The Amish Cook: Caring for aged mother and warm notes
Elizabeth, the Old Order Amish cook in Indiana, reflects on caring for her nearly 90 year old mother after a fall, recounts Sunday visits, and shares reader mail. She also details a 1993 reunion, recipes for peanut butter cookies and bread pudding, and a note on writing this column by lantern light from her home in Indiana.
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Muncie
Indiana
Elizabeth
c/o
Oasis Newsfeatures
P.O
Middletown
Ohio
Babies Named Woolf Williams Reeve Skeet Born in 1995
Three Kansas families announce newborns with birth dates in February and March 1995. Tanner James Woolf born March 10 at Stormont Vail Topeka weighs 5 pounds 10 ounces, siblings Stephen and Jacob, grandparents Hillebrand Woolf McFarlane great grandparents Koeppen Nuttle. Anthony Michael Williams born February 20 at Ransom Memorial Hospital weighs 7 pounds 9 ounces, siblings Corey Michael, grandparents Williams Oviedo great grandparents Williams White Jasso. Shawn Elizabeth Reeve born March 2 at Ransom Memorial Hospital weighs 7 pounds 12 ounces, sibling Kyle William, grandparents Pickett Reeve great grandparents McClanahan Chase Chrisopher Harper. Bailey Grace Lynn Skeet born March 8 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center weighs 7 pounds 6 ounces, sister Alaina, grandparents Norton Skeet great grandparents Fanning Norton Skeet and great great grandmother McCurdy.
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Tanner James Woolf
Steve
Kellie Woolf
N. Hemlock
Stormont Vail
Topeka
Stephen
Jacob
Joe
Roxie Hillebrand
Robert
Eda Woolf
Claflin
Carl McFarlane
Yampa
Colo
Ray
Bertha Koeppen
Frances Nuttle
el Dorado
Anthony Michael Williams
Chris
Lisa Williams
Pomona
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Corey Michael
Williams
Adam
Timoteo Oviedo
N. Mulberry
Gerald
Virginia Williams
Nettie White
Bowden
W.V
Lucie Jasso
Shawn Elizabeth Reeve
Tim
Paula Reeve
Kyle William
John
Bonnie Pickett
Osawatomie
Sonny
Charlene Reeve
Lane
Eleanor McClanahan
Sylvia Chase
LaCygne
Catherine Christopher
Jaspar
Ark
Lawrence Harper
Bailey Grace Lynn Skeet
Bret
Jill Skeet
Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Alaina
Dennis
Venita Norton
Williamsburg
Larry
Cathy Skeet
Maxine Fanning
Melvern
Arlo Norton
Olathe
Harry
Suderey Skeet
Tonganoxie
Ethel McCurdy
Liston King Amy Kathleen Liston and Keith Alan King Engagement
Amy Kathleen Liston of Independence Missouri and Keith Alan King of Salina announce their engagement. The bride elect, daughter of Lorna Liston and Tim Liston, graduated from Truman High School and attended Johnson County Community College. She works in Kansas City at Eddie Bauer. The fiancé, son of the late Larry King and Doris King, is a graduate of Ottawa High School and Emporia State University, works as area supervisor for Pizza Cafe in Salina and Hutchinson. They plan to marry July 29 1995 at Messiah Lutheran Church in Independence.
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Amy Kathleen Liston
Independence
Keith Alan King
Salina
Lorna E. Liston
Tim B. Liston
Blue Springs
Larry E. King
Doris Jean King
Ottawa
Truman High School
Johnson County
Ottawa High School
Emporia State University
Pizza Cafe
Hutchinson
Air bags save lives in crashes study
Detroit AP reports that airbags cut driver deaths by 23 percent in front-angle crashes and 14 percent across all crash types, based on 7,000+ accidents from 1985 to 1993. Large cars saw a 30 percent death reduction, midsize 11 percent, and small cars 14 percent.
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Detroit
The
Insurance Institute For Highway Safety
Auto Insurance
Engagement of Vance Sible and Tara Melville
Edith Chism announces the engagement of Vance Gordon Sible of East Brunswick New Jersey to Tara Mary Melville. The bride-elect earned a public relations degree from Loyola University in 1991 and works as a Dow Jones consultant. The groom is national sales manager for Home Life Financial. They plan a two week honeymoon in San Francisco Maui and Kauai.
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Edith Chism
Vance Gordon Sible
East Brunswick
N.J
Tara Mary Melville
Loyola University
Dow Jones
The
University of Nevada At
Las Vegas
Home Life Financial
San Francisco
Maui
Kauai
Carlisle Rhoades Engagement for Cara Carlisle
Carlisle Wellsville announces Cara Carlisle engagement to Travis Rhoades son of Ron and Kathy Rhoades Wellsville and grandson of the late Jay Carlisle. Cara is Baker University alumna 1993. Travis to receive master’s from Kansas State University in May 1995 and is an officer candidate in the US Navy. The couple plans to wed May 13 1995 at the Wellsville Baptist Church.
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Ellie Carlisle
Wellsville
Cara
Travis Rhoades
Ron
Kathy Rhoades
Jay Carlisle
Baker University
Kansas State University
US Navy
Wellsville Baptist Church
Suttons mark 50th wedding anniversary in Princeton
Elmer and Laura Sutton of Princeton celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a March 26, 1995, 2 to 4 p.m. reception at the Princeton Community Building hosted by their five children and families. They have 10 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Laura Hetzel and Elmer Sutton married March 25, 1945. Elmer, a WWII veteran, was Franklin County’s first serviceman home from active duty.
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Elmer
Laura Sutton
Princeton
June Erisman
Ottawa
John Sutton
Pompano Beach
Fla
Judy Wiederholt
Laura Hetzel
Elmer Sutton
Franklin County
Kansas Homestead Tax Refund Details for Seniors
Kansas seniors and qualifying households may receive partial refunds of residential property taxes and food sales taxes. Eligibility hinges on total household income, age or disability, and whether the home was owned or occupied in 1994. Refunds range from 10 to 590 dollars. Apply Jan 1 through Oct 14 with one household application.
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Kansas
Betty Gibb
Kansas Senior Press Service
S. Clairbame
Olathe
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