homesteading, gardening, survival, preparedness and simple-back to basics living | ISSUE 2 VOL. 1 MARCH 20/10 —B*iawarezae nm” Nii Tee gy RE TT ot at Pioneer Living "Back to Basics” Online Magazine! A True People Publication. Pioneer Living is a publication for today's creative doers. People like youl People who want to get back to basics and work with nature. The "New" homesteaders, survivalists and ones who will do more with less, the "New Pioneers". To inform with solutions as many human beings as possible the forgotten/lost art of “basic human survival’. Often when people think about a survivalist, they envision someone who is trained in the outdoors and can survive off the land but a survivalist also stock piles food and possibly weapons to prepare for a disaster and the future unknown, Our ancestors were in reality survivalists, This was because they were self sullicient, were responsible for one’s own self and family, protection, health, and sustenance as well as shelter This is what our ancestors knew and lived every day. They were prepared for what life brings trough planning, leaming, and preparing for any possible future The articles you will find in all our issues will be focused on simpler times what our ancestors knew and lived every day. From disaster proparodness. extreme wildemess survival. growing and preserving your own nuttitious food. foraging for food in the wildemess. wator survival and basic every day living Information and solutions to survive our ever changing environment in which we live in today. Solutions for taking back the responsibility of ones own self. We think that you will be surprised how simple itis, no matter what walk of life you come from, how to get back to basics and in control of your Through education we can teach people how to survive more than one day at a time. We can teach them how to feed themselves and their families for life, be prepared for the future unknown and the basic art of human survival to be pasted on for generations to come. Solutions to live healthy. happy’ and free, The knowledge no one should be without John & Carrie Milandred, Co-editors In This Issue...On The Cover & The Key To Living we . Common Sense F Pg. 10 Taking the Past to the Present by How To Never Run Out of Food Pg, 27 and the Future Life Threatening, Dangerous Blood Sucking Ticks ial Pg. 12Editor's Note Pg. 3 ickwagon Chow Pg, 32 From Our Members Pg. 4 >roduct Review TES Roviidap Tite G é Use and Re-Use Pg. 16 sLaugh A Little Pg. 42 oa The Lost Art of Root Cellars Pg. 17 ‘heese Lover Pg. 33 What's Your Local Eeonomy Like Pg. 35 The Bieycle Tree Pg. 25 The Renegade Bladesmith Pg. 44 Hay Hook, Water Boy Py. 38 | rage (0 unsolicited manuscripts or photographs, E-t Disclaimer While due care will be taken , Pioneer ail for writers iving is not responsible For loss or da guidelines, Pioneer Living is not responsible for mishaps of any kind which may occur from use of published material or writer recommendations, The opinions presented are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies of Piontcer Living website or magavine. 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We would like to start off by thanking all of you members who have joined in our efforts for making sure the "Art of Basie Human Survival” never gets lost or forgotten. We would also like to thank our members who have contributed financially to these efforts. In the past year we have received approx. $300 in donations, most of which was used just to keep our site up and running, We had a great members drive this past year. Want to thank all of you for your efforts in the members drive, and congratulate K, Murphy who was the winner and received the Survival Seed Pack for recruiting the most members. We would also like to thank Seed for Security for their donation of the Survival Seed Pack. We will have a new cookbook available for purchase in May 2010, "Chuckwagon Chow, Family Secret Recipes.” Page 26 tells you how you can get $2.00 off the price of the cookbook. It will have over 100 recipes "The Art of Cooking From Scratch Should Never Be Lost or Forgotten." We have taken generations of tried and true recipes for you to try and possibly pass on to your family, friends and neighbors. In a time of microwaves, fast food, take out diets, we feel we need to take a step back to good old fashioned, fresh homemade cookin. We would like to thank the members who have contributed articles to this issue of Pioneer Living Survival Magazine. Charles Thompson, "The Hay Hook and The Water Boy", JD Edwards, "The Renegade Bladesmith’, Margie, "Life Threatening, Bloodsucking ‘licks’, and Kathryn Murphy, "The Cheese Lover" Carrie has started, "Taking the Past to the Present and the Future", which is about how we came to where we are today. We will continue to update in the coming issues just how we are living this "Modern Day Pioneer Lifestyle" We have some exciting projects in the works for this year and will keep you updated via the website and the online magazine. The two major projects we have in the works are, "A new way to grow food", and "Free Hot Water", We thought last year kept us busy, this year we will have to hope and pray we don't drop dead with the projects we have taken on in addition to the normal everyday life on the farmstead Thank you to all that listen to our podcasts. This is something new for us and we hope you are learning something from us living this pioneer life, Carrie says, "John has been the brainstorm behind the podcast, and all the technical issues with the website as well as his communications with the members in and away from the forum on a daily basis." Thank you all for being so patient in waiting on the 2nd issue of our online magazine to arrive. John says, *Carrie is definately the writer in the family and is responsible for the content in the magazine as well as the majority of the content on line. We hope you enjoy this issue. We truly are doing what we love to do, "HELP PEOPLE!" John and Carrie, Co-Editor's 3From Our Members ibs Roundup Time Hello John and Carrie, [enjoy your show. | first heard about u on the Family Preparedness Guide talk show. Keep up the good work can't wait hear more. I like to hear people making a new life and really living, Keep up the good work !!' David in Florida Thank you David. We really enjoy doing the podcast show. We hope our listeners are learning what we are living. Li Hi... By chance, I discovered your website... Love it. My husband and I live in Antlers... We are senior citizens, on a fixed income and want to have a water well ‘We have rural water and the company sends us a letter every six months saying how bad the water is for drinking... We have located a place where we can buy the pitcher pump handle... Now getting the rest of it done... Any information you could send, would be most grateful I can't get sound on this computer so I am not able to listen to your podcasts... lam very sad about that for I know I could lear alot... Just reading your profile was interest We all do need to learn to survive Sincerely Katy C. Katy, Sorry you are not able to listen fo the podcast, Glad you are enjoying the information on the website, In regards to your water well, you will want to make sure the pitcher pump you are considering will pump water from your well. What I mean by that is it will depend on how deep your well is as to what hind of pitcher pump you need. There is a website that has some good information as well as deep water well pumps. hnip://www.survivaluntinited com handwaterpunpdeep.him Hope this helps aN really love this site! How would I be able to make a donation? I don't have much but I'd love to contribute Thank you for your service. S.E. SE, There are donation buttons on the website if you would like to donate via paypal or eredit card. Ifyou would like to send via snail mail, US Postal Service Money Order or Cash, Carrie M., P.O. Box 44, Swink, OK 74761. We really appreciate any donation we receive as it Keeps the Site up and running, gets new content put on the site, and helps get new issues of the magazine online 4It's Roundup Time Cont Nothing beats getting out and foraging for your own food... besides maybe growing it yourself. They are both accompanied by a sense of accomplishment and confidence One of the best online sites I have found for plant identification is _http://foragingpictures.com/ Thank you for this information. This isa great site. | would like the opinion of the group on this idea, The State of Tx has over 300 "ghost towns" within its borders, some nothing more than a cemetary and a sign post, others are completely intact towns, yet abandoned at some point in time for various reasons. As society degrades more and more of us are looking to get away from it, yet we all know that it will be very difficult if not impossible for us as individuals to survive for any length of time. My Idea, isto put together a group of like minded people, and gather at one of these intact ghost towns, tradesmen and craftsmen would be the ideal type, as well as farmers and ranchers. Though money would be used, a barter system would be implimented wether it be goods or labor,all would contribute to the security of the community. The "town" would have simple common sence laws, one of which being, if you dont work you dont eat, there will be no handouts. There is much more to my idea, but this is the basic premise, shoot some opinions and ideas to me. thank you. JCole A couple of opionions from other members..1 like the concept, Somethings look better on paper than they are in practice, I would have to agree like most.too much lability They are Ghost towns for a reason. Personally: ILOVE the idea of occupying a ghost town and bringing it hack to life. The logistics and howto determine who participates might be a bit of « nightmare but if someone were enterprising enough Im sure they could figure it out. And! Yes, this could be done anywhere! Geuing a group of like-minded individuals with different talents and shill levels will to ring enterprise to the area.Taking the Past to the Present and the Future The Milandred Farmstead The past is what most of us reminisce about, The past according to most children is the old days, The past is where we came from. The past can teach us a lot about who we are. The past ean teach us about how we ‘got to where we are today, and where we might be going in the future, My husband always considered himself the "Family Historian". He researched for years on his ancestors and heritage. He felt it was important to pass on this information to the present and future generations of his, family. While learning about his heritage and his ancestors, he began to understand more about why he was the person he was, and why his parents were who they were, and so on and so on, After exhausting all ly jnnd Heritage Book" if you will. I keep encouraging him to do this even if it seems like sources for the family history, he wanted and I think still does, want to put together a "Fan is family is interested in where they came from, but to do it for the future generations Ihave a ways loved listening to stories about the "Old Days", I was fortunate enough to know my great grandparents, although I was quite young at the time, I do remember them quite fondly, | also was fortunate to know my grandparents, listen to them reminisce about the past. My mother is, by herself, my most useful resource when it comes to family history and heritage. I am in hopes that she will put together some kind of a historical record of our heritage and our ancestors so that we can pass it on to future generations. The amount of old photos she has from both sides of the family, and she knows all the stories behind these old photos. My mother is amazing, She is the only person [know who could make a family tree from the top of her head. She doesn't have to look it up. She is the only person I know that keeps in contact with the "WHOLE FAMILY" Our ancestors, our heritage, where we came from is very important to both of us. Both of us have always said, that we have always felt we were born in the wrong century. Maybe not. Maybe it is the perfect time to bring people back to their roots, back to where they are proud of their heritage (good or bad). A time for teaching people from all walks of life” The Lost/Forgotten Art of Basic Human Survival." A time where parents are the teachers again, You can’t learn this stuff in school, You can't learn this stuff in books, It is everyday life Where ever you live, humans are amazing at adapting to their environment. It doesn't matter if you live in the backwoods, the country, or the city. Everyone should know the basies of everyday survival To begin our story, we came from growing up in the country, to living in the suburbs, being somewhat sucessful in several ventures throughout our lives. We have sucessfully raised three of our children to adulthood, we feel that is an acomplishment in itself these days, 6Taking the Past to the Present and the Future, Cont, We have always been the type of people who chose the path less traveled, In search of a sense of security, in search of freedom, in search of ourselves. Not being lost, forgotten, but something that can be passed on for future generations to learn from. I guess you could call us "The Modern Pioneers" For the last ten years we have been on this path, the path less traveled, We believe this path we chose is exactly where we are supposed to be. It is, of course, not the easiest path. It has its mountains to climb, it has its raging wild rivers to cross, it is not familiar territory in terms of the terrain or elements, it has our own blood, sweat, and tears on this path. This path lead us to where we are today One child in tow, we hit the road. Five months on the road of uncharted territory (well uncharted for us). Oklahoma? Did we ever think this road would lead us to Oklahoma? No. Our friends and family could not understand why we chose Oklahoma, You see, their visions of Oklahoma are "The Dust Bowl." They didn't understand how we we chose this place Quite frankly, we didn't either, All we knew was that something brought us here for a purpose. Our requirements for a place to hang our hats, water, shelter, food How it all came about is a miracle in itself. The price was a little more than we wanted to spend, but within budget, we found out after we purchased the property that we were one day ahead of another family that was very interested in purchasing the property. And you have to keep in mind, when we did make an offer on the property it was over the phone. The seller and the real estate company considered our word as our word as far as starting negotiations on purchasing the property. Not something we were used to when buying or selling property, with written formal offers and written and formal negotiations in other parts of the country where we have lived. The property had a well, that took care of the water. The property had an old house, and an old barn, that took care of the shelter. While in negotiations for the purchase of the property, we found out that this property was very famous in the area for growing a large assortment of crops, that took care of the food All of our requirements were met, First priority, water. We had learned from the previous owner that the well was hand dug back in the 1930's when her father aquired the property. It goes down about 60 feet to the top of the underground river and about 15 feet down beyond that. The old well pump that was given to us at the time we purchased the property didn't work. We knew that chances were slim that after sitting idle for 6 years in a garage that it was probably froze up or something. We were right. So off to purchase a well pump. We are now about a week into getting us some running water. Since we arrived on the Bd property we have been filling jugs at the local hardware store, as they ere kind enough to share their water with us,Taking the Past to the Present and the Future Conserving water like crazy, no shower for about 2 weeks we finally have water, The moment John was able to start pumping water from that old hand dug well, we all started dancing around. "We have water!", "We have water!", we were all singing, This was no ordinary water either. It was erystal clear and smelled so clean! We had the water tested to make sure it was safe, and all tests came out pure clean drinking water! Ok, next priority...The garden, We had learned from the locals that you need to have your potatoes and some of your other crops in by St. Patricks Day. Oh, boy are we going to cut this one close. We didn't even have any equipment to till up the garden area. Yes we did! We had some shovels, some rakes, a couple of hoes. Yep, we are set. Great garden plot that had been used for many years to feed the large family that had lived here since the early 1930's, The quarter acre garden plot had probably not been worked for the past 15 to 20 years, oh my that grass was long, this was going to take some work. No choice, we had to get the garden prepped and ready for planting, We needed to make sure we would have crops to preserve and store come harvest time. A little land, some long hard days working the land, and you are soon growing some food. It was a tough spring this year, we experienced weeks of hard down pours, We ended up having to plant our garden three times, as the seeds and seedlings were washed away. This was an unusual year for this part of Oklahoma with record rain falls. With the garden finally in, and the rain stopping, it was now time to work on shelter. We had made the decission that we would convert the old barn into our little cabin as it was in far better shape than the old house on the property. There had been years of neglect on the old house. The old barn was built in the early 1930's, In fact, we learned that a fire had distroyed the original house here and the family was forced to live in the barn until they could raise enough funds to build a new home. I think the pictures below give you a sense of what we had to work with. Old Barn Inside Old Barn GarbageTaking the Past to the Present and the Future, Cont Ithas been a year now since we aquired our new homestead, We now have 25 rabbits, 10 chickens (for meat and laying hens), 10 new baby chicks, and a horse. Yes, ahorse, [say that because we were not planning on a horse just yet, but who can pass up a free horse, Yes, free, It was not being taken care of very well, in the middle of a divorce situation and somehow we were offered her. She will need some tender loving care. We have only had her a fow weeks and she looks great. We will now need to find some time to work with her as we do not believe she has ever been ridin, She is only about 2 years old, and she is adjusting well to her new home, This was quite a surprise to our daughter, as we did not (ll her until she was delivered to us by the previous owners. Now all the bugging us about getting her a horse will stop and the work begins, Never a dull moment here, Always something going on, Another chick arrives! Our 9 year old doing her share Gur, Bee Treen Three of our roosters face off We have been preparing the ground for our crops. Potato’s, onions, carrots all planted. Will be busy planting more around the middle of March. [tis going to be a busy time for us. Once planted we will be working on our free hot water system. Info about that later, We also willl be able to get back to work on our cabin, Progress is slow, but life is good Itis amazing what you can do with less, We have no indoor kitchen, ours is an outdoor covered arca next to the cabin. We have no indoor plumbing, (ok, we do have a flushing toilet now, and just installed a drain in the bathtub so no more bailing water!), We heat our water on the fire, (occasionally with the propane burners) for washing dishes and taking baths. Can't wait for warmer weather to get here so we can use the ontdoor shower again We do what we can when funds become available. I know we will never have all the modern conveniences again, and that is fine by all of us, This is our life and itis our life by choice. We do feel confident should the economy continue to sink, or goods are not readily available we will be able to continue on with our daily lives without noticing much of a difference. That is security for us. That is peace of mind. What more could you ask for. A few shots of our progress over the last year We will continue to keep you updated on our farmstead, "Taking the Past to the Present and the Future", Our story will continue the next issue. Front of cabin siding with lumber Added front porch and This gives you an idea of Old house with from old house cadkled covered kitchen area inside of the cabin. usable lumber! on the side.Common Sense Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 une 8, 1809) was a widely recognized intellectual, scholar, and idealist who is considered to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United Stetes. As a radical pamphleteer, Paine impacted the Americon Revolution with his powerfitl writings, ‘most famously Common Sense, his revolutionary tract advocating independence from Britain, Paine was notable for his beliefin deism and his writings on the French Revolution Thomas Paine wasn’t the only one who wrote about common sense. ‘You have the “Unwritten Code” of the cowboy, “The Golden Rule”, and even the “Words of Wisdom” from your parents. Something ‘we might all want to take a look at again "Unwritten Code" Though the cowboy might break every law of the territory, state and federal government, he took pride in upholding his own unwritten code. His failure to abide by it did not bring formal punishment, but the man who broke it became, more or less, a social outcast. His friends hazed him into the out backs and he was subject to the punishment of the very’ code he had broken. Loyalty \ cowboy took pride in being loyal to his “brand.” The highost compliment a man could receive in the Old West was: "He'll do to ride the river with." This was a tribute from the old trail days when only the fearless dared o swim herds across treacherous rivers. Ifa life-threatening mishap occurred in the crossing, the help of the nearest cowboy would be the difference between life and death. Friendship There was no more sacred obligation than to be there when your friend needed you Hospitality There were no motels in the Old West, Anyone who wandered in - even an enemy - was welcome at the table, The same was true for riders who joined cowboy’ on the range. Fair Play Westerners despised duplicity or under-handedness of any kind. The Code dictated that onc could not shoot an unarmed or unwarned enemy (also known as "the rattlesnake code": always warn before you strike). All bets were off, however, if' someone was being stalked. Liquor Drinking on duty was grounds for instant dismissal and blacklisting, Ge Most cowboys were generous to a fault, erosityCommon Sense, cont Curiosi It was dangerous to inquire into what someone was back “in the states.” inthe frontier it didn’t take long to take the measure of a man, ness Consideration for others was central to the Code. You didn’t stir up dustin the vieinity of the chuck wagon; you didn’t wake up the wrong man for herd duty The Environment The cowboy spent most of his time in the open, He would rarely smoke during rides across fire hazard country, He had no tolerance for those who would disfigure trees or rocks Integrity Honesty was an absolute. Locks on doors were unknown until nesters moved in. Your word was your