| Lakewood Middle School students, staff eating well with new cooks
Lakewood Middle School welcomes Kathy Klema as its new head cook for this year. Klema is from within the district and brings several years of experience preparing meals for students and staff. Within the first few days on the job, her fine culinary skills were favorably remarked upon by students and staff. .
Think small
Maybe the best thing about Govind Armstrong's new cookbook is that he gives you permission "not" to be Govind Armstrong, big-name chef and co-owner of Table 8 in Los Angeles and Miami Beach. It lets you off the hook if you can't find Santa Barbara spot prawns -- supermarket shrimp will work. If you're making crisp goat cheese with lavender honey and pumpkin seed oil, "There's no need to purchase the finest chevre at market; an inexpensive goat cheese log will do just fine." The philosophy behind Small Bites, Big Nights (Clarkson Potter, $30) is that hosts should enjoy the party as much as their guests. Big flavor with not too much fuss -- unless you really do want to challenge yourself. Armstrong gives you that option, too. Bottom line: "I want you to get this book dirty," he said in a telephone interview.
2nd generation opens salon at Emmaus corner store site
Gabriel Genovese made his living at the corner of Fifth and Broad streets, Emmaus, for almost four decades.
Now his daughter wants to do the same -- although that's about the only thing she has in common with her father.
The storefront formerly known as Gabby's Market reopened three weeks ago, after substantial renovation, as a beauty salon called She. Genovese's daughter Wanda O'Brien runs the place with help from her daughter, Tara.
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Dry Weather Hurting Area Crops
Since May, the Rochester area has seen roughly half the amount of rainfall normal for this time of year. The impact the dry weather has had on local crops could mean lower profits for farmers and higher prices for consumers. For apple growers like Marty Shutt, the bigger the fruit, the better. "Larger fruit commands a larger price. So we're all in a quandary hoping we'll get rain for our later fruit," said Shutt. Shutt's family has been operating this 50 acre orchard in Webster more than a hundred years. Few have been this dry. Shutt's farm recorded eight -tenths of an inch of rain during the month of August. The normal amount is three inches. The drought is also impacting vegetables like corn and cabbage. Some farmers are predicting a 30 to 50 percent profit loss.
Get involved
● September is Disaster Preparation Month: A major disaster exercise will take place on Sept. 17, with a mandatory briefing on Sept. 14. Volunteers will act as victims of an urban disaster, and emergency first-responders will receive training in treating them. Register at www.azvolunteer.com. For more information, call 243-7750. .
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