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The Prater's Creek Gazette 18th Issue Summer 2008 Page #3 |
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Local Musician Fiddles Around Cousin Ray, of The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show, was seen around town with reality TV star, Kim Kardashian. The couple were spotted at the Six Mile Cafe, eating crackers and rocking on the porch at Livwright's General Store, and skipping rocks off of Prater's Creek. Miss Kardashian had been in town, with her stepfather, Olympic decathlon gold medal winner, Bruce Jenner, who was helping set up "The Redneck Olympics". (See page 9) Miss Kardashian's publicist, Adell Feinstein, told the Gazette that "Ms. Kardashian thought Prater's Creek was a much nicer place than Hollywood" and was considering moving "into the old Phelp's place" out on Terrapin Crossing Road. Feinstein also said that Miss Kardashian had dumped Reggie Bush. Man Gives Back Cow He Bought Clyde Neal gave Clem Sayers back his cow after three weeks of trying to get milk from the cow. "Why I never could get a drop of milk out of that cow" Neal told the Gazette, "and everybody in town knows that is the best milk cow around!" It seems that Clem is the only one that can get milk out of the prized cow, named Petunia. "I just sing to her" Clem told the Gazette "and she gives like a faucet. She really likes 'Waltz Across Texas' by Ernest Tubb".
Neal said he could either give the
cow back for free, or "pay Clem to come over and sing every morning". To
that Clem said, "And I don't sing for cheap. 'Specially that early in the
morning!" New Miss Polecat Crowned Miss Kristina Fey was crowned Miss Polecat for 2008 in our town's annual beauty pageant last Thursday night. Miss Fey, whose talent is playing the kazoo, wowed the judges with her rendition of "You Gotta Have A Gimmick" from the musical Gypsy Lee Rose. She also earned high scores during the academic portion of the contest when she was able to locate the United States on a globe. Congratulations Miss Polecat, may you wear the crown proudly! Local Woman's Home To Be Featured In Magazine Prater's Creek resident Marlane Tribble's home will be on the cover of, and featured in, the popular women's magazine Better Mobile Homes and Dirt Yards. Mrs. Tribble's house was picked because of her fine sense of interior decorating, and the way she has the concrete block underpinning to her trailer painted to match the borders of the mobile home. The magazine's editors were also impressed by the way the color of her curtains matched the large stain on the living room floor.
Local
Musician Arrested
(Again)
Grandpa then entered therapy, not because he got drunk, shot up his television set, and threatened "The Donald". No, he sought help, he told the Gazette, because "I actually watched that stupid show!". (at right, a recent photo of Nadia. Still looking great!) Volunteer Fire Department To Hold Hog Jowls And Grits Supper The Prater’s Creek Volunteer Fire Department will be having a hog jowls and grits supper on Friday, July 18, to help raise money to buy a fire truck. Chief Flint McCalister said plates would be $3 for children under 12 and $4 for adults. The chief said his band, Flint and The FlatTops, would also be performing. Towns Fight Over Rock The recent dispute over the rock taken out of Prater's Creek has now gone to the county's upper court. The rock, as all you citizens of Prater's Creek know and are furious over, was taken out of the part of the creek, and it is the property line thereof between, where the towns of Prater's Creek and Six Mile meet. A citizen of Six Mile removed the large rock from the Prater's Creek side of the creek, and now the town of Six Mile refuses to give the rock back. This has outraged our town's citizens, and it's politicians, who claim the rock is of historical significance. "I mean, what the hay?!" Prater's Creek mayor Allen Jones said in a heated town meeting last Tuesday, "What if the town of Fort Lee, NJ went into New York City and just took the Statue of Liberty?!" The large rock has a painting on the side of a "Mr. Potato Head" looking man and the words "Kilroy was here" are written under the drawing. "We're gonna take this all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to!" Mayor Jones said "We want our rock back!" Recipe For A Great Summer Sunday