2019 March Facets by GateHouse Media Iowa

FACETS

MARCH 2019

The magazine for women.

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The magazine for women. Contributors

MARLYS BARKER LYN KEREN ROBBIE SEQUEIRA LEXIE TROUTMAN Design

ALEX FELKER Publisher

SCOTT ANDERSON Tribune Editor

MICHAEL CRUMB

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Megan Sloat, a certified nurse midwife at Ames Primary Health Care, helps Aleena Mushtaq fill a sock with rice and tea at their CenteringPregnancy visit on Feb. 13. PHOTO BY LEXIE TROUTMAN/ GATEHOUSE IOWA

FACETS Table of contents Feature 4

Francy Scudder’s impact on Nevada remembered

When a bubbly, energetic blonde was a key part of Nevada’s downtown business district

10 ‘A rising star’

A film about Grace McCunn’s philanthropic journey will show at Omaha Film Festival

14 Thirty-six years of service

Carey retires from Ames Public Library

18 CenteringPregnancy

Prenatal care puts moms in charge

In Brief 9

Deano’s 119 goes Irish

New owner Warner takes over

12 Mary Greeley awarded grant

Local agencies helped to promote nutrition and food security

13 Bronze515 Custom Airbrush Tanning

New tanning salon opens up in Ames

16 Giving back to the community

Ames woman battling terminal cancer gives back

16 ISU professor creates crowdsourced organism project Science on the Okoboji

17 More women being elected, running for office Catt Center says work isn’t done

Relish 21 Getting creative with rotisserie chicken

Two affordable taco dinners, each feeding six people

22 Beef tenderloin gorgonzola A flavorful treat for dinner

23 A pot o’ beans

Changing the way you think about cooking

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Feature By Marlys Barker GateHouse Iowa

Francy Scudder Remembering when a bubbly, energetic blonde was a key part of Nevadaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downtown business district

At left, Francy Scudder in a recent photo. At right, Nevada Journal newspaper clippings show Scudder years ago. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS

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Feature “We grew up to believe in our community as much as you can. I had the best of all worlds growing up in Nevada … and raising my family in Nevada.”

n Feb. 14, Francy Scudder turned 75. It’s worth remembering that for a number of years, this three-quarter-of-a-century beauty was sharing her bigger than life personality, full of sometimes brutal honesty, unending energy and an infectious laugh, in the town of Nevada. Some might say that since she closed up the business — Scudder’s Department Store, which she purchased from her daddy in 1985 and ran until 1995 — Nevada’s downtown has been missing a little something. That something is Francy, who as a total package is beyond any description that mere words can define. Francy Scudder is, and definitely was while in Nevada, her own person, uniquely blessed with strong Christian charm and a bit of flamboyancy that have always set her apart from the rest of the pack. Now living in Windsor, Colo., with her husband, also a native Nevadan, Paul Henderson (they married in 1999), the two have been enjoying life to the fullest. “We carried my hot tub from Nevada to Windsor on Paul’s truck,” she said. “And we added a pool. (It’s) like a vacation every day!” As one can imagine, Francy may be retired, but “being fully retired is a misnomer,” she said. She subbed (yes, late in life she went back to college and majored in special needs) at a nearby high school in a program that served 18 to 21-yearolds with special needs. She did that up until last year. “So this is my second year being fully retired.” But that doesn’t mean she’s not busy. Her energy has to go somewhere. She attends book club meetings, serves on area boards, calls bingo on Monday nights at a nursing home, takes part in Questers, visits shut-ins and cooks meals for a community center, among other activities.

kindergarten in Nevada. “We twin girls arrived in the most ‘beautiful’ outfits, we believed,” she said. “Mom had allowed us to wear all the old scarves and necklaces we found at the new store. Ruth Countryman told me this story. They decided we had a pretty neat mother, even if (we) looked awful!” Ruth, a longtime resident of Nevada, also, as time passed, shared with Francy another memory about her mother Pat. “She (Ruth) had come into Scudder’s and there was this glamorous dark-haired beauty in a white silk blouse with long flowing sleeves and, of all things, TROUSERS.” Even though the trousers weren’t Ruth’s style, Pat was. The two became best of friends, as did Francy and Ruth’s daughter, Joan. As business people and residents, Francy’s parents became very involved in the Nevada community. Hank was in Lions, Rotary, several men’s bridge clubs, the Century Club, Toastmaster’s and he served on the City Council. Pat was in many bridge clubs, on the library board, was SCUDDER, page 6

FROM THE BEGINNING Francy started her life at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where she was born as a twin. Her parents, Henry “Hank” and Elizabeth “Pat,” never said which twin was born first. “I always thought I was the surprise twin (born second),” she tells. But when her twin sister, Darcy, received her first passport, they discovered that Francy was born first. And with their third sister, Betsy, being only 11 months younger, Francy said she always felt like the “middle child” growing up. “My excuse for my unusual life for many years,” she said. Hank Scudder had served in World War II. The family lived with Pat’s parents during that time. They then moved to Camden, N.J., her father working a job at a J.C. Penney’s store, before moving to Nevada, Iowa, where he purchased Sinclair’s Department Store on the main street, which then became Scudder’s Department Store. Francy remembers that exciting time and her first day of FACETS | MARCH 2019 | 5

