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Show Page 4 American fork citizen Thursday, July 17, 2008 notes NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS -'-'V. ; P J i ii.. , - - : r t , - ... A y t-.J. 7. ; ' ' 11 'f ' -: ? LINDA BUTLERNorth County Todd Merrill and his sister Kryshel place a bowl of warm yogurt culture into a simple solar oven a paper shopping bag. The warm summer sun will set the yogurt in an afternoon. Sun an age-old tool of food preparation Linda Butler NORTH COUNTY STAFF t all starts with the sun. Without the sun, life couldn't survive on earth; our planet would become a frozen, dark rock floating in space. The light and warmth from the sun allow plants to grow. Plants are food for animals and humans. In addition to growing our food, the sun can help us prepare and preserve food. Ancient people used the sun to dry grains and herbs for future fu-ture use. Thinfy sliced pieces of fruit, such as peaches or apples, can be laid out on a fabric screen and dried in the sun. Fruit Leather Sun-dried fruit leather is a fun treat to make and to eat. The easiest way to make fruit leather is to grind fruit in a blender until it is pulpy and about the consistency of tomato sauce. About -l cup of fruit pulp makes a strip of leather. Any fruit that blends easily can be dried into leather peaches, apricots, and pears are our favorites. Applesauce and strawberries can also be made into leather. Experiment with combinations of fruit for new tastes. Adding a teaspoon of sugar per cup of fruit will enhance sweetness, and a few drops of lemon juice will help prevent darkening as the leather dries. Pour two strips of the ground pulp onto a lightly greased cookie sheet. Each strip should be about an inch away from the sides and about two inches apart in the center. Jiggle the sheet a bit to flatten and spread the pulp. This will help it to dry more quickly and Cedar Hills Family Festival to Emily Cox NORTH COUNTY STAFF The skies will light up, music will ring through the hills and crazy cake eaters city wide will gather for the 2008 Cedar Hills Family Festival, beginning Saturday. As if fireworks, live music and cake weren't enough to draw a crowd, check out the 13 other scheduled events to choose from. SATURDAY, JULY 19 5K Race and Mile Fun Run The race begins at 7 a.m. and the Fun Run starts at 8 am Contestants Con-testants in both should meet at the LDS church east of Heritage Park (4450 Cedar Hills Drive). Registration is going on now at www.runnercard.com. (Go to www.cedarhills.org City Celebration Cel-ebration link for more detailed information on how to register and prices.) Registration closes July 18 at 3:45 p.m. or interested residents can do late registration at 6 the morning of the race. Battle of the Bands 5-10 p.m. The music ring ft- ! I . -4. : Yogurt recipes 1 cup milk (skim, 1, 2 or whole) 1 1 tablespoon powdered milk (optional) 1 tablespoon yogurt Scald milk and let cool to 110 degrees. A drop on the wrist will feel warm. Mix in powdered milk and yogurt. Pour into container and let set. 1 cup water, 120 degrees I V-i cup powdered milk 1 tablespoon yogurt Mix water and milk powder in blender. Mix in yogurt. Pour into containers con-tainers and let set. For sweeter yogurt, add 1-2 teaspoons of sugar per cup of milk. Flavoring Fla-voring can also be added, vanilla and lemon are popular. Yogurt can even be made from chocolate milk. Follow any of the yogurt recipes, substituting chocolate milk for milk. Be sure it's real chocolate milk and not a chocolate milk "drink" as a drink may not set up properly. evenly. It's OK if the strips touch slightly. Put the sheet into full sun. We try to put pur fruit leather outside about 10 a.m., when the sun is fairly hot. The surface of the leather will dry quickly, making it less interesting interest-ing to insects. Another way to prevent insects is to cover the leather with a screen or thin fabric such as cheesecloth. Be sure it doesn't touch the fruit. Fabric will help keep insects away, but will also increase drying time. Most fruit leather will dry in about 7 to 10 hours on a hot sunny day. Bring in fruit leather at night. We place ours in the oven