Dianne's Cookbook. Sugar-free pumpkin treat.

A sugar-free pumpkin treat.

Pumpkin Custard

1 Jell-O sugar-free vanilla pudding snack

1/2 cup pumpkin puree (canned)

1/4 tsp. pumpkin pie spice, and/or cinnamon or nutmeg

Mix until custard is perfectly creamy and ENJOY!

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Dianne's Community Calendar. Whitehall Christmas tree lighting.

The City of Whitehall will kick off the Christmas season on December 2 with the annual tree lighting ceremony at city hall on Tuesday, December 2 at 6 p.m. prior to the city council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

DECEMBER 8-12 the Whitehall Community Celebration Association will be driving around the city 7-11 p.m. each night looking for holiday home decorations. If you want your home to be judged, leave those lights on!

December 13 Breakfast with Santa at Whitehall Community Park 9-11 a.m. Photos of the decorated homes will be on display for attendees to cast votes. Admission is $1 or one canned food item. Enjoy the all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast. Have your kids photos taken with Santa.

Listen to WCRX to find out who the winners are of the home decorating contest, and watch the blog for photos.


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Dianne's Community Calendar. Holiday bazaar at Eastland Career Center.

Eastland Career Center invites you to their holiday bazaar on Saturday, December 6 where you can shop from 9-3. Admission is $1, and free to children five years and younger. Each paid admission will receive one raffle ticket. Raffles will be held every hour, and you must be present to win. Extra raffle tickets can be purchased for $1 each. Concessions will be available from the Food Services program students in the cafeteria during the entire event.

Vendor spaces are available. Spaces are 6' x 6' for $25. Each additional foot is $3.50 per foot. Also, 8' tables can be rented if needed for an additional $10. General items these vendors might display are wooden products, Christmas ornaments, OSU items, jewelry, knitted goods, candles and quilts. Some "Home party" organizations that are generally represented are Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Avon and Tastefully Simple.

For additional information, call 614-836-4521.

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Dianne's Community Calendar. Toy sign-up.

NEIGHBORHOOD PRIDE CENTER
3685 East Livingston Avenue

Beginning November 17 - December 18 every Tuesday and Thursday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

FIREFIGHTERS4KIDS TOY SIGN-UPS for Columbus zip codes:
43227 43213 43068
43232 43110 43209

You will need appropriate identification for parents, guardians and children.

For more information, call 614-724-0100.

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Dianne's Community Calendar. CHADD meeting.

Columbus Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hypertension Disorder (CHADD) will have their last meeting of the year on Sunday, November 16, entitled "Aint Misbehaving: The Neurochemical Basis of ADHD" at 2-5 p.m.

The organization meets at Mifflin Presbyterian Church, 123 Granville Street, Gahanna. It is open to the public, and free to CHADD members. They do ask for a $5 donation for non-members attending to help offset the cost of refreshments and informational materials.

1:30 Registration
1:50 Welcome
2:00 Dr. Larry Binkovits, Nationwide Children's Hospital
3:00 Break out into support groups

Pre-register at Columbus-Ohio@CHADD.net

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Neil Simon's "Rumors" production at Whitehall-Yearling reported by Dianne Garrett

Rumor has it there is a great fall production at Whitehall Yearling High School November 14, 15 and 16. Neil Simon's play, "Rumors", is a hilarious adventure about a group of affluent couples gathering at the home of the Deputy Mayor of New York to celebrate his and his wife's tenth wedding anniversary. All does not go as planned.

Pictured is the cast of "Rumors", which will be presented at Whitehall Yearling High School November 14 and 15. Left to right are Kiki Medrano, Michelle Conison, Deja Franklin, Amber Eck, Jonathan Flores, Rebecca Bryant, Mitchell Harper, Amy Nash, Kim Murry and Carey Adkins.

They soon discover there are no servants or food, and the Deputy Mayor has shot himself in the ear lobe. To add to the chaos, his wife is missing. The story unfolds as they try to do everything to conceal the evening's events from the police and media.

This year's cast of ten consists of six seasoned seniors, three of whom will be attending Ohio University to study theatre and/or dance and music. Those three are Carey Adkins, Deja Franklin and Kim Murry. Jonathan Flores will also be attending OU studying graphic design.

Carey Adkins plays Ken Gorman, who is the best friend to Charlie, the Deputy Mayor. He spends the evening trying to keep everyone calm. This is Carey's seventh production since seventh grade. He noted that this show is well suited for the cast.

Mrs. Gorman (Kim Murry) explains to Mrs. Ganz (Amy Nash) how their friend Charlie has shot himself in the ear in a failed attempt at suicide just prior to an anniversary party.

