Grandma Swain's Sponge Cake

Everybody likes a snack.
Back in the old days, most folks made their own snacks.
With all those boys nothing lasted very long at Grandma Swains house.
Sponge cake was one of their favorites.

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups sifted cake fl our
1 1/4 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten until thick and light
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
5 Tbsps. boiling water
Instructions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Sponge cake can be time sensitive, so
don’t wait too long after putting in pan.
Add fl our, baking powder, and salt
together, sift until combined. Gradually
pour sugar into eggs while beating, then
add the boiling water and lemon juice.
Add the sifted dry ingredients and mix
thoroughly.
Bake in an un-greased pan at 350 °F for
40 minutes.

Digging for Answers: The Continued Search for the Missing Colonists of Roanoke Island

MANTEO, NC- “Digging for Answers: The Continued Search for the Missing Colonists of Roanoke Island” will be presented in the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park Saturday, April 8, at 1 p.m. in partnership with East Carolina University. Ask about our Park and Program Pass which includes admission to the attraction and the event or $5 for a ticket to the program only. (252) 475-1500. Roanokeisland.com. 

The event will be moderated by author Andrew Lawler who has written about archaeology for National Geographic, Smithsonian, Science, Discover and other publications.  Mr. Lawler will discuss his recent National Geographic reporting on excavations related to the Roanoke Voyages. He will moderate a panel of experts including Mark Horton, PhD University of Bristol, who heads the Cape Creek dig on Hatteras Island; Guy Prentice, PhD, National Park Service Southeast Archeological Center, who oversees excavations at Fort Raleigh and Charlie Ewen, PhD East Carolina University, co-editor of Searching for the Roanoke Colonists.  Artifacts from some of the digs will be on display. 

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Art in the Albemarle Area -- by Talmage Dunn

Wow! This month has been a tease of the wonderful weather to come. Springtime! One of the best seasons of the year to get painting. There are a myriad of beautiful colors just beckoning us to get outside and paint. It is also the time of year where many painting shows and events are starting to take place in the Albemarle area. Two examples are: The Seaside Art Gallery's 26^th International Miniature Art Show, exhibition dates are May 6 – June 3, 2017; deadline date for receipt of artwork is April 22, 2017; and May 27, 2017 is the awards reception. Entry fees for this art show are $20.00 for the first entry and $15.00 for each additional entry, with a maximum of 3 entries per artist. All art must be original. Competition is open to all artists. Art may be in any media except photography or computer generated imagery. Works must be framed and have a secure hanging fixture (no saw tooth hangers). Miniature artwork is artwork that is no more than 3 ½ inches deep, front to back. Outside dimensions of the frame cannot exceed 42 square inches. Sculptures should have no dimension greater than 6 inches including the base. Visit http://seasideart.com

The second example of Art show exhibition is the 22^nd Annual Artist Self-Portrait exhibition at Glenn Eure's Ghost Fleet Gallery. Dates of the show: April 1 through May 11, 2017. Artists (18 years of age and older) are invited to submit one self-portrait. Original work only. Any medium. For inspiration, here is the theme for 2017- “Self-Portrait Doing My Thing!” Entry fee is $15.00. Artwork will be accepted at Glenn Eure's Ghost Fleet Gallery March 23 – March 25 deadline (delivery hours: 10 am to noon and 1:30 until 5 pm). Frameable work must be framed, and all work should be ready for exhibition with the entry form included. For large work please check for space availability. Exhibition Reception and awards: Saturday April 1, from 2 pm – 4pm. Awards: 1^st place: $250.00 and an invitation to do a month-long display in the Gallery (7' x 7' panel) during 2017. 2 Excellence awards ($50.00 each) 4 honorable mention ribbons. Website www.glenneureart.com

These are just two of the shows in our area. Please do not forget to look for more shows coming up.

