10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016
Local
Recipes for the Catfish Derby
2 pounds cat-
fish fillets, diced
In a large sauce-
pan over medium
heat, cook the oil
with the onions,
garlic cloves,
chili powder,
cumin, coriander,
cinnamon, orega-
no and cayenne
pepper for 2 to 3
minutes, stirring
Homemade Goodness
constantly.
Add the
By Eileen Driver
tomatoes, green
peppers, kidney
I can’t believe it’s been
beans, sea salt and pepper.
a whole year and is time
Stir for one minute.
once again for Memorial
Place the diced catfish on
Weekend and the Catfish
top of the chili mixture and
Derby and Cookoff.
gently stir into the chili.
I am still debating
Turn down heat and sim-
between two different
recipes to prepare this year mer 15-20 minutes.
Makes 56 servings.
and am running out of
If you need to stretch to
time to decide. While I’m
serve more people or have
thinking about my current
extra hearty appetites to
choices I will be happy to
give you the prize winning feed, you can serve it over
recipe we, my husband and rice to make it even more
filling.
I, made last year. It’s not
Of course if you aren’t
your usual way to prepare
cooking for a Catfish
catfish but it was a big hit
cookoff you could use
and is very easy and eco-
bass, halibut, tilapia or
nomical to make so enjoy.
any other fish you have on
Catfish Chili
hand.
4 tablespoons vegetable
With the Snake
oil
River just down the road
2 large onions, minced
I am lucky to always have
6 garlic cloves, minced
plenty of catfish to experi-
4 tablespoons chili
ment with in my recipes.
powder
What would be better
2 teaspoons ground
with catfish than Hush
cumin
Puppies? And that just
1 teaspoon ground cori-
happens to be the second
ander
category for the cookoff.
2 teaspoons cinnamon
There seems to be just as
2 teaspoons oregano
many different hush puppy
1 teaspoon cayenne
recipes as chili recipes. I
pepper
found this one when we
2 (16 oz) cans kidney
were planning to enter the
beans, drained and rinsed
cookoff the very first time
2 (16 oz) cans diced
and it was a winner so I
tomatoes
2 chopped green peppers thought I would share it
with you as well.
1 teaspoon sea salt
Sweet Potato and Ba-
½ teaspoon pepper
con Hush Puppies
Canola or vegetable oil
for frying
1 (8.5 oz) box corn bread
or muffin mix
¼ cup cornmeal
¼ cup chopped onions
1 egg
½ cup sweet potato puree
¼ cup cooked crumbled
bacon ( 45 strips)
Use a deep fryer or
heavy bottomed me-
dium sized pot filled with
enough oil to come ⅓ of
the way up the sides. Over
medium heat and heat to
350 degrees.
In a large bowl mix to-
gether the cornbread mix,
cornmeal, onions, eggs,
sweet potato puree and
bacon until well combined.
When oil has reached
correct temperature,
carefully drop batter by
heaping tablespoons full
into the oil using spoons
or a small ice cream type
scoop.
Fry in batches until
golden brown and cooked
through, 34 minutes.
Remove from the oil
and drain on a tray lined
with paper towels. Serve
immediately. Makes 24
hushpuppies.
These are really good
floating in the chili or by
themselves but as I am
obsessed with dips and
gravies and sauces of all
kinds, my favorite way
to eat them is by dipping
them in this:
Creamy Honey Mus-
tard Dip
¼ cup sour cream
⅓ cup honey mustard
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Combine sour cream,
honey mustard and lemon
juice in a bowl until well
blended.
Chill several hours for
flavors to meld. Serve
We learned how to make
dijon mustard in the very
first Homemade Goodness
Column 18 months ago.
Here is that same recipe
but with just a little twist
to make Honey Mustard.
Honey Mustard
1 ⅓ cups (4oz) dry
mustard
½ cup water
2 cups (16 fluid oz) dry
white wine or flat cham-
pagne
1 yellow onion finely
chopped
3 cloves garlic finely
chopped
2 teaspoons salt
2 tablespoons honey
Have hot sterilized jars
and lids ready.
