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Erin Kelly and Blue Mountain Vineyards Highlight Wednesday UnWind submitted by Lindsay Taylor

Erin Kelly and Blue Mountain Vineyards will be featured at Northern Lehigh Rec.’s Wednesday UnWind series at the D& L Slatington Trailhead on Wednesday, August 9th.

From 6:00 until 8:00 pm people will be able to sample some of Blue Mountain’s popular wines and purchase bottles while listening to the music of local favorite Eliza Rush. Diggity Dogs & More, the food truck that operates daily at the Trailhead will be open for diner. Physical distancing will be required as will face masks.

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Erin Kelly has opened for acts including Hunter Hayes and Frankie Ballard. Her skilled guitar playing and powerhouse vocals define her country/ rock roots. From an early age, Erin has been no stranger to large audiences. She started performing the National Anthem in public at the age of thee.

Since then, she has performed for many major and minor league teams from the NBA to the MLB, including the Philadelphia Phillies, Reading Royals, Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Hershey Beas and Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Erin performs around the Lehigh Valley, including Musikfest Café at Steelstacks, One Center Square in Easton, the Hard Rock Café in Philadelphia and numerous pre-game shows for the Iron Pigs. In 2014, Erin released her first original song, Why Wait. The album won numerous awards and her video and EP won a Lehigh Valley Music Award.

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Paper Mache Presentation to be held as a Facebook Live event submitted by Yvonne Wright

With great joy and to beat the Pandemic hiatus, the Carbon County Art League (CCAL) is happy to announce a Paper Mache Presentation by one of our artists, Maggie Lukasevich, who has made this art form her vocation.

It will be held online as a Facebook Live event on September 9th, 2020, between 6 pm and 8 pm via the CCAL Facebook page. It is advised that anyone

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St. Peter’s UMC Events Submitted by Sharleen Crossett

Update: St. Peter’s United Methodist Church located at 7860 Center St in Emerald is anticipating opening the church for services on September 20, 2020. A time of Bible study/Sunday school will be at 9am, followed by the service at 10am. All persons entering the Sanctuary will do so by the ramp entrance, upon entering you will be asked to use hand sanitizer (provided) and wear a mask. As we re-open we will be following government and CDC guidelines.

If you are uncomfortable meeting together you will still be able to view the service online. You can also share “Youth talks” with Kristin on Wednesday evening @ 7PM. On Friday mornings @ 11am join Pastor Michelle with “Moments with Kids, and “Trail Talks” with Pastor Bill and James Monday thru Friday. These can all be viewed on https://www. com/stpeterschurch18080.

On the 2nd and 4th Saturdays @ 6PM on the Helping Hands Community Centers Facebook page you can join in Lifetree Café for an hour of stories and conversations to feed your soul. James continues to host these conversations and will be adding live

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Our food ministry which distributes donated food the area Food banks and churches continues to be busy. Our monthly clothing ministry “The Redeemers Closet” is once again open on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 9am -Noon, at the Helping Hands Community Center of Slatedale located at 4019 Main St Slatedale. We are limiting number of persons in the building at one time and masks are also required. Clothing drop off boxes are located at both the St. Peter’s and Helping Hands locations. Please place All clothing inside of collection boxes. If clothing gets wet, we must throw it away. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.

In all areas of the church’s ministries we continue to praise God for his blessings both large and small.

If you have a need please contact Pastor Bill at 610737-1450 to see if help is available.

Whether you’re looking for a place to worship or would just like to participate in our church activities, you can always contact Pastor Bill at 610-737-1450, or check us out at https://www.com/ stpeterschurch18080.

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The earliest sweet which people have eaten since prehistoric times was honey. The origins of confectionery can be traced back to about 2000BC to the ancient Egyptians who made sweets by combining fruits and nuts with honey.

The Romans, Greeks and Chinese made sweets with sesame seeds. The Aztecs in Mexico used the cocoa bean to make a bitter drink more than 3000 years ago. This drink was then sweetened with sugar after 1500 years.

