Home on the range: Margaret Scott’s lifelong homestead tale
Margaret Buck Scott, 90, longtime Garden City resident and host for Sunflower EHU dinners, reflects on a life of homesteading, farming, and cooking. A former telegraph operator and ranch family matriarch, she now gardens in Colorado, cooks for deer hunters, and preserves family memories across generations.
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Dolores Hope
Margaret Buck Scott
St. Thomas Episcopal
Scott
Garden City
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Ah Wet
Amnal
Charleston
Margaret
Jesse Scott
Finney County
Jesse Scott Jr
Gillespie
Jesse
Margaret Scott
Colorado
Cedaredge
Colo
Spinach Corn Pancakes and Pork Butt with Bourbon Apples
Spinach and corn pancakes combine wilted spinach with flour egg and corn, folded with nutmeg and pepper, then fried in butter and kept warm. Also included are pork shoulder butt roasted with cloves, apples, brown sugar, cinnamon and bourbon for six servings.
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Albert and
Michel Roux
Barron's
Mitral valve prolapse and heart health explained
Dear reader Dr Donohue explains mitral valve prolapse is common and benign not cancerous. Most people have no limits on gardening or activities though rare symptoms may require meds. dental work or surgery may need antibiotics to prevent infection. He also clarifies the circumflex artery supplies the heart with blood, often narrowed by fatty buildup, and lifestyle changes can slow progression.
Unhappy couples and the impact on children
A reader shares how parents stayed together for the kids despite misery, explaining personal hardship and eventual lessons on communication. A Maryland letter notes divorce can hurt or strengthen children, urging couples to work if possible and accept separation if necessary.
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Ann Landers
Maryland
Smart Painter Guide for Home Upgrades
This guide helps new painters select paints based on surface type environment and weather. It covers choosing latex acrylic or oil-base finishes, sheen options, surface prep cleaning and mildew treatment to ensure a durable finish.
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Cecily Brownstone
Associated Press Food
Mitral Valve
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DR. Donohue
R.A
Paul Donohue
Myers
Monett
Fan
Painters
Elsie Branden
Home Economist
Garden City Plaza
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