Willmar Reminder | February 25, 2024

door 4, New London, 6 p.m.

Monday

Hand & Foot Cards: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 9 a.m.

Walking club: Atwater Community Center, 9:45 a.m.

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, noon

Mahjong: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 1 p.m.

TOPS: Assembly of God Church Encore, 3821 Abbott Drive, 6:15 p.m., 320-796-2280

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Alanon: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Tuesday A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7:30 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Atwater Community Center, 9:45 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Willmar Community Center, 10:15 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 10:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Hand & Foot Cards: Willmar Community Center, 12:30 p.m.

Bingo: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 1 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group: Park View Village Assisted Living, Olivia, 5 p.m.

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Alanon: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Coffee and conversation: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 9 a.m.

Mahjong: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 9:30 a.m.

Walking club: Atwater Community Center, 9:45 a.m.

Rotary: The Oaks, noon

Cribbage corner cards: Willmar Community Center, 12:30 p.m.

Whist: Willmar Community Center, 12:30 p.m.

Willmar Area Senior Citizens Club: Willmar Community Center, 2 p.m. entertainment by Rollie Nieson, 3 p.m. meeting.

Women’s A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 6:45 p.m.

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Alanon: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Thursday

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7:30 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Atwater Community Center, 9:45 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Willmar Community Center, 10:15 a.m.

SAIL exercise: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 10:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m

Hand & Foot Cards: Willmar Community Center, 12:30 p.m.

500 cards: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, noon A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Friday

Alanon: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 11 a.m.

Whist: Dethlefs Community Center, Spicer, 1 p.m.

Senior Dance: Willmar Community Center, 1 to 4 p.m., $2 non-dancers, $7 dancers, both includes lunch; music by Joe’s Band.

Farkle Fridays: Willmar Community Center, 1 to 4 p.m.

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 2 p.m.

A.A.: 1805 E. Hwy. 12, 7 p.m.

Recovery Church: 516 4th Ave SW,

BY PATTI DIAMOND

Are you ready to tantalize your taste buds with a culinary adventure?

While we might not be jetting off to distant lands anytime soon, we can certainly embark on a delicious journey right from our own kitchens.

So, let’s fasten our apron strings and take a flavorful trip to India with a classic dish: Red Lentil Dal.

Dal (also spelled “dahl,” “daal” or “dhal,” but I’m sticking with “dal”) is the Indian name for dried, split pulses (like lentils, peas and beans) that don’t require pre-soaking.

Dal, in its various forms, is a global nutritional powerhouse, transcending cultural boundaries and culinary preferences. Whether it’s the comforting Indian dal, hearty Middle Eastern mujadara or savory Ethiopian misir wat, these dishes showcase lentils’ versatility across diverse cuisines. Embraced by vegetarians, vegans and meat-eaters alike, dal stands as a testament to the universal appeal of plant-based foods, addressing food security challenges and promoting healthier diets globally.

Here’s how to make something as simple as a cupful of lentils, some spices and aromatics into a hearty stew that’s both delicious and nutritious.

The stew is earthy and satisfying; the curry,

garlic and ginger flavors are warm and soothing. This is comfort food at its finest.

A few thoughts: If you can’t find red lentils, feel free to use any color of lentils you may have. If you don’t often cook with fresh ginger, I urge you to try it. You just need a little knob, enough to fill a tablespoon. Peel it with a spoon and mince as you would garlic. The difference is amazing for mere pennies. Also, this dish is very mild. If you enjoy your Indian food spicy, add some jalapeno.

EASY RED

LENTIL DAL

Yield: 4 servings

Total Time: 45

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 1/2 cups onion, chopped 4 to 6 cloves garlic, minced

1 heaping tablespoon fresh ginger, minced

1 tablespoon curry powder

1 teaspoon ground cumin

3 cups water or vegetable stock

1 1/2 cups red lentils

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes, undrained Cilantro and cooked rice, to serve

Optional add ins:

1 teaspoon jalapeno pepper, minced, or to taste

1 (10 ounce) box frozen spinach, thawed and drained 2 cups cauliflower, chopped

1 cup carrot, diced

In a medium-size pot over medium heat, heat the oil. Add the onion, and cook until soft,

about 5-7 minutes. Add the garlic and ginger and a bit of extra oil, if needed. Cook for 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add curry and cumin, stirring to coat the onions with spices, and cook for 1-2 minutes, until everything is spectacularly fragrant. Isn’t that wonderful? Add around 1 cup of water or stock, using a spatula to scrape any bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the rest of the water or stock, the lentils and any optional vegetables, if using, and stir. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a bare simmer, cooking covered for 30 minutes. Stir this occasionally to prevent anything from sticking to the bottom of the pan. After 30 minutes, add the diced tomatoes and salt, stir and heat through. Serve with rice, garnished with cilantro. Store leftovers in the fridge for up to four days or freeze for up to four months.

So, whether you spell it “dal,” “dahl,” “daal” or “dhal,” one thing’s for sure: This dish is a testament to the incredible versatility and flavor of lentils. Join the millions of dal enthusiasts around the world and treat yourself to a bowl of this savory delight.

