mcaster Farming, Saturday, November 17,1984 B4—Lai Onbei a farm -And o bazar Joyce B An assorted jumble of candy papers litters the dressers in one upstairs bedroom, strikingly similar to the clutter strewn across the floor. This fallout is the reside of our youngest’s - to his dismay - last trick-or-treat haul of his childhood. In another bedroom nearby, the bright reds and greens of holiday gift wrap and cards hint of the rapidly impending season of giving. Stuck here, in the no-man’s-land between the increasingly, uneasy “gimme, gimme” of Holloween, gunning preparations for the opening day of deer season, and the “buy, buy, buy” of Christmas, it would be easy to forget Than skgiving. Frankly, Thanksgiving deserves more attention than it generally gets. There are so very many people, and such a list of things for which we can be thankful, that most of us just don’t quite know where to begin. But one thing in particular comes to mind this year. I’m thankful for corn. Corn. 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Flashes of golden color peek from the ends of ears, as the husks dry and shrink away to expose the richness within. Corn. A miracle of kernel next to kernel, lined neatly in straight rows, side by side, marching on around a red cob center. Millions of kernels per acre,, millions of ears in rows that climb curving hills, gracefully slip down the other side and melt in the distance into a fringed, blurred sea of crispy tan. Com. It feeds cattle, and becomes mil* and meat. Hogs convert it to tasty ham and chops, and sheep transform it into a warm, resilient fiber. Chickens grow sleek and plump with eggs for our benefit. Turkeys peck at ground kernels and metamorphose into birds so plump with juicy meat that most families despair of finishing the wealth in even several sittings. Last year, though, there was so little com. 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Weigel also enjoys seeing the sinartly uniformed team on their mounts. She says she gets goose bumps when she sees them from across the field. “These girls have made us very, very proud.” Seeing teens participate in a worthwhile program and devote their time to doing something positive, is Nicotera’s reward. “When something nice and right happens to them, it’s good to recognize them.” If all goes as planned and the 4-H equestrians receive an invitation to participate in the inaugural parade, the team should get thier share of recognition. The am bitious group has already set another goal for themselves to ride in the Rose Bowl parade. MIX .contact:
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