Last issue I asked you to try a little watercolor painting of your own. I hope you took the time to paint and have a little fun. I have included a painting I did using the same directions I included. As you look at the painting or tried it yourself, you may have noticed a particular quality that watercolor has that is different from oils or acrylics. Watercolor paints get lighter as they dry. It is important to start with a lighter background and overpaint to a darker background. Much of this is painted in layers and you build up to the front of your painting using less translucent paint.(meaning using less water).

I urge you to get out and look for ideas and start trying to bring out your inner artist. It's there waiting for you to discover and transform. Check out nature for your inspiration and enjoy yourselves.

I have included a painting and will donate any money to one of our area charities. Since it is almost time for what we hunters like to refer to as “Spring Gobbler” season. I have a 16” x 20” painting of Monarchs of the Woods. $150.00 is the value placed on this painting. Contact our editorial staff and they will see that the money goes to the charity selected. It could be a church or other needy organization within our area. Feel free to contact me by e-mail bowhuntor@yahoo.com or by phone 252-267-5437. Talmage Dunn, Artist.

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New episode - Bigfoot Encounters 10:30 pm on the Tradewinds Radio

This week I chat with Don Gummow, Austin and Ray about their own encounters and Ray discusses a very interesting ongoing investigation he is conducting.

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American Variety Radio - Carolina Family 9 pm on Tradewinds Radio

Janie DeVos' two back-to-back novels follow several generations of a North Carolina mountain family through the first half of the 20th century
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50 Years of Museum History

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – From its inauspicious beginnings in an old highway patrol building in 1967 to its 50,000 square foot facility on the Elizabeth City waterfront today, the Museum of the Albemarle for 50 years has told an expansive story of the people and culture of northeastern North Carolina. Programming in its 50^th anniversary year of service holds true to its mission offering education and interpretation on the region and beyond.

“From American Indians to watermen to the Coast Guard, we are committed to presenting both well-known and obscure facts about the region,” says Museum Curator Wanda Lassiter. “We offer the old and new, the familiar and unique, so that we will remain fresh and a valued asset to all citizens as we go into our next 50 years.”

“The Museum of the Albemarle encourages citizens and visitors to understand the past, reflect on their own lives and to preserve this history for future generations,” observes Bill McCrea, director of regional history museums, N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

The Museum of the Albemarle 50^th Anniversary exhibit “50 Years of Museum History” will open during a black-tie celebration on April 21, 2017 from 7 to 11 p.m. The Friends of the Albemarle will host the gala which will include a live band, dancing and dinner. Tickets are available at the museum for purchase. Please join us on Saturday, April 22, 2017 for a public exhibit opening at 10:00 a.m.with a ribbon cutting. A special invitation is extended to former Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle board members and former staff for the ribbon cutting.

A range of programming, book signings, camps, summer fun days, and lectures on a wide range of topics are offered at the museum to celebrate the birthday. The April 9, 2:30 p.m. program, “Looking for the Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea” is a pre-Easter examination of archaeological evidence, ancient sources and research of Professor Robert Smith to evaluate candidate locations for the tomb used to bury Jesus. Other events include a “Founders Day Tea,” June 4, “Children’s Birthday Party,” July 8, “Theodosia Burr Portrait Exhibition,” August 2017-February 2018, and a symposium on “Northeastern North Carolina Women of the Underground Railroad,” October 5-7.

About the Museum of the Albemarle

For additional information, please call (252) 335-1453 and check social media sites. The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. Website: www.museumofthealbemarle.com.  Hours are Monday through Saturday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Closed Sundays and State Holidays. The Museum of the Albemarle serves thirteen counties:  Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington Counties. Museum of the Albemarle is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums within the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

About the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

The N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (NCDNCR) is the state agency with a vision to be the leader in using the state's natural and cultural resources to build the social, cultural, educational and economic future of North Carolina. NCDNCR's mission is to improve the quality of life in our state by creating opportunities to experience excellence in the arts, history, libraries and nature in North Carolina by stimulating learning, inspiring creativity, preserving the state's history, conserving the state's natural heritage, encouraging recreation and cultural tourism, and promoting economic development.

