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National Night Out, Tuesday, August 2nd, will be a community-police awareness-raising event observed throughout the United States, and every New Town resident is encouraged to participate. Traditionally held the first Tuesday of August, the campaign began in 1984 with neighbors simply turning on their front porch lights and sitting in their front yards or on their front porches to enhance community relationships with each other and with their local law-enforcement agencies. The event is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch in the United States and evolved from the participation of 2.5 million residents across 400 communities in 23 states that first year to 38 million residents in 16,000 communities across the United States by 2016. At its heart, National Night Out is meant to increase awareness about police programs in local communities, such as drug prevention, town watch, neighborhood watch, and other anti-crime efforts.

 

As one would imagine, the event is meant to be festive and fun with relation-building games and activities on the agenda.  Some communities even plan block parties and cook-outs with live entertainment. But it needn’t be elaborate. Planned games and activities such corn hole, lawn darts, and ladder golf will fit the bill and make for a fun get-together with neighbors known and new. So New Town, turn off your electronics, go out on your porches and join in!

 

 

To brighten your day: 

 

Quotes: When Life shuts a door, open it. It’s a door.  That’s how they work.

 

Historical Fact: Cleopatra wasn’t Egyptian.  She was actually Greek, a descendant of Alexander the Great's Macedonian general, Ptolemy.

 

Curious Happening: A woman named Violet Jessop survived not only the sinking of the Titanic, but also the destruction of both of the Titanic's sister ships, the Britannic and Olympic.

 

Household Hacks:   You can remove crayon marks from your walls with a hairdryer.  Just hold the hairdryer over that portion of the marked wall for a few seconds to soften the crayon's wax, then wipe away marks with a soft cloth.

 

PC Hacks:  Ctrl + Z is the ultimate hot key, however note that “undo” doesn't just apply to typing. If you accidentally delete or move a file, you can hit Ctrl + Z to bring it right back to where it was (Ctrl + Y will redo whatever you undid).

 

Pet Care:  Have a plan for your dog in place should anything happen to you. Make a list of important information about your dog’s lifestyle including how often they’re fed, how much they’re fed, medications, their vet’s phone number, etc. Give copies of this to someone in your life that could take care of your dog in the case of an emergency. 

 

Recipes:  

 

 

Drain the following well:

16 oz of shoe-peg corn

16 oz of Le Seur baby peas

16 oz of French-cut green beans

1 small jar of pimientos drained & diced

1 bunch of scallions trimmed & sliced thin (use green & white part of veggie)

1 quarter cup of green bell pepper, diced

1 half cup of celery thinly sliced

1 T of green parsley chopped

 

Vinaigrette Dressing:

1 third cup apple cider vinegar

1 half cup of salad oil

1 quarter cup of sugar

Half teaspoon of salt

Half teaspoon of black pepper

 

Step 1

In small saucepan, heat vinegar, oil, sugar, salt, & pepper. Stir constantly until sugar dissolves.

Cool completely. Combine all drained veggies when cooled.

 

Step 2

Pour cooled dressing over combined veggies. Mix well, cover, & marinate in fridge 1-2 hours.

Salad keeps for a week or more in fridge.