In bowl mix mustard
and water together until
smooth.
Set aside.
In small saucepan
combine wine, onion and
garlic.
Bring to boil over high
heat.
Reduce heat to medium
and stir in salt.
Simmer uncovered about
20 minutes or until reduced
by half.
Pour wine mixture
through sieve into mustard
and stir to combine.
Transfer to sauce pan
and cook over medium
heat, stirring frequently
until thickened, about 20
minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in
honey. Spoon hot mustard
into jars and seal tightly
with lid. Store in refrigera-
tor up to one year.
I hope you will join us
for the Catfish cookoff
on Saturday, May 28th. I
promise whichever recipe I
decide to make, along with
the other contestants, will
make it worth the trip.
County, Sunridge talk
more about MOU
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In the first quarter of
2011, a late payment was
received by Sunridge Inn,
and the interest and penalty
charge was paid. A late
payment was received in
the second quarter of 2011,
with a penalty charge of
$4,326 assessed, and inter-
est of $649. In January of
2012 (she said the TLTC
doesn’t meet throughout
the summer), the TLTC
forgave that penalty, on
the condition that further
payments would be made
timely. Otherwise, she
said, the penalty would
be reinstated (an MOU
was not yet formed at that
point).
Folkman said the current
issue began in June 2012,
with a late payment for
March, May, and June
of that year, resulting in
another $4,446 in penalty
charges, from the begin-
ning of 2012. The 2011
penalty, $4326, was also
reinstated, per the agree-
ment made at that time,
resulting in almost $9,000
in penalty charges, plus
interest.
In February and March
2014, another late payment
was received, and the big-
gest hit to the budget, she
said, was a late payment
for April, May, and June
2014, resulting in a penalty
charge of $4,462. This is
how the TLTC arrived at
the $16,362.67, which was
owed, per the MOU.
She said the TLTC had
discussed the possibility of
the Sunridge Inn making
monthly payments, and
the TLTC needs those vital
payments from area lodg-
ers, but the TLTC did not
wish to saddle the Sun-
ridge Inn with interest, etc.
The TLTC requested the
Board form an MOU with
the Sunridge Inn, which
would require monthly
payments from the Sun-
ridge Inn, and it did so, on
October 14, 2014. Per the
MOU, all penalty charges
would be held in abeyance
for one year, if payments
were made timely.
During the TLTC meet-
ing this January, she said,
four members were pres-
ent, and the vote was 2-2,
to discharge the penalties,
resulting in no decision
at that point. At the next
meeting, the vote was
to unanimously require
monthly payments, she
said, and the decision was
made to seek assistance
with the issue from the
Board.
Kerns asked if the Sun-
ridge Inn had been timely
with payments since the
MOU was formed in Oc-
tober 2014, and Folkman
said yes. She said that her
recommendation is that the
Sunridge Inn continue with
monthly payments, per the
MOU, in order to avoid
future issues.
Wilson was asked to
speak about the issue, from
the Sunridge Inn’s view
point, and she said that
the obligations have been
fulfilled. She sympathizes
with the TLTC, and the
loss in revenue, but the
MOU is pretty clear, and
the Sunridge Inn has main-
tained due diligence in the
matter. She emphasized
a portion of the MOU,
which states, “County
and Sunridge, desire to
resolve these matters at
this time and to provide an
opportunity to Sunridge
to discharge its obligation
relative to such penal-
ties,” pointing out what the
intent of forming the MOU
was.
She said that, if the
previous assessed penalties
are forgiven, she would
agree, at this point, to
make monthly payments
for a year. She said she
stands on that point 100%,
per the MOU’s language
and intent. Harvey closed
the discussion regarding
the topic of the MOU, and
a decision from the Board
will possibly be made at
the next regular session.
A smaller segment of the
session involved a discus-
sion between the Board
and Kee, regarding the on-
going conversation about
the possibility of services
for inter-hospital, non-
emergent transfers, from
Med Transport, Inc.