bond; a handshake was more binding than a 100 page contract, When the terrible winters of 1887-89 virtually wiped out the cattle industry, ruined ranchers literally worked their way into, carly graves rather than go back on their word. Should a parent die before debts were paid off, the inheriting son or daughter assumed them, Bankruptey was not an option, Religion To the average cowboy. religion meant living by the Golden Rule The Golden Rule Remember "The Golden Rule"? We all learned it as kids, but sometimes we forget to live it, It is known in every culture in the world, “Do Unto Others Ax You Would Have Do Unto You.” This isthe foundation for all manners, Treat others nicely and with respect, I'you don't want someone to be mean fo you, then don't be mean to them. Ifyou want people to say nice things about you, then say nice things about them. This may sccm like common sense, but unfortunately there"s not much common courtesy anymore. AAs parents you need to influence the next generation in these important life truths and virtues." Do you remember the words of wisdom? Think back to when you were a child. You might remember your parents doing a frugal thing or two. Not that there haven't always been savers and spenders, but times have changed, There are so many new ways to get us to part with our money. Living a frugal lifestyle isn’t always about going back to a simpler time. Yes, some old-school common sense comes into pla, but it is more a way to live within or below your means and ta waste less, Tum to the pearls of wisdom from your ancestors, and it can help you to stay on the frugal track, Do you remember your parents or grandparents teaching you lifelong money lessons. Here are a few you might recall WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN? (Close The Door) this can be a reminder to close the house door or the reftigerator door. Don’t lt heat or cold escape through an open door. Respect your home, and remember your manners. SAVE FOR A RAINY DAY Set some money aside for when you need it ater. Pay yourself first, We all have needed that emergency money at one time or another in our lives li Cont. on Paze 46Life Threatening, Dangerous, Blood Sucking Ticks By Carrie Miladhed While we were in search of our new homestead, we would constantly inquire with the locals about the area of interest. We would ask about weather, tomados, snakes, bugs and such, We were afterall in unfamiliar feritory, and wanted as much information about the environment inthis area as possible. We were told to look out for the rattlesnake, copperhead snake, and ticks, We knew from experience of living in Arizona for a while about rattlesnakes. We didn't think too much about the ticks. as we did not come across them much while living in the Pacific Northwest. We didn't know anything about coppethead snakes, so we researched and learned what we needed to take precautions, and such. Twas reading a Letter to the Editor, in a local newspaper in January of this year, and really received an eye opener in regards to how dangerous ticks ean be. Letter To The Ed + from Mandy K J would just like everyone to know what has went on for the past four months in our life. My daughter became ill on September 16, 2009. and we have been fighting ever since for the CORRECT diagnosis. I took her to our local hospital, becouse she was having severe Pain in her legs and stomach and she was having hallucinations. They ran a few simple tests and said that she was making it up or in a pswehosis. They tried to send her to @ psychiatric hospital, and! i refused. know my duahger and there was nothing wrong with her mind: she was sick! She couldn't even walk! So, the next morning we were transferred to Choctaw Nation hospital in Talihina, where they then transferred us to a hospital in Tulsa. We remained there for 20 days. Test after test, nothing came up. Then they tested her for tick diseases. Lyme came up negative, but she tested positive for erhlichiosis, which isa tick disease. Mast of the time Lume comes up negative anyway, so you howe to test it specific way. So we came home with antibiotics Within three weeks we were being sent to a mafor hospital in Texas, where they said it was conversion disorder. Lfought and fought, because Iknew Ht was not that. They would not re-test her for Lyme disease. They wanted to put her in a psych program. Again i refed, Well, {got in touch with a support group for Lyme disease, who referred me to a doctor in Oklahoma eity who had been treating Lyme for a few years, and he could get us where she needed to be. We did a blood test and i sent it to California to a research lab. Two days after seeing this doctor, i got a call and they wanted me to call the munber one Lyme Specialist in the country, which is in connecticut, We flew there on December 20, 2009, to see this doctor. as soon as he saw her and how she was jerking, he sotd that she has Lyme disease (which we knew all along, but needed a diagnosis from a doctor who hes treated i), along with a jerking disorder that is caused by Lyme and a few other things. He recommended that we see a neurologist to treat the jerking disorder because that was in their field. On Christmas Eve, she hagan having breathing problems with the jerking episodes, and we had to breath in her mouth for her RBlood Sucking Ticks, cont. ‘She was put back in the hospital on January 4, 2010, and she remained there to be observed for five days We received the confirmed diagnosis of her lyme disease yesterday in the mail ~on paper! It's good to know that now they can't say we don't have it here. And, it just ails me that we have a health-care system thot doesn't believe we have Lyme disease in ‘our state. We live in McCurtain County and we have ticks. you can get it from other things as well, such as mosguitoes, cattle, and «afew other things They want to say they know wher they are doing, but they don't. They need to be more educated on the subject. Iwill, however, say thank you to the Choctaw Nation Health Services of Idabel for believing in our goal and for helping us get to where we are today! Till pay however much it costs, and do whatever it takes to get my denghter well. And, if that means going out of state for her treatment, then so be it. I've had enough of being juggled back and forth and being told there is no. Lyme disease in the state! My daughter is proof A * So, if there are people out there reading this, and ou have these smptoms or problems, don be frat to fight or he rth. Te ogres. S the more eee it has on person. I hasbeen a RK» Jong road of fighting, and i will continue to fight for her. bag be unes ait) 1 was recently in contact with a member of our website (ovww pioncerliving net), and she wanted and J Me agreed to share her story In August | came down with Rocky Mountain Spo helped. They misdiagnosed me and gave me pencillian, which won't touch the bacteri another Dr. He put me on Cipro, and the Doxocyline, I was on Antibiotics for over 50 somedays. My body finally started to react. Lam doing better now, but I think if | woulda't have had the antibiotics, I woulda’t be here. Nothing I knew was working, It's crazy all that illneys just from a little tick, It was a lonestar tick that bit me. wed Fever, and L was dying, Antibiotics were the only thing that It went {0 my brain, So, L went (0 see. Hore is my story about Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Thanks, blessings Margi Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is the most severe tick-borne rickettsial illness in the United States. This disease is caused by infection with the bacterial organism Rickettsia rickettsit In August of 2009, I had a terrible sharp pain shooting down the back of my calf: To my surprise, I looked down and there was a litle tick sticking out of my leg. I figured it must have been from the day before when I was picking tomatoes in the garden, 1 removed the tick with a pair of sharp edged tweezers, cleaned the bite with peroxide, took the tick and placed it in a BBlood Sucking Ticks, cont piece of tape, and stuck it 10 the computer. About two days later | ended up with a rash going down the back of my leg near the site of the tick Where the tick had been was raised and red, I took some garlic, colloidal silver, and put some ointment on the effected area. The rash began to spread down my leg, and eventually would cover a large area of my body. [took a clay bath aud it slacked off'so I just ignored it. A week or so later I had five days or so of intense migraines that I just could not get rid of. Finally, they cased, and I just kept on keeping on. In the morning when I woke up I would jog four miles, while everyone was still sleeping. I got up one moming to jog, and felt like I may have torn my rotator cuff, the pain was so great. That night I started running a high fever. I woke up in the middle of the night with the other arm hurting now. The next morning I thought this is crazy. now my legs hurt. I got dressed and came out to the kitchen and showed my husband my knoes, they were purple and looked like grapeffuits. That's when I remembered the tick bite, but forgo! I saved the tick! I was so tired, everything hurt, the fever was raging, up into the 100°s and I started to get terrible pains undemeath of my breasts. I was sick fo my stomach and had diarrhea. I was getting worse. Thad to drive over an hour to sce the Dr. that day, and it felt like days to get there, [finally got in to see her , and she told me I had Lyme’s Disease. Gave me a prescription for Doxocycline. I stopped at my Dad’s house which is near the hospital, and by that night I ended up in the ER. They took the standard CBC blood work up, and some other tests. There was a few things that showed up wrong, but they said that the Insurance would not keep me for Lyme’s Disease. cer than Tywas before. 1 Trent home took t nally called the Dr. and explained that the nedicine, for a few days and it made me medicine was making me so sick I couldn't take it. They prescribed Amoxicillin. The Amoxicillin seemed to help but I was in really bad shape. I took it for the required time, but when I stopped taking it hit me like a ton of bricks, The museles in my face and neck felt like someone was {visting them with a vice grip from the back of my head. I started twitching, and shaking, I could hardly hold a pen. I was having trouble with my kidney’s. The pain in my head had grown so bad that I coulda't’t stand it, Worst of all I could’t remember anything. Things like driving, typi and something, as simple as tuming ofa spigot, I sometimes could not figure out how to do. I could do nothing but lay in bed. The fover stil raged on and was getting worse, How could I have taken 21 days of medicine and be this sick? | prayed that God would show me what to do, my prayers seemed like they were not getting answered, because Iwas getting sicker. The kids were cooking, cleaning, and hanging laundry. I felt jotally helpless, because I was My Step Mother works for a Dr. . and she made me an appointment fo sce him. I went and he spent 1 with me asking me asking questions about my symptoms, going over blood work results, and most importantly examining the tick itself. He had come to the conclusion it could be a few different things, by the type of tick it was, and my symptoms, but needed my first blood work from the ER, That was the key to the diagnoses. Apparently, there are certain “clues” in the routine work up that the hospital does. That Monday they called and told me to make an appointment with my family Dr. ASAP. From the looks of the tests I had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. | did that, and! my Dr. went into a panic, To make a long story short, [took the medicine, and kept it down. A couple weeks later, I started to