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QUEEN SHOALS PSD RATE INCREASE COMING
It’ rate increase time at the Queen Shoals PSD. Yes sir-re, just when they tell us the economy looks gloomy, job numbers down, and credit card debt is at record level, Queen Shoals PSD Chair Tom Martin made the news public.
QSPSD held their regular monthly meeting Monday evening, Nov 18th. According to Martin, office clerk Judy O’ell was told to call customers and let them know of the rate increase and to attend the meeting. The meeting location was changed from the PSD office beside the Bomont Post Office to the gym at H E White Elem. With over 40 in attendance, the meeting was lively. WV Public Service Commission rate analyst, Susan L Brown, was on hand to answer questions. William “oon”Mitchell and Shirley Young are also on the QSPSD Board of Directors and were present.
Martin explained to the masses that the Queen Shoals PSD water supplier, Clay Roane PSD, had recently been awarded a rate increase and QSPSD had to raise their rates to cover the cost of wholesale water from Clay Roane. According to Martin, Clay Roane doubled the price on wholesale water purchase. Martin, “We’e done the numbers, it has to be passed on to you…. We have no alternative but to ask for an increase…”Locals grumbled.
“o excuses, it’ something that just happened,”explained Ms Brown. Brown said that Clay Roane needed additional funds to meet expenses. For many in the audience, this was the first word of higher water rates. Needless to say, without even knowing how high the numbers would be, locals started to grumble a little louder.
From the peanut gallery came Fran Naylor, “So this has nothing to do with the quality of the water?”Brown replied in the affirmative and added that before the Clay Roane increase, Queen Shoals was being charged too little for wholesale water. Frowns started to show among the forty of so. Ms Naylor wasn’ done with the quality of water issue. Naylor,”….Our service is the problem, weekends, we have to do without water!”Naylor went on to remind the Board that QSPSD has a tank setting empty on her property, “The tank is there…. There’ no water pressure, and now the land is sliding in!” Naylor was fiery to say the least.
Trying to hard to inform, Chair Martin gave a background on the water system, something along the lines of: Clinton Nichols got the water system; the people put in the lines; locals went house to house to set up the system; locals purchased the pipe; and, the tank referred to by Naylor, had been condemned by the WV Public Service Commission (PSC) before it could be put into service. Martin, “We need upgrades to fix the problem..”Naylor came back with the strong concerns over all the Boil Water Orders and the many days customers go without water service. Martin, “It was Procious that held things up for years.” And then the bomb shell. Someone asked what the new rate would be for the average water customer that uses 4500 gallons of water per month. Are you ready readers? According to Susan Brown, QSPSD has asked for a 30B rate increase and for 4500 gallons of water, the new rate will be $47.90! First there was silence, then a gasp, then several normally pale white faces turned red. Blood pressure levels escalated .
One guy, “50.00 A MONTH AND WE HAVE TO BOIL IT????” Another fellow, “FOR THAT QUALITY??” A large bellied, balding, State Road worker raised serious issues over the poor management at Clay Roane PSD. He went on to remind all that over at Clay Roane, a meter reader had gone months if not years without actually reading meters netting that PSD a huge loss. Referring to Clay Roane, “How can you go by those numbers? The problems are internal!”Many in the audience nodded in agreement. Brown explaining, “t costs money. The new dollars will buy computers, new meters….”The echo filled gym was getting louder. Several spoke out on the number of QSPSD customers who live on fixed incomes. Ms Brown assured the many that they could appeal the rate increase to the WV PSC.
So when did Queen Shoals PSD motion and Ok the rate increase. According to Tom Martin, last month during their regular meeting. A couple of folks who attended that Oct meeting said that the PSD talked about a needed rate increase but no motion was made or passed to seek such. Hmmmm...
When Martin asked if there were any questions, hands shot up everywhere.
Long time resident and organizer of QSPSD , Gene McClure asked why basic rate were more than doubling when wholesale rates were increasing just 50%? Gene went on comment on the many leaks in the system, “They’e too D*** lazy to go and fix the leaks!… The WVPSC is suppose t be working for the people!!”A lady in the back questioned any point of remaining a customer when they have to go to the store to purchase drinking water.
