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1f/2 cup Kraft Balsamic Vinaigrette Dressing 1/2 cup Kraft shredded low-moisture part-skim Mozzarella cheese Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss vegetables with dressing in large roasting pan. Bake 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring after 15 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake an additional 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted. Kraft Zesty Italian dressing may be substituted for the vinaigrette dressing. By Sue Jones. GERMAN CHOCOLATE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE 1 box German Chocolate Cake Mix 1 cup coconut 1 1/2 cups chopped pe-

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cans, more if desired 1 stick margarine, softened 2 cups powdered sugar One 8-ounce cream cheese, softened Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix cake mix according to directions on box. Line a 9 - by13- inch pan with aluminum foil. Spread bottom with nuts and coconut; pour in cake batter. Cream together the butter and cream cheese; add sugar. Pour evenly over cake. Bake at 325 degrees for 40 minutes. Cool. Turn upside down on waxed paper. Keep refrigerated. By Myikaela Jones in honor of her cousin Nick Rogers. Until next week, heres some Food for thought: Blessed is the man that endureth temp-

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tation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1: 12 If you have recipes you would like to share with The Erwin Records readers, send them to Brenda at The Erwin Record, PO Box 700, Erwin, TN 37650 or drop them by the newspapers ofce in historic downtown Erwin at 218 Gay St. You may also e-mail recipes to news@er winrecord.net. For more information, call Brenda at 743-4112.

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4 servings 4 servings Prep Time: 5 minutes Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes $8.52 for recipe / $2.13 per serving Stand Time: 10 minutes $13.76 for recipe / $3.44 per serving 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (about 1 pound) 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 jar (1 pound 10 ounces) Rag 2 cups Rag Old World Style Margherita Old World Style Sweet Tomato Basil Smooth Pasta Sauce Smooth Pasta Sauce 4 slices fresh or packaged mozzarella 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped Chicken Margherita cheese (about 4 ounces) broccoli OR spinach, thawed and 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil squeezed dry (optional) leaves 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese Chicken Margherita Upside-Down Deep Dish Pizza 4 servings 4 servings (about 8 ounces) Season chicken, if desired, with salt and 10 black Prep Time: 5 minutes Prep Time: minutes 1 can (10 ounces) refrigerated pizza dough pepper. Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick Cook Time: 10 minutes Cook skillet Time: 25 over minutes $8.52 for recipe / $2.13 per serving Stand Time: 10 minutes medium-high heat and brown chicken, turning Preheat oven to 375F. Brown ground beef in $13.76 for recipe / $3.44 per serving 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves once, about 5 minutes. 12-inch nonstick skillet; drain and season, if (about 1 pound) 1 pound ground beef 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 jar (1 10 ounces)desired, Rag Add pasta sauce and simmer, covered, 5 pound minutes with salt and ground black pepper. Stir 2 cups Rag Old World Style Margherita cooked. Top Old World Style Sweet Tomato Basil or until chicken is thoroughly chicken in pasta sauce and bring to a boil; turn into 2-quart Smooth Pasta Sauce Smooth Pasta Sauce with cheese, then mozzarella let stand until cheese is melted, baking dish. 4 slices fresh or packaged 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped cheese (about 4 ounces) broccoli OR spinach, thawed and about 1 minute. Garnish with basil. Top with broccoli, then cheese. Place pizza dough 2 tablespoons thinly sliced fresh basil squeezed dry (optional) Serve, if desired, with hot cooked 2penne pasta mozzarella over dish, sealing edges tightly. leaves cups shredded cheese (about 8 ounces) topped with additional pasta sauce, heated. Bake 20 minutes or until crust is golden. Let stand Season chicken, if desired, with salt and black 1 can (10 ounces) refrigerated pizza dough pepper. Heat oil in 12-inch nonstick skillet over 10 minutes. medium-high heat and brown chicken, turning Preheat oven to 375F. Brown ground beef in
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The 66th consecutive Elizabethton Spring Bird Count was conducted on Saturday, April 25, by members and friends of the Lee and Lois Herndon Chapter of Tennessee Ornithological Society. A total of 41 observers in seven parties spent 94 party hours and seven nocturnal hours in the eld, with three feeder watchers also participating. The Spring Count focuses on the ve-county area consisting of Carter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi and Washington. Participants, by party, included: Gary Wallace, Brookie and Jean Potter, Charles Potter, Bryan Stevens, Harry Lee Farthing, Reece Jamerson, David Thometz, Josh Ferry, Josh Stevens and Harry and Sue Farthing counted birds in Elizabethton along the Watauga River as well as Stoney Creek, Holston Mountain and Wilbur Lake. Fred Alsop, Jim and Darla Anderson, Tom Laughlin, Paul and Emily Bayes and Andrew Laughlin focused on Ripshin Mountain. Tom McNeil, Jennifer Kennedy, Michelle Sparks and Hannah Baker counted around Watauga Lake and Dennis Cove. Rob Biller, Ron Carrico and Nora Schubert counted in Roan Mountain. Joe McGuiness, Kim Stroud, Don Holt, Dianne Draper and Kathy and Eric Noblet counted in Unicoi County. Glen Eller, Jerry Bevins, Richard Lewis, Roy Knispel and Lia Pritchard counted in Shady Val-