Sweets and Medicine In the Middle Ages, sugar candies became very popular. Only the rich could pay for sweet food as

the price of sugar was very high. In that time, rich people ate desserts like preserved jelly and dried fruit and wafers made from batter. Also in the Middle Ages, doctors had to learn how to mask the bad taste of medicines and began mixing them with sugar.

Sugar and Cocoa Eventually, the combination of sugar and cocoa set the confectionery story on fire. Chocolate was drunk in Central America before 500 AD. In 1502, Cortez, the Spanish explorer of Mexico, brought cocoa and the chocolate drink back to Spain. The Continued on page 10

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addition of sugar in this drink made it more palatable, but it took almost another hundred years for the new drink to reach the rest of Europe.

The first shop for selling drinking chocolate was opened in London in 1657. In the late 17th century the rich began eating chocolate ice cream. Until the 19th century, chocolate was only for drinking, not for eating.

Mass Manufacturing Candy history and its development took off in the 1800's. The cheaper price of sugar and advancement in mechanization made it easier to

mass manufacture confections and for the first time they were available to all people. By the 1850s, there were hundreds of confectionery factories in the United States. The very first sweets included boiled sweets and marshmallows.

The first candy bar was introduced in Britain by Joseph Fry in 1847. Then, in 1875, Henry Nestle and Daniel Peter invented milk chocolate. In 1900, Milton S. Hershey invented Hershey's Milk Chocolate and then in the 20th century many new kinds of sweets were introduced, including Tablerone (1908), Milky Way (1923), Snickers (1930), Mars (1932), Bounty (1951), Twix (1967) and of course, many others.

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Lehigh Township Historical Society News Submitted by RUTH HALL KENT

While event cancellations and postponements abound in this COVID-19 world we live in, the Society successfully pulled off our annual BBQ to GO fundraiser on August 15th. It was a resounding success and we had to turn away a number of people. We greatly appreciate the support shown by the members of our community in our recent fundraiser. That has led us to try Round 2 of BBQ to GO in conjunction with our annual fall Mum Sale event. You can see info for both in our Ad in this issue of the Gazette. If you go to our webpage at www.lehightownshiphistoricalsociety.org or our Facebook page, you can link to more information about ordering. Usually about this time of year we are holding an event and Open House at our St. Paul’s One-Room Schoolhouse, however, due to the pandemic, we are not opening the school this year or holding a program at that site. We had been in the planning stages of holding a one-room school house reunion event. That too, postponed. We are hoping 2021 will be a healthier and safer year for organizations such as ours to once again interact with the public for both fundraising and programs.

Please check our website and social media for

updates when we get to 2021 to see if anything is scheduled. We will be conducting our annual drive for membership donations starting in fall so check back with us later this year if you wish to support our mission to preserve the history of the Lehigh Township and we welcome any old or historical items that can be added to our museum collection.

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$45,000, and an anonymous friend of the library has given another $10,000. We are still in need of submitted by Louise Bechtel $10,000 to complete the project. Please consider a The library will not be holding its basket social donation to this project. We will be trying different this year due to the Covid-19 virus. Any items ways to raise the money. There will be more details already gifted will be used in other fundraising to follow. Please check out our web site for up to efforts. We thank the community for their support date information.

The Slatington Library Book Club will be and hope to be back next year.

The Slatington Library is open to the public. discussing “The Book Woman of Troublesome Patrons are allowed in to select books and movies. Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson on Tuesday, The option of curbside delivery is still available. September 8th, at 1:00 pm. Copies are available at There will be limited use of the computers. Library the library. The library is giving away a bag of free hours are still shortened, Monday, Wednesday, books to all children, preschool through 12th grade.

Friday 9-5, Tuesday 9-3 and Sat. 8-Noon. FACE Stop in the library and pick up your bag. The Donald Owens reading challenge for all patrons, all ages, MASKS MUST BE WORN. If you are ordering from BIRD Amazon, consider using has been continued until October 30th. Read ten EARLY Amazon Smile, it allows you to select a charity books, submit the titles and get a raffle ticket to win (Slatington Library) and a percentage of what you $25.00 cash. There will be four winners. The spend comes to the library. Go to Smile.Amazon. Allentown District is sponsoring an online reading com. If you shop at Dan Schantz Greenhouse stop program, “Summer Quest Program: Imagine your OLATE BROWN MULCH-----------------------------Reg. $32.50 SALE $29.50 in the library and get a ticket, and when presented Story.” There is a link on the Slatington Public Library’s web page, under the announcement tab. at sale, the library will get $2.00.

