Gives Tips on Preparing Fresh Fruits, Veggies;
Warns about PI nting Close to Some T
Jan St.Clair, pare produce, you should avoid doesn't kill every species in each their roots come in contact with
CEAFCS soaking it. Just wash well category, however - which is the tree's roots.
Have you been enjoying enough in cool, running water why walnut, butternut, and pe- The symptoms of walnut wilt
those fresh fruits and vegetables to remove any dirt or pesticide, can trees don't grow in problem- vary with distance from the tree.
this summer? Do you ever won- A soii brush and water will do a free, solitary splendor. Close-growing tomatoes will
der whether is necessary to peel good job in cleaning thick "The chemical these trees re- abruptly wilt and die in early to
fresh produce? skinned vegetables and fruits, lease is juglone. Fortunately, mid summer. Tomatoes a short
Actually, most of the natural Peels not only contain nutri- contact with soil quickly makes distance away will be flaccid and
vitamins and minerals aren't in ents but also can act as a natural juglone inactive. However, you stunted.
the center of the fruits and veg- covering that helps protect the shouldn't try to grow some her- The woody stem tissue ofaf-
etables. They are in the outer nutrients inside fruits and veg- baceous and woody plants near fected plants turns brown. Out-
leaves, skin and area just below etables. That's why mashed po- a walnut - especially apple, as- side of a lab, often the only way
the skin. tatoes can be more nutritious if paragus, blackberry~ chrysanthe- to tell if walnut wilt is at fault is
Fortunately, in most cases made from potatoes that aren't mum lilac, potato and tomato by the affected plant's proxim-
cooks don't really need to peel peeled before boiling, plants. They'll develop a disor- ity to a walnut tree.
fruits and vegetables. The skins Skin that is eaten also pro- der called walnut wilt," said Even when the tree is no
are edible on carrots, potatoes, vides some extra fiber. Ward Upham, Master Gardener longer there, the roots' toxin will
pears, apples and many other #### program coordinator for Kansas remain for years. Upham sug-
fresh produce," said Kathy Watch what you plant nearState University Research and gests planting things that are
Walsten, nutrition educator with walnut trees. Nature has come Extension. resistant to juglone such as zin-
Kansas State University Re- up with what may be the widest Juglone can leach from leaves nias, carrots, beans, corn and
search and Extension. ranging pesticide, and nuts during rain. Walnut black raspberries. If you have
Cooks need to keep in mind It kills plant diseases (fungi- tree roots release it, Upham said. had problems growing plants
that some vitamins dissolve in cide), creepy crawlies (insecti- The most dangerous site for that are near walnut trees, keep
water. That's why as you pre- cide) and plants (herbicide). It other plants is close enough that these tips in mind.
il
Last Monday night's Cold-
water City Council meeting ran
into "overtime"-- at least as far
as its coverage in The Western
Star goes.
A number of items were held
out of last week's Star coverage
of the meeting, not for lack of
importance, but for lack of space.
Here, a week later, are those ad-
ditional items.
--Heard Comanche County
Hospital administrator Nancy
Zimmerman thank the council for
the use of the Veterans' Build-
ing for a recent hazardous mate-
rials incident training session
there.
--Heard Mrs. Zimmerman ask
the council to put in an additional
water meter at the hospital for a-
small building to be used for
showers in case of a hazardous
materials incident. She also
asked if there would be a prob-
lem with the ambulance coming
in to that building through a
closed alley there. The council
Senior Lunch
June 26 -- June 30
Monday
Deli Sandwich
Dell Fixin's
Potato Salad
Bun
Apricots
Tuesday
Swedish Meatballs
Buttered Noodles
Steamed Cabbage
WW Roll
Rosey Apl/tesauce
Wednesday
OF Chicken
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Seasoned Calif. Veg
ww Roll
Pudding Cups
Thursday
Hot Beef Sandwich
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Carrots
WW Bread
Citrus Fruit cup
Friday
Ham & Beans or Beef Stew
Coleslaw
Orange
Cornbread
Ranger Cookie
and mayor informed than that
the alley had been vacated, and
therefore the property belonged
to the adjacent landowners.
--Heard Richard Thompson
ask that the council consider
having small cycle tracks close
down an hour before dark -- a
time when many people enjoy
being out in their yards relaxing
and listening to the birds. They
said that the matter could now
be handled through the existing
ordinances, but only on a com-
plaint. "How do you enforce
common courtesy?" Mayor
Kluge asked.
---Heard a report of law en-
forcement activities within the
past month from the city marshal,
including boat safety checks at
the lake Memorial Day weekend.
--Heard Marshal Doug
Storie report that he had been
approached by an applicant for
a part-time law enforcement po-
sition with the city. After some
discussion the council took no
action on the matter, saying they
were not convinced that the city
needs a second law enforcement
officer.
