Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 135, Number 52, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 29 December 2016 — Page 3

Elkhart County Discover 4-H event at Concord Mall

The Elkhart County 4-H program will be having its second Discover 4-H event at Concord Mall on Saturday, Jan. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Every kindergarten through sixth grader

in Elkhart County isi invited to attend. The purpose of this event is to introduce local families to the Elkhart County 4-H program. At the event, 4-H volunteers will"

have displays promoting great opportunities available in the 4-H program, including clubs and programming available in our county. It is also a great time to meet and greet 4-H leaders. At our previous Discover 4-H event, there were tables representing several clubs/projects/ activities including: Media, Genealogy, Photography, Garden, Sewing, Mini 4-H and much more. 4-H enrollment is free for kindergarten, first and second graders. There is sls state program fee per child for third through 12th graders. The 4-H online enrollment deadline is Jan. 15. We will have paper copies of the 4-H enrollment form available at the Discover 4-H event on Jan. 7 if you choose to enroll at the event as well as laptops set up for online enrollment. If you would like to enroll your child in 4-H now, please contact the Purdue Extension Elkhart County office at 574-533-0554 or visit the following website, http:/ / in.4honline.com. Sthele Greybar is an educator of 4-H Youth Development at Purdue Extension-Elkhart County.

Heritage Skills classes offered

In an effort to teach family herifagmind heirloom skills, the Elkhart County Extension Homemakers are hosting their annual Heritage Skills Classes on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at the Elkhart County Purdue Extension Office. The office is located on the 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen. Full-day and half-day classes will be offered from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Classes are limited so early registration is encouraged. Registration forms and sample photos are available on the Purdue Extension Elkhart County office website at http://www.extension.purdue. edu/elkhart. Prepaid registration is required and includes lunch for all classes. Lunch is served between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.. All registration fees will be held until the minimum participant number required is met. If a cancellation occurs your check will be returned. Registration will be accepted through Feb. 6, 2017. Full-day classes— 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. BEGINNING CROCHET - S2B • Taught by Jill Cohen - limited to six participants • Learn to chain, single crochet, double crochet and weave in the tail ends. • Class kit includes all materials needed to make a washcloth or coaster. HOW TO MAKE A T-SHIRT QUILT - $35 • Taught by Mary Ann Lienhart Cross - limited to 15 participants • Participants will learn how to use their t-shirts and required supplies to begin to make a quilt. • Registration fee includes "Terrific T-Shirt Quilts" book for each participant. Participants will be given a supplies list upon registering for this class. • Pre-requisite: Participants must know how to use their sewing machine. INTERMEDIATE KNITTING - S3O • Taught by Shirley Hershberger - limited to five to seven participants • Learn the brioche and cable stitches using one and two colors. Other stitches can be addressed. • Participants must bring size 7 or 8 circular needles and one (or two) solid color worsted weight #4 skeins of yam and one (or two) variegated worsted weight #4 skeins of yam. • Pre-requisite: Participants must know how

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4-H news By Sthele Greybar

Community

There are many parts to our holiday celebrations and one of them is food! I was recently talking to someone about all the wonderful foods and easy decorations that can be created with cranberries. The comment I received was that they only knew about the two kind of cranberries in a metal can; I shared that they are missing some great real food. I don't want to offend anyone, but to me what is in the can is a disservice to the cranberry. A common holiday food that most of you only enjoy this time of the year is the cranberry. Cranberries may be tart but they certainly sweeten the holiday season. Traditionally, a holiday meal would not be complete without a bowl of cranberry sauce set next to the turkey or ham, nor would a traditional Christmas tree look as festive without a string of popcorn and fresh cranberries wound around its branches. Cranberries are also an easy way to make a centerpiece. You can float them in clear glass bowl and add some small floating candles for a festive touch. The cranberry is not a sweet berry; unlike the blueberry, raspberry or strawberry, its lustrous scarlet color disguises a flesh that is much too bitter for eating out of hand. But when you stir them into chutney, relish, sauce, pie, or bake them into bread, muffins, or eat them dried or sweetened, the cranberry's vibrant goodness and its unique flavor is shared, as there is no

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Food and Nutrition By Mary Ann Lienhart Cross

to knit and purl. TOOTHBRUSH RUG HOOKING - S3O • Taught by Lois Yoder - limited to six participants • You will learn the technique to create a small toothbrush rug suitable to use on a table top. • Participants must bring a couch or throw pillow (any will work), two pieces of plain cotton fabric 1 yard each (example 1 yd blue, 1 yd red) and scissors. Other supplies will be provided. WOVEN KEYHOLDER BASKET - S4O • Taught by Lisa Hemley - limited to six participants • This keyholder basket is a very simple weave great for beginners. The basket is 13" x 8-1/2" with hooks for hanging your keys. The basket can be used to hold your mail. • Participants must bring sharp scissors, medium flathead screwdriver, and clips or clothespins. Basket weaving materials are provided in the class fee. Half-day classes —Morning classes: 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Afternoon classes: 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. HAND QUILTING - MORNING CLASS - $lB • Taught by Barbara Jewett - limited to six participants • Learn to hand-quilt on a 12" quilt block with a design. • Participants must bring a 10" embroidery hoop, thimble, and scissors. HARDANGER ORNAMENT - MORNING CLASS-S2O • Taught by Sue Martin - limited to 10 participants • Learn the basic kloster, wrapped bars, and dove’s eye stitches while creating a design suitable for an ornament or inserting into a small