Another woman,”Who is the watch dog for the PSD? Who is checking this for us??”Another, “Who do we take our water samples to show how bad the water is??”One portly fellow asked if Martin was in favor of the rate increase. Martin replied “o” When Martin said this was a public hearing on the rate increase, the round one asked if the meeting had been properly advertised in local newspapers. ANSWER: No. Ms Brown,”Without a rate increase, Queen Shoals will be insolvent…”From the back, “How will this rate increase improve water quality? Brown,”….. it only covers new costs.”With the gray cells in high gear, one lady immediately retorted, : SO ANY IMPROVEMENTS WILL COST MORE????”
Are you getting the picture readers? Here’ the way it’ shaping up: Locals are peed because the quality of water supplied from Clay Roane PSD ; Locals are mad due to water pressure within their own system being often low; Locals are peed because in addition to paying high water bills each month, they still have to purchase bottled drinking water from retail stores.
Based on comments from many of the QSPSD customers, it appears that some will disconnect from QSPSD and revert back to water wells and cisterns as they try to make small monthly retirement and disability checks stretch a little more.
After the meeting, one fellow asked Chair Martin NOT to pay the full amount asked by Clay Roane PSD for the wholesale water and instead, just continue paying the old amount for water. At first, Martin resisted saying that they would get into debt and be in deep doo doo. When the guy said, “So what, What are they going to do ?”Martin, for a split second, grinned and appeared to be in agreement with the radical thinking .
AW
PACKED HOUSE AT FOLA HEARING
Fola Coal plans to do mountain top removal mining on 1700 acres in the Leatherwood area of Clay County. Area residents have raised concerns on the issue.
An informal public hearing to discuss the Department of Environmental Protection permit process was held November 21, 2002 at the Clay Lion’ Club Community Building on Main Street, Clay. Over 100 attended the 6 pm meeting. The Fola coal officials were dressed in matching blue denim shirts with embroidered company patches while the DEP folks sported their green and tan, chrome name tag affixed outfits. County residents from all walks of life, from youngsters to those bent with age, attended. Here’ how the story went followed by an interview from state mining permit coordinator Larry Alt.
First came Fola’ power point presentation with commentary from Fola President Gary Patterson. Even before the presentation got going, the tension in the room spewed out as locals asked if Fola was going to hog the time leaving little for public comments. State Mining Coordinator Larry Alt assured all the Fola side would last around 10 minutes. Alt stepped into it when he said he would hurry the hearing along because many had long drives home. Boom! One fellow challenged Alt to take the time and hear their side, “We’e trying to protect our homes here!… You just said you had to hurry back to Logan!!” Alt gave reassurances that he “ould stay until midnight”if need be.
And then, and then… Mr. Alt explained the informal public hearing process which included: public comments would be taped recorded after the Fola presentation and after the question and answer session. That’ after the question and answer session, remember that, it’ important.
A “olished”Fola president, Patterson went into detail about the number of jobs his outfit provides the county, the tax base that comes as a result of the mining process, donations to charities, and other benefits of having Fola in business in the county. The power point slide show was colorful, well done, and picture of other operations showed high regard for land use after mining is completed. With 9 years of operation under their belts, Patterson: AmVest Corp is the parent company of Fola Coal; 339 work for Fola Coal; there are 100 contractors working; $270,000.00 has been paid in property taxes; annual wages amount to $14 million. Patterson, “e’e proud of what we do…..We hire locally, we train ‘m…”Mike Isabelle (it sounded like any way) came next with more engineering related details on the proposal to use mountaintop removal methods on the 1700 acres in Leatherwood. As Mike spoke , locals grew restless. His topic coverage included: the work will eliminate lots of existing high walls, a stream will be relocated, there will be NO valley fill techniques in the process, many varieties of trees will be planted during reclamation, and in other locations, Fola has been working with Ducks Unlimited in reclamation efforts. Isabelle, “e meet mining laws…. We have a good history of reclamation…”From a lady in the back, “o valley fills?”Another lady raised questions on the type of trees being used and the likelihood of the trees surviving after Fola pulls out. Isabelle said that the property will be returned to approximate original contour (AOC) after mining and that it is true, they have no long history on how the trees survive “own the road” From the left, from the right, from everywhere came questions, what top soil will be used; what about Judge Haden’ rulings; are the trees slower to grow?