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Candy is much loved and has played a role in the creation of many games, including a board game created about 70 years ago called Candy Land. In the game, players advance on a board in pursuit of King Kandy, ruler of a delicious utopia with locations like Molasses Swamp and Gumdrop Mountain.You may know the game, many people do. Here are some Candy Land fun facts: Candy Land was invented in the polio wing of a hospital / In the late 1940s, polio was still a looming threat to our population. While convalescing in the polio wing of a San Diego hospital in 1948, a retired school teacher named Eleanor Abbott decided to create a board game that could become a distraction for patients. The result was Candy Land, a fanciful and easy-to-understand diversion

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that saw players advancing game pieces through a sweetened landscape based on a color system – so no reading was required. The game proved to be so popular that Abbott decided to submit it to Milton Bradley, which was purchased by Hasbro in 1984. The game was first published in 1949 and Hasbro still sells about a million copies of the game each year.

Candy Land helped put Milton Bradley on the map / When Candy Land was released, Milton Bradley was primarily known as a maker of school supplies. Their other big game acquisition, Clue, had just been released, but it had yet to fully take off. Candy Land distinguished itself because, unlike most board games, kids could play it by themselves – an important feature in a country still concerned with the spread of polio.

Candy Land came in an edible version / Normally, the game pieces in Candy Land are not edible. In 2014 however, a company named Gamesformotion issued a Belgian chocolate version of the game that had chocolate cards wrapped in paper. Once they were played, they could be eaten. You can still find the edible edition for sale, but be warned: It's hard to play a second time once you've eaten most of the contents.

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First, there was ice cream. Then, there were cars and trucks. And then, there was ice cream and ice cream trucks providing Americans with their longloved ritual of buying a cold treat on a hot summer day.

The soundtrack of the ice cream truck, whether “Pop Goes the Weasel” or “The Entertainer” has launched children into action for generations.

Children will abandon playground games and just about anything else to catch the ice cream truck.

From Then to Now The history of ice cream street vendors dates back to the nineteenth century and is shaped by advances in technology, and fortunately, sanitation. While much has changed since peddlers first sold dishes of ice cream from carts cooled with ice blocks, for the last few generations, not much has changed about the ice cream truck.

In the 1970s and 1980s the treats were Fat Frogs and Mickey Mouse shaped ice cream bars. Today the sweet treats may be different, but the timehonored set-up is unchanged: Customers approach

a truck with an open side window, review the menu, and place an order.

Ice Cream Truck #1 The first ice cream truck was credited to Harry Burt of Youngstown, Ohio, who was the creator of the Good Humor brand. Burt was already delivering ice cream from a motorized vehicle when he had the idea to place chocolate covered ice cream bars on a stick. His new Good Humor ice cream "sucker" was easy and clean to eat, which gave him the idea to sell it directly from his truck to consumers on the street.

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Ice cream trucks such as Burt's Good Humor brand where able to survive the Depression due to the product's low cost. Many consumers couldn't afford big ticket items, but they could afford a nickel for an ice cream treat. During this time, vendors began offering economical items such as twin popsicles that parents broke in half and shared with two children.

Post-War Ice Cream Boom Post-war ice cream production boomed and so did the competition. Mister Softee was founded in Philadelphia in 1956 by two brothers who created a soft serve ice cream machine built specifically for a truck. Although Good Humor sold its fleet in the 1970s to focus on grocery store sales, Mister Softee trucks are still on the streets, not to mention a host of competitors who sell original treats, as well as pre-packaged favorites to a new generation of kids listening to hear the familiar jingle on a hot summer day.

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TOUCH OF DUTCH Submitted by Larry Gradwohl

Der Verlorne Soh Es waar en kaldi Windernacht Un drauss waar diefer Schnee; Hab graad die Leede zu gemacht, Do sehn ich ebber geh.

