| New cookbook celebrates old Brass Tavern Inn
In 1845 when the Brass Tavern and Inn first opened its doors on the corner of Old Pike and Old Highway in what is now Munster, the journey from this section of Northwest Indiana into Chicago took about a day.Because the journey was hard (travelers could be mired in mud when the dirt roads were wet or cloaked in dust in dry weather), the tavern offered a place to rest and to dine. What made stopping there even better is that Julia Watkins Brass, who owned the Brass Tavern with her husband (and ran it while he was looking for riches in California during the Gold Rush), kept a crock jar full of sugar cookies, and her menus were described by contemporaries as "attractive and delectable." Time moves on.Now the trip from Ridge Road (Old Pike) and Columbia Avenue (Old Highway) in Munster takes less than an hour instead of a day.And the tavern, which in 1864 became the Stallbohm Inn, closed its doors in the 1890s as railroads and paved roads made traveling much easier and eliminated the need for a stagecoach stop.The building burned in 1909; all that is left to mark the site is a bronze historical plaque donated in 1927 by the Julia Watkins Brass Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.But the Brass Tavern and those days still live on, in the memories of those who have heard stories of the inn and in the old recipes handed down by generations of local residents.Now these recipes and more have been collected by the Munster Historical Society and presented, along with photos and stories of early area settlers, in a delightful book titled "The Brass Tavern Cookbook: A Collection of Nostalgic Recipes Commemorating the Establishment in 1845 of The Brass Tavern & Inn, the First Permanent Settlement in Munster, Indiana," compiled by JoAnne Shafer. "The oldest recipes for a baked ham glaze and apple crisp both date back to 1855," says Shafer who, with other members of the society, worked on this project for 12 years.Besides providing a history of the region, the cookbook also tells a story of how the foods we eat have changed (partridge wrapped in vine leaves having been dropped from most menus today) -- and stayed the same.
Danvers man held after gun incident
DANVERS — A man who allegedly pointed a gun at a woman and then fired it into a wall on Pickering Street on Sunday night was ordered held without bail until a hearing to determine whether he poses a danger to the public. Kurt Mason, 24, of 371/2 Pickering St., Danvers, already had charges in two other domestic abuse cases pending against him when police were called around 7:30 p.m. by a woman who said she had been threatened with a handgun. Danvers police quickly obtained a search warrant and went to the house, where they found a . 32-caliber handgun, ammunition and cocaine, Capt. Ed Plamowski said. Mason was arrested shortly after 9 p.m. Mason pleaded not guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon, possessing a gun and ammunition without a license, discharging a weapon within 500 feet of a building, improper storage of a firearm, and possession of a class B substance.
Sir Paul in divorce court hearing
Heather Mills and Sir Paul McCartney have appeared at the High Court in London for a hearing to reach a financial settlement for their divorce. The hearing in the Family Division, which is taking place in private, is expected to last five days. The couple, who have a four-year-old daughter, Beatrice, announced the end of their four-year marriage in 2006. Neither made any statement to reporters as they left, with Sir Paul saying "no comment" to questions. 'Vast disparity' The former Beatle has a fortune estimated at 825m. There has been speculation among divorce experts, based on recent cases, that the settlement could reach 60m. The record currently rests with the 48m which businessman John Charman was told by the courts to pay his former wife in May last year.
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Baby Found OK In Tennessee Twister Debris
We had a beautiful neighborhood, now it's hell," said Bonnie Brawner, 80. The nearby Castilian Springs post office was destroyed, and there was one confirmed death, WSMV-TV in Nashville reported. Tennessee Hit Hard Among the dead in Tennessee was a 70-year-old man whose mobile home was leveled in Macon County. Tennessee officials said the storms injured as many as 75 people, demolished buildings, flipped vehicles and brought down a large wall at a shopping mall. Macon County emergency director Keith Scruggs confirmed at least eight deaths from storm damage alone, WSMV reported. "It's cut Macon County in two," Scruggs said of what is believed to be a tornado. "I've been working 34 years and I've never seen anything like this.
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As Berean Academy faces yet more tragedy it teaches us about hope
Whether you are a praying person or not, keeping the Berean Academy community in your thoughts is important during this second term of the 2007-08 school year. The school again has been faced with the kind of adversity schools would rather not face. Once again, the school is dealing with the death of students. It’s coming on the heels of another community loss and, God willing, bringing to an end a set of challenges dating back to May. Throughout the last year, the school has been teaching that being a Christian doesn’t automatically mean nothing bad will happen. But being a Christian can provide the inner strength to deal with tragedy when it strikes. Nowhere is that more apparent than Berean Academy in Elbing. The Christian school has seen tragedy during the last year and displayed the inner strength needed to deal with it as it comes.
Forest funds flawed
THE National Audit Office has questioned the appropriateness of at least $13 million of federal government grants to Tasmanian forestry companies in the past two years. Commonwealth Auditor-General Ian McPhee concluded in a report that proper process was short-circuited in the awarding of many of the $43 million grants made under the 2005 Tasmanian Community Forest Agreement. The report found some grants were approved without sufficient documentation and transparency, sometimes without assessment by the federal bureaucracy, and without sufficient follow-up to ensure money was used for the intended purpose. Mr McPhee stopped short of accusing the $56 million TCFA industry development program of deliberate rort for political or business gain. Greens senator Christine Milne yesterday accused former federal forestry minister Senator Eric Abetz of "rorting the system" to win funds for, and electoral support from, the forest industry.
Bligh sorry for minister's toddler comments
QUEENSLAND Premier Anna Bligh has apologised for her health minister after he said a toddler who died following a 30-hour wait for his twisted bowel to be diagnosed was "allegedly" in pain. After nearly a week of defending Stephen Robertson over his comments, Ms Bligh apologised today to the family of three-year-old Ryan Saunders and the Emerald community in central Queensland. "If there has been any offence taken at the minister's comments, I think it is important that the Government offer some apology for any offence," Ms Bligh said. "It is quite clear that the minister's comments caused some offence in the community, and for that I'm very sorry." Ryan died at Rockhampton Hospital after being transferred from Emerald on October 25 with stomach pains.
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St. Clare Health Mission seeing more, sicker patients
Between the drug companies (Merck settles drug pricing lawsuit for $650 million) and the insurance companies (build another monsterous glass tower with our premiums) there is enough blame to go around. Whether you like it or not we will be forced into national health care by large corporate giants (Walmart and others) who do not provide affordable insurance to their employees. More and more companies are only hiring part time to get away from benefits. Some one will need to pay the health care costs of these people. " .
Former Mormon missionary gets prison in Nevada child sex case
A former Mormon missionary was sentenced Thursday to two to six years in prison after a judge ruled he violated terms of a plea deal that called for him to complete counseling and community service. The judge decreed John Misseldine, 26, guilty of lewdness with a child under the age of 14 and coercion, and ordered him to register and submit to monitoring as a sex offender. The felony charges, dating to 2003, had been stayed under terms of the October 2005 plea deal. ``I still maintain my innocence in this case,'' Misseldine said when Clark County District Judge Donald Mosley asked him to speak. The judge dismissed Misseldine's assertions that the claims against him were false and a scheme by the girls' families to get money from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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