“I don’t know beans aboutthat,” “He’s a bean counter,” orone of my favorites, “It’s notworth a hill of beans.” We’ve allheard these expressions andmany of us have spoken them.

The truth of the matter isthe small humble bean packsa mighty powerhouse of nutri-tion from helping lose andmaintain healthy weight, topreventing heart disease,managing diabetes, loweringcholesterol and more.

The February theme forthe Groton Growers FarmersMarket is, “Beans…wherehave you been all my life?”

Everyone is invited to cometo the market on February 16 tosee live bean cooking demon-strations, taste fine, heartybean fare and take homerecipes to try at home. Yourquestions will be answered,and information shared on howyou can easily, deliciously andeconomically add beans to en-hance a healthy diet.

The results of us becomingmuch more health conscioushave catapulted beans into thespotlight. Some bean facts:

Protein-The food industryhas exaggerated the amount ofprotein we need in our diets,and too much can lead to os-teoporosis and kidney disease.Our bodies need protein andthe best vehicle is by addingplant protein such as that foundin beans, to our soups, saladsand other meals. A little goes a

long way and our bodies’ pro-tein needs are met.

Fiber and Weight Loss-Fordecades our diets have re-volved around counting calo-ries in various ways, causingconfusion and disappointmentin our weight loss efforts.Beans are a natural, powerfulsource of fiber. They make youfeel full, causing you to eatless, and along with a healthyexercise regime lose weight.

Beans and Sugar- Diabetesis epidemic in America. Don’tbelieve this? Watch some of thetelevision commercials thathawk diabetes supplies. Scien-tists praise beans, lentils andlegumes for their low glycemicindex ratings. Replacing carbsthat quickly release sugar intoyour system after eating, withbeans that are denser and takelonger to process appears tohelp regulate blood sugar. Anadded benefit to adding beansto your diet is they may helplower cholesterol.

Economy - The currenteconomic climate is spurringall of us to save wherever wecan without skimping on nutri-tion. According to a recent ar-

ticle a 1lb. bag of blacksbeans (about 6 cups cooked)costs about $1.50, while a 29oz. can costs about 1.49. Re-place meat once or twice aweek with a bean dish andyou not only get a powerpacked meal, but a healthier,less expensive one as well.

These are but of few ofthe myriad benefits of addingbeans to your diet. They comein many varieties and, asmany delicious recipes aspeople who prepare them.Many people complain thatbeans cause gas, however,soaking them in cold water fora few hours or overnight be-fore cooking, reduces thegassiness associated with thispowerfully nutritious food.

Beat the winter doldrums,experience some deliciousbean dishes and take homerecipes as well by joining us forfun and taste sampling at theGroton Growers Farmers Mar-ket, Groton Community Build-ing Rte. 302, Saturday,February 16 from 9-1.

What you take away will beworth more than a hill of beans.

See you at the market!

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With thoughts of Valen-tine's Day around the corner,Friends In Council - GFWC,of Lisbon, New Hampshireinvites you again this year topurchase their homemadechocolates. The chocolateswill be on sale for $8.00 abox and can be purchased atDu Ez In and Out andWoodsville Guaranty Sav-ings Bank in Lisbon.

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The full range of Vermontwines will be on display duringthe Wine and Chocolateweekend, including black cur-rant cassis, honey mead, icecider and grape wines madefrom varieties like Marquette,La Crescent, and Louise.

Some of the sweets arehomemade, some made bychocolate makers specificallyfor the wine pairing, and someare quite surprising. Spicychocolate popcorn will be fea-

tured with one of HuntingtonRiver Vineyard’s red wines.This year, visitors will findmany different approaches topairing wine with treats, fromsweet to spicy. ChamplainOrchards is serving their ownapple pie with their ice cider,an apple-upon-apple dessertspecial.

“To help spice up Valen-tine's Day, we’re teaming upwith Lily B's Cupcakes,” Nic-hole Wolfgang of ArtesanoMead said. “Our Chili Cinna-mon Mead will be paired withLily B's Mexican Chocolatecupcakes.”

The participating winerieswill be open from noon to 5p.m. during the Wine andChocolate weekend. Wineand chocolate tastings arefree. Visitors can also pur-chase a bottle of the featuredwine with the accompanyingchocolates for Valentine’s Daygifts.

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Artesano Mead, Groton.Artesano's Chili CinnamonMead will be paired with LilyB's Mexican Chocolate cupcakes. Poet's Mead andBourbon cupcakes, choco-late- dipped honey grahamhearts, bee's wax candlehearts, and locally madeValentines will also be featured. (802) 584-9000;www.artesanomead.com.

Caledonia Spirits andWinery, Hardwick. Surprisepairings by the makers of gin,vodka, elderberry cordial, andhoney wines. (802) 472-8000; www.caledoniaspirits.com.

Fresh Tracks Farm,Berlin. Digger's Dance RedWine Brownies, and FreeriderRed Truffles (from the CocoaBean) for with each of thoserespective red wines. On the9th, 6-9pm, Sushi Night by

Himitsu Sushi—candlelit din-ner and music to boot! (802)223-1151; www.freshtracks-farm.com.

North Branch Vineyards,Montpelier. Pairings: 2011Marquette with various choco-late goodies from Cocoa Bean in Montpelier; Cuvee diAlberti (Late Harvest Fron-tenac Gris) with chocolate-covered strawberries.802-229-6169; www.northbranchvineyards.com

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Even the wildly diverse,euphoric crowds emergingfrom Pink Martini perform-ances around the world wouldbe hard pressed to define thegenre-busting band’s ecstati-cally fun music. Their mix ofstyles ranges from Latin jazz,Brazilian samba and Afro-Cuban rumba to Japanesefilm noir and sultry ’30scabaret songs, creating anexhilarating sound thatdrapes a global perspective

on romance. The 14-pieceband performs on an array oforchestral instruments includ-ing violins, trumpets, trom-bone, cello, harp, congas –and features Thomas Laud-erdale at the piano and ChinaForbes singing.

Kingdom County Produc-tions will present Pink Martiniin its exclusive northern NewEngland concert, 7pm, Sun-day, February 17, Fuller Hall,St. Johnsbury Academy.

Tickets and information areavailable at www.Kingdom-County.org or at the Cata-mount Arts Regional BoxOffice (802-748-2600).

Pink Martini is a "little or-chestra" from Portland, Ore-gon, formed in 1994 by pianistLauderville, who was joined ayear later by Forbes. Theband draws inspiration frommusic from all over the world– crossing genres of classical,jazz and classic pop. Featur-ing a dozen or more regularmusicians, Pink Martini per-forms its multilingual reper-toire on concert stages andwith symphony orchestrasthroughout Europe, Asia,Greece, Turkey, the MiddleEast, Northern Africa, Aus-tralia and New Zealand,South America and NorthAmerica.

