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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY JANUARY , Vn Community American tradition Girl Scout cookies-a- n Domestic Blitz This may be the start of New diets for many Utahns, Years fT" but its also the kickoff week for the "The Worlds Largest Bake By Dixie Brunner Sale." Girl Scouts across the state will be taking orders from January 20 through February 3 Blame it on dear ol mom Editors note: This is a reprint ceeded. I think Fm the only perfrom an earlier Domestic Blitz. son who has ever tried to stuff the Thanksgiving turkey with I think it gives her pleaI mom hold polyfill. Quite frankly, my sure to know my homemade accountable. Parents should get the blame noodles are so tough theyve been for their adult childrens faults. used as toothpicks! Since my mom didnt share Why should we shoulder the responsibility for our own behav- her kitchen secrets, there was ior, when we could easily heap no other choice-- I had to leave the home range before I ever the blame on dear ol mom? Fm a lousy cook-thi- s fact is not learned to cook. I pledged my disputed by anyone who has ever kitchen kitch to Betty Crocker. eaten at my home. I know Ive My mom may have neglected me mentioned this before, but people as a cherub cook, but Betty never really do ask me not to bring would. I dreamt that thered anything to potlucks, and if I do, come a day when my husband they discreetly set my dish un- would boast about my pie der the table.. When our sons crust... well maybe not my homestay at a friends house, they made pie crust, but hed cerrequest a packed lunch to bring tainly be able to brag about how well I defrosted those frozen home with them. I consider it gourmet when we ones. At some point I accepted the use fancy ketchup" on our tater tots. Ive blown up baked pota- fact I was destined to be a metoes, torched tacos, pulverized diocre cook. But so be it,. .Im pasta and mutilated meatloaf. ' still mad as hops at my mom If that werent enough. Ive de- about this. If shed instructed stroyed desserts, sabotaged me in the art of cooking, I sandwiches, sunk soups and mightve gone through life havblown barbeques. My kids are ing people ask me for my recithe only ones in America who pes rather than my Pepto think having to eat a home-cooke- d Bismol. Rest assured that Fm going to meal is a punishment of some sort. Lets face it, when it be a better teacher than she has comes to bon appetite" Fm a been. Fm going to groom our sons into being remarkable bonaflop. Now the credit (or lack of) for chefs, the kind every wife dreams my ineptness in the culinary . of. Fll start soon, teaching them department falls directly in the every single thing I know. Uh lap (or apron) of my mother. Lib- oh...the poor guys are going to be eral readers are probably say- doomed from the very beginning. ing my dad couldve taught me Come to think of it, maybe Ill to cook and theyd be absolutely just buy our sons a cookbook or right, except for one minor de- two. tail, he like my husband, couldn't boil water. That meant my mom not only gave birth to a totally charming, adorable daughter, but she had to be mentor to a girl whod made the galloping gourmet gag. My moms a great cook. Shes the type that whines, "I don't have anything to make for supper," and proceeds to prepare and serve a delicious eight-cours- e meal. She always makes the good type meals- - loaded with lots of sugar and cholesterol . My husband and sons love her cooking. Whenever Im gone, its a standard practice that theyll eat over at her house. The thing that bothers me is that theyre starting to ask me to leave! She does it on purpose. Fm pretty sure that she never spent much time teaching me how to cook, because she wanted to make me look bad. She suc 7 for those famous cookies. This year there is somethingnew coming out of the oven thats good news for the Girl Whats baking? Low-fScout cookies. If youre worried about your New Years diet resolution, dont. There are three varieties of Girl Scout cookies If you arent that are low-fa- t. concerned about the fat content, the Girl Scouts will be offering favorites. Accordtheir e Girl to Scouts research, the ing top selling Girl Scout cookie health-consciou- s. at all-tim- Ann Sinclair, Kaylie Horton and Makeruee Daley out selling their cookies. Photo by Beth Smith. are three local Girl Scouts ies. Cookies sold in Utah are credits given directly to girls who baked in Louisville, Kentucky. participate in the cookie sale proIn Utah girls earn activity gram. Girls use cookie credits for Mints, guessed credits during the cookie sale, council-sponsore- d which accounts for about camps, proof all cookies sold in the their troops earn money for troop gram events, and select merchanUnited States. program and the council spends dise in the Girl Scout Shop. Only becookie proceeds on values-basecookies 5.5 is used to administer the Girl Scout Selling mission-drive- n 1920s in the when the early gan program oppor- cookie sale program. Unaudited Girl Scouts and their mothers tunities for girls. Girls also ben- 1996 figures show the Utah Girl baked cookies at home. Today, efit from the experience of sell- Scout Council issued more than the bake sale is the worlds larg- ing cookies. $165,000 in activity credits to We manage for the mission-t- o est. In Utah, more than 7,000 girls who sold cookies and an Girl Scouts along with 3,500 inspire girls with the highest additional $20,000 in financial is-y- ou it-Th- in one-four- th d, adult volunteers plan to partici- pate in this once-a-yeprogram activity. Girl Scout program activities are subsidized by the annual cookie sale program: Camps are built and maintained, special ar activities supported, and travelships to major Girl Scout events are underwritten by cookie money. Girl Scouts in homeless shelters, migrant labor camps, and girls from other underserved population groups also are beneficiaries of this traditional fund raising event. There are 330 Girl Scout councils in the United States and each manages their own cookie sale program. Only two bakeries are sanctioned by Girl Scouts of the U.S A to bake Girl Scout cook- - ideals of character, conduct, patriotism, and service that they may become happy and resourceful citizens. In 1997, the projected cookie figures show that of the $3 per box, 25.9 will go to Little Brownie Bakers for the cookies themselves. 51.2 will be used for program development, facility maintenance, training, and support services for girls. 10 per box goes directly to Girl Scout lt plantroop accounts as ning is an intrigal part ofthe Girl Scout program. This way girls, in partnership with adult volunteers, can cany out their own program plans, field trips, and other adventures enhandngtbeir Girl Scout experience. 7.3 will be issued in the form of activity girl-adu- assistance. The true value of the cookie sale program rests on what it does for girls. From participation in the cookie sale, girls often receive their first practical education in finance, marketing, and communications. They are given an active part in helping support their organization. But, most importantly, they benefit from taking part in an organization just for girls; one that offers them vital guidance along the pathway to adulthood. Dates to remember Girls take cookie orders -- January 3 ry Girls deliver cookies - Febru- ary 24-Mar- 15 ch Girl Scouts work cookie booths at area stores March 3-1- 5 Einumovaitflosms TTSi?g oQgSI2 Special on DunlopRemingtons 350 engines as tow as $ 1 1 00 installed NAPA -- (Ticket to Fun) is offering the following trips: New location accross from the Buckskin AustraMJew ZeslandFljl Islands - March on Hwy 89A ti .- 'ri ; I 8 1-- 15 Mexico's Yuc&t&n Peninsula (Usyan Ruins) - June PcruSolMa - Jure 7 GreeceTurksy -- 17 day trip inrnid Jims 14-2- assises' 643-781- TO TToniPO European trip - July 15-2- 7 f IsraeiJordsn - November Christmas in Branson December 4-- 10 f For cddtfonsi informstlon, contest Keren Ahray e! or Gsn Drake et 644-253- 644-543- 2 7 4-- 1 1 |