OCR Text |
Show VEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, MAY 24, 1979 Adverse Weather Causes Carrots To Oo Strange Things By PATRICK DENTON garden leavesayn be used whole to line salad bowls, or heads can be cross cut into ringlets for tossed salads. " CARROTS: A recent Cornell University study reports ? IF YOU like a bit of a tangy taste in your salads, try ad- Copley News Service Items from my diary: , that adverse weather can cause carrots to do strange things. They found, for example, that the popular Solidifying a partnership of combined efforts at building a school and helping people in a small Bolivian town are Clearfield High School students, that citys council and mayor and Bolivian Partnership program officials. Top, left, Dr. Drew Peterson, heading up the partnership program, visits Clearfield to present certificate of appreciation while Mayor Donal Townley, next right, as faculty advisor Jay Stuart looks on. Heading up student participation are Belinda Townley, left, Kent Jorgenson, Cindy Childs, Curtis Child and Cindy McBride. HANDS ACROSS HEMISPHERES Vow Grandmoth- er- By JANET LOWE Copley News Service To a kid shes someone who will take you to the zoo six times in a row and not complain. To a mom, shes someone who spoils the kids. To a dad, shes someone who spoils Mom. To a feminist, .he has become a person to look to for information on what makes women the way they are. CALL IT nostalgia, call it a search for roots, call it retrospection, but feminists are looking back at grandmothers with a curiosity that is both: personal and scientific at the same time. their studies, members of a feminist writing class at the University of California at San Diego explored the influence of grandmothers, and were surprised at what they learned. As a part of HI POLLY Levin, a student in the class, at first didnt think her grandmother had any effect on her own life. She died before was born. What could she have to do with me? said Levin. But after thinking for awhile about her grand-- , mother, Polly changed hen mind. My folks always said I was just like my Grandmother Jacobs. They thought 1 walked, talked, and acted like her, and finally I wanted to know what struck them as similar. Genetic heritage is one reason to study our ancestors. The more we know about them, the more we know about the physical equip Bewe inherited. ment havior traits, those which are learned, certainly are passed along through the generations, and it helps to know why we do some of the things we do. Grandmothers often have an even greater impact than we realized. one thing, creamed chipped beef on toast, one of the Armys oldest and best known recipes. just has improved dramatically in the past 20 years. The old mess halls have given way, in many places, to excellent dining facilities. The Army even has a culinary arts team that ARMY FOOD Marcell W. Bird, a teacher at North Davis Junior High for 11 years, is retiring after 39 years of teaching, 36 of them in the music field. MR. BIRD was bom in a little town of Mendon, west of Logan. He began his musical training on the piano while in the seventh grade. Then, in the ninth grade, he sold his calf and bought a saxophone in band, cello in orchestra, the piano, and sang second tenor in choruses and male quartets. 4-- ; HE JOINED the world famous Isham Jones Big Band dance orchestra and Continued playing with dance bands until two years ago, which adds up to 50 years of entertaining dancers of all ages. He was active in athletics in high school and college, winning honors on the track and tennis teams. He attended college at many universities earned enough credits for a Doctor of Education degree. He has taught in Idaho schools, at Central Davis and North and regularly prepares award- winning recipes for international cooking competitions. But thousands of Army veterans still remember good "old chipped beef. For anyone interested in a taste of that familiar standby, heres the recipe. It has two sets of measurements the first for an 82nd Airborne dining hall, and the second for a family of four: 82nd AIRBORNE (Serving for 65) 7 lbs. of chipped or sliced beef fat preferably butter lb. flour cans evaporated milk bunches of parsley, finely chopped 2 lbs. of 1 4 2 oz. 2 -- pepper gals, of beef stock 130 slices of bread 4 (Serving for or 4) lb. chipped 4 marching bands, and has made records, and has taken tours to western schools. He has also been an active worker in the Boy Scout program. He is the father of four sons and two daughters, and has three grandchildren. He lives with his wife Roxie in young. Possibly they were s or in their early 20s, and their own character hadnt fully formed. teen-ager- Our however, ; grandmothers, more were experienced in life. Most likely they no longer had