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VOLUME 4, NO. 13
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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013
Lakewood Yacht Club Racers Claim Top Two J/105 Midwinter Championship Trophies
By The Bay La Porte High School Marching Band 15th Annual Steven & Brian Catalina Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament April 11th at 1:00pm at Bay Forest Golf Course (La Porte, Tx) We are looking for Sponsorships &/or 4 person teams to help raise money for our Band Student Scholarships for this school year. Please contact: Hillary Ray (832)752-7347 or Kathy Kimball (281)804-5192. (Deadline for Tee Box &/or Cart Sponsorship is March 22, 2013)
Easter EGGstravaganza Saturday, March 30, 2:00-4:00 pm. Bayshore Baptist Church
“Solaris”, Bill Zartler, came in first place in the J/105 Midwinter Championship hosted by Lakewood Yacht Club on Mar. 8 - 10. Zartler is pictured second from right with the trophy and crew while Lakewood’s Commodore Carl Drechsel is center, next to Zartler. With nine races over a period of three days, March 8 – 10, Lakewood Yacht Club earned the top two spots in the J/105 Midwinter Championship Regatta held on Galveston Bay. Fourteen J/105 boats participated in this one design event with racers coming from far away points such as Bermuda and Harlem, New York. “It was a fun, rewarding experience,” related J/105 Fleet Captain Bill Lakenmacher, who also earned the second place trophy on his “Radiance”. “We had some fierce competition out there with more than ample winds most of the time.” He added that it was good to see so many racers from out of town.
Claiming second place in the J/105 Midwinter Championship held on Galveston Bay was Bill Lakenmacher (far right) and crew of “Radiance” pictured with Lakewood Yacht Club Vice Commodore Tom Collier (center holding trophy).
Claiming first place was Lakewood’s Bill Zartler on “Solaris”. “Our crew has been racing together for a long time, which is a definite advantage in one design racing,” he explained. Zartler’s crew were Chris and Karen Lewis of Lakewood Yacht Club, Gustavo Escobar, Michael Byrne, and Cynthia Powell. “We made a lot of good small decisions and good tactical calls on the race course.” Zartler hopes that the championship will continue to grow as the winds are perfect in March for sail boat racing. “Lakewood’s Race Committee did a tremendous job getting four races in on Fri. and Sat. with one on Sun. when the winds were slower,” he said.
Coming in third place was “Avici”, Paul Beaudin of City Island Yacht Club in Harlem, New York. Claiming fourth place was “Horny Toad”, Greg Turman of Corpus Christi Yacht Club. It was the second year for Lakewood Yacht Club to host this championship, which previously had been held in Key West, Florida. The awards ceremony was held in the club’s lounge after the final race on Sun., Mar. 10. Past Race Committee Chairman Dwight Bengtson presided over the ceremony with the participation of Lakewood’s Flag Officers who presented the awards.
20th Annual La Porte Livestock Show And Rodeo To Feature Recording Artist Brian Evans
The La Porte Livestock Show and Rodeo Association has an added attraction this year for its 20th Annual Barbeque Cook Off at the Lomax Arena, March 22nd -23rd , 2013. This year’s event will kick off with a live performance by recording artist Brian Evans. Brian will be performing on stage from 5pm until 7pm on Friday March 22nd at the Lomax Arena, located at 1508 Lomax School Road in La Porte. Brian is a local talent that is making inroads into the country music scene around the Houston area. He grew up in Deer Park and got his love of country music at an early age from listening to family members and of course, Country Radio. Come out and help get the fun started! The 20th Annual Barbeque Cook Off is a major fundraiser for the La Porte Livestock Show and Rodeo Association. The proceeds go to support the La Porte 4 H Club and the La Porte Senior High School FFA Program. Although it is called the Barbeque Cook Off, there is much more going on than Barbeque. Featured
UHCL Receives $1 Million Grant From Houston Endowment
