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In late January, the town of Massena, just on the other side of the border, held a press conference stating that it was interested in becoming one of the future 13 sites of nuclear power plants to be build in the USA over the next 10 years. Reading that news then, I remember feeling very uneasy with having this kind of potentially volatile power in my back yard, but what I was worried about mostly was the terrorist threat. Natural disasters didn't even enter my mind.

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Japan changed that.

As I am writing this, anything that stands within a 30km radius of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has been tentatively evacuated. People who can't leave their homes have been told to stay indoors and make their homes airtight.

Radiation rates up to 133 times what's considered "normal" is being reported. If this were in Massena, I would have been evacuated. If this were Massena, I would have been exposed.

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Japan is a wake-up call.

Sure, what happened over there is the worst scenario imaginable.

Sure, nuclear reactors used for power are normally very safe and use countless security features in case that if one fails, many more are in place. But Japan is showing us- as if we needed a reminder-- that you can't control the elements and that no matter how much precaution humans utilize, mother nature is a most powerful force that can't be predicted or tamed, and when you deal with that, you are always taking risks. Granted, most risks are calculated ones, but they are risks nonetheless.

So where does that leave us? I'm not sure. But I know this; I know that right now, people might be revising their position on whether or not they think the benefits of getting a nuclear power plant so close to home outweigh the disadvantages. They might be afraid and that fear probably affects their judgment. Although I would be surprised if Massena took a different point of view in light of the catastrophe, (no, I have not called them...) I do think that the people are probably pressing and calling, in concern. And I do think that ultimately, like with everything else, as soon as this is done and dealt with, life will go back to normal and people will forget.

But Japan won't forget.

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Once "the central building in Cornwall," according to former local historian Stanley McNairn, the old Gothic style Post Office and clocktower, situated on the northwest corner of Pitt and 2nd streets was the "unofficial timepiece of the community" until it was demolished.

Erected between 1882 and 1885, by local contractors Gordon and L.A. Ross, the total cost for the Post Office - Customs Building exceeded $47,900.

Appointed with the latest in gas lighting and steam heating, the Post Office, along with the Canal Superintendent's House (now the RCAF Building in Lamoureux Park), were the first important federal public buildings erected in Cornwall after Confederation (1867).

The photographs and postcards are from the collection of more than 10,000 images at the Cornwall Community Museum. If you are interested in learning more about our history the museum has a wide selection old and modern local histories for sale, or you may visit the museum throughout the winter every Wednesday from noon to 4 pm, and at other times by appointment., weather permitting. Info. 613 936-0842.

N O T I C E SATURDAY MARCH 26TH AT 2 PM. DR. MARC BOILEAU FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH, will be making a presentation about his book TOWERS OF TIME, the story of Ontario's 19th century post offices at a free lecture sponsored by the SD & G Historical Society IN THE MEETING ROOM AT SCHNITZELS, Free admission, everyone is welcome.

Actually two structures, the complex included a one-story Customs House along 2nd Street.

The limestone Post Office, crowned with a three faced clock looking east, north and south, however, identified the building.

The first rural home delivery started in 1920, while Cornwall's first letter carrier service was inaugurated on January 4, 1926. Cornwall's first and only direct airmail delivery took place as a stunt, on January 14, 1927, when Laurentide Air Service dropped a weighted bag into the Post Office courtyard, carrying a single letter addressed to J.R. Duquette, proprietor of the King George Hotel.

With the construction of the Seaway, it was decided that the site of the old post office would make an ideal location for the Seaway Authority's Administration Building. The 50's a time when when good was new, and old was bad, meant that the old building was doomed and replaced with the present structure.

On Saturday March 26th at 2 pm ,you are invited to learn more about Ontario's historic post offices, at a free lecture sponsored by the SD & G Historical Society and held at Schnitzels. At 5:18 p.m. Feb. 23, 1955, the Post Office tower collapsed, but not Starting this April there will be an exhibit of the original plans and historic photographs of the without a struggle. The "Standard-Freeholder" reported "Sidewalk superintentents knew exactly where and when the tower would fall...they old Post Office. were guessing completion of the demolition no later than 2 pm."

"Stan the crane operator wielding a 3,000 pound hammer, was not agreeing with them..."

"Freeman Jacobs and Edward Thomas, of St. Regis, with the help of the Cornwall Fire Dept. aerial ladder, had placed two cables around the tower.

First the two remaining sections of the wall on Pitt and 2nd streets were pulled down since they added some support to the tower. The crane moved into the foundation with the hammer to knock down the corners.

