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Body This is a variation of several online recipes that called for peach preserves. I had very sweet, ripe, fresh peaches that I smashed with a potato masher. You can put peaches in a blender for a less chunky version.

Body Anna Booze brought us the Rotary program featuring our local Jimmy Buffet aficionados, the Canadian River Beach Club, featuring Lacy and Spencer Hanes and Brian Gallagher (in photo above). They reported on the upcoming CRBC Calf-Fry Cook-Off that will be happening Saturday, Sept.

Body On Friday night, I was contacted by the museum’s former exhibit designer, Bill Green. He was letting me know that a mutual friend of ours had passed away earlier that day.

Body We are reaching that point in remodeling where we seriously question whether we will ever be done. After we finally found a plumber, we thought our worries were over, and progress began briskly.

Body Rotarian Ronda Bartlett, introduced our guest speakers, Bryan and Lea Bartlett, whom she obviously has a great fondness for and pride in.

Body We always thought Fredericksburg peaches were the best around, but I’m here to tell you Cunningham peaches are better, hands down! So, if you were fortunate enough to score a box this past week and want to make a delicious desert, you have to try this peach crisp.

Body I love driving by the old ruins of the Canadian High School on Kingman Avenue, now decorated with graffiti art. I try to imagine what the students were aspiring to be in a world so very different from ours today.

Body I met my former mother-in-law, “Mama Lou,” and my former father-in-law, “Poppo,” when I was not yet 20 years old. I hitched a ride to meet them, terrified because I’d spoken to my future mother-in-law on the phone, and she sounded exactly like Lauren Bacall.