The Best homemade Ranch Dressing for all your veggie dipping snacks and salads Makes 1 cup Ingredients: ½ cup non-fat plain yogurt ½ cup low-fat mayonnaise ½ teaspoon dried chives ½ teaspoon dried parsley ¼ teaspoon garlic powder ¼ teaspoon onion powder 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper 1. Mix it all together in a bowl […]

A few years ago, as I was doing my catalog Christmas shopping, I had questions, so I decided to call the company directly. Their customer service is excellent. As the representative was chatty, I imagine it must have been a slower evening. She eventually asked me what I do for work outside the home. I […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church August 15 service the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “Living for Jesus”, “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name”, […]

I read on the National Geographic website that Canada is richly endowed and unlikely to run out of water. The writer failed to consider Canada’s rising population, increase in agricultural production, adverse effects of climate change, and water extraction by Nestle. That said, Canadian provinces have amicable agreements which govern appropriate stewardship and conservation practices. […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church August 8 service the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “In My Heart There Rings a Melody”, “Grace Greater than […]

The Lakota phrase Mni Wiconi meaning Water is Life inspires and encourages humanity to protect, honor, and respect the water. Why should we care? In their explanation of the existence of life, scientists, politicians, and religious leaders have failed to understand that water is not so much a resource as it is the source of […]

NO. LIVERMORE — At the North Livermore Baptist Church August 1 service the congregation was welcomed by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The Call to Worship was read and the Invocation/Lord’s Prayer was recited. The hymns that were sung was “All the Way My Savior Leads Me”, “I Believe in […]

Water is life. Every river, brook, stream, lake, sea, and ocean is essential to all life. It keeps us humble when we become self-important. Watching a stream as it travels, you can see how humble it is and yet, it carries minerals, sticks, leaves, and assists fish and frogs. It carries life. When it meets […]

This list was formerly on line at www.geocities.com/barbour1048/CWsoldiersAL. It was compiled by [email protected]. Sources used were Ancestry.com (Census, pensions, service records), civilwardata.com (service records), the Franklin County usgenweb.com page (cemeteries), and local histories and genealogies, including Shirley Adams’ Rangeley Allied Families, the Thompson genealogy of Freeman and the Gould history of Farmington. George W. Bachelder […]

This week offered a significant disappointment. A groundhog chowed down on my pepper plants. They got them when the plants looked robust with bright green leaves, abundant flowers, and peppers. Mr. Groundhog also sampled the potato leaves, but fortunately, didn’t find them nearly as tasty as the peppers. Earlier in the season, he cleaned out […]