Isabelle explained that the mountain top removal (MTR) method will result in a 400 foot loss in elevation on the average. Isabelle comments were not “olished”like Patterson. Rather, Mr. Isabelle came across abrasive on several occasions during the presentation and especially when locals yelled out questions or challenged what he had said. Here’ an example. From the audience, “ow many of your workers came from out of the county?”Within a split second, Isabelle retorted,”About as many as you that’ here!!”He was referring to several in the peanut gallery from other sections of the state in attendance to speak out against mining. From the assembled came calls to “URN ON THAT TAPE RECORDER!”When Isabelle said that Fola would leave the mountains in better shape after MTR, one feisty lady from the back, “OD DOES A BETTER JOB!”Thoughtfully, Isabelle chose not to challenge the senior lady nor God’ work.
Big concerns were raised over the existing blasting in the area, damage to homes and property like cemeteries, and damage to water wells serving the Leatherwood area. Although reassurances were made, based on the frown lines in the peanut gallery, few believed the long term commitment from Big Coal. One lady held up a white cloth heavily stained orange/yellow from the water in her well. Again, “URN ON THAT TAPE RECORDER!”A man and another woman yelled out at the same time,”You blasted my home pretty good!!”As Isabelle responded with. “he streams tested OK.” From the crowd, “E’E TALKING ABOUT OUR WELLS!!”As the powers that be explained that they have tested well water in the area and do follow up on local complaints in a timely manner, again a challenge from a white headed lady, “E WEREN’ THERE!!! WE DON’ KNOW WHERE YOU TOOK THE SAMPLES!”Quickly, Isabelle, “ou never called me!…”Again, “TURN ON THAT TAPE RECORDER.”As tensions mounted and with several commenting and questioning at the same time, Coordinator Alt, “HOA, WHOA, WHOA, ONE AT A TIME!”
A tall lean military looking man spoke up with comments on blasting. He said the existing blasting which is a great distance from his home had already cracked foundation walls and driveway concrete, “our blasts shake my house.”With well over 100 in the room, “nd now you’l be blasting closer????”On the issue of destroying water wells, one guy asked if Fola was already hauling water for residents with dry wells. When Isabelle said they weren’, another challenge, “itzwater has hauled gallons of water. YOU’E NOT PAYING HIM????”Isabelle, “NO SIR!”Pretty much, locals and outsiders alike challenged the rough front man Mike Isabelle. As for native brown trout in the streams in the area, Mike, “one.”Local, “es , there were!”Mike, “o…. two years of testing, no native trout in North Fork….. ambient temperature is 68 degrees, they die in the spring….”Local, “BULL****”and “URN ON THE TAPE RECORDER!”Are you getting the picture readers? The long rift between big coal and local property owners is strong in Clay County. The underbelly of it all, with Fola’ big money and the Clay County Commission’ desire to gather more coal severance dollars, locals feel powerless and without any control.
To sum up the hearing, after Gary Patterson said they would pay for any damages they are liable for, one lady commented, “ow can you put a dollar amount on a house that took a life time to build?”Many applauded the lady’ courage. Again, “URN ON THE TAPE RECORDER”
Big cheese Larry Alt explained that once the tape player was turned on, they could not have discussion but rather just take comments. Finally, the recorder was activated. Get this, with the recorder on, many chose NOT to speak! Many said, ‘ have already said what I’ going to say.’And get this, many of those that did speak with the tape recorder on where employees of Fola Coal and were in favor of blasting and mining the crap out of Leatherwood! There were some comments, like from a Steve Brown. Brown questioned the validity of recent sampling among other things. Others questioned the statements made about the workers being from Clay County. Some felt that Fola had made misleading statements since they knew many of the workers came from Kentucky and only recently settled in the area. For Fola’ side, from workers and family members, “hat’ our livelihood!
By 8:40 pm, the hearing was concluded. Many locals left the assembly with high blood pressure and few reassurances.
