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Cocktail Dates Ingredients 12 large dried Medjool dates 1 4-ounce chunk Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese 6 slices bacon, cut in half widthwise Preheat oven to 350 F. Directions: Insert a bamboo skewer or a similar facsimile in the bottom of the date until the pointy tip rests on the bottom of the pit. Push the pit out of the stem side. Reserve dates. Using your sharpest knife, cut Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese into 1/4-inch slices. Cut those slices into 1/4-x-1-inch pieces (the resulting 1-inch pieces should be approximately the same diameter as a...
Freshly fallen, dry snow plumed around the Temsco helicoptor that delivered Santa to the Community Gym earlier this month for the Parks and Recreation Annual Breakfast With Santa event....
New Year's Eve is one of the most popular party days of the year. As the clock ticks down toward a new year, revelers across the globe raise glasses of champagne in celebration of what's to come. Such celebrations are a staple of the holiday season, but so, too, are accidents that result from excessive partying. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, January 1, when many New Year's Eve celebrants are heading home in the wee hours of the morning, is when the highest percentage of deaths related to alcohol occur. In addition,...
Sunday's Winter Solstice Walk brought a crowd out to the ballfield in the mid-afternoon dark to mark the Winter Solstice and the beginning of longer daylight. The event started with a group launch of paper sky lanterns, followed by a march along Hungry Point Trail with each participant carrying hand fashioned lanterns. Lizzy Thompson, the event's organizer, led a lantern making workshop earlier in the month at the Petersburg Public Library....
New Year’s Eve is one of the most festive nights of the year, when friends and families gather to count down the waning moments of the year as they anticipate the fun times ahead in the year to come. While adults tend to look forward to New Year’s Eve festivities more than children, there are ways parents can ring in the New Year with their kids. Invite kids into the kitchen. New Year’s Eve festivities often include food, so why not invite youngsters into the kitchen to cook alongside you? Kids may not be interested in preparing the main cours...
Christmas carols and hymns have been a big part of holiday cheer for hundreds of years. This holiday season grather your family and sing along. You know the melodies, and we’ll provide the words if you need a reminder. JOY TO THE WORLD Joy to the World , the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains...
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths,...
December 18, 1915 – A special meeting of the council was held Monday evening to consider the matter of furnishing water to the natives living near the cannery. Councilman Brennan, chairman of the water committee, reported the work of extending the water system completed, and upon his order the public tap at the approach to the Packing Company's dock had been removed; that such removal worked a hardship on natives living near the cannery, in that they would have to cross the Narrows for water, being unable to pay for installation of the city s...
December 11, 1915 – The water committee reported the system completed in the south end of town with the exception of connecting the main with residences; in the north end, two or three days' work for six men; also that a small amount of work is needed on the dam. The water mains, the report stated, are now in good shape to stand weather conditions. The committee also reported that Julius Tollefsen had resigned the position of foreman of the water system. The committee on public works and property reported the power house completed, except f...
Borough Manager Steve Giesbrecht gave the following report at Monday’s regular Assembly meeting: Power & Light is nearing the end of a major rewrite of the Emergency Action Plan required by FERC on our Blind Slough hydro. Power & Light and Public Works spent significant time putting up Christmas lighting for the tree and street poles. Excellent cooperation made the job go smoothly. Thanks to Power & Light, Public Works, Matt Bryner, Pete and Theresa Litsheim, Ray and Gladys Olsen for such a beautiful community Christmas tree this year. The P...
December 4, 1915 – The work of digging holes for the electric light poles was started Wednesday morning, the digging tools having finally reached here on Tuesday's steamer. Forty-seven poles are to be put up now, to be added to from time to time as extension of the line is called for. The power house is completed and ready for the machinery, with the exception of laying the concrete foundations. When the poles are in place, the work of stringing wires and wiring buildings will start, as practically all material for this work is now here. Decemb...
Chili Cookoff/Brew fest winners: Dave Cubbage - Con Carne Jo Ann Day - Veggie Rachel Newport - Spicy Ruth Johnson - Fish and Game Joe Stratman and Jeff Rice - Brew Bev Siercks - Wine Bev Siercks - Cordial Bev Siercks - Mead Best overall brew -Joe Stratman and Jeff Rice Best overall stew - Ruth Johnson...
Three PHS students participated in the Alaska All-State High School Music Festival at West High School in Anchorage. This music festival enables outstanding high school musicians to participate as members of a select statewide band, choral or orchestra ensemble promoting the highest standards of musicianship. Of 972 individual auditions from 52 schools throughout the State, 352 students were selected and gathered for three days of intense rehearsals with four outstanding professional...
