Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 27, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 5 July 2012 — Page 4

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• Advance News • Thursday, July 5, 2012

Open Class special food contests at the 4-H Fair GOSHEN The Elkhart County 4-H Fair Home and Family Arts Department offers Open Qass Special Contests to anyone eight years of age and older in the Michiana area. These Special Contests are a fun way to show creativity in cooking, baking and grilling, and even win a great prize sponsored by local businesses. There is no preregistration to enter and admission fee paid at the gate is the entry fee. Those that wish to participate should bring entries to the Home and Family Arts Building on the fairgrounds the day of check-in. Each entry must be accompanied by a neatly written, printed or typed recipe on an 8.5- by 11-inch sheet of paper (on one side only). Include name, address and telephone number in the lower right-hand comer (names will be covered during judging). Recipes become the property of the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers with the rignt to use them for fair publicity. The 2012 Elkhart County 4-H Fair President, Jack Lengacher, Jr., Wakarusa, has announced the President's Baked Item this year will be Pecan Pie. Bakers should bring their best pecan pie and recipe to check-in Thursday, July 19 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Open judging begins at noon; entries must be picked up by 1 p.m. The winning entry will be awarded a prize of $lO from the Elkhart County 4-H Fair Board. A new contest this year, following the theme of the Indiana State Fair, is the "Year of Dairy Cows." Each entry must contain at least two dairy foods such as: milk, cream, cream cheese, cheese, or ice cream, and could be something created and stored in the refrigerator and then allowed to warm, like a cheese ball or spread, or one that is cooked or baked prior to entry. Each entry should have at least 6 servings. This contest will take place Monday, July 23 with check-in from 11 a m. to 11:45 a.m. with judging at noon. Since the check-in and judging are in a short window of time, food safety should not be an issue. And no baking skills are needed to enter the Longest Apple Peel contest, Tuesday, July 24. Fair staff provides the apples and the peeler, but for safety reasons, this contest is for adults only. Be sure to read the contest rules and regulations. Check-in is at 11 a.m. and the contest begins at 11:15 a.m. The participant with the longest, continuous peel will claim first place. Tuesday, July 24, will host the annual Senior Citizen's Cookie bake-off. Check-in will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 11 a.m. with judging at 11:30 a.m. Participants must be 62 years of age or older and can enter one item in each of the three categories: bar, drop and formed cookies. No brownies are allowed. Each entry should have six cookies on a plate items must be picked up by 1 p.m. Sweet Com Charlie's Produce is once again sponsoring the "Anything Goes" contest. This year com lovers can try their hand at "Peppers: Hot, Bell or Sweet." Dishes can be as creative as the entrant likes, but the main ingredient must be peppers. Bring each dish to the Home and Family Arts Building Wednesday, July 25 from 11 to 11:45 a.m. Open judging begins around noon. The top four places will be presented with Sweet Com Charlie's Produce gift certificates. And the "Bursting with Blueberries" contest, sponsored by Blueberry Park, Elkhart, will be Friday, July 27. Check-in is from 11 to 11:45 a.m. wnth open judging at noon. Anything goes, but the major ingredient of each dish must be blueberries. Winners receive gift certificates from Blueberry Park. Those that like to grill won't want to miss the outdoor cooking contests Saturday, July 28. The "Best of Michiana Ribs" and "Beef, Lamb and Pork Cook-Off" will begin with check-in at 9 a.m. with all food being ready for judging at 11:30 a.m.; judging begins around noon. Be sure to read all contest rules and regulations. Winners will be awarded cash prizes. Saturday, July 28 also hosts "The Great Homemade Ice Cream Crank-Off" held in front of the Home and Family Arts building. Check-in is from 10 to 11 a.m.; the crank-off begins at 11:15 a.m. and must be done by noon for judging Enter as an individual or a team of no more than three. Specific contest rules and regulations apply. Cash prizes will be giving to first, second and third place winners. Complete contest rules and regulations are printed annually in the Open Qass, Home and Family Arts Department booklet. Rules and copies can be downloaded from the website at www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/elkhart under "Hot Topics" or copies can be obtained from the main office, located inside Gate 2 on the Elkhart County 4-H Fairgrounds, 17746 County Road 34, Goshen.

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IBHJEVE I CAN FIY?... NOT!

