The Old Folks at Home, July

We have our two-week vacation from the temple. We were thinking about going to visit family but we have decided that since the family will be visiting us, we will stay home. That works out with Braden’s visit just fine. We will make a fishing trip while he is here, something he said he would like to do. We have also invited Grandpa Pitts and will take the boat. The plans are to go to Ferron over the 24th if any of you would like to come.

Gramps is painting the house. It is called almond and, we think, matches some of the brick in the house. Braden helped him get ready to paint one afternoon, which took about four hours, but it was not his favorite thing to do. Eric helped Dad get the scaffolding from the high school and get it in place for the back of the house. The front of the house, unfortunately, is all ladder work. I keep worrying about it because the doctor told Dad “No climbing, no mountain trails and no un-even terrain.” It is going to look nice, though. The trim is a creamy white. The brown will be gone forever (or at least, for now).

Grammy and Gramps like summer because we like having the grandkids around. They are a lot of fun and each one is unique. Time is going by so quickly. Soon they will all be grown up and will have their own families. I suppose they will no longer have much time for the old folks. So we are going to enjoy them while we can. Thanks to all of you for sharing. The only thing we wish is that we had just a bit more money so we could go places, like Disneyland, together. Oh, well, making cookies in the kitchen isn’t all bad. It is the memories that count.

My friend from high school, Sharlett Hamilton Wells, works at the temple with me. We always had a lot in common during high school—art, poetry writing, newspaper, yearbook—and we still do. She likes her grandkids as much as I like mine. They have costume days, which sounds like something I should start. (By-the-way, she says I haven’t changed at all from the girl I was except for a few wrinkles and gray hairs.)

At the Jones family reunion they had a kitchen band. That sounds fun. In addition, Grandpa Jones bought fish (trout) from the fishery and put them in a wading pond for the little kids. They caught them with their bare hands. They had a fish fry that evening I think that sounds fun and maybe we should try it. What do you all think? Is there something wrong with keeping up with the Joneses?

The garden is growing, the plants are growing and so are the weeds. Come and visit and see for yourselves.

Joke of the month

A man owned a small farm in Iowa. The Iowa Wage and Hour Department claimed he was not paying proper!wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.

"I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them,"!demanded the agent.

"Well, there's my hired hand who's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $600 a week plus free room and board. The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $500 a month plus free room and board. Then there's the half-wit that works here about18 hours a day. He makes $10 a week and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every week," replied the farmer.

"That's the guy I want to talk to; the halfwit," says the agent."

"That would be me,” the farmer said.

Treats and fun for Family Home Evening!

No-Bake Brownies

Makes about 4 doz. brownies

1-cup evaporated milk

2 cups miniature marshmallows

1 pkg. (6 oz.) semisweet chocolate bits

1/2-cup sugar

1/4 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. butter or margarine

1 tsp. vanilla

3-1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1-cup nutmeats cut up

Combine milk, marshmallows, chocolate bits, sugar and salt in a 3 qt. saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat to a full boil. Boil and stir 5 min. more. Take off heat. Stir in butter, vanilla, graham cracker crumbs and nutmeats. Spread mixture in buttered 9" square pan. Chill one hour or until set. The brownies taste best if allowed to sit overnight before use. Cut into squares.

Graham Cracker Chewies

Crust

1 1/3 cups graham cracker crumbs

1-tablespoon sugar

1/2-cup butter, at room temperature

2 tablespoons all purpose flour

Topping

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

1/2 cup chopped pecans

1/3-cup graham cracker crumbs

1/2-teaspoon salt

1/4-teaspoon baking powder

1-teaspoon vanilla extract

2 large eggs beaten

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare the crust: Mix the graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter and flour in a mixing bowl until moist and crumbly. Press the mixture firmly and evenly in the bottom of a 9-inch square-baking pan. Bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Prepare topping: Stir all the ingredients together until blended. Spread the topping over the baked crust and bake for 20

minutes. Let cool completely, and then cut into 16 squares.

Easy Pizza

Kids' Cooking Skills: This recipe lets kids experiment with pizza combinations and teaches them how to prepare a lunch food.

