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Show SOUTHERN UTAH NEWS WEDNESDAY APRIL 25, 2001 Community ""V ,S ' A SS ,v aVa a V"' A Av. v. .vX a S jK"SS sSs'jS ' Domestic Blitz K.iX JK ASArV V 4 i ' w a,Aa A " vi Wf'tS A&y ,, V a AV rSSAS S ''& t .w 1 - Ajr A AJ'Zs Mr &. rM,SA X f SSsS By Dixie Brunner As I put the finishing touches many of the Creole dishes. y on my Old dishes? pot roast and I No Creole dishes, you know potatos last week, was pondering about a question Cajun...southem cooking. which has puzzled people for Returning the pkra back to its good cooking skills bowl, he looked at me and said learned or inherent? . that he was a westerner now This question always puzzles ' and didnt want to be a traitor to me because, by all rights, I actu- his geographic locale. Admit it, you just dont like ally should possess some fairly-deceI come the okra, I charged. I was just gourmet genetics. from a long line offemale family trying to be adventuresome and members who would look woe- add some new flavors to your fully into their ice boxes, be- palate. No offense mom, but can you moaning the fact that they had absolutely nothing to fix, and just stick to tuna noodle casseproceed to prepare and serve a role? Youre really good at that. spread fit for a king. Get this. I even have one The problem is that I have no adSuccess cousin, somewhat distant Ill cooking who cookbook. I wrote sufa I breeds and have mit, success, quickly bought it thinking that fered some incredible kitchen maybe a relative would speak catastrophies. Cookings not like my own language, and Id be a riding a bike. You dont have a better cook because of the blood crash and come bouncing back too-dr- under- -cooked cen-turies-a- re nt self-estee-m. - connection, but that didnt work either I made her, Pineapple Upside Down Cake ; right ' side up, when I burned my hand as I was pulling it out of the oven. I think I was left a question mark in place of a recipe book, when the ole X and Y chromosomes were determining my cooking characteristics. Betty Crocker Im not. I should be able to walk into a kitchen and command excellence in every dish I prepare. But while I occasionally come up with some good ideas or exotic dishes, Im in my keenly meat and potato household. Mom, whats this green, weird-tastin- g thing floating in my soup? Okra, I respond confidently, feeling that I had really adventured out of the realm of TV dinners by opening a can ofokra and adding it to the Gumbo. Its a southern vegetable used in under-appreciat- well. , . , , x w .. . The first time, Dennis and I had my mother and father-in-laover for supper after we got married, I decided to go with a Mexican theme night. I went the whole nine yards, decorat, w ing Mexican, providing chips and dip in one of those darling, e-down sombreros, and if I hadnt been paying more attention to my margarita than my tacos, I might have prevented the firemen from coming. You guessed right-- I forgot the shells in the oven...at 450! Needless to say, my were wowed kitsch. kitchen by my Oh well, I guess we all have to accept our different strengths and weaknesses. Life wouldnt be much fun if we all were alike. But just remember, if my kids act like theyre starving when they come to your house, take pity on them, their mother is a cooking dyslexic. upsid- in-la- ed Bennett delivers funds to 95 rural Utah schools Senator Bob Bennett is happy to announce that 95 rural schools in Utah will spilt approximately $700,000 in federal fiind3, now on their way to the state as a result of language Bennett authored in a recent spending bill. The Necessarily Existent Small School (NESS) Program was established by the Utah State Legislature to assist small, isolated schools in the state. The money announced today and secured by Bennett is the first federal money approved to supplement the state program. '"I H 1 II U Ip4 rcrshsdu! & iu k sag- 4 V ?? rS lift M nr Vtm. !fc Bua to arcuzsgt ancaa beyond ; Ycjno rith Fads as the back our control and numerous con- ground. Remember, there is a flict e, the Kano Count y c simi- $1,000 scholarship derived an.1 ip Pageant has been pash front ticket sales and partict-- : potted until dune 0, 2001. paling merchants,. ' Young v.T.r'n who wmtta lihe Fid the date of dune 0 on to part3 dj sto may nz:; have year calendar and plan to sup-,pe-rt tHs comnitmify activity. jr,: a Hr r tr ribrnit Heir a- - c TLc , s' Am -- i i th: trcr a t.ho 1 4 r r at ' ni, F'o bJg-no ni fa for its kids. Bennett noted the grant money is expected to be used to upgrade inadequate libraries, a common challenge in Utahs schools, particularly in the rural areas. Utah schools are designated NESSsifthey: have a small number of Im delighted to announce this students are geographically isolated boost for rural schools in our e schools in Utah Ninety-fivsaid. When a Bennett state, NESSs and come from school like Grouse Creek El qualify as 25 of Utahs 40 school districts. e The federal grant of $699,154 will be allocated by formula and administered by the Utah State Office of Education. Bennett noted that while the primary responsibility for education funding and administration rests at the state and local level, he is supportive of some federal programs that preserve local authority. The following schools in Kane County will receive a portion of the grant: Big Water Elementary; Big Water High School; Kanab Middle School; Kanab High School; Lake Powell Elementary; Lake Powell High School; and Valley High School. one-tim- Farm Bureau encourages irrigation companies to review bylaws Farm Bureau encourages all mutual irrigation companies in state to carefully review their articles of incorporation and bylaws before state legisla- goes into effect at the end of the month. , UFBF President Ken Ashby irrigation companies that in the 2000 General Ses- sion, the Utah Legislature re- the Utah Nonprofit Cor- poration Act, effective April 30, 2001, and enacted in its place the Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act, which could adversely affect some irrigation companies. If a mutual irrigation com- pany has not made the necessary changes to its articles of incorporation or bylaws, the Act will undoubtedly change the way things are done, Ashby said. For instance, Ashby noted, the Act provides that Unless otherwise provided in the companys bylaws, each member entitled to vote shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of members. In other words, voting is not done by shares of stock unless so specified in the articles or bylaws. f ementary in northern Utah is using text books from the 1940s, and holds a bake sale to help raise its $1000 annual operating budget, the $5,000 it is slated to receive from this funding makes a tremendous difference Throughout, the Act sets standards that will apply to a company unless otherwise provided by the bylaws, Ashby said. For example, many company bylaws allow a quorum to be made up of only the shareholders in attendance at any properly called meeting. The Act preserves the traditional methods of voting either in person or by proxy, but also creates special procedures for voting by ballot. The Act also deals with record keeping procedures, requirements for posting mem- - bership lists at meetings, sions can be prepared, notice whether there is a property given, and a shareholders meet-th- e right in memberships, and ing can be held to make any many other things. If any provisions in the Act adversely affect the way a com- -' pany is operated, Ashby said the company may want to make changes to its bylaws prior to April 30, 2001 - especially if it has problems getting a major- ity of shareholders to attend meetings. The company should have its attorney review its ar-tides and bylaws so that revi- - necessary changes, The Utah F arm Bureau F n eration is the states largest farm and ranch organization, with more than 22 ,300 member-remin- ds families in Utah. More Farm Bureau policy positions and ed-tio- news on todays food produc-peale- d tion issues are available on the UFBF website at HYPERLINK http:www.fb.orgutfb www.fb.orgutfb. |