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Vineyard Mountain Gazette

 

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Cooking…B1

Gardening…B2

 

August 6, 2001

Issue #12

 

 

11 Fun Things To Do Under Ten Dollars

 

    In This Article you will find Fun things to do In or close to Corvallis. And the Great Part is Costs $10.00 or less.

 

·       Drive to Mary’s Peak on a clear day and Have a picnic. Enjoy the View and eat good food.  It’s great at night too.

·       Play pool or go bowling in the MU Basement. The coolest part is Rock and Glow bowling after 9pm.  They have black light balls and shoes, and weird lights. 

·       Bike ride the bike trails.  Park near OSU then ride completely on bike trails from OSU to Philomath, or as far as you can. Take a picture at the Covered Bridge.

·       Go to Rice N Spice Oriental Foods; buy $10.00 worth of stuff you have never eaten before.  The candy is good and you can eat the wrapper.

·       Have a neighborhood bake sale and earn $10.00.  Our friends did this and made $45.00, and it was fun to make the food and meet the neighbors.

·       Buy some new crayons, or pastels and use recycled paper. (We have some available) Now take it outside and draw all the beautiful flowers, or your dog or other stuff outside. You will feel like a real artist. Watch out Monet!

·       Start an herb garden with all the plants left on sale.  They still need a home.  If you plant them in a pot they will last through the winter inside.  It is good to do with kids.

·       Get a slice of pizza at American dream and draw a masterpiece on the paper plates.

·       August Summer Sunday Dance Series at Odd Fellows Hall-West Coast Swing Lessons 7:00-8:00 dance until 10:00 Drop in 5 dollars.

·       Sweet’s BBQ, Free Live Music Thursday-6:00-9:00 Friday 7:00-10:00.

·       Avalon Cinema Wednesday & Sunday Afternoon $4.   

 

 

 

Weather

Monday
Partly cloudy early...then sunny. Highs near 85. Light wind becoming north to 15 mph.

Monday Night
Mostly clear. Lows 50 to 55. Evening north wind to 15 mph.

Tuesday
Sunny and warmer. Highs near 90. Afternoon north wind 15 mph

Wednesday through Sunday
Sunny and warm. Lows around 55. Highs 90 to 95.

This week looks like it will be much better then last week, LUCKILY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      

 

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Classified Ads

 

NEWorld Foods Inc

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Guinea Pig

Italian Calzone (Frozen)

Sausage, Mushroom, & Pepperoni, Beef & Onion

Sausage & Mushroom

Veggie (mushroom, olive, onion & green pepper)

$36 per case for 24 Calzones

For More information Call NeWorld Food Inc.

 

Any Responsible young person who would be willing to feed and pet a cat while we are gone. Call the Hoffman’s at 745-5956

 

Musical Instruments

Piano $1,300 Violin $300 Clarinet $100 and Misc. Furniture too. Call the Stokes @ 745-5661

FREE guinea pig. Silky male, named silver. He has been to the Benton County Fair and won a blue ribbon. You can buy a cage for 10$ if you don’t all ready have one. Call Debbie at 745-7544 please leave a message.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cooking

 

 

 

 Blueberry French Toast
This recipe is so different and delicious! Easy to
   prepare the night before and bake in the morning. Perfect for
   Easter or Christmas brunch. This recipe is a family
   tradition. You may use either fresh or frozen blueberries for
   this dish. Prep Time: approx. 30 Minutes. Cook Time:
   approx. 1 Hour .Recipe makes 12 servings
   

1 (1 pound) loaf Italian
   bread, cut into 1 inch cubes
1 (8 ounce) package cream
   cheese, diced
1 cup blueberries
12 eggs
2 cups milk

1/3 cup maple syrup

1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup water
1 cup blueberries
1 tablespoon butter


Directions
1 Place half of the bread cubes in a lightly greased 9x13
   inch baking pan. Sprinkle cream cheese on top of bread
   cubes. Top with 1 cup blueberries and remaining bread. In a
   large bowl, beat together eggs, milk and maple syrup. Pour
   egg mixture over bread. Cover pan and refrigerate overnight.
2 The next morning, remove pan from refrigerator 30
   minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175
   degrees C).
3 Cover pan with aluminum foil and bake in preheated oven
   for 30 minutes. Uncover pan and bake for an additional 30
   minutes, until golden brown and center is set.
4 To make Sauce: In a saucepan, combine sugar and
   cornstarch, add water. Boil over medium heat for 3 minutes,
   stirring constantly. Stir in blueberries and reduce heat.
   Simmer 8 to 10 minutes, or until the berries have burst.
   Stir in butter until melted. Serve the sauce over squares
   of french toast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Gardening

 

 Barrel Pond,  A very easy way to have a small pond and water plants! You can have your very own water lily. (Miniature of course)  

A barrel makes a very good, natural-looking container pond that associates brilliantly with water plants.  You can use one on its own, or stand, say, three different sized barrels close together in a corner of the patio, each filled with a different group of plants, to make a bigger feature.  To make the most of the natural wood effect, try standing a barrel pond on bricks or tiles amount shrubs in a woodland style border.  It would look great with a smaller barrel, too.  You can get half barrels up to 3 ft across, 1 ½ ft diameter is a good size for a container pond, as it is more movable.

1.Choose a suitable half barrel and simply stand it in position on level ground.  Fill with water.  To stop a barrel from leaking, soak it in water for a long time to make the wood swell up.  It will also draw out toxins remaining in the wood from other items it held.  Look for one at the garden center that is full of water.  If you do get one that leaks, you can seal the seams with silicon, then paint the inside with black bitumastic (boat) paint.

2. Put plants in pond pots.  For a barrel this size use one miniature water lily,two oxgenators and three marginal plants.  Choose more compact marginals, such as Calla palustris (bog arum) and Sagitaria japonica.  For oxgenators use starwort or water violet.  Stand the marginal plants on upturned pots so that the right depth of water covers their roots.

After two weeks, when everything has settled down, add two small, colorful goldfish, following the same technique as when introducing fish into a normal pond.

 

From Water Garden Workbook, by Charlie Dimmock. 

 

Please send any comments or questions to:

        Cory La Mont

 

Or See me on the Web:

        cory@redthermos.com

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