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Written By The Mountain Eagle on 7/22/24 | 7/22/24

By Lula Anderson

Unbelievably we are already halfway through the month of July.  As I get older, the weeks fly by faster and faster.  I don't want to appear like the TV ads, but I feel it will soon be autumn.  Please time, slow down and let us enjoy each day of this wonderful season.  There is so much to do and so many people to visit with.  I certainly envy the little kids who take each day as it comes.  Although I'm not exactly sure that kids these days can appreciate the freedom that summer always meant for us when we were little.  

After reporting on Bill Mead's visitor last week, the bear sightings in Jewett have increased.  Judy went to light the frill the other day and there was a good-sized bear wandering by the tree line.  He must have come up from the creek, checked out the smoker to see if anything was left behind, then crossed the road to check out Jack Rappleyea's house.  Remember – Clean up your grills, keep garbage in the garage or locked up, and no food left out.  Bears have a path that they travel and will return in a couple of days.  With all of the fruits that are ripening now, they will be visiting more often. 

More than 50 interested parties came to the Senior Center on Thursday night to see the Larry Tompkins presentation of Old Windham, starting at the Brooklyn Bridge and continuing to Hickory Hill.  It's always a treat to attend one of Larry's shows.  

The hot weather did not deter the more than 30 parishioners who gathered to celebrate the yearly opening of the Mitchel Hollow Chapel on Sunday.  The donations will go towards putting new shades on all of the windows to protect the interior of the building.  Thank you for your generosity.  

One of the last free country fairs is returning on July 25 thru the 28 at Angelo Canna Town Park in Cairo.  Come see all of the activities at the Greene County Youth Fair where there will be something for everyone.  The Greene County  Fair originated in Ashland, but was revamped and moved to Cairo which is the geographical center of the county.  This is a celebration of the talents of Greene County's youth , please support them.

It's time for the annual Purple Moon Barn Dance.   It will be held on July 28th at the Windham Manor from 3 until 8 PM.  This is a free community event with a $10 suggested donation.  Profits benefit Mountaintop volunteer Fire Departments.  Food, music, dancing, raffles, All for YOUR community's First Responders.  Meet us at 1161 County Route 10 in Windham.

I'm sure you've all seen the iconic summer enjoying chicken signs on the roads leading to Jewett this week.  Yes, it's time for the annual Jewett Fire Department Brooks Chicken Barbecue coming to Church Street and County Rt 17 on August 3.  For $15 you get a half chicken, baked potato, homemade coleslaw, an ear of Story's corn, a dinner roll fresh baked from Jim's Great American and a Little Debbie Cosmic Brownie.  Chicken halves will be available.  Serving starts at 4:15ish.  Come and introduce yourself to the great staff and members of the Fire Department.  Our goal is to bring a face to the names in our community.   

Looking ahead to September, on the 14th, there will be a Mountain Top Food Truck Festival at the Ashland Town Park from 4 - 8, sponsored by the Windham Rotary Foundation.  

Congratulations Amy Cunningham on the birth of your new son. 

Prayers who all who are sick or undergoing treatments.

AS I REMEMBER IT

While talking to my daughter in Texas, she told me they have a garden, and the cucumbers are growing wild.  What to do?  Make pickles.  She's not able to get the spices at the local stores, so she had to order them online.  Thinking of making pickles brings me to the smell.  Nothing at this time of the year is like coming into my mother's kitchen and knowing she was making pickles.  The smell of vinegar, turmeric, cloves and allspice mixed with garlic and onion.  Your lips would already start to pucker when you thought about the taste of those pickles in the winter.  The slightly metallic smell of the pot of water that was boiling away to sterilize the jars and rings.  The sound of the filled jars in the water bath as they bumped into each other, and finally the   "ping" that the jars made when the jars were taken out and put on the towel covered rack which meant that the jars were sealed. A simple phone call with a report on an abundant crop of cucumbers brought back so many memories.  



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