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president of the Republican State Workshop and served with other groups and church groups. In the 1960s, she even received the Nevada Optimists’ Woman of the Year award. And life was good for the girls, who were often treated as triplets, Francy said. “Usually we all had the same clothes.” The girls enjoyed having slumber parties with friends. Francy’s memories also include her parents’ Christmas open houses, for which her mom baked and froze treats for months before, and outings with Bimbo, their dog, who often tagged along with her and her sisters in town. “We lived one block from the school and she (Bimbo) would often turn up at school assembly meetings (the doors were open because there were no air conditioners in that day). Then the announcement would come out: “’Would one of the Scudder girls come take your dog home?’ Years later, we found out she (Bimbo) also knew the butchers at Hunt’s/ Carsrud’s and Fareway, too.” Nevada afforded kids freedom and safety, Francy said. “Although we did not realize that at the time. We played outside all the time but knew about when to come home for meals. My mom would ring a bell when it was time for dinner. We had a two-block radius then, so we could hear the bell.” As she got a little older, “(in the summer) I would ride my bike to Joanie’s just about every day to play canasta with 10 decks, and it was maybe eight to 10 blocks away.” She didn’t realize at the time, of course, but in her bike ride to Joanie’s she was passing the house of a future husband, Paul, who was five years younger than her. Her memories also include ice skating on Wilson’s Pond in the winter. High school pastimes included cars and “draggin’ main.” Kids went from Lincolnway to First Street, then to the football field (which is across from where Gates Hall is now) and back to Lincolnway. Those cruising around times were also highlighted by stops at Starbuck’s, Posegate’s or Dairy Queen. “When we were in junior high and high school, my parents rented the Farm Bureau (building) and had dances. Daddy would lead some dances. We did that for about three years, and one time with the McLains and McHoses, since Fred, Diane, Darcy and I all had February birthdays. We would all “dress up” for those, she recalled. She also remembers sitting on the cement retaining wall at Eighth Street and J Avenue with friends, Claudia and Donna, and her sister Darcy. “Sometimes (friends) Lynne and Mary joined us. I remember not wanting to go home until someone told us that was where all the old maids in town used to sit!” Francy and both of her sisters were cheerleaders. Francy was also president of the pep club and loved making popcorn with Penny West. “Of course, the class of 1962 was the best. We always had the best float, because of Richard Vincent and all the guys. Also, we had the best prom, a Grecian theme with organdy and dry ice in urns. And we 6 | FACETS | MARCH 2019

had great sports teams — we won many great titles.” The Scudder girls were members of the Girl Scouts and their church youth fellowship group. “Church was an important part of our lives; the adults were our role models and the youth were our friends,” she said. Growing up in Nevada was a wonderful thing.

BUYING THE STORE FROM HER DAD Francy’s father had purchased his Nevada store in 1949 or 1950, she said, and owned it until he sold it to her in 1985. She was divorced and had children and had been working for her dad at that time. When her dad decided he wanted to retire, it made sense for Francy to take over. Her dad had always called Scudder’s a “junior department store.” Francy explained that description: “Younkers would have 20 choices of black pants to choose from; Scudder’s had five choices.” But when it came to variety, Scudder’s Department Store wasn’t short on that. Among their merchandise, Francy said, as she mixes items and brands, were, men’s things first, “boots, waders, Big Smith, Lee, Levi’s, OshKosh, bib overalls, jeans, five brands of men’s underwear, T-shirts, socks, tennis shoes, long underwear, sweatshirts from children sizes to 5X tall.” In women’s, she said, the store had “Bobbie Brooks, Ship’n Shore blouses, Levi suits, jeans, house dresses, midpriced suits and outfits for work and dress, casual clothes, undies, socks, Lorraine gowns, jewelry.” In all sizes, there were “coats, jackets, snow boots, snow pants.” In household items, “we had towels, sheets, material, curtains.” And the store also carried children’s gifts and apparel, wedding gift lines and Christmas gifts lines. Francy loved it all. The merchandise, and more importantly, the people. “Most (customers) were from Story County towns — the smaller communities. My customers were the heart of our country — honest, caring, giving, helping, concerned, loving, Godly persons. And I loved all the relationships you developed. I was so happy when my trusted customers would come in.” So happy to see them, in fact, that she would rush down from the office loft at the back of the store — a loft that overlooked the entire sales floor — and greet them. “They would share their lives and I believe they were comforted and looked forward to being in Scudder’s,” which also, she recalled, served many a customer a cup of coffee while they were stopping in. “Because of the size of Nevada, you could almost know everyone, and you felt like a real part of the town. You were definitely safe,” she said. Francy recalls that in addition to her great customers, she was also joined in the downtown district by other great business people, and many businesses, like her own, were run by or employed women at the top, she noted. “There was Annette Forbes at the Nevada Journal, Cheryl Ahlquist Mordini at Alquist Insurance, Linda McHose at Story County Hospital, Claudia Dixon at Flowers by Claudia, Jean Gildersleeve at the Chamber, Wilma Posegate at the

Feature Broaster and flower shop, and Wilma was also president of the Chamber board.” Francy said there were probably others, but these are some that came to mind at this time. And along with all the fabulous business women, there were some pretty great business guys, like Fred Samuelson at Ben Franklin, Gary Clem at ALMACO, Al Smith at Al’s Shoes, Glover Ambrose at his stores, Craig Miller with his flower shop, Tom Wissler at Wissler Insurance, Don McHose at the bank and others. All these business people joined together to work with the Chamber, Francy recalled, to make fun things happen for the business district. “The Nevada Chamber of Commerce had a duck race and that was really, really fun, and wet. I think I wore bib overalls into the Indian Creek (for that),” she said.

STRONG BUSINESS DISTRICT Francy’s efforts, joining with others to keep the business district strong, made her think back to earlier times on main street when she was growing up in Nevada. She remembered, “when all of main street stayed open Saturday nights for farmers, which stopped in the late 1970s, I think.” During her store ownership years, “I think we tried Fridays and tried drawings, but that had become part of another era.” Still, she and others worked like crazy to sponsor “fabulous promotions” for the businesses of Nevada. “I have them all in a scrapbook,” she said. In one of her own promotional ad roles, Francy became Nevada’s bag lady. “ABWA had me do this at the Catholic Church for a meal… Many members did not recognize me and thought I had come off the highway and was panhandling,” she said. “I had so much fun. I continued that for years by having the bag lady in ads.” That bag lady showed up wearing men’s bibs, galoshes and women’s clothes, too. One ad even featured her in a wedding dress. The bag lady gig eventually ran its course. But Francy never stopped enjoying the ability to have fun as a businesswoman during those years. She loved doing the Lincoln Highway Days parades, posing one year as Betsy Ross with Dennis Henderson, another year as “Hot Flash Hannah” with Dick Atwell and even posed as the Statue of Liberty in one parade. When the book, “100 Best Small Towns in America,” named Nevada as 36th on the list in the early ’90s (Nevada being one of a few Iowa towns included), it brought lots of attention to the community and its main business district. “I was one of the merchants interviewed for the book, and we had the best T-shirts and sweatshirts printed for the town members to wear. I still have mine. It was quite the honor.” Francy was often in the spotlight as a business owner during the early ’90s. “The Nevada Journal interviewed me, the Ames Tribune interviewed me and the Des Moines Register interviewed me at different times about a small town and a small store that was still hanging on.” Francy recalled her dad saying that if the store made it 25 years, that would be a good run. “We made it 35 years,” Francy said. But in the mid-’90s, she could tell “the times