We had a chance to interview Larry Alt on Monday November 25th in the afternoon. The following are excerpts from that conversation.
Have there been any permits stopped by citizen protest in the last 5 years? Alt, “et me think… There has been permits that there have been objections. The one that comes to my mind is the Matike permit for long walling underneath a trout stream in the northern part of the state. We did deny the permit but then we were over ruled by the Board. Anything that this agency makes is appeal-able to the WV Surface Mining Board. Seven sit on the Board.”So, how do people fight a coal permit to mine? Alt, “hat we would look at is the permit application that they submit to us, is there any potential for acid mine drainage or any bad water discharges in the future because of the strata that is involved with this? The second part that we would look at is : Is it possible for the company to mine this and reclaim it back to the intended post mining land use? Also, is there any homes or structures within 300 feet of the permitted area? Or, is there any cemeteries within 100 feet of the permitted area? Those are the major things that will kill a permit. If there is a potential for acid mine drainage after mining, we will not issue the permit.”During the hearing, Mr. Patterson was talking about permitting for mining 1700 acres but in the paper the notice called for 800 acres. Alt, “ think he was talking about the 1700 acres he has already got permitted. Fola has two permits for this same area. They have one permit they call the #4 permit and then [now] we got the #4A permit. If the #4A permit goes through, then they will drop the #4 permit. They [the permits] are identical and for the same area, but for a different mining plan. Because of Judge Haden’ decision on valley fills they would drop the one with valley fills [#4] and go with this one [#4A]. This one [#4A] does not have any valley fills in it. They have a stream relocation but no valley fills. They will relocate the waters of the United States out of the hollow and then mine. Some of the streams, most of the streams in this area, are above the coal beds to be mined. They do not have a permit now, they have two applications and we had an informal conference on the #4A.”So what comes next in the process of permitting? Alt, “e took people’ comments there the other night. We will now take those comments back and compare those comments and look at the application. Then, we will make a decision on the permit. Here’ the big thing…everybody read the ad and sent in protest letters but they were pretty blanket protest letters. We received 50 some protest letters or comment letters. They were pretty standard protest letters, we object to this operation because of our water, no specifics…. We then gave those protest letters to Fola and from my understanding, they went back out with letters to those people and met with a lot of those people. They [Fola] are in the process of responding back to us…. Our next step, after we review the application, we make a decision… Whatever our decision we make, it is appeal able to the Board of Review if somebody is not happy. Then, the Board of Review’ decision is appeal able to the Circuit Court.”According to Mr. Alt, the DEP will give their recommendation in about 60 days, “nless somebody appeals our decision, let’ say I give a decision today. Whoever doesn’ like the decision….. has a right to appeal my decision within 30 days to the Board. Then the Board will place it on their docket and give a schedule for a hearing before the Board. Anybody who made comments the other night or wrote me a protest letter is already in my data base and they will receive our decision my certified mail….”Is it too late for people to send in letters? Alt, “he public can send in letters until a certain time. Any letters received after the public comment time would be placed in the application but would not be given responses [by the company, i.e. Fola]. Anytime a letter comes in, I will take it , out it in the file and read it. Somewhere I have to draw a line according to law….”For anyone wishing to mail in a comment or protest letter, mail such to: Attention PERMIT SUPERVISOR, #10 McJunkin Road, Nitro, WV 25143.
So why an informal hearing instead of a formal hearing? Alt, “ccording to statute, it is called an informal conference, in a way it is a lot like a public hearing on the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System side….. An informal conference is a public hearing….WV and Federals call it that.”Earlier in this article was mention of taping the hearing and requests by the public to turn the thing on. Remember that? Alt said this is a new format that allowed the public to hear about the permit before taking public comments. Alt, “he whole thing is, the first part of it is supposed to be a question and answer [session]” Here it is readers, only the part that was taped will be reviewed prior to issuing the MTR permit. Get it? When locals choose not to repeat comments on tape, it was as if they were never there!
Near the need of the interview, Mr. Larry Alt encouraged concerned citizens to call Fola and visit the operation to see first hand their workmanship and get answers. AW
MAGISTRATE REPORT
Felony
10/07/02: Foreman – Nathan Toler, grand larceny (6/25/02), hearing continued to 12/10/02.
