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By DEENA PRICHEP
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It seems safe to say that Portlanders are fairly diverse diners. On any given evening, we can be found cooking up a pot of spaghetti alla bolognese, savoring steaming bowls of Vietnamese pho, crunching down on hefty Mexican tortas or tucking into platters of delicately composed sushi. But all those bottles of Moretti, Singha and Corona we often imbibe as accompaniments to such dishes can certainly take their toll.
I speak, dear reader, of the hangover and its devastating effects not only on our bodies, but also on our taste buds. Truth be told, when the ragged morning after rolls around, our culinary exploration can grind to an alarming halt. We've barely the brainpower to fry an egg. Which is a shame, because, as it turns out, the very cuisines we were excited to partake in the night before have some of the best morning-after cures around.
In the name of culinary restoration for the hangover-haunted, I combed the city for multicultural cure-alls and dug up five recipes that offer just the right amount of home-cooked magic to turn our bodies (and our devastated palates) right side up again. Keep the instructions and ingredients for these remedies close at hand. As long as you've got enough energy to lift a wooden spoon, help is definitely on the way.
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According to Jeremy Garb, who grew up outside of Tel Aviv and is the owner of the Israeli food cart Wolf & Bear's, shakshouka is the go-to recipe of all cooks from his homeland: "If you've met any Israelis, you've had shakshouka." This sloppy dish of eggs poached in a seasoned tomato-pepper sauce is meant to be sopped up with pita or other flatbread, and is perfect for the equally sloppy brain of the hung-over subject.
Like the menu at Wolf & Bear's, shakshouka illustrates the many cultural influences on Israeli cuisine, from the Middle East to North Africa. Beyond the requisite tomatoes and peppers for the dish, shakshouka can be spiked with hot sauce, peppered with briny olives or topped with feta for a less authentic, but equally delicious, variation. "The way I see it, there are no rules," Garb says.
Serves 2
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for serving
- 1 large red bell pepper, core and seeds removed, the rest cut into 1-inch-long strips
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 3 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 jalapeño chile, minced (use more or less depending upon your taste for heat)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon Hungarian paprika (sweet or hot, depending on preference)
- 1 1/2 pounds ripe tomatoes, diced (or 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes)
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 cups water (divided)
- Salt
- Freshly cracked ground pepper
- 4 eggs
- A few sprigs of cilantro, leaves roughly chopped
In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat, and cook the pepper and onion until lightly brown and soft, about 10 minutes.
Add the garlic and jalapeño, cook another 2 minutes, then add the cumin and paprika, tomatoes and tomato paste. Add 1 cup of water and bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat until it's just high enough to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring often, until the tomatoes start breaking down, about 30 minutes. Add more water as needed to maintain a saucy consistency. Add salt and pepper to taste.
Break the eggs into the pan so that they're nestled in the sauce. Cover the pan and continue to simmer until the whites are cooked but the yolks are still runny. Garnish with the cilantro, scoop out an egg and sauce into a shallow bowl, and serve with bread and olive oil.
— From Jeremy Garb
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It's no big shock that Italians solve their hangovers the same way they solve so many of life's problems: with pasta. Specifically pasta carbonara, a rich dish sauced with cured pork belly, egg yolks and lots of grated cheese.
Anthony Cafiero, the chef de cuisine at Tabla Mediterranean Bistro, says the combination is more familiar than you would think. "It's a riff on bacon and eggs," he says. Some food historians have even posited that Italians first created the dish using the bacon and egg rations that came with the U.S. troops stationed there during World War II (although Italy's trove of smoked and cured meats quickly replaced American bacon). Even the sauce, created by emulsifying cold egg yolks with warm pasta water, isn't too far from another familiar brunch item: "Basically you're creating a quick hollandaise," Cafiero says.
Preparing the dish takes about as long as it takes to cook up a batch of pasta, which means it's within the realm of even the most compromised cooks, as long as whisking faculties are still intact.
Pasta Carbonara
Serves 4
- Kosher salt, or sea salt
- 12 ounces dried spaghetti
- 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 ounces minced guanciale, pancetta or bacon
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 1 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano, finely grated
- 5 egg yolks
- Ground black pepper to taste
Bring a large pot of water to boil over high heat. Add kosher salt or sea salt to it until it tastes a little less salty than seawater. Drop in the pasta and cook until the pasta is al dente. When the pasta is ready, strain it through a colander, reserving a few cups of pasta water.
While the pasta cooks, heat olive oil in a sauté pan over medium-high heat, add the guanciale, pancetta or bacon, and cook until it begins to brown slightly. Reduce the heat to medium, keep all the fat in the pan, add the garlic, and continue to cook for an additional 3 minutes, until the garlic is no longer raw.