To prepare for its first freshman and sophomore students, University of Houston-Clear Lake has received much-needed support through a $1 million grant from Houston Endowment for a proposal highlighting the university’s four-year initiative. The payments will be presented in two $500,000 increments in March 2013 and 2014 and will assist UH-Clear Lake by extending services and support for the first- and second-year students. “We are always happy to hear when a grant is funded, but this grant came at a special time in our university’s history making the news even more exciting for us,” says UHCL President William A. Staples. “This grant will allow UHCL to provide the valuable programing and activities necessary to welcome and sustain our new students.” The grant proposal requested funds for adding new activities and expanding existing programs in enrollment management and student services. It included academic advising, transition services and tutoring needs. Specifically, the grant explained the need for a centralized academic advising structure to allow for freshman and sophomore students to meet regularly with advisers. Components of the transition services include orientation, which is now optional for upper-level students but would be mandatory for first-year students and would include a parent/family program. Other portions of the transition services would be the addition of a mandatory first-year seminar course that provides skills for student success. Tutoring services provided will include additional programs for the Student Success Center to help students be successful in the classroom and a peer mentoring program that allows “seasoned” students to mentor new and returning students. The request contains information about extended programs, services and tutors in the Math and Writing Centers as well. The proposal also highlighted the addition of a Veterans Services Office to provide advising, counseling, career information and educational assistance to those who have served in the military but are now ready to begin their education. UHCL received approval in 2011 to allow the addition of freshman- and sophomore-level classes to its roster in 2014 and has been working to prepare for them since that time. This much-needed financial boost will help during the second most significant event in the university’s 39-year history, with the first being its creation as a university in 1974. This latest grant from Houston Endowment follows recent grants from the foundation of $400,000 for the arts and $200,000 for the university’s Neumann Library archives and JSC History Collection. “UHCL is grateful to Houston Endowment for their support in making our transition to a traditional four-year university a little smoother,” says Staples. To find out more about educational opportunities at UHCL, visit http:// www.uhcl.edu or call 281-283-2500.
Recording Artist Brian Evans Photo by Rhonda Meredith
La Porte Bulldog Class Of 2014 Football Players Attended The Rivals Recruiting Camp
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Easter Sunday Worship Schedule At First Baptist Church 11303 North H Street, La Porte on March 31 begins with EASTER SUNRISE WORSHIP 7:30am (outdoor weather permitting) followed by pot luck breakfast, Bible Study at 9:45 and Morning Worship Celebration at 11:00am. Everyone welcome. Wayne Ramsey-Pastor, Rob Fulks-Music Director.
Annual Benefit Golf Tournament; April 8, 2013 at 8 a.m. Pasadena Municipal Golf Course. American Legion Post 490 23rd Annual Benefit Golf Tournament; April 8, 2013 at 8 a.m. Pasadena Municipal Golf Course. $75 early bird Entry until March 17th, then $95. Contacts - Linda Mortier 281 2367893; Patricia Jones 832 477-3260 or Glenna Dasilva 713 825-7446
LP Girls Soccer Booster Club 1st Annual Community Sale Saturday March 23, 2013 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM La Porte High School 301 E. Fairmont Pkwy The LP Girls Soccer Booster Club will be renting parking spots for $10.00 (2 spots) in the La Porte High School Parking Lots. Used items, new items, crafts , etc. are welcomed! Please no food vendors. If you have any items you would like to donate to the booster club to be sold at our sale & all proceeds to be given to the booster club please contact us to arrange pick up.LP Girls Contact Velinda Shirley 281844-1614.
The Board of Directors of The Friends of the Evelyn Meador Library Announce Their Annual Meeting, Tuesday, April 23. Refreshments begin at 6:30. Meeting follows at 7:00. Music will be provided by Kidwell Music Services. Rhoda Goldberg, Harris County Library Director, will share Harris County Library updates. Seabrook Mayor, Glenn Royal, will give us news from the city of Seabrook. Everyone Is Welcome!
Gardeners By The Bay Meet On First Weds. of Each Month
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Five La Porte Bulldog Class of 2014 football players attended the Rivals Recruiting Camp last Saturday 3/16. This is a very big accomplishment with all five expected to be division one college prospects. La Porte had the most out of any other high school in Houston. From left to right Michael Leagan, Jordan Jackson, Hoza Scott, Jonathan Lewis, Victor Holmes.