they were a-changin.” She talks about that time. “For quite a while, the kids and parents wanted to go to the malls. Then Walmart came into Ames and the perception was that they were cheaper — but not all things were.” But she understood the attraction, finding all kinds of things in one place. “It was the beginning of deep discounts,” though she said many stores were marking things way up just to bring the prices way down. But it worked. “People thought they were getting a great bargain…not everyone did, but shoppers were expecting … bargains, (or so) they thought. And I just could not play unfair.” So, she read the writing on the wall and decided it was time to close. “I had a going out of business sale.” She thought, in fact, that she could put herself through college with that last big auction of items. But it snowed, a blizzard of all things. She decided not to cancel the event, and it didn’t make what she had hoped. “But, I was very lucky, because I made enough to pay all my suppliers what I owed them,” And then, with the help of grants and scholarships from the Nevada ABWA and PEO, she said, “I only had to borrow $30,000 for three years to live and not work and go to school.” Her son, Andrew attended college at the same time she did, and the result for her was that she earned a degree. SCUDDER, page 8

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“I had six ladies as high school students… These high school girls had behavior problems. They were not allowed to mix with the general (school) population, so I taught them six classes a day.” From last week’s story, you know she continued to teach when she moved away from Nevada to Colorado with her husband, Paul Henderson. “I had met Paul in the summer between my first year of teaching. His class had a 50-year party. I had been in the Nevada Fourth of July dunk tank” and a friend asked her to go to that party. She ran into Paul there. “He said I had taught him swimming. It was either me or my twin, Darcy … close enough. And he remembered coming with his family to our Christmas parties. Anyway, we fell in love,” she said. Eventually, the two moved to Windsor, Colo., but Francy said she still likes coming back to Iowa when she can. She likes to visit friends in the area, but most of all, she likes to visit her son, Andrew Allen, who still lives in the area, in Huxley, where he and his wife Hollie (Post) Allen have three

children: Ashton, 15; and twins, Darcy and Drew, almost 13. Andrew is president and CEO of YSS. On one trip back, Francy said she got to look in on her old store, now the site of the Gatherings business. “It was wonderful,” she said. “Not one sad moment for me… just happy the store was in a ‘good place’ with great activity.” Thinking back about what she most treasures of her many years in Nevada, Francy listed a few things. “That people genuinely liked us…that we were good for Nevada…that we gave it our all… We grew up to believe in our community as much as you can. I had the best of all worlds growing up in Nevada… and raising my family in Nevada.” It wasn’t always easy and running that store didn’t make her rich. “Of the many values my children learned is that you lived within your means — meaning they wore clothes from Scudder’s, even when they sometimes wanted those ‘name brands’ their friends had. They knew we could not afford them, and we needed to support my business.” And in the end, everything worked out and Francy loved the life she had. “I had a great, wonderful life in Nevada.” ·

Francy Scudder Henderson at a glance n Now married to native Nevadan Paul Henderson, and they live in Windsor, Colo. n Between them they have 17 grandchildren (or step-grandchildren) and two great-grandchildren. FRANCY’S THREE CHILDREN: n Darcy Scudder Chambers works as a massage therapist in Chester, Md., and has two daughters n Stephanie Scudder works as a supervisor in Maryland for the Reeb Millwork and has two daughters and one granddaughter n Andrew Allen works as president and CEO of YSS statewide, but based in Ames, and has three children FRANCY’S TWO SISTERS: n Her twin sister, Darcy, died tragically in an accident in September 1988. She was a kindergarten teacher at the time. n Her younger sister, Betsy, lives in Naples, Fla.

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Francy Scudder returned several months back and is shown spending time with some of her dearest friends in the Nevada area. From left, Scudder, Annette Forbes, Sandy Clem and Claudia Dixon Nehring. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

In Brief

Deano’s 119 goes Irish with Warner’s ownership

mes Main Street bar Deano’s 119 was purchased recently by a new owner who plans to turn it into an Irish-themed bar. Des Moines native Amanda Warner said she had her eyes on the bar since November. Although she has never owned a bar, she said the idea of opening one sounded intriguing. “I’ve always wanted to open a bar,” Warner said. “I could see a lot of potential (in Deano’s) and it was a pretty decent investment, actually.” Warner said she is a former business owner of multiple laundromats around central Iowa, including the one previously located in the Colorado Junction on the corner of Colorado Avenue and Lincoln Way in Ames. Although Deano’s will change ownership and its name, the same staff and managers will be there to greet and serve their usual customers. “We are going to keep it the dive bar feel,” Warner said. “I do want to add specialty drinks that are Irish themed, though.” Deano’s Manager Dan Gill said after being a part of the bar for three years, there has been a lot of growth and support from the community. However, there was a much-needed change that is finally occurring. “Time has aged the building and it’s rightfully time to

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update things,” Gill said. “Amanda likes dive bars just like I do and we will do our best to keep it a place where anyone belongs.” Ames, especially downtown, has a strong music scene in which local bands have opportunities to perform for the community. Warner and Gill said they want to reassure the community those events are not going anywhere. In fact, both said the new updates and renovations will make it possible to add even more events at the bar. “We want to be able to give the community more events and things to do, but first the building needs a bit of a tune-up,” Gill said. As for an opening date, Warner said she hopes they will be done with their renovation projects and re-branding before summer starts. Overall, she said Gill has been a tremendous help for her new journey as a dive bar owner. “Dan has been great and he’s been the manager there, and he does a great job,” Warner said. “He has been helping me know about where we are at all the time.” ·

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Grace McCunn is filmed creating lemonade for her philanthropic efforts. PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC SMIDT

A film about Grace McCunn’s philanthropic journey will show at Omaha Film Festival