The workmen soon learned that the old tower would not buckle very easily."

"At 2:23 pm., hammering stopped after 123 blows (to permit traffic to move.) Cables were re-secured. The crane and power shovel made a giant pull - the cable broke and the crowd moved back in fear the hitch would snap again."

The Cornwall Post Office on the northwest corner of Pitt George Bellefeuille helps dismantle the sheet-copper roof of the soon to and 2nd streets, around 1900. be demolished Post Office, Feburary, 1955.

Three of Cornwall's original home delivery postal carriers leaving the Post Office. Urban home delivery started in 1926, this 1949 photograph shows from left: Alfred Gagnier, Joe Fox and Midas Dumond.

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"At 5:02 pm., the first large section was felled - half the tower was down.

Many tons of stone and brick dropped with clouds rising and sweeping down Pitt St. The crowd cheered. Equipment was pulled back again.

Stan called for one more tug in unison and that did it."

The inside mechanism of the old post clock were saved by Gordon Miller and SD & G Historical Society President Stanley McNairn. Until a new home could be found for the clock 37 years later in Lamoureux Park's Gateway Post Office Tower, the clock was stored and refurbished at St. Lawrence College. In this photo, Dr. Jack Hofstee, chairman of trades at the college is examining the clock's work with college staff member Pete Villeneuve. I have often been asked why the Gateway Clock Tower is not taller? The answer is simple. It is situated on the site of Cornwall's original beach, as it was standing on sand, it would have been necessary to dig unreasonabley deep footings to prevent us from having the "leaning tower of Cornwall."

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ART SEEKERS by Sandra Taylor Hedges

Guerrilla Art I am curious as to how many of you know about Guerrilla Art and no, it isn’t the art made by Gorilla’s in the local zoo although some of their stuff isn’t bad. This is the art form that takes its name from the French word for War. Guerrilla art is about a different type of war, the war against the establishment and its various forms of stupidity (sorry I couldn’t think of a better word).

I was inspired to talk about this form of art after reviewing the results from an assignment I gave to my class in Experimental Media a course I teach at the College in Akwesasne. I realized that this may be a way for the art community to wake up to the causes that it wants to bring attention to. So exactly what is it? Let’s start by saying what it is not. Guerrilla Art should never be the reason for causing damage to anyone’s property or person. It should never be used to attack an individual for personal gain only.

Guerrilla Art must come from a place of making the community aware of an injustice in the community and to the world in general.

Subjects such as the government, ecology, global warming, garbage dumping, smoking, and of course the need for Art in a community are all fodder for the Guerrilla Artist to gobble up.

Artist is showing an image of a pig with Dollar signs on it’s snout and taped several of these on the doors of local Gas Stations, the words on the poster say Capitalism = Greedy Pigs

Being tired of the snow this Artist painted images of fanciful flowers and placed them along the road side so that everyone could enjoy the flowers

This Artist infiltrated a local exhibition on nutrition and added the poster of the adverse effects of smoking on young people.

This Artist’s family live close to a section of the St. Lawrence that freezes over during the winter and is used as a short cut for cars.

This Artist painted a replica of a section of landscape he passes everyday and mounted the painting up on a snow bank in such a way that when viewed it appears to completes a section of the landscape.

This Artists poster was pinned up on the bulletin board of a local police station the message is the time wasted with the important people in your life by crime.

The Artist wanted to show that if littering along the road wasn’t stopped the result may be living in the garbage.

This one is my favourite as it simply takes a shot at our obsession with marking places as important by virtue of what happened there.

What does Guerrilla Art look like? It can be as simple as a poster stating a thought or feeling or as complicated as an installation that is larger than life and cannot be ignored such as sidewalk chalk art, murals painted on abandoned buildings and sculptures built randomly in parks with found materials.

The most important part of Guerrilla Art is that it is anonymous and is left to it’s fate. This part many artists have a difficult time with and I am suspicious that one of my students didn’t follow this particular rule. The best way to illustrate some samples of Guerrilla Art is to show you so I have included some images of my students work as they are found in their environment. I will not name the artist to keep the spirit of Guerrilla Art. So remember if you have something to say you can sit with your friends and bellyache or go Guerrilla!

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Jason Setnyk, the founder and promoter of Rock for Charity was ecstatic on Friday March 11th at Rock for Charity XIII event held at Café Connectionz. .“ We surpassed the $5000 mark for total money raised since we started Rock for Charity a year ago”. This event celebrated the one year anniversary of Rock for Charity and Friday’s event benefitted the Childrens Aid Society , with Kimly Thivierge-Sills, (right) Supervisor from CAS, present.

