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Abigail Palmer mixes her ingredients with care during the Oct. 20 cooking competition in the Arlington Library.
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ARLINGTON — More than 30 area teens descended on the Arlington Library for the second in a four-month series of programs designed to give them a taste of something new. “Chopped: A Library Foodie Competition” made its debut in September of this year, with 12 participants and another dozen people serving as spectators, and on Oct. 20 the program’s second session maintained at least as many audience members while more than doubling the number of teens who took part in cooking up some surprisingly elaborate dishes with relatively simple ingredients. “The team that won was four girls who made miniature chicken sandwiches and ginger snaps, but they were only one point removed from the next runners-up,” said Jocelyn Redel, teen librarian for the Arlington Library. “They were all quite tasty.”
On Oct. 20, Redel supplied an entire table full of ingredients, from fruitflavored breakfast cereal to nacho cheese, from which the young gourmands could pick and choose, plus three mystery ingredients that weren’t revealed until all her aspiring chefs had gathered round. On that Thursday, the mystery ingredients turned out to be canned chicken, Ritz crackers and peperoncinis. “Wikipedia lists the challenges for the ‘Chopped’ TV show, so that’s been a big help,” Redel said. “This is my first year doing the ‘Chopped’ competitions here at the library, and they seem to be pretty popular. I knew cooking competition shows were popular with teens, but I was wondering whether this would work, which was why I originally scheduled it for just four months, from September through December.” SEE CHOPPED, PAGE 2
Candidates face off at DABA meeting BY KIRK BOXLEITNER kboxleitner@marysvilleglobe.com
ARLINGTON — Barb Tolbert was asked about her record with the Arlington Fly-In, while Steve Baker answered for how the city of Arlington has handled the fallout from events such as the annual Drag Strip Reunion, during the outset of the Downtown Arlington Business Association’s mayoral candidates forum on the morning of Oct. 19. When asked by forum moderator Debora Nelson,
herself a former candidate for mayor, why the Fly-In has occasionally contracted the services of businesses outside of Arlington, Tolbert explained that Fly-In organizers buy local when it’s possible. “We’ve done business with Arlington Hardware and Lowe’s,” Tolbert said. “We’re a nonprofit, though, so we have to live within our budget.” When asked about the skid marks that attendees of this year’s Drag Strip Reunion left on Olympic Avenue on
Sept. 9, Baker acknowledged that he hadn’t expected it, because the event had been on a smaller scale last year. As for the damage that those cars have been accused of doing to the street’s crosswalks, he identified a different culprit. “That’s more due to the sand during the wintertime grinding up those crosswalks,” Baker said. “We’ll probably never put in crosswalks using that process again.” If elected as mayor, Tolbert stated that she had “no prob-
lem” with recusing herself of decisions involving the FlyIn, while Baker expressed an interest in seeing more of a police presence in downtown Arlington to help deter criminals. At the same time, Tolbert described the FlyIn as one of a number of vital tools for the economic development of Arlington, to help bring visitors into town, while Baker hesitated to open up too many parking spots in front of stores on Olympic Avenue. “There’s not any one section that’s more important
than the others,” said Tolbert, who pointed out that the Fly-In runs courtesy shuttles from the Arlington Airport to businesses downtown. “People should see all that Arlington has to offer.” “If nobody’s parked on main street, visitors are going to think there are economic problems,” said Baker, who suggested that business employees park behind their stores. “When the streets are more full, cars tend to stop.” Tolbert and Baker agreed SEE DABA, PAGE 2