Page 22 – Lovely County Citizen – August 23, 2012
The Natural Way My father used to run squeezin’s through these hills during Prohibition. I guess many people had some of this set aside for medicinal use as a base for herbal remedies, and of course uncut lightening. Back in those days, people got by in the best way they could; times change and some things stay the same. A non-alcoholic squeezin’ that you should know about that helps with just about anything that ails you (at least the infectious bugs) is grapefruit seed extract liquid (GSE). Twice a day I put five drops of this bitter in the container of my oral irrigator and rinse my gum lines. I hate to floss my teeth and I find this to be something I don’t mind doing on a regular basis. The pulsing water cleans the space between my teeth, along the gum line and the soft tissues of the mouth. When you add grapefruit seed extract, the mouth bugs die in droves, leaving your breath fresh and your mouth/ gums clean. The bacteria are mostly the cause of tooth decay, gum disease and even some heart disease, especially
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valves. The last dental cleaning I had was short, since there was very little plaque build-up. Grapefruit seed extract is a very power antimicrobial, meaning it kills a very wide range of harmful bugs, including bacteria, parasites, mycoplasm, virus and fungus. In liquid form it is very important to follow the easy directions given by the manufacturer. The extract is so strong that if you use too much you can give yourself a minor, short-lived chemical burn, so some reasonable care is needed. The extract comes from the seed of the grapefruit and not the juice or pulp; this makes it safe to use for everyone including those on heart/blood pressure medications. While I use it for my mouth, it can be used for a lot of different things. If you travel and worry about the foreign water, put a few drops in it. If you get a nasty from strange water, mix some GSE, rinse your mouth and swallow – it kills those troublesome bugs. Does a lot more, too.
It hurts so good! – Eureka Springs Farmers Market Manager Frank Rebiejo scored at the top during last week’s Salsa contest at the market. The contest, in which salsas were judged without knowing who made what, drew a large crowd, and many of them obviously liked “Frak’s Freakin’ Fresh Fresca” best of the many varieties available. Photo by Don Lee
Discovering Eureka Gospel song welcomes son home
For the past year, Lezlie Foley has often gone to the Gospel Sunday Brunch at the New Delhi Cafe and requested her family’s favorite hymn, “In the Garden.” Foley asks that Rachel Fields sing it in honor of Folye’s son, Ben, who is in the Navy. “She calls Ben and holds up the phone up so he can hear the music,” Fields said. On Sunday, Aug. 13, Fields sang “In the Garden” in person to Ben at a welcome home party celebrating his return from his first deployment. Before she did, Foley explained why the song is special to him and the family. “This is the song I sang to you when you were a baby, and the song my mother sang to me, and her grandmother sang to her, and on and on,” Foley said Ben Kohnke, 24, enlisted in June of last year, and after completing basic training, was stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station in Washington State, where he spent two weeks. Then he joined his ship, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, in San Diego for a tour in the Arabian Gulf. An aircraft structural mechanic, Ben works on the aircraft carrier’s flight deck, a busy job in a dangerous place, he said. “We were out for eight months,” he said. “It’s good to be home.” For the welcome home party, his mother, an O.R. nurse at St.John’s/Mercy Hospital in Berryville, decorated the tables with red, white and blue balloons, plates and napkins. Vickie Ginn made the chocolate cake and decorated it with flags and an anchor in gold frosting. Guests were friends of Foley’s from work and St. James Episcopal Church. “She has her church praying for me,” Ben said. The Gospel Sunday Brunch, which serves as church for many of the regulars, started three years ago when New Delhi owners John Wiley and Bill Sarad asked Fields and husband Larry Brick to create something with a spiritual vibe. Since then, it has attracted people of all faiths
and none. “People come up to Jennifer Jackson me and say, ‘I’m not a believer, but I love coming here on Sundays,’” Fields said. The gospel band is a version of the band Brick-Fields, which two weeks ago advanced from round one of the King of the Roots competition in Springfield, Missouri. Fields and Brick also lead the Sunday night service at First United Methodist Church, which starts with dinner at 5:30 p.m. For Gospel Sunday Brunch, they play with the band’s saxophonist, Casey Terry; Johnny Ray on bass, Daniel O’Brien on guitar and Lindy Ray on strings and vocals. The musicians plays traditional gospel, old hymns, African-American songs and original songs, Fields said. “I pray all the time I’m singing,” she said. “I draw from the spirit of the Lord.” Fields, who is originally from Pine Bluff, said she grew up singing rockand-roll and blues, and has only been singing gospel since she met Brick, who has been in Christian music for 30 years. According to the internet, “In the Garden,” which starts “I walk in the garden alone,” was written in 1912 by Charles Austin Mills, a pharmacist turned gospel music composer. Mills wrote 18 hymns, including “Dwelling in Beulah Land,” and the music for “Somebody’s Praying for Me,” which would also have been appropriate for the occasion. “Today we’re celebrating Ben being home,” Fields said. “We’re glad he’s home and safe.” Foley said Ben’s family has a record of military service stretching back to the Civil War. Ben was always patriotic, she said, and has been talking about join the military since he was four years old. “He memorized the Pledge of Allegiance by the time he was in kindergarten,” Foley said. “He saluted the flag in the garden.”
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