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Beef Jerky Recipe
For grieving Marine parents, Web site is a lifeline
Dick Linn sits inside Room 109 at the La Quinta Inn, lost in the glow of his laptop.
He's 53, a traveling software salesman far from his Virginia home. He's also the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Karl Linn, 20, who was killed during an ambush near Haditha, Iraq, in January 2005.
Each month, the war creates new Dick Linns across the country. Despite the presence of support groups and counseling, many of them still grieve alone.
But Linn and others like him have discovered a safe haven in a quiet corner of the Internet. The popular Web site, www.marineparents.com, contains a private, password-protected forum for Gold Star families - those who have lost a Marine at war - where they can share openly with others who have suffered a similar fate.
Linn has posted on the Gold Star message boards thousands of times since his son's death.
Students will find blue backpacks useful during break
Twenty-five Hutchinson elementary students receive blue backpacks filled with food at the end of each school week.
In three weeks, those students will receive a little extra. Hutchinson USD 308 kicked off its Food 4 Kids program in October. The program provides eligible schoolchildren with a backpack filled with food to help meet their nutritional needs during the weekends, when weekday school meals aren't available. Students from Avenue A, Lincoln and McCandless Elementary schools now receive a package of food at the end of each school week, Hilary Hanvey, food services director, said. Packages come from the Kansas Food Bank in Wichita, which oversees 91 other Food 4 Kids programs, mainly in the Wichita and Salina areas. Hutchinson students will receive an additional package of food the week they go on Christmas break, Dec.
Mail-order munchies
It's the Cheese of the Month Club, and for a mere $660, you can have 1 1/2 pounds of cheese per month delivered to your doorstep for a full year. “I think people like to give gifts that keep on giving," says Jessica Jaffe, product development director for Artisanal Cheese, which offers the club. It's one of dozens of “food of the month" clubs, also known as food subscription services, which are becoming popular gifts for the hard-to-shop-for-but-easy-to-feed crowd. There's one for just about anybody. Want to keep it simple? Try the Pretzel of the Month Club ($120), or the Jerky of the Month Club ($58 for six months). Have more refined tastes? Maybe the Lobster of the Month Club is up your alley. For $995.40, you can get four lobster tails delivered to your home each month for a year.
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