children at home. They had more time to structure their own hves. It is then, in the empty nest vears, that we are apt to discover the real character of a woman. ONE STUDENT in the feminist writing class came to terms with her own sense of ambition by writing about her grandmother. I remember what a hard worker my grandmother was. She ran several businesses and was very successful. Her money was her own and boy 1 sprig or 2 tsp. butter 4 cup flour V, cup evaporated milk TB He wants to learn the art of fishing and relaxing once again. He also plans to work, work and still work. A SOCIAL was held in the library at NDJH on Wednesday, May 23 from 5 p.m. 3-- y family picnic. guess she liked to play as much as she liked to work, and actually Im that way myself, said 1 Zona Poole. The reaction of the women who studied their grandmothers varied. Some were amazed at the courage of their pioneer and immigrant ancestors. Some were sad- dened, like the woman who was going through an old album and discovered, after her grandmothers silent history had to do with that. Regardless of what they learned looking back, the women of the feminist writing class were each glad of one thing. They realized that their grandmothers were more than mere shadow women. of They were women influence. From that underimstanding, they felt more of role own in their portant mother and grandmother. tium leaves. Choose-youn- ones. g Plan on making some of your owm herb vinegars to liven up your salads. Put a bunch of herbs into a quart jar, fill it with vinegar, preferably a wine vinegar, and let it set on the kitchen counter tor a week. Strain and bottle. Dark opal basil makes an especially pretty vinegar, rose pink and delicious. Good-alsare garlic, dill, basil and two-by-tw- leaves will grow nice and strong to cover the fruits for protection from the sun. IF YOU dont want to go to the bother of hammering a support together, simply lash poles or scrap together with twine or twist ties. One simple design is to lash two poles together into an inverted V. A series of two or three of these, with some lengthwise poles lashed to them, and maybe some string strung vertically makes a savory. quite adequate cucumber if your CUCUMBER: cucumber vines are going' to be squished for space this season, scratch around the storage shed for some materials with which to concoct some sort of climbing to care for than ones sprawled on the ground. The harvesting is cleaner and easier, and you support for the vines. support. Trained-u- vines are easier dont have to worry about scrunching the fruit into mush with your feet. What About The Public And Goverarant Investigations A student asks: Does the public have any say about the Governments investigation of chemical substances cancer-causin- g in our environ- ment? ANSWERLINE: At the end 1976, the National Cancer Institute a established Clearinghouse on Environmental Carcinogens to consider which chemicals should be tested for cancer potential, the appropriate experiments, the significance of test results and any possible cancer risk to human beings. of Voting membership includes 30 representatives of groups outside the Federal Government such as the American Cancer Society, representatives of industry and labor organizations as well as consumer groups devoted to health. ALL MEETINGS of the Clearinghouse and its subgroups are open to the public. Dr. James M. Sontag, Executive Secretary of the Clearinghouse on Environ- mental Carcinogens at the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda, Md. has full information about its activities. grandmothers death, that she had once been a promising concert pianist. NANNA sometimes played at church and sometimes for her own enjoyment, but I had no idea shed once been on the road to fame. She gave it up for marriage. particular woman had This Quite Safe Mrs. Delight (meeting politician at party): Ive heard a great deal about you. Politician (absently): Possibly, but you cant prove it. hot toast. Reached at the US Army Recruiting Station in Bountiful, Sgt. Terry Murtaugh said that he makes no promises about the success of this recipe. Through the years, each Army chef has added his own special feature. THUS, EVEN the most dedicated cook will have to be content with creating a replica of yesteryears GI chow. Housewives Sirafte Tlo Homan HOPE OF AMERICA That ITorft By AMERICAN CANCER THE ceremony will be performed at the Kaysville Rock ife SOCIETY regular feature, prepared by the American Cancer Society to help save your life from cancer. FASHION I designer have read that young women are smoking cigarettes than ever before. Is this because more women are now working?" more Answerline: ne i ; Chapel, June A A major student of the cigarette habits of young women which was done for the