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Asparagus (cont’d)

This versatile vegetable works well as a room temperature appetizer, the main ingredient as part of a main course, blended into a soup, or as a flavorful side dish or in a colorful salad. A quick and easy way to prepare asparagus is this Roasted Asparagus with Lemon and Parmesan. It’s a simple and delicious way to celebrate spring! ROASTED ASPARAGUS WITH LEMON AND PARMESAN 2 pounds fresh asparagus, tough ends trimmed off 1/4 cup olive oil 4 teaspoons grated lemon zest 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese (continued in next column)

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Asparagus (cont’d)

1. Heat oven to 425 F. Place asparagus in a greased 15 by 10 by 1 inch baking pan. 2. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, 3 teaspoons of the lemon zest, garlic, salt, pepper and half of the cheese together, and drizzle it over the asparagus. Toss to coat. Roast until crisp-tender, 8-12 minutes. 3. Sprinkle with the remaining Parmesan cheese and lemon zest. Serves 4 to 6. *** Angela Shelf Medearis is an award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and the author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro. com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis. (c) 2019 King Features Synd., Inc., and Angela Shelf Medearis

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JET, THE WONDER DOG • James Baldwin was a soldier during World War I and saw how effectively the German army used dogs. Dogs had been used to carry first aid to wounded soldiers, to run messages, and to help lay landlines. When World War II started, Baldwin petitioned Parliament to set up a program to use dogs for various functions just as the Germans did. • Baldwin set up a demonstration and invited over 80 Army officers. The demonstration was very effective. As a result, he was named Dog Advisor and Chief Training Officer in 1942, serving under the Royal Air Force. • What Baldwin needed now was dogs, and he placed an advertisement in newspapers throughout England asking for donations of puppies. A litter of five German Shepard pups was donated. One of the pups, a pure black dog named Jet, was particularly intelligent. • After initial training as a guard dog, Jet was posted to the American Army Air Force in Northern Ireland, to work with a handler on anti-sabotage duty around airfields. • Meanwhile, Colonel James Baldwin was watching a film called “The Seige of Stalingrad.” It was during this film that he decided that dogs could be trained to point snipers in the same way bird dogs point birds. He collected several dogs in training, including Jet, and then took them to a bombed-out neighborhood in Birmingham. Twelve “snipers” had hidden in the wreckage, and the dogs were given the command to find them. After all but one of the snipers had been found, Jet remained behind, digging at a small hole no larger than a man’s hand. • Jet’s handler found the last man hiding twelve feet down. He had gone below ground and (continued on next page)

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