Letters From Santa

Looking for a fun, inexpensive way to surprise your child? Head over here to print out one of 16 Santa letters to mail to your child. Great gift idea for parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends and more. PDF version is free; editable Microsoft Word version is just $5.

These letters are for all ages from Baby's first Christmas to a letter to a "not so nice" adult!

Free Thanksgiving Dinner

The Rotary Club of Fernley, with assistance from other community volunteers, will be hosting a free Thanksgiving Dinner for those in need. Anyone who would like to help out can contact:

the Rotarian who is in charge, Jarda Belmonte. Contact her at 575-5640 or jardalk@hotmail.com

If you know someone who would like to attend, they must register at 351-4668 to reserve their seating time.

Pumpkin Pie Parfaits

There's not many ways to make a more meaningful Thanksgiving tradition than letting your little helpers help make a part of the Thanksgiving day feast.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup low-fat milk

1 package (3.4 ounce) instant vanilla pudding mix

1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream

1 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 cup chopped pecans

32 gingersnap cookies, crushed (about 1- 1 1/2 cups)

Utensils:

Large mixing bowl

Medium bowl

6 Parfait glasses

Re-sealable bag

Rolling pin (*Instead of using a rolling pin, bring in a favorite toy or building block to let the child use to smash the gingersnaps.)

Spoon

Whisk

Instructions:

1. In a large mixing bowl, beat the milk and pudding mix with a whisk for 2 minutes.

2. In a chilled bowl, whip the cream with a whisk until it forms soft peaks.

3. Stir together the pudding, whipped cream, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon; mix well. Fold in the pecans.

4. Place the gingersnap cookies in a large re-sealable bag and smash using a rolling pin.

5. Spoon half the pudding mixture into parfait glasses; top with half of the gingersnap crumbs. 6. Repeat layers and top with a dollop of whipped topping.

7. Enjoy!

Great Thanksgiving Movies

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. For many families, that means it's time to whip out holiday DVDs to watch.

Some good choices for young children to help them understand what Thanksgiving is all about...

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Winnie the Pooh - Seasons of Giving
Garfield Holiday Celebrations
Alvin's Thanksgiving Celebrations

Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry Powder RECALL!!!

Check your cupboards and make sure that you don't have any Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry Powder on hand because the FDA has recalled some containers that may contain small fragments of aluminum.

The recall only includes two (2) production codes of 21.8-ounce containers of Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry Powder. Printed on the bottom of each plastic container is a production code of "82255880" or "82265880" with a best by date of "August 2010."

No other Nestlé Nesquik products or production codes of Nestlé Nesquik Strawberry Powder are affected by this recall.

For more information visit the FDA site.

Handprint Turkey Cookies

Ingredients:

1 roll of refrigerated sugar cookie mix )or your favorite sugar cookie recipe

disposable gloves

chocolate chips

red fruit roll ups

candy corn

Directions:

1. Roll out chilled dough on a lightly floured surface to a 1/2 inch thickness.

2. Gently press hand into dough to make a clear imprint. Cut around outer edge of handprint with a knife. Repeat with remaining dough. Lift cookies carefully with a spatula and place on an ungreased baking sheet. Separate the fingers to resemble feathers, leaving the thumb standing upright for the head.

3. Bake until lightly browned.

4. Immediately after removing from oven, press one piece of candy corn into each of the 4 fingers, leaving thumb plain.

5. Gently remove from pan. After the cookies have cooled slightly, press a chocolate chip
into the thumb for an eye.

6. Use a small piece of fruit leather and stick on for the turkey gobbler neck.

Trash Talkin'

At last night's city council meeting, the decision was made to change our trash service. The council voted to award the new contract to Trash Pros. You can read more about it here. Trash Pros came in with the lowest bid for residents. We will have the same service we are currently getting with no curb-side recycling available (recycling will still be available at a single location). Service will also now be mandatory for all properties under 2 acres.

What will this mean to Fernley residents? I will find out and get the info posted here regarding what we will need to do to transition to this new service.