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Events for the two day event start with the Margarita contest on Friday at 6:00 p.m. followed by the Chief Cook’s Choice at 7:00. Then Saturday morning gets going early with the Breakfast Taco Judging at 8:00 a.m. and Bloody Mary Judging at 9. Bean Judging begins at 11, followed by Chicken at 12 noon. Then the real competition starts with Beef Fajitas at 1:30 p.m., Ribs at 3, and wrapping up with Brisket at 5 p.m. There will be a Live Auction at 6 pm on the Arena stage, and the Awards Ceremony will end the official activities at 7 p.m. Saturday night. However the fun and festivities continue until the wee hours, both Friday and Saturday nights. Event parking fee is a donation of $1 that benefits La Porte Project Graduation. Entry to both Friday and Saturday is $6 each or you can purchase a pass for both days at the gate. Come out and support the Association and the La Porte kids in FFA and 4H as well as Project Graduation here in La Porte. There will be good food and a plenty good time!
Bayshore Baptist Church will host their annual Easter EGGstravaganza on Saturday, March 30, from 2:00-4:00 pm. Kids of all ages are invited to join us for an Egg Scramble, games, door prizes, a giant slide, free food, the Easter story and much more! Everything is free, so bring your friends for an afternoon of fun for the whole family!
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Gardeners of all levels are invited to attend the Gardeners by the Bay meetings held the first Wednesdays of each month, from September to May, at University Baptist Church (Great Room on 2nd floor) located at 16106 Middlebrook Drive. Members and guests enjoy a light brunch from 9:00 to 9:30 AM. A brief business meeting is then held prior to the main program. Guest speakers present timely programs of interest to all gardeners. Anyone interested is welcome to visit or join. Our membership includes novice gardeners as well as certified Texas Master Gardeners who are eager to share their expertise and knowledge in response to questions and concerns. Local trips are planned each year to gardens
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MICHAEL JOSEPH SMITH
Michael Joseph Smith was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas on November 30, 1950 to Joseph and Mary Smith and passed
away March 12, 2013 at the age of 62. Mr. Smith attended North Texas State in Denton, Texas and went on to become a millwright for his lifetime career. He had a love for the outdoors enjoying hunting and fishing but his real love and main passion was spending time with his family. A celebration of his life will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 23, 2013 in the garden area of Darst Funeral Home. For more information about the life of Michael or to sign the online guest book, please visit www.darstfuneralhome.com
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MARY ANN TAUZIN
ard ( or Hutch to his family and friends) Hutchings, and her brother Harry Hutchings. Mary Ann is survived by her mother, Mary Hutchings, her sister Carolyn Wakefield, her niece, Lisa and her husband Manuel Dierschke, and her nephew, John R. Wakefield. Mary Ann will be greatly missed by many wonderful people. For more information about the life of Mary Ann or to sign the online guest book, please visit www.darstfuneralhome.com
Mary Ann Tauzin was born on September 9th, 1937 in Houston Texas. She was preceded in death by her father Rich-
Darst Funeral Home 796 Russell Palmer Kingwood, TX 77339
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Seabrook Business Morning Brew Wednesday, March 20th
The Seabrook Economic Development Corporation will host a Business Morning Brew on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Seabrook Community House at 1210 Anders beginning at 8:00 a.m. The March meeting will cover array of topics including the city’s Shop Local Campaign, updates on new business in Seabrook, an overview of Waterfront Drive construction, and a presentation by the city’s Emergency Management Coordinator, Jeff Galyean on what businesses should do to prepare for emergencies. The goal of the Business Morning Brew is to bring members of the business community together and get their feedback about community and economic development in Seabrook. The EDC and the City of Seabrook would like to extend an invitation to all Seabrook businesses to attend. The city will supply coffee and a variety of breakfast items to compliment the meeting’s theme. If you would like more information on these meetings please contact Paul Chavez at 281.291.5730.
What’s Happening At Evelyn Meador Library 2400 N Meyer Ave Seabrook, TX 77586 (281) 474-9142
Monday, March 25: Digital Photo Basics, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Tuesday, March 26: Microsoft Excel I, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Wednesday, March 27: Microsoft Excel II, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Thursday, March 28: Microsoft Excel III, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm You are required to take part I of the above classes before registering for part II. The classes are free and open to the public. These classes are limited to 12 people and require registration. Please call or visit the library to register. The library’s phone number is 281-474-9142. Harris County Public Library will make reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. To make a request, notify the Branch Librarian at 281-474-9142.