Ich hab gedenkt, wer kann des sei?

En Bettelmann, gewiss!

Er waar schun schier am Haus verbei, Do sehn ich doch wer’s iss.

Des waar der aarm verlorne Soh, So aarm un ganz allee!

Mit dinne Gleeder, schlechde Schuh, So baad er daerrich der Schnee.

Es blost der Wind ihm daerrich der Hut, Sei Gsicht waar uffgedrosse; Dem geht’s emol gewiss net gut,

Vun Gott un Mensch verlosse.

Ball alle Yaahr, so kummt er bei, Un immer nachts wann’s schneet; Er will gewiss net g’sehne sei, Doch sehne wie’s do geht.

Des schteene Haus iss wull noch dart, Doch annerscht guckt’s im Hof; Un Vatter, Mutter, die sin fatt, Die ruhn im diefe Schlof.

So geht er dann vun Haus zu Haus, Er draut sich naeryets nei; Geht widder schtill zum Schteddel naus, Will bei sich selwer sei.

Zum Kaerrichhof, dart kummt er hie, Sei Eldre leie dart; ‘s hot ihn gebannt, er weess net wie, Er will – un kann net fatt.

Er b’sinnt sich weil, dann geht er nei, Er Iaaft drin uff un ab; Un was er sucht, des finnt er glei, Der Mutter ihre Graab.

Er schteht am Graab un’s blost der Schnee, Es yohlt un glaagt der Wind; Er meent er misst im Schmaerz vergeh Un heilt as wie en Kind.

Was dreht un waerwelt in de Luft, Sin’s Geischter die dart schwewe?

Un holt der Wind sie aus der Gruft

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Un bringt sie all zum Lewe?

Sie schwewe eens um’s anner bei, Sie scheine ihn zu kenne; Un eens, des muss die Mutter sei.

Dutt ihn beim Naame nenne.

Sie schtreicht ihn mit de kalde Hand, Wie in de Kinneryaahre; Nau schteht er dart in seinre Schand Un sehnt was er verlore.

Un widder hot der Wind geglaagt, Hot an de Graewer gschtosse; Er hot die Geischter all veryaagt, Ihm Schnee in’s Gsicht geblose.

Dann hot der arm verlorne Suh Sich uff der Weg gemacht; Am Graab, do hot er aa ken Ruh, Geht weiter in die Nacht.

-John Birmelin The Lost Son It was a cold winter night And outside the snow was deep; I closed the shudders right away, Then I saw somebody going by.

I thought, who can this be?

A beggar, perhaps!

He was now almost past the house, Then I saw who it was.

It was that poor lost son, So poor and so alone!

With light clothing and worn out shoes, He thus waded through the snow.

The wind blew through his hat, His face was disgruntled; Things were surely not going well for him, Abandoned by God and man.

Almost every year, he comes around thus, And always at night when it snows, He certainly does not want to be seen, Yet to see how things go here.

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That stone house is of course, still there, Yet it looks different in the yard; And father and mother, they are gone, They rest in eternal sleep.

So he goes then from house to house, He doesn’t turn in anywhere; He goes quietly out of the village, Wants to be by himself.

He arrives at the graveyard at the church, His parents are buried there; That holds power over him, he doesn’t know how, He wants to and yet cannot go away.

He thinks it over for a while, then he goes in, He walks around, back and forth; And what he hunted, that he found soon – His mother’s grave.

He stands at the grave and the snow blows, The wind howls and grumbles(?); He thinks he must succumb to the pain And cries like a child.

What is turning and whirling in the air, Are there spirits that are floating there?

And did the wind bring them out of the depth And bring them to life?

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They float by one after the other, They seem to recognize him; And one, that must be his mother, It called him by name.

She pats him with a cold hand, Like in his childhood; Now he stands there in his condition And sees what he lost.

And again the wind grumbled, Shot by the graves; It chased all the spirits, And for him – blew snow in the face.

Then the poor lost son Made his way on his journey; At the grave, there he also had no peace, And disappeared into the night.

