What Happens Between The Cobblestones... IS ON EVERYONE’S LIPS Tidbits Overheard...Didjanoʼs...All The Buzzz! Vol.2 No.10 May 1, 2011 http://tedjoslin.com/cobblestones/ This Month Natl Asparagus Month Barbeque Month Chocolate Custard Month Egg Month Gazpacho Aficionado Month Natl Hamburger Month Natl Salad Month Salsa Month Natl Strawberry Month First Week Natl Raisin Week Second Week Natl Hamburger Week 5/1 Natl Chocolate Parfait Day May Day Loyalty Day Mother Goose Day Save the Rhino Day Tim McGraw-44 Rita Coolidge-66 Glenn Ford*-95 2006 Kate Smith*102 1986 "Buffalo Bill" Cody's first Wild West Show (1883) • The Empire State Building was dedicated. (1931) • Cereal food "Cheerios" hits store shelves. (1941) • Mr. Potato Head introduced. (1952) 5/2 Natl Truffles Day Baby Day Brothers and Sisters Day Bianca Jagger-66 Lesley Gore-65 5/3 Natl Raspberry Tart Day Lumpy Rug Day Natl Teachers Day World Press Freedom Day Wynona Judd-47 Greg Gumbel-65 Frankie Valli-74 Engelbert Humperdinck-75 5/4 Natl Homebrew Day Natl Orange Juice Day Natl Candied Orange Peel Day Bird Day Renewal Day Audrey Hepburn*-821993 Randy Travis-52 Academy of Motion Pictures is founded. (1934) • Atlanta Penitentiary has a new resident. Al Capone is convict of income tax evasion. (1932) 5/5 Natl Chocolate Custard Day Cinco de Mayo Cinco de May Recipes Natl Hoagie Day Oyster Day Alan Shepard rides "Freedom 7" to becomes 1st American in space. (1961) 5/6 Natl Crepes Suzette Day InterNatl No Diet Day Beverage Day Space Day Orson Welles*-961985 Willie Mays-80 Tony Blair-58 Roma Downey-51 George Clooney-50 5/7 Natl Roast Leg of Lamb Day Birth Mother's Day - Sat. before Mother's Day Gary Cooper*-1101961 Darren McGavin*-892006 Johnny Unitas*-782002 The first inaugural ball is held in honor of George Washington and his wife . (1789) • George Eastman patents the Box Camera (1888) 5/8 V-E Day Iris Day No Socks Day Natl Empañada Day World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day Harry S. Truman , 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953)1972 Don Rickles-85 Sonny Liston*-791970 Melissa Gilbert-47 Mad Magazine hits the newsstands. (1952) 5/9 Natl Butterscotch Brownie Day Lost Sock Memorial Day Mike Wallace-93 Candice Bergen-65 Billy Joel-62 *Deceased this May New Castle’s Art&FoodStroll The first Saturday of each month beginning This Sat, May 7 th ~ 5 to 8pm Join the experience the first Saturday of each month for an artistic & culinary experience! Call your friends, Aunt Betty & Uncle Bert too! Live Music, Vocalists, Demonstrations, Specials, Discounts, Raffles and so much more! 302 276.2676 Happy Cobblestone Birthday Wishes Mon.. John M CITIZEN KANE premiered today, May 1, 1941 at the Palace Theatre in New York City. Staring and directed by Orson Wells, the film was partly based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. The combination of lighting effects, flashbacks and heretofore unseen camera angles make this epic a “top of the list” favorite.