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Food and Nutrition By Mary Ann Lienhart Cross

other food like a cranberry Cranberries are a nutrient dense food that add a lively burst of flavor and a gorgeous rosy color wherever they're used. Cranberries are low in calories, high in fiber and offer potassium and vitamin C. They are also a source of the phytochemical ellagic add w'hich may help combat cancer. So spooning an extra serving of cranberry sauce or relish on your plate during the holidays, espedally at the expense of ham, stuffing, or gravy, is healthful as well as delidous. Cranberries have properties that protect our bodies from certain types of bacteria that can cause urinary trad infections, gum disease and stomach ulcers. When it comes to buying fresh cranberries this is the prime season. Most fresh cranberries are sold in 12-ounce plastic bags, yes they were once one pound bags and many of my recipes call for pound bags. Once you are ready to use the cranberries, place them in a bowl of water and sort through and pick out any soft or discolored ones, then rinse. If you plan to cook them with sugar, keep in mind sugar tough-

decorative item. Different colorways will be provided. • Partidpants must bring a 4" or 5" embroidery hoop (no larger); small scissors with a fine, sharp point for precision cutting; and extra lighting and/or magnification if needed (we’ll be stitching on 22-ct fabric). • Pre-requisites: This is a beginner level class, but it would be helpful if participants were familiar with working a design from a graph. SPIRAL ROPE BEADED BRACELET - AFTERNOON CLASS - S2O • Taught by Sue Martin - limited to 10 participants • Spiral Rope, sometimes called Dutch Spiral, is a simple but elegant pattern. This is an easy beading technique that even "non-benders' can do successfully. • Participants must bring small scissors for clipping thread and if needed, magnification and extra lighting. If you have a bead mat and Thread Heaven, please bring them to class. All other materials will be provided to make a bracelet up to 8" in length. TIN PUNCH WALL HANGING - HALF DAY CLASS - $23 • Taught by Elaine Miller - needs a minimum of five registered • Participants will create a wall-hanging with a tin punch colonial feel. Embellishments of finished product can be completed outside of class. • Participants must bring a lightweight hammer, tin snips, and pliers. All other supplies will be provided. Extension Homemakers planning this event are Chairperson Margaret Weybright, Syracuse; and committee members Joan Bailey, Joanne Holtzinger, Jenny Huffman, Carol S. Kauffman, and Kris Peterson, all of Goshen. This program and all Purdue University programs are open to everyone. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate, contact Mary Ann Lienhart Cross at the Purdue Extension-Elkhart County Office by calling 574-533-0554. Mary Ann Lienhart Cross is Extension Director and educator, Health and Human Sciences at Purdue Extension-Elkhart County. •

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ens cranberry skins if added before they soften. Instead, cook them in the liquid called for in a recipe until they pop, which usually happens in about 5 minutes, then add the sugar and stir until sugar is dissolved. When baking with frozen cranberries, don't bother defrosting, just sort them, rinse, drain, and simply mix the berries into the batter. Cranberries are easy to toss in the freezer and keep on hand for the rest of the year when cranberries are not available. You can freeze the berries right in their own bag, but I would place them in an additional freezer bag. When your recipe calls for chopped cranberries, some helpful hints would be to use a food processor for quick results. The 12-ounce bag will measure out to be 3 cups. Refrigerate leftover cranberry sauce for several days or freeze it in an airtight container for up to one year. Dried cranberries have ail the nutrients and phytochemicals ol fresh cranberries, and are available year round. Unlike fresh, dried cranberries are sweetened so they are delicious eaten all by themselves. They also make a superb addition to granola and other cereals, and can be baked into anything calling for raisins. Mary Ann Lienhart Cross is County Extension Director and educator-Health 6 Human Sciences of Purdue ExtensionElkhart County.

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Purdue crop management workshops scheduled On Jan. 23, Purdue will be holding one of five "Crop Management Workshops" in nearby Warsaw. If you were to pick one meeting to update yourself on crops, this would be a good one to attend. The program will be held on the Grace College campus in the Winona Heritage Room, 901 Park Ave., Winona Lake, and runs from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of the program is SBO and includes lunch and handouts. The speakers . include Bob Nielsen (corn populations), Bill Johnson: (herbicide resistant weed options), Shaun Casteel . (soybean profitability), lim Camberato (fertilizer management), Kiersten Wise (disease management), Peter Goldsborough (GMOs), Fred Whitford (pesticide safety), and Joe Becovitz (State Chemist Office update). Certi f i ca ti on c red i ts for Indiana's commercial (CCH) and private pesticide applicators (PARP) and Certified Crop Advisors (CEU) will be awarded to attendees. Credits for Ohio applicators have been requested! To register for the program, dowmload the registration form at http:/ /bit. ly/2gQozMq dr register online with a credit card at conf.purdue.edu/ crop.