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per serving 1 pound penne pasta, cooked and drained 8 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes 1 jar (1 pound 10 ounces) Rag cups shredded mozzarella Prep cheese Time: 25 minutes Cook Time: 30 2 minutes $13.60 for recipe / $1.70 per serving $10.12 for recipe / $1.27 per serving Old World Style Margherita Smooth (about 8 ounces) 1 pound penne pasta, cooked and 1 pound rigatoni or large tube pasta, Pasta Sauce, heated 1 cup ricotta cheese drained cooked and drained cup gratedcheese Parmesan cheese 1 jar (1 pound 10 ounces) Rag 4 ounces pepperoni, sliced or cubed 2 cups 1/4 shredded mozzarella (about (optional) 18 ounces) jar (1 pound 10 ounces) RagOld World Style Margherita Smooth Pasta Sauce, heated 1 cup ricotta cheese 1 pound mozzarella cheese, cubed or Old World Style Sweet Tomato Basil 4 ounces pepperoni, sliced or cubed 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese shredded Smooth Pasta Sauce, divided (optional) 1 jar (1 pound 10 ounces) Rag 1 pound mozzarella cheese, cubed Old World Style Sweet Tomato Basil 1/4 or cup thinly sliced loosely packed fresh Preheat oven to 350F. 1-1/2 cups shredded Smooth Pasta Sauce, divided Toss hot rigatoni, basil leaves 1/4 cup thinly sliced loosely packed fresh mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and 1/2 jar pasta sauce; Preheat oven to 350F. Toss hot rigatoni, 1-1/2 cups basil leaves mozzarella, ricotta, parmesan and 1/2 jar pasta sauce; Toss all ingredients in a large serving bowl. turn into 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Evenly pour on Toss all ingredients in a large serving bowl. turn into 13 x 9-inch baking dish. Evenly pour on Mangia! remaining Mangia! remaining pasta sauce. pasta sauce. Bake, covered, 30 minutes or until through. Bake, covered, 30heated minutes or until heated through. Top with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and let Top with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella and let stand until cheese is melted. stand until cheese is melted.
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12-inch nonstick skillet; drain and season, if desired, with salt and ground black pepper. Stir in pasta sauce and bring to a boil; turn into 2-quart baking dish. servings Top with broccoli, then cheese.8 Place pizza dough over dish, sealing edges tightly. Prep Time: 25 minutes Bake 20 minutes or until crust is golden. Let stand $13.60 for recipe / $1.70 serving 10 minutes.

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Sightings increase in surrounding area as migration surges

FEATHERED FRIENDS
Pileated Woodpecker, 46. Eastern Wood-Pewee, 2; Least Flycatcher, 2; Eastern Phoebe, 87; Great Crested Flycatcher, 4; Eastern Kingbird, 72; and Loggerhead Shrike, 2. White-eyed Vireo, 20; Yellow-throated Vireo, 4; Blue-headed Vireo, 70; Warbling Vireo, 3; and Redeyed Vireo, 89. Blue Jay, 307; American Crow, 277; Common Raven, 12; Horned Lark, 2; Purple Martin, 98; Tree Swallow, 214; Northern Rough-winged Swallow, 112; Cliff Swallow, 165; and Barn Swallow, 173. Carolina Chickadee, 166; Tufted Titmouse, 163; Redbreasted Nuthatch, 27; White-breasted Nuthatch, 27; and Brown Creeper, 3. Carolina Wren, 140; House Wren, 64; Winter Wren, 12; Golden-crowned Kinglet, 5; Ruby-crowned Kinglet, 21; and Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 115. Eastern Bluebird, 152; Veery, 3; Swainsons Thrush, 1; Wood Thrush, 78; American Robin, 593; Gray Catbird, 11; Northern Mockingbird, 124; and Brown Thrasher, 59. European Starling, 670; American Pipit, 14; and Cedar Waxwing, 462. Golden-winged Warbler, 1; Nashville Warbler, 1; Northern Parula, 44; Yellow Warbler, 25; Chestnutsided Warbler, 38; Cape May Warbler, 1; Blackthroated Blue Warbler, 67; Black-throated Green Warbler, 171; Blackburnian Warbler, 7; Yellowthroated Warbler, 24; Pine Warbler, 13; Prairie Warbler, 1; Palm Warbler, 10; Black-and-White Warbler, 81; American Redstart, 11; Prothonotary Warbler, 1; Worm-eating Warbler, 23; Swainsons Warbler, 7; Ovenbird, 127; Northern Waterthrush, 1; Louisiana Waterthrush, 34; Kentucky Warbler, 3; Common Yellowthroat, 32; Hooded Warbler, 163; Canada Warbler, 10; and Yellow-breasted Chat, 2. Scarlet Tanager, 40; Eastern Towhee, 138; Chipping Sparrow, 142; Field Sparrow, 67; Savannah Sparrow, 11; Grasshopper Sparrow, 4; Song Sparrow, 263; Swamp Sparrow, 4; White-throated Sparrow, 66; Whitecrowned Sparrow, 8; and Dark-eyed Junco, 75. Northern Cardinal, 301; Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 15; Blue Grosbeak, 1; Indigo Bunting, 11; Redwinged Blackbird, 336; Eastern Meadowlark, 157; Common Grackle, 451; Brown-headed Cowbird, 125; Orchard Oriole, 16; and Baltimore Oriole, 12. House Finch, 58; Pine Siskin, 70; American Goldnch, 329; and House Sparrow, 47. I counted birds during the count with Harry Lee Farthing, Reece Jamerson and David Thometz. Some of our best birds for the day included a Northern Waterthrush, Pine Siskins, several species of shorebirds and nesting Yellow-crowned NightHerons.
(Bryan Stevens column, Feathered Friends, is published weekly in The Erwin Record and other Northeast Tennessee newspapers. If you have questions about birds, call him at 297-9077 or e-mail him at ahoodedwarbler@aol.com.)

