Friday, September 30, 2011

At the Market tomorrow (Saturday)

Vendors we're expecting:

Produce:
Broken Wire
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Nature Valley Farm
Nhao Vang
Nhai Xiong

Bakeries:
Redings Mill Bread

Eggs - Apple Road Farm

Mums - Lance & Josh

Meals -
Breakfast benefits The Civil Air Patrol
The Lor Family serves Asian luncheon buffet

Other:
Amos Apiaries - honey
Raw Food Bars
Daniel Sherman - birdhouses & crosses made from salvaged tornado debris
The Other Log Furniture
Rebecca Bristow - recycled art glass

Music - Red Bridge

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Webb City Sentinel column - 9-30-11

We welcome back a vendor today – Du Jour by Jimmi, otherwise known as soups by Jim and Becky Rogers. The Rogers were well-known last winter for their hearty and creative soups and they’ll be back today with Beef with Roasted Barley and Macaroni & Cheese soups – told you they were creative. They’ll also have fresh salsa. In fact, everything they do is fresh.

Jim looked into getting a canning license, but the state requires that each recipe be individually licensed which means it also must be tested in a laboratory for a nutritional label and since Jim makes over 60 recipes that just wasn’t feasible so he’s sticking with fresh. But that’s OK, because we like fresh at the market.

On Saturday, Linda Williams of Mount Vernon returns with her handcrafted aprons and tea towels. Linda came last spring and dropped out thinking that she would return when her garden began producing. It never happened, the weather did her garden in as it did most backyard gardens this year. So she’s back to celebrate the fall and the upcoming gift-giving season with her crafts.

Speaking of crafts, we’ll have lots of woodcrafts on Saturday. Dan Sherman will be here with his birdhouses and crosses made with wood and hardware salvaged from the tornado debris. We’ll also have a new woodworker with yard furniture and benches.
And we’ll have lots of produce on both days. We think of fall as harvest time and it certainly is here at the Webb City market. Our farmers’ tables are loaded with fall greens, peppers, green onions, eggplant, squash, zucchini, sweet potatoes, radishes, gorgeous cut flowers.

Lunch today is all-you-can-eat chili, plus the fixin’s, cake and drink for $6. This is Jim and Trish’s last day this season as the Friday meal provider. In October, on Fridays, we’ll have soup lunches from Du Jour by Jimmi. The music today is by the Plainsfolk.

Tomorrow our music is Red Bridge, a wonderful bluegrass and gospel group based in Ozark, Missouri. The breakfast is being served by the Civil Air Patrol. We love working with the Patrol. It’s a group of young people planning on careers in the Air Force and aviation and they sure know how to follow instructions.
Mai’s Asian Kitchen will serve lunch tomorrow – a selection of freshly made Asian dishes.

We go to our fall schedule this week. We’ll be open on Fridays and Saturdays through October. In November we switch to the Winter Market which is the first and third Friday of each month from 11 to 2. And we’re going inside this winter! We’ll be at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison. On pretty days, we’ll set up on the parking lot, but on cold or rainy days, we’ll retreat to the comfort of indoors. Our vendors are very excited about the option of warm Winter Markets and we hope you are too.

Friday at the Market

Vendors we're expecting:

Mums:
Duval Valley Farm

Produce:
Broken Wire + roasted peppers
Fairhaven Gardens + jams & jellies + eggs
Nhao Hang
The Lee Family
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley
Zoua Yang

Meats:
Sunny Lane - beef, chicken, lamb
Flintrock - bison, elk + eggs

Bakers:
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill

Other
Small Cottage Coffee
Raw Food Bars
Du Jour by Jimmi - fresh soup & salsa

Lunch is all-you-can-eat chili, plus the fixin's, cake and drink for $6. The Plainsfolk play traditional music.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Tuesday at the Market

This is our last Tuesday of the season. During October we'll be open on Fridays and Saturdays. The Friends of the Webb City Public Library serve lunch on Tuesday. Bill Adkins plays and sings. Come out and enjoy a beautiful fall day and support our Library!

