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Jay Palm’s Saddle Shop has always relied on premium products and the best in customer service, just like my father. We still build saddles by hand and have the only full service repair shop in the area. We carry all the major lines in western wear. Wrangler, Roper, Cruel Girl, Rookies and Cinch. Boots by Tony Lama, Justin, Double H, and Lucchese. Our friendly staff is always here to help you get the right fit. Hats by Stetson and Resistol. We still hand shape all straw and felt cowboy hats. We stock the basics and all the way up to premium felt hats made from beaver and mink.

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PENNGROVE PROUD fall 2008

Keeping the Past While Embracing the Future — Page 4

Reader’s Comments - Page 5

Penngrove Elementary School News - Page 5

Inside Penngrove — Page 6

Sips, Savors & Sounds — Page 7

Penngrove Map — Page 8 & 9

Service Directory — Page 8 & 9

In Her Own Words, The Depression - Page 10

Locals of Note — Page 11

Fairfield Osborn Preserve Public Programs — Page 12

Live Music Listings — Page 13

Penngrove Pantry — Page 18

Community Switchboard — Page 19

Hometown Events — Page 19

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Founded over 100 years ago, the Penngrove Community Church stands proudly on a hill above Main St, the after-noon sunlight often gleaming off its yellow and white trim turret. But the local landmark building has not always stood in that spot.

The church’s history is long and col-orful , beginning in 1897 when the two Thompson brothers arrived in Penngrove and began to hold revival meetings in a tent before the church was built nearby at Formschlag Lane and what was then Santa Rosa Hill Road.

An article from the Petaluma Courier of 1898, describes the building just before its completion: “The church is a tasty structure and has three handsome Gothic windows. It will seat 200 persons, and the chapel, which opens into the main auditorium by large doors, will seat 100 more... The interior is finished in natural curly redwood and presents a rich appearance. The walls are tinted, and the interior of the church is completed.”

In 1910, partly due to dwindling church attendance at the time, the church was placed on rollers and teams of horses pulled it to its present site on Oak Street. Ellen Harris, a local historian and church member for sixty years, has said that “they brought the church to the people when the peo-ple wouldn’t come to the church.” She recalled recently

when the one building was all there was. “I can just remember the wooden pews. They were kind of on an angle, and there were two aisles and the pul-pit was in the corner at the front. There was a piano and a pump organ, and as a teenager I learned to play the piano for Sunday School.”

The church has also changed its denominational affilia-tion over the years, from the original Methodist Episcopal to Congregational Church and, in the 1950's, became the United Church of Christ. Since the 1980’s, Penngrove Com-munity Church has remained an independent community church. Now led by Pastor Lance, the church has a strong independent evangelical congregation. “From once having a very formal setting,” Harris said, “now we have a good mu-sical part led by our worship team, with saxophones, guitars, drummers, keyboards and singers. Then the children go to their classes and we have a sermon, but it’s more informal.”

The church also has weekly activities, like the Wednesday night Bible Trek which includes dinner and family lesson

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Just a note to tell you that when we were in Penngrove we picked up a copy of Penngrove Proud and it was great reading. I lived in the area from 1954 till 2005 when I moved to Branson, Mo.

I was the Grand Marshal of the Big-gest Little Parade in Northern Calif. 2008. It was a surprise to me and I was so honored. For fifteen years I was the Parade Chairperson and also managed the Penngrove Clubhouse.

The Penngrove Social Firemen are a great organization. There is no place like Penngrove and no greater peo-ple. Keep up the good work with the magazine

~Darlene Orr, Branson, Mo.

With school well under way, teachers and students alike have settled in. Skate nights have again proved to be popular so far this year, more are scheduled. The annual Halloween Carnival will be held on Saturday, October 25th. Come and enjoy the games, Cake Walk and Haunted House. The 3rd Annual Penngrove Social will be on November 15th at the Elks Lodge. The Innsbrook Giftwrap fund-raising has just wrapped up and has once again been very successful. The money earned goes directly to the PTA and funds many of our school pro-grams. On August 15th the Back to School PTA BBQ was enjoyed by a huge group of students, parents and teachers. Hamburgers and Hotdogs with all the fixin’s were grilled by faithful volunteers and many side dishes and salads were brought by participants. Followed by an Ice cream bar with all the toppings and whipped cream with a cherry on top was the perfect dessert. A wonderful feast and great opportunity to get to know some of your fellow parents and meet your children’s friends.