There is a song that claims the above title and when I used to hear it I would change the station. It wasn't really that I didn't like the tune, but the words weren't as inspiring to me as they were intended to be to the listener. I've always been a firm believer that people weren't meant to fly. If we had, we would have been bom with wings. Since the only human things in history or legend with them were the angels and a couple mythical gods, and if, after many years or doing so, we haven't yet begun to evolve as a species to even grow one feather, it wasn't meant to be. The Wright brothers and their ancient predecessors obsessed with flight were no doubt onto something big. They shared a desire to feel the wind in their hair and to know the freedom of the birds-or maybe they had a death wish. But is literally risking your life to get somewhere faster worth it? Regardless, 1 never shared in their insanity for modes of entertainment, sport or travel. My firm belief is that when traveling, it would only make sense to drive or float because as a human I can project myself forward from land and can swim if need be, but I can't fly, so being air bound would just be silly, even dam gerous. 1 had to put that understanding to the test recently when flying for my first (and last) time. Oh, I suppose that if someone said I had to fly in order to protect my family from disease or nuclear holocaust I would, but not for any other reasons 1 can imagine. My first expenence was in a small plane traveling from South Bend to Chicago. Perhaps it was the fact that the tor-pedo-shaped flying car sounded like it was equipped with a lawn mower engine. Maybe it was the fact that 1 was putting my anti-claustropho-bia tactics to the test, but more likely it was the painful knowledge that 1 couldn't hush my brain, whose voice kept reminding me that if we fell from that height we would not live. Keep in mind that I am a roller coaster enthusiast that would much rather do hairpin twists, turns and loop-de-loops than choose coasters that simply drop and rise, drop and rise you know kind like turbulence. The steep drops not only remove my stomach from its normal resting place but

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Good questions from the mouths connected to the young inquisitive minds prompted Ulrich to answer with even more interesting information. Attendees to the program that day learned that the breed of cockroaches featured at the library were bom a half-inch long and could live for two years; that Lucas the snake could smell with his tongue (a feat those present were invited to attempt) and that he ate once a week; that the hedgehog was safe to pet if stroked from head to hind-end and that hedgehog babies aren't bom with spines. The giggles, "awwwws," and "eeeewwws" exclaimed by the children that were provoked by the zoo residents proved to zoo and library staff alike that this year's program was another

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attempts to stuff it into my neck where my straining throat fights to keep it in there, at least until I pass out. The ride in a giant, metal mosquito didn't impress me and only fed on my earlier understandings. Both my youngest children and my mother were riding with me and divided by twos like the passengers of Noah, I chose to sit with my daughter, who seemed to share the same anxiety level as I, thinking that in my natural role as nuclear to her, .1 would calm my own fears by verbally rationalizing them to her while she struggled. Not so. After the take-off, during which 1 thought my skin would peel from my face during the rocketing part, she kept me with a perpetual lump in my neck and white knuckles as she reported, "We're going higher, higher. The buildings look like toys. Oh wow mom. We're higher, getting higher. The buildings are like little dots, Oh God! We're in the clouds-above them now! We would never make it if we crashed now!" ■ She then proceeded to ask if we would be spotting our Creator or his celestial minions while on this trip, to which 1 answered, "1 sure hope not." 1 was rejoicing the inventors of Dramamine for keeping their drowsy formula on the market when the captain of the clanking bird (which was rattling so I waited for chunks of it to break off periodically within the view of our tiny window) reported, "Well folks, we've achieved optimum height at 10,000 feet." At least that's what I think he said. It sounded a little like he said, "At this height we would never feel the pain of impact as we would all have heart attacks or pass out by the time we hit." 1 kept reminding myself that this was a 20-minute flight even though mine, (and my daughter's apparently as she kept asking how much longer, how much longer) internal cljocks or survival instincts assured us that we were never going to get down...ever.

success. To learn more about the programs offered at the Wakarusa Public Library, visit www.wakarusa.lib. in.us online or call 574-862-2465. To learn more about the Potawatomi Zoo, visit www. potawatomizoo.org or call 574-235-9800. Photo by Angel Perkins Dakoda Hartman, 6, and brother McCoy, 5, meet and greet Twix the hedgehog handled by longtime zoo volunteer Don Blaha. The zoo volunteers and staff travel all over the area introducing and educating students and adults about the zoo’s resident animals.

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As we landed, I tried to assist in a "Flintstone stop" (during which one tries to shove their feet through the floor of the vehicle), because the pilot apparently forgot he only had so many feet of runway. All the passengers must have been doing it too because we shot forward to test our lap belts and came to a literal screeching halt. Luckily the second, two-hour flight wasn't until three hours later, allowing me time to calm down and eat, add too many additional Dramamine and shop to temporarily forget the risks involved. That one was a larger model of a flying deathtrap which was made easier for me by offering a movie and refreshments. Nothing like caffeine to calm frazzled nerves. Of course I could have partook in the alcoholic beverages which cost $8 each but I was afraid if I began to feel a dulling of the senses as a result, I would no doubt end up being carried off the airship, after losing my stomach (and lunch) entirely. That second descent was much less noticeable and the landing far less traumatizing that the first and I was just happy to find myself parked near palm trees rather than having landed in them. I also wondered deeply as to why the practice of clapping after a landing was begun. Does anyone ever applaud the taxi or bus driver after a safe trip? Do they clap for the Amtrak conductor before they tile off the train? No they don't, and why not? Because your life isn't really in that much danger. I hoped that the trips home (in a little sardine can from Orlando to Cincinnatti and a larger one from there to South Bend,) would be less disturbing to me after being provoked by hundreds of brave vacationers and spleenbending coaster rides. Of course there was turbulence. "What's happening?" asked my son. "Why is he doing that?" asked my daughter. "Just to keep the Dramamine people in business," 1 thought. Will my children fly again? I'm not sure, but 1 assure you 1 wouldn't accompany them. I also won t be found doing anything else where I'm higher than I can fall from without a strong chance of recovery.