The band made its Euro-pean debut at the CannesFilm Festival in 1997 and itsorchestral debut with the Ore-gon Symphony in 1998. Sincethen, the band has playedwith more than 25 orchestrasaround the world, includingmultiple engagements withthe Los Angeles Philharmonicat the Hollywood Bowl, theBoston Pops, the NationalSymphony at the KennedyCenter, the San FranciscoSymphony and the BBC Con-cert Orchestra in London’sRoyal Albert Hall.

Other appearances in-clude three sold-out concerts

at Carnegie Hall and the Gov-ernor's Ball at the 80th AnnualAcademy Awards in 2008. theopening of the 2008 SydneyFestival in Australia, and thegrand opening of the Los An-geles Philharmonic's newFrank Gehry-designed WaltDisney Concert Hall, with re-turn sold-out engagementsfor New Year's events from2004 through 2007. All fivePink Martini albums havegone gold in France, Canada,Greece and Turkey, and havesold well over 2 million copiesworldwide."All of us in Pink Martini havestudied different languages aswell as different styles ofmusic from different parts ofthe world," says bandleaderLauderdale. "So inevitably,our repertoire is wildly di-verse. At one moment, youfeel like you're in the middle ofa samba parade in Rio deJaneiro, and in the next mo-ment, you're in a Frenchmusic hall of the 1930s or apalazzo in Napoli. It's a bit likean urban musical travelogue.We're very much an Americanband (with a hint of MadMen), but we spend a lot oftime abroad and thereforehave the incredible diplomaticopportunity to represent abroader, more inclusive Amer-ica - the America which re-mains the mostheterogeneously populatedcountry in the world com-posed of people of every

country, every language,every religion."

The band has collabo-rated and performed with nu-merous artists, such asJimmy Scott, Carol Channing,Rufus Wainwright, MarthaWainwright, Michael Fein-stein, filmmaker Gus VanSant, and the original cast ofSesame Street. Pink Martinihas appeared on “Late Nightwith Conan O'Brien,“ “TheLate Show with David Letter-man,” “The Tonight Show withJay Leno,” and NPR’s “Toastof the Nation.” They havebeen featured in films includ-ing “In the Cut,” “ShanghaiKiss,” and “Mr. and Mrs.Smith.” Also TV programs in-cluding “The West Wing” and“The Sopranos.”

“The London Times” callsPink Martini “Swiftly intoxicat-ing…elegantly chilled.” The“London Telegraph calls theband, “Impeccably suave…combining class and kitsch,swooning nostalgia, anddelirious romance.”

The February 17th PinkMartini concert is being pre-sented and produced byKingdom County Productionsworking in association withCatamount Arts, local busi-ness and media sponsors,The National Endowment forthe Arts and the Vermont ArtsCouncil. For more informa-tion, contact KCP series pro-ducer Jay Craven(jcraven@marlboro.edu).

Pink Martini To Play

St. Johnsbury concert February 17th

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On Saturday, March 2,mime, clown and CircusSmirkus founder Rob Mer-min will be leading a silentacting workshop at theEclipse Grange in Thetford.As a young man, Merminstudied with MarcelMarceau--they remainedfriends until Marceau'sdeath--and he is a longtimeteacher of the language ofphysical expression, both inthe context of classical pan-tomime and in that of themodern stage.

The workshop will takeplace from 9 a.m. until noon.Building from the analysis ofmovement in the mime tech-niques of Marceau and Eti-enne Decroux (Marceau'sown teacher), participantswill work on expression, re-action, projection, and otheraspects of body languagemotivated by character andsituation. There will also betime for improvs and — witha nod to the Big Top origins

of many silent screen actors— some fun circus tricks.The workshop can accom-modate anywhere from eightto 25 actors, ages 17 and up.The workshop fee is $25.

To make reservations,call 802-785-4344 and leavea message clearly explainingthe event you wish to attend(there’s a lot going on at theGrange Theatre this sea-son). For more information,contact Dean Whitlock at802-785-2012 or boat-man@deanwhitlock.com.

Also put on your calen-dars: The night before,March 1, Rob will do a 90-minute presentation andcommentary on silent film,"Silents Are Golden: A cele-bration of silent cinema,"showcasing the art and tech-nique of silent film, with clipsfrom 100 classic silent films.That will be at 7 p.m., also atthe Eclipse Grange. More onthat in a few weeks.

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a Presentation On Silent

cinema and WorkshopBradford, VT: Old ChurchTheater is holding open au-ditions for May’s mystery-comedy “Catch Me If YouCan!” on February 9th at11am at the MethodistChurch on North MainStreet. Directed by DianeChamberlain, 2 women and5 men are needed. This isnot the story made famousby Tom Hanks and Leonardo

DiCaprio’s movie, but aBroadway whodunit by JackWeinstock and Willie Gilbert,the writers of the play “HowTo Succeed In BusinessWithout Really Trying”.

The action takes place ina mountain lodge in theAdirondacks and features amissing wife , a bumbling de-tective, a few dead bodiesand a surprise ending with

many twists and turns alongthe way. For more informa-tion call the director at 802-222-4888.

Old Church Theater isentering its 28th year of con-tinuous community theater.This season is dedicated tothe theater’s founders, MaryAlice Klammer and Do-minique Bulfair, deceased in2009 and 2013 respectively.

auditions For First Play Of OcT’s 2013 Season

White Mountains CommunityCollege, (WMCC), is seekingapplicants for the Russell Mac-Cleery Memorial Scholarshipfor their Commercial DriverTraining Program. This schol-arship was made possible byNew Hampshire Motor Trans-port Association which will pro-vide $4,500.00 toward tuitionfor one student to attendWMCC’s CDL-A program inLittleton. This generous schol-arship is provided by membersof New Hampshire MotorTransport Association in honorof Russell MacCleery.

Russell MacCleery helpedpass legislation that createdthe interstate highway systemand traveled the country pro-moting the passage of this leg-islation. After his retirement in1978, MacCleery worked tire-lessly to promote the NewHampshire Motor TransportAssociation.

The recipient of this schol-arship will be selected by com-mittee through an applicationform and a short essay ex-plaining the student’s goals.This is an excellent opportunityfor an individual with the desire

for a career in commercialdriving.

The next WMCC CDL-Aprogram will begin March 4.The scholarship applicationdeadline is February 15th at4:30 p.m. More informationand the application can be ob-tained at WMCC’s Littleton Ac-ademic Center, 646 UnionStreet, Littleton, New Hamp-shire. Contact Melanie Rob-bins, Littleton ProgramCoordinator, or Paul Mundell,Commercial Driver TrainingCoordinator, at (603) 444-1326.