This topic has been
discussed, so far, during
several sessions, and Kee
provided the Board with
details about local ambula-
tory services, showing high
praise for those already in
service. The Board had
previously voiced support
for the possibility of ser-
vices from Med Transport,
Inc., assuming existing city
services remained funded,
and that Med Transport’s
services would be over-
flow. Kee said he’s open
to additional ambulatory
resources, but to take a
look at the city’s needs
first, something echoed
by Harvey. A decision
was not made at this time,
as further discussion will
continue, however, Bennett
said that any issues are
close to being resolved.
Dutch oven cookoff on May 19
Learn how to make a
mouth-watering Dutch
oven dish or dessert during
the second annual cookout
on campus, Thursday, May
19. The cookout is from
12-2 p.m. in the campus
quad and is $5 per person.
Those interested in learn-
ing more can help prepare
and cook the meal from 10
a.m. to 12 p.m.
Contact Michael Hatch at
mhatch@eou.edu or 541-
962-3621.
Near miss at
Keating School
Submitted Photo.
Tuesday at about 4:40 p.m. while the bus driven by
Janice Wirth was about to unload a student at the
Keating school, a front-end loader used on a local
ranch lost power and went out of control, crashing
through the school yard gate and fence, and into the
playground narrowly missing a power pole. Luckily
no one was injured.
Boaters rescued
On May 5 at 5:02 p.m., the Baker County Sheriff’s
Office received a report of a stranded boat with two oc-
cupants on Brownlee Reservoir, between Hewitt Park and
Brownlee Dam.
At about 2050 hrs, the Baker County Sheriff Office
launched a rescue boat and eventually located the victims
approximately 13 miles from Hewitt Park. Sheriff Ash
and Deputy Wayne Paxton were able to repair the dis-
abled boat and led the two occupants back to Hewitt Park
arriving around 2337hrs.
At the time the boat became disabled, there was an
intense storm that had traveled through the area. The
boaters were found wet but not injured.
The Baker County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind
boat operators and passengers to pack extra supplies and
to be prepared for water related outings.
Emergency preparedness items such as warm cloth-
ing, fire starter, GPS or Compass and a common tarp
can increase the odds of surviving storms and unplanned
overnight stays.
Also, making friends and family members aware of
departure times and specific travel or fishing destinations
can decrease time for rescue.
Weather can change drastically in a matter of hours in
Eastern Oregon and water rescues are especially danger-
ous at night, due to decreased visibility and often high
winds on Brownlee Reservoir.
Please be prepared and boat safely.
Baker City needs
votes for coolest
small town
Baker City is a finalist for Budget Travel Magazine's
Coolest small town in America. The city is currently in
first place but voting continues through June 6th and
Baker County Tourism says it could use your help.
Citizens can vote for Baker City at http://www.bud-
gettravel.com/contest/vote-for-americas-coolest-small-
town-2016,25/#baker-city-or once per day through June
6th. Please take a minute to cast your vote for Baker City
and then share the link with your friends.
Robbery suspect
sentenced to 20
Mark Allen Price of
Nampa was sentenced
to 20 years in prison last
week for robbing a bank in
Boise last December.
Price will be eligible for
parole in five years after
his conviction for knock-
ing over the Wells Fargo
on Fairview Avenue.
Price was nabbed last
December by Baker City
Police when the Boise
police sent word to Baker
City Police Department
(BCPD) Lt. Dustin New-
Submitted Photo.
man that Price might be in
Mark Allen Price.
the area, video surveillance
footage at the local Maverik
on Campbell Street confirmed that suspicion.
The Maverik footage had shown Price in a 1997 Ford
Ranger Pickup.
Newman checked all the local hotels and motels with
no luck until police were at last able to “ping” Price’s cell
phone, from which he had made a call only ten minutes
earlier at the Super 8 Motel near the freeway.
At 6’2”, 370 lbs. and covered in distinctive tatoos on
front and back, including some biker gang images, Price
was somewhat conspicuous.
Price had been housed in the Ada County Jail after his
transfer out of Baker City last year.