Good Buys

Fred Meyer

Red/Green/Black Grapes $1.28/lb Feb 21 - 27
FM 15 oz Pasta w/ MeatBalls/Meat sauce 75c
Foster Farms Whole Chicken 69c/lb
w/ad coupon FM 1# Butter 3/$5 (3)
Private Selection Ice Cream 2/$5 (4)
18-pk FM Lg Eggs 2/$4 (4)
Country Oven/Vita*Bee Bread 4/$5 (8)

Safeway
w/store card 24oz Safeway Variety Breads 2/$3 Feb 24 - Mar 2
Jumbo Cantaloupe Melons 49c/lb
Pork Loin Half sliced Rib $1.29/lb
2 Ltr Pepsi/7 Up 99c
Safeway Softly 24 Dbl Roll Bath Tissue $9.99
Sat 27 - 28 sale Kraft Mac & Cheese 2/$1 (4)
14.25 - 32.7oz Safeway Select Pizza $2.99
5# Box Calif Clementine Tangerines $4.99
11.5 - 13 oz Doritos Tortilla Chips $1.79

Thriftway Asparagus $1.28/lb
Broccoli Crowns / Roma Tomatoes 68c/lb
Zucchini 99c/lb
Lg Lemon/Lime 3/$1
Fresh Dover Sole Fillets $3.99/lb
Angus Beef London Broil Buy 1 get 1 Free
Wed meal deal 8 pc Baked/Fried Chicken $5
w/ad coupon WF 16 oz Cottage Cheese 99c (2)
Tillamook 16oz Sour Cream $1.28 (2)
WF Med Cheddar Cheese $2.99 (1) w/$10 purchase
Thriftway/WF Gal Milk 99c (1) w/$10 purchase

Haggen Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breast Buy 1 get 1 free
Five Star Beef flank Steak Buy 1 get 1 free
Fresh Dover Sole Fillet $3.99/lb
Asparagus $1.28/lb
2 Ltr Pepsi 99c
Valu Time Milk $1.99
w/ad coupon 1# Haggen Pasta 77c (4)
16 oz Haggen Saltine Crackers 99c (2)
24 ct Top Care Pain Relief/Ibuprofen 99c (4)
68.75 oz Xtra Laundry Detergent 1.99 (2)

QFC W/store card Red Seedless Grapes/Lg Mango 10/$10
Dole Bananas 59c/lb
Private Selection Ice Cream $2.59
10 oz Assorted Varieties Donut Holes $1.99
19 - 31.65 oz Red Baron Pizza 3/$10
3 pc Cod Fish & Chips $3.99
Hot Fish Sandwich $1.99
Asian Value Meals/Rice Bowls $3.99

Albertsons w/store card Fresh Fryer Split Breast/Drumstick/Thigh 99c/lb
Albertsons 1# Butter $1.79
homelife 8 pk Awesome paper Towel /
Soft Choice 12 Dbl Roll Bath Tissue $3.99 (2)
12 Stem Rose Bunch $5.99

Ward Choir Practice

Our ward choir is beginning to prepare beautiful Easter music. Consider joining the ward choir at 2:00 on Sunday afternoons at Hoffman Academy (3695 NW South Rd.).

Ward Temple Night

Ward Temple Night (a part of Ward Conference)will be this Saturday, February 27:

o Temple Chapel Time: 3:00pm

o Endowment Session: 3:30pm

We'd like to use this session as an opportunity to serve a lot of our family names. If you have ancestors' names that you'd like ward members to use in this temple session, please get them to Brother Eucker. On the office counter (before you go into the dressing room) we will have a collection of ward members' family names; if you don't have one of your own to use on Saturday, consider helping another member by using a name from the office counter. Thanks!

Good Buys

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Good Buys This Week - Feb. 15-21

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 02:20 PM PST

Fred Meyer
Asparagus $1.28/lb Feb 15 - 20


Roma Tomatoes 98c/lb

Navel Oranges 58c/lb

Med Yellow Onions/Carrots 3lbs/$1

E-Z Peel White Shrimp 26-30 ct/lb $4.99/lb

Alaskan Sockeye Salmon PF $3.99/lb

Dover Sole Fillet $3.99/lb

Pork Loin/Asst Chops $1.39/lb

4" Potted Primroses 99c

w/ad coupon 2# Bandon Cheddar Cheese $3.99 (2)

FM 6 pk Bagels 2/$3 (4)

Corned Beef Brisket $1.79/lb (3 pkgs)

Altoids 88c (4)

Purex 50-55oz Powder/Liquid Detergent /Or

Fabric Softener $1.99 (2)

Ricola Cough Drops 10/$10 (10)