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Due to the recent tragedy atSandy Hook ElementarySchool in Newton, Connecti-cut on December 14th, 2012,Woodsville High School'sNational Honor Society tookinitiative immediately by call-ing an emergency meeting tobrainstorm ideas on how wecould help the victims or

family of the victims of theshooting. The group of 11students with the help fromadvisors Mrs. Mulliken andMrs. Cobb organized jars tobe placed around the schooland in multiple locations inlocal businesses around theWoodsville area. For a shorttime around Christmas,

these jars managed to ac-quire $350 from the kind lo-cals of Woodsville and thesurrounding area. Noamount of money can re-place the lives of these inno-cent children but we hopethis donation will providesome sort of help to them.

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saturdaysfree bLOOd PreSSure CLiNiC10:00 AM – 12:00 Noon Littleton Fire Station

sundaysSOftbaLL CLiNiC1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Elementary aged girls3:00 PM – 5:00 PM High School girlsMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

Cribbage1:00 PMAmerican Legion Post #83, Lincoln

LiNe daNCiNg4:00 PM – 5:00 PMStarr King Fellowship101 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth

Monday/thursdayNCyMCa iNterVaL aerObiCS CLaSSWinter Session Through April 6th6:30 PMWoodsville Elementary School

tuesdaysbreakfaSt by dONatiON8:30 AM – 10:00 AMHorse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

uCC eMergeNCy fOOd SHeLf4:30 PM – 6:00 PM 802-584-3857Wells River Congregational Church

PLyMOutH area CHeSS CLub6:00 PM – 8:00 PMPease Public Library, Plymouth,NH

wednesdaysbiNgO6:30 PMHaverhill Memorial VFW Post #5245North Haverhill

thursdaysONe-ON-ONe Cribbage rOuNd rObiN12:45 PM Horse Meadow Senior Center, North Haverhill

PLyMOutH area CHeSS CLub7:00 PM – 9:00 PMStarr King Fellowship, 101 Fairgrounds Road, Plymouth

tuesday, February 5NH State VeteraNS COuNCiLrePreSeNtatiVe8:30 AM – 12:00 NoonWoodsville American Legion Post #20

10tH aNNiVerSary aNNuaLMeetiNgW/PreSSure'S ON7:00 PM - Friends of Lincoln LibraryJean's Playhouse, 10 Papermill drive, Lincoln

CONNeCtiCut VaLLey SNOWMObiLeCLub MONtHLy MeetiNg7:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

wednesday, February 63 riVerS buSiNeSS aSSOCiatiON MONtHLy MeetiNg8:00 AMWoodsville Guaranty Savings Bank, Woodsville

thursday, February 7VaLeNtiNeS day CaNdy SaLe12:00 Noon – 6:00 PMDu-Ez In & Out and WGSB, LisbonSee article on page 2

4tH Of JuLy COMMittee MeetiNg7:00 PM (NOTE CHANGE OF DATE)Woodsville Emergency Services Building

trudy aNN Parker PreSeNtatiON7:00 PMBaldwin Memorial Library, Wells RiverSee article on page 7

Friday, February 8VaLeNtiNeS day CaNdy SaLe12:00 Noon – 6:00 PMDu-Ez In & Out and WGSB, LisbonSee article on page 2

saturday & sunday,

February 9 & 10WiNe & CHOCOLate WeekeNdSee article on page 3

saturday, February 9iNdOOr bOOk SaLe9:00 AM – 3:00 PMPatten Library, North Haverhill

VaLeNtiNeS day CaNdy SaLe9:00 AM – 12:00 NoonDu-Ez In & Out and WGSB, LisbonSee article on page 2

dragON day S.a.M.10:30 AMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

CatCH Me if yOu CaN auditiONS11:00 AMMethodist Church, Main Street, BradfordSee article and ad on page 5

greeN Mt. uNited Way'S "bOWLerS uNite"1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 802-229-9532Twin City Lanes, Barre, VT

daNCe - dJ triPLe J8:00 PM – MidnightAmerican Legion Post #20, WoodsvilleSee ad on page 5

sunday, February 10breakfaSt by aMeriCaN LegiON riderS9:00 AM – 12 NoonRoss-Wood Post #20, Woodsville

iNdOOr bOOk SaLe9:00 AM – 3:00 PMPatten Library, North Haverhill

auCtiONeeriNg iN NH & Vt2:00 PMCourt Street Arts at Alumni Hall, Haverhill

WraP aNNuaL MeetiNg5:00 PMHappy Hour Restaurant, Wells RiverSee ad on page 7

Monday, February 11rOSS-WOOd auxiLiary uNit 20 MONtHLy MeetiNg6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

HaVerHiLL SeLeCtbOard MeetiNg6:00 PMMorrill Municipal Building, North Haverhill

tuesday, February 12VaLeNtiNeS day StOrytiMe & Craft10:00 AMTenney Memorial Library, Newbury

Nifty NeedLeS MeetiNg7:00 PM – 9:00 PMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

wednesday, February 13MONtHLy MeetiNg - rOSS-WOOd POSt #20 aMeriCaN LegiON6:00 PMAmerican Legion Home, Woodsville

thursday, February 14batH bOOk CLub diSCuSSiON6:00 PMBath LibrarySee article on page 7

saturday, February 16grOtON grOWerS WiNter Market9:00 AM – 1:00 PMGroton Community BuildingSee article on page 1 and ad on page 4

“iN tiMe PaSt” by Larry COffiN2:00 PMTenney Memorial Library, Newbury

HaM & beaN SuPPer5:00 PM – 7:00 PMHaverhill Congregational Church

sunday, February 17aNiMaL traCkiNg: faMiLy PrOgraM1:00 PMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

PiNk MartiNi iN CONCert7:00 PMFuller Hall, St. Johnsbury AcademySee article on page 4

Monday, February 18betWeeN tHe COVerS bOOk CLub6:30 PMGroton Free Public LibrarySee article on page 7

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ket-maker; Parker remem-bers that Aunt Sarah’s handsalways smelled like sweet-grass. All are invited to hearstories of this legendarywoman and to learn more ofthe Western Abenaki of VTand NH. The library is lo-cated at 33 Main StreetNorth. More informationabout the program is avail-able at 802-757-2693 orwells_river@vals.state.vt.us.

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The Bath Library Book Clubwill be discussing “DesertQueen” by Janet Wallach onThursday, February 14th at 6pm at the Bath Library.Desert Queen is the story ofGertrude Bell. (1868-1926)Ms. Bell explored, mappedand excavated the world ofthe Arabs. Recruited byBritish intelligence duringWWI, she played a crucialrole in obtaining the loyalty ofthe Arab leaders. After thewar she played a major rolein creating the modern Mid-dle East and was, at thattime, considered the mostpowerful woman in theBritish Empire. Books maybe picked up at the Bath Li-brary; hours are Tuesdays

and Thursdays 9:00am tonoon and 1:00pm to 6:00pmand Saturdays 9:00am tonoon. Anyone with an inter-est in reading and convers-ing about books is welcometo attend. For informationplease contact the library at603-747-3372 or email bathlibrary@together.net.