Vendors we're expecting Tuesday:

Mums: Duval Valley Farm

Produce:

Broken Wire + roasted peppers + eggs
Fairhaven Gardens + jams & jellies + eggs
Nhao Hang
The Lee Family
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley Farm
Zoua Yang

Baked Goods:
Yoder's
Arma Bakery
Black Forest

Raw Food Bars

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Tomorrow (Friday) at the Market


Vendors we're expecting:

Mums:
Duval Valley Farm + eggs

Produce:
Broken Wire + roasted peppers
Fairhaven Gardens + jams & jellies
Nhao Hang + eggs
The Lee Family
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Pates Orchard + jams & jellies
Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley
Zoua Yang

Cheese
LOMAH Dairy

Honey
Amos Apiaries - they'll be leaving early, come by noon

Other
Small Cottage Coffee
Raw Food Bars

Lunch is lasagna, side salad, garlic bread, brownies and drink for $6. Jack & Lee Ann Sours play traditional music.

Webb City Sentinel column - 9-23-11

Every season has its pleasures and fall is no exception. Fair Haven Gardens brought their first load of decorative gourds this week. We’re expecting mums today. The butternut squash and sweet potatoes have arrived, as well as many of the cool weather greens. And, of course, we still have most of the summer crops like eggplant, okra, peppers, cucumbers, green beans and summer squash. (Squash recipe in photo printed below)

We are between tomato crops. The summer heat did in the field tomatoes earlier this month and the high tunnel tomatoes will ripen in about two weeks. Yes, we’ll have tomatoes this fall. Tim Green of Shoal Gardens expects to have tomatoes through December out of his high tunnels, as well as cucumbers, green beans and bell peppers. Finally we’ll have a winter market with actual produce!

Winter market will be the first and third Friday of each month, November through April. During October we’ll be open Fridays and Saturdays and, of course, we’ll have our annual Holiday Market the day before Thanksgiving at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison. That’s always a banner day, especially for our bakers. You can place your orders at the market now to be sure you get just the pies, cakes, pastries or breads that you want on your Thanksgiving table.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, the recent rains have turned my thoughts to thankfulness. My list is long – I’m thankful for the weather finally turning cool and rainy. I’m thankful that our farmers managed to grow produce in the terrible summer heat and that the market continued to have a remarkably good supply while many markets in Oklahoma closed midseason for lack of produce.

I’m thankful for the friends, family, volunteers and vendors who allowed me to abandon the market for most of the high season to take care of my little granddaughter. And I’m thankful that my little Australian family is visiting this month and that I’m able to experience again that incredibly sweet warm feeling of holding a sleeping grandbaby.

And that’s just the beginning of the list. I think being mindful of the good things in our lives is important. It would be so easy to overlook the good and just dwell on our frustrations and difficulties, but even in trying times there are things to be thankful for. So I encourage you to sit down and make a list. I think you may be surprised at how long it is. And I encourage you to post that list on the market’s facebook page or send it to the Sentinel – especially those thanks that deserve to be public – like the thank you I have for Chuck Surface, the city’s economic development director. Chuck showed up at the market Tuesday with someone who may have a funding source to pave the market’s parking and erect handicapped accessible bathrooms. It may be hard funding to find in today’s economic climate, but how well that speaks of Chuck and the city that he saw a need and is pursuing it. And, of course, we wish him every success!

Jack and Lee Ann Sours play traditional music today from 11 am to 1 pm. Lunch is lasagna, side salad, garlic bread, brownies and drink for $6.

Tomorrow breakfast benefits a cause near and dear to our market’s heart – the Don Lansaw Memorial Scholarship fund at MSSU. Don, our volunteer manager Donna Krudwig’s son-in-law, died during the May 22 tornado protecting his wife, Bethany, from the storm. Because Bethany is an MSSU employee, the university established a scholarship in Don’s memory. We’re supporting it tomorrow and we hope you will too. Breakfast will be served from 9 to 11. The Loose Notes will play from 9:30 to 11:30.

Next Tuesday is our last Tuesday market of the season. Bill Adkins will play and the Friends of the Webb City Library will serve lunch.