[I translated the phrase, “Der verlorne Soh,“ as ‘The lost son’ instead of ‘The prodigal son’ as it is in the Bible story because there is nothing in Birmelin’s poem to suggest that he was wasteful of his inheritance as the son in Jesus’ parable but rather that he must have been estranged from his parents in their lifetime and was now merely wandering about. Since the Bible story had a happier ending, perhaps I will include in a future column.]

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Making Cotton Candy at Home SOURCE: candyclub.com

Hardly anything brings us back to our childhoods more than cotton candy. Once labor-intensive and costly to make, this spun-sugar treat exploded in

popularity thanks to the industrial revolution and affordable sugar. Learning how to make cotton candy at home – without a machine – isn’t as hard as you might think. It may not look exactly like what you’re used to, but home-spun cotton candy is just as delicious.

To make cotton candy without a machine, you’ll need to heat, liquefy, and spin the sugar into very thin strands. Just know that you’ll want to keep your batches small. This method is a bit more timeconsuming (and messier!) than using a machine, but it’s also a lot of fun.

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Where the wire whisk loops around, cut it with a wire cutter and bend each piece so it forms a straight metal line.

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Prepare your workstation / You will be spinning the sugar on parchment paper, so clear some space on a counter or table. You may want to lay down plastic wrap or newspaper underneath the parchment paper to expand your overall protected surface and prevent messes with the hot, sticky sugar.

Combine ingredients and heat to 320 degrees / Mix the sugar, corn syrup, water, and salt in a large heavy-bottomed pot, then stir over mediumhigh heat until all the sugar is melted. Use the thermometer to make sure the mixture has reached 320 degrees.

Transfer sugar mixture into a large heat-safe bowl / This will keep the sugar from continuing to cook and burn. The sugar will start to thicken after about 10 minutes but can be microwaved to return it to the right consistency.

Spin the cotton candy – and work quickly! / Dip the tines of your whisk into the mixture then quickly drizzle the thinning sugar strands back and forth across the parchment paper until you have a sizeable “nest” of candy strands. From there, you can either eat the cotton candy in clumps or spin it onto lollipop or popsicle sticks. Enjoy!

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Cupcake Fun Facts SOURCE: Various

Swirled with frosting, covered in sprinkles, dipped in ganache, or drizzled with chocolate, cupcakes are a one-of-a-kind dessert that are whimsically versatile for any occasion. They have evolved far and wide from just chocolate and vanilla to fulfill almost all of our dessert dreams and fantasies.

National Cupcake Day is recognized annually on December 15 to commemorate these compact yet delectable sweet treats.

THE FIRST CUPCAKES Cupcakes have been around since the late 1700s.

The first mention of the cupcake can be traced to 1796 when a recipe notation of “a cake to be baked in small cups” was written by Amelia Simms in American Cookery.

Originally, cupcakes were called “Number Cakes” or“1-2-3-4 Cakes”to create an easy way to remember portions: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, 4 eggs, plus 1 cup milk and 1 spoonful of soda.

Original cupcakes were not frosted as we know them today, and usually were just flavored with spices or dried fruit.

FUN FACTS • The record for eating the most cupcakes in the shortest amount of time was 29 cupcakes in 30 seconds!

• The world’s largest cupcake weighed more than 1,200 pounds and had more than two million calories!

Cupcakes today are available in bake shops everywhere, but it wasn’t until 1919 that cupcakes really began gaining popularity. That’s when Hostess began mass producing them, but it took until the 1950s before the Hostess Cupcake became cream filled and frosted.

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How To: Microwave Peanut Brittle SOURCE: lecremedelacrumb.com

Peanut brittle is a type of confection, consisting of flat broken pieces of hard sugar candy embedded with peanuts. The term brittle first appeared in print in 1892. In parts of the Middle East, brittle is made with pistachios, while many Asian countries use sesame seeds, as well as peanuts. Many believe peanut brittle as we know it originated in the American South.

