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Newspaper Page TextWednesday, December 14,2022 dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I 3B Festive drinks for holiday gatherings Saving up for Tink’s horse It is always fun to serve festive drinks to friends and family— especially during the holidays. Here are some of my favorite holiday drinks. Who doesn’t love hot chocolate on a cold night? If the only hot choco late you have ever tasted came in a little packet, then you are in for a real treat with this rec ipe. Children and adults alike are going to love this one. Homemade Hot Chocolate • 4 cups whole milk • 14 cup sugar • 1/3 cup unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder • !/2 teaspoon salt • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract • % cup semi-sweet chocolate chips • Whipped cream, for serving • Marshmallows, for serving ADLEN ROBINSON Columnist peel. Warm just until mixture is steam ing—do not boil. Heat for 30 minutes. Strain into mugs. Holiday Sangria 1 bottle dry red wine 1 cup brandy 'A cup sugar 2 cups cranberries 1 orange, sliced 1 apple, cubed 3 cinnamon sticks 4 star anise 4 sprigs rosemary, plus more for garnishing 1 bottle sparkling apple cider, chilled In a pitcher, combine red wine, brandy, sugar, cranber ries, orange slices, apple cubes, cinnamon sticks, star anise, and rosemary sprigs. Chill until very cold. Add sparkling apple cider and pour into glasses over crushed ice. Garnish with a rosemary sprig. Remove from heat and cool completely. Strain and the refrigerate until very cold. Wassail • 1 teaspoon whole cloves • 1 teaspoon whole all spice • 2 cinnamon sticks • 8 cups apple cider, preferably unfiltered • 14 cup brown sugar • 2 lemons, juiced • 1 ounce fresh ginger, peeled and sliced • 3 oranges, juiced • Bourbon, rum, or bran dy (optional) In a saucepan, combine cloves, allspice, cinnamon sticks, apple cider, brown sugar, lemon juice, ginger slic es and orange juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for an hour. Strain into heat proof mugs and add alcohol if desired. Hot Buttered Rum In a saucepan, combine milk, sugar, cocoa, and salt. Heat over medium heat, whisking for 5 minutes. Do not boil. Add chocolate chips, whisking until chocolate melts, another 2 minutes. Pour into 4 mugs and top with whipped cream and marsh mallows. Mulled Wine • 1 bottle dry red wine • 2 oranges • 3 cinnamon sticks • 5 star anise • 10 whole cloves • % cup brown sugar In a pot, combine red wine, cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and brown sugar. Peel half of one orange, avoiding as much of the white pith as possible. Just oranges and add to the pot, along with orange Holiday Punch • 2 cups spiced apple cider • 2 cups bourbon • 1 bottle Champagne or sparkling wine • 1 cup Triple sec • % cup freshly squeezed lemon juice • 1 cup spiced simple syrup (recipe follows) Combine all ingredients and chill completely. Spiced Simple Syrup • % cup sugar • % cup water • 10 cloves whole cloves • 2 cinnamon sticks • 6 star anise In a saucepan, combine all ingredients. Bring to a sim mer, stirring until sugar melts. • 2 sticks butter • 1 cup dark brown sugar • 1 cup powdered sugar • Vi tablespoon cinna mon • Vi teaspoon ground nutmeg • Vi teaspoon salt • 1 quart vanilla ice cream • 12 ounces dark mm In a saucepan, melt butter. Add brown sugar, powdered sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Stir until sugar melts. Remove from heat and add ice cream. Stir until ice cream melts. Transfer to a freezer proof container and freeze completely. To serve, scoop 14 of the ice cream into a heat proof mug. Top with 1 ounce of mm per mug and pour ¥i cup boiling water over all. Garnish with a cinnamon stick. The summer after we married, I gave Tink his most treasured gift. A handsome, brown and white paint horse who came with registered papers and a sophisticated name which Tink changed to Charlie in honor of his great-great grandfather, Charlie Tinker, who worked for President Lincoln in the White House. Tink, a city boy, dreamed all his life of owning a horse. This desire, undoubtedly, started with the Christmas gifts from Walt Disney. Not the company. The man. Tink’s father and Mr. Walt Disney were friends. Annually, Mr. Disney sent a big box of Christmas gifts to the children of his friends. Tink adored the cowboy outfits, hats, and hol sters. When I decided to buy him a horse, I wanted it to be purchased with dollars I had earned. I wanted to include in the gift a bit of sweat from my brow and work from the turn of my hands. I’ve always been a saver and have rarely ever taken from money I saved. I made an exception. From a safe deposit box, I pulled money that I had been saving since I was 10. It was babysitting money, college jobs, Christmas gifts, tax refunds and a hundred-dollar bill that an old woman once gave me for many errands I ran for her as a favor. She was dying and time was draw ing nigh. “I want to settle my debts before I go,” she said. “I know you never helped me for money but I want you to have this.” The money I retrieved from the box was so old that the design of the denominations had changed at least twice. It was antique money and probably worth more than the face value. The teller called over the bank manager to have a look at the old money. In horse terms, it was a modest amount, but it bought a good, 15-year-old horse. On the morning that Charlie was to be delivered, Tink woke up, out of sleep, set straight up and exclaimed, “Baby! Charlie comes today!” The 8-year-old John Tinker, who received a big Christmas box of goodies, was no happier than the grown-up John Tinker who was about to have his life long dream: a horse. Over the years, I occa sionally mentioned to some one that Charlie was once a world champion and Tink would quickly interject, “He was NOT. That makes it sounds like he was a grand and expensive horse, and he wasn’t.” He was to me because it had taken 35 years of saving. Despite Tink’s protestations, Charlie is a champion of some kind. I don’t know what exactly but it had something to do with standing still and having a big rear end. Now, he just eats a lot, bosses the barn, and has a life of