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Wednesday, December 14,1994, Houston Times-Journal Page 8A Georgia State Patrol will join national Take a Stand 1 drive "Take a Stand! Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk" is the theme for this December's National Drunk and Drugged Prevention Month. In 1993, 17.461 Americans died in crashes involving drivers and pedestrians imptiired by alcohol and other drugs. Although high, this is the lowest figure in 30 years. A decade of combined efforts by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), media and many public and private organizations and volunteers has demonstrated that prevention works to reduce impaired driving. The 3D Month and other strategies are cred ited with saving lives and reducing both injury ;ind property damage. The Georgia State Patrol is taking part in this nation-wide effort to emphasize the consequences of im paired driving and "call to action" methods to significantly reduce the number of alcohol-related crashes that claim thousands of innocent lives each year. The "Take a Stand" campaign prompted recognition of alcohol impairment at any level of blood alcohol concentration (BAG) and Fourth graders named Cooks of the Week By PAULINE LEWIS Society Editor Mrs Mildred Green's 4th grade class at Perry Elementary School has been studying “Dear Diary End Language Arts", which included studying competitions, contests, competing against each other and good sportsmanship. As a project for this study, the class decided to have a cake-baking contest. Fourteen classmates participated in the contest. Six furnished their recipes and they will be the Cooks of the Week for the Houston Times-Joumal. They are: A. J Hurst, Blake Bohannon. Betty Miller, Tanya Lawrence. David Grantham and Ryan Philblad. 1 saw the cakes (one was an ice cream cake) and they looked beautiful and smelled delicious If only I could have tasted them!! but then. I’m diabetic and cakes just aren't on my approved list of foods!! Try these studems’ recipes and if they taste as well as they smell, I'm sure that you and your family will enjoy them SOUR CREAM FUDGE CAKE- Ryan Philblad 2 squares unsweetened chocolate 2 cups cake Hour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup sour cream 2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.. Grease and flora 9 x 13-inch pan. Melt chocolate over hot, not boiling water; let cool. Sift flour with sugar, soda and salt in large bowl. Add shortening and sour cream. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Add eggs, vanilla, chocolate and 1/2 cup hot water. Beat 2 minutes longer. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes; or until surface springs back when gently pressed with fingertips.. CAKE MIX “HOUSE CAKE” - Blake Bohannon 2 cake mixes. Follow cake mix directions. -Pour 3 cups of batter in Bxß Henderson Baptist Church, located at 2813 Highway 41 South at Crossroads of Georgia 26, will present the Christmas Story through a Navity Pageant on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday December 21 - 23 7p.m. Bring your lawn chair, wrap > and see this event. Park in either Church Parking Lots •In 1993, more than 5.000 young Americans between the ages of six and 33 died in car crashes. That's one death every three hours. •Two out five Ameriauis will be involved in a drunk-driving crash. •Alcohol-related driving is the number one cause of death for young people; it is fourth leading cause of death for all people. •Each year, 40,000 people die in traffic crashes and five million are injured. •Americans pay 5137 billion annually for motor vehicle crashes, of which sl4 billion is in health c;ire costs. •Taxpayers pay SI 10,000 for the costs of one drunk driver hitting a era driven by one woimui with one child passenger. •Simply reducing alcohol-related fatalities would save 1,200 lives annually and 5282 million in health care costs. urges communities to support re duced legal BAC limits of .08 for drivers 21 and over, as well as zero tolerance and use-lose laws for younger drivers. It seeks Adminis trative License Revocation (ALR) laws, enabling police to immedi ately confiscate the driver's license of a driver who is found with a inch pan and remaining batter inn 15-10-22-inch pan. Bake on 375 degrees F for 35 min. Cool cake and freeze for one hour. Cut the 8 x 8-inch cake on an X, giving you four triangles. Cut the 15 x 10 x 2-inch cake in 3 pieces. Place the three pieces of cake on top of one another with red icing. In between, the pieces.. Place the four triangles side by side, with icing in between. Put on cardboard and put on top of the three layers to make the roof. Finish icing with red icing for house and green icing for roof. Mix red food coloring for red and green food coloring for green. Makes a red house with green roof. DIRT CAKE - Betty Miller/Heather Lee 1 8 ounce cream cheese 1 1/4 cup butter 1 cup powdered sugar 3 1/2 cups milk 6 1/2 ounces vanilla instant pudding 1 1/4 lb. package Oreo cookies I 8 1/2 ounce package gummie worm cookies flower-shaped butter cookies II straws Blend cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar together with an electric mixer. Combine milk, pudding and cool whip and add to the cream cheese mixture. Set aside. In a food processor, chop up Oreo cookies. In a white, plastic flower pot, lay in one third of the Oreos, then one half of the cream cheese mixture, then 1/2 of the gummie worms. Repeal layering and end with Oreos. OREO COOKIE CAKE Tanya Lawrence Preheat oven at 350 degrees F.. 1 box white cake mix 3 egg whites 11/4 cups water 11/3 cups oil Grease 1 8-inch round pan. Mix all ingredients together with mixer for 2 minutes. Then bake for 30 minutes. When done, let cool, then ice. CHECKER BOARD CAKE A.J. Hurst 1 cup all-purpose or cake flour 1 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoonn baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt blood alcohol level over the legal limit or who refused to take a blixxl alcohol level test. The campaign also asks commu nity leaders to create safer and healthier norms regrading drinking and to provide balanced information about the health and safety conse quences of alcohol use for youth. 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons buttermilk 1/4 cup ssshortening 1 egg 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 2 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate (cool). Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour square 8 x 8 x 2-inch or 9 x 9-inch Beat all ingredients in large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 20 seconds. Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 3 minutes. Put in pan Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-40 minutes. Cool. (We added vanilla cake mix.) CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE - David Grantham 1 pkg yellow cake mix 1 small pkg vanilla instant puddiimg 4 eggs 1 cup wesson oil 1 cup milk 1 grated German chocolate bar 1 (16-oz.) semi-sweet chocolate chips Combine the first 5 ingredients and mix well Add grated German chocolate bar and chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 50 - 60 minutes. ! <il HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Amandria DeDesity Ragin celebrates her Bth Birthday on December 16 The daughter of | Amanda Askew and Andra Ragan of Perry Grandparents are the late > Sherman Askew, Sr and Robin L Askew of Perry, Narva Hugley of Perry and Mr and Mrs Duncan Ragin, Jr. of Columbus. Great-Grandmother is S 3 Thank you to our many I friends who supported our program. Sunday, November 27 at Green Grove Baptist Church. Thanks for your presence, prayers and your financial support. 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