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Saturday, Feb. 9,10:30am – Dragon Day!S.A.M. (Stories And More)takes place on the secondSaturday of every month at10:30am. Preschool-ers andelementary school-ers are in-vited to enjoy read-aloud sto-ries along with a craft and asnack.

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 19, 26,5:30-6:30pm – BeginnerSpanish. This free class isperfect for adults or teenswho would like an introduc-tion to Spanish or to reinforcetheir beginning skills. Ourteacher, Ana Petersen, is anArgentina native with a flairfor effective Spanish teach-ing using conversationalpractice. Drop-ins welcome!Meets every Tuesdayevening.

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 7:00-9:00pm -- Nifty Needles.Groton’s “Nifty Needles”Group will begin meeting the2nd Tuesday of every monthfrom 7-9pm. Evening isgeared towards quilting, butknitters, rug hookers, andneedle artists are welcome to

come and join us for inspira-tion, techniques, and cama-raderie! Facilitated by localmaster quilter, Mary Schilke.

Sunday, Feb. 17, 1:00pm– Animal Tracking: FamilyProgram. Local tracker,Anne Gallagher, leads an in-formative excursion by foot!Learn more about basic ani-mal tracking and enjoy an af-ternoon in the fresh air.RSVP for location and addi-tional info to grotonli-braryvt@gmail.com or802.584.3358.

Monday, Feb. 18,6:30pm -- YA: Between theCovers. NEW Book Club for

teen and adult readers! Thisgroup meets the 3rd Mondayof every month. The book forFebruary, “A Northern Light”by Jennifer Donnelly, is avail-able at the library for lending.

Monday, Feb. 25,7:00pm – Book DiscussionGroup. This group meets the4th Monday of every month.The book for February, “Cut-ting for Stone” by AbrahamVerghese, is available at thelibrary for lending.

Every Wednesday, 1:00-3:00pm – Crafts & Conversa-tion. Join us with your ideasand projects-in-process – or– just join us!

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Are you ready to Relay? Relay For Life of North

Country will kick of the newRelay year with a celebrationand information event onWednesday, February 6 at6:00pm. The event takesplace at St. Rose of LimaCatholic Church, 77 ClayStreet, Littleton. This year’stheme is ‘Seasons of Hope.’The celebratory kick-off eventis an opportunity to connectwith fellow Relayers, learnabout Relay For Life, and findinspiration to help create aworld with more birthdays!

The event is honored tohost two speakers this year.American Cancer SocietyNH State Vice President ofHealth Initiatives, PeterAmes, who will speak aboutwhat we can do as Relayersto help prevent cancer. Team Captain Naomi Rein-hard of team All in the Familywill talk about being a care-giver and the importance ofRelay. Reinhard, a lifelongLittleton resident, relays tohonor her brother JayGirouard, a veteran whopassed away from lung can-cer in February 2008 at theyoung age of 39.

“Watching him fighteveryday with the positive at-titude he had was such aninspiration to me,” Reinhardexplains. She is consistentlya top fundraiser for the NorthCountry Relay. Last year shewas a pacesetter, recog-nized as the top individualfundraiser out of more than400 participants.

How does she do it?“Fundraising is never easyand being a Team Captaincan be challenging and timeconsuming. But just being atRelay, feeling all the energyfrom the Survivors, Care-givers and other team mem-

bers – it’s truly amazing andtotally worth it!”Last year, Relay For Life ofNorth Country raised$142,000 to help the Ameri-can Cancer Society fightcancer. With your help thisyear we're aiming to haveone of the most successfulRelays in New England, at-tracting more survivors thanever before.

Refreshments will beserved at the event and incase of inclement weather,the event will be rescheduledto February 13.

This year's Relay willtake place on Saturday, June22 - Sunday, June 23 atRemich Park, Littleton. Formore information about theRelay For Life of NorthCountry, to find out how tovolunteer, or for info aboutthe Relay Kick-off, pleasecontact Kathy Metz at 603-356-3719 or Kathy.metz@cancer.org. More in-formation can also be foundat www.relayforlife.org/north-countrynh.

The American CancerSociety combines an un-yielding passion with nearlya century of experience to

save lives and end sufferingfrom cancer. As a globalgrassroots force of morethan three million volunteers,the Society fights for everybirthday threatened by everycancer in the community. Wesave lives by helping peoplestay well by preventing can-cer or detecting it early; byhelping people get well bybeing there for them duringand after a cancer diagnosis;by finding cures through in-vestment in groundbreakingdiscovery; and by fightingback by rallying lawmakersto pass laws to defeat cancerand by rallying communitiesworldwide to join the fight. Asthe nation’s largest non-gov-ernmental investor in cancerresearch, contributing about$3.8 billion, we turn what weknow about cancer into whatwe do. As a result, more than13.7 million people in Amer-ica who have had cancerand countless more whohave avoided it will be cele-brating birthdays this year.To learn more about theAmerican Cancer Society orto get help, call anytime, dayor night, at 1-800-227-2345or visit cancer.org.

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To Kick Off 2013 Season

Littleton Regional Hospital Association recently held their

106th annual meeting. Everett Aldrich, of Bethlehem, center,

became the first man to serve as the President of the LRH

Auxiliary. He is with North Country Senator Jeff Woodburn,

left, and LRH Chief Executive Officer Warren West.

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(802) 222-9211 / 800-654-3344 Locally Owned & Operated - Since 1926

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(St. Johnsbury) - Brides, lis-ten up: this is your chance tolook for something old,something blue, somethingborrowed, and somethingnew.

On February 17, theComfort Inn and Suites in St.Johnsbury, Vermont will bethe site of the Fabulous Feb-ruary Bridal Show. The showwill feature 18 local vendorsfor one-stop wedding shop-ping, including dresses andtuxedoes for the entire wed-ding party from ExquisiteBridal and Formalwear of St.Johnsbury, tailoring andseamstress services fromsister company The SewingStudio, catering from Baili-wicks, live music, a candytable, and other creative andaffordable options for localbrides.

Organiser Carolyn Crosssays she hopes the show will"heighten awareness" ofnearby bridal services. Shewants brides to know thatthere are many local optionsfor their weddings, such asphotographers, florists, andcaterers. Too often, she ex-plains, brides feel they needto drive long distances forquality bridal services, andCross wants to show off St.Johnsbury's bridal industryand spread the word.

The event will include atrunk show from VenusBridal, featuring exclusivedesigner dresses for bridesto try on and purchase.There will also be a cake cut-ting and tasting from Tarah

Fontaine Cakes and a bridalbouquet toss by All AboutFlowers. Live music will in-clude selections from Celticharp, bagpipes, a flute, andan acoustic guitar for bridesto choose from.

Guests will receivenametags with the title VIB -Very Important Bride.