Now you can make everyone’s favorite sweet, salty and crunchy treat – peanut brittle – in the microwave. Use this recipe to make enough for eight servings. Total time needed is about 15 minutes, including 5-minute prep time and 10-minute cook time. Here’s the “how to”: INGREDIENTS 1 1/2 cups roasted peanuts 1 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup light corn syrup 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon butter 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 teaspoon baking soda

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DIRECTIONS 1. Grease a baking sheet and set aside 2. In a glass bowl, combine peanuts, sugar, corn syrup and salt 3. Place bowl in microwave and cook 6-7 minutes at high power. Mixture should be bubbly and peanuts browned.

4. Stir in butter and vanilla and cook 2-3 minutes longer. Note: If you know your microwave tends to cook faster and hotter then reduce this cooking time slightly so you don’t burn it.

5. Quickly stir in baking soda – just until mixture is foamy – then immediately pour onto greased baking sheet 6. Let cool for 15 minutes or until set. Break into pieces using a butter knife to crack it apart and store in an airtight container.

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The S’Mores of Autumn Ahh, the s’mores of autumn. What wonderful and creative things they are. As the summer winds down and the weather starts to turn a little cooler heading into the fall, the classic s’mores of summer, featuring a few squares of chocolate with a toasted marshmallow smooshed between two graham crackers give way to some very creative variations on the theme.

We found more than thirty intriguing “s’mores” recipes at this site, ranging from “s’mores cheesecake” to “s’mores nachos”: countryliving. com/food-drinks/g2006/smores-dessert-recipes/.

To access each individual recipe, go to the main picture on the landing page and then click on “View Gallery” to see a picture of each creation and its recipe.

From that list, here is the recipe for “Mini S’mores Cheesecakes” from “CrazyforCrust.com.” It is a simple cheesecake recipe that doesn’t require a springform pan or a water bath and you bake it in muffin tins. This recipe yields 12 mini cheesecakes that you convert to“s’mores cheesecakes”by topping with a chocolate ganache or some hot fudge ice cream topping and a toasted marshmallow that you can do indoors over a gas stovetop, or under the

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INGREDIENTS FOR THE CRUST: • 1 1/4 cups Graham Cracker crumbs • 3 tablespoons granulated sugar • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter melted FOR THE CHEESECAKES: • 8 ounces cream cheese softened • 1/4 cup sour cream room temperature • 1 egg room temperature • 1/4 cup granulated sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • 2/3 cup chocolate chips • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream • 12 large marshmallows INSTRUCTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 12 muffin pan holes with liners.

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3. Beat room temperature cream cheese with a hand mixer until fluffy. Beat in room temperature sour cream. Beat in egg, sugar, and vanilla extract.

(Room temperature ingredients are a must to avoid lumps!)

4. Evenly divide (about 2-2 1/2 tablespoons each) cheesecake among crusts. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until they just begin to brown. Cool completely and refrigerate for at least 3 hours or overnight.

5. Make the ganache (about 2-3 hours before you're ready to serve): place cream and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl or measuring cup.

Heat for 45 seconds, then whisk until completely smooth (may take more or less time depending on your microwave). Let sit until it's thick enough that you can spread it but it's not drippy.

6. To assemble: spread ganache over the chilled cheesecakes. Toast a marshmallow over a gas stove or BBQ (or under your broiler for just a very few seconds) and place on top. Serve immediately after you've placed the marshmallow on top.

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AARP Fraud Watch Network Submitted by STEVE GARDNER

CONTACT TRACING SCAMS - COVID The Coronavirus has created a perfect storm for scammers. One unique scam to arise this summer is scammers posing as contact tracers working for state health departments. Contact tracing is an important part of efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

Approaches to contact tracing will vary by state; but know in all states, legitimate tracers will never ask for money, bank account information, Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, or medical insurance information. You may receive a text from a contact

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If a text like this tells you to click a link, it’s a scam.

Clicking will download software on your device to access personal and financial information. When in doubt, don’t act before contacting your state health department to find out what process they are using.

TECH SUPPORT - COVID It’s back to school season in the time of coronavirus, and for many families it means more working from home and attending school from home. Scammers will take advantage of this to scare people into thinking their device has been attacked by malicious software – a nightmare for workers and students alike. The “tech support” scam typically involves a phone call with someone claiming to be with Microsoft, Dell, or another well-known tech company, claiming they have identified a virus on your computer. Or, you will see a pop up message on your computer with a phone number to call right away to deal with a virus. In both scenarios, the scammer’s goal is to get you to allow them to access your computer remotely in an effort to steal financial and personal information. If tech support calls, it’s a scam.

