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Hedge apples
Good neighbors: Someone wanted hedge apples. The Dented Can grocery has some - outside in a crate. 25 cents each or five for $1, located on SR 119 between CR 11 and CR 9.
Square dancing
Good neighbors: This is reply to square dancing info: If you already know how to square dance and want a location to dance. There is only one club in this area. That is the Belles and Beaus Club in North Manchester. We have our dances the third Sunday of the month at the Scout Hall located in Warvel Park, northwest corner of Market Street and Seventh Street in North Manchester from 6-8 p.m. The next dance will be Dec. 19, with a carry-in meal at 4 p.m. then the dance to start at 6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. If you have questions, call me at (260) 215-3694. Leave a message and phone number so I can call you back.
If you are wanting to learn how to square dance, it is too late to get into the class we have going right now. But if you’re interested in learning to square dance and/or know others who are interested give me a call at (260) 215-3694, leave a message and we will give you a call as soon as we have another class ready to begin. The more who want to learn, the quicker we will start another set of lessons. I will also call you back right away, so you know we have received your call.
Shepherd’s Pie
Good neighbors: Here is the foolproof formula — you pick the mix-ins. There are five steps to this wonderful dish and requires a bit more effort than just a ground beef stir fry with mashed potatoes on top.
Cook the potatoes: Peel 2 pounds potatoes (choose one kind) and cut into large chunks. You can leave the skin on Yukon or red-skinned potatoes. Peel the skins off russet potatoes. You choose the variety you want. Cover the potatoes with cold water in a large pot; season with salt and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until tender, 20 minutes.
Pick your meat: Choose one kind or use a combination — you’ll need 1-1/2 pounds total of ground beef, ground lamb, or ground turkey.
Make your filling: 1. While potatoes cook, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Stir in 1 chopped onion or sliced leek and 2 large carrots, parsnips or turnips (or a combination). Season with salt and pepper, stirring until vegetables are soft, 5-7 minutes. 2. Increase the heat to medium heat and add the ground meat. Cook, breaking up meat with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, 6 minutes. Spoon off fat and season with 1/2 half teaspoon kosher salt and a few grinds of black pepper. Stir in 2 finely chopped garlic cloves or 1 teaspoon jarred minced and 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme or 1 teaspoon fresh finely chopped thyme; cook until softened, 1-2 minutes. 3. Make a space in the center of the skillet; add 3 tablespoons tomato paste and cook, stirring until darkened, about 1 minute. Stir into meat mixture 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce. Stir in 3/4 cup dry wine or red wine, tomato juice or stout. Simmer until the skillet is nearly dry, about 2 minutes. Add 1 cup low-sodium broth and simmer until the mixture is saucy, 4-5 minutes.
Choose your mix-ins: Stir in 1 cup frozen vegetables: peas, corn, Lima beans, or mixed small vegetables. Transfer to a 3-quart baking dish.
Assemble the dish: Drain the potatoes and return to pot, Add 4 tablespoons butter and 2/3 cup half-and-half or whole milk; mash well. Season potatoes with salt and pepper and add up to 3 of the following mix-ins; 2 chopped scallions, 1 clove garlic, grated or 1 teaspoon jarred; 3/4 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese; 1-2 tablespoons dijon mustard; or 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish. Spread potato mixture over meat with back of spoon. Bake at 425 degrees oven, preheated, until golden, about 20 minutes. Let cool at least 10 minutes.
Cast iron care
Good neighbors: Never wash cast iron in soapy water. Clean in running water and always dry on top of a stove with high heat until completely dry. Add a few drops of veritable oil and coat bottom and sides. When cast iron is rusty or not releasing foods; wash, dry and oil generously, then bake in the over at 450 degrees for four hours. Usually it just takes one deep cleaning and you have a nice pan again. When you have stuck on food, soak in a little water and use a hard plastic scraper or something that “scrubs.” When storing, put a clean coffee filter in your pan to protect the surface — Another cast iron lover.
Donation suggestion
Good neighbors: Probably a month ago some asked how to know which organizations to donate to are honest or a hoax. I don’t really have a good answer for that but thought I could recommend an organization we like and trust. Christian Aid Ministries is a non profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization that has many different programs you can choose from to donate to. They help with the many physical and spiritual needs of people here in America and around the globe. This organization’s operating costs is only 2% of the total cost of donated goods. You can request newsletters or reach CAM for more information at: P.O. Box 360, Berlin, OH 44610. Phone: (330) 893-2428, online: christianaidministries.org.
New questions
Sewing machine thread — Do you have good quality thread (sewing machine) you would like to get rid of? Doesn’t matter what color. I’ll use it for comfort tops. Give me a message at (574) 7732780 ext. 1.
Televisions — I have two small TVs that will work with satellite. If interested call (574) 8622783.
Hearing aid batteries — I have a bunch of hearing aid batteries. No. 675, expiration date 2024. If interested call (260) 215-1504.
