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On The Backroads
It seems that Christmas will
soon be upon us. After two
months (or more) of preChrist-
mas sales and Christmas music
we finally get to celebrate the
holiday. Before we know it (along
about the 20th of January) the
stores will be advertising pre-
Easter sales.
I realize it takes large stores
awhile to get their displays up,
but getting started before Hal-
loween seems to be pushing the
envelope. The retailers must be
taking clues from the politicians
who announce intentions to
form a committee to explore the
possibilities of running for
some political office two or three
years before the event.
I guess we're going to have to
do one of two things to get
through this each year. We will
have to accept that there is going
to be a long 'Christmas' season,
or we'll just have to ignore the
whole thing entirely. The retail-
ers aren't going to change.
So, even though I am about
two months behind the retailers,
I would like to take this opportu-
nity, just three days before
Christmas, to wish you all a
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year. If you are among
those who don't celebrate
Chrisnas for whatever reason
then Happy Whatever Your
Choice is. The main thing is
we need to all learn to accept
others views and to get along. It
could be a mighty fractious
world if we are constantly bick-
ering or it could be a mighty
lonely world if we take our `ball',
leave the game and go off by our-
selves.
I would like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank all of you who
have told me during the past
COLUMNS/LETTERS
"Pushing the Chrimrm envelope"
m
By Ron Rife
The. ?.one "Pra
Reporter
year how much
you appreciate my efforts. Your
comments are very much appre-
ciated by me. To those of you
who have seen fit to question
some of my motives, thank you
for that, too. It helps keep every-
thing in perspective.
I'm not saying I am going to
agree with your points of view,
but it keeps me on my toes. It
keeps me aware of a fact I know
very well. I do not have all the
answers to all problems and I do
not claim that a Supreme Being
is guiding me and those who
don't follow me are doomed.
There is enough of that kind of
thinking being passed around
all over the world that it doesn't
need any help from me.
So, once again, have a Jolly
Holiday, whatever yours may be.
I hope we all have a Happy and
Prosperous New Year and that
we all stay healthy and remain
friends.
Once again we got smacked by
snow. Last Thursday's Gazette
had a little box on the front page
comparing this December's
snow with normalcy.. Cedar
Rapids is on a track to set a
record. Through December 14
that city had received 17.3 inches
of snow in December. That beat
the amount of 13.56 inches
received by that date in Decem-
ber, 2000, the snowiest month in
Iowa's recorded weather history.
Iowa City has received 17.8
Yuletide table
Photo by Ray Weikal
l"erd Mullintx (left) serv¢ a full plate and some seasonal joy to
Mary Menzer (front) Irene Ford and Glaclys Forbes at the senior
center Friday, Dec. 16.
inches in that time span. We
might not get much snow for the
rest of the month and, therefore,
will not set a record for the
whole month. The December,
2000, totals were 30.6 inches in
Cedar Rapids and 27.1 inches in
Iowa City. The average amount
of snowfall in Iowa for the whole
winter is about 32 inches.
Whether or not we set a Decem.
bor record we certainly have a
head start on getting more snow
than average for the winter. The
only good thing about the snow
is that, hopefully, when it melts
it will put a lot of good moisture
in the ground because we cer-
tainly came up short in 2005.
For those of you who don't
like fruitcake and think it
should be banned I have a story
here for you that proves the dan-
ger of fruitcake. It's another
item I lifted from Bill Wun-
drum's column in the Quad-City
Times
At the Quad-City Internation-
al Airport, Russ Lack of Daven-
port was stunned when asked to
step out of line. Russ, who is a
quiet gentleman of some years,
looks to be as harmless as a
pussycat. But those who handle
the security line were leery.
There was a suspicious object in
his luggage. The bag was
upacked and there it was -- a
heavy, threatening, bomb-look-
ing object tightly wrapped in
plastic. It was about 6 inches
long and 3 inches high.
"You gotta be kidding me,"
Russ laughed. That threatening
"bomb' was one of Sister Lud-
milla Benda's famous fruit-
cakes. "I've had people tell me
they used my fruitcakes as
doorstops, but this was the first
time anyone thought it was an
explosive. Maybe I'm putting in
too much brandy," says Sister
Luddy.
Russ was flying to Minneapo-
lis and then on to Grand Marais,
Minnesota. "My son, Steve, loves
Luddy's fruitcakes. He told me
not to come up for Thanksgiving
unless I brought one of her fruit-
cakes," he says.
Luddy, 'retired' to Buffalo,
Iowa, is in her 25th year of turn-
ing out brick-heavy fruitcakes.
She will make 2,500 of them this
season. They're on sale at the
Religious Supply Center, Daven-
port, and Italian Village, Rock
Island.
I guess you're not out of the
woods yet. I found another sheet
of those crazy things about the
English language. Since it's
Christmas I'll give you a present
by just using one of them this
week.
If you have a rough cough,
climbing can be tough when
going through the bough on a
tree.
The Thought For The Week
this week rather says that it all
starts with each individual. It is:
"You must be the change you
wish to see in the world."
i •
The Lone Tree Reporter, Thursday, December 22, 200
From My Little Corner...
"Snow everywhere you go"
I've been getting Christmas
cards. Some have just the
name of the person who sent
it. Some have a little note and
some come with a letter.
If I get a card with just a
name, I know the person is
alive, but it would be nice if
they wrote a few words about
themselves or their family. If
they go to all the trouble to
send a card, I would like it if
they wrote something in it.
I think next year I won't be
sending cards. Postage is get-
ting so high now. I think I will
send the money to Camp
Courageous instead.
By the calendar it's not win-
ter yet, but it's snowing! I hope
the people who wanted a white
Christmas are happy. I'd like
to go down south, but they are
getting cold and snow too. The
snow makes it look like
Christmas, so I guess if I don't
have to drive in it, I'm happy.
Maybe I'll just stay indoors
until spring. In fact, they can
bring on spring weather any
time now.
Now it's time for bakIng
cookies and getting ready for
By Mrs. P
The Lone Tree
Reporter
the holidays. I brought this
recipe for Swedish Pepper
Kakor back from Branson. It's
a Morn Hughes special.
Ingredients:
3 cups flour.
1 tbsp ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp cloves
2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 lb butter
2 tbsp dark karo syrup
Refrigerate dougt
overnight. Roll out very thii
with a floured rolling pin on a
floured board. Cut with cookie
cutters and place on a baking
sheet. Bake at 350 for six to
seven minutes.
I hope everyone has a very
good Christmas!
Wednesday, Dec. 2I - 3:30-8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 27- 2-7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 28- :2-7 p,m.
Thursday, Dec. 29 - 2-7 p.m.
Senior Dining
December 22-30
December 22: Breaded fish fillet, rice pilaf, broccoli, cauli-
flower and raisin salad, Mandarin.oranges, lemon pudding.
DOMINOES.
December 23" BBQ ribbette with bun, onion slices, tri potato
patty, pea salad, mixed fruit, poke cake. CHECKERS.
December 26: Christmas holiday. No meals.
December 27: Beef stew, cornbread, mixed green salad, cottag e
cheese and pinapple, cake, vanilla ice cream cup. CARDS.
December 28: Pot roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, sliced car'
rots, broccoli salad, heavenly hash. COMPUTER.
December 29: Roast pork, mashed potatoes arid gravy, Italian L
vegetables, rosey applesauce, frosted pumpkin bars. CRIBBAG
December 30: Meat Swiss broccoli sauce, noodles, Harvard
beets, apple-bran muffins, strawberries and banana, trail mix.
YAHTZEE.
All meals served with whole wheat bread, margarine and 2%
milk unless noted.
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