Add the white wine to the pan to deglaze it. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up all of the brown bits that have stuck to the pan, incorporating them into the sauce.
Simmer until the wine, garlic and guanciale mixture is reduced by half, then scrape it into a large bowl.
Dump the hot, strained pasta into the bowl with the wine, garlic and meat mixture, and toss thoroughly; keep hot.
Working quickly, whisk the cheese and egg yolks together in a separate large bowl, using 1/2 to 1 cup of the reserved pasta water to help spread it out and emulsify the mixture into a thick sauce.
Pour the pasta mixture into the egg and cheese bowl, quickly toss and mix well, adding a bit more pasta water if the pasta is too tight and not saucy enough.
Serve in a large, warm pasta bowl with a bit of grated Parmigiano-Reggiano and fresh ground black pepper on top.
— From Anthony Cafiero
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Pascal Chureau named his West Linn bistro Allium, after the genus that includes onions, so it's no surprise to find French onion soup served there. But not just at Allium: Chureau has featured the dish at every kitchen he has ever run. "My wife will kill me if it's not on the menu," he laughs.
Chureau says this peasant staple of onions, broth, bread and cheese is common throughout France but is especially beloved as a form of post-drinking sustenance. According to Chureau, fetes in his native Bordeaux run from evening well into the next day. "In France, you don't go to sleep.
So if the wedding is on a Saturday, on Sunday morning you're eating onion soup."
Like much of French cooking, the ingredients are simple, but the details are important — onions should be cooked at just the right temperature to achieve a deep caramelization of the sugars without any acrid notes, and the pan should be deglazed just so.
For this recipe, Chureau has tweaked his version a bit, using ready-made chicken and beef broths instead of the homemade veal or beef to highlight the onion flavor, and mixing Emmenthal cheese in with the standard gruyère. But he still keeps with tradition: When his sister was married in France, he brought a big vat of onion soup and warmed it up on an outside burner the next morning for the happy and quite hung-over guests.
French Onion Soup
Serves 6
- 4 ounces butter
- 6 large yellow onions, halved and then cut in 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 tablespoon kosher salt
- 6 sprigs thyme
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1/2 cup dry sherry (divided)
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 4 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups beef broth
- 1 bay leaf
- Ground black pepper
- 1 baguette, cut into 1/2-inch slices
- 4 ounces gruyère cheese, grated
- 4 ounces Emmenthal cheese, grated
Melt butter in a large Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed soup pot over medium heat.
Add onions and salt; toss to evenly coat. Cover and cook until very soft, about 30 minutes. Remove cover and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are a dark walnut color, about 90 minutes more.
Tie thyme and rosemary together with string.
Increase heat to medium-high until a dark crust, known as the fond, forms in the bottom of the pan; take care not to burn it, however. Add 1/4 cup sherry to deglaze, scraping fond into the onions. Let cook until fond forms once again and add remaining 1/4 cup sherry to deglaze again. As the fond starts to form a third time, sprinkle in flour and cook for two minutes, stirring constantly.
Add both broths, scraping bottom of pan to deglaze. Add bundled herbs and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, then lower to a simmer and cook 20 minutes. Add several grinds of freshly ground black pepper and salt to taste.
While soup simmers, heat oven to 400 degrees and toast bread in a single layer on a baking sheet, until dry and crisp. When soup is done, ladle into individual broiler-safe soup crocks and place on baking sheet. Mix the two cheeses together, place toasts on soup and sprinkle the cheeses evenly over the top. Broil for 3-5 minutes, or until cheese is completely melted and golden brown. If you do not have soup crocks, broil cheese toasts on baking sheet separately and place on top of soup in bowls.
— Adapted from Pascal Chureau
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The West Coast is the region that turned wheatgrass into a cliché, so it makes sense that a lot of Oregonians treat their hangovers with frosty glasses of puréed fruits and vegetables. Brian Heck runs Sip, a small juice cart that operates out of a 1960s camper in Southeast Portland, and mixes up healthy beverages for the huddled masses all of the time.
Heck always knows when he has a hangover on his hands. "You can see it right when they walk up — I can see it in their faces."
His custom cure-all? A Greensicle Smoothie, composed of banana, orange and leafy greens blitzed up with a dash of vanilla and a handful of ice. In addition to the undeniable benefits of basic hydration, this smoothie packs a wallop of vitamin C and potassium, replacing what you probably lost the night before.
So long as your pounding head can withstand the noise of your blender, Heck's smoothie recipe is a healthy start to the morning after.