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What Happens Between The Cobblestones...IS ON EVERYONE’S LIPS
Tidbits Overheard...Didjanoʼs...All The Buzzz!Vol.2 No.10 May 1, 2011http://tedjoslin.com/cobblestones/
5/1 Natl Chocolate Parfait Day May Day Loyalty Day Mother Goose Day Save the Rhino Day Tim McGraw-44 Rita Coolidge-66 Glenn Ford*-95 2006 Kate Smith*102 1986"Buffalo Bill" Cody's first Wild West Show (1883) • The Empire State Building was dedicated. (1931) • Cereal food "Cheerios" hits store shelves. (1941) • Mr. Potato Head introduced. (1952)5/2 Natl Truffles Day Baby Day Brothers and Sisters Day Bianca Jagger-66 Lesley Gore-655/3 Natl Raspberry Tart Day Lumpy Rug Day Natl Teachers Day World Press Freedom Day Wynona Judd-47 Greg Gumbel-65 Frankie Valli-74 Engelbert Humperdinck-75
5/4 Natl Homebrew Day Natl Orange Juice Day Natl Candied Orange Peel Day Bird Day Renewal Day Audrey Hepburn*-821993 Randy Travis-52 Academy of Motion Pictures is founded. (1934) • Atlanta Penitentiary has a new resident. Al Capone is convict of income tax evasion. (1932)5/5 Natl Chocolate Custard Day Cinco de Mayo Cinco de May Recipes Natl Hoagie Day Oyster Day Alan Shepard rides "Freedom 7" to becomes 1st American in space. (1961)5/6 Natl Crepes Suzette Day InterNatl No Diet Day Beverage Day Space Day Orson Welles*-961985 Willie Mays-80 Tony Blair-58 Roma Downey-51 George Clooney-505/7 Natl Roast Leg of Lamb Day Birth Mother's Day - Sat. before Mother's Day Gary Cooper*-1101961 Darren McGavin*-892006 Johnny Unitas*-782002 The first inaugural ball is held in honor of George Washington and his wife . (1789) • George Eastman patents the Box Camera (1888)5/8 V-E Day Iris Day No Socks Day Natl Empañada Day World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day Harry S. Truman, 33rd U.S. President (1945-1953)1972 Don Rickles-85 Sonny Liston*-791970 Melissa Gilbert-47 Mad Magazine hits the newsstands. (1952)5/9 Natl Butterscotch Brownie Day Lost Sock Memorial Day Mike Wallace-93 Candice Bergen-65 Billy Joel-62 *Deceased
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New Castle’s
Art&FoodStrollThe first Saturday of each month beginning
This Sat, May 7th ~ 5 to 8pmJoin the experience the first Saturday of each
month for an artistic & culinary experience!Call your friends,
Aunt Betty & Uncle Bert too! Live Music, Vocalists, Demonstrations, Specials, Discounts, Raffles and so much more!
302 276.2676
Happy Cobblestone Birthday WishesMon.. John M
CITIZEN KANE premiered today, May 1, 1941 at the Palace Theatre in New York City. Staring and directed by Orson Wells, the film was partly based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. The combination of lighting effects, flashbacks and heretofore unseen camera angles make this epic a “top of the list” favorite.
Weekends - 1-4pm The Civil War in New Castleon the Delaware - A Story of Kinship, Conflict and Politics, 1861 - 1865. This exhibit explores the lives of New Castle's soldiers, during this tumultuous time in Delaware. Old Library Museum. Free admission.
5/7 - New Castle Trail Maintenance Days 9-11:30 a.m. Help improve the conditions of trails in and near New Castle.. Call 302-655-7275 for more information.
Fri. & Sat. 5/6-7 - May Market Make plans for you garden now and bring your list to May Market on Market Square at Delaware and Second Streets in Historic New Castle. Fri. 9am-6pm and Sat. 9am-4pm
Fri. 5/6 - An evening of FUN awaits at the Good Will Ladies Auxiliary BINGO Night. Doors open 6pm games begin at 7pm. 20 games, $20, extra games $10. 401 South St. Must be 18 to play.
Need Money?Cobblestones want to compile a list of those wanting to earn “summer money” cutting lawns and doing light yard work this spring and summer.Send me [email protected] a brief description with name, phone, price and it will be listed throughout the summer.
The
Delaware Historical Society has a vast selection of Fine Historic
Reproductions available. It’s worth touring at http://www.hsd.org/
Cobblestone Reminders See the New Castle Weekly for Full Schedules
Mon. 5/2 • Tree Comm. Meeting • 5:30pmTues. 5/3 • Public Hearing/Special Meeting • 6pm
Sections 140 & 141 City Code ModificationsTues. 5/10 • City Council Meeting • 7pm
Original paintings of New Castle private gardens, and other areas are being sold in the Academy for this new "Plein Air" Artists Event. 10AM until 4PM on the day. Over 22 artists will paint 45 of New Castle's beautiful private gardens, buildings, and streetscapes on May 18-20, 2011. These paintings will be displayed and sold at the Academy Building on the Green on May 21st as part of the DIONC festivities. Volunteers are needed to help with staffing the
Academy building and helping out the art buyers and sellers for 1-2 hour shifts from 10am-4pm. Tom Maddux, is assisting the Historic New Castle Alliance organizing his new event. Your volunteering spirit is needed! Contact Tom at [email protected].
