On Aren't you a little old for this?
Posted on November 2 at 12:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I have no problem giving teenagers candy as long as they are polite and considerate of others AND they dress up. I do however have a problem with the kiddies who did not say "trick or treat" or "thank you" and took more than one treat as their parents stood right next to them and either did nothing to correct them or were to occupied by their beverage of choice to notice. I handed out full sized candy bars and ran out early (I started out with over 100). After we ran out, we had only a dozen or so trick or treaters, and it makes me wonder if my candy would have lasted if those kids who took more than one candy bar would have took only one. And by the way, I don't recall seeing one teenager take more than one candy bar.
Posted on November 1 at 11:42 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Our light was out but that's because we were sitting in the neighbor's driveway by the fire handing out full sized candy bars. The kids who stopped at our stop got treats from 3 buckets because we had another neighbor join in as well. It's become a tradition that we've taken part in every year since we moved in. We had over 100 full sized candy bars, and they were gone by 6:30 pm. We will have to get a few more for next year. The nice thing was, after 6:30 we only got about a dozen trick or treaters and the other neighbors still had candy to hand out.
Posted on October 28 at 3:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
tikiman1 – USED pizza boxes are not recyclable, despite the triangle on the box. The grease and cheese from the pizza contaminate the cardboard and make it unrecyclable. In addition, any other food contaminated paper products (paper plates, napkins, etc.) would also be unrecyclable. Plus, it specifically says on the city sanitation department’s website that pizza boxes can not be recycled.
Posted on October 28 at 11:51 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
johndenver -- If you put pizza boxes in the recycling, they leave them (they're not recyclable). And if you put them in the garbage and they’re not in a trash bag, they will leave them too. They have to be in a trash bag to be collected. If you did not put them in recycling and they were in a bag and still were managed to not be picked up, you have grounds to file a complaint. All of this information can be found on the city’s website. And usually if they don’t pick something up, they will leave a note on it saying why it wasn’t picked up (or at least this has been my experience).
Posted on October 28 at 8:41 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I was thinking the same thing, spicymarge. I pay for a lot of things with my tax dollars that I never use, and probably never will use. But that doesn't mean society doesn't need those services just because I don't need them. But I do wish they could have added it to the property tax bill, so at least it could have been a deduction (as one poster already stated).
On Evansville police effort aims to prevent car break-ins with report cards
Posted on October 12 at 8:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's Evansville and the officers are third-shift. Not much usually happens at those hours in Evansville. At least they're staying busy instead of sleeping in their squad cars.
On If you find a penny, do you pick it up?
Posted on September 16 at 2:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
CitizenX --- very punny!
On If you find a penny, do you pick it up?
Posted on September 16 at 2:24 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I only pick up pennies if they're heads up... I'm superstitious. Also, picking up and keeping other money depends on the circumstances. For example, if I found a $20 bill laying in the gutter I would probably pick it up and keep it for two reasons: 1) the owner probably isn’t going to be able to track it down and 2) it’s a small amount of money. Now if it were a larger sum of money, I would probably call law enforcement. Some people call that stupid, but if I lost a bunch of money I would hope the person who found it would be honest enough to at least help find its owner. Plus, I don’t want or need any bad karma. I realize that most people would pocket it, but I wouldn’t feel right doing that. Case and point, within the last year I was buying groceries at Woodman’s and I was checking out at the self-checkouts. On the scanner I found around $300 in $20 bills. I turned it in to a manger, because I figured anybody who lost that amount of money would try retracing their steps and looking for it --- I know I would. I still don’t understand why people carry so much cash when they don’t need to any more, but I’m guessing that person had a reason. Bottom line, I try to treat others as I would want them to treat me.
On Prank by 11-year-old Illinois girl leads to felony charge
Posted on September 10 at 1:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Sorry, I should have stated that better. The CTR is used by Financial Institutions, not just banks.
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On Football Fever
Posted on November 4 at 9:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Here's an easy recipe that always gets rave reviews. It's a football or anytime of year favorite. Enjoy!
Buffalo Chicken Dip
Ingredients…
4 chicken breasts
2 – 8 oz packages of cream cheese
1 – 12 oz bottle of Frank’s Red Hot Sauce
1 – 16 oz bottle of Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing
8 oz shredded cheese (any kind), optional
1 cup chopped celery, optional
Directions…
1)Cook chicken breasts, either by boiling or baking. Let them cool down until they are not too hot to handle. Once they are cool, shred them with forks or use your hands to shred them.
2)In a saucepan, heat the cream cheese until smooth.
3)Remove the cream cheese from the heat. Add the ranch dressing and hot sauce. Add the chicken and celery (if desired) to the mixture.
4)Cook or Bake - Pour the mixture into a crock pot and heat on low. Top the mixture with cheese. OR Place the contents into an oven safe dish, top with cheese, and bake for 15-25 minutes until cheese is bubbly and golden brown.
*Serve this dip with heavy chips. I suggest bagel chips or tortilla chips as they are very sturdy. Another option is to cut bagels up into bite sized pieces and serve the dip with the bagel chunks.