This Saturday is your last chance to get some of that delicious Methodist chili and fudge. While the previous Saturday sales have benefited the Webb City Christmas basket program, this Saturday’s sales will benefit the market’s WIC program which provides two $5 coupons good for fresh produce, meat or eggs each week to WIC participants.
Central United Methodist Church has
supported this program, which helps low income families provide healthy market food
to their young children, since it began. A pint of chili without beans is $7, two
pints are $13. A pint of chili with beans is $5.50, two pints are $10. A half
pound of fudge is $4. Paul Jackson and his good wife, Janis, will staff the church’s
table. Paul has been a dedicated shopper for 21 years now and after year one
approached me with the suggestion that the market needed a manager on site and
he volunteered to be that manager. He kept us organized for many years before Eastern Star required his full attention.
All our crafters will be back this Saturday, plus Alchemist Haven is coming with oils, scrubs, butters, balms, and more. This may also be your last chance to grab stocking stuffers at DnD Smoked and Juniper Coffee. Songbird’s Kitchen will have Asian specialties like crab Rangoon and egg rolls. We’ll have Clear Water Shrimp, as well as Good Golly Tamale. MaMa JoJo's is back with artisan pasta you can cook at home and market-made sauces. Harmony Hill and Redings Mill will have baked goods. There’ll be popcorn and pork rind snacks from Kings Kettle Corn. And of course, the stars of the show are our ranchers and farmers. We’ll have Garrett’s, Misty Morning, and Sunny Lane selling beef, chicken, lamb, and pork. You can pick up fresh local produce from the tables of Braker Berry Farm, Fairhaven Berries & Produce, Harmony Hill Farm, Misty Morning Farms, and OakWoods Farms. Helm Family Farm will have local raw honey and honey candies and lip balms.
The Free Kids Meal features a breakfast of a Holiday Pancake, fruit, and milk and a lunch of a chicken, cranberry, almond wrap served with a Shredded Carrot & Pineapple salad, and milk. Kids from 1 through 18 receive both the breakfast and lunch, packed to go, from 9 to 11 on Saturday. If you’re picking up for your kids or grandkids, just show our wonderful volunteers a photo of yourself with the kids so they can get a headcount.
It’s going to be another special market. Don’t miss it.
Now for some old news, another peek into the Sentinel’s past.
For several years, Jan Ladd wrote, or to be more accurate, collected tidbits for a column she dubbed Lollypop Logic. There were many memories shared and preserved in the Sentinel like “Recently three-year-old Alex was discussing the possibility of a new baby brother or sister with his father. ‘I want a baby boy,’ was Alex’s contribution. His father explained that God decided if the baby was a boy or a girl, but that Mommy would carry the baby in her tummy a long time while Alex became used to the idea of a sister or brother. Alex put his hands on his hips, looked up at his father and said ‘Mommy tried that with me, but I fell out.’”
Every family has those hilarious or precious moments, but not every town had a newspaper that celebrated them. Newspapers do more than print the news. They create memories and shape the history of a community. I expect Sentinel clippings are in hundreds of scrapbooks preserving the history of individuals and families, of young people and old, of big events and small.
Thanks for the memories.
