“Pocono Home & Garden: Pumpkin carving; apple baking and new grocery ... - Pocono Record” plus 4 more |
- Pocono Home & Garden: Pumpkin carving; apple baking and new grocery ... - Pocono Record
- Garden of the Gods Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary - KKTV
- Man saves house with hose - Topeka Capital-Journal
- FURY AT THREAT TO PRECIOUS PLANTS - Daily Express
- Beloved pastor retires to fight brain cancer - Orange County Register
| Pocono Home & Garden: Pumpkin carving; apple baking and new grocery ... - Pocono Record Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:29 PM PDT Forget the white stuff. We're thinking orange and we have just a few days left for our pumpkin contest. All you have to do is decorate a pumpkin and submit a photo. We have great prizes so you don't want to miss this one. So what do you do with the pumpkin guts? Pumpkin seeds make a delicious, healthy snack. You can go hot, sweet or salty. You need a different type of pumpkin for cooking, but wow is it worth it when you take the first bite of that pie. For a different flavor, branch out into pumpkin pasta. If you're still thinking Halloween, Dr. Lori gives us a glimpse of antique costumes. Too weird for words. Our Home and Garden blog laments about snow on the flowers. Before the frost has hit them.
You probably already figured out that we have way more online than we can ever fit in print. Our On the House column is one of those this week. Today, the Careys talk about removing those "cottage cheese" ceilings. Warning: many of them contain asbestos.
Here's another Web exclusive. We have money-saving tips on scented powder, cooking and even heating your house.
You know one way to stretch your budget is to add vegetables to your diet. Here's a You might be baking with apples this weekend. We have a hint from the Old Farmers Almanac. One pound of apples = 2 large, 3 medium, or 4 to 5 small apples. You need one pound of apples to get 3 cups of peeled and sliced apples. Now you know. As we head indoors for the winter, we want to bring you inside some different homes in the Poconos. You know you're out there. You've remodeled a room, added an addition or did some major redecorating. Don't be shy. Tell us about it. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Garden of the Gods Celebrates 100-Year Anniversary - KKTV Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:29 PM PDT A celebration was held at Garden of the Gods Saturday morning as the park celebrates its 100-year anniversary. A Native American from the Southern Ute tribe blessed the park in front of dozens at a re-dedication ceremony. Two million people visit Garden of the Gods every year and it's the number one reason people come to Colorado Springs. It's also one of the 7 Wonders of North America. In 1909 Garden of the Gods was given to the city by the Perkins family with the understanding that the 480-acres would always remain free and open to the public. "It's our treasure. What a wonderful gift that a family would give to us. We hope that same spirit of generosity will continue through our generation. We want our children to have this beautiful place," said Bonnie Frum, Director of Operations and the Garden of the Gods Visitor Center. Frum says it's important that we keep funding our parks department so Garden of the Gods can remain open and maintained. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Man saves house with hose - Topeka Capital-Journal Posted: 17 Oct 2009 03:56 PM PDT A Topeka family arriving home Saturday to their home in the 1500 block of S.W. Buchanan were met by smoke and flames, fire officials said. "I got here just in time," said one of the residents. "I put it out with the water hose." Topeka firefighters summoned at 4:06 p.m. to a house fire at 1520 S.W. Buchanan arrived to find light smoke coming from a room on the first floor of the two-story home. A man, woman, two children and dog who live at the home were outside when firefighters arrived. The father, who declined to be identified, said the family had come home from a soccer game when he opened the door and found the house full of smoke. He said he used a garden hose to extinguish a small fire. Topeka fire Capt. Kelly Adams said the fire was limited to one wall, but smoke damage was apparent throughout the house. A charred entertainment center and partially melted stereo appliances brought out of the house appear to be the source of the fire, he said. It wasn't immediately known if the electronic equipment had an internal failure or if the blaze was sparked by a faulty electrical outlet or cord, Adams said. "Even appliances that aren't turned on," Adams said, "they have that resistance in there, and if something goes bad it can (cause a fire.)" Firefighters at the scene ventilated the house as the mother and father tried to calm their two boys. The father told firefighters the family would stay with relatives. "I'm just glad everyone is OK," he said. Kevin Elliott can be reached at (785) 295-1192 or kevin.elliott@cjonline.com. This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| FURY AT THREAT TO PRECIOUS PLANTS - Daily Express Posted: 17 Oct 2009 05:57 PM PDT