Ingredients

One loaf white bread (like Wonder bread)

1 3/4 cups bottled marinara sauce

2 cups grated cheese

2 cups sliced precooked sausage or 1 pkg

lunchmeat or 1 pkg Canadian bacon

1 can sliced olives

1 can crushed pineapple

Give the kids a rolling pin and roll the bread so it is somewhat flat. Now your child can spoon sauce across each slice. Then he/she should sprinkle on the cheese, followed by pieces of sausage or meat and other toppings as desired. Bake on the center oven rack at 300 for a few minutes, until the cheese melts. Have Mom use a spatula to slide the pizzas onto a plate and let them cool slightly before eating. Serves 6.

Home Evening Hint

Make a "Busy Bee Work Chart" Make a large beehive. Make a spot on the hive for each job in the family. Color as desired. Glue the beehive to a piece of cardstock. Then make a "Busy Bee" on cardstock for each member of the family. Write the names of your family members on the bees. Let each person color his or her bee as he or she desire. (After Family Home Evening you may want to take the chart and bees and have them laminated.) Attach the bees to the hive with tape. Change them around as job assignments

change. The children will think it is fun to see where their "Busy Bees" are every day.

Grandpa Pitts' Party

I am not sure how we are going to swing it. We have three soccer games, two  overlapping and ending around 12:30 p.m. and the boys have the Primary Practice at 1 p.m. for Sunday's Program. If we don't make it for his party--what do you suggest we do to make it up to him? 

Love, Kimberly 

PS Have you heard from Amy? Does she have your camera bag?

Who knew there would be three alike in one family?

From Kimberly--July 10 and 11 are important dates for the Tostanoski family.‏

Edward Nicholas Tostanoski, Sr.

December 10, 1920 - July 2, 2005

Edward "Skee" Tostanoski, age 84, loving husband and father, died at Seton Medical Centeron Saturday, July 2, 2005, following a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born in Corning, NY, to the late Nicholas and Mary Tostanoski. Ed served in the U.S. Navy during WW II, in both the Atlantic and Pacific campaigns.

On February 7, 1942 he was united in marriage to Mary Ann Cielepala in Bradford, NY. They were an inseparable couple and recently celebrated their 63^rd anniversary, still in love.

Skee was a rod buster foreman who worked on many Bay Area buildings.

He was a loyal union member of Ironworkers Local 377.

Ed was a member of the Catholic Church of the Visitacion.

Skee was a Scout leader, a volunteer aboard the Liberty Ship Jeremiah O’Brien,

and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Ed is survived by his wife, Mary Ann; his sons, Ed Jr. and John Skee and John’s wife Andrita; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren (with one more on the way); and one brother, Nicholas. He is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by two brothers, Stanley and Leonard, and one sister, Clara.

Relatives and friends are welcome at Valente Marini Perata & Co. Funeral Home, 4840 Mission St., San Francisco, Sunday, July 10^th. Viewing will be from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm with the Rosary Vigil at 4:30 pm. Funeral Mass for Edward "Skee" Tostanoski will be held at 10:00 am, Monday, July 11th, at Church of the Visitacion, 655 Sunnyvale Ave., Rev. Zachary J. Shore, pastor, will preside. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to: USS Emmons Memorial Fund in honor of Edward Tostanoski, c/o Edwin Hoffman, Correspondent for USS Emmons, 133 Brambleton Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 27127-9119.

We would like to thank all of the staff of Seton Medical Center for their help and support.

Regarding our relative

The lady I met at the temple is Peggy Ann Self Olsen. Her father was Theodore Robert Self and his grandmother was Virgie Mae Trauntvein.

Peggy's address is 926 West 800 North, Mapleton, Utah, 84664. He phone number is 801-489-4335. Her e-mail is: peggyaolsen@yahoo.com.

If you have any genealogy information about her family, she would appreciate receiving it. I told her I thought her Grandmother Self had a lot of family information. I am not certain what would have happened to it.

