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Our view
What you get
out of it
We have used this space in the past to criticize those
individuals who constantly complain that there is “nothing
to do in this town,” and we hope our page one story about
the decision to hire Jessica Bettorf as Newcastle’s first
Community Recreation Director will eventually do far more
to silence such. complaints than any of our previous edito-
rials did.
As is so often the case in small communities like ours,
however, Bettorf’s ability to overcome pre-conceived notions
about the level of recreation and entertainment available to
residents of this community will depend largely on our own
willingness to embrace this idea and maximize the impact it
can have on our town.
In order to do that, we must acknowledge that, as the
first to hold such a position here, Bettorf will be defining the
parameters and duties of her new job as she goes. As such,
we will all have to exercise a little bit of patience as she
determines where and how she can have the most impact.
While she will need time to grow into the position and
identify Where her energy will best be spent, however, the
greatest possibility for success will also be found in the
number of people who take the time to provide constructive
input as she begins to answer the questions that will dictate
what can be done to improve recreation here— and more
importantly, what realistically should be done.
The possibilities represented by Bettorf’s hiring are
exciting indeed, but it is important to remember that many
of the challenges that limit recreation opportunities in this
small of a community still exist— namely the number
of participants any activity can attract and the amount of
funding available. As such, Bettorf’s first job will be to
determine what facilities and opportunities already exist
here, and what can be done to take better advantage of them.
That’s where your input and ideas will benefit the process,
but it will important to understand that the volume of ideas
submitted could prove overwhelming at times.
That’s why it will take some time— weeks and maybe
even months— for Bettorf to sort through the wealth of
information that will be provided to her and make recomen—
dations for improvement. We are confident that she will do
just that, and the people of Newcastle and Weston County
will benefit greatly from her efforts and organization, but
she’ll need a lot of help and a little patience from us if we
really want this move to pay off.
Need to talk to a public servant?
School Board Trustees’ contacts:
Bob Bonnar (Beard Chair) 746-9359
Tina Chick (Board Vice-Chair) 629-1010
Ronnie Mills, 746-2473 ‘
more 745-2079
V 746-2338
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Letters to the Editor
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Reader reflects on a day she
will never forget
Dear Editor,
Located about eight miles north of Sutherlin,
OR, where I live, is another small town,
Winchester, the site of Umpqua Community
College. At the turnoff from highway 99 are
signs indicating various communities, Roseburg,
and various attractions near-by. There’s a sign
pointing up a hill. That one is for Umpqua
Community College, whose road winds a
quarter mile up to the facility, and gives an
unbelievable View of the Umpqua River shining
down below. I have always gotten a calm, happy
feeling just viewing that scene.
Thursday, October the lst, was an ordinary
summer-like autumn day, but suddenly all
of that tranquil scene simply vanished.
A student turned a gun on his fellow
students at UCC, and in cold blood
just began shooting. Early on, we
in the community didn’t even know
how many were actually killed.
Our local paper, The News Review,
at first reported 13 had been shot
dead. When it turned out the number
was nine, it made no difference,
of course. Nine who had left their
homes that morning would never
return. Nor did it matter that the shooter was
also killed. The nine were still gone forever.
Many people, at the time of the shooting
and immediately afterward, did perform heroic
deeds that day. One of them was a victim,
Treven Anspach, 20. He was on the floor
bleeding and dying, while lying next to him was
Ceyeanne Fitzgerald, 16. His blood on her, along
with her own, perhaps convinced the shooter
that she was dead. Later she said she played
dead, but that it was the blood of Anspach on
her that saved her.
The emergency workers did a remarkable
job that day, getting to the college within
five or six minutes; their units a ways along
highway 99, and then up the hill to UCC. Sheriff
John Hanlin refused to give out the name of
the shooter, hoping to not make the person
become a martyr and also not wanting other
crazies to use the episode as a copy-cat crime. 1
Unfortunately, the national media heard the
name of the shooter and now it’s out.
The entire day was one of unusual, horrible ' '
events for students at UCC. They were bussed
from the college— first frisked with their hands
up— to the fairgrounds, their vehicles left for
checking, since at the time no on knew if there
were any other shooters. At least one student,
though, was not among them. She swam across
the Umpqua River, thinking, most likely, she
was swimming for her life.
Classes are set to resume at UCC on
Monday, October the 12th. Life goes on. But no
one will ever forget.
—Kari Clark
Sutherlin, 0R
We must look for answers or
we will be left behind
Dear Editor,
Wyoming is an energy producing state. Oil,
gas and coal are the basic forms of energy that
we harvest from our natural resources and sell
to the highest bidder.
Various methods of taxation extract enough
from those profits to make other forms of taxa-
tion easy on our population. That sweet deal is
coming to an end in the foreseeable and near
future.
The consumption of our energy will cause
first, Miami, Florida to find that the ocean level
(at high tide) to be above street level. Then, later,
even at low tide. Eventually, it will make that
city and others around the world uninhabitable.
At some, as yet undetermined point in time,
Florida and others together will put an end to
our harvesting and profitable sales of those
natural resources.
This produces a dilemma for us to recognize
and solve. We will have to legislate new
and higher taxes to maintain our
highways, schools, and other state
services or do without. Neither
of those options will find favor
with the voters. That is the bad
news.
But, there is good news. We
have other natural resources that
are non-polluting, abundant and
inexhaustible.
Anywhere within 250 miles of
Casper you can usually find enough
wind to move mountains. Or, make enough
electricity to satisfy many requirements. Yes,
there are many engineering and political prob-
lems to be resolved. Do we have any agency
of state government addressing this possible
solution?
Why not?