feel better, some of the syvelling went down, the headaches eased, and the muscle pain slowly went away [am grateful for the Dr. that took the time to listen, and took his time to research it, Out of all it, ! am most thankful for God allowing, the privilege to be alive and tell my story, so I can help others. Three major mistakes I made were. ignoring the rash, headaches. and forgetting to take the tick or Ve into the Dr. the first time. My misdiagnosis could have b in with me and shown the first Dr. nn prevented if [had taken that Lone Star tick ‘There are four “clues” in your blood work that can alert your Dr. or hospital that it maybe something other than 4Blood Sucking Ticks, cont Lyme’s disease. had all of these four things. They would be, a low white blood cell count, low platelet count, elevated liver enzymes, and a low sodium level. All these should alert a trained medical professional that something is wrong, The pains I was experiencing under my breasts was, my liver, [twas also the reason for the Dexoeyeline making me so sick. The Amoxicillin only held back the bacteria, but il was stll spreading, When I came off the medicine the Bacteria had a field day. It had gone into every cell, including my brain. It had effected almost every system in that will kill the bacteria my body. There are only a very few antibiot The Doctor says that my immune system has changed and will never be the same again. I guess it has left it’s mark on my immune system forever Now, Fast forward to February 2010. Although, I feel about 75% beticr than I did in Sept. 2009, Tam not 100%, I still have muscle ivilches oc: sionally, and still am not jogging. I am still battling with swelling in my knees, and my kidneys have issues. Where the rash had pecled is now scarred an wrinkled. Some paris of my body look as if | have been burned. Today, 1 am working on restoring my immune system, Although I don’t feel as healthy as I was before ihe Rocky Mountain Spotied Fever and I working to change that. [am taking garlic, Vitamin C powder, some digestive enzymes. and a liver and kidney support. The pain in 'y joints, started to decrease when | increased my intake of Raw milk. and fermented Dairy products. So, | take a great amount of care making, these things. For my skin, lam using Miracle 2 eream. It seems to be helping, but I don’t know if I will ever get that straightened out Tam most thankful for God allowing the privilege to be alive and tell my story, so Tan help others Margie Don't take it for granted that doctors know everything, Being persistant is key. 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It is the es fection and its treatment. for preventing and healing the guide to Lyme 15Use and Re-Use We are real big on reusing items around our farmstead. Plastic milk jugs, water jugs we save them all, If you cut the milk jug in half, leaving the handle on the top half you have a mini greenhouse and a protector of your seedlings from critters. ‘The top half can also be used as a funnel The bottom half of the jug can be used as tray’ to start your seedlingsas well as food and water containers for your small farm animals, (chickens, rabbits, dogs and cats) By punching holes in the lid and the very top portion of the jug you ean use them as a watering can You ean also use them to store emergency water. Reuse them to keep your ice tea or your favorite beverage in the fridge Tam sure there are many other uses for them, these are just a few of how we reuse them We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities Ralph Waldo Emerson 16The Lost Art of Root Cellars Before refrigerators, farmers used root cellars to store potatoes, onions and cabbage in a cool place. Dug into the ground and walled with rocks from the surrounding lifis. This root cellar piteured to the left, probably provided a cool place to escape from the midday summer heat as well, Inthe early autumn morning light, the cellar stands as testament how tough the pioncer life must have been, Before the day’ of refrigeration, root cellars and ice boxes were about the only way to keep certain crops fresh after harvest. Root s were usually separate from the house and dug into the ground to take advantage of the cool, stable te ttre beneath the surface Depending on how often the produce needs to be accessed, there are differing strategies for creating the space. The simplest concept is to just bury a garbage cam in the ground, with the lid protruding above, then diggin thrown on top and then plastic sheeting placed ‘over it all with rocks to hold it down. Damp butlap or sa With the produce to maintain the proper humidity, Obviously it takes some work to get at the produce, but this method will store some items, especially over the winter. ‘wench around the can so thst straw can be nd can be enclosed A more elaborate and convenient root cellar will have a door for ‘entry, sometimes placed flat on the ground or at an angle, but probably the best arrangement is with a vertical, insulated door. Ifthe root cellar itself is completely underground (which it really needs to be to take advantage of the cool earth), then there would be steps that descend to the door, or a covered entrance with steps after the door. Another possibility is digging into hillside, Depending on the stability of the sol, the sides of the excavation might either be left unfinished or lined with materials to create a retaining wall. The roof needs to be supported by some fairly massive timbers to support up to two feet of dirt placed on top. Care should be taken to avoid contact between the dirt and any wood used. Sheets of heavy polyethylene can be used fo good advantage to protect the wood, Usually if the floor is left as natural carth, or just has a layer of gravel on it, the humidity will remain high enough to store most produce. It is always a good idea to provide some ventilation, with a high outlet vent and a low inlet vent, These could be closed. luring really cold spells to assure that nothing freezes, but having some air movement keeps the space fresh and allows off-gassing of the produce to occur without harm. Apples will give off ethylene gas which can cause potatoes to sprout prematurely and make carrots 20 bitter, so store the apples near the outlet vent Unless you have an abundance of the produce mentioned above, a root cellar may not be so useful for you, On the other ‘would be useful for almost anybody. You could build one as hand. a cool pa lots of staples on hand, which diminishes the need to make that trip out to stock up survive for extended periods of time without leaving your home. extension of your house. This would allow you to keep food. and i's at feeling to know that you could It would be most useful if you situated your pantry next (0 your kitehen. Most food items 7The Lost Art of Root Cellars, Cont will last much longer if kept cool and dry. You can store grains, beans, nuts, dried produce, dry mith, canned goods, pet food, wine, ete. much of it in 5-gallon containers. You don’t necessarily have to have a separate root cellar, you can store fruit, potatoes, garlic and ‘onions, yams and squash in there. These items defintely last much longer than they would at room temperature in your hitchen ‘There are several different approaches for building a pantry. One approach is to dig about five feet into the ground on the north side of your house. Dig it in a semi-circular in shape, with sloping walls made of polypropylene bags filled with sand al the lower level and crushed voleanic rock above that, The conical roof is partially supported with a pole framework because the pitch is too shallow for the bags to be self-supporting. The whole thing is just covered with several layers of plastic sheeting and then covered entirely with dir. ‘There isan inlet air vent on one side and an outlet vent at the very top. The floor is adobe poured over plastic shesting, so the almosphere is fairly dry, ‘The temperature ranges from a low of about 36 degrees F. (in the dead of winter) to a high of about 65 degrees F. in the heat of the summer. If it were dug deeper into the ground this spread would be less. Another interesting approach to building, a pantry is to bury a section of a large culvert pipe, One person took an eight feet diameter by fifty feet long culvert, welded the ends closed, and created a hatch for entry. The air vents and entry were camouflaged, so they had a seoret hideaway/storage unit. This same concept could provide a completely buried pantry that is accessible from inside a house. Many house designs would not casily accommodate a buried pantry. Another strategy for keeping a room coo! isto locate it on the north side ofthe house, and have substantial air vents that are opened only at night during the warmer seasons. This requires a litle more attention to maintain a cool temperature, but makes it possible to retrofit an exist 1g house with a nice cool pantry. The room should be ‘well insulated to keep it from warming up too much during the day Temperature is going to be your most important (eres for your cellar. Your root cellar needs to be kept as cool as possible. there are several things you can do to promote this. First, borrow cold from the ground, Just digging two feet down, gives a remarkable ‘year wide temperature stability. The further down you go the better itis. You must go down a full 10 feet before complete temperature stability is reached. How deep you go should be based on what you plan to store and for how long, You can also borrow cool from the air. Ofien the night's air temperature will be cooler than the air in your cellar. And finally, you should do what you can to provent heat from having access to your cellar. This includes: Having your root cellar in the shade throughout the day. building on the north side of hills and wise use of insulation Your sevond most important consideration is humidity. Even i kept cool, in a low humidity environment, your vegetables will soften and shrivel up. Most vegetables require high humidity. A typical underground root cellar will generally maintain a high humidity all by itself if it has an earth or dirt oor. You are also going to need air circulation. The best root cellars have vents, (although most of the old cellars did not have them). This is because the vegetables in your cellar give off For example, apples naturally give off ethylene gas which makes potatoes sprout prematurely. Good venting fundamentals include having an infet vent and an outlet 380s that often are conducive to either spoilage or sprouting. vent, The outlet must always be at the highest level in the cellar with the outlet tube flush with the inner wall, The inlet should come into the cellar atthe bottom, This is easily done if your cellar is built into a hill, but nearly as easy if it is buried in Mat Here is «root cellar (for storing vegetables ‘over winter) that ingeniously uses a old school usThe Lost Art of Root Cellars, Cont. ground. With your inlet vent opening on top of the ground near your outlet vent, your inlet vent pipe must go all the way to the Mloor before opening into your cellar Keep the shelves a couple of inches away from the walls of the cellar. This will greatly promote circulation around the vegetables stored on these shelves. To prevent your potatoes from sprouting prematurely, keep your apples above them so the circulati moves away’ from your potatoes. Have a system in place to close your vents in fr -zing weather. Something as simple as a big sponge can work for this. Ifyou have very cold winters, you may wish to block off both ends of cach vent pipe How big of a cellar should you build? Again, this is a personal preference as (0 how much you want to store and for how long. A 5 foot by 8 foot root cellar will store approximately 30 bushels