Dads who talk with kids leave rich legacy
Abigail Van Buren Dear Abby shares reader letters on fathers who converse with children shaping guidance and values. The column reprints a poem about a father who encouraged questions and truth, while a New Mexico reader seeks mentoring resources for foster children and local programs are advised via a toll free number.
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Abby
Hilda Bigelow
Chris Kurtek-Melchiorre
Los Aveles
Chris
Victoria Rowell
Alonzo
New Mexico
Children Uniting Nations
Anny
Pauline Phila Jeanne Fniips
Reacers Hoy
PO Box
Los Angeles
Contact roster for Syracuse Newspapers features team
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Molly Cappotelli
Linda Bien
Margaret McCormick
Jeanne Albanese
Kim Reilly
Laura T. Ryan
Amber Smith
Barbara Stith
JoAnn Graham
Evelyn Clayton
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A Friend in Knead By Laura T. Ryan
Diane Fini of Clay reells, Buffalo native now in Syracuse, turned from teaching to school administration and is North Syracuse School Districts director of elementary education and languages. Cooking and bread make her weekend retreat, though she rarely eats her own loaves. She bakes up to eight loaves at a time, using gas to speed production, and shares creations with friends and family.
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Fini
Buffalo
Syracuse
Miss Dove
Frances Gray Patton
Canastota
North Syracuse
Diane Fini
N. Syracuse
Cook's Choice By Diane Fini Of Clay In Her Own Words
Diane Fini of Clay names her go to bread cookbook The Italian Baker by Carol Field and keeps back issues of Southern Living from 1988. She relies on a KitchenAid mixer and a cookie scoop, uses cinnamon as a must have, shops mostly at Wegmans, and favors chocolate trifle for guests while avoiding repetitive family dishes.
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Carol Field
Fini
Southern Living Magazine
Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe Fragments
Readable lines describe ingredients for a dessert mix including peanut butter butter cups sugar brown sugar in packed form. The fragments suggest a baking recipe, listing peanut butter sugar and brown sugar as main components, with unclear measurements and order.
Pesto Bread From Diane Fini
Pesto bread recipe begins with stirring yeast into water until creamy then adding oil and pesto. Flour and salt are mixed, dough kneaded 8 to 10 minutes, then risen until double. Shape into round loaves, place on cornmeal sprinkled sheets, and allow to rise again.
Cranberry Nut Yeast Dough Recipe Card
In a large bowl combine 2 cups flour sugar yeast salt orange peel and cinnamon. Heat milk orange juice and butter until very warm. Stir into dry ingredients. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Add eggs and 1/7 cup flour and beat on high 2 minutes more. Stir in remaining flour as needed.
Meat and Mushroom Mix for Hearty Main Dish
A simple mix combines eight ounce sliced mushrooms and four cups chopped onions with margarine, sliced cooked beef, and sliced boiled ham. This hearty assembly uses equal portions of beef and ham to balance flavor with the vegetables and mushrooms.
Father’s Day Letter From Son Honoring Deceased Dad
Paul Yeager of Akron writes a heartfelt Father’s Day tribute to his late father detailing lessons of kindness fairness and family priority. The exchange includes a reader’s thank you to Ann Landers and another memorial anecdote about honoring fathers through personal traditions and memories.
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Ann Landers
Dad
Paul Yeager
Akron
Cashier voices thoughts on shoppers and holidays
A supermarket cashier vents about rude behavior and misused lines while urging readers to read signs, respect express lanes, help with heavy bags, avoid holiday shopping, and recognize clerks as people with feelings. She values good customers and explains price setting and daily annoyances.
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