Greensicle Smoothie
Makes about 2 cups
- 1 banana
- 1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice (about 2 oranges)
- 1 handful of chopped green kale
- 1 handful of chopped spinach
- 1⁄8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon agave
- 1 cup ice
Place all ingredients in a blender, saving the ice for last, and blend until the greens are thoroughly mixed in.
— From Brian Heck
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At Kenny's Noodle House in Southeast Portland, a kitchen worker comes in at the crack of dawn every day to stir a fresh pot of congee. For three hours. That might seem like an inordinate amount of time to spend on what is essentially rice and water, but all skepticism evaporates when you taste a bowl of what is likely the smoothest comfort food around.
You can ladle congee over meat or seafood, allowing flavors to infuse the creamy porridge, or top it with peanuts, scallions or Chinese doughnuts to add textural counterpoint. But the most ragged of stomachs will appreciate the plain version, with just a sprinkling of salt and soothing ginger juice.
Owner Kenny Yu, who honed his technique in his native Guangzhou, says many customers pick up quarts of this traditional cure to take home when they're feeling lousy. For American palates used to big flavors, congee can seem a bit underwhelming upon first bite. But as you tease apart the subtle flavors and are soothed by the creamy texture, you'll struggle to stop yourself from swiping the bowl clean with your fingers.
Makes about 5 cups
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil
- Salt to taste
- 1/2-inch piece of ginger, grated and squeezed to extract a few drops of juice
Optional toppings: thinly sliced scallions, peanuts, marinated raw cod or beef
Put the rice in a bowl with the oil and enough water to just barely cover. Let soak overnight.
The next morning, bring 5 cups of water to a boil in a large pot. Add the rice and soaking liquid, bring back to a boil, then reduce the heat until it's just enough to maintain a low simmer. Cook uncovered, stirring every few minutes (otherwise the congee will cement itself to the bottom of your pot).
After the congee has been cooking for an hour or so, bring a few cups of water to a boil in a separate pot. As the liquid in the congee is absorbed, whisk in small amounts of the boiling water to keep the mixture soupy and loose. Raise the heat after adding the water to maintain the simmer, but then reduce it to avoid scorching. Continue this process, stirring regularly, for another one to two hours, until the rice is completely broken down and creamy.
Before serving, add salt to taste. Add the ginger juice, allowing the heat of the congee to bring out the fragrance of the ginger. If you're adding fish or beef, add them to the congee and bring to a boil until they are just cooked. Serve topped with scallions or peanuts, or enjoy plain.
— From Kenny Yu
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The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield's beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter's death and the shock of having a son they have never met. Grieving, yet compelled, they begin a search that will tear two families
The doctor's office is cool, white, sterile. But the doctor's words are searing: blood tests prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that Margaret and Arthur Crawfield's beloved, dying son is not their child. Now they must face Peter's death and the shock of having a son they have never met. Grieving, yet compelled, they begin a search that will tear two families apart.
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After spending nearly 20 years building her own business, Cookie Driscoll thinks it might be over.
Ms. Driscoll owns C. Cookie Driscoll Inc., of Fairfield, Pa., which sells animal-themed gifts and office-promotional products. In the past year, she has seen nine of the mom-and-pop shops that buy her goods shutter -- often without paying their outstanding invoices. Her bank revoked her credit line. She expects revenue to be under $60,000 this year, down from a peak of nearly $230,000 a few years ago. She is taking almost no income from her business and paying bills with the last $16,000 from her retirement account.
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For many small businesses across the country, these are scary times. The dramatic pullback in consumer spending is only the latest blow threatening to push some strapped small businesses out of existence. Customers are paying their bills late, cutting off cash flow, the lifeblood of a small business. Even healthy companies are being choked by the lack of credit lines and bank loans. Others are still reeling from several years of high raw-materials prices.
In a recent survey from the National Federation of Independent Business, more than a quarter of small business owners said the current economic downturn is threatening their ability to survive. Nearly half of respondents said slow or lost sales are their most immediate problem.
In the months ahead, "we are going to see small businesses that were marginal go out of business," says William Dunkelberg, NFIB's chief economist. "We've never seen sales trends as weak."
Small businesses are a driver of the U.S. economy. In the past decade, small businesses -- those with fewer than 500 employees -- have created 60% to 80% of the nation's net new jobs each year, according to the Small Business Administration. More than half of Americans are employed by a small business, and these companies are responsible for more than half of the nation's nonfarm private gross domestic product.
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Most small businesses don't have big cash reserves like larger companies do. And they don't have lots of excess costs they can cut.