The sun shines on almost everywhere in the
state almost all day long. Arizona, Nevada and
California already have large solar farms up
and producing energy. Do we have any agency
of state government addressing this possible
solution?
Why not?
“Change” will happen whether we take
control over it or not. We will find ourselves at
great disadvantage if we do nothing and just let
‘whatever will be’ happen.
We elect/hire state legislators to “take care of
business” for us. To the best/of myknowledge,
they have not.
It is not their fault! We, the electorateghavet ,g, _. _:-
not demonstrated responsibility by failing-to
instruct our representatives of the dire conse-
quences of inaction. Write or call them now.
Insist that they do something to address this
matter and report back to this newspaper.
Our future in this state may be short but our .
children and grand children will be affected by
our action or inaction.
A more detailed outline of the energy situ-
ation can be found at http://www.eia.gov./state/
rankings/?sid=WY#seriesl
—Jerry Baird
Correction
A Letter to the Editor in last week’s edition,
“No place for Muslims in this country’s leader-
ship,” page two, was incorrectly attributed to
Naelyn Castano. It was, in fact, written by Don
Thorson. We regret the error.
Deadline for Letters is noon on Friday
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:about fall is crisp, delicious apples...
One of my very favorite things with it; or
Prepare a bowl with four to five
It seals the apple where the stick is
inserted.
topping back up and gently press into
the caramel or chocolate.
and of course making caramel apples
Iout of them! Caramel apples are a
:favorite fall treat. They are festive,
L‘delicious, and fun to make.
You and your entire family can
enjoy a delicious caramel apple and
:feel good about it.
Why? The apple you are eating
iprovides numerous, healthy benefits
iyou won’t get from other sweet treats
llike candy and cookies. In addition,
‘,caramel apples offer protein, antioxi-
jdant phytonutrients, and dietary fiber.
:The average caramel apple has 160
{calories and about 28 grams of sugar.
:This amount of sugar may seem like a
slot, but it’s about the same amount you
:find in a container of fruit yogurt.
Here are the secrets to caramel
iapple success:
2 1. Buy fresh crisp apples. Most
jpeople prefer Granny Smith apples, but
zany crisp apples will taste great.
j 2. Always work with apples without
ia waxed coating. If you buy apples
lwith wax, here are some wax removal
itechniques I found online:
Scrub the apple skins with a brand
lnew green scouring pad under warm
fwater;
Dip apples in boiling water for just
:a moment and then immediately wipe
{the wax off;
' Create a paste with baking soda and
iwater and give the apples a rub down
inches of lukewarm water. Add two
tablespoons each of lemon juice and
baking soda; mix well. Add apples to
the water, then, use a gentle veggie
brush to clean the apples.
With each of the techniques, rinse
the apples well and completely dry
them.
3. Chill the apples at least
30 minutes in the fridge before
coating them.
4. Make the caramel. It
is definitely worth the extra
time it takes to make home-
made caramel. Let it sit on the
stove for about eight minutes
to cool slightly before dipping
the apples. You may need to
warm the caramel more from
time to time,
5. Remove the stems,
and insert the sticks into the cold
apples. Set the apple down on a flat
surface and then put the stick in per-
pendicular to the apple. Place them on
a cookie sheet lined with parchment
or a silicone baking mat. Waxed paper
and foil stick to the caramel.
Now dry the juice from the apple
after inserting stick or it will dilute the
caramel and leave a bubbly, wet hole
on top later.
6. Keep apples fresh longer by
dipping the caramel to coat the entire
apple, including about 1/ ” of the stick.
’ Vicki flagrant
Extensron
Notes
Prevent the caramel from pooling
at the bottom of the apple by letting. it
drip off and then scrape the bottom of
the apple, leaving only a tiny amount
of caramel.
After dipping your apple in the
caramel, tip it upside down for a few
seconds. This will help
prevent “puddling” at the
base of your apple. Then
place the apples on the lined
baking sheet and place in
the fridge to chill for 15
minutes.
If the caramel puddles,
fold and shape it under the
apple, or cut it off with clean
kitchen scissors.
7. After the caramel
cools, you can also dip the
apples in chocolate, use a
rubber spatula to spread chocolate onto
the caramel, or drizzle the chocolate
on from the top of the apple and let it
drip down.
8. If you want a topping on the
caramel or chocolate, refrigerate the
coated apple for a minute or two to
allow it to set-up just a bit, however not
so much that the toppings can’t adhere!
When you use nuts and other
embellishing confections, they should
be small so that they are less likely to
slide down or fall off the caramel or
chocolate. You might need to push the
Creative toppings put a sweet spin
on this juicy fall fruit. Options are
unlimited, but here are some proven
favorites: crushed cookies, candy bar
pieces, crushed mints, mini marsh-
mallows, crushed graham crackers,
chopped nuts, chopped brown sugar
nuts, crushed pretzel or potato chips,
mini chocolate or flavored chips,
sprinkles, cinnamon-sugar mix,
granola, seeds, diced dried fruit, trail
mix, coconut, and sea or kosher salt.
9. Store finished apples uncovered
in refrigerator if not bagged/boxed.
If storing in cellophane bags, don’t
keep them in the refrigerator because
they will sweat when taken out of the
refrigerator. Apples will be good for up
to a week in bags/boxes at room tem-
perature.
10. Cut a caramel apple using an
apple slicer when it is at room tem-
perature. Note: the sliced apples will
eventually start to brown, so don’t cut
it too far in advance.
The gooey goodness of a caramel
apple is a sure sign fall has arrived.
When was the last time you ate a
caramel apple? In addition to getting
the luscious flavor of the caramel, you
also get a number of health benefits
from the apple!
(Sources: www.cllaclaireinspired.
com; www.kraftrecipes.com; nutrition-
data.self.com)
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