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Cultivating The Environmental Ethic By Sam Erickson
Many people have come around to the idea that people have a responsibility to protect the land. While many balance this desire for protection with the idea that there are tremendous resources to be used for the economy, most have some to see the environment as something valuable. Many people are looking to reinforce
You love to fish, and while you’ve always tried to be an ethical angler and protect the areas you fish, you want to do more. Here are some tips to help you step up your efforts and use green fishing practices whenever possible. Go at an opportune time and obey any regulations in place. Steer clear of the early spring when fish spawn and the late summer when fish are stressed due to lower oxygen levels from the heat. Know what the rules are, follow them and report any illegal activity you see. Care for the land and water as though it were your own. Don’t trash it with chemicals and discarded gear. Take out everything you brought in and leave the area as clean as, if not cleaner than, you found it. Leave wildlife alone and take great steps not to disturb their habitat. Should you see others not doing the same, report it to authorities. Use eco-friendly products. There are many available, including barbless hooks and molded-type nets, both of which allow for easier, safer release of fish. Browse the Web or a sporting goods store near you and make the most of the green products you find. Keep the spread of exotic species in check. Opt for artificial lures rather than live bait when possible. Most artificial lures on the market today are more lifelike than ever. If you must use artificial bait, be careful to select native species. Do not bring in exotic species. They could survive, reproduce and damage the ecosystem. Handle the fish you catch with care and keep only what you need. Use a damp towel to remove lures; this will keep the protective layer on the gills intact. If you must use barbed hooks and see one caught deeply in the fish, cut the leader rather than try to remove it. The hook will eventually rust out. Take home only what you need and are allowed, and properly release whatever fish you aren’t keeping. Finally, spread the word. Take every opportunity to teach other anglers about the importance of protecting the environment and using green practices. The more you get the message out, the more other anglers will do their part and the better off the environment will be. this notion in themselves and to pass it on to their children. What’s the best way to do this? Just get outside. Spend some time hunting, fishing and camping. While there is often tension between hunters, fishermen and those who seek to use the environment for recreation, there are also a lot of strong alliances. If you love to fish, take your kids with you and try to share with them your
love for the activity. Camping and hunting can allow you to spend lots of time just hanging out and relaxing. Without the pressures of day-to-day life, there’s time to expand and bond. One of the best things you can do for the kids is to answer their questions about why you choose to spend your time relaxing in nature. Plan your vacations around national parks. There is little to compare with the majesty of
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Yellowstone or the sheer size of the Grand Canyon. Even if you can’t make it to these places, try to take advantage of the state and national parks. The United States has a tremendous diversity in its environment. From the forests of the Northeast to the deserts of the Southwest to the rain forests of the Northwest, there are tremendous natural environments to explore in the country. Continued on Page 2
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The National Parks Service has thousands of acres set aside for protection. While most are concentrated in the West, there are state and national parks in every state. While you don’t have to camp out every night to get some appreciation, putting the parks on the itinerary will associate them with fun and family time for the kids. There’s not a right or wrong way to expose your children to the environment. Kids these days have plenty of time to interact with the electronic environment. Interacting with the natural world will take a little more planning and effort. The most important thing you can do is to make a habit of spending time in the natural world and talking to your children about it. While you can recycle and reduce use throughout your life, a more lasting legacy will be to impart an environmental ethic to your children, which might last for generations to come. Discover Iowa history, below are two great locations and in the right column are more ideas
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Born in a two-room cottage, Herbert Hoover could have been any small town boy. Orphaned at age nine, he left West Branch, never to live here again. The landscape and buildings of the early years remain, however, to tell how family, faith, education, and hard work opened a world of opportunity— even the presidency of the United States— to a child of simple beginnings.
