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The Lee County Ledger, Thursday, November 22, 2001 - Page 7A
Time-Saving Creation For A Month Devoted To
Family And Friends
Lee County Primary School Star Scholars for the Second Six Weeks are (back row L-R) Andrew Askey,
Brantley Mathis, Garrett Bredar, Megan Lisemby, Kirby Whitehead, Alicia Willard, Alex Clark, Lacey Winborne,
and Candace Cosby. Students on the front row (L-R) are Kate Morrow, Michael L'Herault, Michael That,
Kayla Newberry, Holly Ebbets, Alice Creel, Emily Peters, Laine Ellington, Meagan Franklin, and Matthew
Paulik.
Ramon J. Fajardo
Attorney At Law
124 Fourth Street
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General Practice - Including
Personal Injury, Divorce,
Workers Compensation and Criminal Defence
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(NAPS A (-December is a time
for family and friends-and food.
A new creation, which will go as
well on a holiday party buffet as
it will on the kitchen table during
a gift-wrapping session, is the
Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp,
this year's "December Delight."
The Chocolate Chip Cookie
Crisp is a substantial cookie. It's
big and sweet, but it has a light
and airy interior. It's a whole new
taste and texture from any choco
late chip cookie you've ever en
joyed. A little lighter, slightly
chewy, but with a crispy exterior,
this creation is just as moist and
rich as many chocolate chip
cookie favorites. The built-in
swirl of chocolate chips makes
this one of the most unique-look
ing chocolate chip cookies you'll
ever serve.
Time is an important consider
ation in December, so this recipe
uses a batter method-no kneading
needed-in addition to the time
saving advantages of
Fleischmann's RapidRise yeast.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp
41/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 envelope Fleischmann's
RapidRise Yeast
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 cup butter or margarine
2 eggs, large
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup butter or margarine,
melted
Chocolate Chip Filling:
11/2 cups mini semi-sweet
chocolate morsels
1 cup sugar
In a large bowl, combine 11/2
cups flour, sugar, undissolved
yeast and salt. Heat water, milk
and butter until very warm (120°
to 130°F). Gradually add to flour
mixture. Beat 2 minutes at me
dium speed of electric mixer,
scraping bowl occasionally. Add
eggs, vanilla and 1 cup flour; beat
2 minutes at high speed. Stir in
remaining flour to make a stiff
batter. Cover tightly with plastic
wrap; refrigerate 2 hours.
Meanwhile, in medium bowl,
combine ingredients for Choco
late Chip Filling and stir to blend.
Divide dough in half, returning
half to refrigerator. On lightly
floured surface, roll remaining
dough to 12-inch square. Brush
with melted butter; sprinkle with
half of Chocolate Chip Filling.
Roll as for jelly roll; pinch seam
to seal. Cut into 12 equal pieces;
place cut side down on greased
baking sheets. Flatten to 1/4-inch
thickness. Brush with melted but
ter. Repeat with remaining dough,
melted butter and Chocolate Chip
Filling.
Bake at 375°F for 15 minutes
or until golden. Remove from
Domestic Oil Vital To U.S.
Victory Over Terror
By Sterling Burnett
(NAPSA)- The horrific terror
ist attacks in New York and
Washington, D.C. have made
National Security the number one
domestic policy priority. Yet this
means more than just tightening
security at airports. To shore up
national security, the United
States must reduce its depen
dence on foreign oil.
This became evident mere
hours after the terrorists' attacks,
when many parts of the country
experienced sharply rising gaso
line prices. Prices rose, in part,
as a result of gas station owners'
fear that a war was about to break
out in the oil rich Persian Gulf
region, which would reduce the
supplies of oil for gasoline and
raise their cost.
Oil is more than fuel for our
cars and homes, however. It is
also a feedstock for plastics, phar
maceuticals, fertilizers and lubri
cants. Robert Ebel, of the Center
for Strategic and International
Studies, has argued that: "Oil fu
els military power, national trea
suries, and international politics.
It has been transformed into a
determinant of well-being, of
national security, and of interna
tional power for those who pos
sess this vital resource, and the
converse for those who do not."
Yet, from the Arab oil embargo,
through the Gulf War to today,
the U.S. remains dependent upon
often hostile or politically un
stable foreign nations for a ma
jority of our oil. Now, while our
nation's memory is clear and our
will is focused, is the time to end
this blood for oil trade.
America has large deposits of
oil under its public lands and off
shore. For example, the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge
(ANWR) likely contains between
six and 16 billion barrels of oil
and as much as 28 trillion cubic
feet of natural gas. Oil and gas
production are forbidden, how
ever, due to environmental con
cerns.
It is time to choose: our national
security and saving American
lives, or marginally protecting sea
birds and otters. Six billion bar
rels of oil, the minimum expected
to be recovered from ANWR,
would replace all of the oil im
ported from Iraq for the next 50
years. And, the natural gas esti
mated in ANWR exceeds current
U.S. annual natural gas consump
tion.
High energy prices are a sign of
scarcity and signal that there is
profit to be made by those who
can bring new supplies of fuel to
the market. New production in
creases supplies, eventually driv
ing prices down. Price controls on
energy only guarantee continued
scarcity, since it tells potential oil
entrepreneurs that their risky and
expensive quest for new oil fields
will not be rewarded.
America does not need com
plete energy independence. Rely
ing only on domestic oil supplies
when less expensive foreign al
ternatives are available would be
as foolish as our current policy of
dependence.
A sound energy policy would
allow us access to cheap, abun
dant foreign energy when politi
cal winds are favorable, while
removing political obstacles to
domestic production so that tin-
pot dictators and terrorists can no
longer hold America's prosperity
and foreign policy hostage.
• Sterling Burnett is a Senior
Policy Analyst at the National
Center for Policy Analysis, a non
partisan think-tank.
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Elementary School Gym. Transportation
included. 1:15 ratio, safe environment.
Includes homework, snack, creative, and
sports times, field trips, and much more!
For more information, call 759-9008.
Time: 3 - 6 pm daily plus school
holidays. Financial assistance available.
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Pressure Washing
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sheet; cool on wire rack.
Fleischmann's Yeast was
founded in 1868 when Charles
and Maximillian Fleischmann ar
rived in the United States from
their native Austria-Hungary.
They introduced a commercial
yeast with remarkable leavening
power.
The brand now has a complete
line of yeast products, including
Fresh Active Yeast, Active Dry
Yeast, RapidRise Yeast, Bread
Machine Yeast and a line of Bread
Machine Mixes. For baking hints
and recipes, call 1-800-777-4959
or visit www.breadworld.com.
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