Many are frustrated that Washington is bailing out some of the largest companies and banks. "Our members are angry that the federal government is giving taxpayer money to big companies that have been horribly irresponsible while small businesses are not getting the money they need to keep their doors open," Margot Dorfman, chief executive of the U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, told the House Small Business Committee earlier this year. The government should set aside money specifically to assist small businesses, she said.
It's always challenging to run a small business. More than a half-million small businesses close each year, according to the SBA. Two-thirds of new businesses survive at least two years, while just 31% survive at least seven years.
But as the U.S. suffers its worse recession in a generation, entrepreneurs are battling a number of forces at the same time.
For John Colón, who co-owns Bella Diamonds, two jewelry stores in northern Virginia, it was the sharp increase in metals prices two years ago that dealt the initial blow. Mr. Colón worked in sales for large jewelry companies before opening his business in 2005.
As prices for his products rose, local real-estate prices started to struggle. Last year, as consumers became more cautious, his business "hit a brick wall," Mr. Colón says. He saw more people who wanted to sell their gold jewelry than those who wanted to buy.
This year, he and his business partner cut their salaries to about $60,000, he says, from $90,000 or $100,000 in better times. They worked seven days a week at the stores. Mr. Colón already had a second mortgage on his home. Banks wouldn't extend more credit.
Though platinum and gold prices have fallen in recent months, some jewelry designers kept their prices higher, hoping to recoup losses, he says. Mr. Colón says he hasn't been able to bring his prices down. A few designers explicitly prohibit him from discounting their items because they want to maintain a luxury image.
Foot traffic in his stores has trickled to as few as one or two customers a day, from 40 or 50 a year-and-a-half ago.
The upshot: The owners are liquidating the two stores, which will close at the end of January. Mr. Colón, 38, sold his home in a short sale -- where the proceeds weren't enough to pay off the mortgage -- and filed for personal bankruptcy several months ago. The stress and financial strain affected his family life, he says, and he recently divorced.
The experience "ruined my spirit. It crushed me," Mr. Colón says.
Even some small businesses that have seen a rise in demand are struggling, due to the credit squeeze. In October, the most recent data available, the Federal Reserve Board reported that 90% of U.S. banks had tightened lending standards on small businesses in the previous three months. That hurts young businesses that need to finance growth.
Susan Knapp once sold yellow-pages ads to small businesses, meeting people who had turned their dreams into companies. It inspired her in the late 1990s to turn her love of making pear jelly into a side business. For years, she had collected pears from a Northern California farm, whipped up batches of jelly and passed it out at holiday time. In 2003, she quit her job and became a full-time entrepreneur, using credit cards, personal savings and an equity line against her home to get going.
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By 2007, her company, A Perfect Pear, was reporting $700,000 in sales. She says she is sitting on $100,000 in orders from specialty stores and grocers who want to buy her jellies and salad dressings. On the company's Web site, many items are on back order.
And yet Ms. Knapp can't fill those orders: She doesn't have the money to buy the 300 cases of vinegar and 200 cases of olive oil she needs to make the products, and she hasn't been able to find funding.
Ms. Knapp, 56, says she has gone from making six figures to not taking an income. For the first time, she and her husband, a self-employed chiropractor, are without health insurance. In the past year-and-a-half she has nearly drained her $190,000 retirement account to pay for operations and two-part time employees.
Her biggest mistake, she says now, was not securing a line of credit before she actually needed it.
Though real estate in Napa Valley, where she lives and works, is still strong, her bank won't consider expanding her home-equity line, she says.
Looking for an Angel
These days, she spends time calling "angel" groups -- investors who specialize in fledgling companies -- searching for funding. Some have told her they have too much money tied to real estate or the stock market; others are focused on tech. She placed ads on two peer-lending sites but has only gotten a few questionable propositions, including an "investor" who asked for a $67,000 payment before he'd turn over any financing. She uses credit cards regularly, but one of her issuers recently changed a no-limit card to a $1,200 ceiling.
Without capital, she had trouble filling orders for Christmas -- her busiest time. Customers were calling her small commercial kitchen directly, she says, asking why they couldn't order products. She explained that "we've run into a challenge economically."
She has applied for a $300,000 loan from the SBA, and is pinning hopes on that. "I'm a really, really positive person," she says. "I've got pictures of hundred-dollar bills all around my desk, for the power of positive thinking." If the loan doesn't come through, she says, A Perfect Pear may have to close temporarily.
For all the positive thinking, Ms. Knapp hesitates when asked if she'd do it all again. "The last thing I want to do is stomp on someone's dream," she says. But knowing how hard it's likely to be, "I hate to see businesses trying to start right now."
Some companies that are able to maintain credit lines still face other problems. One of the most prominent: increasingly slow-paying customers. Small companies don't have huge reserves, and even a delay of a few days can hurt cash flow.