If you get the popup and your computer freezes, simply shut down and restart your computer and it should go away.

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New Loyalty Rewards Program: Sign Up and earn points towards wonderful Gift Items!

Shop Local at the Boutique, Shop Online: Free Delivery on Saturdays within 10 miles of store & Curbside pickup & Counter Pickup available!

We use Ultra Violet Germicidal Lighting every evening at the store to sanitize along with CDC guidelines !

New Hours: Sunday & Monday: Closed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday 12-5pm Saturday 10am—5pm

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CLASSIFIEDS NOTICE TO CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS: ALL CLASSIFIED ADS MUST BE PAID FOR BEFORE PUBLICATION. This means you must send your payment with your ad when placed by mail, pay for your ad when placed in person at the office, or mail your payment to reach our office before we go to print if your ad was faxed or called in. If payment is not received BEFORE press time, your ad will NOT be included in that edition of the Gazette.

HOW TO USE OUR CLASSIFIED SECTION: Mail your ads, with a check for $10 per ad (up to 25 words), to T&C Gazette, 255E S. Best Ave., Walnutport, PA 18088, or call in your ad to 610-767-9600 Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. OR fax anytime to 610-767-9612. PRICING: $10 for first 25 words; $15 for 26-45 words; $20 for 46-65 words; $25 for 66-85 words; $30 for 86-105 words; $35 for 106-125 words.

NOTICE: There will be no refunds after a classified advertisement is placed and paid. If an ad runs erroneously at the fault of the paper, we will offer a complimentary ad in the next edition of the publication.

Events DESIGNER PURSE BINGO POSTPONED Benefits the 113th Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade. Saturday, April 10, 2021 at Star Hose Fire Co., 7748 Penn St., Emerald. Doors open 5 p.m.,bingo starts 6 p.m. BYOB. Snacks provided, kitchen open. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 at door. Call 484-619-0140 or 484-225-2714 for tickets. (9/3)

shared bathrooms. Color TV and cable incl. Up-charge for A/C and on-premise parking. Internet avail.

Furnished effic. apts also available.

732-309-9671. (12/17)

Services Available Don Hartwig Sharpening Service: Saw Chain, Mower Blades, Scissors, Knives, Clipper Blades, Carbide Tip Saws, and much more. 4728 Mountain Rd. Slatington. 610-248-7988. (12/17)

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Enter to Win! TCG Photo Contest

Gentleman, age 53, clean, healthy, and financially secure.

Seeks romantic female age 30-50 for companionship, friendship, etc, any race OK. Will help support right woman. Call or text Joseph at 484-226-7690, leave message.

(10/15) Distinguished Country Cowboy Widower, would like to meet a sincere, attractive, loyal, compassionate, non-judgmental, down to earth lady of good character, with a keen with and playful sense of humor. Between the ages of 48 and 58, for a meaningful friendship, to share the splendid blessings of life. Call 610-760-9357 and leave message.

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Real Estate For Rent Apartment Slatington: New 2 bedroom, spacious, eat-in kitchen, living room, bathroom with linen closet, one-piece tub shower. NO PETS, W/S/G included. $590 + utilities, security required. Call 610-390-8691.

Slatington Hotel: Clean, safe, quiet, nicely furnished rooms, $120-$150/week. Private and

Our 35th Anniversary issue!

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The Blue Mountain Town & Country Gazette invites you to enter our photo contest by sending us your best *vertical* picture.

Contest #1: “Autumn Leaves Photo Contest”

The one requirement: Autumn leaves.

Beyond that it’s up to you!

Picture Deadline: Monday, September 14 Winning pictures will appear in our October 1st issue.

Submit your photos, as well as your name, email and phone number to: kmarsh@townandcountrygazette.com (Kathy) and jhall@townandcountrygazette.com (John).

Prizes will be awarded to winners in each contest.

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