Lifestyle expert Patti Diamond is the pennypinching, party-planning, recipe developer and content creator of the website Divas On A Dime -- Where Frugal, Meets Fabulous! Visit Patti at www.divasonadime.com

garlic, thyme, salt and pepper. Cook for 3-5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and fragrant. Add the chicken broth, chicken soup, water and shredded chicken. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and add the biscuit pieces. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Top with parsley, if desired, and serve warm.

Preheat oven to 350° and grease a 9-x-9” pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and beat until just combined. Press batter into prepared pan and sprinkle top with cinnamon sugar. Bake until golden and still slightly soft in the middle, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool before slicing into squares.

ARIES (March 21 to April 19)

Stop

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You’ve scored some big successes. But remember that all hard-working Ferdinands and Ferdinandas need some time to restore their energies and refresh their spirits.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re gaining a stronger mental image of what you’re trying to achieve. Now look for the facts that will help get this to develop from a concept into a solid proposal.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Some of you eager-toplease Moon Children might want to delay some decisions until midweek, when you can again think more with your head than your heart.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A new business venture seems

you’ve been

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A volatile

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your loyalty to a friend in a tough situation earns you respect from the people you care about. Those who criticize you don’t understand what friendship is all about.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A legal matter you thought had finally been resolved could require a second look. But don’t make any moves yet without consulting your lawyer.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Taking charge is what you like to do, and since you do it so

AQUARIUS (January 20

PISCES

BORN

to do the right thing -- and for the right reasons. No wonder people have come to depend on you.

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TOP TEN MOVIES

1. Argylle (PG-13) Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard

2. Lisa Frankenstein (PG-13) Kathryn Newton, Liza Soberano

3. The Beekeeper (R) Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman

4. Wonka (PG) Timothee Chalamet, Gustave Die

5. Migration (PG) Kumail Nanjiani, Elizabeth Banks

6. The Chosen: S4.E1 (NR) Shahar Isaac, Paras Patel

7. Anyone But You (R) Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell

8. Mean Girls (PG-13) Angourie Rice, Renee Rapp

9. American Fiction (R) Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross

10. Poor Things (R) Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo

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Modern Chairs

Think of an iconic modern chair and there’s a good chance it was manufactured by Knoll. The company is known for making furniture by notable designers. Many of these were innovative midcentury chairs, like Eero Saarinen’s Grasshopper and Womb chairs, Harry Bertoia’s Diamond chair and Jens Risom’s lounge chair. The company continues to manufacture these chairs, along with more recent styles by contemporary designers.

Knoll’s textile division started in 1947. The company collaborated with textile and fashion designers as well as architects and interior designers. In 2003, fashion designer Stephen Sprouse, who started his career in the 1970s, created a textile collection for Knoll. Sprouse was known for bringing punk and graffiti influences to high fashion and he did the same for his Knoll textiles, using features like neon colors and graffiti-style lettering. This pod chair, which sold at Barton’s Auction in Pennsylvania for $4,375, has a faceted body made of pressed steel and is upholstered in fabric by Stephen Sprouse for Knoll. The colorful upholstery with bright blue lettering over a camouflagepatterned background in hot pink, orange and yellow fits in with the unusual shape and design of the chair. * * *

Q: I read your article about a “Calvin and Hobbs” comic strip selling for a large amount. There seems to be somewhat of a rebirth for this cartoon. I have an original booklet with about 30 to 35 pages of those strips through the years. My copy is a little over 49 or 50 years old. Can you direct me to the best

BY DANA JACKSON

Q: I remember when singer Usher used to be on the soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Has he done any acting since? -- S.L.

A: Born Usher Raymond IV, superstar Usher was born in Dallas and sang in the church choir that was directed by his mother. The family later moved to Atlanta and then Los Angeles, where Usher released his first album in 1994 at the age of 16 and also hit it big with his second album, “My Way,” in 1997. He flexed his talents even more by branching out into acting -- first in the sitcom “The Parent ‘Hood” on The WB network, then in recurring roles on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “Moesha.”

More recently, he’s just played himself in several TV shows like “Dave” and The Lonely Island movie “Popstar.” However, being selected to headline the Super Bowl halftime show is a high honor for any recording artist, so I doubt he has any regrets about not having a hit acting career. He also just released his ninth album, “Coming Home,” so perhaps he’ll be adding his ninth Grammy to his mantle during the next award season.

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Q: When is “Young Sheldon” coming back with new episodes? Is it true that this will be the final season? -- A.M.

A: By the time you’re reading this, you might have noticed that “Young

source to connect with for selling this booklet?

A: Very few pieces of original art for “Calvin and Hobbes” have been offered for sale. Bill Watterson, the creator of the strip, gave his original art to only a few people and it sells for high prices. Collections of the comic strip have been published in book form since 1987, so your booklet is not more than 35 years old.

Some booklets sell for $5 or less. A boxed set of “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes,” which includes four paperback books containing all the strips, sold online for $50. It was in “good” condition. New boxed sets with paperback books sell for about $90 and for about $165 with hardcover books.