Call For Artists
29th Annual National Society Of Artists Juried National Show
Elizabeth Ann Bandu, 87, phen Britz and Cameron Britz. NSA is accepting submissions for its 29th Juried National SoStrafford, Mo, formerly of A private family viewing will be ciety of Artist Show now thru June 17th, 2013(deadline) . The juSeabrook, Tx, departed this life from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesried show is a open media event with over $2000 in cash, awards on March 15, 2013. She was day, March 19, 2013, in Oehler and prizes. This years show will be judged by award winning born January 6, 1926, in Wash- Funeral Home, 2099 Miner St, ington, D.C. to Des Plaines, Il. Graveside ser- and well known Juror, Instructor Artist Chuck Rawle. The show Alvaro and Ruth Bates. She vices will follow in Irving Park will be on exhibit and open to the public from September 21st, 2013 through October 31st, 2013 at The Brazosport Center for was a homemaker and mem- Cemetery, Chicago, Il. ber of Living Word of God Local arrangements are under the Arts and Sciences in Clute, Texas. Deadline for all download Church. the care of Herman H. Lohmey- submissions is June 17, 2013. All interested can download proElizabeth was preceded in er Funeral Home, 500 Eat Wal- spectus and more information from www.NSArtists.org <http:// death by her husband, John El- nut St, Springfield, Mo 65806. www.NSArtists.org> or call 832-752-3280 or sl.pinkerton@sbliot Bandu. Permanent online condolenc- global.net Survivors include her eight es, stories and photos may be children, Corey Bandu, Su- shared at www.hhlohmeyer. zanne Kandler, Patricia Smith, com. A memorial service will More than 18 million Americans suffer from sleep disorders, Linda Wright, Ruth Kowis, be held at the Living Word of Audrey Waldrop, Mary Bandu- God Church, Pasadena, TX. though an estimated 95 percent go undiagnosed and untreated. If Vinzant, and Christine Hanks. Date and time to be determined. you are experiencing difficulty concentrating, are sleepy during the day, or always feel tired, you may have a sleep disorder. AtEleven grandchildren, Jeremy Herman H. Lohmeyer tend a free seminar on the signs of sleep disorders, hosted by Dr. Bandu, Christopher Wright, Funeral Home Aparajitha Verma, medical director of the San Jacinto Methodist Sarah Gerier, Seth Waldrop, 500 E. Walnut Street Sleep Center. Includes a tour of the Sleep Center. Trina Kowis, John Martin Springfield, MO 65806 Kowis, Joshua Smith, Rebekah 417-862-4433 Smith, Brittney Partlow, SteTo RSVP, please call 832-556-6543.
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EMMA ROSE LANDRY HICKS
Emma Rose Landry Hicks passed away on March 18, 2013 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on January 12, 1929 in Crowley, LA to Obre Landry and Evelyn Faulk Landry. While just a teenager and working at the movie theater in Baytown, Rose ran into a handsome, young sailor home on leave from the Navy. Oly Hicks and Rose fell in love and after a whirlwind courtship, they married. Following his discharge from the Navy, they continued to live in Baytown until moving to La Porte in the early 50’s. Even after they moved to La Porte, Rose worked at Scarborough’s Drugstore in Baytown for many years before purchasing a hamburger shop in La Porte. Pete’s Place is remembered fondly by many longtime La Porte residents as the best place in town to get a hamburger. Although she loved her many loyal customers, after a dozen or so years she decided it was time to retire and enjoy a slower pace of life. Soon after she sold Pete’s Place, her husband joined her in retirement and they moved to East Texas. They lived in Center for about 20 years before Oly passed away. They enjoyed 57 wonderful years of marriage before his passing. Then, Rose moved back to La Porte about 10 years ago to be near family. While living in Center, Oly and Rose were very active in their church and enjoyed hosting fish fries at their home for the congregation. Oly was a deacon and Rose taught Sunday school
Thursday, March 28 at 6 p.m. Garth Campus Community Room 4401 Garth Rd., Baytown
