Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 134, Number 35, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 27 August 2015 — Page 4
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Advance News • Thursday. August 27, 2015
Family Traditions
The'more sane I spend within this community, the more I am reminded of family traditions and how important they are to each new and older
generation. Every family has its own traditions they have around the holidays, birthdays, or just a certain time of the year, that everyone comes together to celebrate the gift of family. As I sat here thinking about all of this, I pondered what my own family traditions are. Some families take a vacation every year to a specific location, but mine usually can't ever afford such luxuries. Other families get together at Thanksgiving or Christinas and have special things they do for other family members. Annual cookouts are a common family tradition, maybe during Labor Day or the Fourth of July, to celebrate not only family, but the gift of our freedom. I've even seen some very amazing family photos that have been recreated from years ago. I thought back to some of my own family traditions that my family has had over the course of my life. When I was very young, there were Sunday dinners at my great-grandmothers, who had 14 children and we all piled in with kids, grandkids and great-grandkids. We would have a huge feast, and all the kids would play in the yard while we waited for lunch to get ready. There were always vegetables fresh from the garden and my greatgrandmother made everything homemade and with love. It reminded me of her peaceful mind and quiet demeanor. I remember thinking as a child, w’hat patience she had,>even with all these people in her house and the number of children she had to raise. She remained ever calm and loving of her entire family. After we all had dinner there would be a huge family game of football, hide and seek, soccer, tag and whatever else we could come up with. My great-grandmother came from a small town and 1 am absolutely positive as I look back as an adult now that ice cream man knew right where to go every Sunday. I mean, it was only a quarter for a character ice cream back then. We had such a huge family; it would take a good 30 minutes for everyone to get something. Once my greatgrandmother passed, we didn't get to have Sunday dinners at her house anymore and new traditions were bom. Saturday lunches at my grandmothers (my great-grand-mother was her mother) with my immediate family took theplace of those Sunday dinners until I became a teenager. Then it was cookouts and going to the annual Blueberry Festival in Plymouth to celebrate Labor Day and watch the fireworks together. Christmas was usually spent at my grandparents' house where everyone opened presents together and cousins were playing together and sharing the new toys they received. When my grandmother became too tired to host the annual Christinas dinner, my own mother took over, inviting the family into her home with a turkey and ham to satisfy everyone. However, it seems that all of our traditions have ended and there was a time when one tradition ended, a new one would begin. I've been reminded of these childhood memories since being in this time-honored community and how welcoming everyone has been. It's given me the desire to start a new family tradition and make sure my own children grow up with some of the wonderful memories of family like 1 did. It has made me realize it only takes one person to hold together a family tradition and initiate the act of bringing everyone together. My great-grandmother would prepare an entire meal, granted she did have help, for at least 40 people or more every Sunday after she walked home from church. My grandmother would prepare an entire meal with help from my mother for 12 people and my own mother has prepared meals for at least 15 to 20 of us. These three women held down a family tradition in their own ways to keep us together and never let us forget how» precious family truly is. I will take what I have learned from these three amazing women and create a family tradition of our own with my children so that they will take with them the value of family as they grow throughout this life, like 1 was blessed to have.
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Opinion
Insects
When I have the opportunity to talk about insects with fanners or Master Gardeners or the public; one of the things you will probably hear me say it that insects often die horrible deaths, aside
from splatting on the windshield. Predators, parasites and pathogens are a reality’ in the world of insects. There are many predators that love to eat insects. Spiders, rodents, birds, mites, beetles and bugs are often seen prowling about looking for their next six legged meal. Ladybugs and praying mantis are the two creatures that come to mind. And there are parasites of all sorts too. There are many types of wasps and flies that lay eggs in or on the bodies ofother insects. When these eggs hatch, the larva consume the targeted insect, even as it continues to live out its life. A familiar example for many people would be tomato homworm larvae parasitized by a small wasp, Cotesia congregatus. Larvae that hatch from wasp eggs laid on the homworm feed on the inside of the homworm until the wasp is ready to pupate. The cocoons appear as white projections protruding from the homworms body. If such projections are observed, the nomworms should be left in the garden to conserve the beneficial parasitoids. The wasps will 101 l the homworms when they emerge from the cocoons and will seek out other homworms to parasitize. Pathogens, or diseases, are probably the least understood of the common ways that insects die. Yet pathogens often play a huge role in suppressing insect populations when things get out of control. An example of how diseases can keep insects in check occurred here a few years ago. The Indiana Department of Natural
Safe Food Preservation
The last several years there has been a huge return to food preservation. I think this trend has happened for several reasons, one being the 'whole food' movement,
two, people wanting to know where their food comes from and what is in it, and three, people wanting certain tastes that can only be obtained if they take the time to invest in food preservation. I know there are more reasons, and one in particular that always makes for discussion is that people practice food preservation to save money. There are many factors that you have to take into account when it comes to the cost of food preservation, and when you do, you will find you don't save money. That is a fact, but what you do have is satisfaction that you preserved the food, you know what is in it, and the majority of the time you are pleased with the taste. What 1 find extremely scary is the number of people who are practicing food preservation without using research-based recipes. Many recipes that have been passed on by the oldfashioned 3" x 5" card have out-of-date information. There are also numerous recipes being shared by social media with incorrect information on food-preservation methods. When you understand the chemistry and science needed
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Extension Ups ByJeffßwbrink
Resources (IDNR) had been trying to slow the spread of gypsy moth, an insect known to defoliate millions of acres of trees. The wave of insects was gene-ally moving from the northern portions of Indiana to the south. IDNR was using a series of targeted sprays containing baallus thuringiensis (BT), a natural organism that can kill larva once it is consumed. More than 14,000 acres of Elkhart County were sprayed to get the pest unde control. Interestingly, however, a few years late, we had a cool, w’et spring and summer, similar to 2015. IDNR was planning to spray again that year, but the weather encouraged the development of a fungal disease in the gypsy moth population, entomopnaga, which very efficiently wiped out most of the population. It tool years before we saw gypsy moth populations to come back in the county. The idea to commercialize predicators, parasites and diseases has been around for a while, and there are a few successful examples, such as BT and Milky Spore. In general, it is often difficult in practice to develop a biological spray, in part because you are dealing with a living organism, and in part, because you need to be sure to reduce the risk to nontarget species. We all have been affected by a predator introduction that did not work out so well. The Asiaji lady beetle, which invaded our homes beginning in the 19905, w-as a species introduced to control pests in gardens. Predator introductions, whether it be ladybugs or lions, really heed to be thought out carefully!