By Bryan Stevens ley in Johnson County and Holston Lake in Sullivan County. Rick Knight, Gil Derouen, Lisa Tyler and Aubrie Abernathy counted in Washington County. Assisting as feeder watchers were Greg McCorkle, Peggy Stevens and Brenda Wallace. A total of 152 species were tallied, which is slightly above the recent average of 146 species established over the past 25 years. The-all time high for one of the chapters Spring Bird Counts is 161 species. Rick Knight, the counts compiler, noted some highlights from this years count, including Virginia Rail, Sora, Dunlin, Eurasian Collared-Dove, Blackbilled Cuckoo, Northern Saw-whet Owl and Loggerhead Shrike. A total of 27 species of warblers were represented on the count, but few purely transient species Nashville Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Palm Warbler and Yellow-rumped Warbler were the exceptions made a count day appearance. Most breeding warblers were well represented, including 171 Blackthroated Green Warblers, 163 Hooded Warblers, 127 Ovenbirds and 67 Blackthroated Blue Warblers. Notably absent from the

A Baltimore Oriole rests atop a dish of food.

count were: Barn Owl, Common Nighthawk, Acadian Flycatcher, Summer Tanager and Purple Finch. The most numerous bird on the count was the European Starling with 670 individuals counted. Other common birds included American Robin (593), Cedar Waxwing (462), Common Grackle (451) and Redwinged Blackbird (336). The total follows: Canada Goose, 328; Wood Duck, 23; Mallard, 96; Blue-winged Teal, 15; Ring-necked Duck, 3; Lesser Scaup, 1; Bufehead, 10; and Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Ruffed Grouse, 3; Wild Turkey, 42; Northern Bobwhite, 4; Common Loon, 1; Pied-billed Grebe, 4; and Double-crested Cormorant, 41. Great Blue Heron, 28; Green Heron, 11; Blackcrowned Night-Heron, 1; Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, 4; Black Vulture, 16; and Turkey Vulture, 113. Osprey, 11; Bald Eagle, 1; Sharp-shinned Hawk, 2; Coopers Hawk, 3; Broadwinged Hawk, 14; Redtailed Hawk, 19; and American Kestrel, 11. Virginia Rail, 2; Sora, 4: American Coot, 1; Killdeer, 45; Spotted Sandpiper, 21; Solitary Sandpiper, 24; Greater Yellowlegs, 1; Lesser Yellowlegs, 6; Dunlin, 1; and Wilsons Snipe, 2. Ring-billed Gull, 149; Rock Pigeon, 90; Eurasian Collared-Dove, 2; Mourning Dove, 221; Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 4; and Black-billed Cuckoo, 1. Eastern Screech-Owl, 7; Great Horned Owl, 3; Barred Owl, 7; Northern Saw-whet Owl, 2; ChuckWills-Widow, 7; and Whippoor-will, 31. Chimney Swift, 146; Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 25; Belted Kingsher, 21; Red-headed Woodpecker, 5; Red-bellied Woodpecker, 57; Downy Woodpecker, 46; Hairy Woodpecker, 14; Northern Flicker, 41; and