Delinquent Customers
Workplace Integra is a Greensboro, N.C., company that helps manufacturers adhere to workplace-noise restrictions. The 13-employee firm is protected somewhat by the nature of its business; its customers must comply with government rules.
But that doesn't mean those customers will pay on time. As food companies, wood-products manufacturers and carpet makers face economic headwinds, they're taking longer to pay Workplace Integra for its consulting and software services, the company says. Over the course of this year, the average number of days the company waits to get paid has shot to the mid-50s, from 39.
Customers "are hoarding cash," says Gregg Moore, the company's 45-year-old president. Because his company isn't getting paid on time, that means Mr. Moore can't use those funds to pay the company's own bills. So he's been forced to dip into the company's $100,000 line of credit -- something he hasn't done before. The balance is now around $30,000.
"It's made for some harrowing months," Mr. Moore says.
The lack of cash flow is stifling the company's growth. Though it has added customers, it can't afford to add staff. It has postponed plans to expand, and salary increases "are pretty much out," Mr. Moore says. "Right now we're hunkering down and weathering the storm."
First to Feel Pain
Many small businesses may not have the luxury of waiting it out. The smallest companies are often first to feel all the pressures, struggling with higher costs, unwilling lenders and disappearing consumers all at once. Ms. Driscoll, in Pennsylvania, is one of those.
As with many entrepreneurs, her one-woman business was the culmination of a lifetime of dreams. Tired of sales jobs where she didn't care about what she was hawking, such as a job selling ads for a radio station, in 1990 she poured her savings and her love of animals into her enterprise, at first running it out of her home. Eleven years ago, she bought property with a home, a small warehouse where she stores pet-themed window decals and corporate promotional items, and a nine-stall farm, where she boards horses. The boarding operation provides about about 20% of her income.
Though income hasn't always been steady -- peaking at the end of the 1990s -- she was able to work near her now-grown son. She relishes the ability to hop in her pickup truck on her own schedule when it's time to call on customers.
The trouble started, she says, with rising health-insurance costs. Then came higher electric bills. Two years ago, she stopped heating her office, wearing sweaters and a coat to work in winter. Last year's soaring gas prices brought shipping surcharges. Those ate into Ms. Driscoll's bottom line.
Can't Pass Along Costs
Like many small-business owners, she couldn't pass the increased costs on to her customers. Her customers are small pet stores and tack shops that buy her animal-themed decals and gifts, and small professional practices that buy personalized pens and mugs imprinted with corporate logos.
Now, a weak economy means customers are taking longer to pay -- about 12% of her customers are 30 days late on bills, she says, more than double the usual amount. Some have simply disconnected phones and walked away from their obligations, she says.
In recent months, Ms. Driscoll says her phone rings with a customer canceling a pending order as often as new orders come in. She says a client who boarded a horse at her facility couldn't pay the $350 monthly bill any longer, and recently abandoned the horse with Ms. Driscoll.
The credit squeeze has dealt a severe blow. In recent weeks, her credit-card company raised her rate, now at 23% from around 20%. Her bank converted her $16,000 credit line to a loan. With her health insurance now up to $600 per month, rising energy costs and mounting costs for hay for her boarding facility, the credit crunch has pushed her business to the edge.
"Not many people have a grasp on the downhill slide [in small businesses] that I've seen for the last two years," Ms. Driscoll says. "It has been a steady slope down -- and it recently fell off the cliff."
In addition to working on an e-commerce site to bolster her business, she's looking for employment on the side, perhaps lecturing on equine management, or caring for show horses. Working for someone else isn't her first choice, but "I can be a good little employee," she says.
She hopes to keep her business going long enough to get past the current crisis. "I've worked my whole life to have my own business and drive my 18-year-old truck," Ms. Driscoll says. "It's just astonishing to see it slip out of my hands."
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MYRTA FAIR CRAIG PRESS BOX - Among those in attendance for the official sign dedication for the Myrta Fair Craig Press Box at Rayne High School were, front row, from left, Grace Hayes Craig, Bob Craig, B.I. Moody, Fair Craig Hash, Kim Craig Jones, Jim Craig Sr. representing their late dad, Jim Craig, and RHS Principal Wendall Prudomme; second row, Bobby Craig, Dr. Ed Milligan, Milo Nickel, Laura King Milligan, Reggie Milligan; top row, Lindsey Milligan Beggs, Emerson Milligan and Peyton Milligan. Attending but absent from picture are Sherry Day Craig, Baylor Beggs, Sawyer Beggs, Bo and Debbie Clement King, Kerri and Michael King, and Craig and Angela King, and grandchildren, Caleb King, Addison and Aidan Gonzalez. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)
Mrs. Myrta Fair Craig, long-time Rayne High School supporter
By Lisa Soileaux
Action was taken 20 years ago to name the press box at Rayne High School's Wolf Stadium the "Myrta Fair Craig Press Box," but it wasn't until Saturday, Aug. 23, that the official sign was dedicated by family members and friends.