NCDNCR includes 27 historic sites, seven history museums, two art museums, two science museums, three aquariums and Jennette's Pier, 39 state parks and recreation areas, the N.C. Zoo, the nation's first state-supported Symphony Orchestra, the State Library, the State Archives, the N.C. Arts Council, State Preservation Office and the Office of State Archaeology, along with the Division of Land and Water Stewardship. For more information, please call (919) 807-7300 or visit www.ncdcr.gov.

North Carolina Bow Hunters Association -- By Talmage Dunn

I hope everyone had an interesting and successful small game season. We are now in the process of winding down from the major part of our hunting seasons, but fear not, we still have one more big game season ahead... Spring Gobbler season!! If you have never heard a gobbler come down from the roost in the morning looking for hens you are missing out on an awesome spring ritual. To hear that majestic bird sing out in the morning woods is a marvelous joy. It conjures hopes of a big bird to come into bow range, tests your patience, and excites the blood. What a feeling it is!!

Hopefully you will be scouting this month for good turkey habitat or perhaps you already have a good place to go. Keep tabs on those birds. What can we do to prepare for the spring turkey season?

• Proper scouting to find where the turkeys are roosting
• Check out the feeding and strutting areas
• Practice your calling and note the different types of calls you can make to entice a nice gobbler
• Are you using a decoy ? Practice setting it up.
• Practice your shooting techniques, sitting, standing, or kneeling.

Speaking of calling … what type of call do you use? There are several types. Some people use a wing-bone caller. Made from the wing bones of a turkey. I have made several from some of my “thanksgiving and Christmas” guests. But you can also buy an “air” caller. I also use an old base to a ball-point pen, but thats working on the cheap side! Another type of call is a diaphragm call, a type of mouth call. This call requires diligent practice on the part of the caller but many different turkey sounds can be made on it. A box call is one of the most common calls that can be used. It is simply what its name implies, a box with a scraper that creates a resonance sound. They have been used for years and are quite effective. Lastly, there are “slate” calls. These calls require the use of a stylus and a slate or glass to scrape the stylus across to create the desired sound. I cannot tell you how important it is to practice these calls. There are several places to go to learn the types of calls to make. By far the best way is to get with an experienced turkey hunter and have him/her teach you. Of course, there is always the internet and various sites to learn what sound resonates the most in the woods.

Have you practiced shooting at turkey sized objects? I know that there are various 3-D turkey figures that can be bought, but these can be expensive and have a tendency to get “shot out” rapidly. I make my own turkey sized targets. To give me a strutting turkey size target I use a 1-gallon milk jug mounted up about the right height for a nice “Tom.” Sometimes I will paint them black or brown to simulate the color. For “jake” sized turkey targets I use the 2-liter soda bottles. Both of these targets are perfect for honing in my shooting skills for spring gobblers. So sharpen those broadheads and get busy practicing. The season will be here before we realize it.

Remember: March 3 – 5, 2017 – Dixie Deer Classic and the NCBA 3D shoot.

March 25, 2017 - NCBA Annual Awards Banquet at the McCleansville Wildlife Club.

Respectfully submitted.Talmage Dunn, District 1 Wildlife Rep.bowhuntor@yahoo.com 252-265-5437

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Strange Podcast - A Tragic Premonition -- 10pm on the Tradewinds Radio

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For 20 years a mysterious handprint was visible on a Chicago fire station window. It could not be cleaned off, buffed or even scrapped off. Many believe the handprint belong to Francis Leavy a fire fighter who was cleaning the window when he predicted his own death in 1924. Was this handprint all that remained of a tragic premonition? Presented & produced by Chris Batchelor Find out more at www.strangepodcast.com Music by Ben Sound - www.bensound.com