Kitchen range — Free to anyone who comes to pick up; a brown propane kitchen range with a 110 plug-in for ignition. (574) 825-4204, ext. 0.
Bunk beds — Does any good neighbor have bunk beds that they would like to sell? Twin mattress size or larger. If so, call (574) 248-2074.
Need last mowing — Any good neighbors out there who can help a senior with the last mowing for my property in Middlebury and to arrange for snow removal in the winter months? I’m in poor health. Can’t do it by myself anymore. Please respond to this column.
Brake pads — Anyone out there who can put brake pads on a 2001 Chevrolet Blazer? Reasonable? Text (574) 358-1391.
Mallard ducks — Does any good neighbor want five young, raised tame, mallard ducks? I can no longer care for them. Please respond to this column or text (574) 276-6028.
Donate egg cartons — Where can we donate egg cartons? If you need them text (574) 298-4824.
Landscape rocks — I am looking for some landscape rocks approximately hand size. I need to edge a flowerbed about 15 feet. Does anyone have rocks they want to get rid of? Bristol area. Please call and leave message or text (574) 361-3236.
My older daughter came home from taking our dogs for a walk along the road one morning recently and told me she’d just seen seven bluebirds. They had been perched side by side on the power line that runs along the road past our house. Seven bluebirds near the end of October.
The next morning my daughter and I drove into town and there were seven bluebirds, perched on the power line, just as my daughter had said they had been the day before.
OUTDOOR NOTES By Neil Case
Bluebirds are migrants. They fly south for the winter. They leave us in northern Indiana before the first signs of winter. But not this year. Here it was, near the end of October and there were seven bluebirds. We’ve looked for the bluebirds every day since. But they’re gone. We saw them two days. Bluebirds, to us in northern Indiana, are birds of early spring, not late fall.
Bluebirds in northern Indiana are birds that indicate spring. But these birds were there the last week of October. Then they were gone. But other years when we’ve seen bluebirds it has meant spring is near. We can see the signs. The bluebirds, of course, and days getting longer, nights shorter, buds on the trees swelling, opening, leaving spreading.
Bluebirds are thrushes, birds of the same family as robins. They’re very much like robins. They’re a little smaller. Their heads are blue, not black. Their backs and tails are also blue, not gray like robins. But they have rusty breasts like robins and young bluebirds are spotted, also like robins.
But what were bluebirds doing in northern Indiana late in October? We bird watchers call birds of northern Indiana that time of year, most of which have been with us all winter, year rounders. They’re non-migrants, house sparrows, black-capped chickadees, white-breasted nuthatches, tufted titmice, blue jays and cardinals and at least at our home a few morning doves. Two morning doves have been coming to our bird feeders almost every day and have been all year. One bluebird on the power line in front of our house this time of year would have been a rare bird, seven, in my opinion, were a sensation.
A robin on the power line past our house I’d have called a rare bird. I’ve seen a robin near our house recently. I’ve seen two robins near our house recently, though they weren’t together.
The bluebirds are gone. But the weather is still mild for winter in northern Indiana. It’s been unusually mild for several years. Eight of the last night years have been the mildest on record for northern Indiana and for much of north America.
But back to bluebirds. They’re early spring migrants, as I’ve already written. This winter some have almost been non-migrants. I’m presuming the bluebirds we saw a few weeks ago have now gone south. Will they return early also, perhaps even as early as Christmas? Will we have snow, a white Christmas? As a boy I looked forward to a white Christ-
Syracuse Chamber welcomes KCH as one of highest level members
mas and living in northern Iowa I always got my wish for a white Christmas.
The weather has changed since I was a boy. We call this new weather global warming.
The weather has changed and with it the time of migration of many birds, including seven bluebirds, the falling of leaves, the freezing over of rivers, streams and lakes, the blooming of wildflowers, hibernation and other activities of mammals, activities of amphibians, the swarming of insects, frogs and toads and turtles and other critters and most of all the activities of people with their machines and movements and life styles.
Kim and Ron Yeiter
Health and Life Insurance Agents 1934 E. Center, Suite B Warsaw, IN 46580
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Recently, the Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber of Commerce welcomed Kosciusko Community Hospital LHN as one of its highest level members. Kosciusko Community Hospital is a 72-bed facility with all-private rooms, located on a 30-acre medical campus in Warsaw.
KCH is part of Lutheran Health Network offering a variety of services, including emergency care, an urgent care center, heart and stroke care, orthopedics, occupational health, rehabilitation services, a sleep center, a wound care center, and a cancer care center providing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. KCH has the only emergency department in the county that is an accredited chest pain center and accredited stroke center.
It is also the only hospital in the county with inpatient capability. Their staff provides compassionate, quality care with the best possible experience to every patient. KCH prides itself on making a positive impact in the community through the Syracuse clinic Lutheran Health Physicians. For information about Kosciusko Community Hospital, call (574) 267-3200 or visit their website kch.com and like and share their FB page Lutheran Health Network.
Syracuse-Wawasee Chamber thanks KCH for its commitment to the community and looks forward to a great partnership in the Syracuse area.