of produce. An 8 foot by 8 foot cellar should hold plenty for the average Family. A 10 foot by 10 foot cellar should take care of everything you can produce. Ifyou are using wood for shelving make sure to use rot resistant or pressure treated wood. And, as already mentioned shelves should be kept atleast a couple of inches away from the walls for increased yentilation).Liberal use of shelves will enhance the storage capacity of your cellar considerably What kind of root cellar is right for you? You could build your root cellar into a hill so you don’t have to find a door lying on the ground when it is under 3 feet of snow. ‘There is also less chance of flooding during very wet conditions. Your cellar can be graded so any water that should run or seep in will run out the door. It could be much more difficult to excavate, but does have ils advantages as previously mentioned. You could build your root cellar on flat ground, as not everyone has a steep hill in their back yard, It can be easier to excavate and casier and cheaper to build (you don’t have to brace your cellar for all that extra weight from the hill), But that added diet will keep your cellar cooler! ‘You can also build your cellar as part of your house. Many older houses have a section of the basement that has an earthen floor. It’s primary reason was probably for vegetable storage. You can also build and insulate a room in this area. You can dig a cellar next to the house with an entry way fo your cellar through the basement, or put your cellar in a existing underground structure such as a pump house. ‘There are several construction methods you ean use, A dugout isthe cheapest way to go in stable soil, Ifyou are going to construct it out of wood, be sure to use pressure treated wood. It can be built out of cement as well, As far as the floor of your root cellar, dirt is the simplest way to go and excellent for humidity control, In a very damp or very dry area you will want to put down three inches of gravel. If your cellar is unusually wet, you may want to even dig a sump in the middle of your cellar floor and fill this with gravel, along with the three inches on the floor. In very dry soil conditions you can sprinkle water on the gravel which will lar. IF greally increase the evaporation surface area. If using wood for your flooring be sure to put gaps in your boards for a higher humidity es vou want a storage area that is lower in humidity, cement is a good way to go. ‘You may wish to build two rooms in your cellar. One with a cement floor for lower humidity storage items, and another room with no floor for higher humidity storage items. Ifyou did this, the wall between the roms should be as air tight as you can make it, 'you have a ventin system, you should have a separate set of vents for each room. And lastly, the high humidity storage area should be the far room in the 19The Lost Art of Root Cellars, Cont. Make sure you keep a thermometer and humidity gauge in your em) cellar, Keep the door(s) closed to your cellar as much as possible if tis warn ‘ouside, During the spring and fall ofthe year, open your vents (and even pethaps the door) at night when the temperature is dropping below the temperature of the air in your cellar. Close them early in the moming before the outside air warms up, (Be careful not to do this if the temperature is expected to drop below freezi Ifthe humidity in your cellar is to0 low you can raise it by leaving at least the floor of your cellar exposed to the earth (a dict floor or air gaps in your {Toor down to the earth), sprinkle water on a graveled floor or lay out damp towels or burlap bags Pack root vegetables in damp saw dust, sand or moss. One caution about high humidity: If you get much of a temperature fluctuation in your cellar. humid air as it cools past it’s dew point will condense on the ceiling, walls, and produce, Excess water on your goods can induce spoilage. Cover vegetables with burlap, towels, ofc. o absorb excess condensing moisture. Also, if your air is condensing inside, open your vents ifthe air outside is cooler than itis inside, Even iF itis very humid air, as it warms in the root cellar it’s relative humidity will drop. OF course, the opposite can happen. Ifyou let warm damp air in, moisture will condense out as it cools. bulb inside the cellar during extremely cold weather. if your cellar is threatening to freeze. Ifyou do this, you need to cover Your potatoes so they won’L turn green, (Do not u .crosene lantern. Kerosene lanterns produce ethy len which is fruit ripener.) Also remember that snow is an excellent insulator. Don’t tramp down or remove the snow on top of your root cellar any more than you have to in onder to gs entry Keep a close eye on your produce and ri nove any that has begun to spoil, It is true that one bad apple will spoil the bushelOpal Blanche Bray, 93 Holds the Key to Living sy ssiasieson McCurtain Sunday Gavete-News Opal Blanche Bray. half Mississippi choctaw, has lived much, seen much and accomplished much in her in her 93 years, Born during, World War I, she cam into a cold, wintry world Jan 28, 1917, in an Bagletown area farmhouse near mountain Fork River. She was the fourth child bom to Osbome L. and Minnie Moore Losoted near the Mountain Fork River Eagltown ston Blanche, Yet, she was sixth in a family of 10, she had two older half Ne aa Arkansas-Oktahoma Bory. The comma was sistors, Emma and Louise Gardener, and seven full siblings: Herman, peaked ct ir hoe hace hk cee Osbome L. Jr, Alton, Luke, Paul, Dalton and Laveme. (All brothers centr onlin the period of Choctaw national svercigny would, in time, serve in World War Il, with Laverne being a wartime {rom the 8305 1906, jst prior to Okla stchood White seers hcl occupied the fertitelnc ong te Mowntan Fork River the early 1800s when the are was art of Siler Conny, Arkansas Tertoy. When the Choctne rrived from ssssippi over thir Tra of Ter the early Jefferson Gardener, Her second husband, Opal's father, was an Indian Agent 1530s, he fou cleared fells cand cabins fom which the Her mother was first married to Seott Gardner, son of chief and language translator. (One of Opal’s regrets is that she did not fully leam late eters had been ave to make wf ae emigrants to speak the Choctaw language.) Her French great-grandfather was a Presbyterian missionary to the Choctaw Indians. he married a full-blood Choctaw, and their childrea, in tum, married Choctaws. One of her € est childhood memories is of the toll ferryboat which the family operated on Mountain Fork River until the first bridge was built about 1923, it was located an approximate one-half-mile south of the current bridge. which was build in 1947 or 48 Being a ferryman was confining work. People might want to cross any hour of the day, or sometimes the night. The Blanches needed extra help, and Joe and Rachel Burris lent a hand in running the ferry. her mother Minnie operated the forerunner of today's snow-cone stand by selling flavored shaved-ice to travelers, Of years on the Farm, Opal said, "We all worked. as soon as we were old enough, come summer vacation we were given ahoe. We chopped cotton and hoed peanuts, com, or whatever else we raised in the fields and gardens." Resourceful farm people canned sufficient fruit and vegetables to feed the family through the winter. Wood was abundant: water, brought from the nearby spring. was free and kerosene for lamps was cheap. Thus, during The Great Depression and aftermath of the stock market crash of"29, they lived well enough, in contrast to the hundreds of thousands in the cities who could find no work and existed only because of bread lines and soup kitchens, Education-wise, Opal attended Wheelock Presbyterian Indian Academy for girls and the co-educational Presbyterian Goodland School, then retumed home to cagletown to finish her last two years at Broken Bow High, graduating in 1935 She again worked in the family farm fields that summer before taking the big step of mov ing to Oklahoma city to attend business In the city, romance budded and bloomed, for she met her husband-to-be, Robert L, Bray, and married in 1936, At that 2Key to Living, cont. time, before the days of self-service gas stations, he worked in his father’ filling, station, Hitler's desire to conquer the world brought carly changes to the nation, ‘what with munitions plants and such tuming out weaponry for England. But the dramatic change came on the hecls of the December 7, 1941, Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. The country that had been one of our allies during World War | in the all-out effort to stop the German kaiser from conquering the world was now our deadly enemy. Overnight we were a nation united, a people al war, whether in active battle, defense plants or on farms, especially in the mid-west, which became the "bread-basket of America”. The Blanches answered the call as defense workers, With their young son Jetry, they moved to San Diego, Ca,, to work for Consolidated Volce Airerafi, As a riveter, Opal helped build B24's while her brother Luke piloted a B17 bomber. Patriotism ran strong in her family’ just as it did with other Choctaws, both then and in World War I, (Many may remember the famous ‘orld War | Choctaw code Talkers so vital in saving lives in the trenches. The Germans could not decipher messages for they could never break the code!) Opal became a famous "Rosie the Riveter." she climbed the metal structures and straddled beams, literally being one of the Rosies who riveted the intemal workings of planes together. Across the nation, they became a symbol for women defense workers everwhere when Redd Evans and john Jacob Locb wrote the song, "Rosic the Riveter.” The nation and fighting men around the world loved it, Keeping up morale was vital, Asa morale builder or a taste of home, "Rosie the Riveter" was one of the best. A couple of the lines are, "All the day long, whether rain or shine, Rosie's part of the assembly line." (An official American Rosie, the Riveter Association (AARA) still exists, its central headquarters being in Richmond, Ca., where riveters were in demand in four huge west coast wartime shipyards. Opal belongs. and her daughter belongs as a "Rosebud.") however, forced-matemity-leave ended her Rosie carcer five months alter she became pregnant with Fred. Climbing in precarious places was too dangerous, Back to Eagletown and the Mountain Fork Farm Upon the Bray's return, they immediately bought four sows and a boar. That meant "quick money" since the gestation period for a sow is much shorter than for a cow, and she regularly produces a litter of seven to ten or twelve pigs. At the time there was a frecrange law, and the hogs roamed free. Robert and Opal had already bought an additional 80 acres and planned to acquire more property. clear land for pasture and build a cattle herd, whi they eventually did, But, oh, the immediate shock of coming back to a farm that had no electricity, no running water, nor even a well! ‘They still had to carry water. The word CARRY became a dreaded one. Opal said, “I had left behind the modem conveniences of city living. Here I was, with a baby in diapers and no such thing as 2Key to Living, cont disposable diapers, Wash day and the rub-board were a nightmare that came too often, "TU cay water (o Fill the big, black cast-iron wash-pot and catty wood for the fire to heat it, ‘Then while the water heated, Vd carry still more water." Clothes had to be pre-scrubbed, ‘Then everything except "Sunday dresses" were boiled. A "punching stick" was used to swish the clothes through the soap-laced boiling water and, finally. to lift them from the pot into the first rinse-water tub. ‘The second rinse contained "bluing." (No self -respecting housewife would have dreamed of hanging yellowed or