11/17/02: Delk – Aaron C. King, arrested for burglary, receiving or transferring stolen goods, and grand larceny (10/18/02), ROB, preliminary hearing set 12/10.
11/19/02: Delk – William W. Cottrell, burglary, receiving or transferring stolen goods, and grand larceny (10/18/02), arrested 11/13, ROB, preliminary waived to Circuit Court 11/19; Delk – Charles W. Greenleaf, burglary, receiving or transferring stolen goods, and grand larceny (10/18/02), arrested 11/13, defendant waived preliminary hearing to Circuit Court 11/19, bond reduced; Bailey – Thomas Ray Holcomb, retaliation (11/12/02), arrested, ROB, preliminary hearing set 12/03.
11/21/02: Delk – Michael E. Haines, DWR/DUIA (11/09/02), preliminary hearing: probable cause found – to Circuit Court.
Misdemeanor
11/08/02: DNR K.W. Bingaman – William Cody Burdette, spotlighting with firearm and loaded gun in vehicle, appeared 11/18, ROB; DNR Bingaman – Randy Lee Runion, spotlight w/implement (gun) and loaded gun in vehicle, appeared 11/18, ROB.
11/13/02: Ellyson – Tonya Salisbury, warrant for petit larceny, arrested 11/21, ROB.
11/15/02: Delk – Timothy S. Miller, DWR for DUIA, arrested, ROB, trial set 12/10; Light – Eric J. Nottingham, possession of marijuana less 15 gms and operator’, appeared, ROB.
11/16/02: Foreman – Michael Lanham, battery and destruction of property, arrested, ROB.
11/18/02: Belt – Ronnie L. Hamrick, warrant for battery, to appear 11/25; Belt – Coleman Hamrick, assault, summons issued, to appear 11/25; Belt – Michael Hunt, fail to deliver title to transferee, warrant.
11/19/02: Cunningham Motors, Inc. – Joyce B. Moore, WC, warrant; Marilyn Taylor, WC, warrant.
Civil
11/14/02: William McCallister – Earle Dunlap, money due, subpoena.
11/21/02: 84 Lumber Company – Damon Grose, money due, subpoena.
Worthless Checks
Notices issued –
11/14/02: Clay Supermarket – Jerry W. Quinn (paid 11/15); Lizemore Exxon – Anita S. Blankenship (paid 11/18), Michael B. Harvey (paid 11/22), Sandra G. Eagle, and Jacqueline R. Keener.
11/18/02: Clay Supermarket – Arthur G. Samples II.
11/19/02: IGA – Eric Wayne Moore; Clay Lion’ Club – Billy J. Deems.
11/20/02: Pennington Auto Supply, Inc. – Verna Pringle (paid 11/22).
11/25/02: Lizemore Exxon – Eric Wayne Moore X 2; Clay Supermarket – Thomas M. Eagle.
Traffic Citations
11/03/02: State Police – Eric J. Nottingham, possession of marijuana and operator’.
11/08/02: DNR – William C. Burdette, spotlighting with firearm and loaded gun in vehicle; Randy Lee Runion, spotlight w/implement (gun) and loaded gun in motor vehicle.
11/13/02: Sheriff’ Dept. – Charlene McLaughlin, speeding; State Police – Wesley C. Murphy, speeding.
11/19/02: State Police – Clara Cadle, failure to keep right; Larry Copen, no POI; William W. Pringle, no POI.
11/22/02: State Police – name missing (Eagle, Mit), speeding.
School Board Meets at Lizemores
The Clay County Board of Education met at Lizemore Elementary School for their regular meeting on Monday, November 18. All the members were present: R.B. Legg, Jr. (president), Gene King, Fran King, Scott Legg, and David Pierson, Jr. The Board was greeted by a large crowd of Lizemore parents, students, staff and supporters, well over 125 people. Shortly after 6 PM, R.B. Legg offered prayer, introduced the board members, and called the meeting to order.
