8 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017
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Recipes for good, old-fashioned comfort food
½ cup milk
1 cup italian
style bread-
crumbs
¼ cup chopped
onion
1 lb lean
ground beef
¼ cup ketchup
Preheat oven
to 350 degrees.
In large bowl
combine all
Homemade Goodness
ingredient except
¼ cup ketchup.
By Eileen Driver
Mix well. Press
mixture into 8x4
I always try to keep a
loaf pan and cook for 40
positive attitude because I
minutes. Remove from
think it’s important but it’s
oven and spread ¼ cup
getting hard to do so when
all around me I hear people ketchup over top.
Return to oven and cook
saying how tired they are.
Tired of being sick, tired of an additional 20 minutes
being cold and believe it or or until done. Let stand 10
minutes before serving.
not, tired of the snow!
Homemade Italian
Well the only cure for
Breadcrumbs
that, that I know of, is
4 ounces stale bread in
some good old-fashioned
1” pieces
comfort food.
1 tablespoon Italian
With a meal of good
seasoning
comfort food you can start
½ teaspoon garlic pow-
to believe that nothing
der
lasts forever and if it does
¼ teaspoon salt
at least your stomach is
Preheat oven to 300 de-
happy.
grees.
Home Style Meatloaf
Place all ingredients into
2 beaten eggs
blender or food proces-
½ cup ketchup
sor and pulse until coarse
crumbs form about two
minutes. Spread crumbs
evenly onto a cookie sheet.
Bake about 5 minutes
until crumbs just begin
to brown and crisp. Cool
crumbs on pan for 15-20
minutes. Store in airtight
container at room tempera-
ture for up to 2 weeks.
Makes 3-4 cups.
Usually my favorite side
comfort food to go with
meatloaf is some deli-
cious mashed potatoes and
gravy.
I’m a big mashed
potatoes and gravy fan.
However I think a differ-
ent double header comfort
food is what is called for
with this weather we are
having because it is also
hard to beat a good mac
and cheese.
Bacon Mac & Cheese
16 ounces elbow maca-
roni
½ cup butter
½ cup sifted flour
4 cups milk
2-3 teaspoons hot sauce (
optional, but good)
16 ounces shredded
sharp cheddar cheese
16 ounces (or more)
cooked crumbled bacon
Cook macaroni accord-
ing to package directions
and set aside. In medium
saucepan melt butter over
low heat, slowly add
flour and stir constantly
till smooth. Turn heat up
to medium and add milk
stirring constantly till
thick about 10 minutes.
Add hot sauce, stir until
evenly mixed. Add pasta,
bacon and cheese. Stir
until cheese is melted and
everything is evenly mixed
and coated.
Bake in preheated 350
degree oven in 13x9 bak-
ing dish for 25-30 minutes.
Bacon makes everything
taste better, don’t it?
So far so good, how-
ever we need an amazing
comfort food dessert to go
with this meal. This takes a
little time to prepare but is
sooooo worth it.
Buckeye Brownies
Brownies
⅓ cup cocoa
½ cup + 2 tablespoons
boiling water
2 ounces finely chopped
unsweetened chocolate
4 tablespoons melted
butter
½ cup + 2 tablespoons
vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 ½ cups sugar
1 ¾ cup flour
½ teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Filling
¾ cup creamy peanut
butter
½ cup butter
2 ⅓ cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons whole milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Glaze
½ cups milk chocolate
chips
⅓ cup creamy peanut
butter
Preheat oven to 350 de-
grees. Line a 13x9 in bak-
ing pan with parchment or
foil leaving a 1” overhang
and spray with non-stick
coating. In large mix-
ing bowl whisk together
cocoa and boiling water till
smooth. Add unsweetened
chocolate and whisk till
melted. Add butter and oil.
Add eggs and vanilla,
continue to whisk till
smooth. Add sugar and
whisk till fully incorpo-
rated.
Mix in flour and salt with
spatula until fully com-
bined.
Bake in prepared pan
for 30-35 minutes or
until toothpick inserted in
between center and side
comes out with just a few
moist crumbs on it. Cool
on rack 1 ½ hours.
On medium speed beat
together peanut butter, but-
ter and salt until smooth.
On low speed alternate
adding small amounts of
powdered sugar and milk
till well combined.
Beat in vanilla, then
on medium high beat till
smooth and creamy, adding
dash or two of milk if nec-
essary to make spreading
consistency.
Spread evenly on top of
brownies.
Melt together chocolate
chips and peanut butter in
microwave stirring every
15 seconds until melted
and combined.
Spread over top of pea-
nut butter filling. Chill for
30 minutes or until set.
Remove from pan by
grasping overhang, cut into
squares and serve.
When you bite into one
of these delicious brown-
ies, trust me, you will soon
be belting out, “ The sun
will come out tomorrow.”
And if you don’t devour
them all in one sitting
these are good to freeze the
bars individually so they
are always on hand for
those chocolate emergen-
cies.
Business owners discuss Main Street Program
Gina K. Swartz / The Baker County Press
Various business owners from downtown gathered.
BY GINA K. SWARTZ
Gina@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Last Thursday night busi-
ness owners from through-
out Baker assembled for
a meeting put together by
Community Development
Coordinator Robin Nudd.