Kroger Ibuprofen100 tablet/caplets Buy 1 get 1 Free



Safeway w/store card
Zuccini 99c/lb

12 ct Fresh Donuts $3.99

24 oz Safeway variety Breads $1.69

5 oz Safeway Chunk Light Tuna 2/$1

Alaskan Cod Fillet PF $3.99/lb

18oz+Campbell"s Select Harvest Soups 10/$10

Sat 20 - 21 sale Nabisco Saltine Crackers $1.29 (4)



Thriftway

Navel Oranges 3lbs/99c

Hot House Tomatoes 99c/lb

Cabbage 49c/lb

w/store coupon WF Sour Cream 99c (2)

WF 6 oz Yogurt 4/$1 (8)

2 Ltr Pepsi Sft Drinks 88c (3)

Wed Only 8pc Fried/Baked Chicken $5



Haggen

Fuji Apples 57c/lb

Navel Oranges 59c/lb

Med Hass Avocado 69c

Iceberg Lettuce 79c

64oz HaggenHoneycrisp/Gala Apple Juice 2/$2.99

Fresh Fryer Slit Breast/Drumsticks 99c/lb

5 Stem Tulips 2/$5

Fri 19 - 21 sale 2# Haggen Med Cheddar Cheese $2.99 (1)

24-32 oz WF Asst Varieties Potatoes 99c (2)

Post Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal $1.49 (2)



QFC w/store card

Fresh Whole Fryer 69c/lb (3)

Farmland Pork Shoulder Roast 99c/lb

Fresh Whole Steelhead Salmon $2.99/lb

51-60ct/lb Cooked Shrimp $4.99

Broccoli Crowns 99c/lb

3# bag Clementine Tangerines $2.99

Dole Bananas 59c/lb

Assorted Donut Holes $1.99

Red Baron Frozen Pizza 3/$10

18oz Kroger Peanut Butter $$1.29

Private Selection Ice Cream $2.59

Kroger 32oz Mayonnaise $1.99

Selected Varieties 24 oz Oroweat Bread 3/$5 (must buy 3)

MD 12 Dbl/24 Sngl Roll Bath Tissue $4.99

Sat 20 - 22 sale Value pk Angus Beef Flank Steak 3.99/lb

Frozen Bone-in Turkey Breast 99c/lb (3)

Whole Roasted Chicken $4.99

10# Russet Potatoes 99c

Kroger Canned Vegetables 3/$1



Albertsons w/store card

Max pk Pork Shoulder Cntry Styl Ribs 99c/lb

Fresh FryerDrumsticks/Thighs 99c/lb

Roma Tomatoes 99c/lb

10 lb Russet Potatoes 99c

8 pc Dark Meat Fried chicken $4.99

w/ad coupon 6 oz Yoplait Yogurt 39c (12)

24oz Franz Bread $1.29 (6)

Asst Albrtsns Breakfast Cereal items $1.39 (6)

4 ct Fresh baked Cinnamon Rolls $1 (4)

Information from President Bair about Four Family History Conferences in One Week

From: FamilySearch [mailto:support@familysearch.org]
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:33 AM
To: Family History Consultant
Subject: Family History Conference Week in Salt Lake City this spring





February 17, 2010

Information and tips

Four Family History Conferences in One Week in SLC

Dear Family History Consultant:

We want to make you aware that four major family history conferences will all happen in one week in Salt Lake City this spring:

· National Genealogical Society 2010 Family History Conference

· Brigham Young University 2010 Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy

· Brigham Young University 10th Annual Family History Technology Workshop

· FamilySearch’s 2010 Developers Conference

You may find information at these conferences beneficial in helping members find their ancestors—particularly the free classes for family history consultants and workers that will be offered just before the conferences begin.

The premier event of the week is the National Genealogical Society’s annual conference. The theme for this year's NGS Conference is “Follow Your Ancestral Trail.” It will be held at the Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 28–May 1, 2010.

Many free events are planned in conjunction with this week; a complete schedule is below. Of particular note for family history consultants are classes and a fireside on Tuesday, April 27. Simply bring the Free Consultant Training Pass coupon below for access to the consultant classes. There is also no cost for attending the fireside or any of the other events listed below.

If you want to attend the NGS conference classes, price and registration information can be found at http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/attendee_registration. There is an early-bird discount until March 8, 2010.

Over 200 classes will be presented by industry leaders and experts from the local and national genealogical community as well as staff from FamilySearch. Products and services from genealogy companies will be showcased in an exhibit hall. There you can also meet with specialists for free personal consultations on research questions or problems.

NGS Conference details and the class schedule are available online at: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/cs/conference_info.

The following free events and resources will be available for consultants in connection with this week of conferences:

Tuesday, April 27

· Consultant Training Seminar at the Conference Center Little Theater. There are two times to choose from: 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. or 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

· Behind-the-scenes tour of the Family History Library (all day)

· Behind-the-scenes tour of the new Church History Library (4:00 to 6:00 p.m.)

