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Times Advocate, 1995-08-23, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, August 23,1995 CQMM 1 J1\ITTY Peppers add pizzazz! These vegetables add a rainbow of color and flavour to recipes Some like them hot! Some like them mild and mellow.,Whatever your taste preference, peppers add excitement to meals. Fresh pep- pers in all sizes, colors, shapes and 'heat' ranges are raising today's taste expectations to new heights. These piquant vegetables add a rainbow of color and flavor to recipes. Spoon pepper jelly over cream cheese spread on crackers, serve pepper relish or jel- ly with grilled meats or stir a spoonful of rel- ish into potato or pasta salad. Pepper preserves are quick and easy to make with recipes from the Certo kitchens. Because of their short boil preparation meth- ods, relishes and jellies made with Certo fruit pectin keep their fresh -picked pepper flavor. For best results when preparing these recipes, remember to measure precisely and follow the recipe preparation and cooking directions carefully. Orange red pepper jelly Prep. time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 40 minutes 2 cups finely chopped sweet red bell peppers 1-1/4 cups white vinegar 1/4 cup coarsely grated orange rind 1/4 cup orange juice 5 cups granulated sugar 1/2 tsp hot pepper sauce 2 pouches (each 85 ml) Certo liquid fruit pectin • Bring red peppers, vinegar, rind and juice to a boil in a large saucepan; reduce heat and simmer, covered, 10 minutes or until rind is softened. • Stir in sugar-, • Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard, stirring often, for 5 minutes; remove from heat. • Stir in hot pepper sauce and liquid fruit pec- tin; stir for 5 minutes to suspend peppers evenly • Stir and skim foam with a metal spoon • Pour quickly into warm sterilized jars fill- ing up to 1/4 inch (0.5 cm) from rim. • Seal while hot with sterilized two-piece lids with new centres. Makes 5 cups. Lotsa Peppers Relish Prep time: 45 minutes 1 cup finely chopped red peppers 1 cup finely chopped green peppers 1 cup finely chopped jalapeno peppt;rs 1 cup cider vinegar 1t2 tsp butter or mar- garine 5-1/4 cups sugar 1 pouch Certo liquid fruit pectin • Measure prepared vegetables, cider vin- egar and butter into large saucepan. • Add sugar to fruit and mix well • Place saucepan over high heat. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil hard one minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. • Immediately stir in liquid fruit pectin • Stir and skim for 7 minutes to prevent floating vegetables • Pour quickly into warm sterilized jars fill- ing up to 1/4 inch from rim • Seal while hot with sterilized two-piece lids with new centres • Seal while hot with sterilized two-piece lids with new centres. Makes about 5-2/3 cups Fred Marshall holds table lo.':ed with a Main Street. up a handful of peppers in front of his variety of vegetables on Dashwood's Zurich gearing up for annual bean festival Many events are planned for the festi- val this weekend. Carmel Sweeney ZURICH - The 30th annual bean festival in Zurich is set for August 26. A pancake breakfast starts at 7:00 a.m. and goes to 10:00 a.m. The famous bean dinners will be served from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will also be several food booths along the streets selling sau- sages on a bun, hot dogs, hambur- gers and pies. The antique car show will be held all day at the community centre grounds. The frog jumping contest will be at 3:00 p.m. in front of Erb's Country Kitchen. Bingo will be played at noon in the community centre auditorium. There will be live entertainment throughout the day. A midway will also be available all day. The bean festival dance will be held at the arena at 9 p.m. A Cruise Night begins on Friday, August 25 at 7 p.m. for Bayfield. At 9 p.m. there will be a country and western dance in the Zurich Arena. A fireworks display will be held at dusk. Volunteers are needed at the bean festival kitchen on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6 p.m. to help stir beans. Help is also needed the day of the festival, August 26. Skating The Zurich and Arca Figure Skat- ing Club will be holding registra- tions at the arena on September 9 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and on September 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. There will also be adult skating lessons from October 14 to Decem- ber 16. Phone Brenda Schilbe, president, for more information at 236-4805 or Susan Semple at 236-7709 as soon as possible. Senior Diners The Senior Diners are planning a summer picnic August 23 at noon at the park pavilion. Personals A family get-together was held at the home of Mary -Lou Denomme on Saturday. A family reunion and 85th birth- day party was held for Bernard Sweeney, Windsor, on Saturday, August 19 at the home of his son Jim and Carol Sweeney in London. Relatives came from Detroit, Kitchener, Windsor, Belleville, Dornoch, London and Zurich. Doug Klopp and a friend recently enjoyed a two week trip to Russia. A