American Cancer Society by Yankelovich, Skelly and White shows that it more than is housewives who are working women likely to be heavy cigarette smokers. It was found that among housewives who smoke, 66 percent are heavy smokers, whereas among working women who smoke. Recipients of the Hope of America Award presented by Paul Boggs, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Clearfield, left. Recipient include Paul Boggs, Kenneth Stayton, Sindy Stayton, Susan Burton, Larry Johnson and Lynn Barker. Will Marry On June 6 Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Allen of 472 Spurlock Street, the forthLay: ii ar"nahe of their coming daughter Katrina Leslie to Bill Henry Dodd. He is the son of Clarence and Barbara Dodd of 1855 South 200 West, Bountiful. A City. "SHED TAKE all her' grandchildren to the circus at once, or throw a three-da- made a decision to have both a career and marriage, and now wonders what impact her tossed salads and add a mild peppery tang, much like that of cress. Another tangy addition to a salad from your garden is some cut up nastur- MELT THE fat in a pan and add the flour. Cook a few minutes to brown the flour. Add the milk and beef stock, stirring constantly to prevent lumping. Add the dried beef and cook 5 minutes. Add parsley and pepper. Serve on writes: THEIR plans for the future include spending time at their summer home in Island Park, Ida., 20 miles southwest of West Yellowstone, visiting his oldest son who has been a professional opera singer in Brussels, Belgium, for eight years and visiting New York was she generous! low PROLONGED temperatures can also cause flowers to form at the expense of edible roots. The flower heads are like Queen Annes lace. Once flowers have formed, the roots are woody and tasteless, not fit to eat. Salads: if your summer salads have become rather humdrum, the usual combination of lettuce, tomato, onion and radish, then this season might be the time for you to try out some new flavors in your salads. CRISP green spinach leaves add their lovely deep color and big nutritional boost to any salad. Choose young crinkled leaves for a special treat to the eyes. Another way to introduce new flavors to a salad is to take a pinch of several different herbs from the garden to add to the salad - basil, dill, savory and of court , p sley. Chinese cabba; 3 makes a fine salad green. Its long. tard greens. They fluff up about four feet you have the beginnings of a good support. String can be wound between for the parallel the vines to climb on. Given a couple doses of fertilizer during the season, the cucumber finely chopped parsley Pepper to taste 4 cups beef stock 8 slices of bread sliced beef 1 has Davis. HE HAS won many honors with his choral groups, his Woman Of Influence Armys Best Known Recipe things to different people. But, to many GIs it means Retires After 36 Years A WHEN WE were very young and most susceptible to influence from our elders, our own mothers were often quite, 1 Army food means different MARCELL W. BIRD Chantenay variety, grown at favorable soil temperatures of 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit (15 to 20 Celsius), roots will assume the normal wedge shape. But roots which develop at soil temperatures of 40 to 50 degrees Fahrenheit (5 to 10 Celsius) will be long and pointed. Warmer soil temperatures of 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (20 to 25 Celsius) tend to produce shorter, stumpy roots. Prolonged low temperatures can cause carrot roots to be rather pale in color. The nutritional value of pale carrots is not as great as that of deep orange roots, which have higher amounts of ding a few curly leaved mus- For example, with two or three stout boards driven into the ground, nailed between them, one close to the ground and one at 6 by Bishop Rulon Brinkerhoff of the Lay-to- n 11th Ward. An early morning breakfast is planned and a reception will follow the ceremony that evening. Katrina was a graduate of Layton High School. Bill was graduated from Bountiful High School. 53 percent are smokers. heavy Among the female cigarette the percent, were housewives, unemployed or students. Through a combined effort of the ACS and the National Cancer Institute, summaries of this interesting study are available free of charge from local Units of the smokers majority, ACS. surveyed 61 OFFICERS INSTALLED The Kaysville J.C.K.s held their Installation Banquet on Saturday evening at the Mansion House in Ogden. L to r, Mary Lou Jandreau, director; Jill Chiles, director; Marie Parkinson, treasurer; Nadine Anderson, secreAntary; Mary Petingill, second vice president; Cindy derson, first vice president; Anette Haacke, president; and Paula Allen, past president. The new officers will serve during the 1979-8year, np 0 |