By Lyn Keren GateHouse Iowa

mes eighth-grader Grace McCunn’s philanthropic work, totaling more than $36,000 raised, has been made into a documentary that was chosen to show at the Omaha Film Festival. McCunn has been raising money for Blank Children’s Hospital for three years with what started as a lemonade stand. In November, she was honored as the 2018 Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy by the Central Iowa Association of Fundraising Professionals. McCunn’s inspiration behind her fundraising started when she was a patient at Blank Children’s Hospital for chronic migraines. “They got worse and worse, so I had to spend a couple days in the hospital. It was hard, but I was able to go home,” she said. McCunn said her observations of long-term patients 10 | FACETS | MARCH 2019

at the hospital was truly what sparked the idea for her fundraising. “I remember there was this boy, and he was walking with his little IV pole, and he looked back at me, and I felt so bad because he had to stay in there,” she said. “And I thought maybe if I did something, he would be more excited. It’s hard to see that other people have to stay there longer than you do.” McCunn’s efforts to help started with just a few hundred dollars with the goal of buying toys to donate for children at the hospital, and has grown exponentially. Her success has led to a film about her work that will be shared with the world. McCunn said having a camera follow her as she worked hard to fundraise was different for her and those around her.

Feature “I never had that happen to me (before),” she said. “But I kind of felt like a movie star.” Although she hasn’t seen the film at the time of this interview, McCunn said she is excited to see it eventually. She said she was completely speechless when she thought about a major film festival choosing to show a documentary about her and her work. “I feel very honored, I have no words honestly,” McCunn said. “It’s so amazing that they chose my film.” When the movie hits the big screen in Omaha, McCunn said she hopes people feel inspired to support the cause and possibly help anyone who has to endure what those at Blank Children’s Hospital go through. “I hope they feel inspired to help people who have it harder than them,” she said. Eric Smidt, the Ames School District’s communications specialist, created the film as a producer, writer, director and editor. Smidt said production and filming began last summer.

“I first heard about Grace and her amazing philanthropic work last summer and knew this was a story that needed to be told,” he said. “Working with the entire McCunn family has been great.” The bulk of the film was shot over the summer, before and after Grace McCunn’s second-annual 5K race. She does on-camera interviews, talks to business leaders for sponsorships and is leading the charge, Smidt said. “Grace is a rising star,” he said. “I hope this film sheds light on her work, but as an eighth-grader, she has only just begun to do amazing things.” McCunn said she isn’t sure if she will be attending the film festival — although she really hopes she can — she already has an idea of who to thank if she did attend and possibly wins an award. “I (would) want to thank everybody really,” McCunn said. “I (would) want to thank my parents, my siblings, Eric Smidt, all of my friends, my two best friends, Blank (Children’s Hospital), and really just everybody.” ·

Grace McCunn is interviewed for a documentary about her philanthropic work, which will be shown at the Omaha Film Festival. PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC SMIDT

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In Brief

Ames resident Dale Myers, left, chats with Primary Health Care clinic coordinator Linda Hanson, right, during a farmer’s market. PCH offers low-cost produce to clients every Wednesday. AMES TRIBUNE FILE ART

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Mary Greeley awarded grant to help local agencies promote nutrition and food security

ocal organizations in Story County are part of an initiative to support healthier eating after Mary Greeley Medical Center was awarded a $50,000 State Innovation Model-Iowa grant. Mary Greeley Vice President and Quality Improvement Officer Karen Rosser said the federal grant is administered by the Iowa Health Care collaborative and offered to various hospitals and health systems. “Collaboration and innovated are key to this grant,” Rosser said. For Mary Greeley, its transition of care program was expanded upon to apply for the program. Rosser said the grant requires the hospital to work with the community to determine a social disadvantage of health in the community. Mary Greeley reached out to Primary Health Clinic and its Farm to Clinic program. Rosser said Primary Health Care (PHC) writes prescriptions to patients for healthy foods, which can them be redeemed at the clinic’s weekly farmer’s market. Those patients usually include those with a chronic illness or high body mass index (BMI) to eat healthier. “(The grant) helps them get more healthy food shares and expand the programs,” Rosser said. “(It) gave them rice, beans, and eggs, milk to expand and distribute to additional patients.” On top of the prescription program, any extra produce available is provided to obstetrics patients, specifically pregnant moms, to encourage them to eat healthier. PHC wanted to be able to reach more of its patients to allow them to have these food shares, so Mary Greeley brought in the Salvation Army to allow them to transport 12 | FACETS | MARCH 2019

the produce to food pantries, Rosser said. Then the hospital learned about the Good Neighbor program that has healthy food vouchers with local grocery stores, so Mary Greeley gave that program additional funds to help families who qualify for the vouchers. “It just kind of snowballed and one idea led to another,” Rosser said. The food distributor of these food shares, the Mustard Seed Community Farm, was given major support from Mary Greeley after the hospital learned that the farm’s green house was damaged from a storm last year. The hospital helped to raise profits to refurbish the farm’s green house in order for them to start the growing season earlier and then to distribute earlier. Each new idea led to another, allowing more community members to collaborate and expand on their support for healthier lives in the community. “As this group of five agencies meet, we find other things we can share and do,” Rosser said. Even though this stream of support has only been in effect for one month, Rosser said there is a strong interest from the community to reach out and support food security. “It’s a neat partnership and had not been possible (before this grant),” Rosser said. Kelley Huntsman, CEO of Primary Health Care, said the partnership with Mary Greeley will help the Farm to Clinic program grow and thrive. “Access to fresh vegetables and other healthy foods is often a barrier for our patients and we are glad to be able to help them overcome this obstacle by providing those foods right in our clinic lobby,” Huntsman said. “It’s wonderful to have a community partner like Mary Greeley to expand this program.” ·

In Brief

Bronze515 Custom Airbrush Tanning expands to Ames

new business is coming to Ames in March that is entirely focused on spray tan services. Leah Wafful is the owner and founder of Bronze515. She created the business roughly 2 1/2 years ago while working a regular 9-to-5 job in Des Moines. After a bad spray tan experience, Wafful researched the market in Des Moines and discovered that there was not any one place that focused solely on spray tans but that this was a service that was growing. With a market that looked profitable and $100 in her bank account, Wafful started spray tanning clients in suites that she would rent out, and she would do so after her other job from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. When business picked up and her clients began telling her that they would be interested in being able to come in during the day for spray tans, she left her corporate job in