with the light on and the door slightly ajar. The light provides a bit of warmth that may complete the drying process. If it's not dry, set it outside for a second day. Fruit leather is dry when it's not sticky about the consistency of an earlobe. Fruit leather can be rolled and stored in plastic ing from the hills will be com ing from the Heritage Park Amphitheater during the annual Battle of the Bands. Residents may lounge on the lawn as local bands battle for the $300 grand prize. The battle begins at 5 p.m. For more information please go to www.cedarhills.org City Celebration Cel-ebration link. WEDNESDAY; JULY 23 Firecracker Golf Tournament at Cedar Hills Golf Club 8 a.m. Find yourself on the Cedar Hills Golf course at 8 a.m. for the Firecracker Golf Tournament. Tourna-ment. This year's competition will be a 4-man, 18 hole scramble. scram-ble. Please see www.cedar hills, org for the Registration Form, There is a registration fee that includes green fees, cart rental and lunch. For questions, call the Cedar Hills golf Club Pro Shop at 796-1705. Cedar Hills Family Night with the OremOwlzatUVU 7:05 p.m. Bring the family . ..3 JT y ts . bags for about a month. For longer storage up to 6 months, refrigerate. Solar Yogurt Making "solar yogurt" can be really fun. People have made milk into yogurt and cheese to preserve it since ancient times. Yogurt was eaten in ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Make yogurt by preparing prepar-ing a warm milk mixture (see sidebar). The yogurt culture is simply yogurt bought at the store. This yogurt must contain live active cultures in order to make more yogurt. The ingredient ingredi-ent information on the yogurt carton will indicate if there are live cultures. The yogurt recipes listed here can easily be doubled or tripled to make larger amounts. Pour the warm yogurt and milk mixture into glass or plastic containers. Cover containers, then place in a "solar oven." The to the Orem Owlz game at Utah Valley University and watch them take on the Casper Ghosts. Enjoy a fireworks show after the game. Buy your reduced tickets at the city office: $5 for chair, hot dog, and drink; $3 for chair only. FRIDAY, JULY 25 Dinner and Outdoor Movie at Heritage Park 6-9 p.m. A bit of Hawaii is brought to Heritage Park Pavilion Pavil-ion with a hiau dinner catered by Matiki Island on Friday night. When everyone is full and ready to relax, toss your blankets and lawn chairs down and enjoy The Bee Movie outdoors. out-doors. Tickets are required to attend the dinner. SATURDAY, JULY 26 Cedar Hills Parade 9 a.m. Find a spot along Harvey Blvd. or 4600 West and watch the parade . Carnival at Heritage Park 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The all-day all-day carnival has something to T 7 V Fun Sun Facts I The sun is the largest object in the solar system and contains more than 99 percent of the mass of the entire solar system. If the sun were hollow, about a million earths could fit inside. The sun is 93 million miles away. It would take 176 years to drive to the sun in a car (averaging 60 mph.) The surface temperature of the sun is about 10,000 degrees F. I More sun facts and folklore can be found at http.7solar-center.stanford.edu http.7solar-center.stanford.edu simplest solar oven is a brown paper shopping bag. Put the bag in a sunny spot, place yogurt yo-gurt mixture inside, roll down the top and secure it with a clothespin or bag clip. Yogurt needs to sit undisturbed and warm at 90-110 degrees F. The bag will keep the yogurt about 10 degrees warmer than the surrounding air. If outside temperatures are below 80 when making yogurt, wrapping wrap-ping a black plastic bag around the paper bag "oven" will help boost the temperature. Temperatures Tem-peratures over 120 will kill the yogurt culture. Yogurt takes about 4-8 hours to set up. Check in 4-5 hours. Gently scoop out a spoonful When set, yogurt will hold its shape. Homemade yogurt yo-gurt is usually softer than store-bought store-bought yogurt. Refrigerate, then enjoy. Yogurt is delicious over fresh fruit or granola. Learn more about solar cooking at www.solarcooking. org and www.cookwiththesun. com begin Saturday with 5K race catch the attention of everyone. There will be various events throughout the day as well as inflatable rides, children's games, family activities, craft fair, cake-eating contest, bingo, outdoor performances, climbing climb-ing walls, food, and lots of fun. Tickets are needed for admission. admis-sion. Please refer to ticket prices below. Outdoor performances at Heritage Heri-tage Park Amphitheater 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free musical musi-cal performances are featured throughout the day. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets, find a shady spot on the lawn, and enjoy en-joy thae fine presentations. BMX Bike Show Noon and 2 p.m, A thrilling 40-minute show of professional BMX stunt riding with music, theatrical comedy, and audience participation. Firemen's Water Cannon East Field, Cedar Ridge Elementary Ele-mentary School, 4500 W. Cedar Hills Drive 11a.m., lp.m. and 3 p.m. Cool off with the help of the local Fire Department. "Read a Win" reading pro Wasatch Wildflower Festival Learn about mountain flowers and geology during the Wasatch Wildflower Festival, Fes-tival, July 18-20. Events take place on Friday at Solitude Village, Saturday at Alta, and Sunday at Snowbird. Friday (Solitude): 3 & 5 p.m. Wildflower hikes. Moderate-level Moderate-level hikes. Meet at Stone Haus in Solitude Village (entry (en-try 2). Easier Wildflower Walks leave at Stone Haus from 34 p.m. This mile long walk will begin and end with a ride on Sunrise lift. Saturday (Alta): Wildflower walks leave hourly from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Children's flower walks and art activities activi-ties will be available. All Alta events are free and take place at the west end of the Albion Grill parking lot. Sunday (Snowbird): Registration Reg-istration begins at 8:15 a.m. for Wildflower and Geology hikes which leave at 9:45 a.m. A tram or lift will take you to the higher elevations for the hikes. $5 donation. More information can be found at wasatchwildflower- festival.org. Storytelling Laugh along with the entire family as The Timp Tellers re count hilarious tales of family mishaps and parenting woes in an engaging evening of family stories in "Tales of Parenting Par-enting and Other Natural Di sasters. Free admission. July 21, Orem Library, Storytelling Wing, 7 p.m. Irish Music, Dance Enjoy and celebrate Irish culture with Stonecircle and the Crawford School of Irish Dance in a free concert on July 21 in the outdoor amphitheater amphi-theater at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 W. 3100 South, West Valley City. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the concert begins at 8 p.m. Mormon Pageant Learn about and experience the travels of the Martin and Willie Handcart Companies of 1876 and their rescuers, both past and present, in the Mormon Handcart Pageant, July 23-26 at the Juab County Fairgrounds, Nephi. The pageant pag-eant begins at 9:15 p.m., with pre-pageant activities beginning begin-ning at 6 p.m. Admission to the pageant is free. Pioneer Pageant The story of Pioneer migration migra-tion from England to Utah is told through music and dance on July 24-26 as Academy of Ballet and Pioneer Legacy Theater Company perform "Pioneer Legacy Pageant." Pioneer triumph and tragedy is told through the story of the George and Elizabeth Fox family. The hour-long performance begins at 9 p.m. nightly, at the beautiful outdoor out-door Springville Arts Park, 620 S. 1350 East, Springville. The pageant features dancers of all ages and will be enjoyed by young and old alike. Admission Ad-mission is free. Meet author Ann Cannon at signing Teens are invited to hear author Ann Edwards Can gram In September, Cedar Hill's children ages 6-12 were invited to read 10 books by July 26 and win a prize. Download the Reading Record Form from www.cedarhills.org City Celebration Cel-ebration link and have a parent, guardian, or teacher verify your reading. Take the form to the headquarters booth in Heritage Heri-tage Park between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to receive the prize. "Run to Win" walking or running run-ning program Those who participated in