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February 10, 2024 /119 S. Main St,Elk City + (580) POERTSE How about this year for Valentine’s Day you buy you and your sweetheart a new Serta Mattress ~ from Kluver’s Anpliances and Home Furnishings? with breakfast Valentine's Day is about ex- 1/4 cup brown sugar Preheat oven to 375 F. pressing love for special people 1/2 cup canola oil Grease or line a 12-hole muf- in your life. One way to do so is 2 eggs fin tin. to pamper that person as much 2 teaspoons vanilla In a mixing bowl, whisk as possible. That can mean 3/4 cup full-fat buttermilk together the flour and sugars. starting the day off with deli- 11/2 cups fresh or frozen Add the oil, eggs, vanilla, and cious breakfast in bed. blackberries buttermilk, and stir to com- Muffins can be prepared in Zest of 1 lime bine. advance and are easy to enjoy Crunch topping In a small bowl, toss the in hand for a breakfast that 1/2 cup white sugar blackberries with 1 tablespoon involves lounging and love. 1/4 cup brown sugar, flour, then add the berries and “Blackberry Crunch Muffins” packed zest to the batter and lightly marry coffee cake and muf- 1/2 cup self-rising flour fold them in. 1/2 cup quick-cook oats Place the crunch topping keep on giving andWill, fin elements and tart berries 1/4 cup sweetened shred- ingredients in a bowl and mix ~ for something that is equal with a fork until large crum- lastso much longer parts breakfast and dessert. ded coconut 1/2 cup chopped walnuts bles form. than those flowers and! What better idea for Valen- tine’s Day? Try this recipe, 5 tablespoons butter, at room temperature Divide the batter evenly into the muffin tin, and sprin- chocolates!) 7 courtesy of “Lord Honey Tra- ditional Southern Recipes with mon 1 teaspoon ground cinna- kle tops with crunch mixture. Bake for 22 to 28 minutes a Country Bling Twist” (Peli- 1/2 teaspoon ground gin- or until a toothpick comes out can Pulishing) by Chef Jason ger clean. Smith. Glaze Remove from oven and Blackberry Crunch Muffins 2 cups powdered sugar place on a cooling rack. Place Serves 12 1/2 teaspoon salt the glaze ingredients in a bowl 21/4 cups self-rising flour 1 teaspoon vanilla and whisk until combined. 1 cup white sugar Juice of 1 lime Drizzle over cooled muffins. 6 Valentine’s Day Traditions Come in and checkout the Valentine’s Day is a day of crease this year as well. the holiday. History.com re- range oftools we have! love nestled in the middle of February. Sweethearts use Val- Valentine's Day is awash in ports that, in the nineteenth many different customs. Here's century, bouquets might con- entine’s Day as an opportunity a deep look at some of those tain all sorts of flowers, each to show the people they care enduring traditions and oth- chosen to convey certain mes- about just how deep those feel- ers that some may feel should sages. Individuals can research ings run. A 2023 survey from be brought back into favor or the meanings behind certain 918 N. Van Buren the National Retail Federation adopted entirely. flowers and put together a Val- found consumers expected Handwritten cards Elk City, OK 73644 to spend $25.9 billion on Val- It’s a common scene each entine’s Day gift this year that expresses exactly what they are entine’s Day, up from $23.9 year in card retailers and phar- www.janningwelding.com billion in 2022. Forecasters macies: people three-deep in feeling. suspect spending is likely to in- the aisle trying to pick out Puzzle purses Sweethearts in Victorian Valentine’s Day cards in the PRESIDENTS’ DAY EVENT FEBRUARY eleventh hour. People can save England created “puzzle purs- es,” which were a series of love themselves the hassle of fight- ing the crowds if they make letters that could be read sepa- their own handmade cards. In rately, but also fit together to the eighteenth and nineteenth create a design and message. centuries, sweethearts created ‘These intricately folded sheets unique cards from scratch, ac- of paper had parts of messages cording to Country Living. And or verses written on different prior to products produced by corners and were meant to be Gallon of lareKensingon and Hallmark and other greeting read in a specific order. Royal” Paint'™ card companies, people used Heart-shaped chocolate (Tate ba gat itesacs to send one another cards woremaycoment et lotion of boxes pantetsatdon oon tort tesraeg customized with personalized British chocolatier Richard messages. Cadbury is credited with creat- Pampering gentlemen ing the first heart-shaped box It is common in North for Valentine’s Day. The boxes America for Valentine's Day were intended to be so beauti- celebrations to lean signifi- ful they would be kept to hold cantly toward favoring women, trinkets or love letters. Omate who are often on the receiving chocolate boxes are not quite end of flowers and chocolates. as common today, although However, in South Korea and the gifting of chocolate for the Japan, it is the men who are holiday is still strong. pampered with such gifts. Celebrating in June? Women purchase chocolates Many Brazilians skip Val- for their male partners, family members and coworkers as to- entine’s Day in February and kens of appreciation and affec- choose to celebrate Saint An- tion. Never fear, a month later thony, the patron saint of on White Day (March 14) men marriage and matchmaking, reciprocate with candy, cake on June 12. Celebrating both and flowers. is fine for those who prefer to Bouquets shower affection on loved ones These days a dozen long- multiple times a year. stemmed red roses might be Valentine's Day traditions the norm for Valentine’s Day are still strong and can add a gifting. However, roses weren't little something extra to cel- ‘Nota ep pee re pte Se Se iat a nt i aie ou capa eli seebaron sede aaa ed eign always the preferred flower for ebrations this February. February Presidents Day Event AM1 1240207,01, Versions: CA, DS, FN, NR, NW, SO,TR