The Royal Horticultural Society, whose patron is The Queen, is being backed by 10,000 letters of protest in its fight against the recycling centre, on the doorstep of the RHS's Wisley Garden site, home to one of the world's most important plant collections Experts believe the composting plant, which would process 30,000 tonnes of waste annually, will release windborne infectious pathogens that could fall on the society's 240-acre garden in Surrey, which was founded in 1903. "The threat is real and we cannot allow important and rare plants to be put in jeopardy," said a spokesman for the RHS, which organises the acclaimed annual flower shows at Chelsea, Hampton Court and Tatton Park. "RHS Garden Wisley is home to an internationally-important plant collection, approaching 30,000, one of the most comprehensive gardens of cultivated plants in the world." The gardens, which attract more than 800,000 visitors a year and are a beacon centre of scientific research, hold seven National Plant Collections and more than 600 plants listed as "at risk of extinction". RHS officials and residents were horrified by outline plans for the centre proposed for Wisley Airfield, a former Second World War emergency airstrip requisitioned from farmland. The application, from Jersey-based Wharf Land Investments, is for a depot to process green, kitchen and animal waste. The plans include five 65ft chimney stacks to disperse treated air, a control office, car parking, access roads and outdoor lighting. Residents of the nearby villages of Ockham and Hatchford, who have calculated that the centre will generate 10,000 HGV lorry trips a year, have hired a barrister to fight the plans, now being considered by the Government.
Business consultant Helen Jefferies, who lives in Ockham, said: "This is a very rural area even though it is close to the M25. It is an area of beautiful, rolling hills, farmland and a very peaceful way of life. This would see HGVs thundering around narrow lanes. It is putting in something wholly inappropriate." Wharf Land Investments maintains its composting process is safe and it believes the proximity of the M25 will allow the site to cause minimum disruption to local life. This content has passed through fivefilters.org. |
| Beloved pastor retires to fight brain cancer - Orange County Register Posted: 17 Oct 2009 01:54 PM PDT GARDEN GROVE – For Pastor Bob Rohdenburg and his family, coming to the Garden Grove United Methodist Church was like coming back home. His wife, Cynthia, attended the church with her parents. The church was also where they became Mr. and Mrs. Rohdenburg. On Sunday, the pastor will bid farewell to his congregation after serving five years to continue his fight against cancer. Rohdenburg was diagnosed with brain cancer a year and a half ago. He underwent chemotherapy, radiation and surgery and drove the cancer into remission. He was, in fact, cancer free for 17 months. But last month, it relapsed, his wife said. And this time it had spread to different parts of his brain affecting his cognitive and speaking abilities. On Sept. 1, Rohdenburg went on disability. His church is putting on the Sunday event as a way to celebrate their beloved pastor's ministry, said church member Brenda Weikel. "It's going to be like a retirement party but with a more solemn tone," she said. Weikel described the pastor as a kind and caring man who always puts others ahead of him. Rohdenburg had just undergone radiation treatment last year when Weikel's mother became ill and was hospitalized. "He wasn't supposed to go to a hospital because he had just undergone radiation," Weikel said. "But my mom was in the ICU and he came to see her anyway. He cares deeply about people." Rohdenburg is also a dear friend, said Sally May, director of the church's preschool. May said he stood by her and believed in her through a tough time last year when an employee she had hired embezzled money from the preschool. "I thought for sure that I was going to be fired because I had hired this person," she said. "But Pastor Bob told me that the thought hadn't even crossed his mind. He believed in me and that meant a lot." Cynthia Rohdenburg said her husband has been very open to his congregation about his illness and what he has been going through personally. He has even been helping and ministering to other cancer patients, she said. "His sermons over the last year have been more powerful than ever and have inspired so many," she said. "The illness gave Bob a lot of opportunities to touch others." Rabbi Lawrence Goldmark, executive director for the Pacific Association of Reform Rabbis, is scheduled to be one of the speakers at Sunday's event. "I've never met a person that's more genuine than Bob," he said. "I've heard him preach. He's a wonderful storyteller. He talks to people at their level and he never says things where you scratch your head and wonder: 'What did he just say?'" Rohdenburg never allowed religious difference to get in the way of their friendship, Goldmark said. Instead, they focused on the similarities sharing their experiences in ministry, he said. Rohdenburg, who is undergoing two kinds of chemotherapy, said the Garden Grove church was a "great one to serve." "It's a church I felt very good about," he said. "It felt like home." This content has passed through fivefilters.org.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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