Entertainment was provided for the crowd by the Lizemore Lionettes Baton Corps (state and national champs this year!), followed by songs and poems performed by the various classes of Lizemore students, all celebrating the Thanksgiving season. After the 30 minutes of entertainment, the Board quickly proceeded with the business on their agenda. As the meeting was held in the school gym, where the acoustics are terrible, most of what was said or discussed at the Board table couldn’ be heard across the gym. The following is the business approved by the Board taken from their agenda, and I believe all motions passed unanimously:
Previous Meeting minutes; employment of Geoff Hamrick as assistant wrestling coach at Clay Middle School (CMS), Paul Johnson, Jr. as assistant boys basketball coach at CMS, Mike Mullins as assistant girls basketball coach at CMS, Jason Nichols as assistant girls basketball coach at Clay County High School (CCHS), Teresa Morris as after school tutor at Lizemore, Clinton Nichols as after school activity school bus driver at Lizemore, Steve Stanley as after school tutor as needed at CMS – all successful bids; advertise for a substitute bus operator. A hearing was conducted to determine the status of a CMS student. The students parents were not present for the hearing, and it was noted that they had been informed. Board accepted the recommendations of CMS Principal Joan Haynie and Superintendent Jerry Linkinogger. The student will attend alternative school.
Discussion topics included a Major Improvement Grant of $500,000 for central air and heating in the old part of Clay Elementary School. Linkinogger explained something to the Board, possibly concerning bids, but the discussion couldn’ be heard. Also, a letter from legislator John Pino, apparently in response to the Board’ letter requesting help with money to pay the increased salaries of teachers that completed the Masters program offered at H.E. White Elementary, was briefly discussed, but again nothing could be heard.
Speaking for the Lizemore Local School Improvement Council (LSIC) Lizemore Principal Teresa Morris gave a short presentation on Lizemore Elementary. She said test scores are up where they should be at the school, and will go up again this year. She highlighted the reading programs and praised the Foster Grandparents that work the students. No Child Left Behind federal dollars are expected, and plans are to use it for computers. Meeting adjourned at 6:55 PM. TK
DON GREENE: WV Radical
ALL THAT'S LEFT IS GREED & IGNORANCE
Read a doozy the other day that just has to be relayed. There's a big debate going on about whether or not the yet to be created Homeland Security Department should use a satellite service that is being used by the Pentagon. This company has a $200 million annual contract with the U.S. government. The problem, it seems, is that even though this company is allegedly based in Bermuda or one of the islands, it is owned by Iraq, Iran, Syria and Libya. Duh!
It really doesn't make much sense to me that we place our military and other communications in the hands, literally, of nations that oppose the U.S. with a vengeance. The degree and levels of incompetence within our bureaucracy that has allowed this situation to exist is incomprehensible. I am sure that some silver-tongued devil will blame it on the Unions and the competitive bidding process, both of which have been despised by our benevolent corporate leaders for generations. If it were happening in Clay or Mason County I would think there were kickbacks involved.
Another burr under my saddle is the bombardment of advertising tied in with the attack and deaths at the WTC. I am so disgusted and so tired of seeing the flag waved, hearing drums roll and sometimes even flutes a tootling in the name of commercialization. All of a sudden it is patriotic to Spend, Spend, Spend. We've been told to buy cars, homes, furniture, fast food and beer, just to show our patriotism. Heck, it is even patriotic to take out loans or refinance your existing loans. I find the whole thing disgraceful to the lives lost, in America and around the world, to replay this horrible incident for the sake of making another buck.
Yet another sad, silly example of the failure of our bureaucracy is that after a year of sort of probing, we still can't come up with a believable reason why our FBI, CIA, N.S.A. and a zillion other agencies couldn't have prevented this tragedy. The best excuse that has been put forth is that our various agencies "failed to work together". I hate to be redundant but, duh! It is alarming to discover that our Federal bureaucracy is nothing more than a better paid version of our own doofless, buck-passing, excuse-making counties and state bureaucracies. We had better hope that a higher power comes to our rescue because if all we have are our bureaucrats to protect us, then we have literally built our homes on shifting sands.
Finally if you render the problems of this nation, this state and our counties down to their base elements, all you have left is greed and ignorance.