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SPRINGVILLE NEWS From the City Clerk’s office at 304 Broadway Telephone: 854-6428 Visit our web site at: www.ci.springville.ia.us
All across the country, students hoped that the start of this school year would bring back their old school lunches. It didn’t happen. Students are up in arms about the federally mandated changes to their lunches. Older students have taken to posting online pictures of what they’re given. Many are claiming they won’t eat what’s being served, or that the portions are too small. Students who stay after school for clubs or sports are left hungry at the end of the day, especially the athletes. They aren’t the only ones who are unhappy. Cafeteria managers have been scrambling to prepare meals the students will actually eat instead of throwing away most of the food. They’re limited in the amount of meat and grains that can be served in a week (measured in ounces), and must follow guidelines about specific calories by age group (as though all 7-year-old students are identical). To hit their targets, they’ve resorted to September Events in the Library odd pairings of food and have Every Thursday is story time @ cut portion sizes. 10:30-11:45 also Knitters & Parents are left wondering crocheters meet @ the fireplace whether they’ll forever be 1:00. They have great fun knitting, forced to pack lunches for sharing patterns and catching up their kids. The answer is ... on news and life. probably. Even that won’t CRAFTY THURSDAY! September solve the whole problem: 25th @ 6:30 in the Buresh Room. There have been reports We are offering a new program of overzealous school staff with a focus on seasonal or inspecting brown bag lunches. suitable for gifts or decorating in In clear overkill, some have your home. Look for new ideas taken away those lunches and every month. ?’s call or email TUMBLEBOOKS has been renewed provided a school lunch for for another year so check it out! the child. This is online, animated, talking There are, thankfully, some picture books which teach kids school districts that are the joy of reading in a format refusing to continue limiting they’ll love. their lunch offerings to what Springville Memorial Library is now legal. They’re dropping www.springville.lib.ia.us out of the program, giving email sprlibry@netins.net up tens and hundreds of 319-854-6444 thousands of dollars in federal COME VISIT THE LIBRARY funding to do so. What’s a parent to do? First, if your child is throwing away school lunch food or is hungry again in two hours, complain to your school district. They’re likely already in the process of deciding whether or not to stick with the legal lunches. Second, call the school and find out the policy for the contents of a child’s bag lunch. If anything you chose to provide is OK, one battle is solved. Get ready to pack lunches. You know what your child will eat and how much, what the pediatrician says about your child’s health and weight, and what current “food phase” your child might be in. Bottom line: A hungry child isn’t going to learn. Send your child off with a lunch you know he or she is going to eat. David Uffington regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply3@gmail.com.(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Phoenix VA Hospital Investigation Ends Earlier this year, a physician whistleblower at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix said that 40 veterans died while waiting for care. He claimed that schedules were jerry-rigged and falsified. The topic exploded into 225 more allegations in Phoenix and 445 around the country. The VA Office of the Inspector General began investigations at 93 other facilities. Its report concluded that scheduling problems are “a nationwide Support YOUR Library by: systemic problem.” The scandal led to the resignation of VA chief 1. Attending programming Eric Shinseki. 2. Checking out books & materials The investigation revealed 3. Using our NEIBORS e-book that in Phoenix alone, 3,500 check-out system veterans likely never received an 4. Log onto Tumblebooks.com appointment because of falsified Username: Springville wait lists. Patients who were Password : libra new to the Phoenix area, had recently been in the ER or who’d 5. Volunteer it’s fun. been hospitalized had difficulty getting appointments. The Springville Memorial Library In detailed case studies, has partnered up with Junior patients waited months with Library Guild in a fundraising uncontrolled diabetes, waited campaign in which you can seven months for a cardiology donate money that we can use to appointment that would buy new children’s books from disclose the need for bypass JLG Just go to: surgery, waited six months for http://donations.juniorlibraryguil an appointment that would d.com/j125185.html reveal a brain tumor ... and The children of the library will more. Conclusion: Patients appreciate the NEW books. encountered obstacles that affected their care and certainly Let’s fall into reading! didn’t help their overall outcomes. However, the bottom line in Phoenix is that investigators found no proof that those 40 veterans died because of delays in care. The OIG came up with a number of recommendations. For example, the health-care facilities will review the detailed case studies for disclosure to patients and families, ensure continuity of mentalhealth care, make changes to ensure timely access to primary care and establish a process whereby facility directors notify the Under Secretary of Health when the standards aren’t met. To read the whole document, go online to va.gov and search for 1402603-267, the file number for Review of Alleged Patient Deaths, Patient Wait Times, and Scheduling Practices at the Phoenix VA Health Care System. Freddy Groves regrets that he cannot personally answer reader questions, but will incorporate them into his column whenever possible. Send email to columnreply2@gmail.com.(c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Fruit of the Vine