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TIP: To set an old

CELEBRITY EXTRA

clock, hold the minute hand in the center, turn it clockwise and wait for each strike.

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CURRENT PRICES

Judaica, Purim plate, silver plate, engraved, Hebrew text, three interlocking fish in center, 19th century, 12 1/2 inches, $605.

Sign, Orange Squeeze, “Drink Orange Squeeze,” “It Has The Real Fruit

Sheldon” returned to CBS with all new episodes on Feb. 15. Delayed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes, the seventh and final season will only consist of 14 episodes, with its hour-long series finale airing on

May 16. It was inevitable that the show would end, since the title character was getting closer to the age of his future self in “The Big Bang Theory,” the hit sitcom that preceded “Young Sheldon.” However, there is a bit

of good news on the horizon. According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS is “reteaming with exec producers Chuck Lorre, Steve Holland and Steve Molaro to develop a spinoff of their prequel series ‘Young Sheldon.’”

Kovels.com

Juice,” bottle, clusters of oranges, yellow ground, metal, 20 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches, $650.

Porcelain umbrella stand, Famille Rose, square, pink ground, peony flowers, dragons, footed, 23 inches, $1,440. For more collecting news, tips and resources, visit www.Kovels.com

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Although nothing official has been announced, word is that the new show will focus on Sheldon’s brother, Georgie (Montana Jordan), and his fiancee, Mandy (Emily Osment). It will debut as early as the 202425 television season. Hopefully, Iain Armitage will pop in occasionally as Sheldon.

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Q: Is it true that Jon Bon Jovi lost his voice? Will he still be able to sing? -- I.S.

A: Singer Jon Bon Jovi is recovering from surgery to mend a vocal cord injury, but his career is far from over. According to Entertainment Weekly, the lead singer of the popular rock band Bon Jovi had undergone surgery 19 months ago with a specialist in Philadelphia who used a plastic implant to fix an atrophied vocal cord.

While promoting

“Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story,” an upcoming docuseries on Hulu about him and his bandmates, Bon Jovi said that their new record has been completed and that he recently performed live for the first time since his surgery. He’s also about to become Millie Bobby Brown’s (“Stranger Things”) father-in-law, as his son, Jake, proposed to the actress last year. Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail. com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.

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This steel pod chair garnered extra interest from collectors due to its upholstery -- a graffiti version of the Declaration of Independence designed by Stephen Sprouse for Knoll.

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Musician Usher

BY TONY RIZZO HOLLYWOOD

— Former “Superman” Henry Cavill is not a fan of sex scenes. He admits, “I don’t understand them. ... There are circumstances where a sex scene actually is beneficial to a movie, rather than just the audience ... [but] I think sometimes they’re overused these days.” He says he often asks, “Is this really necessary, or is it just people with less clothing on?”

Cavill continued, “That’s when you start to get more uncomfortable, and you’re thinking, ‘There’s not a performance here. There’s not a piece which is going to carry through the rest of the movie.’” While he believes that there are times when sex scenes can be great in a movie, Cavill thinks that “it can be a little bit of a cop-out if a TV show or a movie is just filled with gyrating bodies.” He challenges this by asking, “What is this doing for us apart from the idea of, ‘Oh, naked person, great’?”

This might explain why there were no sex scenes in his recent spy film “Argylle,” which might have done better at the box office if he showed his “Superman” body. The $200 million spy film barely made a dent in its cost, which has prompted Apple to reconsider giving the green light to the two proposed sequels for “Argylle.” Apple was already bleeding money from the anemic boxoffice disappointments of “Killers of the Flower Moon” and “Napoleon.” ***

Quentin Tarantino has chosen the title “The Movie Critic” for what he says is his 10th and final film. Brad Pitt, who appeared in two Tarantino films (“Inglourious

Basterds” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”), is in negotiations to star in the film, which will probably start shooting later on this year or in 2025. ***

James Cameron, who has three of the highestgrossing films of all time (No. 1: “Avatar,” No. 3: “Avatar: The Way of Water” and No. 4: “Titanic”), has reached the postproduction stage for the third “Avatar” film. He has already shot half of the fourth “Avatar” film and has plans for three more films after that, for a grand total of seven films. “Avatar 6” is planned for 2035. ***

Jacob Elordi, the sexy star of “Priscilla,” “Saltburn” and “Euporia,” raised eyebrows in an interview with GQ when he admitted that he hated making Netflix’s film “The Kissing Booth,” which was so popular that it spawned two sequels. Fans were very upset, but not nearly as mad as the producer of an Australian morning radio show that Elordi was recently on. The producer asked Elordi to fill a jar with some of his bathwater as a gift to the show’s host, Jackie O, for her birthday (a reference to the hot scene in “Saltburn” where Elordi’s male costar, Barry Keoghan, drinks his bathwater). Elordi refused, and apparently, they got into a scuffle. The police were called, and the producer is now threatening to sue. The man needn’t have asked for Elordi’s bathwater; he could have just bought the Jacob Elordi bathwater-scented candle. Talk about going down under!

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Henry Cavill in “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice”.