Dear Powelton Market Supporters,
What a difference a week makes. Last
Saturday's market day was just glorious - a
perfect early Fall day.
John King reports that the nectarine crop is
over for the season, but he will still
have pears for a while longer. New on John's
table this week will be red tomatoes, which,
together with his yellow ones, will make
your salads so very appealing. (Thank
you, Martha.) John's assortment of veggies gives
broad hints that Fall is upon us - lots of squash,
potatoes, yams (yeah, I know, they are potatoes),
onions, pumpkins, mums, (how'd that get in this
list) turnips, et al from which to choose.
Add that to his choices from applesauce to zucchini
(yellow and green), and you are ready for the
new season.
A note of thanks. Aubrey McCulley of UNI
wants me to be sure to tell you how much they
appreciate your continued support
of our market. They were really pleased that,
in response to my request in last week's letter,
many of you brought them plastic bags and glass
jars last Saturday - it really helped.
UNI/UCHS will have a table this week, but you'll
have to come and be surprised at what they have
harvested from their garden.
The cider that the Fahnestock Fruit Farm is
making this year is really extraordinary, and
I urge you to try it. Bob Fahnestock will
have plenty for us, as well as a wide assortment
of apples. Last Monday was a big workday
for the family as they tried to pick as
many ripe apples as possible before the powerful
remnants of Hurricane Jeanne did it for them.
Bob's son Dave thinks the Granny Smith and yellow
delicious would be ready to pick for our market,
but he can't be sure yet. Guess fanciers
of those varieties will have to stop by and
find out; if not, you can bet that Bob will
come up with another variety that is bound to
please.
As promised, Lorelle Becton plans to have some
shaving (kits or sets, what to call them?) ready
for us this week. It is also back-to-basics
time for her; she just made a batch of her original
"Lo's blend" soap, which produces
a no-frills hard white bar. She also
said: "I would like to thank
all the lookers and buyers for their conversation,
comments and questions. Saturdays have
been good 'market-research' opportunities for
me." Here is feedback from neighbor
Nancy Drye, who took Lo's Lip Balm to ten
college buddies ("women of a certain age")
at a reunion in New Hampshire cabin.
One of those friends already wrote back
that, "I am very grateful to you for the
Lo's Lip Balm, which is literally the best I
have ever used."
Many of you stocked up on Brent Fox's
meat, poultry, and eggs last week because he
will not be back at our market until October
23rd. Incidentally, he told me that during
the monsoon that took place two Saturdays ago,
they had 8 and a half inches of rain.
He had 3-4 feet of water in his basement, and
lost 70 of his 500 or so chickens because he
and Lori could not get hay into all of
their enclosures fast enough so that the chickens could
be higher than the water.
Mira Kilpatrick of Viva Veggies will be missing
from our market for the month of October.
Expect her back the first Saturday in November.
Community stuff:
If you are not registered to vote, it
certainly isn't because you didn't have a chance.
Registration drive volunteers have been coming
out around here in record numbers, and
Helen Henry will again have a table at
our market this week. Remember, you have
until October 4th (that's Monday!) to register,
so this is just about your last chance at convenient
registration. If you had any problems
the last time you tried to vote, or moved,
or changed your name, or haven't voted since
1995, stop by Helen's table and fill
out a registration form. She will
also have absentee ballots and other helpful
election info. There will be another meeting
the following Saturday, October 9th, at
Pat McBee's house, 3208 Hamilton, at 4:00 p.m.
to decide what the next steps are for the folks
who have volunteered to turn out our 24th Ward
(Powelton and Mantua) vote.
Procrastinator Alert: Meg Wise, Co-chair
of the Tot Lot, reports that so far they have
made enough profit from their Holland Bulb Sale
to pay for about 4 months of lighting for the
playground. She and/or Co-chair Sandra
Aidar will be taking orders this week and next,
so you can't put off ordering them anymore.
Let's see if we can order enough to take care
of the Peco bill for a whole year! Wouldn't
that be great! Let's do it!
Lots of you went to John Phillips & Carolyn
Healy's Limbic Pentameter installation, and
from what I hear, were as impressed as I was.
They will probably keep their structure in
that building for a week or two for viewing
by curators, art professionals, and some classes.
We wish them well, and mostly we wish that their
work could be displayed somewhere where many,
many people could be able to enjoy it as we
did.
Reminder: The memorial service for Michelle
Steege will be at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday,
October 2nd at Friends' Center, 1500 Cherry
St.
That's it for another week. See you at
the market this Saturday from 10 til 2.
sue minnis
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