Cross says she is "veryexcited" for the show andadds that it will be "a greatopportunity" for both bridesand local businesses. If thisshow goes well, she hopesto make it an annual eventand to expand the show toinclude more vendors.

If brides preregister forthe Fabulous FebruaryBridal Show by February 8,they will receive two ticketsfree of charge. If they waitlonger, tickets cost $6. Allproceeds will go towards theRelay for Life. To receive freetickets, brides should callCarolyn Cross at (802) 748-1599 to save two places.

Very Important Brides,make your way to the Com-fort Inn and Suites in St.Johnsbury, Vermont on Feb-ruary 17 for the FabulousFebruary Bridal Show. Theshow will take place from11:30 to 1:30. St. Johns-bury's local businesses lookforward to seeing you there!

Fabulous February Bridal Show

Jeanie Forrester receives the Meldrim Thomson Jr. Prin-

ciple Above Politics Chairman’s Award from Tom Thomson

and his grandson Jaden. This award is bestowed on an in-

dividual who has demonstrated courageous and principled

leadership.

Councilor Ray Burton is being interviewed by Shirley

Mower Fenoff of North Haverhill a 2013 NH Leadership

Class Member who will become one of over 600 Graduates

in this NH program which has been going since 1992. The

purpose of the year long experience for participants is to gain

experience in government, arts, culture of NH, criminal jus-

tice, business and non profits, education and environment

and the White Mts Rural region. Councilor Burton is often

interviewed or "showded" by NH Leadership Class members.

Ms. Fenoff works full time at Mascoma Savings Bank, has

a part time business Violet Forrest, is an avid gardner, bee-

keeper, baker, knitter and reader.

"This program has benefitted everyone who has ex-

perienced the wide variety of classes and field trips through-

out NH" Burton stated.

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Baby crying. Staggersleepily from bed to her crib.Change and dry her. Staggerto kitchen to fix her bottle. Milkcarton left on counter. Some-one, not her, had a midnightsnack. Baby starts cooingsoftly in pure contentment.She is worth all the hassle.

Husband stirs and goes tobathroom. She fixes coffeeand contemplates the day.Sounds of shower and his bel-lowing. He calls it singing, sheis not so sure.

Makes him nice breakfast,cheese omelet, bacon andtoast. He emerges fromshower towel wrapped aroundhis waist and starts to dress.She figures she had better hitthe bathroom while she can.Toilet seat left up. Again.Wipes hairs from basin wherehe trimmed his mustache.Quick shower. One look in themirror tells her she looks likethe wreck of the Hesperus.Applies a little makeup so shecan start to look human.

Puts baby in her highchair. Handful of Cheerios intray. Puts boxes of CaptainCrunch and Coco Puffs ontable for the boys. God forbidthat they should eat cereal notloaded with sugar, but for herdaughter there is still hope.

Here come the boys grab-bing at boxes and spilling milk.Orange juice for all. Some forbaby’s sippy cup.

Husband now dressedand out the door. Tells boys tomake their own beds. Need tolearn she stresses. She is notgoing to visit their collegedorms to do housekeeping.

Boys now dressed sort of.One has his shorts on back-wards and one is wearing hisbrothers much too large teeshirt but she does not care ifthey do dress creatively.

Boys go outside to play.Rained last night . Lots of mudand a mud fight soon ensues.She washes breakfast dishes,makes grocery list, throws inone load of laundry, answerscall from telemarketer. Yesshe would love an all expensetrip to the Bahamas, whowouldn’t; does this guy withthe thick Indian accent thinkshe is crazy?

Meanwhile baby is happilytossing Cheerios across theroom. From the looks of thingsshe can be a major leaguepitcher in a few years. Re-moves baby to playpen andthrows in toys which baby im-mediately begins to toss backout. Gotta love her dedication

to throwing things.Boys come in covered in

mud and tracking liberalamounts over kitchen floor. Filltub, strip boys. All three in tubfor a good scrub. “Mom don’tscrub so hard.”

“If you did not get so dirtyI would not have to try so hardto get you clean.” Boys dressin clean clothes and into thekitchen for a grilled cheeseand tomato soup lunch. Donot let boys know that toma-toes are vegetables. Boysabhor vegetables. Say theyare evil.

Put one load in dryer startanother with boys mudsoaked clothes. Put babydown for her nap. Neighbor’sboy comes over so shepasses out graham crackersto all. Want boys to come totheir yard to play. Good theycan be another mother’s prob-lem for a couple of hours.Hates herself for this horriblethought but only for a moment.

Silence at last. Clipscoupons from paper. Readnews. She likes to keep up onthe news before it is a weekold only if time permits.

Beef stew and apple piefor dinner. Three layer Jell-Ofor the boys. Who says she isnot creative?

Baby awake. One snifftells her she is worse thenwet. Bath and completechange of clothes plus changeof crib sheet. Folds and put upfirst load, second load in dryer,contemplates third load re:daughter. Sets boys clothesaside for them to put in theirdrawers. They have to learnsometime although they arejust as likely to leave thempiled on beds and take from apile as needed.

Husband home at last andtime for supper. He tells her hehad a rough day. Boys eyecarrots in stew suspiciously.Did mom sneak in a veg-etable?

Husband remarks that hismother always made herapple pies from scratch. Shebriefly considers murder. For-tunately all knives are in thekitchen.

Kids all in bed at last . Twoglasses of wine and the teno’clock news. Off to bed . Hus-band frisky, wife exhausted.Soon he is snoring softly. Noteven the sound of the neigh-bors dog who barks all hoursfor no apparent reason cankeep her awake. Just anotherday. And so it goes.

Dear Marci,I heard there are some

changes to Medicare cover-age that took effect in 2013.Will there be changes toMedicare coverage of pre-scription drugs in 2013?

Dayle

Dear Dayle,As of January 1, 2013,

benzodiazepines and barbi-turates, medications thatused to be excluded fromMedicare coverage, are nowcovered under Medicare pre-scription drug plans. Benzo-diazepines are covered as atreatment for all medicallynecessary conditions. How-ever, barbiturates are onlycovered in 2013 to treatepilepsy, certain cancers andchronic mental health condi-tions. Check to make surethe barbiturate or benzodi-

azepine you take is coveredon your drug plan’s formu-lary (list of covered drugs).

Remember, you can getMedicare prescription drugcoverage through aMedicare Advantage plan(Medicare private health planthat provides health anddrug coverage) or a stand-alone Part D plan that workswith Original Medicare. Ifyou’re unsure of whetheryour medication is coveredby your plan, contact yourplan directly. There may bedifferent rules and costs foryour medication in 2013, de-pending on the type of drugyou take and how your plancovers your medication.Make sure you’re fully awareof how you can access yourmedications by contactingyour plan.

