Sweet sensation ~Holiday Candy Recipe Winner~St Joseph Missouri - 12/29/08 08:09 PM
Alexis Bremer of St Joseph recently won the News Press Holiday Candy Recipe Contest according to the paper by a land side. 
Dainty and rich (and chocolate, which impressed the judges), the cherry-topped cookies tasted more like candy. 
One bite was all it took to finish it off.  You can't do that with most cookies. 
Ms. Bremer says she'll probably use her $100 grand prize to purchase the ingredients for her annual baking day.  An avid cook, she schedules a day long baking session with family and friends for the holidays.  
Congratulations to Alexis for the award winning candy/cookies.  You can find the … (10 comments)

Buchanan County Agri-Business Expo Center~Proposed~ St Joseph Missouri - 12/28/08 08:22 PM

                                       Buchanan County Agri-Business Expo Center~Proposed
Buchanan County is proposing to showcase our agricultural heritage.  The facility would sit on 43 Acres in Buchanan County at the intersection of I-29 and Highway 169 North.
The facility would provide a venue to display and educate the public on past, present and future agricultural activities.  The center would be one structure that would include several components.
Total square footage would be 249,400 under one roof.
(1)  The Expo Center would include a Expo floor, class rooms, lobbies, offices and kitchen, with a combined space of 52,000 square feet.
(2)  The Arena would … (4 comments)

Men in the kitchen ~ Cranberry pistachio coconut triangles ~ Cookie Winner in National Contest ~ St Joseph Missouri~ - 12/11/08 09:47 PM
Making cookies for the Holidays:
Mike Hendricks knows the difference in cookies.  Mike is a cell phone game programer and says he does not consider himself a cook but rather makes cookies because he does not like the ready made cookies. 
Mike according to the St. Joseph News-Press entered his "cookie recipe" in the Cook's Country best holiday cookie contest, placing runner up in the national contest.  Mike credits his wife for her help who also has some cooking contest experience as well.  Mrs. Hendricks won the Cook's Country grand price about 3 years ago. 
You can find Mike's winning cookie recipe here.
Congratulations Mike!
 
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One of America's best schools ~ Benton High School~St Joseph Mo - 12/11/08 09:00 PM
St Joseph Missouri Benton High School received a Bronze metal as one of America's Best High Schools, according to  U.S.News & World Report, a prominent media group. 
The media group, along with School Evalutation Services, an education research firm, evaluated 21,069 public high schools in 48 states on their "standardized test performance," "proficiency rates of all students" and "challenging college-ready curriculum."  Data was taken from the 2006-2007 school year,according to the article in stjoenews.net.
Congratulations to Benton High School and keep up the good work!
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