Setnyk ran for City Council in 2010, and got over 2500 votes, BUT WHO IS JASON SETNYK? He is someone who metaphorically wears many hats. He is a high school teacher, freelance journalist and photographer, author, musician, concert promoter, and community activist.

“I love teaching, I love music, and I love getting involved with our community”.

Besides being a full time teacher, Jason Setnyk is the chair of the Cornwall Transit Committee, a lay person on the Cornwall Public Library Board, a contributor to the SD&G Coalition of Social Justice and the WinterFest Committee, and a founding member of the Cornwall Cultural Committee.

“I've been interested in the arts all my life, and I got involved with live music when I was still in high school”.

Over the years, Setnyk has gone on tour, played on the same stage that once hosted The Rolling Stones, played live on college radio, and had albums reviewed in Exclaim, and albums that hit the college radio charts. Setnyk's former punk band also has over a million audio plays on the myspace website.

“I run the Cornwall Underground website.

The website has promoted local music since 1999. But it's not just a website, over the past decade I've put together four compilation's of local music on CD. I've also briefly hosted an online radio show, booked many live music events, and booked hundreds of bands and musicians Cornwall shows”.

Jason Setnyk is the co-founder of Rock the Vote with Elaine MacDonald which combines live music, political guest speakers, and social activism. The first Keegan Larose Band Rock the Vote was hosted in 2003 and featured keynote speaker Jack Layton and Cornwall Mayor at the time Brian Sylvester. There has been six Rock the Votes over the past eight years.

“I'd love to do another Rock the Vote this summer. I've been interested in politics since I was young. I think voting and democracy is learned, it doesn't just happen”.

Setnyk who is also a freelance journalist and photographer, has expressed himself by writing editorials for various newspapers.

“I've been published in over thirty publications including The Toronto Star and The New York Daily News, as well as Adbusters Magazine".

Setnyk is also the proud author of two books. Angry Vegan and the Mad Cow was a play written by Setnyk while he was majoring in English at the University of Ottawa (he also majored in History and Education). His second book Anarchy and Heartbreak is a compilation of poems, lyrics, aphorisms, and reflections.

“I'm thinking of running for politics again sometime in the future, it was a great experience! In the mean time, I am busy teaching, volunteering, and organizing monthly Rock for Charity concerts. I am privileged to live such a busy and exciting life".

The fourteenth Rock for Charity will be hosted at a new venue! On Friday April 15th 2011 visit Remington's Deli and Bar on 101 Montreal Road for the next concert.

This charity fundraiser event will feature Jamie Jarvo, Tommy Heatley, Ewen McIntosh, Joel Sauve, Boozehound (with Jessy Brown, Denis Andre, Ben Potrais, and Greg Poapst), Broadened Horizons (with Jeremy Rae Blair, Travis Alguire, and Bentley Roy), Brandon O'Flaherty, plus host Jason Setnyk. It's all ages, 6:30pm doors, and $5 admission at the door. 100% of the money raised on Friday April 15th goes towards the SD&G Coalition for Social Justice. To date Rock for Charity has raised over $5100 for various local charities and non profit groups that make Cornwall and SD&G a better community to live in.

For info on other arts and culture events visit The Cornwall Underground: http://cornwallunderground.blogspot.com/ Invite people to this event or share this link on your Facebook Wall: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190751280955682

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Artful Music…

Article and photos by: Doreen South

A small eclectic group of people gathered on Sunday, March 6, 2011, in a studio off in the sugar bush. They possessed various degrees of artistic talent, some schooled in the various mediums of art. Others considered themselves with any developed artistic talent. A perfect blend for what was about to unfold.

Crystal singing bowls, chimes, drums, gongs and the artist who plays them was quietly poised. The facilitator, a distinguished and refined artist and teacher, Gerald Swift, spoke softly to the group. He gently transported them through meditation into the awakening of the inner child…Children who have fun.

Children who accept beauty and experience joy in all that they do.

Quiet faces, bodies swaying slightly and breathing become rhythmic. Within a short time, our eyes opened and we felt excited. We hovered over our large blank paper. There were crayons, a paint brush and a paint tray at each station. We were young again. We wanted to begin.

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The music artist, Jody Marsolais, created ethereal sounds. We became unaware of the person next to us and across from us. We were channeling the music in a way that caused our hands to move with intention. Images formed with an ease that caused the experience of art to be natural in every sense.