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August 2018 to pursue Bronze515 full-time. Since starting the business, Wafful now has more than 3,000 clients walk through her doors, and she thought now was as good a time as any to look at expanding. For the Ames location, on the first floor of the renovated Sheldon Munn building on the corner of Main Street and Kellogg Avenue, Wafful said the store will be open Tuesday through Friday from 5:30 to 10 p.m. It will also be open on Saturday from 9 a.m. until noon and on Sunday from 6 to 9 p.m. Bronze515 will be one of three stores in Iowa that solely provide spray tan services. “There’s hair salons that do this, but that’s not their specialty. They’re specialty is hair, and waxing and facials,” Wafful said. “This is our dedicated (service). This is what we do all day long. ·

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“It was this community and this library that made me want to work here,” said Lynne Carey, who retired after 36 years of service to the Ames Public Library. PHOTO BY ROBBIE SEQUEIRA/GATEHOUSEIOWA

Carey retires from Ames library after 36 years of service By Robbie Sequeira GateHouse Iowa

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n introverted 6-year-old is at home, cataloguing her books, placing homemade due-date slips in her favorite novels, unintentionally paving her way to her future. As the imaginative girl checks out books for her stuffed animals, each with different personalities and genre leanings, she’s instilling a level of equity and care in her service. That child later embarked on a journey that has culminated in 36 years of service for Ames Public Library, and as Lynne Carey reflects on her retirement — she has one message for her former self. “You’re so incredibly lucky to have had this job,” said Carey, retiring director of Ames Public Library. On Thursday, Feb. 21, Carey was honored with a retirement party at the library’s Farwell T. Brown Auditorium. Carey’s start with Ames Public Library started in 1983,

at the behest of her mother, who informed her of a parttime job with the library. “It was a good job, I liked the mission, the work, the people,” Carey said. “But it was a part-time job, and I didn’t intend to stay here.” Instead, Carey had her eyes set on traveling abroad for graduate school with her spouse, Navid. In the interim, Carey enveloped herself in the library’s mission and sought a full-time opportunity. Impressed with her commitment and work, the library created a full-time position for Carey, where she would oversee the library’s sale of video cassettes. But when Navid suffered a stroke, the couple’s plans were thrown into flux. “I did a reckoning, and at that point, I was really loving my job,” Carey said.

Feature This was the pivotal moment when Carey decided to dedicate herself to the library. Throughout the late-’80s and ’90s, Carey rose up the ranks, and in 1991, she was named division coordinator. Carey had some autonomy in her role as a division coordinator and sought to find ways to enhance the ever-changing landscape of the library. Despite continued career advancement, including stints as interim co-director and assistant director in 2006 and 2007, Carey’s allegiance to the library transcended position titles. “I didn’t have any desire or illusion about being the director,” Carey said. “It was this community, and this library, that made me want to work here.” However, as Carey has experienced before, plans often change. With a vacant director position and Carey’s heavy involvement in the fundraising for the new building project, Carey was promoted to interim director in July 2012. The Ames Public Library Board of Directors was so impressed by Carey’s experience with the library that she was appointed as the permanent director in August 2013. Over 36 years, Carey has always been aware of the ability of libraries to evolve while staying committed to their traditional principle of democratization and equity. “Most of the change in libraries have been technological but the basic foundation of librarianship hasn’t changed,” Carey said. “The tenants of equal access, equity, a celebration of diversity and inclusion have always been there.” Ames Public Library will always carry books ranging from Shakespeare to Seuss on its shelves, but its shift from a warehouse of books to a community center has been successful. Carey also noted that the shifting role of librarians from information experts to facilitators of information has been a linchpin for the library’s success. “There’s a shift in community expectations, and there’s been a shift in what people who were trained in librarianship, and what they expect in a library has changed,” Carey said. For Carey, connecting patrons to a world of ideas, whether it be by words in a book, words of a human or moments in a program, has been essential to her role as director. But for Carey, the library’s programming model has been one of her championing causes. “Our program model is that we work closely with program partners and experts in the community so that we have diverse programs,” Carey said. “(From) when I started working here to now, it’s gone from collection and helping people, and now we’ve added a third element — programming.” Carey also oversaw the grand re-opening and renovation of the library in 2014. “The whole team did it together, we all learned so much through our mistakes,” Carey said. “But it was an exhilarating and exciting project, and I’m pleased with how it turned out.” In the past year, Carey flirted with the idea of transitioning into the next stage of her life. While Carey graduated from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and women’s studies, she didn’t have the library science degree requisite for the director’s position. She took classes to earn a library science degree, but the

demands of her director position made it a tough balancing act. Carey, under her own accord, made the decision to retire and to ensure Ames Public Library could meet accreditation standards for the state. “I made the hardest decision in my life to quit,” Carey said. “I’m not a quitter, but I knew this would be a situation the library would have to grapple with in the future.” While the “r” word is dreaded for some, for Carey, it represents an exciting new phase in her life. Between volunteering and serving on various boards in the community, around-the-world traveling with Navid, and the addition of a cat or two, Carey said she expects to be kept busy. The legacy Carey leaves is an indelible one, felt by those that she’s mentored and worked with throughout the years. “She laid the groundwork, even before she was director, for establishing the library as the center of the community,” said Jerri Heid, Ames Public Library youth services specialist. “She has empowered us to treat everyone with respect, passion and instill a love for the library — and she’s laid that groundwork the whole time.” For some, like Tracy Briseño, who has known Carey since she was a volunteer worker for the library at 11, Carey is synonymous with Ames Public Library. “We wouldn’t be able to have this library without Lynne,” said Briseño, who serves as the library’s customer account services manager. “She oversaw this project, and we all got to have a voice as a staff and a community, and when you have a woman like Lynne as your mentor, it creates an environment where everyone who works here can flourish.” ·

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In Brief By Lyn Keren GateHouse Iowa