If you were to make a checklist of all the wonderful qualities one fruit could possess -- sweet, tart, tasty raw or cooked, fresh or dried, with The town of Walker was incorporated in 1891. The first offidelicious juice, various flavors, edible leaves and nutritious oil -- the grape cers for the town were: Mayor: W. A. Jones Councilmen: G. G. and its vine would check every box. Gitchell, J P. Bross, H. J. Nietert, J. N. Keys, Theo. Hamblin, and It must be for that reason that no P. L. Hutchins. Recorder: O. C. Swartz Treasurer: M. B. Dodge other fruit, no matter how glamorous Assessor: E. R. Wheeler and Marshall: J. M Peyton. its reputation, is grown and produced Walker had a park that covered 2 complete blocks of ground. as much as the grape. That park is the well know City Park of today. The town also had The cultivation of grapes dates back to the beginning of civilization on the a complete municipal waterworks system that is still used today. Asian and European continents. In A two-room schoolhouse was built in 1876 and had to be enNorth America, when the Europeans larged in 1880. In 1910 the town’s graded school system had arrived, they found almost countless reached a high standard of efficiency and its graduates ranked varieties of wild grapes, many found well as students in higher institunowhere else in the world. Most of tions. In 1913 a new brick school those wild grapes were considered inedible by the early colonists, building was erected to replace although they were an elemental the wooden one and still stands food of the Native Americans. Soon, today. however, the wild American grapes The first church was organized became hybridized with European in town in 1874 by Wesleyan varieties, and grapes became more Methodist. Walker was well supwidely consumed. One of the notable varieties is the super-delicious plied with churches, having four Concord grape. Protestant and one Catholic SoThe grapevine has a presence around ciety. They were Methodist Episthe globe, and the fruit and the plant copal, Free Methodist, Catholic, Walker are used in a wide variety of ways. Presbyterian, and Christian. From the beginning, wine was made Walker’s streets were lined with from grapes, but it wasn’t long before it was discovered that grapes were shade trees, bordering permanent wonderful dried, and there is even sidewalks and well-kept lawns. It mention of raisins in the Bible. was call one of the prettiest towns The practice of making oil from the in the county. seeds also is ancient and appears to have begun soon after cultivation began. The same is true for the leaves, which are eaten fresh or brined, and a version of stuffed grape leaves not only is integral to Greek cuisine, but found in the foods of almost every Middle Eastern country. The fruit itself is a good source of vitamins A and C, and antioxidants. The leaves are especially high in vitamin A and minerals, while the oil or extract from the seeds also contain antioxidants that may be helpful in lowering cholesterol and fighting heart disease. Keep grapes in the coldest part of the refrigerator wrapped in a perforated plastic bag to allow excess moisture to escape. Unfortunately, grapes won’t ripen after they’ve been picked. When it comes to cooking with grapes, most people think of jams or pies, but even sweet grapes add an interesting dimension of flavor to savory dishes, and the more bitter grapes, such as some of the wild varieties like the Texas Muscadine, take on a sweetness when sauteed or roasted. If you’ve never tried grape leaves, you are missing a tangy treat. They are the perfect receptacle for a wide variety of stuffings. Try this recipe for Bacon Seared Pork Chops with Grape Sauce, which uses grapes in a uniquely savory way!
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SEARED PORK CHOPS WITH GRAPE SAUCE 1 teaspoon Kosher salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning 4 pork chops, bone out, 1 1/2 inches thick 2 strips bacon, cut into small pieces 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 2 cups seedless red grapes 2 tablespoons flour 1 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken stock 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoons chopped green onions, white and green parts, for garnish 1. Season chops on both sides with salt, pepper and 1/2 tablespoon of poultry seasoning, and let sit outside refrigerator for 10 to 15 minutes to to come to room temperature. 2. Add bacon and 1 tablespoon oil to saute pan, and cook over medium-high heat. Once bacon starts to render some fat, about 2 minutes, add grapes. Allow the bacon to continue to render and get crispy, and the grapes to split open and release their juices, about 3 to 5 minutes. Remove half of bacon and grapes and set aside. 3. Add flour and the remaining 1/2 tablespoon poultry seasoning to bacon fat; stir for 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in chicken stock and Worcestershire sauce. Turn temperature to high, and bring the mixture to boil. Turn heat to simmer, stirring occasionally, until liquid is reduced by half and thickens. Stir in butter, cover pan, and set aside. 4. To a cast-iron pan, add remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil and heat over medium-high heat. Add seasoned pork chops and sear. Cook pork for 6 to 7 minutes on the first side. Flip over and reduce heat. Cook for another 6 to 7 minutes until cooked through. Remove pork from the pan, and allow to rest for about 5 minutes prior to serving. 5. When ready to serve, add reserved grapes and bacon to sauce. Taste and re-season if needed with additional salt and poultry seasoning. Pour over the chops and garnish with green onions. Makes 4 servings.
