| VOLUME XXXI No. 51 | Narrowsburg, NY | December 22 - 28, 2005 |
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Eggnog: spirits of the holidays By ANNE WILLARD Eggnog, America’s traditional brew for the holiday season, has a venerable history. It is a descendent of a hot British drink called posset, which consisted of eggs, milk, and ale or wine. In the Americas, the drinking of eggnog dates back to 1607, when it was drunk by the residents of Jamestown, as reported by Captain John Smith. It was apparently in this country that rum was replaced for ale or wine to create the modern concoction. | |||||
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What's at the Movies by Ian Pugh ‘Kong’ isn’t king, but it’s close Part of the draw of the original “King Kong” is the way the film honestly believed with all of its heart that Kong was indeed the eighth wonder of the world, as the characters so often called him. It was an epic moment in film, one that we’re still feeling today. Peter Jackson, nerdish film director and number one fan of “King Kong,” operates his own remake with the same dynamic, though perhaps with a more self-conscious slant than the original. And for the most part, it works, because it successfully expands the original film’s ideas without vulgarizing them. |
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Duggan kids help produce concert WHITE LAKE, NY—Joyce Wells, music teacher and leader of the “Welcome Friends!” winter concert at Cornelias A. Duggan School in White Lake, held on December 13, had some extra help with this year’s production—from members of the student body. Kyle Silva, Samantha Suarez and Jessica Wagner, members of the combined fourth and fifth grade chorus, naturally gravitated to the positions of chorus captains. Fourth-grader Matthew Brown took on the job of equipment manager. |
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