This recipe from Whole Foods is simple but packed with nutrition. According to Whole Foods, butternut squash delivers healthy carbohydrates, vitamins A and C, plus potassium. This squash dish can be eaten as a side, or used in soups, tacos, enchiladas, pasta or salad.

Baked Butternut Squash

1 medium butternut squash, peeled (about 2 pounds)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Halve the squash lengthwise. Using a spoon, scoop out and discard seeds.

Cut the squash into 1-cubes. Transfer to a large, rimmed baking sheet. Toss with oil, salt and pepper and spread out in a single layer. Roast, tossing occasionally, until just tender and golden brown, about 30 minutes.

Yum – the taste of Fall is here.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Market

Tuesday - Cooking for a Cause benefits the Alliance of Southwest Missouri. Gary Kyger and his band performs. Lunch and music from 11 to 1. Market from 11 to 2.

Vendors we are expecting:

Produce -
Broken Wire
Fairhaven Gardens
Zoua Hang Yang
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Maria Vang
Nhao Vang
Ma Yang

Baked Goods -
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Yoder's

Friday, September 16, 2011

Saturday at the Market

Vendors we're expecting:

Produce:
Broken Wire
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
Ge Moua
Lucy Moua
A Mouchoupao
Nature Valley Farm
Nhao Vang
Nhai Xiong
May Yang

Bakeries:
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill Bread

Meals -
Breakfast benefits the charities of the Cstl Junction Easterrn Star The Lor Family serves Asian luncheon buffet

Other:
Amos Apiaries - honey
Raw Food Bars
Daniel Sherman - birdhouses & crosses made from salvaged tornado debris

Music - Curreykorn

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Who's coming to the Friday Market?


Show Me the Ozarks will sell it's special tornado edition at the market Friday. The price is $12 and all proceeds go to the United Way Tornado Relief Fund.

Produce:
Broken Wire + roasted peppers
Fairhaven Gardens + mams & jellies
Nhao Hang + eggs
The Lee Family
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Pates Orchard + jams & jellies
Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley
Zoua Yang

Cheese
LOMAH Dairy

Honey
Amos Apiaries

Roasted Coffee Beans
Small Cottage Coffee

Meats
Sunny Lane
Flintrock + eggs

Apple Road Farm - eggs

Bakeries
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill Breads

Raw Food Bars

Plus lunch - bbq sandwich, oriental Cole slaw, chips, cookies & drink & music - Center Creek Bluegrass!

Webb City Sentinel column - 9/16/11

Show Me the Ozarks will be at the market today (Friday)selling their special edition about the tornado. The cost is $12. All proceeds go the United Way Tornado Relief Fund.

With the arrival of cooler weather we’re looking forward to luscious fall crops. The sweet potatoes, butternut squash and apples arrived last week. Lettuce, spinach and broccoli are also making an appearance. And a walk through the market shows that the summer crops are reinvigorated with beautiful squash, zucchini, cucumbers, and egg plant in abundance.

Within a week we hope to see the first of the local mums and pumpkins. Fair warning on the pumpkins though. The extreme heat of the summer has reduced the crop, so buy them when you see them!

We’re putting in place our plans for fall. For our Saturday customers, the most important plan is that we will do our best to stay open on Saturdays through October. In the past, we have closed the Saturday market at the end of September. Last year we heard from our Saturday crowd in no uncertain terms – Stay Open! Our growers who have enough produce will come both Friday and Saturday. Other growers with only enough for one day will be split between the two so hopefully both days will have a good selection of produce.

We’re still building some aspects of the Saturday market. We were able to secure two ranchers for chicken, beef and lamb in August, but they ran out of meat last week. I don’t think they were expecting such an enthusiastic response and it takes a good long while to raise the animals for slaughter so it will be next spring before we expect to see those Saturday ranchers again. Pates Orchard will only be at the market on Fridays so unless we can find another orchard we won’t have apples on Saturdays. But otherwise we hope to have a good selection on both days.

On Saturday, October 8th, we’ll have our last Art Market of the season and the last runs of the streetcar in conjunction with the market.

We’ll also have fall photos on that day. Several years ago Bob Foos was kind enough to take photos at the market for us and I treasure the photo he took of my parents. There’s just something about the autumn sun, bales of straw and colorful mums that make a memorable scene. I’ll have final details in a few weeks but it looks like the package will be a 5x7 and 8 wallet sized photos for $6.