dingy white clothes on the line!) ‘The Family did have a gas-operated Electrolux refrigerator, shich saved immersing milk and butter in the spring to keep it cool However, the electric Maytag ringer-type washing machine which she had already purchased stood idle, waiting for rural electricity to arrive. The day the power was tumed on, probably in '46 or ‘47, was a redsletter day in the Bray houschold. Later Years For 20 years Opal worked at Broken Bow's fine Charles Wesley Restanrant of yesteryear, first as a pastry cook, then as hitchen manager. At home she still bakes bread and pastries. In the early sixties Opal's huusband became unable to work. She took over feeding the livestock, but hired the hay baled on the halves However, in December 1977, others relieved her, and she flew into London's Heathrow Airport to spend Christmas week with her second son Fred and his wife Doris. At that time, Fred worked overseas for Proctor and Gamble, They gave her the grand mini-tour, starting with Brussels, Belgium, and extending into Germany, France and Holland and Luxembourg. She visited a number of historical sites, castles and cathedrals, one being of such magnitude that it was under construction by ‘generations of the same family for 800 years. She also stood in the cobble-stone square, across which, Charlegagne drove his chariot some 1,200 years ago when he set out to conquer the world, Yet, her most poignant moment came when she stood in the American Cemetery amid the graves of so many brave men who fought and died in the horrendous, but finally victorious, Batile of the Bulge. She could not help thinking that perhaps some soldier resting there fought beside her eldest brother Herman to tum Hitler’s last sland into Failure. Her voice changed, became sofier, as she said, "19,000 Americans died during that more than five-week battle. It was the greatest single loss of World War II, Perhaps she thought of her own lost loved ones, forall siblings except Laveme and Dalton are gone. Also, she lost her husband Robert in 1983, yet continued to run the place alone until her eldest son Jerry and family moved back in 1985. He bought even more cattle, and togs they ran the place until he became terminally ill Fred and Doris had retumed to Eagletown in 2000, Thus, when the family’ lost Jerry in April of 2009, Opal was not alone. Together, they run cattle and graw gardens on both sides of the Mountain Fork. She still hoes, weeds, freezes and cans. They give the surplus to friends and nei bors, just as she gives away her beautiful handwork Opal plays a mean game of scrabble, frequents the Broken Bow Nutrition Center and regularly attends the First Presbyterian Church of Broken Bow, being the oldest person there What a testimony to life itself and the living of it her life has been and still is! 2BProduct Review Our latest product review is “The Ultimate Ready Evae Kit for 1 Person” brought to you by “The Ready Store (vywathereadystore.com)” We will have to say that we were impressed with the contents of this “grab and 20” kit, We think it would be a perfect kit that you might want to keep in your vehicle, It has everything for one person to survive for 7 days. We tested one of the MRE meals, so simple to make and it even tasted good! 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The tower edge of Abel Johnson’s (b. 1844) property right alongside of the dirt wagon road that led northward into town. Then in the lato-1800s the new fad of bieycle riding became popular and that dirt road apparently became a favorite cruising route, and the giant uee presumably served as a “milestone” of sorts located at the junction of the Woodinville cutoff and the Catheart and the Larimer’s Comers-Lowell Roads ~- just yards east of today’s intersection of State Highway 9 and Marsh Road on Airport Way It was the Snohomish Bicycle Club's president -- Civil War veteran, David Lewis Paramore (b. 1840) ~ who is given the credit for leading the cffort to make that ancient tree an unmistaka sad, And it was Johnson who kindly deeded the le “destination” along, a new cinder-lined bike path built next to the lub atch of real estate to the Paramore’s Civil War Pension record (#1091044) notes thatthe former Union Army soldier moved to Snohomish in 1890 and that he worked there asa druggist until retiring in 1912, But it was soon after his arrival in town that a local logger named Milligan was hired to cut a (5-feet wide by 12-feet high) pathway through the massive trunk -- all for the princely sum of $15 The simple fact that a person could now walk, bike, motoreycle, or even ride a horse or wagon straight through the arch of this hollowed-out, grand old cedar was a big hit with locals. A local newspaper even made mention that the site had become a favorit (Everett Daily Herald, 1913) for strolling It scemed that everybody wanted to have their picture taken at the site and many a photographer obliged them, including notables ran the famous Darius Kinsey (1869-1945) to partners, Ira Webster (d. 1942) and Nelson Stevens (d. 1930). As a result there are numerous vintage photographs, and almost two dozen different postcard image variations ofthe tree and its Fans currently known fo exist. Fans of the tree must have been deeply concerned when during an “electrical disturbance" - i¢.,a summer storm -- descended on the area on the evening of August 22, 1913, and a lightning bolt “shattered the top of the giant cedar, dividing the trunk at the top of the archway Though wounded, the Bieycle Troe survived and for another dec o-and visitors on excursions, who now often drove to it by ear. In fact, one contemporary newspaper noted that with “the advent of the eveling became less popular, and in time the Bicycle Club went out of existence” and that the “Title to the property then reverted to Mr. Johnson” half. It remained a boloved magnet for locals ~~ and a draw for curious ulomobile (Everett Morning Tribune), Had the generous Mr, Johnson not passed away in 1924 (and Mr. Paramore likewise, back in 1921), they surely would have been saddened on the afternoon of Friday, December 2, 1927, when, at shortly before 3:00 p.m., ing floodwaters from the Snohomish River -- already drowning surrounding farms and the road —now undermined the tree and with a considerable gust of wind helping out, the old giant finally toppled, broaking up the paved road in its epic falThe Famous Bicycle Tree, Cont. That same day’s issue of the Everett Herald ran a front page story with a blaring all-caps hoadline noting that people who ventured out to have a look at the fallen icon took note of its “unusually short roots” systom. On Saturday, December 3, 1927, highway crews arrived and within hours what the Herald praised as a “scenic asset” to nohomish and the Everett Morning Tribune described as “a landmark which gave the community’ a great deal of advertising,” was transformed into little more than several cords of firewood and a few piles of soggy sawdust. Although the famous Snohomish Bicycle Tree had escaped the saws of Northwest loggers all those many years, a combination of lightning, wind storms, and finally a flood brought about the monarch’ end, As carly as the day afler its demise the Tribune was reporting that “there is now some talk of culting an arch through the base of one of the other living trees which is even larger than the Bicycle Tree .. . Thus far the movement has been but talk.” All that chatter did, however, lead to action and a second tunnel troe was hollowed-out as a replacement, Ah, but that’s a “hole” ‘nother story for whole ‘nother day By Peter Blecha, March 30, 2008 HistoryLink ong —_—— Krom the editor's of Pioneer Laving Magazine TM, Generations of Family Recipes "The Art of Cooking From Scratch Should Not Be Lost or Forgotten” SSS Over a hundred Family Seeret Recipes! A Ie in May 2010 Every Donation of $3.00 received between March 12th and May 1, 2010, Receives the Cookbook first. After May Is Only S5.00 downloaded in PDF format for your immediate use!How To Never Run Out Of Food By T. Wil A solution of how to never run out af food? Good question You could have a freezer filled with food, You could have a pantry filled with food, You could even have a garage filled to the With food, But, what happens when that food runs out? is. Yo is your answer. Not just sceds to produce fresh fruits and vegetables in your garden, you need seeds for srouting, Seeds for sprouting are a great solution for longtime food sto when you don't have a lot of room to store food. Medicinal and nutritional sprouts have a long history. It has been written that the Ancient Chinese physicians recognized and prescribed sprouts for curing many disorders over 5,000 years ago. Sprouts have continued to be a main staple in the diets of Americans of Oriental sscont. Although accounts of sprouting appear in the Bible in the Book of Daniel, it took centuries for the West to fully realize its nutrition merits In the 1700! voyages, From 17 sailors were riddled by scurvy (lack of Vitamin C) and suffered heavy casualti 2-175, Captain James Cook had his sailors cat limes, lemons and varieties of sprouts; all abundant holders of Vitamin C ies during their two to three year These plus other fresh fruits and vegetables and a continuous program of growing and eating sprouts were credited with the breakthrou thus soly the mariners’ greatest casualty problem. Seeds themselves a a very nutritious form of food because they contain proteins, carbohydrates. vitamins, minerals, and oils that a beginni plant needs to grow. Many of these constituents are increased greatly when the seeds are sprouted. Sprouts are real ‘Life Vitam Minerals, Proteins, and Enzymes, As an example, a sprouted Mung Bean has a carbohy drate conten ‘of ameton, vitamin A of a lemon, thiamin of an avocado, riboflavin of a dry apple, niacin of a banana, and ascorbic a id of a loganberry Sprouts are the most reliable year-round source of vitamin C. carotenoid A, and many B vitamins (such as folacin), all of which are usually in short supply in our diet, Sprouting sceds. grains. and legumes greatly increases their content of those vitamins. For example, the vitamin A content (per caloric) of sprouted Mung beans is two-and-a-half times higher than the dry bean, and some beans have more than ccight times more vitamin A after being sprouted.How To Never Run Out of Food cont. WHAT CAN YOU SPROUT? ALFALFA, This has only recently been discovered to be excellent for sprouting, Alfalfa comes from North Africa where itis used as a crop for animals and grcen manure, Some believe alfalfa sprouts to be the most nutritious food in the world. They are high in protein, chlorophyll, calcium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin K. When the root is 14 inches long, it will begin to develop tiny grven leaves. At this stage it noeds to be eaten immediately so the plant will not switch to photosynthesis that exhausts the stored food in the sced. Raw alfalfa is delicious in salads or sandwiches. BARLEY Barley converts the largest amount of starch to sugar which is why it is widely used in producing beer. It has therefore been studied more thoroughly than any other sced. Again as with many grains, the roots should be no longer than the sced size itsel CHICKPEAS Commonly known as garbanzo beans. Primarily a pulse crop grown in India. The sprout is tender and delicious and is ready to e when the root is between 1 1/2 and 2 inches long. Cooking requires only: 5 minutes. CORN Finding com for sprouting is a eal trick bes be allowed to grow for only 1 inch in length, Cooking time is approximately 8 minutes. use the germ is rarely intact because of how the kemels arc removed from the cob, The root should FENUGREEK This legume is still used in medicine, food and teas. tis a spiey seed