Afternoon One of my fondest memories as a kid were the Sunday afternoons during peach season, when my daddy would get the ice cream churn out of the storage room and my uncles, aunts, and cousins would come over to our house. My mama would prepare the peaches while daddy and I would go to the ice house to get ice and rock salt. Yes, I said "ice house", so you know I'm old. By the time my relatives came over, we'd have the milk, Eagle Brand milk, peaches, etc. in the cylinder and daddy and I would be churning it. When it was finished, it was the best tasting ice cream you could ever imagine. Now, some of you might think store bought ice cream is good. But, even the ice cream made over on the Clemson University campus has to take a back seat to the ice cream that is churned at your own house. And some of you readers from across the globe, and north of the Mason-Dixon line, may have never tasted, nor ever heard of, homemade ice cream. Once, my family was on vacation at a campground down at Myrtle Beach and a man from the Ohio/Michigan area walked up and asked what my dad and I were doing. "Churning ice cream" we replied. Well, the look on his face was so incredulous, we might as well said we were trying to turn Grand Strand sand into diamonds. But, an hour later, he and his family were new believers in the magic of homemade ice cream. You can make strawberry, blueberry, banana, and chocolate ice cream too, but my favorite is peach. Here is my mama's recipe for homemade peach ice cream.
1 1/2 cups peaches The rest is for the folks from New Jersey: Mix together and put in ice cream churn cylinder, {put lid on firmly} cylinder in churn’s bucket, surround with ice, pour rock salt on the ice and commence to churning slowly at first, then as it gets harder to crank, crank faster. You may have to get a small girl, who wants to help, but is too weak to turn crank, to place a towel on the top and sit down. With some churns, this is a very important job! After 20-30 minutes of churning, let sit to firm up. And then enjoy the best 4th of July ever!! Recipe For A Great Father And Son Drive You will need two (2) six ounce bottles of Coca-Cola, and one large, or two small bags of peanuts, preferably either Tom's or Planter's brands. On your way back from fishing, hunting, a ballgame, picking corn and/or beans, or any such father/son outing, put the peanuts in the bottles of Coke, turn up the bottles and enjoy as you and your son drive along. (Void if allergic to peanuts or bonding with your son.) Amy Winehouse To Record Song Off Of Local Band's CD Grammy winning, and controversial, British singer Amy Winehouse was in town last week at The Drover's Old Time Medicine Show's farm recording an old song that the band had put on their first CD. The song, "We Got Moonshine", has gotten Ms. Winehouse into further tabloid trouble because of it's celebration of moonshine stills in the Carolina hills. Winehouse, who has been in and out of rehab for her drinking and drug problems, and who had a Grammy winning song entitled "Rehab", has sparked more controversy with the song, recorded with Drovers. When asked by the Gazette if recording such a song would make her backslide, she replied "No, no, no". Lifestyles DEAR RAMONA
My fourteen year old won't stop cussing. It's driving our family crazy. What should I do? At Wit's End Dear Wit's End, Well, you need to do is wash that little @#%*&#'s mouth out with a #&*@% %&*$# bar of soap then take your #%&*@ %&*#@ belt and wear his l#$&*%* little rear end out! Ramona Dear Ramona,
Planning a Party in Prater's Creek Dear Planning, Do what?! Why would you want to use two forks? That's just more utensils to wash! Ramona Dear Ramona, My friend's husband husband is having an affair. Should I tell my friend? Cheated On Woman's Friend Dear Friend,
Lord have mercy! Everybody in town
knows Windell is running on Martha!
Ramona Dear Ramona, I'm in love with a woman who won't give me the time of day. What should I do? Got The Blues Dear Got, To quote The Drovers Old Time Medicine Show: you "need to forget about her and make a clean break, and save yourself a lot of heartache"! Ramona |
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Dear Ramona,
I'm
planning a fancy dinner party and I have a question. Does the salad fork go
on the right or the left?
If
Martha don't know that by now there ain't no hope for her!!