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BOOKS -- Recommended Reading “Smart Cookie: Transform Store-Bought Cookies Into Amazing Treats” by Christi Farr Johnstone (Running Press, $16) “Hello Kitty Crochet” by Mei Li Lee (Quirk Books, $14.95) Reviewed by Larry Cox Two new books are aimed at keeping home bakers and crochet enthusiasts busy this autumn. “Smart Cookie,” by Phoenix-based writer and photographer Christi Farr Johnstone, sets out to show that baking doesn’t have to be a chore. To prove her point, she features recipes using store-bought ingredients such as graham crackers, icing, sprinkles, nuts and candy to create 50 visually appealing treats. Best of all, most take less time in the kitchen than making a batch of cupcakes. This nifty cookbook is divided into six distinct chapters: The Great Outdoors; Desserts in Disguise; Happy Holidays; Celebrate Good Times; Child’s Play; and Cute Creatures. There are formulas for metric conversions, a list of resources and even a getting-started section for novice cooks. The recipes are fairly simple and focus on the fun part of making decorating cookies. Hello Kitty is a fictional character produced in 1974 by the Japanese company of Sanrio and designed by Yuko Shimizu. Within two years, the creature had invaded American shores and presently generates over $6 billion in annual sales internationally. “Hello Kitty Crochet: Supercute Amigurumi Patterns for Sanrio Friends” marks the 40th anniversary of Hello Kitty with a collection of easy-to-follow patterns for amigurumi, or Japanese knitted dolls. Whether you are an old hand or just learning how to crochet, this guide is certain to please and entertain, even those who think they have no craft skills. “Hello Kitty Crochet” is written by Mei Li Lee, a Malaysia-based blogger and crafter. (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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*** Q: I have a metal bootjack in a beetle design. I am enclosing a picture for you and hope you can tell me more about it. I purchased it at a flea market in Albuquerque. -Jimmy, Rio Rancho, N.M. Delftware A: After examining your picture, I am convinced Q: I have inherited three pieces that you purchased a of Delftware that I understand reproduction. Bootjacks have were made in Holland about 200 years ago. What can you tell always been a popular tool for the removal of boots. By me about this type of pottery? placing the heel of the boot --Joan, Norman, Okla. in a U-shaped opening, the A: Delftware is distinctive because of its soft, red-clay body boot can more easily slip off the foot. Although older and tin-enamel glaze. The first bootjacks are collectible and pieces originated in the region often can sell for $100 and around Delft, Holland. The unusual color came from adding more, your reproduction is probably worth only about tin ash to lead glaze. During $15 or $20. The tipoff is that the 17th and 18th centuries, English potters were copying this your bootjack is made from aluminum; the older ones technique resulting in designs generally are cast iron, and that were unique to the British occasionally wood. craftsmen. Later pieces were *** made for the souvenir trade and these are not to be confused Q: Several years ago, I received a Hummel plate as with the more scarce earlier examples. Prices vary depending a gift. It is the 1976 “Apple on age and quality of the piece. I Tree Girl.” What do you think recently spotted a blue and white it is worth? -- Betty, Sun City, Ariz. Delftware plate from the 18th century in a shop priced for $375.
A: According to “M.I. Hummel Figurines, Plates, Miniatures & More” compiled by Robert L. Miller and published by Portfolio Press, your plate probably is worth about $50. *** Q: I have a partial set of sterling flatware in the Alexandra pattern. Do you have any idea of when it was made? -- Barbara, Austin, Texas A: Your pattern was made in 1961 by the Lunt Silversmiths.