Dear Penngrove Proud,

Thank you for devoting space in your magazine to the Main Street sidewalk plan in Penngrove [see PP #4].

It is wonderful that locals can keep up on important issues through a local medium like the Penngrove Proud. I look forward to your next issue.

~Annalisa Corona, Cotati

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First of all, a big shout out to our neighbor Kim Hanson who bought the bright yellow Pedestrian Yield sign that now resides in the middle of the crosswalk in front of the Post Office. Thank you, Kim! You can catch her over at JavaMoré on most days of the week. Another good neighbor is Passanisi’s - thanks to them for painting the Penngrove Park sign, and planting the bed of beautiful flowers around it. Our new Mexican Grill, La Provincia is also serving up delicious ice cream cones, perfect on the walk home from school. Veggie Alert: Fresh tomatoes and corn are now being sold alongside the deli-cious strawberries at the Strawberry Farm on Petaluma Hill Road and Railroad Ave. The new Humble Pie Restaurant has opened in the old John’s Cafe spot, courtesy of Jason and ??, who have completely redone the interior of the restaurant, with soft colors, wooden furniture, beautiful plants and antique photos on the walls, producing a lovely warm atmo-sphere. All their dishes are made from scratch with local and organic products. The menu changes weekly utilizing seasonal items. And the pie is to die for – my favorite, so far, the strawberry walnut with vanilla ice cream.

And there’s always lots of live music happen-ing next door at the Black Cat Bar. [see page 13 for listings.] We are sad to see Pliney’s Artisan Soap & Beauty Factory l eav ing Penngrove . Priscilla will continue making her wonder-ful soaps, lotions and other beauty products, but will be selling it through her new web-site, www. Stop down

She’ll look out for you like a good neighbor would.As a long time, friendly Penngrove resident and Bank of Marin manager, Faith will personally take care of all your banking needs. Plus, she’s just down the road at the Kohl’s Shopping Center. Give her a call or stop by today.

Faith Giosso, Branch Manager1371 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma(707) 658-4215

MEMBER FDIC

and see her in the Penngrove Station and take advantage of some of the fabulous deals while you’re there. Make a point of visit-ing Main Street Home Furnishings when you’re downtown. Ann & Norman have it filled with an eclectic selection of things for the home, plus books and gift items. And check out Valkyrie Tattoo and Art Gallery which now has a full display of art in various mediums in their gallery side. The Grove is full of good food as always – with the pizza and pasta at Caprara’s; breakfast, lunch and, of course, coffee from JavaMoré; and the delicious fresh baked breads and rolls at Full Circle Baking Company. With Halloween coming up go on down to Custom Costumes for the best selection in adult costumes – it’s a unique experience and a whole lot of fun. Looking good locally was never easier with Penngrove Hair Company and Fringe Hair Salon, both located downtown.

A second Town Meeting was held earlier in the summer where updated plans for the downtown sidewalks, crosswalk and general revitalization were discussed. It’s great to see how many folks really care about what is hap-pening in Penngrove’s future. Now we need some action. [An update on plans can be read on page 13.] A new community organization is taking shape, the Women’s Auxillary, a sort of sister organization to the Penngrove Social Fireman. It’s main function will be helping the community through fund-raising to benefit town projects such as the beauti-fication of the park and tree’s and benches to supplement the new sidewalks. The first meeting will be held on September 17th, 7pm at the Community Clubhouse on Woodward. Come and see what you can do for your town! By the way, if you have an event or meeting, the Clubhouse is always available for rental, 769-7176.

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Sips, Savors & SoundsSomething for Everyone’s Taste

In Your local Area

Providing the latest information on our local and surrounding area bistros, cafes, bars and other establishments offering eats, drinks and live music.

All addresses and phone numbers can be found in the Service Directory on page 8.