In recognition of her many years of service to Rayne High School, in addition to her service to Rayne and the surrounding area, the Rayne High School Alumni Association recommended the press box at Wolf Stadium be officially named the "Myrta Fair Craig Press Box" in July of 1994, shortly following the death of Mrs. Craig.
Following the recommendation by the club and a resolution adopted by the Rayne City Council that spring, the Acadia Parish School Board officially named the press box at its July of 1994 meeting.
The resolution, unanimously adopted by the council in April of 1994, read: "Be it resolved that, in consideration of the years of dedication to the City of Rayne in her promotion of the City and her interest in the furtherance of athletics and scholastic standards, it is hereby submitted that the press box at Rayne High School Stadium be named to recognize this dedication and in memory of Myrta Fair Craig, said press box to be named the "Myrta Fair Craig Press Box."
Despite the official action taken by the club, city council and the school board in 1994, a sign was never installed — until this weekend's activities.
Installed just above the press box windows by Rayne Plastic Signs, the distinguished purple and white sign overlooks the football field. The installation and dedication was completed just in time for the start of the 2014 football season.
"Mother just loved Rayne High," noted Fair Craig Hash, daughter of Mrs. Craig, during the Saturday morning dedication. "She did everything she could, even after her children and grandchildren graduated from there, to help the school in any way possible."
As family members were reminiscing of the events and activities Mrs. Craig was involved in and provided for Rayne High School and its students, special times were remembered:
• From their early years at The Tribune, Mrs. Craig and her husband Hugh followed all the sports and would write of the events and publicize them in the newspaper to build up interest and support of the programs.
• As the war years began with students and their families deeply affected, Mrs. Craig did much to help the programs, especially the 6-man football program at the school.
There were no team uniforms at that time and the school had no money to purchase any because of money restraints of World War II. Some of the players did not even have football shoes and played barefoot on the large grassy area where the football stadium now stands.
Seeing the need, Mrs. Craig gathered $18.75 from the community and concerned citizens to purchase a War Bond for a raffle to raise the money the team needed. Money was very short for the newspaper, and for businesses, as well as residents of the town; however, with much publicity and urging towards organizations, raffle chances on the bond were sold.
When the name of the raffle winner was pulled, there was enough funds to purchase uniforms, shoes, and other needs for the team. Needless to say, those new uniforms looked good when taking the 6-man state championship picture.
• In addition to the bond raffle, Mrs. Craig provided transportation to the out-of-town football games for the team. She and the coach begged gasoline stamps (all goods and supplies were low during war-time limitations were only available for purchase with stamps from ration books) to get the gas to take the team to games.
It also meant that friends, parents of team members, and interested supporters would exchange bad tires for better tires to make the road trips. Remember, the speed limit in the 1940s was only 35 mph, meaning long hours on the road.
Mrs. Craig transported as many players as she could squeeze into her car, as did the coach. The trip was often made with three people seated in the back and football uniforms and equipment packed in the trunk. It was an adventure to arrive to the games and the reward was to see the Wolves win their games on the road, as well as at home.
• At the end of the 1945 football season, a problem arose by the commissioner of the La. High School Athletic Association that would have prevented the Wolves from participating in the state championship playoffs.
Mrs. Craig assisted Miss Irene Petitjean, RHS interim principal since Principal William Sonnier was called to serve his country during World War II, during a meeting with the commissioner. The problem was resolved, the Wolves did play, and eventually brought home Rayne High's only football state championship.
• It was also noted by the elder generation in attendance for the dedication of their memories when football players were "recruited" by Miss Irene Petitjean for yard work needed on the school grounds. Their help was needed because male workers were serving their country during World War II.
Mrs. Craig's son, Bob, a member of the 6-man state championship team, remembered those times well and noted, "The work was done with pride with everyone helping their school and neighbors when needed. We all had to pull together while our relatives were fighting for freedom."
• Mrs. Craig was a permanent fixture on the sidelines of the Rayne High football games, camera in hand. In addition, she also edited stories and wrote by-lines for the Tribune.
She lived and enjoyed football, as well as all other Rayne High sports. Her inclusion into the publicity for the sporting programs were seen in the editions of the newspaper for many decades. Even when she was able to hire a sports writer and photographer, she was involved in reading and editing football stories.