A Day in Old New Castle
ArtSale
EASTER PARADE WINNERS On Easter Sunday afternoon The New Castle Hundred Lions Club held their annual Easter Parade on the Green. Co-chairmen for the event were Lion Walter Reed and Lion Dave Jones. Cash prizes were awarded in the following categories:
Age 0-1 Olivia Linus, New Castle; Giovanna Griffin, Bear; Mason Poole, New Castle; Rebecca Baker, New Castle. Age 1-2 Isabella Brogan, Middletown; Gianna Jones, New Castle; Jordan Wilson, New Castle, Lilly-Anna Brogan, New Castle.Age 3-4 David Moses, Wilmington; Deanna Jones, New Castle; Alaina Penland, New Castle, McKenzie Witt, New CastleAge 5-8 Josh Brogan, Middletown; Jenna Roper, Wilmington;John Sapp, Oxford, PA; Sadie Walsh, Wilmington.
Age 9-12 Robert Hudson, LLangollen; Cory Doran, New Castle; Katlyn Witt, New CastleNatalie Onesi, Wilmington.Best Dressed Male Teen Robert Jaquette Jefferson Farms; Alex Onesi, Hockessin.Best Dressed Female Teen Emily Ciuffetelli, New Castle; Madison Tucker, Wilmington.Best Dressed Male Adult Mark Baker II, New Castle; Ken Oppenheimer, New Castle.Best Dressed Female Adult Lois Baker, New Castle; Nicole DiMondi, Wilmington.Best Dressed Couple Keira & Jarrod Oppenheimer; Janis & Ken Oppenheimer.Best Dressed Family The Witt Family, New Castle, The Spinelle Family, New CastleBest Original Easter Hat Megan Harrison, New CastlePrettiest Easter Hat Bridget Baker, New Castle
Volunteers needed for “The Day”
A Day in Old New Castle is May 21st and volunteers are needed for, Shift I -10:45 - 1:30 and Shift II 1:15 - 4:00. If youʼve never experienced the fulfillment of being part of DINONC, nowʼs the time. Have friends that live out of town? Ask them to join you. Let Bruce Dalleo know of your preferred shift at [email protected] and he will contact you soon with your assignments.
Prime Rib Specials222 DELAWARE STREET • NEW CASTLE • 302.544.5174 CLOSED MONDAY
Around 3am, the eta Aquarids will be best viewed from the southern hemisphere, but there's something special about them no matter where you live: "Each eta Aquarid meteoroid is a piece of Halley's Comet doing a kamikaze death dive into the atmosphere." "Many people have never seen this famous comet, but on the morning of May 6th they can watch bits of it leave fiery trails across the sky."http://youtu.be/4nH_mAbOnZc
St. Anthony’s Club Spaghetti Dinner Salad, Roll, Spaghetti and two meatballs!TODAY...and the First Sunday of Each Month $7
No Derby Party is complete without the Mint Julep, the traditional beverage of Churchill Downs and the Kentucky Derby. Each year, almost 120,000 Early Times Mint Juleps are served over the two-day period of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby. This is a feat that requires over 10,000 bottles of Early Times Mint Julep Ready-to-Serve Cocktail, 1,000 pounds of freshly harvested mint and 60,000 pounds of ice.
Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six
or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Early Times Kentucky Whisky. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint. Or perhaps a
The official Mint Julep glass is the most popular souvenir for Derby guests and will become
a collector's items.
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SATURDAY
May 7th
Glazed Cocktail Franks1 package Boar’s Head Cocktail Franks1 jar of Boar’s Head Brown Sugar & Spice Ham Glaze5 tbs. pineapple juice4 tbs. crushed pineapple
❧ Separate Boar’s Head Cocktail Franks, removing string.
❧ In saucepan, mix Brown Sugar & Spice Glaze, pineapple juice and crushed pineapple over low heat until blended and add Franks.
❧ Cook slowly over medium heat until Franks are warmed through, stirring frequently. Do not boil. Serve in chaffing dish.
Pickled Shrimp2 pounds shrimp - boiled and chilled 2 medium purple onions sliced in rings 1 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 cup white vinegar 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons celery seed 4 t capers
❧ Make alternate layers of shrimp and onion slices in bowl.
❧ Mix all other ingredients and pour over.
❧ Refrigerate 6 or more hours stirring occasionally.
❧ Serve as hors d'oeuvre with crackers or tooth picks or serves 6 as a salad on top of lettuce.
Benedictine Spread by Chef Mark Williams for Brown-Forman Corporation
This spread can be used as a dip or a sandwich & canapé ingredient. It was made popular at Louisville's Benedict's restaurant earlier in this century.
