Dianne Garrett reports on Angel Food Ministries, Whitehall Church of the Nazarene.

Angel Food is not just a cake. Pastor Rodney Kuhn of the Church of the Nazarene in Whitehall, visited Eastside News Round-Up on WCRX-LP December 24 to explain Angel Food Ministries.

Angel Food is a non-profit, non-denominational food program dedicated to providing food assistance to families across America. They provide boxes of food consisting of high quality items at substantial savings. Angel Food was started in 1994 by Pastor Joe Wingo and his family in a small rural town in north east Georgia. Their mission was to help out local neighbors during an economic downturn. Today, Angel Food helps close to 500,000 families every month with their food needs.


Angel Food partners with churches and community organizations in over 35 states. The goal is to reach out to anyone in need. There are no applications or pre-qualifiers to participate. Angel Food works closely with the USDA, and is one of the only programs of its kind to accept food stamps.

The organization's motto is "Angel Food provides a blessing in every box. It's a hand up...not a hand out!"

The Whitehall church, located at 739 S. Yearling Road, started their program in July. The first month they had 49 customers with an increase to 130 the following month. It is currently up to about 350 being served. Each box has $60 worth of food, but only costs the consumer $30, and there are specialty boxes available, as well.

Orders can be made online at www.angelfoodministries.com, but if paying by cash, money order or food stamps, you must go to your order/pickup location to pre-pay. Credit cards and debit cards are also accepted, and can be used when ordering online. January orders are due by Sunday, January 11, and must be picked up January 17 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Special boxes are available when a regular $30 box is purchased. The following is the January menu:

Oatmeal Variety Box
4 lbs. Chicken leg quarters
1.5 lbs. Beef patties (four 6 oz.)
18 oz. Cheese filled manicotti
2 lb. Pork rib strips
1 lb. Chicken breast fajita strips
1 lb. Ground turkey
1 lb. Broccoli
1 lb. Peas
32 oz. 2% Shelf stable milk (needs no refrigeration)
1.5 lb. Ribeye steak (four 6 oz.)
8 oz. Blueberry muffin mix
12 ct. White corn tortillas
1 lb. Pinto beans
7 oz. Chicken flavored rice and vermicelli
1 doz. Eggs
1 Dessert item

Senior Convenience Box ($28)
Ten nutritionally balanced, fully cooked meals:

New Orleans style chicken
Grilled chicken strips and penne pasta
Beef and bow tie pasta
Flame broiled Salisbury steak
Cheesy chicken and broccoli casserole
Classic chicken tetrazzini
Country fried steak
Spaghetti with meatballs
Chicken parmesan
Flame broiled beef patty
10 Desserts

Special boxes (not shown) are also available for $20-$21 each, but remember a regular $30 box must be purchased, too.



To find a participating location near you, log on to the aforementioned web site. If in the Whitehall area, call the church office at 231-6547.


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MSMIB commentary. Street safety.

Carriages in the Streets? No. Carnage in the Streets!

By the most sensitive man in Bexley, Simon Doer

I realize that I should have written this article in the spring, summer or fall, however, since several resident drivers have recently voiced concerns about the issue, there is no time like the present to address their concerns.

As I ruminated about the issue, winter is a fine time to address the issue as we again anticipate spring.



At issue is the frequency of pedestrians in the streets of Bexley. This does not appear to be an aberration. Joggers, walkers, skateboarders, inline skaters and yes, pedestrians pushing strollers and carriages in the streets. One can understand joggers, skateboarders and even inline skaters on the streets of Bexley as sidewalks are not always as level as the roadways. Those individuals accept the risk of their actions. Some of us may have even experienced the sidewalk jogger running across an intersection without them stopping as they assume the right of way.

But babies in carriages or strollers don’t have that choice (No, this is not a commentary on the issue of abortion)..

Having been amazed more than once by walkers and baby pushers assuming a full lane of travel on the roadway, I am reminded of the game of chicken on the east coast. Sadly the driver is the loser no matter what happens.

One driver mentioned that when a biker AT NIGHT and without lights turned in front of the vehicle the biker’s comment in reply to the driver’s question through an open window a to whether the biker was attempting to kill herself, the sarcastic reply was “Yes!”



Yes Bexley has a city ordinance 416.05 “Walking Along Highways.” It is written: “(a) Where a sidewalk is provided and its use is practicable, no pedestrian shall walk along and upon an adjacent roadway.” A catchall provision in ordinance 416.05 (d) provides that in any event pedestrians “shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon the roadway.” And yes Bexley has an ordinance 416.07 requiring that vehicles yield to pedestrians on sidewalks (fair is fair).

Even bikers, who should have equal access to the streets not only in a green policy environment but as a matter of everyday courtesy, need to be a bit more aware of the street wise environment.



Just last evening at approximately 9 p.m. a biker dressed in gray clothing on a very dark night was riding approaching traffic on Parkview Drive in the right lane without a light (allegedly in violation of Bexley city ordinance 474.05). Fortunately my lights illuminated her and her bike so that I could move left to allow our opposing vehicles to pass without incident.

So, let’s all show a little more courtesy out there, drivers, riders, walkers, skateboarders, rollerbladers, walkers with strollers.

Put yourself in each others’ shoes or on each others wheels.

The life you save may not only be your own but those who love and are loved around you. What a tragedy otherwise.

That is this sensitive man’s opinion, what is yours?

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Parsnips. Arbitron and Meta-Arbitron.

For Arbitron the question is “How many WCRX-LP listeners are out there?”

In the November reporting period, WCRX-LP did not reach the minimum ten entries in Arbitron listener journals.

Despite this, Bexley Public Radio has listeners.

For listeners, the question is “How useful is the information that Bexley Public Radio provides?”

We offer the following anecdote as a Meta-Arbitron listener report.

On her Thursday December 11 Noontime Gardener program, Amy Maurer discussed parsnips and described it as a vegetable that can be grown during late autumn, early winter and in the early spring.

Amy also said that Bexley Natural Foods is currently offering parsnips in the fresh produce department.

On the following Saturday, Amy went to Bexley Natural Foods for some weekend shopping. A neighbor was also shopping and told Amy that she had heard Amy’s radio discussion and was at the store to buy some parsnips.

The important message in this Meta-Arbitron listener report is that accurate information was provided to a listener.

The information was heard.

The information prompted consumer action.

Bexley commerce increased.

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John Matuszak reports: Groundbreaking for new Bexley police headquarters

Taking part in the groundbreaking for Bexley's new police station Nov. 17 are, from left, Chief Larry
Rinehart; former chief John Carruthers; City Councilman Jeff McClelland; Police Advisory Committee Chairman Lee Nathans; Council President Matt Lampke; Council members Robyn Jones, Jed Morison, Rick Weber, Mark Masser and Ben Kessler; and Mayor John Brennan.

The station on the city's north end is expected to be completed by December, 2009, replacing the 50-year-old building on Main Street.

Cost of construction will be $7.4 million.

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