Ames woman battling terminal breast cancer gives back to the community

s she continues her fight against breast cancer, an Ames woman who was a teacher and advocate for animal rights is donating beds to the Ames Animal Shelter in hopes of paying back just some of the generosity she’s received since her diagnosis nearly five years ago. She also hopes her story will inspire others to give back. “I know my time is limited, and I wanted to give back to my community,” said Theresa Braune, 66, who has stage four, grade three breast cancer. Braune received her diagnosis in 2014, not quite a year after she retired as a teacher. At the time, she was told she had just three to six months to live. Now, with surgery and chemotherapy, it’s been more than four years and she’s in her third remission. Braune’s decision to start giving back began at the Bliss Cancer Center at Mary Greeley Medical Center. She saw that those who were cured or reached remission got to ring a bell. She said she was disappointed because the bell wasn’t that big and it didn’t feel as celebratory as she had hoped. “That’s the kind of bell we used to ring as kids in bed

By Lexie Troutman GateHouse Iowa

ISU professor creates crowdsourced organism project

housands of different organisms were found in a collection of old records at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory this summer and anyone can help catalog them. Lori Biederman, an adjunct assistant professor in ecology, evolution and organismal biology at Iowa State University, has spent the last few years working as the department’s representative at the Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, a field station that is near West Okoboji Lake in Milford, in northwest Iowa. Biederman said the lab is more than 100 years old, and throughout that time, people working there would collect different organisms around the area. More recently, though, field labs are not as widely used, Biederman said. That, she said, has resulted in many of the collections with these organisms being pushed to the side and forgotten about. While working last summer, she was digging through some cupboards and discovered the forgotten-about organisms. She said in the cupboards, there would be a stuffed bird or an insect and along with it would be a label that was hard to read. “All the databases were lost. We had no idea what was in the collection, where the organisms were collected from or when they were collected,” Biederman said. “I mean, those things died for science, and there’s all this data just sitting 16 | FACETS | MARCH 2019

when we were sick,” she said. So what did Braune do? She bought a large gong, like ones used in orchestras. Now, patients have the option to hit the gong or ring the bell. After that, Braune decided to continue giving to others, and most importantly giving to her passions. “One of my greatest passions is the Ames Animal Shelter, or any animal shelter,” she said. Braune bought 14 quality dog beds the shelter said it needed, and a bench that potential pet adopters could sit on when meeting dogs in the shelter’s outside space. The bench, that will be installed at the shelter later this spring, will have her name and the words, “Thank You Ames” underneath. There is currently a similar bench at Ada Hayden Park that Braune donated. “(I saw) how this community rallies around and I was overwhelmed with the well wishes, meals, visits, and just people who were very thankful for the things I did for them, (or) their children,” Braune said. “It’s very wonderful to have that feedback and to know I made a difference.” ·

in these cupboards that no one knew about.” Biederman said the information that can be found from these organisms is becoming more important now. “Some places are taking feathers of birds and giving pollution markers off of them, so they can look at how pollution has changed over time,” Biederman said. “So there’s a lot of cool data that you can get from these guys, but if you don’t know what’s there, you can’t collect the data.” Over the summer, she hired Sydney Weldon, a senior in biology at ISU, who took photographs of many of the organism and information labels they had found. Once they had the images, they set up a project on a website called Zooniverse.org. Anyone can help catalog the collections on this website once they create an account. The website has hundreds of different crowdsourcing projects in different fields of interest, but the one Biederman has set up is called, “Lakeside Dark Data.” Biederman said that once all of the groups are completed, they will put the data on the ISU database to allow other scientists an opportunity to see, use and study the collection. “It’s super exciting. It’s like a little mystery,” Biederman said. “I just think, why didn’t anyone else do this?” ·

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With more women being elected, and more running, Catt Center says work isn’t done By Lexie Troutman, GateHouse Iowa

ith more female political candidates than ever running in the 2020 presidential election, the Ready to Run Iowa program at Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics is doing its part to continue encouraging women to run for political office. Karen Kedrowski, director of the Catt Center, and Kelly Winfrey, coordinator of research and outreach at the Catt Center, said they hope by first encouraging women to serve in the state Legislature and run for governor, they will continue gaining experience and begin running for Congress, the Senate and possibly for president. “Women bring to the table experiences, ideas and perspectives that are otherwise not represented, and that changes the nature of the conversation,” Kedrowski said. “And, in fact, it actually brings issues to the table that would otherwise not be a part of the public policy agenda. So having women in public office is extremely important.” Kedrowski said the two main paths to the White House are through being governor and through the U.S. Senate. “It’s been a very slow climb up the mountain. We would not be at this point, having so many viable women candidates if we didn’t have them in the pipeline,” Kedrowski said. Ready to Run is a nonpartisan, national network first started with the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “(It’s) for women who are interested in running tomorrow or next year,” Kedrowski said. When the program was program to reach other states in 2007, the Catt Center took up the opportunity and began the program at Iowa State University, and they have had it every other year since then. The program takes place on one Friday in February, March and April. Each day has two workshops — a morning and afternoon session. The program discusses various topics, including building a campaign plan, utilizing social media during campaigns and fundraising strategies. “Women are less likely than men to be encouraged to run for office by just about anyone in their lives, so this encourages women, and it demystifies the process,” Winfrey said “It helps women see that they’re qualified, they’re capable of doing this, it’s not as intimidating as it sounds and people who hold these jobs now are just like them.” Winfrey said in 2017, there was a huge rise in the number of participants in the program, and other programs across the state saw the same. Both Kedrowski and Winfrey agreed this was probably centered around the previous presidential campaign in which Hillary Clinton was the Democratic front runner. ·

Participants listen to speakers at the past Ready to Run Iowa workshops. The workshops encourage women to run for political office. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CATT CENTER FOR WOMEN AND POLITICS

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Feature By Lexie Troutman GateHouse Iowa