tha is excellent for making curry. Use when the sprout has grown to 11/2 inches long, Fenugreek is often sold where the seeds are broken for making fenugreck tea. Make sure you buy whole fenugreek seed LENTILS When lentils are sprouted, they bocome sweeter with a delicate flavor. They need only $ minutes of cooking compared to 30) minutes for dried lentils. You can eat them raw. Lentil sprouts are ready to be eaten when the root is | inch long, MUNG BEANS These are the easiest to sprout for beginners. Mung bean sprouts are common in Cl and grocery stores, They have a delightful fresh raw flavor, When the bright white root grows from nese restaurants (0 2 inches long, they are ready to eat, Cook no more than 3 minutes, PEAS Sprout g peas increase their sugar content, giving pea sprouts a sweet vegetable flavor. Wrinkled or smooth varieties work equally well. When root is 2 inches long. they are ready to eat raw. or need only 5 minutes for cookingHow To Never Run Out Of Food cont SOYA BEANS, “These are the most nutritious oF all sprouts and are commonly used in China, The small soy bean that is yellow in color is excellent for sprouting. Soya beans are considered fairly difficult for the inexperienced sportiest because they are prone to fermentation, especially during the warm weather. To overcome this problem, rinse sprouts often and remove discolored and unsprouted sceds. They are ready to, «eat when the root is 2 inches long. Soya bean sprouts require approximately 10 minutes for cooking, These sprouts are higher in protein than any other bean, SPROUTED BREAD This delicious eake-like bread has been enjoyed for thousands of years, Sprouting grains and baking, at low temperatures allows the wheat to be less muc forming and more digestible. This is a better quality bread because itis closer to living food, Sprouted bread can be bought at your local health food store VARIOUS LEGUMES Other legumes that can be sprouted successfully are lima, marrow. pinto, kidney, harlot, navy, adzuki and broad beans. You can also sprout black-eyed, cow gram, pigeon and red gram peas. Some of these may be difficult to find but are fast becoming more available. WHEAT A light delicious flavor resembling fresh, picked com. The sprouts should not be longer than inch or less. Grain sprouts grow faster than legumes and refrigerating them does not seem to slow them down, Do not confuse wheat grass and wheat sprouts. As wheat sprouts, become wheat grass, they take on completely different nutritional properties, Wheat sprouts cook within 8 minutes or less, Wheat ean be bought in health food stores or you can purchase at your local feed and sced store. Ask them if they have or ean order 50 Ibs. of hard red ‘winter wheat, untreated, 1 just recently checked with our local feed store and a 50 pound bag is only $12.00. aN i Four ounces of wheat, sprouted for 48 hours, cooked overnight in your thermos and pput in your blender. This makes a large bow! of breakfast cereal which tastes ‘wonderful and will give you more energy than you can imagine, There are several steps to processing this food but it takes only a few minutes, ‘You probably already have most of what you need but you should equip yourself with what you lack, First, get your sack of wheat, You will also need a narrow-mouthed thermos bottle, Don't be tempted to get the wide-mouthed thermos. It holds less and the eap has a wider surface, which keeps it from holding the heat of the near boiling water you need for actual cooking. If you do not already have one, you should be able to pick one up for around $20.00. Next you need two quart jars, Mayonnaise jars or similar will do, To cover them get some nylon window sereen from the hardware store and cut two six inch by six inch squares, Put four ounces of wheat in cach jar. Put the screens over the jars and hold them in place with large rubber bands, Fill one jar one-third with water and set it ncar the sink overnight, Next morning pour out the soak water and dink it, I is vitamin-tich and a good moming tonic, After the first draining, flood the wheat about every four hours before bedtime and drain it The idea is to keep the wheat moist At the Last flooding the first day. just before bedtime, flood the second jar and let it set overnight like the first, Next day. drink the water and treat the second as the first. flooding both every four hours or so 29How To Never Run Out of Food, cont On the second ever the first jar of wheat will show sprouts protruding from the ends of the grains. Now itis ready. It is part grain and par fresh vegetable. Its protein and vitamin content is higher and itis altogether a more complete food, rich and amazingly nutritious, Empty the sprouted grains into a wo cup measure and put four more ounces of wheat in the jar, flood and set aside overnight as before. Now you havea routine taking up no real time and producing a fantastic amount of food for little cost With the sprouted grain in the two cup measure fill it with water to the wo cup mark, Then pour it into a saucepan on the stove and add two riore cups of water and a few shakes of salt to keep it from tasting flat. Heat it to a boil, which takes about five minutes. ‘You will need a funnel to pour the water and the grain into the thermos. Take a clean gallon plastic bottle; milk, bleach, vegelable oil, ete and cut it in half. Use the top half for the Funnel Fill your thermos with hot waier to prcheat it and then pour out just before filling with the grain. While the eran is still boiling, empty the pan into the funnel and so into the thermos. You will have to use a spoon to push part of the grain from the funnel into the thermos. as well a: some of the grain from the pan. At any rate, do it quickly so you can cap the thermos to contain the heat. Cap then shake the thermos and lay it on its side so its contents don't bunch up, and leave it ovemight, Next morning, pour the contents into a blender and pour out part of the liquid into a cup, Drink the liquid as it is rich in vitamins, With just of oatmeal, You can add cinnamon or any other Navoring if you like but you will find it has a delicious taste of its own. nough liguid to cover the grain, tum on the blender at low. Then increase the speed until the grain is all ground to the consistency ‘You do not need much sweetener as the sprouting creates quite a bit of wheat sugar. You can add cream if you like, but I like mine plain. You will be surprised at the energy you feel even a few minutes after eating. Not only will it enable you to be more energetic and alert until Iunch time but it will also be an excellent weight adjuster. People have been cating roughly ground whole wheat for thousands of years. Up until about eighty years ago only the very tich ever ate white bread. Sluggish intestines were a rarity except among the wealthy. Consequently, only the rich got colon cancer. Colon cancer is caused by the buildup of carcinogens on intestinal linings. The rough bran from whole wheat and coarsely ground corn kept the intestines of ‘common folk free from any such buildup. The same goes for oatmeal, which has recently been touted as the perfect bran food Itis a staple in Scotland and is high in prot. Great way to increase your energy level, You will even get cleaned out and regular and will realize that you will never really need a laxative, even Metamucel, from then on if you eat only one serving each day. You will lower you risk of colon cancer. And you will never fear starvation as long as you have sense enough to buy whole grains in bulk. 30SIMPLE BASIC TECHNIQUE FOR SPROUTING Most people do not attempt to grow sprouts because they think itis too complicated, The key is to keep them moist and rinse them a few times per day, and then simply stand back and watch. You are going to need a big jar with a perforated lid. You can use an elastic band with cheesecloth to replace the metal lid. A cheesecloth cover rinses easily. Remove any’ broken or damaged seeds before you begin to sprout. These seeds can rot and cause sprouts to have an unpleasant smell, Damaged sceds are much easier to remove at this stage than trying to mancuver through the delicate roots that are forming ‘during the sprouting process. Keep in mind that sprouting increases the seed volume 6 to 8 times. Four tablespoons will be sufficient for a quaut-sized container. Rinse sceds well and place inside the jar. Twice a day rinse the seeds delicatcly so as not to break the little shoots. Broken shoots will beg {o rot or go moldy, causing an unpleasant smell. You may find a pungent smell to your sprouts. This is caused by byproducts being produced by the growing sprouts. Sprouts should be moist, but keeping them immersed in water will cause them to rot, Rinsing twice a day ensures that they will not dry out and dic. As sprouts begin to develop. lightly shake to remove excess water. Sprouts do not have to grow in darkness as they would in soil. Some introduce sunlight during the latter period of sprouting. allowing the sprouts to produce chlorophyll and vitamin C. This will compromise vitamin B2, a fair trade for chlorophy IL. When sprouts have grown to size, they can be kept in a refrigerator, but will continue to grow Never Run Out Of Food. "By Failing To Prepare, ‘You are Preparing To . 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Ina large bowl, mix | cup buttermilk with | cup mashed potatoes, 1/4 cup melted butter, | large egg, Itablespoon sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt. Stir well and add the yeast mixture and | cup all-purpose flour. Work in another 3 cups flour, 1 cup at a time, until the dough is stiff enough to knead. Knead for 4 10 5 minutes on a lightly floured surface until the dough is smooth and clastic. Turn the dough into a lightly oiled bowl, cover, and let rise for an hour, until the dough doubles in size Grease 24 muffin tins, Punch the dough down gently and push out all the air bubbles with your palm. Pinch off small pieces of dough to form I-inch balls, Put 3 dough balls in each muffin cup until all the dough is used, cover, and let rise for 30 to 40 minutes. Bake in a preheated 350 degree F oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until browned. Brush the rolls with melted butter as soon as you remove them from the oven. Serve warmThe Cheese Lover dy Kashryn Mop rp: sefastaine diving Megspotcom ove cheese. 