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la Provincia Mexican grill

Now open on Main Street, La Provincia Mexican Grill brings us a taste of home-style cooking, South-of-the-Bor-der style. Serving up a variety of fresh and tasty Mexican dishes, as well as desserts and ice cream, they also have a great kid’s menu!

JavaMoré café This is what a local coffee shop should be - run by owner Kim and her friendly staff, offering a wide variety of coffees, teas and pastries along with a full breakfast menu, lunch sand-wiches, soups and salads in a cool and comfortable space.

full circle Baking coMPany

The Full Circle Baking Company has been baking bread since 2004. The family however has been milling organic flour and grains for a half century. They pride themselves in carrying on their family tradition, bringing generations of experience to each of their handmade artisan breads.

Black cat Bar

The hippest bar in town with a rockin’ jukebox, mixed drinks, and a large selection of beer and ales bottled and on tap. They have a wide variety of live music, including Open Mic on Wednesdays with free pool afterwards. Check out their nightly events on page ??.

caPrara’s Pizzeria Caprara’s has settled nicely into their spot in The Grove. Enjoy lunch or dinner with indoor or outdoor seating. Serving their excellent signature pizza, a variety of delicious pasta dishes, sandwiches and salads, plus soft drinks, beer and wine.

vinnie’s Deli

Amy and Jim are rolling out their delicious hot and cold sandwich-es with choice of homemade potato, macaroni and green salads. They’re also BBQ’ing out front some Saturdays, don’t miss it!

twin oaks tavern

Old time local gathering spot, with great lunch service – eat inside or on the pleasant outdoor patio in the summer. Serving delicious sandwiches, burgers, salads and seafood, along with pasta and potato salads. Pool tables, darts and TV. Live music every Friday night. See listings on page ??.

tHe HuMBle Pie restaurant

A new restaurant has opened in the neighborhood, in the space that was John’s Cafe. All their dishes are made from scratch with local and organic products. The menu changes weekly depending on seasonal items, including pasta, salads, fish, meat and vegetable dishes. Fresh pies are baked daily, varieties include Peach, Apple/Pear, Strawberry Walnut and various Berry ones. Try them with their vanilla ice cream!

• Take Out or Dine In• Pasta • Burgers • Ribs

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Three Bean, Macaroni, Potato,Tuna & Green Salads

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Bauman College - The Grove, 10151 Main St., Penngrove, 794-1284Black Cat Bar - 10056 Main St., Penngrove, 793-9480Bud’s Custom Meats - 7750 Petaluma Hill Road, 795-8402Building Blocks Pre-School - 228 Adobe Rd., Penngrove, 792-2280CA Audio/Video - The Grove, 10101 Main St., Penngrove - 792-2209Caprara’s Pizzeria - The Grove, 10101 Main St., Penngrove, 664-1515Custom Costumes - 10009 Main St., Penngrove, 795-1873Ferina Trucking - Penngrove, 696-5826Footloose Dance Center - 5320 B. Old Redwood Hwy., Petaluma, 795-8058Friedman’s Home Improvement - 4055 Santa Rosa Ave. Santa Rosa, 588-7632Fringe Beauty Salon - The Grove, 10101 Main St., Suite C, Penngrove - 792-2444Full Circle Baking Co. - The Grove, 10151 Main St., Suite 120, Penngrove, 794-9445 Glenn’s Auto - 1309 Ross St. Petaluma, 762-4360JavAmoré Café, The Grove - 10101 Main St., Penngrove, 794-1516

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P enngrove School is the oldest school in the Petaluma School District. The first school in Penngrove was in a small building near the Eagle Hotel from which the school took its name. The school was moved in 1876. The next school site was at the South-west corner of the intersection of Main Street and Sonoma-Bo-dega Road (Adobe Road). It was a two room structure situated very close to the creek. When it was no longer used for a school build-ing, the teacher lived in it. It was later moved a few yards south.

Another school, Copeland, was in the area now encompassed by the Penngrove School District. It was located at the second turn of Roberts Road on the north side of the road. The 1875 Petaluma pa-per described it as, "a redwood building sufficiently large to accom-modate the children of the district. The furniture is of redwood and of fair quality." The number of children belonging to the district was by June census, 36. W.H. Magoon is the teacher in charge. In 1877 there were 25 children in Eagle School and 43 at Copeland. The school census of 1882-83 recorded Eagle 36, Copeland 31.