Gerald walked quietly amongst us asking questions to promote more creativity.

He assisted gently and effectively those who looked to him for some direction.

Each painting, each masterpiece unfolded from the inner child. Every picture unique and colorful. A perfect expression of the individual. Individually an expression of the gleeful child who painted it.

We were called to focus now on reflection…to share our experience with Gerald and Jody. One by one, voices shared their journey. Our inner child wishes to return to this place of freedom. We wanted to return. We asked to be invited back to a new experience of artful music.

from left to right. Maike Dombrowsky, Doreen South and Janet St. Pierre with their artwork.

Caesarean Births, Part II

By Lorraine Rigby-Larocque, LE, CBE So now that we’ve gotten the reasons for caesareans births out of the way, we can have a quick look at what happens.

Caesarean births can be categorized in two ways: one is “elective”, meaning it was planned before labour, regardless of the actual reason; the other is “emergent” (or “emergency”) which means it was unplanned and usually happens once labour has started.

A good place to start in preparing for a caesarean birth is to ask your doctor or health care providers what happens. In general, whether it is planned or unplanned, the steps to prepare are similar. If urgent, the steps will proceed more quickly. Basically, mom is prepped by having a blood sample drawn; her vital signs and her baby’s heart rate are monitored. Her abdomen might be shaved, and a catheter is inserted into her bladder, although this might wait until after she has anaesthesia. If she is not yet in the operating room (“OR”), she is moved there, and the anaesthesia is administered by another doctor. This can be an epidural or a spinal, which are similar in how they are given and work; a general anaesthetic, where you are asleep for the surgery and birth, is rarely used now. Once all this is done and the mother is ready, her partner is allowed to enter, wearing sterile hospital garb, and must stay near the mother’s head and not interfere in the sterile field where the surgery takes place. The actual birth of the baby can take place quite quickly at this point, with the most time needed to close mom’s tummy afterwards. The inner layers are typically closed using absorbable stitches, and the outer layer using staples that are removed less than a week later, leaving a fine scar.

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Some hospitals will allow some skin to skin contact with mom after the baby’s health has been assessed, but most commonly the mother sees her baby and her partner takes him or her to the postpartum room. Once mom has completed her recovery period – which is sometimes very brief, to a few hours – mom is brought to her postpartum room, where she can begin skin to skin contact and breastfeeding with her partner’s help. She is usually given extra pain relief for the first 24 hours, after which she may want to reduce it. After a few hours when the anaesthetic has worn off, she will be encouraged to get out of bed (with help) and to use the washroom. Gas pains are common after surgery, and sometimes radiate up into the shoulder.

Many moms will feel well healed by three to four weeks later, but some will take longer. Activities will be restricted during this time to assure optimal healing from the surgery. Using this time to concentrate on your health, your baby and breastfeeding will be time well-spent. A You Tube video, entitled “The natural caesarean: a womencentred technique” is worth watching as you prepare.

I also have some other resources available on my website or by email for helping you create a beautiful, personal caesarean birth experience. These preparations may help avoid the disappointment some women feel when they are unable to have a vaginal birth. Other women and their partners are quite happy with their caesarean birth. Understanding the reasons for the birth and including lots of skin to skin contact as soon as possible (with mom’s partner if she is unable) can also help heal any negative feelings. The months of hard work your body has done in growing your beautiful baby needn’t be defined by how your baby is born; congratulate yourself for a job well done!

Through Birth to Breastfeeding, Lorraine offers local prenatal classes and is a professionally-trained Childbirth and Lactation Educator, as well as a mother of seven. You can contact her on-line at www.birthtobreastfeeding.ca or info@birthtobreastfeeding.ca

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Remember that rather nonsensical song by Bobbie McFerrin back in the eighties, Don’t Worry, Be Happy! It began like this: Here is a little song I wrote You might want to sing it note for note Don't worry be happy In every life we have some trouble When you worry you make it double Don't worry, be happy......

It turns out that McFerrin was right, especially the lines in every life we have some trouble - when you worry you make it double. What you give your focus and attention to is what you attract to your life. Worry is wasted energy and leads you to focus on exactly what you don’t want in your life.

In my search to understand happiness more, I have been diving into the field of Positive Psychology, the study of human flourishing, the science of happiness. (Yes, there is such a thing as the science of happiness!) Positive Psycholgy examines what it is that leads human beings to be happy and defines the four pillars of Well-Being: positive emotions, character, engagement and meaning, and positive relationships.