CenteringPregnancy prenatal care puts moms in charge

n Wednesday, Feb. 13, three women who had never laid eyes on one another walked into the Primary Health Care center to meet for the first time. The three had three things in common. They were mothers, they were 16 to 20 weeks in their current pregnancy and they chose to take part in group prenatal care. CenteringPregnancy is a prenatal visit in which a group of women in the same pregnancy period get together with their providers and help each other throughout their pregnancy. Megan Sloat, a certified nurse midwife at Primary Health Care, located at 3510 Lincoln Way, and Amanda Schoppe, a licensed practical nurse, are in charge of the sessions. At the beginning of each session, the women take their own vitals, check their weight, take their blood pressure and record all the data in the journals that they received

at the beginning of their first session. They also record the information on a separate sheet of paper, so the clinic can check over all of it. Sloat said that this is one of the main factors that is an essential part of the visits. “The idea being that if they can engage in their own health care, they will take more responsibility for it and care more about it,” Sloat said. “Theoretically, they’re taking more responsibility and engaging more in the process, instead of us just writing it down when we know it’s normal, but asking them if they think it’s normal.” Sloat and Schoppe had to combine lessons one and two when Aleena Mushtaq, Wusiman Gulizhaer and Nadezhda Witzke walked in for their first visit on Feb. 13 because they did not meet in a group setting right away. The first time the group meets, Sloat begins the visit by explaining why this is the method of prenatal care the clinic prefers to offer. The first reason is because each woman gets

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Feature two hours with her provider instead of the usual 10-minute visits. The second is about building a community around their pregnancy. The third thing Sloat mentions is that by recording their own health information, the women are becoming more involved in their own health care. “This is an evidence-based thing that’s been studied and trialed,” Sloat said. “And the outcomes that they’re aiming for are decreased rates of preterm birth, decreased rates of low birth weight, increased rates of breastfeeding initiation and increased patient satisfaction. And so if those measures are being met, then you know it’s working. And so far, it looks like we’re meeting those.” After the three women record their own vitals, Sloat takes them behind a screen to check how the baby is doing. During this session, Mushtaq, Gulizhaer and Witzke were able to discuss common discomforts that come with pregnancy. Schoppe handed out cards to each of them with a discomfort written on it. They each had to explain what the discomfort was without saying the word, and after someone guessed correctly, they would discuss if these were common discomforts during pregnancy. The three women discussed what is was like to experience the discomforts in their previous pregnancies, if they were having them yet in their current one and what tricks they have learned to help with some of them. All the while, Sloat and Schoppe interjected their own thoughts on the topics. “We try to get them to talk about what they’ve experienced and what they’ve tried, and teach each other. We will

facilitate and discuss if this is correct or incorrect information,” Schoppe said. “We really want them to help each other through their pregnancy, their journey.” Gulizhaer was the only one in the group who had participated in a CenteringPregnancy program before with her second child to see what it was all about. “The first time was interesting,” she said. “I’d never been to this kind of group before, so I just want to try. I came, and I saw more people, and we began to exchange our experience. I liked it.” For Witzke, this was the first time she has been in a group dynamic for prenatal care. She said that with this being her third pregnancy, she decided that she wanted to try something new. She said that she decided to go to the first class to see what it was like, and after it was over, she said that she would be back for the rest. “I think it could be beneficial,” Witzke said. “Just because it’s my third pregnancy does not mean that I know everything about pregnancy. There’s always room to learn about things and also get other moms’ intakes on their pregnancies and what could be helpful to me.” The clinic has had 17 groups go through the program since it was implemented in April 2017. “I grew up in a time when this was a new idea that women could have control over their health care,” said Linda Hanson, the Ames clinic director. “And then, when I had babies, I didn’t have that power. The doctor told you what to do. So, seeing this, it’s like I said, this is how it should be. This is the right way to do it.” ·

Amanda Schoppe, licensed practical nurse at Primary Health Care in Ames, helps Nadezhda Witzke learn how to take her own blood pressure at a CenteringPregnancy visit on Feb. 13. PHOTO BY LEXIE TROUTMAN/GATEHOUSE IOWA

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How to turn a rotisserie chicken into 2 taco dinners, each feeding 6 people CHICKEN TAQUITOS WITH TOMATILLO AVOCADO SALSA

CHIPOTLE CHICKEN TACOS

PREP: 20 minutes COOK: 16-20 minutes MAKES: 6 servings

PREP: 10 minutes COOK: 15 minutes MAKES: 6 servings

INGREDIENTS

INGRIDIENTS

1 pound tomatillos, husked, rinsed 3 to 4 serrano chiles, stemmed 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled 1 medium avocado, halved, pit removed and skin discarded Handful fresh cilantro 1 teaspoon kosher salt 12 corn tortillas 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken meat Canola oil, about 2 cups 4 radishes, diced 2 limes, quartered

STEPS 1. Place tomatillos and serranos on one side of a rimmed baking sheet lined with aluminum foil. Set garlic on the other half. Fold foil over to cover the garlic. Arrange oven rack so it’s in the highest position, turn the broiler on high and place pan on the top rack. Cook until tomatillos and serranos start to blacken on top, about 6 minutes. Flip over tomatillos and serranos. Cook until tomatillos and serranos blacken on the other side, another 6 minutes. Remove from oven; set aside to cool.

1/2 onion, roughly chopped 2 garlic cloves 2 chipotle chiles in adobo 1 can (14 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained 1/2 teaspoon salt

By Nick Kindelsperger Chicago Tribune

1 tablespoon canola oil 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken meat 12 corn tortillas, warmed 1 cup grated cotija cheese 1 handful cilantro, chopped

STEPS 1. Add onion, garlic, chipotles, tomatoes and salt to a blender; process until smooth. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. When oil shimmers, add the chipotle salsa. Cook until it reduces slightly and isn’t watery, about 5 minutes. 2. Reduce heat to medium-low; add the chicken. Stir until chicken is evenly coated in the salsa and the meat is warm. Turn off heat. 3. Serve chicken in warm tortillas, topped with a sprinkling of cotija cheese and cilantro, plus slices of avocado, if you like.