---Talked with Klete Hackney
who questioned the city's ordi-
nance against trailers parked on
the city streets, and how the or-
ALLEN -- Dustin and Renee
Allen of Lakewood, Colo are
proud to announce the birth of
their daughter Madison Brooke.
Madison was born at 2:46 p.m.
June 2, 2006, a the Littleton
Adventist Hospital in Littleton,
Colo.
She weighed in at 6 pounds
9.6 ounces, and measured 19.5
inches long.
Grandparents are Jene and
Robin Allen ofColdwater, Debbi
and Raymond Affeldt of Cold-
water, and Shelly Viescas and the
late Aurttiur Scott of Castle
Rock, Colo.
Great-grandparents are Eu-
gene and Lee Baker of Bransom,
Mo the late Renous and Ruth
Allen of Cotdwater, and the late
Helen Baker.
dinance is being enforced. He --Discussed the need for
questioned whether or not the campers to stop watering grass
council should reconsider even at the lake during the busy week-
having the ordnance which he ends, because there have been
said he felt to be "pretty petty." problems with low water pres-
--Approved the purchase of sure there. .-
four four-by-eight foot sections --Tabled action on a prob-
of steel trench shoring for the lem with a saltwater truck (per-
sewer system at an estimated mitted for parking in the city)
cost of$13,500. Only one bid had which is tearing up the street by
been secured, so far, but more leaking and having a leaving a
will be gathered before the shor- foul smell.
ing is ordered. --Discussed the need to put
--Heard Shaw report that on some additional help at the
Measurement Inc. had agreed to city lake to help with patrol and
pay tbr a section of new its side- enforcement there.
walk adjacent to the city park --Approved sending $200 in
when new sidewalk is run along annual payment to Sunflower
the park property. RC&D.
Looking for ways to grow this summer?
Why not sign up for
Through the Coldwater/Wilmore Recreation
When: July 10-20 Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
Who: Kids 4 and up will taught by Art Instructor
Hannah Kendall from Haviland
Where: South Central High School Cafeteria
Cost: $20 per student
Time: Pre - K through 2nd grade 9:30 - 10 a.m.
Intermediate (middle school) 10:15 - 11 a.m.
Primary Beginners (3rd-5th) 11:15 - noon
For more info, call Kayla Snyder 582-2062
Registration fee deadline is July 7
1%ttting Data to Fllght
Internet Service
582-2217
in Coldwater
Weight Room
Is Now Open
Summer use of the weight
room at Coldwater High School
has already begun.
Open to the public, the weight
room will be open each morning
from 6 until 7:30 a.m That sched-
ule will run through July 27.
Betty Butts
Memorial services for Betty
Butts Sanders will be in Protec-
tion this Saturday, June 24, 2006.
Due to exceptionally hot
weather, the usual order of ser-
vices will be reversed. A mili-
tary service, honoring her con-
tributions as an Army Staff Sgt.
during WWII, will be held at the
Protection Cemetery at 10 a.m.
A memorial service will be held
at.the First Baptist Church at 1 l
a.m.
She died at the age of 82 on
Dec. 1,2005 at Lawrence Memo-
rial Hospital in Lawrence.
Born February 11, 1923, near
Protection, she attended Bluff
Creek and Protection schools
before going to the University
of Kansas and the Wichita Busi-
ness College, as well as airport
radio operator school in Omaha,
Nebraska.
She was employed by Beech
Aircraft Company, First National
Bank of Wichita, and the United
Cerebral Palsy Foundation.
During World War II, she served
her country proudly, attaining
the rank of staff sergeant in the
Women's Army Corps, sta-
tioned in Florida and Germany.
In 1948, Betty married Grover
E. Sanders, also of Protection.
They moved to California, where
he was stationed in the Navy.
Minneapolis, Minn was their
next home. After being trans-
ferred to Washington, D.C he
left the Navy, and they moved
back to Protection. They then
moved to Wichita, where they
lived nearly 40 years before mov-
ing to Lawrence.
Survivors include: her de-
voted husband Grover E. Sand-
ers; one son Jim Sanders and
wife Ellen Mercedes Ryan of
Fairway; two daughters, Sandra
Sanders and husband Frank
Hoffman of Lawrence, and
Denise Sanders and husband
Gary Zangerle of Marlton, N.
Jer.; three grandchildren, Logan
Smith and J. Douglas and Elena
Zangerle; four step-grandchil-
dren-Rob, Mary, Scan and
Megan Ryan; and one sister
Ramona Lawrence of Protection.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, Raymond and
Marie Butts, and brothers DeLos
and Raymond Butts.
A memorial service was held
at Unity Church of Lawrence
Dec. 4, 2005.
The family requests that con-
tributions be sent to the charity
of your choice in her memory.