buck and doe was held for Shelley Erb and Dale Miller on Au- gust 19 at the Dashwood Commu- nity Centre. Shelley is the daughter of Chuck and Tanya Erb and Dale is the son of Art and Pauline Mill- er, all of Zurich. The couple arc planning to be married Ot...tber 8. Paul and Heather Klonp, RR 3, Zurich held a pig roast unday as a thank you and get-together for friends of the NDP for Huron. Jerome and Carmel Sweeney vis- ited their brother-in-law Bill But- ler, Sarnia, who is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, due to a car accident last week. Jean Armstrong, Zurich, along with her sister Elizabeth and Case De Bower of Egmondville took - their trailers to Shelborne last week to attend the annual fiddler's jam- boree. A community bridal shower was held for Cheryl Turner at the Varna Complex last Tuesday evening. On August 19 a buck and doe was held for her and fiancee Darryl Rowan who are planning to be married on September 23. Jeanne Hay and grandson Justin, Carmel Sweeney and daughter Meagan spent a couple days last week at the Family Paradise Camp- grounds near Walton where they enjoyed swimming and taking it easy. Sharon Silvers from London spent most of last week in Zurich babysitting her grandchildren Ja- cob and Kacey Rothenberg, while their parents were away on holi- days to the States. David Andrew Hunt, son of Ja- mie and Patti was baptized at St. Boniface Church on Sunday, Au- gust 20 by Fr. Wronski. He is the grandson of Ed and Dorothy Smith. Jordon Cuyler Lobb, son of Bill and Suellen was baptized Sunday also. Happy birthday wishes go to Mo- nique Gelinas on August 18 and cousin Derek Gelinas, Dorchester on August 20; seven-year-old Josh Geoffrey on August 25; Karen Schenk on August 22 and Nicole Debus on her 16th birthday. Bob and Linda Hendrick returned home Sunday night after two weeks near Sudbury. They camped at Grundy Provincial Park and Re- stoule Provincial Park. Dorothy Breakey, Zurich, along with Irene Stephens of London en- joyed a two-week vacation in Ed- monton visiting with their children Richard and Kathy Breakey. They also travelled throughout the prov- ince sight-seeing. Laurene Zehr, Zurich, and Marg Finkbeiner from Crediton spent the month of July of a bus tour through Yukon and Alaska. A family barbecue was held for the relatives of engaged couple An- nette Regier and Mark Stephan on August 12 at the home of her par- ents Karl and Mary Regier. The couple are planning to be married September 16. Saintsbury youth races at National championships Harley Davis compet- ed ompeled in the 60 cc Pee- wee division. H. Davis SAINTSBURY - Harley Davis was awarded the second fastest rider award in Canada at the Trans Canada Grand National Championships at Walton, Onta- rio in the 60 cc Pee Wee Divi- sion. Michael, Suzanne, Crystal, Travis and Starr attended the four- day event. Personals Mary Davis was Sunday dinner guest with Bob and Alexia Tin- dall, along with Robert and Lisa Tindall, Micheal and Marylou Rumleski, Ron and Nancy Cun- ningham, April, Tom, Charles and Kelsey. The children are staying for summer vacation with their grandparents this week. Linda and Lucas Durnin of Au - bum were weekend visitors with Bob and Heather MacGillivray, Courtney, Katie -Scarlett, Caleb and Corbin. The Davis's were Saturday evening dinner guests at the Cor- bett and Young barbecue at the new residence of Jeffrey, Teresa, Richard, John and Sarah Young in McGillivray Township. • Crediton ' Optimists sponsoring Toronto Zoo trip CREDITON - All boys and girls in the Crediton area have the opportunity to visit the To- ronto Zoo thanks to the Crediton Optimist Club. The Optimists will sponsor a bus trip to Toronto on Thursday, August 31. The cost is $10 per person which includes a bus ticket and admission to the zoo. The only stipulation is a child must be ac- companied by an adult, but not necessarily on a one-to-one ba- sis. Further information may be obtained by calling Sally Shaw at 234-9495. Kids scoop their way to the top with summer reading program The Hensall library held its last Fa- vorites of Mine session. Jodi Soldan, middle, and Chrissy O'Toole gather with children at the Hensall library. Brenda Burke T -A staff HENSALL - You could have earned yourself scoops this summer. That is, if you were a child participating in Hensall's version of Fa- vorites of Mine, a reading program inlcuding stories, songs, games and crafts at Huron libraries during July and August. According to their reading ability, children were encouraged to read five picture books or 100 chapter book pages in order to earn one paper ice-cream scoop. The scoops were piled on top of each other to make paper ice-cream cones on the library wall and prizes were awarded for the tallest cone. Megan Bisback, 11, and six-year-old Amanda McGregor, both of Hensall, won first prizes for having the tallest cones. Hensall's program attracted 32 kids t9 register in the program and read a total of 32,600 pages. "The parents have been quite pleased. (They) say it has increased their (kids') reading," said Hensall librarian Susan