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Using your digital thermometer and ao to medium heat, slowly svar your mil up 86 degrees. Add your evltre (oasuremonts iter fom cultre to etre) and sti gently bat ‘horouehly, top strsing aswell s fll strsing 1 make sure the ‘ream i well mised wit the cult. Cover the pot and allow it to sit at 86 degrees fr 1 hou [Now stirsour cultred milk well, making sure your mill ‘stil No degrees. Add yor dilated rennet (per nstictions for remet type) making sure to mix wel for even dstbation, Cover the pot and allow te rennet ose oe 30 minutes or ui eunds ive clean break ‘Cute card int 38" sbes and stir gent let the curd si for 3 minstes Heat the cunts by 2 deutees every S minutes unite temperature reaches 102 degrees. Stir gently to keep the curds fram mating. Maintain the curds at 102 degrees for minutes while sing gen Daan ofthe she tothe level ofthe curds. While string the cud ad cold water 4 them ntl the temperature reaches 80 deprees At 80 depres, allow the curds to sit for 15 minutes. Sti every fxs minutes to prevent BThe Cheese Lover, cont. matting, Pour the curds gently into a colander and allow the curd to drain for 20 minutes. Break the curds into thumbnail sized chinks and add 2 tablespoons of cheese salt or fine ground sea sall, Mix into the curds gently’ but thoroughly Place your curds into a cheesecloth lined mold and press at 20Ibs of pressure for 20 minutes. Remove the cheesecloth, tum the cheese over and redress, press at 30Ibs of pressure for 20 minutes, Repeat the redressing process but press the cheese al 40Ibs for 1 hour. Again, redress the cheese and press at S0bs for 12 hours Remove the cheese from the press and allow to air dry a rind at room temperature for several days or until the whee! is dry to the touch on both sides. Tum the wheel a few times a day during drying to ensure it dries evenly Once the cheese is dry to the touch you may wax it for aging. At least 2 layers of cheese wax applied with a non plastic (plastic bristles melt)bristled pastry brush, This cheese is also very good eaten fresh, Now, are you ready to try making some cheese”What's Your Local Economy Like? Some good, mostly bad. That's what our members are saying. The comments from our members below, give you a pretty clear picture of what the ‘cconomy is like from places all accross the country. A poor nomy is just ‘one of the many reasons that you should be prepared. Be prepared for the future unknown, Steps you take now, habits you develop now could someday get you through that rough ride inthe Futuro. Thes are some comments from from the last fow months: Washington State Around here the economy is still bad. Businesses are closing still thus people still losing thier jobs. Many businesses are moving out of theState and not taking the employees with them, People are losing their homes. And I know many who cannot even pay’ rent so they are moving in with other family members, Prices of necessities (fuel, food, ect...) are going up. Energy prices (electricity and gas) going up. The only places that are hiring are the service industry (stores.resteraunts, gas stations, ect...) that serve the Military base close by. For ‘every job opening there is there is close to 100 applicants trying for it IMinois Our biggest industry here is coal mining unless you want to work for walmart or a gas station(both min wage), Coal mi and evn so, no mine around me has been hiring since we became unemployed in August 1 is an occupation that anyone can get hired to do There are litterally hundres of empty store fronts in the small towns surrounding me and. ‘even in college town(Carbondale) several retail chains have closed shop. It's rough when specialty coal miners like hubby and I can't yet hired someplace, The economy is not in a rebound here, Franklin county’s official UE is 14.8% and it's more like 20% because they aren't count and not getting benetits(ike us. 1g people that are unemployed Florida Hore in NE Florida the job market is poor. I'm looking for a job and when I review the job listings of many sources itis common that they are requiring a degree and are pa and many list bilingual as a plus. | sec another year before it starts to get better but many of us will never have the jobs we onee had because many of our jobs h ing $10-12,00 and hour. This is troubling for our country, entry level jobs now require a dey /¢ gone overseas and most people are out of extra money to keep the economy going/growing and products have become too expensive today Well the snowbirds have landed in South Florida, Business is booming down here, ‘They bring lots of money, so people are working for the next few months, By May it will all be over. I's bumper to bumper from 7am. to 9p.m, With my driving i'm working 64+ a week and caring the same I did workin 40, but [have a job and that's the bottom line. I really feel for the unemployed because I've boon there. I felt Craigs list offered easy look for jobs. Monster and the others make the employers pay to list their jobs. Just beware of the scams when looking at some sites. and i's always safer to apply in person rather than online. I know a lot of you own your own, pl ‘on your vehicle. Need any advice on job hunting I'll do what I can to help. so pickins might be slim in your area. Then you end up like me driving at least 60 miles a day, 6 days a week. Puts a lot of miles Indiana/Kentucky ur area Southern Indiana/louisville KY is really focling it. I think the last estimates were 12% out of wok...but thats not counting college kids coming home for winter jobs. ‘There are a fow Fast food jobs but thas about it, My SIL jut lost his job with with a warehouse storage/transition company. 2 day's before christmas they laid off any one les than 120 days....237 people. We do have the Ford & GE o's still up and running but on much shorter shifts. Groceries are going sky high! 35What's Your Local Keonomy Like?, cont Georgia fe noticed a slight increase in work in savannah ga but jobs havint increased vet price of gas and food is rising and restaurants are closing college campuses are overflowing with students crime has increased annah and surrounding areas, Arizona, Things are pretty bad here in Prescott Az, as well. Arizona has been hard hit, No jobs yet the price for food, gas, homes and land have not come down, Folks walking away from thier homes and debt because they can't find work. Banks want to sell the Foreclosures for what property was worth before things went south. The rich are so gready they can't see the forest forthe trees. I don't see the economy getting beticr for along time. My heart goes out to those doing without, I give thanks everyday for my job and good health, Missouri Ozarks | don't think we have been hit as hard as some areas, but we sit very close to Fort Leonard Wood Army Base. They are a big employer here, and there is no slowdowa in the need for solders right now. But the other big business around here, boat building, are working skeleton crews, and shortened hours, About half our crew are down to 24 rsa week, and the rest of us are on 32 hr. weeks, Makes for a big cut in the paycheck, as 5 years ago, we were working 50-60 hrs a week. Oklahoma We are thriving in this economy’ and still are more frugal then ever, I make our laundry soap, we share 1 car, cook almost everything from scratch and buy in bulk, I dont have to work but I sale things on cbay to buy more long storage foods without touching our regular income We do a lot more then friends we know are hurting, less pay no work and they sill want to eat out travel My neighbor wont even lot me teach her how to make Inundry soap and she is about to loose her house. {offered a baking/bulk casscrole day with her kids and ours to help her have cheaper ready meals and she is not interested. I cant buy everyone groceries all the time, Teven ‘oupo! of our income but also becuase of our spending habits. not cating out often, and our life choices. bought her a membership to site that tells you how to get food for free she doesnt even log in. So if We are th ing itis becuase Yes my husband has a job unlike many but just because he makes a lot of money doesnt mean we are greedy :) Another friend I took a trunk load of food to is so embarrased at her situation | never heard from her again. I always help people, money isnt everything its what you do with your kindness and actions and who in America is really rch with al this debt even having a mortgage or ear payment I suppose makes, mic not debt free But I could have a least two cars and choose to have 1. Anyway as much as I ty and help friends and family mostly with food, I wish many of them would try and help themselves. Im stackpiling food like a mad woman while my poor friends travel. skip work. eat aut when they'should make better choices and be happy they have a job in this current time! I think these next couple vears are going to be so desperate people have no conception oh how lie is going to change. Living from paycheck to paycheck will be the deimise of most americans compiled with all the debt! I say sale that gucci and prada shoes ad put that cash back ont he credit card you used to buy them! My husband said I am getting money hungry becuase I am cleaning ont our closets and selling on ebay. I said no Lam making it all simplicr. and my new motto is "If you cant eat it, you dont need W. Tennessee Oh my, I shouldn't even get started on this "jobless" recovery and green shoots nonsense, I could rant and rave all day and only end up with my blood pressure higher. Our local economy: I only get to town about once every couple of weeks, but I was surprised to find, on my last visit, that several businesses had shut down including a bakery, jewelry store, fumiture store 3s well asa convenience store. It may not scem like @ Jot, bul we are a small town. Several of my friends are still looking for a job, having been laid off from their previous ones, approximately a year ago. MANY foreclosure listings in the local paper. ‘The local erat fair that is usually very crowded, had few vendors and even fewer customers, I am on our local freecycle email list and it has exploded with Wanted items and very few Offer itemsWhat's Your Local Economy Like?, cont front of us was attempting to purchase a fair amount of groceries. They had 3 children who ing as their own, Their credit card was IL personal bag back into the basket and We were in Walmart the other night and a family ed, patiently waiting and each had a small item in their hand they were cla rejected and I could soe the humility in the face of the dad, broke my heart. The children placed their sm walked out with the mom. I did not have the money to pay for their groceries, but I could not let those babies go like that, so I paid for their items and hid my daughter min out and give ito them, It breaks my heart that I could not do more and itis my greatest Fear that we are going to see were very well beh ‘more and more of this in coming day's Ohio Hello, Lam new to this forum and live in Ohio wher is approaching 25%. 1am lucky I work ina hospital - ne layoffs there yet, but i the healthcare bill passes, my hospital faces the possiblity of closing. This i know for sure - our Hospital Admin. wrote aletier to one of our Senators (who by the way is a native of the (own where the hosital is located) and pleaded for a meeting to address these issues, Guess what? no response yet. And the Healthcare snowball just keeps rolling. In reply (0 “do not elect these congressmen again” my question is “WHY IN THE blankety blank blank DO THEY WANT TO DESTROY OUT COUNTRY THIS WAY?" They were «lected fo serve us and do whats in the best interest of the people, but can can not even answer back to the head of a major instituion/hospital Anyway. how would we know who to elect to replace these bozos, since we've been scammed before? a my stall (own the jobless ral ce started to depend on ourselves to live. Afterall thats the way this country was founded and grew in 1 guess thats why poople like us h the land of the free and the home of the brave. Americans should never have allowed themselves to even think that govt could or should take care of them when things got bad. HOMELESS INAMERIGA #1 SELLING PREPAREDINESS GUIDE! 1 Yet eng ur Jr: Taap Ss Log on to www.pioneerliving.net home page to get your copy today!My First Hay Hook by Dr Charles ‘Thompson When I was nine, we moved to a piece of property northeast of | Fort Gibson, OK. From the blacktop road it was 3 and 3/10th miles north, It ‘was all dirt road and it was rough, Many times the transmission would pop out of ‘gear duc to the excessive vibration. Our hay truck was a 2-ton Dodge. Although I don’t remember what year it was | do remember that it was old. The transmission was '4-in-the-floor’ As Dad would drive up this road it was my job to hold the stickshift in gear. Asitmy Dad couldn't have Springtime ¢ along, I tumed 10 and shortly afterward we started hauling hay. Back in those day’ there weren't any round. bales so everyone hauled square bales. When we started hauling hay as a family we were so poor we couldn't have bought a low cut

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