Postive emotions, that is being happy, not only influences your ability to be creative and optimistic, it influences your energy levels. In other words, research demonstrates that positive emotions serve an important purpose, they affect your ability to perform. It must be said here, that happiness is an inside out process, that is, if you want to be happy, you start by simply being

happy.

Next is character, your personal strengths. Assessing, appreciating and acknowledging your strengths allows you to leverage these strengths everyday in what you do. Working from your strenghts also enhances your well-being. Research regarding Character, Strengths and Virtues found that, across cultures, the five strengths associated with WellBeing are hope, gratitude, curiosity, zest, and the capacity to love and be loved. In addition, this research showed that the two strengths associated with work satisfaction are hope and zest. Zest is defined as being passionate and excited about what you do. As you can imagine, this also gives you energy.

The third pillar, engagement and meaning, refers to the degree to which you derive meaning from your life and your work and the extent to which you are engaged in both.

To derive meaning implies that you know your sense of purpose, that is, how you want to influence the world around you.

The forth pillar, positive relationships, refers to the notion that happiness is contagious.

The Framingham Heart Study found that people who are happy, have friends and family who are happy and surround themselves with positive relationships. Positivity attracts positivity.

In the end, however, you are responsible for your own happiness and it is within your power to be happy or not. Happiness is not based on some magic bullet that lies outside of you, it begins simply with the choice to be happy. All of this points to something most of you probably knew already – don’t worry, be happy.

Until next time…

Betty Betty Healey is the roadSIGNS Coach, coaching people back to life! An award winning author of two books, roadSIGNS: Travel Tips for Authentic Living and roadSIGNS 2: Travel Tips to Higher Ground, Betty has been sharing her learning with readers as an e-letter for the past ten years. Her latest book, ME FIRST – If I Should Wake Before I Die, is available at Laura’s Gift Shop and Café Connectionz. You can also watch the roadSIGNS TV Show on Cogeco: http://www.tvcogeco.com/cornwall/shows/1396-the-road-signs-show. You can communicate with Betty at betty@roadSIGNS.ca and visit her website at www.roadSIGNS.ca

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Leader of the pack I have a dog team. Sounds wild, but they are really a bunch of divas. If you want to see Mother Nature at her best, observe the dynamics of a pack of animals. They all have their place in the pack and they know it.

Until the end of May I had 12 dogs.

Lynx, the dominant male, died, suddenly. We shared a very close bond. That same weekend, my beloved cat, Earl Grey, died. I was devastated. I was very blessed to be surrounded by love and support during that time.

Lynx and Earl were very special animals. I miss them terribly.

What made Lynx the dominant male? Lynx did. He felt strong and powerful and he was. All the other dogs knew it by the way he walked, barked and looked at them. His sister, Oreo, is the dominant female. She is the leader of the pack. What Oreo says goes and the other dogs listen to her, and she listens to me. So ultimately I am the leader of the pack, without fur of course.

I lived in Labrador, in a small northern community, for 3 years. Oreo and her litter were born the first year I was there.

I worked in a very small office and my office was literally down the hill from my house.

Every day on my way home at 5 o’clock, Milo, the uncle of the pups, would be on the lookout. When he saw me he would run back behind the house and tell the puppies I was coming. Out of nowhere, 5 pups would run down the hill towards me as fast as they could. It was a wonderful site that still warms my heart when I think about it. Oreo was always in the front leading the others, even at 6 weeks of age.

Again, what makes her the leader? Oreo does. She has confidence in her place in the pack and she knows she is wonderful! All the other dogs think she is wonderful too. A leader has confidence. We all have that confidence in us. We need to connect with it, shine it up and let ourselves glow. It is often easy to lose sight of how wonderful we are, especially in the workplace where the competition is tough and the economy is bad. As an entrepreneur, it can be just as tough or tougher, again competition is stiff and you have to be strong and confident in your ability to continue to attract business. It is not easy and it is very stressful.

You don’t always have to be the boss to be the leader; you can be the best at what you do. Develop your confidence and feel like a pack leader. How can you accomplish this? Team building workshops are great of course, so is doing daily affirmations to boost your self confidence and also rewarding yourself. Take care of yourself. Allow yourself to have fun, take a holiday when you need to, expand your knowledge by taking a course and set short term and long term goals. Before you know it you will feel wonderful and will become the leader of your pack.