Hartman who added at first kids were reading in an effort to gain scoops, but later were reading for enjoyment. On Aug. 17 the last day of Hensall's program began with Jodi Sol- dan, of Exeter, reading There were4Ionkies In My Kitchen. She lat- er asked the circle of children around her questions such as 'What is an illustrator?' The theme of this program was Jungle Buddies. It also took place in Centralia Aug.15. "We had a great turn -out in Centralia," said program co-ordinator Chrissy O'Toole, of Exeter, stating there were 18 children attending that session. O'Toole and Soldan were hired by the Huron County Library to take 79 programs to 1300 children at the library's 15 branches around the county. Quer progrm themes have include vorite Fairy Tales, Earth, My Favorite Planet and My Favtriite Foods. Exeter, Kirkton, Wingham, Goderich and Clinton are just some of the towns the program has visited. Soldan is a student at Brock University taking a concurrent pro- gram in teaching and child studies. O'Toole, who studies psychol- ogy at the University of Waterloo, wants to later attend teacher's college with hopes of teaching primary grades. Not only does O'Toole feel the program provides a break for li- brarians who devote time to evening programs, she also thinks it's a great way to introduce kids to the library and promote literacy. "It makes it a fun place," she said the evening of Hensall's last summer program. Although Hensall's successful summer reading program has come to a close, story book fun doesn't end there. The Hensall library will begin a preschool story hour Sept. 11 from 10:45 to 11:45 for three, four and five -year-olds. Many enjoy. `Festival of Flowers' The guest speaker spoke about lilies that he grows and sells. Muriel Lewis QRANTON - Several Granton members attended the Kirkton Horticultural Society's Festival of Flowers on Tuesday evening, Au- gust 15 at the Community Centre. The guest speaker was Michael Homick from Greystone Farm, RR 2 Tillsonburg who showed pictures and talked about lilies which he grows and sells in abun- dance. The annual Cook family picnic was held at the Granton Park on Sunday, August 13 with 95 mem- bers in attendance. A number of people from the Granton area enjoyed the annual Middlesex Beef Producers Barbe- cue at Poplar Hill Park on Thurs- day evening, August 17. The Harrison family picnic was held at the Granton Park on Satur- day, August 12. The annual Decoration Day was held at the Granton Cemetery on Sunday, August 20. The St. Thomas ACW met at the home of Cathie Westman for a potluck dinner at noon on Tues- day, August 15. As co-ordinator, Cathie chaired the meeting and led the business. Muriel Lewis attended a recital of music by Purcell and Quilter given by soprano Leslie Jost at St. James Anglican Church in Stratford on Sunday, August 20. A service of Holy Communion followed when the Venerable John Spencer's message was about the cost and challenge of discipleship. At the Granton United Church on Sunday, August 20 Pastor Normalie Voakes sermon topic was 'A declaration of war from the Prince of Prince.' The lessons were read from Isaiah 5, Hebrews 11 and Luke 12. Marilyn Humphrey led the reading of the psalm. Variety of cars at Centralia show The Lion's Club spon- sored the show. Mary Peterson CENTRALIA - Sunday, August 20 was a very hot summer day when the Centralia Lions' Club hosted their second annual car show in Centralia at the ballpark. There was an interesting variety of classic, antique and hot rods arriv- ing throughout the day. Down the road from the airport, the members of the Exeter Saddle Club were putting their horses through their paces in events such as barrel racing and Western pleas- ure riding. The horses were eager to compete, and didn't seem to mind the heat as they raced around the barrels to beat the clock. On the weekend, the women of the U.C.W. were busy baking pies at Centralia United Church. On Saturday morning, Donna Smith was the first to arrive, and while she waited for the others, she wrote the following poem: Dear friends: I love these times when we make the pies, Laughing and talking, the time Just flies, Audrey is our leader, she tells us what to do, I don't know, Audrey, what we would do without you. Iva mixes the dough with love and care, The rest of us girls are glad to be there, Making the pies so good and so sweet, If we work real hard, we can go for a treat. We all have good times together, and as we stop to pray, We thank God for giving us this wonderful day, You are all the best pats I' could ever find, Thanks, girls, for being so special and so kind. Love, Donna. Everyone is invited to Zion West United church for their decoratit,n service on Sunday, August 27 at 11:00 a.m. Dr. Bob Graham will be guest speaker, and he and his wife Ellen will provide special music. At Larry's Toon and Country Restaurant in Crediton, Doreen Lightfoot and Janie McDowell were Low Hand winneti at the eu- chre tables. 011ie Eatery tad Percy Noels were Lone Hand wlnnets, while Mary Scott acid > etn ce Squires were High Hand titanic% •