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Amish Cook: The fun of customizing recipes

There’s old-fashioned recipes that have been around for decades, then there’s the new concoctions that leave me amazed at places a good imagination can take a person. Then you have people like me who have a difficult time even following a recipe! When I open a cookbook and pick a recipe I have a hard time doing exactly what it says. If it’s cooking I’ll be thinking, oh, I could add a dash of liquid smoke, a pinch of onion powder, or some extra salt. When it comes to desserts I always found joy in what I called ‘Daniel-izing’ the recipes to make them match hubby’s taste buds.

Groundbreaking set for library construction

Fencing around portions of Military Park went up last week, preparing for a big day The low bidder was Dondlinger Construction, with a base bid of $7,455,000. With all bid alternates, the bid came in at $7,805,500.

Collateral Damage and Other Slippery Slopes

The beginning of the war on terror at the turn of the century coincided with the creation of new euphemisms to describe things that were already well defined. Although military idioms have long tortured language for the sake of specious arguments, there was a new audacity in the way it was being reshaped to excuse the previously inexcusable.

Area basketball roundup

PREP GIRLS Hillsboro Trojan Classic Clay Ctr. 44, Remington 39 HILLSBORO — Held to 21.6 percent shooting, 11.1 in the second half, the Remington Bronco girls fell to Clay Center 48-41 Saturday in the fifth-place game of the Hillsboro Trojan Classic.

Prairie Doc Perspective: Not all that forgets is dementia

Frequently, my patients will come to a visit and bring up a major concern: “Doc, I think I might have dementia; my memory seems to be slipping.” They might give examples of having difficulty finding words, forgetting people’s names, or just feeling like their thinking is slower. Many of them know a family member who had dementia, and they are worried.

AP source: Chiefs’ Mahomes sustained high ankle sprain

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes sustained a right high ankle sprain in the Kansas City Chiefs’ divisional playoff win over the Jaguars, a person familiar with the nature of the injury told The Associated Press on Sunday, though the All-Pro quarterback expects to play against Cincinnati in next week’s AFC championship game.

Wildcat boys three-peat at Canton-Galva

CANTON — A high-scoring first half and a defensive second half all went to the advantage of the Moundridge Wildcat boys’ basketball team in a 66-55 win over Ell-Saline Friday in the championship game of the Canton-Galva Invitational. It was the third straight title for Moundridge in the tournament.

Lutherans ordain first Palestinian woman pastor in Holy Land

Sally Ibrahim Azar, center, a Palestinian Christian and Council member of the Lutheran World Federation is applauded by clergy after she was ordained as the first female pastor in the Holy Land, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)