She provided much much publicity for the athletic department, the athletic supporters, and whatever else she could do to promote the sports programs at Rayne High School.


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Cell-based assays are highly versatile tools for assessing cell response of biological and chemical stimuli and have great potential in the research lab. They can be tailored to evaluate many cellular and biochemical functions. They are used to discover and develop novel drugs and test the toxicity of new and old chemicals.
To further improve the biology of cells grown in vitro, cell technologies that allow a 3D structure toward a more organotypic tissue model are now being used more intensively. These culture systems are becoming increasingly complex as they are composed not only of a single-cell type, but incorporate several cell populations to mimic native tissue as closely as possible.
The cellular self-assembly approach for microtissues has been shown to be one of the most versatile technologies to generate a vast variety of different tissue types derived from either cell lines, primary cells, stem cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells. The basic concept of generating microtissues by cellular re-aggregation is to prevent adhesion to the culture dish, thereby allowing direct cell-cell interactions. The cells excrete endogenous cell-specific extracellular matrix, leading to the formation of spherical microtissues from cell lines, primary cells, and stem cells.
Multicellular tumor spheroids have been used for a long time in drug development as they display similar cell heterogeneity as in native tumors, such as oxygen profiles, nutrient gradients, metabolic activity, and proliferation. Although the scientific community widely appreciates the improved organotypic phenotype of tumor spheroids, their implementation in high-throughput screening assays has been hampered due to a lack of appropriate technologies.
Most biochemical assays were developed for use on monolayer models and need modifications depending on the tissue type due to high secretion of extracellular matrix. Moreover, when using complex models at an early stage, the costs and read-out speed have to be taken into account.
Lytic assays, such as the CellTiter Glo (Promega), have shown compatibility with the microtissue format to assess tissue viability. However, to get the most out of a microtissue-based assay, additional nonlytic read-outs can be added to discriminate effects on distinct cell populations in the model. To this end, InSphero has developed a specific assay plate to culture microtissues at a defined position.
The plate is compatible with the Tecan Infinite M200 PRO, which captures the signal of a whole well without the need for multispot measurements. Together with the use of highly sensitive reporter systems, this system has become an efficient and automation-compatible tool for assessing drug effects in microtissue models.
The Infinite M200 PRO is a versatile multimode reader, based on a sophisticated double-monochromator optic; it offers high sensitivity for all fluorescence- and luminescence-based measurements. In a previous study, the optical properties of the system were shown to perfectly match the necessary requirements for sensitive detection of fluorescent signals originating from 3D microtissues.
In addition to the unique design of its fluorescence optics, the Infinite M200 PRO is equipped with a separate and independent luminescence optic, developed to detect luminescent signal with the highest possible sensitivity, which allows convenient analysis of luminescence-based reporter signals, like those of the NanoLuc luciferase.
The smart design of Tecan's i-control™ software enables multiplex measurements like those used in this study. Tecan's robotic workstation, the Freedom EVO®, is capable of handling 3D microtissues and the Infinite M200 PRO multimode reader can be integrated into the system to optimize the process for high-throughput analysis.
In order to effectively discriminate the effects in multicell type models, either cell type-specific biomarkers must be used or the cells need to be engineered to express distinct reporter genes. Using cell populations with integrated reporter functionality allows the differentiation of effects on individual cell types and additionally reduces assay efforts.
Luciferase and fluorescent reporters are known to be useful tools for drug discovery and development. From the perspective of signal detection, the combination of luminescent and fluorescent signals in a multiplexing approach is preferable to a fluorescence-only multiplexing system. This is simply due to the fact that no cross excitation of various fluorescent dyes is possible, which significantly increases signal specificity.
Therefore, single- and dual-cell type microtissue models harboring a novel small, secreted luciferase, in this case NanoLuc luciferase, or a red fluorescent protein were evaluated. Far red fluorophores were preferred as the emitting light penetrates tissues better than chromophores with shorter excitation wavelengths (e.g., green fluorophores). This can be done either with fluorescent labels or with a combination of fluorescent and luminescent reporters to completely de-couple the signals of the two cell populations.
In this study we present a novel approach to distinguishing drug effects in a co-culture model of colon cancer cells harboring the secreted NanoLuc luciferase (HCT-116-NanoLuc) and mouse fibroblasts harboring the red fluorescence protein (NIH3T3-RFP; cell lines were generated by Sirion Biotech).
The cells self-assembled to microtissues whereas the HCT-116 were enveloping the connective tissue core (Figure 1). Both reporters allowed for monitoring growth over time by either measuring the activity of the secreted luciferase or fluorescence intensity of RFP. Due to the high sensitivity of the NanoLuc system, small volume sampling (5 µL) was sufficient to assess the growth profile.