My love to all of you, Myrna


Eva wrote: Dear Myrna, Thanks for clarifying this for me. Her grandmother is
Geraldine Self Gerrard. Gerrie and I have worked together on genealogy for
many years. She is the one who opened up my research on the Gigangack line.
She gave me our Gr. great grandmother's name and I started from there in
doing all the research on that line. Lots, and lots of work I have been
able to get done. Gerrie and I are very close. Unfortunately, she has been
battling cancer for over a year but keeps on trying to do more research. In
fact, I got Helen to pick her up some weeks and take her to the library when
she is coming up here to help me. Seeral years ago Gerrie and I went and
stayed at a B&B in Manti and did a lot of research at the court houses and
cemetaries. We found the headstone for Gr. grandfather and grandmother
Jens Herman and Julie Marie. We took pictures of it, but I put them away so
well I can't fiind therm. Maybe someday. God blesss you and yours.
Much love. Eva

Todd's Drawing

My first attempt at anything real. I decided to take art at Camp Maple Dell while Michael was taking art. This was one hour of work. I am supposed to be working on the tree detail, but I have not done any of that since leaving the camp. The likelihood of me finishing it is not good. So, it is what it is.

Artist: Todd Trauntvein
Medium:  Pencil
Maximum: Eraser :-)

An artist, me?

For  Dane’s Webelos he needs to talk to an artist.  You are the only artist we know personally.  We would like to call you and talk to you, ask a fee questions.  There is one other Webelo that needs to talk to an artist as well.  We would like to set up a time that we can you.

Love, Kimberly

Silicon Valley PAF User's Group

This was in the latest Silicon Valley PAF User's Group paper
Donnette Smith

Kodak Drops Black-and-White Photo Paper

As digital camera and color printer sales growth causes erosion of the sales of traditional cameras, film, enlargers, and chemical developers, it is no surprise to learn that Eastman Kodak Company will stop making black-and-white photographic paper. This product has been a major part of Eastman sales for more than a century. Demand for black-and white paper is declining about 25 per cent annually contributing to a first-quarter loss of $142 million for Eastman. Other companies, such as Ilford Imaging of Britain, still make black-and-white photographic paper. However, Ilford went into bankruptcy last year, and emerged this year after a management-led buyout, and AgfaPhoto GmbH filed for bankruptcy last month in Germany.

We should be aware that film is disappearing and will be more expensive and harder to find. Librarians and archivists should note that all the major manufacturers of microfilm cameras have discontinued microfilm camera products. The number of firms that process microfilm is dropping each year. If you have some old black & white negatives that you plan use some day, you may not able to make prints in a few years. Fortunately, negative can be scanned and reverse the computer.

Black and White Photo Paper

This was in the latest Silicon Valley PAF User's Group paper
Donnette

Kodak Drops Black-and-White Photo Paper

As digital camera and color printer sales growth causes erosion of the sales of traditional cameras, film, enlargers, and chemical developers, it is no surprise to learn that Eastman Kodak Company will stop making black-and-white photographic paper. This product has been a major part of Eastman sales for more than a century.

Demand for black-and white paper is declining about 25 per cent annually contributing to a first-quarter loss of $142 million for Eastman. Other companies, such as Ilford Imaging of Britain, still make black-and-white photographic paper. However, Ilford went into bankruptcy last year, and emerged this year after a management-led buyout, and AgfaPhoto GmbH filed for bankruptcy last month in Germany.

We should be aware that film is disappearing and will be more expensive and harder to find. Librarians and archivists should note that all the major manufacturers of microfilm cameras have discontinued microfilm camera products. The number of firms that process microfilm is dropping each year. If you have some old black & white negatives that you plan use some day, you may not able to make prints in a few years.

Fortunately, negative can be scanned and reversed by the computer.

Myrna wrote: I would never have guessed. I have both a digital and film camera both of  which are used on a regular basis. Myrna

Donnette wrote: You probably use color film with your film camera - color will be continued - it is the b&w that is being discontinued. That is what we would use when printing our old negatives in our home dark room.

Donnette

Myrna: Oddly, I did that on my own in my home--developed black and white negatives for use by the newspapers I worked for.