University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, October 29, 1991
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Despite small patches,pickers see increase in pumpkin sizes
How to roast pumpkin seeds
Blot dry with paper towels
Wash the seeds in cold water to remove stringy matter
Spread on cookie sheet in a single layer; sprinkle with salt (optional)
Roast in a 350° oven for 30-60 minutes until light brown
Cool before eating
SOURCE: From seed to jack•lantem
Hannah Lyons Johnson
Knight-Ridder Tribune News
Scott J. Anderson Special to the Kansan
Those planning on picking the per-
fect pumpkin this year had better not pro-
tect it.
The number of pumpskins this year is less than last year — down by as much as 30%.
Chris Ramirez, produce manager at Food 4 Less, 2525 Iowa St., said the shortage was due to a combination of a hot summer and an early cold snap.
"They're real nice pumpskins, but they're just coming out too early," Ramirez said. "They are ready to be bare now, and there will be no lift."
Produce managers at several local grocery stores said that initial shipments at the beginning of this month looked better than last year. But a more accurate gauge of the pumpkin season, which arrived in mid-October.
Mike Turner, produce manager at Food Barn, 1900 W. 23rd St., said his store had to get its second shipment
Most of the pumpkins that have been picked have been 100 pounds or more."
Janet Schaake
Schaake's Pumpkin Patch
from Oklahoma and Missouri instead of local growers. He added that some local growers were buying pumpkins from his store this year.
Another indicator of the shortage is an increase in the price of pumpkins. Dan May, produce manager at Alvin's IGA, 901 Illinois St., said prices were four to five cents higher per pound this year
Although the number of pumpkins appears to be lower this year, these popular Halloween decorations are larger than in past years, said Janet Schaake, owner of Schaake's Pumpkin Patch.
than last.
"We don't have the numbers we usually have, but I don't think it's affected our growth," said Schaake. "Most of us have been picked because he had been 100 pounds or more."
She said that people seemed to be aware of the shortage and that business had increased earlier than normal. For the first time in 14 years, her patch may run out of pumpkins, she said.
Despite what the experts say, Barbara Stauffer. Lawrence sophomore, said she was pleased with the pumpkin and recent trip to Schaake's PumpkinPatch.
"I think the crop looked pretty good this year," Stauffer said. "They are a lot bigger, and the color is better than last year."
Dressed as his favorite web-slinging superhero, Andrew Lenz, 5, chooses his pumpkin at Schaake's Pumpkin Patch on Route 2 east of Lawrence. Andrew's parents are Keith and Sharon Z玲 of Abilene.
Strange things happen at this New Mexico hotel
The Associated Press
CIMARRON, N.M. — Birds drop dead, things vanish, the deadbolt snaps shut on the front door, glassware floats and one woman says she was knocked to her knees by the "presence" in Room 18.
It doesn't take a seer to see why Halenjee is a busy time at the St. James Church.
Twenty-six people died violently at the hotel during the late 1880s, including five people in one day, according to local legend. Bullet holes mark the dining room ceiling. Records show that gunfights claimed the most victims, although there were a few stabbings, too.
The hallway upstairs is lined with the pictures and names of famous Wild West figures who stayed at the St. James, including Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, Batt Masterson, Tom "Black" Buckman, Duc Holliday and Buffalo Bill Cody.
Pat Latre, a former co-owner, no longer works here. But one night in 1986, she says, she showed Room 18 to a friend who was also encountered a no-so-friendly ghost
"Swirling — that's too gentle. He was raging," said Wright.
"It came down at me and passed me on my right, and I felt like I was being tickled. Lore says, 'I indeed fell to my knees.' So I stepped in, point, it came back at me and knocked
Food and crockery disappear, glassware shatters and doors lock shut at elegant 120-year-old hotel according to hotel employees.
me back to my knees and went up to the corner (of the room) and continued spinning."
Room 18, closed to the public, is hardly bigger than a walk-in closet. It has a dusty, oak bedframe without a mattress. Dozens of dead flies are
scattered on a window sill.
"We've never had anybody sleep in here, not with the things that are going on," said owner-manager Ed Sitzberger.
Chefs and bartenders report that food and crockery disappear from
under their noses and that glassware floats and shatters.
The most recent incident occurred last month. Three people tried to come in the front door. The first two got in, and then the third, in front of the middle, Sitzberger says.
"We have a Halloween party every year," said Sitzberger, owner since 1986. "We have a costume contest and we scout the hotel in and out" in the hotel's "haunted hallway."
Despite its lurid history, the St. James remains an elegant territorial-style adobe landmark in this rustic northern New Mexico village.
its occupancy surge near Halloween, thanks to an apparition named Rebecca. During the early 1980s, Rebecca, a deaf woman, was cremated there by a jealous boyfriend.
The Lodge in Cloudcroft, 200 miles south of Albuquerque, N.M., also sees
"We get a lot of unexplainable incidents: telephones that ring, water turning on at various times of the day or bridge manager Catherine Cullersgain."
And to the skeptics who say ringing telephones and dripping faucets are not inexplicable, Cullers responds, "We have a lot of people who reportedly have woken up in the middle of the night and seen Rebecca. She's red-headed, young, good-looking and very nice. She never does any bad things."
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