Keep in mind that if yourMedicare Advantage or Part

D plan does not cover yourdrug, your plan should pro-vide you with a 30-day tran-sition fill at some time duringthe first 90 days of the year(until March 31st). A transi-tion fill (also known as a tran-sition refill) is a one-time,30-day supply of a Medicare-covered drug that Medicareprescription drug plans mustcover when you have a newdrug plan in 2013 or whenthe plan that you had in 2012changes its coverage for2013.

If your plan does notcover your drug, you shouldalso ask your doctor for helpin sending a formal excep-tion request to your plan tocover the drug. You can alsotalk to your doctor aboutswitching to a drug that iscovered by your plan.

-Marci

“Dear Marci”

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You’ve no doubt heardabout the risks associatedwith investing. This invest-ment carries this type of risk,while that investment carriesanother one. And it is certainlytrue that all investments do in-volve some form of risk. Butwhat about not investing?Isn’t there some risk associ-ated with that, too?

In fact, by staying on theinvestment sidelines, or atleast by avoiding long-term,growth-oriented investments,you may incur several risks.Here are some to consider:

• You might not keep upwith inflation. If you put allyour money under the prover-bial “mattress” or, more real-istically, keep it all in “cash”instruments and very short-term investments, you mightthink you are “playing it safe.”After all, you might reason,your principal is protected —so even if you don’t reallymake any money, you’re notlosing it either. But that’s notstrictly true, because if yourmoney is in investment vehi-cles that don’t even keep upwith inflation, you can loseground. In fact, even at a rel-atively mild 3% annual infla-tion rate, your purchasingpower will decline by abouthalf in just 25 years.

• You might outlive yourmoney. For a 65-year-oldcouple, there’s a 50% chancethat one spouse will live pastage 90, according to the So-ciety of Actuaries. This statis-tic suggests that you mayneed your investments to helpprovide enough income to

sustain you for two, or eventhree, decades in retirement.

• You might not be able tomaintain your financial inde-pendence. Even if you don’ttotally run out of money, youcould end up scrimping by —or, even worse, you could be-come some-what dependent on yourgrown children for financialassistance. For most people,this prospect is unacceptable.Consequently, you’ll want tomake appropriate financialdecisions to help maintainyour financial independence.

• You might not be able toretire on your terms. Youwould probably like to decidewhen you retire and howyou’ll retire — that is, whatsort of lifestyle you’ll pursueduring retirement. But boththese choices may be taken

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out of your hands if you haven’t investedenough to retire on your own terms.

• You might not be able to leave the typeof legacy you desire. Like most people, youwould probably like to be able to leavesomething behind to your family and to thosecharitable organizations you support. Youcan help create this type of legacy throughthe appropriate legal vehicles — i.e., a will,a living trust and so on — but you’ll still needto fund these mechanisms somehow. Thatmeans you’ll need to draw on all your finan-cial assets, including your investments.

Work with your financial advisor to deter-mine the mixture of growth and income in-vestments you need during your workingyears and as you move toward retirement tohelp you meet your retirement goals. How-ever you do it, get into the habit of investing,and never lose it — because the risks of notinvesting are just too great.

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My dad, buffalo Wings, and the Nra

Back in the 40’s my dad was a proudmember of the NRA. He was a devout‘sportsman’ who participated inTurkeyshoots several times a year. On oc-casion he would even bring back a turkey.Part of his membership included the glossyNRA catalogue which I enjoyed perusing.Various L.C. Smiths and Belgian blue steelshotguns were true marvels of the gun mak-ing craft. He had several works of beautythat he kept locked up in the mirroredwardrobe pulling them out from time to timeto show prospective customers who re-sponded to his newspaper ads to eithertrade or sell. These guns were so well madethat they lasted a lifetime…hence the prob-lem for the gun industry. In the past 50 yearsthe NRA has gone from being a sports-man’s organization to a deadly mouthpiecefor gun manufacturers. Since guns do lasta lifetime, the manufacturers have to keepinventing ways to sell their products or theywould go out of business. Remember theMaytag washing machine?! You onlyneeded one. Today, the NRA has becomeso powerful that they own most of the Re-publicans and even a few of the Democrats.In an effort to stay alive (no pun intended)gun manufacturers had to continually revisetheir products to what you see today on thestreets - assault weapons of all kinds. Whiledoing so they have convinced half the pop-ulation into believing that it’s all about the2nd amendment, the constitution, freedom,

and ‘protection’ when all the while it’s al-ways been about the money. Don’t think fora minute that the NRA doesn’t get its cutfrom every gun sold in this country!

I was at the local supermarket this morn-ing and couldn’t help but notice that the fam-ily pack of chicken wings were selling foralmost $12.00. These are the same wingsthat meat markets use to practically giveaway. Then along came the ‘marketing’.They changed the name to Buffalo wingsand tied them in with football viewing. Therest is history.

One has to admit that it was a great ad-vertising ploy but the NRA has sold us theULTIMATE bill of goods. They have con-vinced half the population into believing thattheir products ‘protect’ us when in realitysince the assassination of J.F. Kennedy wayover a million of us have been killed withtheir products! Now that friends, is sales-manship.

So it’s never been about the right tobear arms and maintaining a ‘state militia’aka Negro slave patrols. It’s always beenabout the money. In the final analysis it willcome down to whether you believe theNRA’s distorted view of the second amend-ment and a hunters right to kill four leggedcreatures or children’s rights to attendschool without being riddled with assaultweapons. Here’s hoping that most reason-able gun owners will see through the nefar-ious evolution over the years of the NRA.

George MaloofPlymouth,NH

Letter To The Editor

George,

Gun rights are certainly a very important and currently debated part of

the American landscape. For historical purposes here is the text of the 2nd

Ammendment: “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a

free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

(taken from Wikipedia). In recent years the Supreme Court has upheld this

amendment twice. As is true with so many laws, there is room for interpreta-

tion. That is one of the reasons that America works.

It is my position that a background check and some sort of training or ed-

ucation should be required for any person to purchase a firearm of any type

from any other person or business. For those who want to own a firearm it

does not seem a lot to ask. It’s like getting a license to operate a car. Some ed-

ucation is necessary.

For those who argue that criminals will still get firearms, I agree. We will

never stop people from breaking the law. But laws are passed and enforced to

keep the peace or to regulate the use of the things we own (ie speed limits, etc.).

I own a rifle and feel I have the right. But there must always be some reg-

ulation. So, let the debate continue.

Gary Scruton, Editor

Apparently someone has put out poison down on themeadow "to poison the coyotes." A neighbor warned an-other not to walk his dogs down there because of the poi-son bait. How thoughtless can one be??!! There aren'tany chickens down on the meadow that I know of; thecreek that passes my house is an ancient path to the riverand it's used by a multitude of creatures. We have en-joyed them all, including the coyotes who serenade us inthe middle of the night. The bait will maybe poison thecoyotes . . . and the foxes, raccoons, skunks, fishers, do-mestic dogs, cats - any creature that eats the bait or thepoisoned creatures. And what about the vultures whoeat the carrion? What about the pair of eagles that'sbeen around this winter? Eagles eat carrion.