CHATTER
In regard to the Delbert Davis note to the Communicator, I too knew Mr. J.D. Morris was crooked. Back in 1996, month of May, he took 1 hundred dollars out of our account, Melba Butcher and Hope Butcher, so I think the bank should put this back into our account of five dollars, which I leave in my account at Clay County Bank. Hope and I can use our 1 hundred at any time. Honest men, women, boys, girls, are hard to find these days, scarce as hen’ teeth.
Melba Butcher, Clay
CHATTER 2
To the owner or owners of this paper, I'm writing to you because of your recent entry regarding the links to Big Bang and Recipe. To place no warnings above these links of what might happen if you view them is seemly like entrapment. Yes, I clicked on them to see if you were making a joke, but after seeing some of the information I quickly exited out. It wasn't until after I continued to read down the page that I saw such a warning. I'm sure that many local citizens will be upset with you for this, as I am.
I'm proud to be an American and would die to defend our nation. What you have done was inappropriate and entrapment of many of our citizens who view your website. I will NOT purchase any future newspapers or visit your website again. If someone gets this information from your link and they cause any type of damage, you will no doubt be responsible for supplying it and I hope you are judged accordingly.
David Hughes
Clay, WV
NOTE: Mr Hughes is referring to www.clayberry.org and the posting from last week referring clickers to sites giving the recipe to make “rank”and another with complete instructions on how to build an atomic bomb. After the link entries came mention that such looking raises a red flag to the Federal Government under the new Homeland Security Act signed into law by President George W Shrub. All comments by subscribers to this paper or web site are appreciated and encouraged.
KAY’ COOKING CORNER
LIP-SMACKIN’POULTRY
CITRUS-GLAZED CORNISH HENS
Serving size: l hen, Total Servings: 4
4 Cornish hens (1 pound each)
1 medium orange, quartered
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 package (4-serving size) sugar-free
orange-flavored gelatin
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup orange juice
1) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a roasting pan with nonstick cooking spray. Place the Cornish hens in the pan; place an orange quarter into the cavity of each. Season with salt and pepper.
2) In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and pour the mixture over the hens. Roast, uncovered, for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours, or until no pink remains and the juices run clear, basting every 20 minutes.
3) Serve whole, or cut in half; drizzle with additional glaze from the pan.
Exchanges: (no skin eaten)
1-1/2 Carbohydrate - 3 Very Lean Meat
Calories 198. Calories from Fat 31. Total Fat 3 g. Saturated Fat 1 g. Cholesterol 94 mg. Sodium 404 mg.
Carbohydrate 20 g. Dietary Fiber 0 g.
Sugars 19 g. Protein 22 g.
Exchanges: (skin eaten) 1-1/2 Carbohydrate - 6 Medium-Fat Meat - 1/2 Fat Calories 573. Calories from Fat 312. Total Fat 35 g. Saturated Fat 10g. Cholesterol 249 mg. Sodium 469 mg. Carbohydrate 20 g. Dietary Fiber 0 g. Sugars 19 g. Protein 44.
“hese little birds are big on taste, thanks to the sugar-free gelatin and honey. Want to jazz’m up a bit more? Sprinkle a little orange zest over them just before serving.”
CREAMY PEAS AND ONIONS
Serving Size: 1/2 cup, Total Servings: 4
1 tablespoon canola oil
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup fat-free milk
1 package (16 ounces) frozen peas and onions, thawed
1) In a medium saucepan, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the flour, butter, nutmeg, and pepper; whisk until smooth.
2) Slowly add the milk, whisking until smooth and thickened. Stir in the peas and onions, and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until heated through. Serve immediately.
Exchanges 1 Starch. 1 Fat
Calories 137. Calories from Fat 61. Total Fat 7g. Saturated Fat 2g. Cholesterol 9mg. Sodium 102mg. Carbohydrate 14g. Dietary Fiber 3g. Sugars 9g. Protein 5g.
OK, Sure we can buy a pre-made dish like this in the supermarket frozen food section, but look at that nutrition label! We’e much better off making it at home. And things always taste better coming from our own kitchens!”
Enjoy your Thanksgiving Dinner
Until next time,
Kay
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