for many years. They also enjoyed vacations especially their time in the Philippines. In addition, Rose loved her flowers, her purses, and her shoes. And, she loved her Western movies – most of which she knew by heart. Although Oly had been her one and only true love, John Wayne wasn’t far behind. But her greatest joy was her loving family: son, Michael Hicks and wife Colleen of La Porte; daughter Linda Burns and husband Thomas of Shalimar, FL; and daughter Oline Cherry and husband Richard of Orlando, FL. Grandchildren are Clint Hicks and wife Gina; Clayton Burns; Amanda Burns Olabarria; Dustin Burns; A.J. Schwerdtfeger; and Rose Thomson and husband Gareth. Great-grandchildren are Hunter Hicks, Jamie Olabarria, Euan Thomson, Izabella Burn, Morgan Ewing and Hannah Ewing. Also surviving are brother Theodore Holt, Jr. and his wife Joyce, as well as nieces, nephews, and cousins. Visitation for Emma Rose will be held on Thursday, March 21, from 5-7:00pm at Paul U. Lee Funeral Home, 201 South 3rd Street, La Porte. Services will be held on Friday, March 22, at 1:00pm at the funeral home chaThe Bay Area pel with Dr. Mark Redd of Bayshore Baptist Church presiding. A brief graveside service will follow at Grandview Memorial Rebecca Collins Park, 850l Spencer Highway, Editor & Publisher editor@bayareaobserver.com Pasadena, TX 77505. Carolyn Collins In lieu of flowers, the family Associate Editor requests that donations be made Phone: 281-907-3140 to the American Cancer Society, Fax: 866-596-8973 6301 Richmond Avenue, Houswww.bayareaobserver.com ton, TX 77057 or the U.S. Maeditor@bayareaobserver.com rine Corps Toys for Tots FounTHE BAY AREA OBSERVER Issue dation at www.toysfortots.org.
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IN THE GARDEN
Mexican Milkweed
Any lover of plants who keeps a garden for butterflies will agree that Mexican Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) deserves a prominent place. A South American native, Mexican Milkweed has made itself right at home in South Texas gardens. Mexican Milkweed adapts
flowers provide nectar for a variety of butterflies, bees and other pollinators, as well as hummingbirds. Its leaves are a valuable food source for the Monarch butterfly. Female Monarchs lay their eggs on the underside of the leaves. Monarch larvae have a huge appetite for the leaves and can strip a plant bare before they pupate. So it is a good idea to have several milkweeds planted in the garden. But even though the leaves are eaten, just trim the plant back and it will continue to produce more growth. The large yellow, black and white colored Monarch larvae feed only on milkweed and its relatives. Monarchwatch.org lists Mexican Milkweed as the best garden plant for maintaining Monarchs. There have been experiments done which showed that if given a choice of milkweeds, female Monarchs will lay her eggs on Mexican Milkweed. Parts of the plant contain a
well to most conditions. It is easy to grow in dry, moist, or even wet soils. It flowers well in full sun or partial shade. Mexican Milkweed is much more adaptable than most other milkweeds. In our area Mexican Milkweed’s vivid red, yellow, and orange flowers last all summer and well into fall. Its showy
compound called galitoxin, which can be toxic to humans and livestock but tolerated very well by the Monarchs. When the larvae feed on milkweed this compound make them very distasteful to birds. It becomes more concentrated in the adult butterflies. Birds that eat Monarch butterflies or their larvae discover pretty quickly how distressing this toxin can be and generally vomit them right back up. And more than likely, it is a lesson remembered by the bird. The nursery trade has developed some beautiful cultivars of Asclepias curassavica and are available at most good nurseries. Here are some of the cultivars: ‘Butterfly Red’ red and orange blooms ‘Silky Gold’ (syn. ‘Aurea)’ yellow and mango colored flowers ‘Silky Red’ (syn. ‘Silky Deep Red’) dark red and yellow flowers. ‘Silky Scarlet’ scarlet and red flowers
Texas Homeowners May Have Drought-Resistant Lawns
AUSTIN, Texas -- The Texas Legislature has guaranteed the right of landowners to install drought-resistant landscaping. The Senate passed a bill Monday, March 18, denying homeowners’ associations the power to ban landscaping designs intended to save water. The bill now goes to Gov. Rick Perry for his signature. Democratic Sen. Kirk Watson authored the bill that still allows associations to review new landscaping plans. But the Austin lawmaker said that after the 2011 drought, homeowners should be allowed to install landscapes that can survive on very little water. The Legislature is considering a $2 billion water development fund to meet the state’s water needs. The Texas Water Development Board estimates the state needs to spend $53 billion over the next 50 years to meet the state’s growing demand for water. This article courtesy of KTBX.com Bryan/College Station