My call to the local NH Fish&Game officer has goneunreturned. Trying to poison one species has far-reach-ing consequences. We need coyotes - they are our onlytop predator and they help keep rabies amongst thewildlife under control. Actually, they eat mice and molesand other things that damage crops.

I hope the short-sighted person who put out the poi-son will collect the bait and the animals it has destroyedbefore it devastates our local wildlife.

Susan BrownNorth Haverhill, NH

Letter To The Editor

Susan,

I sincerely hope that your call to Fish & Game

is soon answered. After all that is one of the duties

of any employee, to answer to those he or she serves.

And officers of NH Fish & Game serve the people of

NH. As taxpayers we also pay their salaries.

Regarding the use of poison and the effect it can

have on the eco system, you have a valid point. It is

the reason so many poisons have been banned in the

past. Let’s hope that at least this poison is well con-

trolled and is an approved method for controlling

what the user considers “pests”.

Gary Scruton, Editor

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Depression is a whole-body illness, one that affectsthe body, nervous system,moods, thoughts and behav-ior. It affects the way you eatand sleep, the way you feelabout yourself, and the wayyou react to and think aboutthe people and things aroundyou. Symptoms can last forweeks, months or years. Thecauses of depression are notfully understood, but they areprobably many and varied.Depression may be triggeredby tension, stress, a traumaticlife event, a over-stimulatedimmune system, chemical im-balances in the brain, thyroiddisorders, nutritional deficien-cies, poor diet, the consump-tion of sugar, mononucleosis,lack of exercise, endometrio-sis, any serious physical dis-order, or even allergies. Oneof the most common causesof depression is food aller-gies. Hypoglycemia (lowblood sugar) is another com-mon cause of depression.Heredity is a significant factorin this disorder. In up to 50percent of people sufferingfrom recurrent episodes ofdepression, one or both of theparents also experienced de-pression. Heredity is DNA andalso “learned behavior.”

The herbs in this formulaare to help younger, healthyindividuals improve the effi-ciency of their mental facul-ties, to prevent the onset ofsenile brain damage, to arrestany degeneration in progress,or delay its onset as long aspossible, to help healthy tis-sue compensate for deficien-cies, and secondarily, to curbirritability, hypersensitivity…easing depression naturally.This formula increaseshealthy arterial and venouscirculation, and improves the

general health of the nervoussystem and the rest of thebody, especially the adrenalsystem. Theses herbs pro-vide circulation to the cells ofthe brain, nurture nerves,calm irritability, impart restful-ness and clarity of mind to in-crease mental capabilities.

PEPPERMINT, LEAF: (Men-tha Piperita), A universallyliked aromatic herb, with anti-bacterial and viral healingproperties for digestive andrespiratory problems. Pepper-mint is an effective bodycleanser and toner, promotesrelaxation, and may be usedfor all kinds of aches andpains; as a specific in almostevery digestive, colon cleans-ing and bowel combination, tocontrol gas, bloating, flatu-lence, nausea, diarrhea, ul-cerative colitis and Crohn'sdisease; the oil is a specificfor irritable bowel syndromes;as a nervine for migraineheadaches, anxiety and ten-sion; as part of a circulatorytonic; as a specific for morn-ing sickness. Reduces badbreath and mouth odor fromfood; a relaxing pain remedyfor headache and menstrualcramping; as a pick-me-up forfatigue. University studentshave benefited greatlythrough participation inloosely controlled experi-ments assessing the effectsof Peppermint on test takingskills and examination scores.Nutrients: Calcium, choline,iron, magnesium, man-ganese, phosphorus, potas-sium, selenium, zinc. vitaminsB1, B2, B3 & E.

SIBERIAN GINSENG:(Eleutherococcus Sentico-sus), An excellent generaltonic and nutritive herb with

particular stimulation for thecirculatory system, and ex-hibiting many of the rejuvena-tive, adaptogen properties ofGinseng in terms of energyand endurance. Used in alltonic and energy formulas asa combatant to depressionand fatigue, especially in re-building system strength aftermental or physical exhaus-tion, and stress; as part of animmune rebuilding combina-tion to increase body resist-ance to disease; an effectivecomponent in lowering bloodpressure and cholesterol,stimulating adrenal function,and raising sexual potencyand vitality; relieves arthritisand other congestive prob-lems, such as heart diseaseand chronic respiratory ail-ments.

SCULLCAP HERB: (Scutel-laria Lateriflora), An aromaticpowerful nervine, with wideranging sedative, anti- spas-modic and calming use. Scull-cap affects mental abilities byremoving the nervous tensionthat often interferes withlearning, recall, logical think-ing and memory formation. Inthis regard, it very much re-sembles a muscle relaxant;as a specific for every nerv-ous system problem, includ-ing D.T.’s, insomnia, hysteria,convulsions, tremor andpalsy, muscle tics and twitch-ing, neuralgia, Parkinson’sdisease, vertigo and manyothers; for nervous tensionand emotional upset; an ex-cellent herb for a formula tobreak alcohol and drug addic-tion; as an anti-spasmodic formenstrual pain and cramping;as part of a formula forepilepsy, petit mal andseizures; as part of a highblood pressure combination;

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WOOD BETONY HERB:(Stachys Officinalis), A seda-tive and analgesic herb withparticular effectiveness forface, head and nerve pain; aspart of a headache, migraineor nervous tension pain for-mula; in the treatment of neu-ralgia; as a relaxant in astress formula. It is used pri-marily to reduce nervousnessthrough a mild sedative ac-tion.Nutrients: choline, magne-sium, manganese, phospho-rus.

GOTU KOLA HERB: (Cen-tella Asiatica), A memory andbrain tonic herb used to over-come depression, and in-crease longevity, heart andnerve health; as a specific inall brain and memory stimula-tion formulas; such as learn-ing disabilities andAlzheimer's disease; as aspecific in any energizing,mental "burn-out", or weight

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Scary PeOPle: The exPreSSiOnleSS

Fact or Fiction?Did You Know: When the

Scared Sheetless websitefirst started in 2009, it wouldonly get about five views aweek? Now in 2012 it getsover 100 viewers a DAY.Countries who mostly viewthe site include: the UnitedStates, Australia, England,Germany, and Russia.

Out of all places I couldhave found this or heard of it,it had to be the iFunny app onmy Ipad. Needless to say,Scared Sheetless is a well-known tribute to the de-ranged, scary, and downrightfrightening, so naturally itsparked my interest.