Among the businesses
represented were D & J’s
Taco Shop, Thatcher’s Ace
Hardware, Barley Brown’s
Brewpub, Bella’s Main
Street Market, Short Term
Gallery and community
entities Crossroads Art
Center and Historic Baker
City.
The meeting featured
a presentation by Sheri
Stuart, Oregon Main Street
Coordinator.
Stuart began her career
in Washington state, her
success then took her to
serve with the National
Main Street program in
Washington D.C.
She now finds herself
heading up the Oregon
Main Street program.
The program is intended
to assist in the revitaliza-
tion of downtown districts
in communities that in
Richland
man
arrested
On March 1, 2017,
Gina K. Swartz / The Baker County Press
Sheri Stuart is Oregon’s Main Street Coordinator.
many ways are not reach-
ing full potential.
In her presentation she
gave examples of commu-
nities she’d worked with
and the positive results that
have been had.
She cited work with
Dayton, Oregon St.
Helen’s, Oregon, Albany,
Oregon and Port Orchard,
Washington.
By integrating a four-
point approach into a
practical downtown man-
agement strategy, a local
Main Street program can
produce positive changes
in a community’s econom-
ic base.
The Four Point Model
explained by Stuart con-
sisted of 1. Organization
2. Promotion 3. Design 4.
Economic Vitality.
Organization includes
building Main Street
framework to support
successful revitalization
by ensure adequate people
and financial resources are
available.
Promotion creates excite-
ment. Street festivals, pa-
rades, and image develop-
ment campaigns are ways
the Main Street Program
creates consumer traffic.
The promotion aspect in-
volves marketing in a way
that entices consumers and
visitors and investors.
The design aspect
enhances attractiveness
of the business district
and included things such
as cleaning up streets and
alleyways, rehabilitating
historic buildings, use of
colorful banners or land-
scaping and lighting.
All of these improve-
ments can make the physi-
cal image of the district
better making it seen as
a quality place to shop,
work, live and invest in.
Lastly Economic Vitality
involves analyzing current
market force to develop
long-term solutions.
Recruiting new busi-
nesses and creatively
converting unused space
for new uses.
Stuart also expressed
looking forward to work-
ing with Historic Baker
City in the future.
As she navigated through
the four-point Main Street
model she noted services
she could provide to our
community free of charge.
Services such as continu-
ing visits to ensure consis-
tent forward movement.
Assistance in develop-
ing a mission or vision
statement. Ongoing train-
ing for Board roles and
regulations as well as for
committees.
Development of work
plans. Hosting workshops,
annual conferences and
evaluation of local pro-
grams.
Assistance in the hiring
of an executive director/
program manager and
continuing guidance in
committee development.
One question that was
raised was; what was the
most important piece to
the successfulness of this
model?
Stuart stated without
hesitation, “People.”
Stuart also noted that
years ago she was aware
that Baker City had at-
tempted a Main Street type
program that did see some
success at the time.
Several in the crowd
asked what the first step
would be as the majority
were in agreement that this
was a path in which they’d
like to see Baker City
pursue.
Stuart explained that
rather than throw everyone
at one of the four points
it would be best for those
interested in the develop-
ment of such a program in
Baker City that each per-
son take a good look at the
four points and determine
where their own talents
lie and participate in that
piece of the puzzle.
Robin Nudd was charged
with taking names and put-
ting together meetings.
The Main Street Model
lists organization first
so Nudd agreed to take
names, 9-12 was the
suggested number of
volunteers necessary, then
put together a meeting in
which the framework for
what Baker City’s Main
Street Program may look
like.
Nudd indicated that if
there were people who
were not at the meeting or
unable to remain and sign
up with her she could be
contacted at City Hall at
541.524.2036 or by email
at rnudd@bakercity.com.
Nudd said in an email
after the meeting, “Our
next step will be to hold
a meeting with those in-
terested in working on the
structure, bylaws, mission
development, etc.
“If you are interested but
didn’t have the chance to
sign up last night, please
let me know. After that
meeting I hope to pull the
larger group together and
have another discussion—
stay tuned.
“We have something
special in this town and it
is one of the key elements
that Sheri talked about last
night—people!
“ It is one of the rea-
sons why I choose to call
Baker City my home and
it is echoed in many of
the visitor’s comments
that I hear—the people in
Baker are so friendly and
welcoming. Thank you
again and let’s get ready to
put our ‘People Power’ to
work!”
Baker County Sheriff's
Office Deputies arrested
Cody Steenhard at 100
Valley Street Richland,
OR, after Baker County
Consolidated Dispatch
Center received a 911 call
at approximately 11:00
a.m. of a shot fired and
family disturbance.
Deputies responded to
the residence and deter-
mined Steenhard had fired
one shot within the city
limits of Richland and had
been in a verbal argument
with family members.
Cody Steenhard was
arrested without incident
and lodged in the Baker
County Sheriff's Office
Jail.
Arrested: Cody J. Steen-
hard (DOB: 12/21/1979)
100 Valley Street
R ichland, OR
Charges: Unlawful Use
of a Weapon
Reckless Endangering
Disorderly Conduct