adoration. Recently, Charlie was losing weight so Tink called the vet. When Tink returned from the barn, he was downcast with a sadness cloaking his face. “Charlie has a heart murmur,” he said quietly. “He could live for years or he could go quickly.” My heart broke. For Tink. For Charlie. And for me. In the months since, Tink has stepped up determinedly. He makes buckets of mush for Charlie and gives him an abundance of tender loving care. We pray for him daily, believing more in the prayers than the buckets of mush. The other day, Dr. Pam returned to check on Charlie. I was at the bam, sweeping as they talked. She said, “Charlie is a good name.” Without breaking my sweep, I said, “His real name is Skips Fancy Enough. His father was Skips and his mother was Fancy.” “Oh yes,” she replied casually. “I know the Skips line. It’s famous.” I stopped sweeping. Tink’s jaw dropped. This was big news. “Tink, I TOLD you so,” I exclaimed. What’s really amazing is what $2 an hour in ancient babysitting money was able to buy. Ronda Rich is the best-selling author of What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should). Visit www. rondarich.com to sign upforherfree weekly newsletter. RONDA RICH Columnist Photo courtesy of Amanda Mathis A 12U Dawson County football team won the HCOTurkey Bowl Classic. Five local youth football players win Turkey Bowl tournament By Rio White riowhite@dawsonnews.com A group of five Dawson County youth football players won a post- Thanksgiving weekend tournament, besting the field in the Hall County Officials Turkey Bowl Classic hosted at West Hall High School. A 12U team consisting of Zeke Dotson, Asher Harmon, Silas Martin, Reece Mathis and Brody Sorenson won the champi onship game 30-0. FROM 1B Bowl walking around.” During the past middle school football season at DCMS, Grizzle was coached by both his father Rusty Grizzle and head coach Andrew Grigsby, who have each served to help Nate build his skills and work ethic. Grigsby described Nate as a consistently hard worker who has been a force on the football field since his youngest days. “Nate is a competitor. He goes after it as hard as any kid I’ve ever coached,” Grigsby said. “I’ve never asked him to do anything that he’s not given 100% to do. I’m happy to see that hard work is paying off for him.” One way that Grizzle was able to compete at a high level during the training camps was through the help of Dawson County High School football player Dom LeBlanc. While Grizzle primarily plays running back, he was also tested at the comerback position in the Atlanta camps. Prior to that, he trained alongside LeBlanc, focusing on footwork and hip movement to help pre pare him. Now that he has made it to the big show, Grizzle looks forward to playing alongside the elite talent. He hopes that his experience in Texas will be a first step toward college coaches keeping track of his talent over the next few years. “I look up to some of the kids down there. It’s a whole different world,” Grizzle said. “I look forward to next year getting some colleges to start noticing me at a young age. My [team Georgia] quarterback...already has some colleges starting to look at him.” Grizzle and the Georgia team will have the opportu nity to play as many as three games down in Lrisco, but will need to win the first two to reach the final champion ship game. The team traveled to Texas on Monday, Dec. 12, and will be there for the entire week. FROM 1B Basketball With her teammates cheering her on with every shot, Siuta made her mark against the Lady Spartans, impressing head coach Will Anglin. “She’s going to be a phenomenal player,” Anglin said. “On Lriday night at East Jackson she probably had her worst game [but] I love the way she bounced back. That’s what makes her the player she is.” Between the two games, Anglin was recognized for his first career win as a high school varsity head coach, earning a commemorative ball that had the score from the Lady Tigers’ 55-41 win over Flowery Branch on Nov. 15. Also, former DCHS basketball stars Phil Moore and Kaylee Sticker were recognized as honorary cap tains for the night’s competitions. Moore is the all-time single-game leading scorer for the Tigers, initial ly setting the record on Dec. 13, 1974, with 50 points before break ing his own mark the next night with 57 points. Sticker is the all-time career lead ing scorer for the Lady Tigers, with the 2019 graduate accumulating 1,656 points while also bringing in over 500 rebounds. She was named the Region 7-3A Player of the Year her senior season. The boys team faced a stern test from the Spartans, who returned many key players from last season. West Hall got out an early 16-4 lead before leading 16-10 at the end of the first quarter. Dawson climbed back into the game later on, with Caden Reed keeping the Tigers within striking distance in what was a largely defensive game. Down 27-19 at halftime, the Tigers improved offensively in the third quarter and took their first lead of the game at 32-31. The teams went back and forth for the rest of the quarter, with West Hall holding a 39-38 lead heading into the fourth quarter. After briefly regaining the lead, Dawson’s defense was overtaken by the Spartans, whose rebounding success led to an eventual 56-42 loss for the Tigers. “We got away from what got us back into the game in the first place,” head coach Todd Cottrell. “Our defense was better, we shared the ball better and we rebounded better. We got away from that...and we never really could get back in our flow.” The DCHS basketball continued their current regional slate with a visit to Gilmer on Lriday, Dec. 9. While the Lady Tigers used a strong defensive performance to defeat the Lady Bobcats 49-29, the boys team fell 68-54 after leading at halftime. Next up, Dawson County hosted Pickens on Tuesday, Dec. 13, before beginning a new non-region string of games starting Lriday, Dec. 16, with a home game against East Jackson. Tuesday’s matchup against Pickens fell after the DCN deadline for the Dec. 14 print edition, so please check our website for updates on that game. Rio White Dawson County News Will Anglin and his wife, Carly, stand with his commemorative basketball.