Pure NIH3T3 microtissues did not grow significantly over time, which is reflected by the stable fluorescence signal over time. Both endpoints were applied to assess the growth profile of the individual cell populations in the co-culture microtissue model. Whereas the luciferase activity was increasing, the fluorescence signal remained stable up to four days before slightly decreasing, which is a result of the increased thickness of the HCT-116 layers.
Together with assessing total ATP content, both endpoints were used for dose-response testing of three reference compounds: (i) Staurosporin, (ii) Cisplatin, and (iii) Taxol. In all three cases the compounds affected the cancer cells but did not show a severe impact on the stroma (Figure 2).
The combination of Tecan's Infinite M200 PRO multimode microplate reader with InSphero's organotypic microtissue tumor model gives a scalable read-out to assess drug sensitivity in complex multicell type 3D cell culture models, allowing long-term tissue-based analysis, for example, for cell-proliferation studies, and offers reproducible measurements over time.
C. Oberdanner ([email protected]) is application scientist at Tecan Austria, Kevin Kopish is strategic marketing manager for cell analysis and J. Stevenson is general marketing manager at Promega, M. Salomon is vp development at Sirion Biotech, and M. Drewitz is senior research assistant and J.M. Kelm is co-founder and CSO at InSphero.
C. Oberdanner ([email protected]) is application scientist at Tecan Austria, Kevin Kopish is strategic marketing manager for cell analysis and J. Stevenson is general marketing manager at Promega, M. Salomon is vp development at Sirion Biotech, and M. Drewitz is senior research assistant and J.M. Kelm is co-founder and CSO at InSphero.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Georgetown County residents Jessie Baxley, Rachel Hemingway, Annie and Josh Baxley were among a group of more than 150 young farmers from across the state attending the recent South Carolina Farm Bureau Young Farmer and Rancher Conference in Greenville.
Conference attendees participated in many workshops including a general session by Family Business Consultant Jolene Brown of Iowa on The Top Ten Mistakes that Break-up a Family Business. Other workshops included sustainable gardening, grain marketing, canning basics irrigation installation, and stored grain management.
In addition, young farmers received an update on agricultural water use issues from SCFB President David Winkles and they took advantage of numerous opportunities to network with other family farmers from across the state.
Winkles said, Since its beginning in 1972 the SCFB Young Farmer & Rancher (YF&R) Program has played a prominent role by developing Farm Bureau leaders among farmers between the ages of 18 and 35 on county, state, and national levels.
After chairing the state YF&R Committee for his one-year term, Neal Baxley of Mullins in Marion County turned the gavel over to Reed Rogers of McConnells in Chester County.
SCFB Young Farmer & Rancher Consultant Russell Ott noted, Farm Bureau has a strong tradition and heritage representing farmers. In order for our organization to survive, grow and prosper, its imperative to recruit future leaders into the organization. This conference was designed to encourage participants to take the lead in their communities and in Farm Bureau.
Ott added, I am encouraged by their successes, as well as their enthusiasm, creativity and innovation. All these qualities are needed for the continued progress of agriculture in South Carolina.
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Can we just start with your reaction to being a finalist again?
Andrew Luck: Obviously very honored, very excited. It's a great trip to New York—I remember last year, what an experience it was. To be able to go and relive that again, I'm very excited. I'm excited to meet the other guys and hang out with them, and I'm excited to represent this university.
How important would it be for the school for you to get the Heisman?
AL: I think it'd be great. Everybody wants to win—no one wants to come in second or third or fourth. So yeah, it'd be great for the school.
Now that the regular season has ended, can you enjoy this? I know you always downplayed the Heisman, but can you enjoy this week?
AL: I'll definitely try to enjoy the week—I don't want to be stressed out completely or nerve-wracked or angry. I'll definitely try and enjoy it, because it is a great opportunity and a great experience in one's lifetime.
Have you gotten to watch much of the other players? What do you think of them?
AL: Obviously, they're all special players. To be honest, this past weekend was probably the most I got to see of all of them—very impressed with all of their athletic abilities, how they play football and how they carry themselves off the field. Very excited to meet them in person.
Is it almost a bigger statement for Stanford that this is the third year in a row that you guys have had a finalist?
AL: I don't know what a bigger statement is. I don't think we're into making big statements or statements of any kind. I think it shows that this program is here to stay for a while, close to the top of college football.
Do you want to win the Heisman Trophy?
AL: Absolutely. I would definitely love to win it.
This is an individual award, but do you think it represents what everybody did?
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