In about 1906 the Eagle school was built on the East side of Main Street. It was a two room structure housing students in grades 1 through 8, then remodeled to three classrooms for 1st to 3rd, 4th to 6th. and 7th and 8th. The high school students had to take the train to Petaluma to complete their education. The property where the school was located is now owned by Penngrove Com-munity Church. Only a few pieces of concrete foundation mark where the building stood. The lumber and columns from the structure were used in the construction of the firehouse on Wood-ward Avenue in 1938. Part of the original steps which went up the embankment to the school are still there, but the lower end of the staircase was changed when Main Street was widened.

In 1926 the school building on Adobe Road was built. Al Her-mann was the contractor. For several years students from first to eighth grades were taught in the building's six classrooms. The

first eighth grade graduation was held in this building in 1927. In the 1940's the Junior High students were bused to Petaluma and the school was just first through sixth grades. A kindergarten class was started in a basement room in 1951. Two wings were added to the school campus in 1958.

The Eagle School District joined with the Petaluma City Schools in the 1962-63 school year. A multi-use room costing about $55,000 was built in 1963-64. The Field Act effected the closure of the main build-ing as it was deemed not earthquake safe in 1969. A modular build-ing containing 4 classrooms, and another with 1 classroom and office space were added to the school site. In 1998 the remodeling of the old school building began and by the end of 1999, became the new home of our library, offices, computer lab, specialists, and resource rooms.

For a number of years, students completing Penngrove Elemen-tary School attended Rohnert Park Junior High and Rancho Co-tate High School but when these schools became a part of the new Cotati-Rohnert Park School District in 1978, the students from Penngrove were sent to Petaluma Junior High School and Petaluma High School.

In 1980, 257 students attended the school. As of July 2008, there are 345 students in attendance: 174 male and 171 female students. Kathleen Lar-son is the Principal and there are 16 teachers, a reading specialist, speech therapist, counselor, psychologist, nurse, 2 janitors and 2 secretaries.

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The Oldest School in the Petaluma School District

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One of the greatest blessings of modern day living is our refrigerators, particularly in the hot days of summer. It was only a little more than a century ago that we were counting our blessings for refrigerators. Although they looked and worked very differently then, the end result offered a cool-ing system to keep food and beverages cold. While modern day refrigerators, with cleverly designed interiors, rely on an electric motor to circulate the cold air within the sealed compartment, the earliest refrigerators, which appeared in the last quarter of the 19th century, depended entirely on ice.

The ice industry made big strides in the first half of the 1800’s, devising a means of transporting perishable goods packed in ice blocks and insulated by sand or sawdust.The earliest known successful use of long distance refrigera-tion was by railroad in July 1851, when several tons of but-ter were shipped from New York to Boston in a wooden box car insulated with sawdust and stocked with ice. The use of mechanical refrigeration on railways was still more than a hundred years away.

Knowing the problems in keeping food fresh and meat from attracting flies in the summer, the ice industry turned its attention to commercial refrigerators for homes and shops. They developed what became generally known as the ice-box. This was an insulated wooden cabinet with space for a stock of ice in the upper region. These early refrigerators worked on the circulatory principle that warm air rises to the top, forcing the cold air downwards.

The late 19th and early 20th century saw a number of manufacturers produce different styles and sizes of these refrigerators, from plain to ornate, for use in the kitchen or pantry. They were made of oak, ash, elm or pine and could accommodate anywhere from 25 to 100 pounds of ice

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and the with interiors were lined with metal, zinc or porcelain. The exterior locks and hinges came in polished brass, occasionally bronzed. Cabinets offered front loading or top loading ice compart-ments and, on all models, the ice slowly melted as it flowed through a tube to the drainage pan at floor level. A watchful eye had to be kept on this to prevent overflowing, causing many minor floods!

As late as the 1930’s, a horse and wagon was used to deliver ice to customers who displayed cards in their windows, indicating the amount of ice they wished to order. The driver, commonly known as the ice man, picked a precut block with ice tongs,

swung it upon his leather-protected shoulder, and carried it into the house to deposit in the ice-box. On hot summer days this man was popular with the neighbourhood children who retrieved small slithers of ice from the wagon’s floor.