With the weather finally cool enough to enjoy an outdoor meal, we hope more of you will join us for the Tuesday benefit lunch. Next week the Alliance of Southwest Missouri serves lunch.

I plan to use one of the Alliance’s services next week. Twice a month they have a “safe kids car seat check’ and I want to be sure the car seat I installed for my granddaughter Madeleine is safe. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, three out of four parents do not properly use child restraints. I expect for us grandparents that statistic may be even worse. “Often installation is incorrect or the wrong time type of seat is being used for the child’s height, weight or age.” Given that traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for children and an improperly installed car seat offers little or no protection, this service provided by the Alliance should be at the top of our thank you list.

And that’s just a small part of what the Alliance does for our community. They also work in drug prevention, in child abuse prevention, in underage drinking prevention, and a myriad of other issues for children, teens and adults.

And like many other local agencies they are responding to the needs created by the May 22 tornado:

They provide transportation in the immediate area for those affected by the tornado for FEMA appointments, job interviews, pharmacy runs and other essential needs.
And they offer group play therapy for children affected by the tornado, which is considered particularly helpful in 3- to 11-years dealing with that traumatic experience.

In other words, this is an organization, like all our others, well worth supporting and learning more about – which you can do Tuesday from 11 to 1 at the market which you enjoy a hot dog, chili dog, chili frito pie or barbecue beef sandwich and listen to the music of Gary Kyger and his band.

Today, we’ll enjoy music from a local favorite – Center Creek Bluegrass. They’ll play from 11 to 1 during lunch which is barbecued beef sandwich, oriental Cole slaw, chips, cookies and drink for $6.

Tomorrow we have a rare musical treat – Curreykorn will play from 9:30 to 11:30. This group from Columbia would normally be way over our budget but luckily for us they agreed to stop by on their way home from performing at the Arbuckle Mountain Bluegrass Festival. David and Nancy Currey, and their five children, play a blend of traditional and contemporary bluegrass, plus gospel, roots country and old-time fiddle. They should be lots of fun.

The Carl Junction Order of the Eastern Star will serve breakfast from 9 to 11.

With markets closing for the season all over the state, we are fortunate that our growers persisted through the heat in planting and watering fall crops. We hope you will reap the rewards and reward the farmers as well by making the market a regular part of your fall. See you at the market!

Monday, September 12, 2011

Who's coming to the Tuesday Market

Tuesday - Cooking for a Cause benefits the WCHS Band Boosters. Bill Adkins performs. Lunch and music from 11 to 1. Market from 11 to 2.

Vendors we are expecting:

Produce -
Broken Wire
Fairhaven Gardens
Zoua Hang Yang
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lor
A Mouchoupao
Pates Orchard - last day for peaches
Maria Vang
Nhao Vang
Ma Yang

Baked Goods -
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Yoder's

Friday, September 9, 2011

Who's coming to the Saturday market?

Vendors we're expecting:

Produce:
Broken Wire
Der Lor
Mai Ker Lort
Ge Moua
Lucy Moua
A Mouchoupao
Nhao Vang
Ma Yang
Nolan Yoder

Meat:
Green Elm - chicken & lamb
Harvest Hill - chicken & beef

Bakeries:
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill Bread

Meals -
Breakfast benefits CROP Hunger Walk
The Lor Family serves Asian luncheon buffet

Other:
Amos Apiaries - honey
Apple Road Farm - eggs
Raw Food Bars

Plus 5 artists for the Art Market
Free Streetcar rides from 9 to 11
Music - The Tri-State Kokopelli Flute Circle

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Who's coming to the Friday Market?

Vendors we're expecting on Friday

Produce:

Broken Wire
Fairhaven
Nhao Hang
Ge Lee
Der Lor
A Mouchoupau
Pates Orchard (they won't be at the market Saturday)
Maria Vang
Zoua Yang
Nhia Xiong

Meats:

Madewell Pork
Sunny Lane Farm

Bakers:

Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Reding Mills (they'll have chocolates, too!)