First, let me tell you thestory before we go into detailsof if its true or not:

The story takes place inJune of 1972, at Cedars-Sinaihospital in Los Angeles, Cali-fornia. A woman in a whitegown shows up; the onlyproblem is that she wassoaked in blood. That isn’t thepart that scares the facultymembers though, becauseaccidents happen and I’msure the staff in the emer-gency room have seen farworse. Her looks made peo-ple scream and run in terror.She looked like she wasn’teven human and looked morelike a mannequin, but her skinhad the fluidity of a human.

The second reason ofwhy she scared people wasbecause she had a kittenclenched between her teeth;with blood squirting out of itonto her gown. She finallytook it out and threw it aside.Sounds like something from a

horror movie, but strange oc-currences like these do hap-pen; although mind you, theyshouldn’t, but some peopleare just not right.

They cleaned the bloodoff of her, but even the nursescouldn’t look at her for morethan a few seconds, beforeholding back the gasps of ter-rorizing screams that hidthemselves deep in theirthroats. She just looked soeerily calm and emotionlessfor someone in her state ofmind. They found it necessaryto restrain her for her ownsafety and perhaps the staffmembers as well, until theproper authorities could takea look at her, but she didn’teven protest. They thought itwould be wise to sedate hertoo, perhaps to take the edgeoff of her, but the momentwhen the nurse tried to se-date her, she fought withbrute force that couldn’t pos-sibly be held within a framesuch as hers. Even with twonurses trying to hold herdown, she rose up, but stillhad the emotionless look onher face.

The doctor finally showedup and she smiled. Her smilewas said to be so creepy thata female doctor let her go andscreamed in shock. Hershock was because thewoman didn’t have teeth, butrazor sharp ‘spikes’ in hermouth. How she could closeher mouth without causingoral harm was beyond theirunderstanding. After seeingthis, the doctor stared at herin horror before asking, “What

in the hell are you?” Instead ofbeing polite and answeringhis impending question, shelatched onto his throat andripped a hole in it. He col-lapsed to the floor, choking onhis own blood before becom-ing motionless.

She got up from the tableand leaned in close to him be-fore the last thing he everheard was her say, “I…am…God.” He then saw her greetthe security guards by ‘feast-ing’ on them one by one be-fore she disappeared. Thesurviving female doctor thennamed her ‘The Emotionless.’

Pretty creepy, you say?Sorry that you probably won’tbe able to sleep tonight either.But you’re probably pleadingto know, Mr. Scared Sheet-less is it fact or fiction? Thereare no such reports of a 911call or known newspaper arti-cles on this woman. However,there is a photo of the sup-posed “Expressionless”woman. Go onto my websiteto see it because it sure isquite the sight to see. Al-legedly the person who tookthe photograph was the onewho told this story, but theman can’t be found, whichraises even more suspicionthat this story is fabricated. Sorest easy, as far as everyonewho has researched this storyis concerned is that it is just alegend that spread like a wild-fire on the internet (see Slen-der Man.)

Check out my website formore scares: scaredsheet-lessncn.blogspot.com andthanks for reading!

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour an 8 or 9” cake pan (using an 8" rather than a 9"pan will make it easier to split in half). In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oil, sugar,eggs, and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda,and salt. Fold the flour mixture into the egg mixture. Slowly add the milk to which the vinegarwas added (or buttermilk), mixing until well blended. Pour the batter into the prepared panand bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Removefrom oven and cool for at least ten minutes before removing from pan. Carefully cut thecake in half, horizontally. Place each half, sliced side up on a rack to cool completely. Whilethe cake is cooling, whisk together the sweetened condensed milk and the half/half. Placeeach cake half, cut side up, on a plate. Slowly pour the liquid over each half of the cake. Itwill absorb it like a sponge! Cover and chill for several hours, or overnight.When ready to assemble the cake, whip the cream until stiff, adding the powdered sugarand vanilla. Carefully place one of the cake halves on a serving plate, cut side up. Spreadwhipped cream over the top of the cake layer, and then top with the second cake half. Frostthe top and the sides of the cake with the remaining whipped cream. Garnish with raspber-ries or sugared cranberries, if desired.

Sugared Cranberries:Bring 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar to a simmer (make sure the sugar is dissolved,

but don't boil...simmer). Place 1 cup of fresh cranberries in a bowl. Pour the hot sugar/waterover the cranberries. Cover and chill for several hours or overnight. When the cranberriesare chilled, drain the liquid (save it, if you use simple syrup in your drinks), and roll the cran-berries in fine sugar. Let them dry on a cookie sheet for at least one hour.Cake makes 8 to 10 servings.

Cake Layer:• 1/4 cup vegetable oil• 3/4 cup granulated sugar• 2 Eggs• 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1 cup flour• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder• 1/4 teaspoon salt• 1/2 cup milk + 1 teaspoon vinegar (or, but-

termilk, if you have it)

Soaking Liquid:• 1/2 of a (14 oz) can of sweetened con-

densed milk• 1 cup half and half• 1/4 teaspoon vanillaFrosting:• 2 cups heavy whipping cream• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla• Raspberries or Sugared Cranberries

(recipe below) for garnish

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Here is a cake that makes a wonderfuldessert for holidays or special occasions, butI’m sorry…I cannot wait until a holiday orspecial occasion to share it with you; it’s justtoo darn delicious.

Until a few years ago, I had never evenheard of Tres Leches Cake, which is a LatinAmerican specialty (which, when you live inNew Hampshire, might as well be on anotherplanet)! The name is a literal translation of“3 milks”, and consists of a very light, airycake layer which is then soaked in a combi-nation of sweetened condensed milk andhalf & half (2 milks), then frosted withwhipped cream (milk number 3!). You mightassume that to soak a cake in milk would re-sult in a mushy mess, but you would bewrong; the cake itself is a type of spongecake, with lots of little air pockets which justabsorbs all that liquid and turns into some-thing quite magical and sublime. There aremany different variations on this theme, butwhen I saw pictures of the one my foodiefriend, Cathy created, I knew I had to try it…soon! Cathy is a successful food blogger(www.thedutchbakersdaughter.com) andaward-winning baker who lives in Minnesota.She has even been in the top 100 finalists ofthe Pillsbury Bakeoff, so needless to say,when she says a recipe is good, I trust herjudgment implicitly.

Initially, I was very pleased that this caketurned out to be so attractive, but then I tookthe first bite, and at that point I thought forsure I’d died and gone straight to heaven,because I know I could hear bells ringing andangels singing! All I can compare it to is tak-ing a bite out of a delicious cloud! Then, Igot one of the sugared cranberries, whichwas a little crunchy with a sweet shell beforethe tart pop of the berry itself… and that justfinished me off…I was totally sold on thiscake!

I have just been proofreading this articleand discovered that I have utilized way toomany exclamation points throughout to begrammatically correct. I considered doingsome revising to change that, and then real-ized I can’t…this cake is worth every singleexclamation point there is! Enjoy!!!!

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