Employment Workshop Reminder

Employment Workshop Reminder:


CONS employment specialists and other interested parties, This Saturday is our monthly multi-stake career development workshop in the Dublin building's Relief Society room. '

The workshop begins at 10am and will end at noon, with refreshments and time to talk/network following. The calendar tells us that this month's theme is career development. However, since we replaced last month's meeting (which was to have featured resumes) with the two day workshop, we are going to be covering resumes for most of the meeting.

Len Proper, Columbus Ohio Stake employment specialist and a professional employment expert, will be leading a question and answer session and the discussion about resumes. I will be hosting the meeting and reviewing what happened in July at the two day Career Workshop (which will be repeated often in future months in Columbus).

Much has taken place in the world since we last met. Economic trends are pointing up and employment opportunities should be opening up soon. Attendance at this workshop is one of the best ways to get ready to take advantage of this upward trend. I hope to see you all there!

Thanks,

Stephen K. CONS employment specialist

PS If any of you would like to volunteer to be our chorister for the one song we are going to sing (#128 When Faith Endures), please let me know so that I can put you on the agenda.
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GOT ZUCCHINI???

One day of rain can turn an almost ready zucchini into a log big enough to build a cabin! (I've got proof!)If you find yourself with zucchini "logs", you can cut the seeds and pithy center out and grate the rest to use in the recipe below or others calling for fresh zucchini.

Zucchini also freezes well! We grate the "logs" after removing the seeds, measure out in two cup portions and freeze it in ziploc sandwich bags and make the bread throughout the winter and spring seasons.

The Jernigans have a great recipe to share for frozen battered zucchini to fry up when the winterwinds blow! Be sure to ask them about it!

Zucchini Bread

makes 2 loaves

3 eggs

2 cups grated zucchini

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 teaspoon lemon juice

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup chopped nuts, optional

Beat eggs until light and frothy. Add sugar, oil and vanilla. Mix until thick. Add grated zucchini and stir thoroughly. Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. Add to zucchini mixture until well blended. Add nuts if desired then add the lemon juice. Stir well then pour into two greased and floured bread pans. Bake at 350 degrees for one hour or until done. Remove from pans and cool on rack.

Sister Dragoo(My mother-in-law' s recipe and the best I've ever tasted!)

PARK AND PLAY WED AUG 5,2009

DON'T FORGET PARK AND PLAY WEDNESDAY AUG. 5TH @ 11 AM. WATCH FOR AN E-MAIL FOR PLACE, ADDRESS, AND DIRECTIONS.

COME AND HAVE FUN BEFORE SCHOOL YEAR STARTS AGAIN AND DUE TO SCHOOL SCHEDULE KIDS CAN'T GO AND PLAY IN THE PARK AS OFTEN AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO.

COME AND ENJOY SOME ADULT CONVERSATION AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS CALL MARGO

GOT MILK?!?!?! This is awesome info!!!!

Thought you should know: Kroger is having a great sale on milk this week; just 79 cents ahalf-gallon.You can freeze milk at this great price to use later when the price increases--- which we know it will. This is a convenient and rather inexpensive way to fill up empty space in your larger freezer---a full freezer maintains temperatures longer to preserve food longer during power outages and operates more efficiently overall.

To freeze: open each milk jug and remove 1/2 cup milk to use/store inrefrigerator. (Remove one full cup for gallon size.)
This allows forexpansion when you freeze the jug. Replace cap and freeze.We just thaw and use when we don't want to go to the store just for milk or for those weeks when milk isn't on sale. We have also taken the frozen milk jugs in our cooler for longer camping trips. They served actual purpose; we didn't have to buy as many bags of ice for the cooler and we didn't have to leave camp to buy milk or buy expensive milk from the camp grocery store.

To use the frozen milk be sure to thaw the jug completely in therefrigerator. It can take 2 - 3 days depending on the size of the jug. You will need to thaw it then shake the jug well to redistribute the butterfat in the milk. Even fat-free milk has some butterfat in it. If you don't thaw it completely then the top milk in the jug will be watery and the bottom milk in the jug will be buttery. (Label the jug with the date when you thaw it since the original expiration date may scare yourkids or spouse!)

You can freeze eggs too! Last week they were on sale for 79 cents adozen , but 99 cents for a dozen this week is also a good price. We get them when they're cheap and freeze them for our regular baking, holiday baking, scrambled eggs, cooking, casseroles, etc.