Amos Apiaries - honey
Fairhaven - herbs
LOMAH - cheeses
Small Cottage Coffee - freshly roasted coffee beans
Raw Food Bars
Lunch - meatloaf, green beans, au gratin potatoes, cake & drink

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Webb City Sentinel column - 9/10/11

Some time ago, I received training from Project for Public Spaces, a New York nonprofit, on placemaking. It keeps me mindful of what makes a place welcoming – like shade in the heat, shelter from the rain, benches for resting, quiet music, things to do. One of their recommendations was “The Power of Ten”. To draw people to a destination, have ten major activities for people to do, each of which should have ten components. In other words, to draw people to the market have produce, meat, flowers, baked goods, jams, jellies…, and have a meal, music, places to sit and watch, vendors to visit with. Several customers take advantage of the trail next to the market and walk or bike. To create a true destination, we should have nine other things folks could do while visiting Webb City.

Well, this weekend, we’re going to come pretty close to the Power of Ten in downtown Webb City. In addition to the market, at 1:00 Ninth Hour will perform at the Route 66 Theater. Profits from that event (it’s is $10 per person) support the R-7 Foundation which provides scholarships to our graduating seniors. At 4:00 and 7:00 the Route 66 Theater is showing Aliens and Cowboys. From 5:00 to 8:00, the Chamber is sponsoring their last Cruise Night of the year. Stop by Bruners at Main and Daugherty. They’re open till 4 on Saturdays and have all sorts of things you might not expect at a pharmacy – especially gifts and cards. And, of course, we have several restaurants downtown where you can enjoy dinner. There’s a new one right next to the Sentinel – Patties & Franks, open 11 to 7 Monday through Saturday with burgers, dogs, chili, and fries – just like the good old days except with more toppings!

At the market Saturday, we’ll have our monthly Art Market and Old No. 60, the restored streetcar, will make runs at the hour and half hour from 9 to 11. Rides are free.

We’re celebrating Market Roots this Saturday. We’ll have a table showing where, in the mists of time, our food originated. For example, peaches were first found in China, corn and squash in the Americas and watermelon in Africa. Each of our vendors and volunteers will have signs showing where they were born and from whence their ancestors came. Right off the top of my head, I can think of vendors who were born in Germany, England, Canada and Laos. Not surprisingly, given our nearness to Oklahoma, many of our vendors can claim Native American roots.

In keeping with the theme, the music will be by the Tri-State Kokopelli Flute Circle. And, after hearing them at the market last Friday, I can guarantee that you’ll want to be at the market sometime between 9:30 and 11:30 when they’re playing. They kept the benches filled with listeners last week.

Breakfast at the Market on Saturday will benefit CROP Hunger Walk. On Sunday, September 25, members of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Central United Methodist Church will join other Catholics, United Methodists, Christians, Episcopalians, Lutherans and Presbyterians for this annual interfaith walk. It raises money for and awareness about hunger. One-half of the money raised this year will stay in our area, feeding folks through Crosslines, Lafayette House, the Salvation Army, and Children’s Haven. The rest will work around the world to feed refugees fleeing natural and manmade disaster and people living with chronic poverty.

Friday, we’ll have meatloaf, au gratin potatoes, green beans, cake and drink for $6. Gospel Strings will play. Now that the weather has moderated, Redings Mill Bakery is expanding into chocolates. Jamie plans to have chocolate-covered peanut butter balls and turtles, in addition to their artisan breads. I told Jamie that “butter ball” was certainly an apt description of what I’ll soon look like with those temptations. But wait!! Didn’t I hear that chocolate and peanut butter are good for you?
See you at the market!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Who's coming to Tuesday's Market

We're expecting*:

The Agees - produce, herbs & flavored vinegars
Fairhaven - produce & eggs
Nhao Hang - produce
Ge Lee - produce
Der Lor - produce
Mai Ker Lor - produce
A Mouchoupao - produce
Black Forest - pasteries
Pate's - peaches/tomatoes
Arma Bakery - breads
Rocky Horse - produce/garlic
Maria Vang - produce
Nhia Xiong - produce
Ma Yang - produce
Zoua Yang - produce
Yoders - baked goods
Raw food bars
Lunch - benefits the Wildcat Glades Conservation and Audubon Center
* many of our growers also have cut flowers.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Webb City Sentinel column - 9/2/11

