful spending that no one has even had time to fully analyze it all— in fact nobody has! The House passed this 3,500+ page measure last night without time for anyone to fully understand what's in it. We do know enough to be very concerned. The bill has at least 9,000 earmarks, hundreds of which are brand new and have never been debated in either the House or Senate. It strips the Senate-passed provision that would ban lawmakers from phoning in earmark requests to agencies, which are untraceable and could add countless additional earmarks. It even allows funding for Hillary Clinton's infamous Hippie Museum. The bill also uses budget gimmicks and emergency designations to boost federal spending at least a $18 billion above the president's already too - expensive budget request. Everyone wants to go home for the holidays and members of Congress are hoping that you are looking the other way while they ram this one through. Fortunately, Senator Jim DeMint has objected and is forcing a vote later this afternoon that will require a vote of 60 senators for the omnibus to proceed. Congress should instead enact a continuing resolution, go home for the holidays, and come back to finish appropriations work next year with the time to properly vet what they are voting on. Without time for members to actually read the bill and examine how your money is being spent, you can be fairly sure that it won't be spent wisely. When election time comes next year, we need to vote out of office all those who supposedly represent us in Congress and start out with a whole new group who could do no worse than the incumbents! Albert V. Burns Spanish Fork I ( |