During the winter, rural men and boys obtained their ice supplies sawing marked off blocks from frozen rivers, and

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Congratulations to Daisy of Penngrove our Guess What and Where Photo Contest Winner. Daisy wins a Gift Certificate from the advertiser of her choice. The photo was of the stone work on the front of the old firehouse on Woodward St. in Penngrove.

Things seem t o be moving slowly through the summer months with sidewalk plans for Penngrove’s Main Street. Despite another follow-up Community Meeting in June to discuss issues and answer questions about the proposed design guidelines, and initial indication from the County that construction was to begin by the end of the Summer, The plans remain very much on the drawing board.

“It seems like there’s a general agreement that the sidewalk program is the most important thing,” said local property owner and designer, Tom Richman. “There was very broad support at the last meeting for the design guidelines. I think that the County is probably going to take that to the Planning Board.”

Kevin Howse, the County Public Works Division Manager for Roads cautioned that the process will take time. “We do have to make some changes,” he told the Proud. “We’re still reviewing the options so the re-design is consistent with guidelines from the last meeting.”

The design guidelines for the revitalization of Main Street include the widening of sidewalks, better pedestrian access, and a safe Crosswalk. (bike lanes and parallel parking.) Howse noted that the plans focus on the south end of the street. “We’d like to see sidewalks from top to bottom, even if there are some gaps in the short-term” he said.Richman has also been working with Jeff Madison from the

Sidewalk Project Inches Forward

Montessori school on a design for the crosswalk. “People really seemed to like it. It had decorative lights and flower pots,” said Richman. “We sent that to Kevin Howse and asked if that could be part of the design.”

“The next big step is to try and incorporate street trees into the County sidewalk design, and we might organize ourselves to collect some money and plant trees, and some other ame-nities that are part of a sidewalk project that the community could support.”

Once the County decides to move forward with the proposed design guidelines, there will be additional opportunities for public input at public hearings conducted by the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.

“We want to get the most sidewalk for the funds available,” said Howse.

Meanwhile, a grand new yellow Yield sign sits on the down-town crosswalk, courtesy of Kim Hanson from javamoré, as Main Street waits for its long-coming makeover.

You may obtain the Design Guidelines online at http://www.

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Do you know what your ancestors were doing in 1608?

If you are like Penngrove artist, Elizabeth Perkins, you might be surprised to find out that they were doing the same thing she does for a living, but a mere four centuries earlier. Elizabeth’s lineage includes actors, artists, sculp-tors and silversmiths to the Norwegian aristocracy dating back to 1608, two years before Rembrandt was born and at the time Jamestown was struggling for survival in Virginia. Elizabeth grew up in Marin and attended college in New York where she studied art history, but she didn’t take her first drawing class until she was out of her twenties and only got serious about painting ten years ago. Working mainly in oils, Elizabeth’s landscape work attempts to capture the fleet-ing nature of light and color. Her “a la Prima” style of paint-ing, is a fast, aggressive attack on the canvas that feeds on the energy of the light to extract the feeling of the moment.

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Perkins’ Plein air (plein air painting is just painting outside, like eating al fresco; it’s like a painter’s picnic) landscapes of Sonoma County capture the afternoon or morning light as the cool shadows contrast with the warm glow of the siding on a barn’s roof, golden hay fields and verdant hillsides along Adobe Road. She uses quick, daring brush strokes with her oil paints to depict cattle grazing lazily on lush green grass along Lakeville Highway - found in the unlikely shadow of a condo development. In the process she reminds us of the very special place we live in and just how fragile our links are to our agricultural past. Before she changed careers, Perkins was an accom-plished chef at the French restaurant, Remillard’s, in Larkspur. She compares cooking and painting by say-ing, “There is a certain physicality to the work and a certain amount of stamina required. And both a chef and an “a la prima” painter have to work fast.”