One of the pleasures of visiting a British Commonwealth country, like Australia, is afternoon tea. There are few things I enjoy more than a leisurely tea with a friend (or in my case recently, a daughter and granddaughter) with its delicate sandwiches, small cakes, cups of tea filled with lemon slices and, best of all, scones slathered in strawberry jam and cream. All of which is made even better by a quiet walk along the Swan River to a Tea Room bathed in the brilliant sunshine of Perth, the sunniest city in Australia, with cool breezes and a temperature of about 70 degrees. For me, it just doesn’t get any better than that, although from the many times I caught the weekend train with folks returning from Australian football games, I know that it may not be everyone’s favorite activity but that’s a whole other column.

We can enjoy many aspects of afternoon tea right here in one of the few former British colonies that is not a member of the Commonwealth (we left the Empire about 150 years too early for that).

After scones, the treat most associated with afternoon tea is the cucumber sandwich. Like all tea sandwiches, it should be made with a high quality thinly sliced bread, typically a white bread. The bread is coated with a thin layer of butter or cream cheese, either of which could be flavored with a bit of chopped herbs like dill or chives. The cucumbers should be thinly sliced and you can also add a bit of watercress or sprouts if you like. Other favorite sandwiches use thin slices of salmon or ham and cheese. Ironic, isn’t it that “thin” is a key word when making tea sandwiches – since that is the only connection thin has to afternoon tea? A low calorie meal, it is not!

The crust is removed from the sandwich and it is then cut into “fingers”, four to a sandwich.

The scone recipe I always use is from the Joy of Cooking book.

Scones

Preheat oven to 450 degrees

1 3/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt

Cut into these ingredients, until the butter is of the size of a small pea, using a pastry blender or 2 knives:
1/4 cup butter

Beat in a separate bowl:
2 eggs

Reserve 2 tablespoons of the egg mixture. Add to the remaining eggs and beat:
1/3 cream

Make a well in the dry ingredients. Pour the liquid into it. Combine with a few swift strokes. Handle the dough as little as possible. Place it on a lightly floured board. Pat until 3/4 inch thick (I make them over 1 inch because I like a high scone). Cut into rounds (I use a glass which I first dip in flour.). Brush with the reserved egg and sprinkle with sugar. Bake for about 15 minutes or until the tops are browned.

The standard finish to a scone is to cut it in half, spread strawberry jam, then top with a generous serving of heavily whipped cream.

A litle trivia about afternoon tea:

Afternoon tea is a leisurely meal of elegant delicacies served on a low table. Tea lore tells us that it first developed among aristocratic English women who felt “faint” between lunch and dinner.

High tea refers to the height of the table on which tea is served, in other words, it is served on a regular table like a kitchen table. “High” makes it sounds like an elegant meal, but it actually was an evening meal originally enjoyed by labors and miners when they returned home at about 6 pm. Rather than delicacies, it is hardier fare such as meat and potatoes or egg dishes.

Both afternoon and high teas, along with “elevensies” - a morning tea or coffee break, are still popular throughout the countries associated with the British Empire.

How to pronounce scone depends on where you are. Most of England pronounces it with a long “o” as in bone, while in Scotland pretty much everyone says it to rhyme with gone. Either way, it’s a treat!

Today at the market, lunch is baked chicken, stuffing with gravy, mixed vegetables with cheese, banana pudding and drink for $6. The Tri-State Kokopelli Flute Circle makes their market debut today from 11 to 1.

Tomorrow, the Carl Junction Order of the Eastern Star serves breakfast and the Green Earth Band plays. Daniel Sherman will be at the market with his birdhouses and crosses made from debris salvaged from the tornado fields. Twenty percent of his sales go to the Salvation Army.

I want to say a big thank you to Carolyn Foat who so capably filled in as the column writer while I was in Australia and all the wonderful volunteers, both vendors and community members, who pitched in during my absence. I look forward to seeing you this weekend – I have baby pictures to show you!!