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Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011 13B
Where in the World?
Left, Christian, Andrew and Kevin Taylor, of Portola, get to spend a week in Disneyland to
celebrate Andrew's fifth birthday, "Thanks to Nana and Papa," says Christian. Above, Navy
Seaman Noelle Blevins travels through the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. This was a
"special arrival," as Blevins got to go home on holiday leave to visit her mother, Diana Bryant,
of Indian Valley.
Grocery shopping: timing is everything this holiday
Sheri Alzeerah
foodonthetable.com
Time is of the essence, the
cliche reminds us, but as the
holiday season is upon us,
time is rapidly becoming less
and less abundant.
Preparing for the most
wonderful time of the year of-
ten involves cooking for sev-
eral people, several grocery
store runs and several occa-
sions where overspending on
food is a given. This year,
make your holiday grocery
experience less stressful and
more affordable by giving
more thought to timing. Here
are four reasons why time is
especially of the essence at
the grocery store:
Seasonal produce means
affordable produce
To spend less on fruits and
veggies, steer your shopping
cart toward the fresh pro-
duce section for in-season
goods rather than opting for
their frozen counterparts.
Because winter produce is
bountiful this time of year,
stores can afford to set the
POEM' OF
American Life in Poetry
Ted Kooser
U.S. Poet Laureate, 2004 - 06
price for fresh produce lower
than they would any other
time of year, meaning tastier,
cheaper food for consumers
and more sales for stores.
Check online regional sea-
sonality guides for what's
growing now near your area.
As a starting point, some
great December produce in-
cludes pears, carrots, broc-
coli, beets, cabbage and pota-
toes.
Closing time means
crowd-free time
Beat the holiday shopping
THE WEEK ..... '
rush by clocking into the gro,
cery store just before closing
time. Peak grocery hours co-
incide with the traditional
workday, so it's no surprise
to see a grocery store traffic
jam right around the time
you'd see a daily commute
traffic jam.
Shopping in a stressful en:
vironment means taking less
time and energy to focus on
saving and using that time
and energy to focus on get-
ting in and out of the hustle.
Instead, do your shopping
when the grocery stores are
Here's a moving poem about parenthood, about finding one's
self to be an adult but still trying to care for the child within.
Mark Jarman teaches at Vanderbilt University.
After Disappointment
To lie in your child's bed when she is gone
Is calming as anything I know. To fall
Asleep, her books arranged above your head,
Is to admit that you have never been
So tired, so enchanted by the spell
Of your grown body. To feel small instead
Of blocking out the light, to feel alone,
Not knowing what you should or shouldn't feel,
Is to find out, no matter what you've said
About the cramped escapes and obstacles
You plan and face and have to call the world,
That there remain these places, occupied
By children, yours if lucky, like the girl
Who finds you here and lies down by your side.
--Mark Jarman
Poem copyright 1997 by Mark Jarman
American LOre in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation,
publisher of Poetry magazine.
New look from California Farm Bureau
The award-winning maga-
zine and television program
produced by the California
Farm Bureau Federation (CF-
BF) unveiled new names and
looks today. The freshly up-
dated California Bountfful
magazine and television pro-
gram will arrive in readers'
mailboxes and on their televi-
sion screens beginning this
week. Both the magazine and
television program had previ-
ously been titled California
Country.
The Farm Bureau produces
the bimonthly magazine and
weekly TV program for audi-
ences that may not be familiar
with farming, ranching and
food production. CFBF Presi-
dent Paul Wenger said the new
title reflects the diversity of
farming in California today,
and the fact that all Californi-
ans benefit from a vibrant,
sustainable agriculture.
"We are very proud of the
high quality our magazine
and television program have
maintained for years,"
Wenger said. "The renamed
and refocused California
Bountiful magazine and TV
show will continue the same
tradition of excellence that
California Country had".
Under its new name, the Cal-
ifornia Bountiful television
program will reach more view-
ers thanks to a gr=ant that sup-
ports the show's goal of con-
necting urban and rural Cali-
fornia. Starting in 2012, the
lively, 30-minute program will
begin to air on stations in Los
Angeles and San Francisco,
expanding a network that in-
cludes affiliates across the
state as well as the nation-
wide RFD-TV network.
California Bountiful maga-
zine, kicking off with a De-
cember/January issue, in-
cludes new features: a page of
brief items about California-
grown foods and farm prod-
ucts called A la Carte; an On
Location page that focuses on
one part of California and
what makes it distinctive; and
a personality profile called
It's a Bountiful Life. The mag-
azine is available to Farm Bu-
reau associate members and
to people who make a tax-de-
ductible contribution to the
California Bountiful Founda-
tion. More information about
the foundation is available at
californiabountiful.org.
For more information,
details about how to receive
California Bountiful maga-
zine, television show listings
and video, visit california
bountiful.com.
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Empty tummies mean
empty wallets
Grocery shopping on an
empty stomach is bad news
for all parties involved. Hun-
gry shoppers tend to be the
biggest spenders, tossing
more into their basket than
their wallets and even their
stomachs can handle. Even
worse, chances are shoppers
craving food aren't reaching
for those dainty tubs of non-
fat yogurt..~Avoi~indlessly~
grabbing sugary~snacks an~
high-fat foods and save a con-
siderable amount of dough by
shopping on a satisfied belly.
Holiday discounts
mean limited-time-only
discounts
Right around now, stores
are dishing out holiday deals
faster than St. Nick is inhal-
ing cookies. Make sure, how-
ever, to read the fine print,
and time your shopping trips
accordingly.
A cEucial first step to doing
so ,is meal planning. Create a
menu of holiday meals, and
build your savings off of that.
Keep up with in-store sav-
ings, clip coupons and come
equipped ~with a list for a hol-
iday grocery trip more effi-
cient and affordable than
ever before.
Don't let poor timing bring
you down this season. With
'.:,these: four tips and-ff table.of !
loved ones to feed: you'll be
all set for the most wonderful
time of the year.
Sheri Alzeerah is a journalist
and freelance writer for meal
planning service foodon
thetable.com.
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HAPPY FEET TWO
Fri., Dec. 30 & Sat., Dec. 31
Rated PG ° 100 min.
The sequel to the Academy Award-winning
animated smash hit, Happy Feet Two returns
audiences to the magnificent landscape of
Antarctica, reuniting us with the world's
most famous tap-dancing penguin, Mumble,
the love of his life, Gloria and their old
friends Ramon and Lovelace. Mumble and
Gloria now have a son of their own, Erik,
who is struggling to find his own particular
talents in the Emperor Penguin world. But
new dangers are threatening the penguin
nation, and it's going to take everyone
working - and dancing - together to save them.
Sun., Jan. 1 & Mon., Jan. 2
Rated R ° 137 min. Drama
As the face of law enforcement in America for almost fifty years,
J. Edgar Hoover was feared ~ind
admired, reviled and revered. But
behind closed doors, he held secrets
that would have destroyed his
image, his career and his life. Under
the direction of Clint Eastwood,
Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the
title role of J. Edgar, a drama
that explores the public and private
life of one of the most powerful,
controversial and enigmatic figures
of the 20th century. Also starring:
Judi Dench, Naomi Watts, Armie
Hammer, Ed Westwick.
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