this program are encouraged to download the Run to Win Form at www.cedarhills.org City Celebration link. Fill out the form with the number of miles walked or ran and take the form to the headquarters booth at Heritage Park between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to claim your prize. If you didn't participate this year, check out the details of the program by logging onto www.cedarhills.org for a head start on next year. Costco Cake-Eating Contest at Heritage Park Pavilion 2 p.m. If you're passionate non read from her new book "The Loser's Guide to Life and Love," a story of a young man who pretends to be a Brazilian Brazil-ian stud to win the heart of a beautiful girl. Following the author visit, grab your favorite fa-vorite book and some snacks and read, read, read. July 22, 2 p.m., Orem City Council Chambers, 56 N. State, Orem. International CultureFest Celebrate Utah's diverse cultural heritage at an evening filled with lively music and entertainment, delicious ethnic eth-nic foods, colorful costumes, unique cultural art displays and craft demonstrations on July 23 at the Gallivan Center, 239 S. Main, Salt Lake City. 6-11 p.m. Free admission. Days of '47 Parade See the Days of '47 parade floats in air-conditioned comfort. com-fort. Visit the South Towne Expo Center, 9575 S. State, Sandy, on July 21 and 22 to preview many of the 2008 parade floats. Each day, the party begins at 11 a.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Free admission. Llama Fest Enjoy the pride of the Andes. An-des. See llamas, enjoy food vendors, and hear a variety of music including Los Herma-nos Herma-nos de los Andes, Lowell Blue, Good Karma Blues Band, Nuestras Raices, and Latin Dance Heritage. The Llama Fest is July 19, 4-10 p.m. at the Krishna Temple, 8628 S. Main, Spanish Fork. Admission is adults $3, children $1. International Peace Garden Enjoy a peaceful stroll through gardens representing represent-ing 28 countries from around the world at the International Peace Garden, located at Jordan Park, 1000 South 900 West, Salt Lake City. The gardens gar-dens are open from dawn to dusk through Sept. 30. Admission Admis-sion is free. This beautiful garden was founded as a citizenship project proj-ect and lesson in peace and understanding between nations. na-tions. Children will especially enjoy the lion statues in the Chinese garden, the mini-Mat-terhorn, and the monument to peace, written in dozens of languages. Picnic tables and restrooms are available in the adjacent Jordan Park. Gilgal Sculpture Garden, park Formerly the secret garden of Salt Lake, Gilgal Sculpture Garden is now a public city park, open daily for the enjoyment enjoy-ment of all. Summer hours are 8 a.m.-8 p.m. through Sept. 30. Located at 749 E. 500 South in Salt Lake City, Gilgal Sculpture Garden was envisioned, designed de-signed and created by Thomas Battersby Child Jr. in the mid-twentieth mid-twentieth century. Tucked in the middle of the block behind houses and businesses, many are still unaware un-aware of its existence and enjoy en-joy a true sense of discovery when they visit the garden for the first time. Gilgal Sculpture Garden contains 12 original sculptures and over 70 stones engraved with scriptures, poems, po-ems, and literary texts. about cake, especially eating it, be at the Pavilion at 2 p.m. for the Costco Cake Eating Contest. Participants will be broken into age divisions and stuff their faces for prizes. Pet show at Heritage Park Amphitheater Am-phitheater 5 p.m. Watch as beloved Cedar Hills pets are crowned in the following categories: Smallest, Small-est, Largest, Most Unusual, Best Trick, Friendliest, Look Alike, Most Obedient, Longest Ears, Most Patriotic and Best Costume. Wizard of Oz at Heritage Park Amphitheater 8 p.m. Up with Kids Productions Pro-ductions presents this one-hour, up-beat musical show for the entire family Fireworks spectacular No Family Festival is complete com-plete without the culminating fireworks spectacular. Beginning Begin-ning at approximately 10 p.m., fireworks will be set off near Cedar Hills Drive and 4800 West. K-STAR 1400 AM radio will broadcast music to accompany accom-pany the display. |