· Consultant Fireside at the Salt Lake Tabernacle at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Elder Allan F. Packer of the First Quorum of the Seventy, who is one of the Executive Directors of the Family History Department.

Wednesday, April 28

· FamilySearch Open House at the FamilySearch Center in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Meet and greet product managers and designers for FamilySearch’s new programs and offerings.



Wednesday, April 28–Saturday, May 1



· GenTech Hall, an exhibit displaying the latest technological innovations for family history in the same venue as NGS, is open and free to the public.

· The NGS Conference Exhibit Hall is open to the public daily 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 29

· “A Celebration of Family History” event in the Conference Center at 7:00 p.m. This evening will feature the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square, along with wonderful guest speakers. Special reserved tickets for this event will be available for consultants. Instructions on how to request tickets will be e-mailed to you in the next few weeks.

Saturday, May 1

· Genealogy Kids Camp, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Salt Palace conference venue.

Additionally:

· Hours at the Family History Library have been extended until 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday during the conference. (Closed during the Thursday celebration.)

· The BYU 2010 Conference on Computerized Family History and Genealogy will be held in Salt Lake City at the same venue as the NGS Conference on Monday, April 26, and Tuesday, April 27. For more information, visit: http://ce.byu.edu/cw/cwcompu/.

· The BYU 10th Annual Family History Technology Workshop will be on Wednesday, April 28, also in the same venue.

· The FamilySearch Developers Conference will be on Tuesday, April 27, in the same venue.

This promises to be a full week of family history learning and activities that will help you better assist the members in your ward. We hope that you will come and enjoy the conference with us. For additional information, please visit: http://familysearch.org/ngs2010.

Sincerely,

FamilySearch support@familysearch.org Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: 1-866-406-1830

Please do not use “Reply All” to respond.

Rocket Stoves--an update from Jeanne Hansen

At our Food Storage event, we had a 'rocket stove' on display. It uses minimal fuel and is fairly inexpensive.


The group order for purchasing these rocket stoves is still open until Feb 26th. See the email below explaining more details.


For more information about these stoves, here's the website to check out: www.stovetec.net. They will be ordering the Wood-Charcoal Stove.


I'll also be posting the information on our blog at www.cedarmillsprepared.blogspot.com.


Jeanne Hansen

Change in Lesson Plans

The lesson on February 14th has changed to Lesson #4 Freedom to Choose. The lesson on February 21st will be Lesson #3 Jesus Christ, Our Chosen Leader and Savior.

Weekly Good Buys

Weekly local sales at Fred Meyer, Albertsons, QFC, Haggen, Thriftway, and Safeway will be published on the stake blog (cedarmillsprepared.blogspot.com). If you want a weekly e-mail update with all of the local sales for the week, you can sign up for that at oakhillsprepared.blogspot.com.

Book Group Organized by Marah Cluff

Beechtree Book Club meets the first Thursday of every month at 8 p.m. We take turns hosting and leading the discussion. Here's our schedule for the next few months:

March: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Here's an Amazon review:

In a not-too-distant future, the United States of America has collapsed, weakened by drought, fire, famine, and war, to be replaced by Panem, a country divided into the Capitol and 12 districts. Each year, two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal intimidation of the subjugated districts, the televised games are broadcasted throughout Panem as the 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors, literally, with all citizens required to watch. When 16-year-old KatnissÆs young sister, Prim, is selected as the mining districtÆs female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, the son of the town baker who seems to have all the fighting skills of a lump of bread dough, will be pitted against bigger, stronger representatives who have trained for this their whole lives. CollinsÆs characters are completely realistic and sympathetic as they form alliances and friendships in the face of overwhelming odds; the plot is tense, dramatic, and engrossing. This book will definitely resonate with the generation raised on reality shows like ôSurvivorö and ôAmerican Gladiator.ö Book one of a planned trilogy.

April: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. Another Amazon review:

The letters comprising this small charming novel begin in 1946, when single, 30-something author Juliet Ashton (nom de plume Izzy Bickerstaff) writes to her publisher to say she is tired of covering the sunny side of war and its aftermath. When Guernsey farmer Dawsey Adams finds Juliet's name in a used book and invites articulate—and not-so-articulate—neighbors to write Juliet with their stories, the book's epistolary circle widens, putting Juliet back in the path of war stories. The occasionally contrived letters jump from incident to incident—including the formation of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society while Guernsey was under German occupation—and person to person in a manner that feels disjointed. But Juliet's quips are so clever, the Guernsey inhabitants so enchanting and the small acts of heroism so vivid and moving that one forgives the authors (Shaffer died earlier this year) for not being able to settle on a single person or plot. Juliet finds in the letters not just inspiration for her next work, but also for her life—as will readers.