Kim Murry plays Chris Gorman. This is her first fall play, but she performed in the spring musical, and worked in the technical area for another show. She is excited about "Rumors", and told her fellow cast members, "It's been great being with all you guys".

Jonathan Flores echoed Kim, saying he's had a lot of fun with them preparing for his fourth production.

This is Deja Franklin's seventh show. She plays "Candy". She said this year has been great fun, and she noted how much bigger the set is. "This set has been a new experience", said Franklin.

Amber Eck is hilarious as "Cookie".

Francisca "Kiki" Medrano plays Officer Pudney in her third production. She is headed to DePaul University where she plans to study theatre and play writing. Kiki offered that this has been a great season with a good cast, and a great bunch of seniors. "When we graduate, I will really miss everyone," said Kiki.

Mitchell Harper plays Leonard Ganz, and called it a phenomenal role. "It's been fun to see how we all have grown. It was interesting seeing how everyone interpreted their parts and then acted them out on stage".

The production will be at 7:30 p.m. on November 14 and 15, with a matinee on Saturday at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for students and seniors. A portion of ticket sales on Friday will be donated to the James A. "Herk" Soteriades Scholarship Foundation. The foundation offers two scholarships each year to one student pursuing a college degree in theatre, and another in the safety forces (police/fire/paramedic).

Laughs are guaranteed. Ironically the Broadway production of "Rumor's" opened November 17, 1988.

Reported by Dianne Garrett for Bexley Public Radio.

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Economic crisis. Symposium at Capital University. Reported by Glen Soden.

November 10, 2008 Symposium on the Economic Crisis, presented by the Council for Ethical Leadership at Capital University

Monday evening the Council for Ethical Leadership at Capital University celebrated its 25th anniversary and move to Capital University. The Council originated as the Council for Ethics in Economics in the 1970s to advance ethical business practices. The Council began through a dialogue regarding the marketing of infant formula to third world countries and expanded to discussions of applied ethics on many topics over the succeeding decades, including the Monday evening panel discussion of the causes and effects of the current economic crisis.

A five member panel moderated by Erick Zanner, of the School of Management and Leadership at Capital, discussed the scope of the crisis and their assessments of the impact and future.

James W. Coons, principal of J. W. Coons Advisors and chair of Governor Strickland’s Council of Economic Advisors, defined the subprime mortgage situation. He discussed the mortgage loan debacle and its history. He stated that greed and fraud were aspects that led to the crisis by institutions loaning funds when they were not warranted.

Mark E. Schweitzer, a senior vice president and director of research of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, discussed the need for liquidity of banks and the Federal Reserve’s role helping to ensure liquidity through appropriate policy and interest rate adjustments at the Treasury level. He stated in response to a question that the challenge for the Federal government has been deciding what financial institutions can be saved through federal intervention. He noted that the federal focus has been on how funding will be used to restore confidence in the institution, and that some institutions, such as National City Bank could not be saved in that manner.

Peter E. Klingelhofer, a consulting analyst with the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, noted the depository difference between the financial institutions that have survived and those that have not. He observed that Bear Stearns and Lehman did not have the ability to maintain their financial stability through deposits, while those institutions that have survived have that continuing ability.

Michael Distelhorst, professor of law at Capital where he teaches commercial lending law and previously taught legal ethics and served as president of the Council for Ethics in Economics, observed that all parties to the economic crisis shared a role in abandoning values resulting in ethical issues related to character and accountability. He noted that borrowers knew they could not afford the mortgages they were offered, while others involved in the transaction aggressively marketed them for their own gain.

Nancy H. Rogers, who served as interim Ohio attorney general and who will return to The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law following the recent election, discussed the human factor and the economic crisis complaints the attorney general’s office has received. She described the economic devastation areas such as Cleveland have experienced, noting that often the other victims of subprime mortgage loans have been the neighbors who have not participated in them, but have been left in the homes in otherwise abandoned and boarded up neighborhoods. She challenged students in the audience to solve problems going forward related to the many abandoned houses in areas where housing demand has declined. She also noted that increased regulation of financial institutions may be the result.

As to the future the panelists observed that ironically the United States may have benefited economically due to the subprime mortgage bubble, however, the resulting decline may be felt for several years. Foreign investment will decline and it may take five or more years to rebuild the trust and confidence necessary to engage future purchases in the US bond market. Meanwhile the impact is being felt because many US banks do not trust each other in loan funding decisions.

The panel session was well attended by both students and the community in a standing room only presentation at the Huntington Recital Hall at Capital University.

This report was prepared for Bexley Public Radio by by Glenn Soden. Glenn is a former board member and chair of the Council for Ethics in Economics and a current member of the advisory board of the Council for Ethical Leadership.

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