just a thought
Across the Fence
By Julie Turner-Crawford
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ollywood-style awards shows aren’t my “thing.” Watching people saunter down red carpets and parade across a stage to say they were “so shocked” to win is Julie Turner-Crawford rather boring. Music award shows don’t is a native of Dallas appeal to me either. County, Mo., where she Who sold the most records or who had the role/ grew up on her family’s performance of a lifetime isn’t important to me. I farm. She is a graduate haven’t bought a CD in years (and the last one I did of Missouri State buy was a Christmas gift for someone else). The last University. To contact concert I went to was while I was in college, and I Julie, call 1-866-532-1960 don’t like going to the movie theater. The best songs or by email at editor@ will be on the radio and movies will eventually be ozarksfn.com. on TV, so why spend the money or fight the crowds? With my “I don’t care attitude,” I missed a speech by an-award winning actor chastising the dairy industry. Thanks to modern technology, I was able to view the speech, and for those of you like me who do not watch award shows, here’s what was said: “We feel entitled to artificially inseminate a cow, and when she gives birth, we steal her baby. We take her milk that’s intended for her calf, and we put it in our coffee and our cereal. And I think we fear the idea of personal change because we think that we have to sacrifice something.” The actor must be some kind of joker, right? Well... — Continued on Next Page
Desserts Double Chocolate Crumble Bars Submitted by:Barbara Groskopf, Hartman, Ark.
Ingredients:
• 1/2 C butter • 1/3 C sugar • 2 eggs • 1 tsp vanilla • 3/4 C flour • 1/2 C chopped pecans • 1/4 tsp salt • 3 Tbsp cocoa powder • 1/4 tsp baking powder • 2 C small marshmallows • 1 C semisweet chocolate chips • 1 C peanut butter • 1 1/2 C Rice Krispy cereal
Directions: Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs and vanilla. Mix together flour, nuts, cocoa, baking powder and salt. Stir into egg mixture. Spread in a greased 9-by-13 baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until done. While still warm, sprinkle evenely with marshmallows, bake for 3 more minutes, then cool. In a saucepan, combine chocolate chips and peanut butter. Cook on low heat, stirring at all times, until chips are melted. Add cereal and mix well. Spread mixture over cooled bars. Chill and cut into bars. Note: Refrigerate uneaten bars.
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MARCH 2, 2020
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