May: When You Reach Me, by Rebecca Stead. Another review I found on Amazon:

Sixth-grader Miranda lives in 1978 New York City with her mother, and her life compass is Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. When she receives a series of enigmatic notes that claim to want to save her life, she comes to believe that they are from someone who knows the future. Miranda spends considerable time observing a raving vagrant who her mother calls the laughing man and trying to find the connection between the notes and her everyday life. Discerning readers will realize the ties between Miranda's mystery and L'Engle's plot, but will enjoy hints of fantasy and descriptions of middle school dynamics. Stead's novel is as much about character as story. Miranda's voice rings true with its faltering attempts at maturity and observation. The story builds slowly, emerging naturally from a sturdy premise. As Miranda reminisces, the time sequencing is somewhat challenging, but in an intriguing way. The setting is consistently strong. The stores and even the streets–in Miranda's neighborhood act as physical entities and impact the plot in tangible ways. This unusual, thought-provoking mystery will appeal to several types of readers.

September: Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray. Part of another Amazon review:

“I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year,” observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest—and most appealing—women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray’s novel Vanity Fair, a wonderfully satirical panorama of upper-middle-class life and manners in London at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Scorned for her lack of money and breeding, Becky must use all her wit, charm and considerable sex appeal to escape her drab destiny as a governess.

More Food Storage Favorites

These are a few more recipes from our Food Storage Favorites Night!

Herbed Lentils and Rice (I always double this recipe)
Holly Smiley

Combine the following in a crockpot:

2 ¾ cups chicken broth (I usually use water and refrigerated chicken base)
¾ cup water
¾ cup dry lentils, rinsed
¾ cup onions, chopped (can be frozen in baggies)
½ cup dry wild rice (unflavored; the quality of this ingredient makes a big difference, but you can also store a tub of the brown rice/wild rice mix from Costco to use)
½ teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon (or more!) black pepper

Cook on low for 6-8 hours, or until lentils and rice are tender. Do not remove the lid until it has cooked at least six hours.

Stir in ½-1 cup of grated medium or sharp cheddar cheese (I keep mine frozen in baggies so that it stores longer) five minutes before serving.




Lettuce Wraps
Becky Davis

2 T. oil (divided)
2 T. garlic, minced (divided)
1/4 lb. ground turkey or chicken
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 c. hoisin sauce
2 tsp. dark sesame oil
1 T. chili garlic sauce
1/2 c. chopped dry-roasted peanuts
1 head iceberg or butter lettuce

Heat 1 T. oil in medium saute pan. Add 1 T. minced garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add ground meat and brown 6 minutes. Drain and set aside. Heat remaining oil and garlic. Add chopped pepper, saute for 1 minute. Add green onions, saute for another minute. Add hoisin sauce, sesame oil, chili sauce. Add peanuts and stir. Spoon mixture into whole lettuce leaves. Wrap into packets and eat.

I replaced half of the meat with wheat berries (cooked wheat kernels).
I've included instructions on how to cook them below:

ADD WHOLE GRAINS: Use barley, wheat, groats, whatever you can buy in bulk.
For added nutrients and roughage, take any amt. of grain and add twice the
water-example: 1 cup grains, to 2 cups water. Bring this to a boil in a pan
over the stove, turn heat to "low" and cover with a lid. Check occasionally
and add more water if dry. In 20-30 minutes, grains should be cooked. When
the whole grains burst open, or are tender to chew, they are ready. Drain
off any excess water. Let grains cool, and store them in the refrigerator.
When you prepare food, toss some grains into your spaghetti sauce, taco
meat, put a layer of them in your favorite lasagna recipe, sprinkle them
over a salad or in a wrap. They go well in any soup, and add interest to
sandwiches. Grains are good in any recipe that calls for cooked, ground
beef. Just use less meat, and replace it with cooked grains. These are
also very good with a little salt, sugar and milk for a power breakfast in
the morning. They are really filling, TOTAL nutrition, and cost very
little. Besides, they are part of our FOOD STORAGE necessities, and we read
"all grain is good for the food of man." (See the Word of Wisdom for more
inspiration. D & C 89.)

New Skyline Ward YW Blog

The Skyline Ward YW have a new blog:

www.skylineyoungwomen.blogspot.com

Check out www.cedarmillsprepared.blogspot.com

The Stake Relief Society Presidency has a new emergency preparedness blog:

www.cedarmillsprepared.blogspot.com

They have posted all of the recipes, conversion charts, and storage ideas from Wendy DeWitt's wonderful presentation last night. You can print them out for free!

There are also links to useful websites and directions for making a water jug storage rack.