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The Grace College Theatre Program presents “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, and Friday, Nov. 19 and 1:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20. Performances will take place in Grace College’s Little Theatre, located in Philathea Hall, 1499 Alpha Drive, Winona Lake.
The show is open to the public. Tickets may be purchased at the Grace College Campus Store inside the Gordon Health and Wellness Center, 100 Publishers Drive, Winona Lake, and Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts box office. Call (574) 267-8041. Tickets cost $5 for students and seniors and $7 for adults.
“We are thrilled to kick off another year of theatre at Grace College with this comedy spoof on the popular Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales,” said Mike Yocum, director of the Grace College Theatre Program. “If you’ve missed live theatre the past year, come on out, and bring your family and friends. It will be lots of fun.”
The play, written by Don Zolidis, sets out to combine all 209 of the Grimm Brothers’ stories ranging from classics like “Snow White,” “Cinderella” and “Hansel and Gretel” to more bizarre, obscure stories like “The Girl Without Hands.” This free-form performance encourages audience participation.
“I’m most looking forward to making the audience laugh with all of the jokes in the play,” said Olivia Calnin, a second-year student at Grace. “The show will be super entertaining and funny. It’s definitely worth a watch.”
Calnin is playing two roles in the production: Gretel and The Girl.
“The best part is that I get to be dramatic with both parts. I even get to do a silly German accent for my Gretel role,” said Calnin.
The fall play is one of several productions put on by the Grace Theatre Program. Yocum, who has more than 38 years of professional theatre experience at the Wagon Wheel Center for the Arts, directs or oversees the performances. Yocum also coordinates a student
Bowen Center honored for excellence
Bowen Center has been honored with the NextGen Healthcare 2021 Excellence in Integration Award. The award honors a health care company who has successfully integrated the use of an electronic medical records solution to improve workflows, automation, efficiency, and delivery of health care services across the organization.
The Community Mental Health Center moved into integrated health care in 2020 opening its first Bowen Health Clinic, the first of planned health clinics located throughout the state to support its patients’ overall health. The move is meant to address the reality seriously mentally ill patients are less likely to see a primary care provider and consequently their lifespan is 10 years less than that of an individual without mental illness. Integrating primary healthcare into its patient’s mental health care and addiction recovery treatment services allows the center to provide its patients with affordable, accessible, total health care.
“As we continue transitioning to an integrated care model, it’s critical we have a system that supports both mental health care and physical care services, and that includes unique state reporting processes. Our patients deserve nothing less than the best experience possible,” said Dr. Robert Ryan, Bowen Center senior vice president of operations. “Our Informatics team was integral to the success of this project and this award really helps highlight all their hard work,” said Ryan.
Bowen Center‘s clinical team, patient privacy, security, accounting and insurance experts, Informatics and IT professionals and others worked with NextGen to pioneer a new technological solution specifically to support its move into integrative health care. “Taking on a new medical records solution takes a village, and making sure that you have efficient workflows that are transferable and making sure you’ve got personnel who are willing and able to make such a significant change was incredibly important for us,” said Shannon Hannon, Bowen Center vice president of healthcare integration.
The final solution was nearly two years in development. “From day one we sought to build a system that created a foundation and infrastructure for a new and exciting future for Bowen Center,” said Dr. Richard Ruhrold, Bowen Center senior vice president of clinical services. “It was a long, necessary process,” said Martie Stockman, Bowen Center director of clinical informatics. “We were so lucky to have the luxury of time to get it right and I think we did.” improv comedy group, mentors a traveling drama ministry team, and oversees the theatre arts minor offered at Grace.
To learn about the theatre arts minor, visit www.grace.edu/ undergraduate-majors/academicschools-departments/sc/department-of-visual-performing-andmedia-arts.
Cardinal Services now offers behavior consulting
Cardinal Services is now offering behavior consulting as a new addition to its menu of services and programs for the community.
A behavior consultant works one-on-one with individuals to help them develop plans to increase skills needed for success in the home, school, workplace, and community. The consultant can help a person address concerns, such as aggression, self-injury, disruptive behavior, and being off-task. Together, the consultant and the individual work to determine a behavior’s cause and design positive interventions and alternatives.
“Until now, families had to travel outside the community to find behavior consulting,” said Cardinal Executive Director Matt Boren. “With the addition of professional behavior consulting, Cardinal is able to provide people with the help they need close to home.”
For more information about behavior consulting options, contact Marcie Arndt at (574) 371-1374 or marcie.arndt@cardinalservices. org.
Salvation Army marks its 100th Christmas campaign
The annual bell ringing drawing was held at Cox Studio in Warsaw recently to choose dates. The annual drawing has been a tradition for many years to kickoff Salvation Army bell ringing.
This is the 100th Christmas campaign held by the Salvation Army in Kosciusko County, which opened its work in February 1921.
Individuals, groups and clubs can also sign up to ring from Nov. 26 to Dec. 24 (except Sundays) at www.registertoring.com.