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Food and Nutrition By Mary Ann Lienhart Cross
Differing Priorities
So anyway, I was eating breakfast early one Saturday morning at one of our wonderful restaurants in Nappanee. Most Saturdays I don't do early morning, but
the rooster was crowing next door and that meant my dogs needed to go out and bark to quiet him down. Since I was up anyway, I went out to eat with our church's Men's Fellowship. Saturday's a work day for me but not for most folks. It's a day for doing other stuff, and people have their own priorities. So there I was, I was blearily looking over the menu even though I was going to order the same thing I get every time Igo to that restaurant noticed that here were people waiting in line to get inside the barber shop across the street even though it wasn't open yet. Not one of them looked like they needed a haircut,Not to me anyway. I’ve lived here in Nappanee a year and a half, and I ve had three hair cuts. That's about one every six months. So you can tell I'm not a fanatic on the subject. My strategy is to get my hair cut so short I can comb it with a towel. Then, once it grows so long it hangs over my ears and is shaggy as all get out, get another haircut. This takes a good while since there are plenty of places all over my head where hair will never grow again. In a way, I'm just getting ready for the afterlife. As this guy once sang in a song, decades ago, "We'll all be bald in heaven for there is no parting there." Be that as it may, every six months or so I reluctantly drive to this hair place near where my son lives in Dunlap, get in line, and get my hair cut by the first available technician. I leave a large tip since they have more work than normal to machete a path through the thatch. Then I wait for another half a year to go by. Back to my story. After a few minutes someone on the inside of the barber shop turned on the "Open" sign, and the three guys politely entered in the order they had arrived. Since our breakfasts were a little late in coming that morning I watched as the guys exited as well. I assume they'd all had a hair cut, but they looked to me the same when they left as when they arrived. The important this is they looked happy. Or at least as happy as guys can look when they get a hair cut. I know lots of guys get their hair cut every week or two whether they need it or not. These are guys I admire and respect, so there must be something to it. But there are things I'd rather spend my money on. Books for instance. And breakfast. And books. And music. And Starbucks coffee. And more books. That's what makes the word go round - the things we love and prioritize. The only suggestion I can make for other people is that spending money locally is good for the local economy, so don't pay attention to what other people like and don't apologize for what you do enjoy. If you know what you enjoy, do it. Like haircuts. Or-buying books. Frank Ramirez is the Senior Pastor of the Union Center Church of the Brethren.
to make food preservation completely safe, you understand the huge food safety risk that occurs when food science rules and guidelines are not followed. Nearly all food requires some type of preservation treatment to maintain its quality and safety so that it may be enjoyed long after harvesting or purchasing. Home canning, also referred to as processing, preserving and jarring allows you to store many perishable foods on
your pantry shelf. You need to understand how home canning prevents the natural occurrence of food spoilage/ deterioration caused by microorganisms. That is the basis to achieving a successful outcome so that you can safely share the foods you preserve with family and friends. To help increase your understanding, think about food preservation this way: simple techniques you use every day in meal preparation are some of the same techniques used in home canning. Begin with an apple; you rinse an apple before eating and this is helpful in removing some surface microorganisms, which cause spoiling. Peeling the apple reduces even greater numbers of microorganisms but there is a loss of some of the minerals and fiber from the peel. However, once the protective peel is removed from the apple, the flesh begins to darken due to enzyme activity. If left untreated, the apple becomes brown and you don't want to eat it. A way of looking at this is that this is Mother Nature's way of ensuring that you don't eat foods that could potentially harm your health. The second technique that is often used in food preparation which is also used to prepare food for home freezing, is blanching. Blanching destroys the enzymes so the food doesn't continue to mature and also destroys the bacteria that are present. For updated information, here are some reliable sources to use for food preservation information. Purdue Extension Elkhart County: http://www.extension. purdue.edu/elkhart or 574-533-0554; National Center for Home Food Preservation at nchfp.uga.edu; Ball/Kehr canning company Jarden Home Brands at www.fnshpresenring.com or their toll-five canning hotline at 1-800-240-3340.
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County Road Seven By Frank Ramirez