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WHEATLAND

Wheatland Seniors Travel Club has some upcoming trips! Tuesday, August 17 we’re off to Skaneateles Lake for Lunch at the Sherwood Inn, a cruise around the Lake and a little time to browse around the town. After departure we will stop at Sauderers Country Store. Price for Wheatland residents who are club members is $79. Price for all others is $99. Monday, August 30 we are going to the NY State Fair. Enjoy the day on your own. Free concert at the Chevrolet Court, Hermans Hermits, starring Peter Noone. Price for Wheatland residents who are club members is $25. All others $45. To sign up or more details: Bus America Group Tours 585-697-3590.

Pick your own Blueberries & Red Raspberries at

WE ARE NOW OPEN!

Blueberry Farm

• Wagon rides to the elds • Buckets for your use, but please bring container to carry home! • Gi Shop, Jams, Blueberry Juice, Maple Syrup • Blueberry Hotline: (585) 526-5442

824 E. Swamp Rd., Penn Yan

Hours: Mon-Sat 8-4pm

REASONS TO SHOP FARMERS’ MARKETS

Foods at farmers’ markets tend to be limited to in-season offerings. Some nutritionists suggest eating seasonally available foods is better for your body, because humans ate seasonal produce for thousands of years before shipping and refrigeration changed how people received the majority of their foods. In addition, many people feel that fresh, seasonal foods taste better than the alternatives.

NOW HERE’S A TIP

By JoAnn Derson

* If you’ve lost a zipper pull, you can create a temporary one with a paperclip. * Remove all of the air from a plastic storage bag with a drinking straw. Slip the straw into the bag and close as much as possible. Then suck any air out through the straw, and quickly pull out and close in a single motion. Your leftovers will stay fresh longer, and foods may stack better in the freezer. * And speaking of straws, did you know you can use them to curl your hair? Wind sections of damp hair around a plastic straw and secure the ends with a bobby pin. Dry in the sun or use a hair dryer on low heat. Remove and spritz with hair spray. * Here’s an oldie but a goodie! Iced coffee is at its best when brewed with twice the usual amount of ground coffee, because the coffee is diluted by the melting ice cubes. Or use regular-strength brewed ice coffee and serve over coffee ice cubes. They’re easy to prepare: Pour cool brewed coffee into icecube trays and freeze. * Lemon juice can bring out the fl avor of mushrooms. I keep a little spray bottle to keep lemon juice accessible in the kitchen. I fi nd it’s good for all kinds of things, like avocadoes and apples. I spray the cut side to keep them from browning. It’s also great for salad greens. -- T.T. in New Jersey STRANGE BUT TRUE

By Lucie Winborne * One person in 20 has an extra rib, and they are most often men.

* Fearing that someone would murder him in the recreation yard at Alcatraz prison, gangster Al Capone received permission to spend rec time practicing his banjo in the shower room.

* Female cats are mostly right-pawed, while male cats are more frequently leftpawed.

* A centuries-old Japanese tradition holds that if a sumo wrestler can make your baby cry, the baby will live a healthy life! During a special ceremony, parents hand their infants to wrestlers who not only bounce the babies up and down but sometimes even roar in their faces to start the waterworks. As one mom, Mae Shige, remarked of her son at a 2014 event: “He’s not a baby that cries much, but today he cried a lot for us and we are very happy about it.”

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