Elizabeth sends a poignant message that we all should give thought to when she says, “What’s amazing to me is that people can walk around with untapped wells of creativity their whole life and never know it. I think that being able to use some of your talents brings a lot of joy into your life, so I always try and encourage people to take a new class and try something new that they always thought about doing, but never dared. They may turn out to be extremely good at it. It’s also about taking risks, fail-ing, then learning from your mistakes and not being afraid.” It will be interesting to see what Elizabeth’s relatives are doing four hundred years from now, in 2408.

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and runoff during the winter rains. By blocking out the sun, mulch also helps significantly with weed control and re-duces the need to use herbicides.

Mulch comes in many forms and com-positions. People use stones, rocks and even ground-up tires (follow the bouncing tomato) for mulch. But the simplest and most effective mulch is organic matter. Just about any material can be used - grass clippings, straw (be careful, it may introduce weed seeds), shredded bark, wood chips, compost, leaf mold, nut shells, and even shred-ded newspaper (see Tips, ed).

A large variety of commercial prod-ucts are available at local garden centers, but one of the best sources of large amounts of mulch-worthy material is from tree services. They are always looking for places to dump tree waste so they can avoid the cost and wastefulness of putting it in the landfill - and they will deliver it for free! Check with them to see if they have a crew in your area.

Prudent use of mulch helps keep our adobe soil porous, and prevents it from turning into a mix that makes concrete and asphalt look porous by comparison. So listen to the music and help your garden reach its full po-tential. Mulch early and mulch often!

It may have been the lyricist Sond-heim who wrote: "Mulch, Say it loud and there's music playing. Mulch, Say it soft and it's almost like praying." I love mulch, (not that there's anything wrong with that.). Few things in life do so much for so many organisms, both plant and animal, in such a benign, comforting fashion. Mulch is like the soil’s security blanket. It gets it through the tough times. It evens things out. If it's hot, it keeps the soil cool, and if it's cool, it keeps the soil warm. If it's dry, it keeps the soil moist. Mulch is like the

Thank you very Mulchcarefree younger brother of compost and the son of humus.

Any time of year is a good time to add mulch to your garden. A nice two-to-six inch thick layer of mulch will allow the soil to hold more water in the warm months because it reduces the amount of moisture lost through surface area ex-posure to sun and air, resulting in rapid evaporation. Worms will thrive as the lower layer of the mulch slowly decom-poses and the worm casings will enrich the soil. Mulch will also prevent erosion

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During the winter, rural men and boys obtained their ice supplies sawing marked off blocks from frozen rivers, and hauling them to a storage place where they insulated the layers with a thick covering of sand or sawdust. Farmers picked up ice blocks from this communal supply whenever they needed any.

A department store catalogue from 1901 offered four models, noting that “Refrig-erators...will be in stock from April 1st and during the summer months only.” Prices ranged from $6.35 for the cheapest model up to $38.00 for the most elaborate. A few years later, the 1908 Sears Roebuck catalogue advertised their “Economy Refrigera-tors” for $4.45 to $17.95. These models were promoted as “an excellent preserver of food with an economical consumption of ice.”

The icebox was a much-loved kitchen appliance for many years with constant im-provements made to update models the same as today. Once electricity became commonplace, the wooden icebox was replaced by its mod-ern counterpart - the electric refrigera-tor - introduced by the General Electric Company in 1927.

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their course of direction, go for re-training, learn new things, move away from what is familiar. It needs will-power and courage. About twenty years ago this poem was re-run as a request in a ‘Dear Abby’ column; and always trying to be of a positive nature I cut it out and kept it. I cannot help but wonder what happened in the author’s life to make him pen such a poem. I now share this with you all.

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If you think you are beaten, you areIf you think you dare not, you don’tIf you like to win, but think you can’t,It’s almost a cinch you won’t.If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost.For out in the world we findSuccess begins with a fellow’s will.It’s all in the state of mind.If you think you are outclassed, you are.You’ve got to think high to riseYou’ve got to be sure of yourself beforeYou can ever win the prize.Life’s battles don’t always goTo the stronger or faster man.But sooner or later, the man who winsIs the man who thinks he can

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Cooking with Herbs~ Fresh herbs don’t stand up to long cooking, so add near the end of cooking for full flavor. However, when making uncooked sauces or salad dressings, make ahead of time so flavors have time to blend.

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