2. When cool enough to handle, peel the garlic. Transfer tomatillos, serranos and garlic to a blender. Add the avocado, cilantro and salt. Blend until smooth. Set aside. Makes: 2 cups 3. Heat a griddle or skillet over medium heat. Heat a tortilla until soft and pliant, about 15 seconds a side. Transfer tortilla to a tortilla warmer, or cover with a clean dish towel. Repeat with remaining tortillas. 4. Place about 2 tablespoons shredded chicken in a warm tortilla; season chicken with salt and pepper, if needed. Roll tortilla tightly, and place seam side down on a clean plate. Repeat with remaining tortillas. (If you’re worried about the tortillas staying rolled up, you can secure each with a toothpick, and remove them after cooking.) 5. Pour oil to { inch deep into a large cast iron skillet or Dutch oven. Heat over medium until oil shimmers, about 350 degrees if you test it with a thermometer. Place as many of the rolled tortillas seam side down as will fit in one layer; do not crowd them. Cook until golden brown on the bottom, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip and cook until golden brown on the other side, 1 to 2 minutes. Transfer taquitos to a paper towel-lined plate, propping up one end so the oil drains from the center. Repeat with remaining rolled tortillas. 6. Serve the taquitos with the tomatillo avocado salsa, diced radishes and lime wedges.

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Beef Tenderloin Gorgonzola a flavorful treat for dinner

eef tenderloin dressed with a tangy Gorgonzola sauce is a perfect special dinner, or for any day. Gorgonzola is a blue-veined, cowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s-milk cheese that takes its name from the town of that name in Lombardy, Italy. Like its cousins Roquefort and Stilton, its piquant flavor and blue veining are the result of the addition of mold spores that are allowed to age with the cheese. A domestic Gorgonzola works very well in the recipe. You can find it crumbled and ready to use in the dairy case of the supermarket. Green spaghetti (pasta that is infused with green vegetables) and sweet pimentos make a colorful side dish. Any type of pasta can be used if preferred.

make a smooth sauce. Taste for seasoning. Add pepper if needed. The cheese should provide enough salt. Spoon sauce over beef and serve. Per serving: 319 calories (46 percent from fat), 16.4 g fat (7.3 g saturated, 6.6 g monounsaturated), 98 cholesterol, 40.6 g protein, 4.4 g carbohydrates, 0.4 g fiber, 300 mg sodium.

HELPFUL HINTS:

n Any type of blue veined cheese can be used. Look for crumbled blue-veined cheese in the dairy section of the supermarket. n Use a nonstick skillet that just fits the beef in one layer. If it is too big, the sauce will evaporate while cooking.

COUNTDOWN:

n Place water for spaghetti on to boil. n Prepare all ingredients. n Make spaghetti. n Make beef.

SHOPPING LIST: TO BUY: 3/4 pound grass-fed beef tenderloin, 1 small package crumbled Gorgonzola cheese, 1 small package green spaghetti, 1 small jar sweet pimento and 1 can olive oil spray. STAPLES: olive oil, skim milk, salt and black peppercorns.

n 3/4 pound grass-fed beef tenderloin n Olive oil spray n Salt and freshly ground black pepper n 1/2 cup skim milk n 2 1/2 tablespoons crumbled Gorgonzola cheese

STEPS Cut tenderloin into 1-inch slices. Heat a medium-size nonstick skillet over medium-high heat and spray with olive oil spray. Add beef slices. Brown 4 minutes and turn over. Brown the second side 5 minutes for medium- rare. An instant-read meat thermometer should read 145 degrees. Cook 2 to 3 minutes longer for more well done. Transfer each slice to a dinner plate and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Add the milk to the skillet and scrape up the brown bits in the bottom of the pan, about 30 seconds. Immediately add the Gorgonzola cheese and stir to melt the cheese and 22 | FACETS | MARCH 2019

SPAGHETTI WITH SWEET PIMENTOS

n 4 ounces green spaghetti n 2 teaspoons olive oil n 1 cup drained sweet pimento, cut into 1/4-inch strips n Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Place a large saucepan with 3 to 4 quarts water on to boil. Add spaghetti and boil 3 minutes if fresh, 9 minutes if dried. Drain leaving about 2 tablespoons water on pasta. Add oil, pimento and salt and pepper to taste. Toss well. Makes 2 servings. Per serving: 273 calories (19 percent from fat), 5.7 g fat (0.9 g saturated, 2.3 g monounsaturated), no cholesterol, 8.5 g protein, 47.5 g carbohydrates, 3.5 g fiber, 16 mg sodium.

Relish How a pot of beans can change the way you think about cooking

pot of beans: Cooking doesn’t get much more basic than that. Beans might be cute (especially pretty heirloom varieties), and well-made beans make a tasty, cheap side dish. But that seems to be about the extent of it. What are beans going to teach you?

LAZYBONES BEANS From Sara Dickerman’s “Secrets of Great Second Meals: Flexible Modern Recipes That Value Time and Limit Waste” n Time: 4 1/2 hours (5 minutes active) n Makes about 3 cups

INGREDIENTS

n 1 cup dried beans, such as cannellini n 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, plus more to taste n 1 small whole dried chile, such as chile de arbol or japones n 1 garlic head, top one-third cut off n 1 carrot, peeled n 3 or 4 thyme sprigs n 1 bay leaf n 1 tablespoon olive oil

By Bethany Jean Clement The Seattle Times

STEPS 1. Preheat the oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit. 2. Rinse the beans well; drain; and place them in a 3- or 4-quart ovenproof saucepan with 6 cups cold water, salt, chile, garlic, carrot, thyme, bay leaf and olive oil. Cover the pot, and cook the beans for 4 1/2 hours (when they will be tender) or even overnight (when they will be very tender). You can also use a slow cooker on low for this method; if so, start checking the beans around 6 hours in. (Note that before cooking in a slow cooker, kidney beans should be boiled for 10 minutes, just in case your slow cooker isn’t hot enough to kill a potentially stomach-upsetting toxin, phytohemagglutinin, known as kidney bean lectin.) 3. Taste and season with more salt if necessary. Pluck the thyme sprigs, chile, garlic head and carrot out of the broth, and let the beans cool in their broth. To store, refrigerate beans in their broth in an airtight container after cooling; they keep well for 3 days, or you can freeze them in their liquid. Strain before serving. Note: You can use both the cooking broth and the cloves from the cooked garlic in soups and bean purees.

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