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HOLLYWOOD By Tony Rizzo PHOTO: George Clooney HOLLYWOOD -- George Clooney may be making plans to get married, but he’s still stirring things up. He’ll take on Rupert Murdock (owner of the Fox Network) when he directs “Hack Attack,” an adaption of journalist Nick Davies’ book about “The News of the World.” Murdock’s British newspaper was at the root of the voicemail hacking scandal of politicians, celebrities, even murder victims and terrorist survivors. The paper’s former editor was sent to prison, and Murdock closed down the 168-year-old tabloid. Clooney and partner Grant Heslov are more than likely writing the script as you read this. *** And speaking of scandals, word around Hollywood is that Dr. Phil (McGraw), no stranger to lawsuits, soon will be on the receiving end of yet another one. We first heard of Phil McGraw when he was hired as a consultant by Oprah Winfrey, when she was being sued by Texas cattle ranchers for dissing beef. She featured him on her show and launched his TV career. In 2003, Dr. Phil entered the weight-loss business ... but his products didn’t stimulate weight loss. He settled the suit in 2006 for $10.5 million. That same year, two brothers sued Dr. Phil for “manipulating and later broadcasting our interview as being accurate,” portraying them “as engaging in criminal activity against Natalie Holloway.” In 2008, he was sued by Thomas Riccio, the man who taped the Las Vegas robbery that led to O.J. Simpson being convicted. His lawsuit accused Dr. Phil of “defamation, fraud and intentional deceitful editing of ‘The Dr. Phil Show.’” Now, Matthew Barasch, a Los Angeles lawyer, is in the process of suing Dr. Phil. Barasch went to Dr. Phil for help because he believed he was the victim of stalking, both on the Internet and in his everyday life. When he appeared on “The Dr. Phil Show,” he felt his appearance was “manipulated, and Dr. Phil showed so little compassion, and he bullied me. The show was edited to make me look bad. He turned out to be worse than the people who are stalking me!” Word is Dr. Phil has not renewed his license as a psychologist to give himself more freedom dispensing advice on his show. The next time you sit down to watch this program, try to add what you’ve just read here to the mix. *** Even though “The Big Bang Theory” was renewed through its 10th season, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki and Kaley CuocoSweeting wouldn’t report for season eight because of a salary dispute. My theory is that “The Big Bang” will explode now that they’re each getting $1 million an episode. Now that’s what I call “more buck for their bang”! (c) 2014 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Frame and Bookmark Summer Memories
Turn it over and use a ruler and a marker to make 10 lines. Every time your child reads a book, write down the title on one line.
Weekends are made for families, and fall is all about the changing color palette of the great outdoors. Put them together, and you have the potential for awesome adventures in your neighborhood and beyond. When you get home, keep the memory alive with these two hands-on activities using found materials -- free from nature.
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SAY IT WITH FLOWERS Preserve the last of your garden flowers in bookmarks. Gather a colorful assortment of small blooms and leaves. Spread them between sheets of wax paper and press them flat by topping with heavy books. Let them dry for about a week. Cut several 6-inch-by-2-inch pieces of poster board. Arrange the pressed flowers and leaves on one side of each one. Glue in place using a paintbrush dipped in household glue. When dry, cover the decorated side only with a piece of clear Con-Tact self-adhesive covering. Trim overlapping edges. Punch a hole in the top, and tie a ribbon or tassel through it to finish the bookmark.
FRAME A MEMORY
When you admire the flowers and plants growing in your garden and neighborhood, have you ever thought of them as a rainbow of color? For fun, name the colors you observe, take a photo and display it in a natural frame. Cut out the front side of a medium-size cereal box, or cut a piece of corrugated
cardboard from a packing box the size you wish your frame to be. Using a sharp pair of scissors, an adult should cut out a rectangular shape in the middle, slightly smaller than the size of the photo or drawing you are framing. Put a few globs of glue on the cardboard and affix strips of found tree bark all over until completely covered. Glue four thin sticks or woody stems to the outside edges to frame the frame, then add decorations such as moss and pinecones. Let dry. Affix the photo to a piece of cardboard cut slightly larger than the cut out portion of the frame. Tape it to the back. To hang on a bulletin board or wall, glue or tape a metal flip tab from a soda can to the back of the frame. A nail or pushpin will fit through the hole. *** Donna Erickson’s award-winning series “Donna’s Day” is airing on public television nationwide. To find more of her creative family recipes and activities, visit www. donnasday.com and link to the NEW Donna’s Day Facebook fan page. Her latest book is “Donna Erickson’s Fabulous Funstuff for Families.” (c) 2014 Donna Erickson Distributed by King Features Synd.