To freeze eggs, always break eggs one at a time into bowl to make sure they are good before combining them with other eggs. (You don't want to spoil a batch by having one bad egg in a bowl of good ones!)Break the yolk of the egg then stir the whole thing. Stand a small ziploc bag upright and open in a quart measuring cup or small, deep bowl.Pour the prepared egg in the bag.

Add as many to the bag as your favorite recipe calls for. We usually put 2 - 4 in a bag. We put all the small sealed bags into a gallon bag. Label the outside of the small bags with the number of eggs inside. To use the frozen eggs, place sealed bag in small bowl in refrigerator since it doesn't stand up well when thawing. It usually takes one day to thaw. If we are just making scrambled eggs, we don't always thaw them completely. Some people stir up the whole dozen (one at a time into a bowl first!)and put the eggs into a 12 count plastic ice cube tray. They freeze them, pop them out into a ziploc freezer bag, label the bag and use onecube for each egg in their recipes. This obviously is more cost effective since you don't use the small plastic bags.

Sister Dragoo

HOW'S YOUR RESTING HEART RATE???

YOU CAN LOWER YOUR HEART RATE BY STARTING AN EXERCISE REGIMEN! LOW RESTING HEART RATE MEANS GOOD HEART AND VASCULAR HEALTH FOR YOU.

WHY NOT ATTEND SUSAN'S AEROBICS CLASS MONDAY-FRIDAY @ 9 AM!!!

TAKE YOUR RESTING HEART RATE NOW AND WRITE IT DOWN AND AFTER ATTENDING SUSAN'S CLASS FOR FEW MONTHS, RETAKE YOU HEART RATE IN FEBRUARY AND CELEBRATE HEART HEALTH!!!

GOT WATER???

A recent ward survey indicated that only a few families had sufficient long-term water storage on hand.On page 7 of the Church Publication, "Essentials of Home Production &Storage, " it states 'The approximate [water] requirement per person on a two-week basis is fourteen gallons (seven gallons for drinking and sevengallons for other uses).

'The water storage deal of the century is available at the Pepsi Company,1241 Gibbard Avenue in Columbus. Many of us "old-timers" have gotten water barrels there on the cheap but since our wards are always evolving with move-ins the information bears repeating. A 15-gallon blue food grade barrels that formerly contained Pepsi concentrated syrup are available for resale for $5 each. You have to clean and sanitize them before using them for your family water storage. You would optimally buy one barrel for each family member to meet the minimum water storage recommendations of our Church leaders.

There are many creative ways to disguise them in your main living areas or stash them in a corner in the basement or garage. The barrels are small enoughto fit at least 3 in a mini-van to transport them home. A full-size truck could transport 12 barrels quite easily.Here's the process for obtaining the barrels:

Call Fran in the front office at 253-8771 X46817. Let her know how many barrels you want to order one day before you plan to pick them up. You must pay with cash and have exact change only! So one barrel=$5 ten barrels=$50.

DIRECTIONS:From Hilliard get on 70 East and go to 71 North. Go to the Fifth Avenue east exit and turn right, turn right on Joyce, right on Gibbard and go to the second Pepsi gate to pick up the barrels. The hours for pick up are 8:15a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 12 noon on Fridays. (Check a map or go to map quest if you want an alternate route due to construction changes/challenges that seem to crop up overnight!)

They also have 55 gallon white food grade barrels available if you wantto store water in them. We personally found them too heavy and impractical since they weigh 275 to 330 pounds when filled and have no portability. The blue barrels are also supposed to be better for storing the water since the white barrels let light in. However, if you cut the 55 gallon barrels in half, they make excellent gardening barrels for apartment balconies or patios when you drill some drainage holes in thebottom. The Websters have a potato crop in one right now and will be doing a second planting in the other half with zucchini, carrots or cucumbers--- yes, there is still time for a little bit of planting! Ohio's first average frost is early October so you have 60+ days to grows omething great!Got water? Get water!

Thanks a bunch,

Sister Dragoo

AUGUST BIRTHDAY GIRLS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THE FOLLOWING AUGUST GIRLS:

Heidi G. Aug 1st

Jessica K. Aug. 4th

Lisa N. Aug. 7th

Susette S. Aug. 20th

Margo S. Aug. 23rd

Amelia E. Aug. 23rd

Valerie C. Aug. 24th

Kim M. Aug. 30th

We want to wish you a wonderful birthday!!!

Brenda,Lori, Tomoko and Kirsi