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Herbicides for GMOs Driving Monarch Butterfly Populations to ‘Ominous’ Brink
By Lauren McCauley Staff Writer for Common Dreams .org
The migratory population of the monarch butterfly has reached an “ominous” low, researchers in Mexico announced Wednesday. Scientists are attributing the decline of this essential pollinating population to the ongoing drought and the “explosive” increase in the use of genetically modified crops in the American Corn Belt. Released by the Mexican government along with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a recent survey found a 59% decrease in the area occupied by monarch colonies wintering in the forests of central Mexico, the Los Angeles Times reports. Because of the difficulty in counting butterflies, scientists rely on measurements of the area that butterflies occupy to estimate their numbers; 1 hectare may contain as many as 50 million butterflies. “The report of the dwindling Monarch butterfly winter residence in Mexico is ominous,” said leading entomologist Lincoln Brower. According to Chip Taylor, director of the conservation group Monarch Watch at the University of Kansas, the decline was “hastened” by North America’s ongoing drought and record-breaking heat.
However, the more “alarming” source of decline, according to Taylor and Omar Vidal, head of WWF in Mexico, is the “explosive increase” in the use of herbicide-tolerant genetically modified soybean and corn crops across America’s farmland which, the New York Times reports, has “enabled farmers to wipe out the milkweed,” on which monarch larvae feed almost exclusively. “The American Midwest’s corn belt is a critical feeding ground for monarchs, which once found a ready source of milkweed growing between the rows of millions of acres of soybean and corn,” they continue. However, as farmers have planted over 120 million acres of crops resistant to the milkweed-killing herbicide glyphosate, the monarchs’ essential food supply is all but destroyed. “That habitat is virtually gone. We’ve lost well over 120 million acres, and probably closer to 150 million acres,” Mr. Taylor said. Previously, environmental groups cited logging in Mexico’s forests, the butterfly’s winter habitat, as the primary threat to the population. Since the area was declared a nature reserve in 2000, that is now considered a lesser threat. “The conservation of the Monarch butterfly is a shared responsibility between Mexico, the United States and Canada,” said Vidal. “By protecting the reserves and having practically eliminated large-scale illegal logging, Mexico has done its part. It is now necessary for the United States and Canada to do their part and protect the butterflies’ habitat in their territories.” Like bees, butterflies provide essential pollinating functions for entire ecosystems. “The fruits, nuts, seeds and foliage that everything else feeds on,” said Taylor. “If we pull the monarchs out of the system, we’re really pulling the rug out from under a whole lot of other species.” According to Nature World News, the Monarch butterflies begin life as an egg that hatch into larvae (which feed almost exclusively on the milkweed plant). These larvae become caterpillars and in the fourth stage they become butterflies. Only Monarchs born between late summer and early fall make the migration. Even though it takes about four generations of the Monarchs to make the incredible journey, each butterfly knows the way and at times, these butterflies have been found to come back to the same tree from where their great grandparents had begun the journey. “This is one of the world’s great migrations,” said Chip Taylor. “It would be a shame to lose it.”
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Ingredients:
2 Tbs. Mayo 2 Eggs (beaten) 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire 1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper 1/4/ tsp. Salt 1/2 Small Onion (grated)
1/2 Tbs. Dry Mustard 18-20 Ritz Crackers (crumbled) 1 lb. Fresh Crab Meat Pinch of Old Bay Panko Bread Crumbs
Directions:’
1. Combine all ingredients except Panko bread crumbs, Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour before frying. 2. Melt butter in pan. Form crab cakes into patties. Dip in Panko bread crumbs. Fry 10 minutes per side or until crisp. This recipe is brought to you by your friends at the Spice House by the Bay - 1214 Moskowitz in the Old Seabrook Shopping District.
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