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FROM SHARYN’S PANTRY by Sharyn Thompson

FRIEND'S SHARING Last summer Shirley and Bob Humble, fellow gardening enthusiasts and square-dancing friends were in my store talking about their beautiful eggplants growing in their garden. I have long been in awe of their gardening skills. They even have grown their own beans to allow to dry and use in baked beans. Their friendly enthusiasum makes anyone want to go out and plant a huge garden.

They were just harvesting big purple eggplants and making some mousaka with them. They shared with me their recipe and now I'll share it with you. I made this delicious dish on October 31 st. last fall. It really was good. I think it even was better tasting the next day, like a stew to improve as it sits. Their recipe came from Margo Oliver's Weekend Magazine Cook Book.

I remember cutting out Margo's recipes from the Montreal Star back in the 70's. I know you will love this dish when you try it. I plan to plant a few eggplants in my garden this summer just for this dish. Thanks Shirley and Bob for your kindness and just by being you! Enjoy a great week!

CORRECTION; Please note that in my February 25 th column for the Golden Spice Cake, I neglected to say 1 cup of white sugar. Sorry for any inconvenience.

MOUSAKA This recipe makes a lasagna size pan. It tastes even better the next day. I used 2 small eggplants instead of the medium one asked for in the recipe.

2 tbsp. cooking oil (I used canola) 1 medium onion, chopped fine 1 lb. ground beef (I used our store's beautiful locally raised lean ground beef) 6 oz. can of tomato paste 3/4 cup water 2 tsp. fine salt 1/8 tsp ground black pepper pinch of ground cinnamon pinch of ground nutmeg pinch of ground cloves 1/8 tsp. ground thyme 1 tsp. rubbed oregano 1/2 cup dry red table wine 1/2 cup canned mushrooms (optional) 1 medium eggplant salt 2 tbsp. butter 2 tbsp. flour 1/4 tsp. fine salt 1/8 tsp. ground white pepper 1 cup milk 1 egg lightly beaten

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• Layer the meat mixtureand eggplant slices in a 2 quart casserole dish, (I used a lasagna pan), ending with a layer of eggplant. Sprinkle each layer of eggplant lightly with salt.

• Melt the butter in a small saucepan. Add the flour, 1/4 tsp. salt and 1/8 tsp. pepper and let bubble up together. Remove form heat and add the milk all at once. Stir to blend (use a whisk) and return to moderate heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Stir at least half of the mixture gradually into the beaten egg, then stir this back into the remaining sauce.

• Cook this for 1 minute over moderate heat, stirring constantly. Pour the sauce evenly over the top of the sliced eggplant.

• Bake uncovered for 40 to 45 minutes or until the mixture bubbles up well and the top browns lightly. (Serves 6.)

DELICIOUS COOKIES This recipe also comes from Margo Oliver's cookbook. It is similar to a Dad's cookie and you will find you will be making the recipe often. It makes 6 dozen.

1 cup soft shortening 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1 tsp. pure vanilla 1 tsp. pure almond extract 1 -3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 1/2 tsp. fine salt 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 2 cups sweetened shredded coconut 1 cup chopped walnuts 2 cups quick cooking rolled oats Solutions from crossword on page 4

METHOD:

• Pre-heat oven to 375 degrees F. • Combine the shortening, brown sugar, white sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl •

METHOD;

• Heat oven to 300 degrees F. • Heat the oil in a heavy skillet. Add the onion and cook gently until yellow.

Add the ground beef and brown.Add the tomato paste and water ( I swish the water into the empty tomato paste can to get it all out and not waste any). Simmer this for 5 minutes.

• Mix in the seasonings, wine and mushrooms and simmer again until the sauce is thick.

• Slice the eggplant (do not peel) into 1/2 " thick slices. Place in a saucepan and pour boiling water over the slices of eggplant. Cover and heat just until the water returns to a boil. Drain.

• • • • •

and beat until light and fluffy. Stir in the both extracts.

Sift the flour, baking powder and soda , salt and spices together and blend into the creamed mixture.

Stir in the coconut, walnuts and rolled oats.

Use your handy cookie scoop to shape balls of dough (or roll dough into balls). Place the cookie balls onto parchment lined cookie sheets.

Flatten the cookie balls with a fork dipped into cold water.

Bake the cookies for about 10 to 12 minutes or until nicely browned.

The cookies will be soft when you take them out of the oven. Let them sit on the cookie sheets for a few minutes before lifting them onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.

They will crisp up as they cool, if you can wait that long. ENJOY!

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