Essential Oils: The Amazing Properties of Scent -- 9pm on the Tradewinds Radio

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Imagine there is a new world out there, a different dimension, right at your fingertips, that you could enter at any time, that can bring you joy, and pleasure, and healing. That world exists, and it is our topic in this episode - Essential Oils. We have had shows on scents and the importance of our ability to smell, and while we appreciate the beauty and comfort a nice scent can give to us, we were stunned when we came across a brand new book on Essential Oils and their therapeutic use. The book is called “Healing Civilizations,” and while that seems like a bold title, the book delivers on it. It’s a tour around the world with your nose, combining ancient wisdom with modern studies of therapeutic essential oils. In this episoe, Helge Hellberg is speaking with the author, Dr. Nadim Shaath.

Anarchism in Ireland: The History Nobody Knows - 8pm on Carolina Tradewinds Radio

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The legal system that prevailed in Ireland for thousands of years was radically different from what we are familiar with today, with our monopoly judges and emphasis on retribution over restitution. But if you were to ask the average American about any of this, the result would be a blank stare. Hence today’s episode.

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Kevin Flanagan is program manager at European Students for Liberty and director of the Brehon Law Academy.

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Lee v. United States and Jury Nullification 7:30 pm on the Carolina Tradewinds Radio

The Supreme Court takes up Lee v. United States today. The Cato Institute filed a brief in the case regarding the right to and rationality of defendants asking for a jury trial. Tim Lynch comments.

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OLDEST MARKED GRAVE IN TYRRELL COUNTY

About 20 years ago the Weyerhaeuser Company was logging a section of their land near the Tyrrell/Washington County line. The logging site was several tracts of land located along SR 1115 and SR 1158 east of Creswell. While logging Tract #7 in Tyrrell County, a lone grave was discovered about 200 yards in the woods north of SR 1115 about .1 mile east of the Tyrrell/Washington County line. At the time I was researching cemeteries in Tyrrell County for a book I intended to write, so I visited the grave site. Once in the logging area I found that it was a single, white marble head stone lying flat on the ground near a once brick-lined grave. It appears that the grave was disturbed some time ago for some unknown reason. The inscription on the old stone is still very readable despite its age and having lain on the forest floor for quite sometime. The inscription reads as follows:

• Here lies interred George Trotter
• Who died on the 18th Day of August 1802
• Aged 36 Years

This makes George Trotter born about 1766 and his grave site of 215 years as one of the oldest surviving marked graves in Tyrrell County rivaling the grave of Col. Hezekiah Spruill buried in 1804 in the community of Alligator. The Weyerhaeuser Company left a small area intact surrounding the grave so as to not disturb the area any further and to offer some protection to the site.

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Alien encounters and Multi-Dimensional Time Travel -- 10pm on Tradewinds Radio

Special guest Jason Quitt joins us to discuss his time travel experiences that started shortly after his out of body experiences as a child. He also fills us in on the different alien encounters he has had along with past civilizations he witnessed first hand. 

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The Sullivan Law - Black Man with a Gun 9pm Tradewinds Radio

Gun control in America is and always been about controlling a group of people.  We are a nation of indigenous people, immigrants, refugees, and emancipated slaves.  Who is persecuted changes every generation.  This week, I want to share with you what was behind the Sullivan Law.  Interview with with Carrie Lightfoot of The Well Armed Woman and Women’s Gun Show.  Michael J. Woodland of M-W Tactical talks about selecting a range for membership. Show sponsored by Crossbreedholsters.com and members of patreon.com/blackmanwithgun 

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Donald Trump suffered a setback last week when the American Health Care Act lacked the votes to pass. Here’s a great discussion of why it failed and what its failure means for the future.

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Gun control in America is and always been about controlling a group of people.  We are a nation of indigenous people, immigrants, refugees, and emancipated slaves.  Who is persecuted changes every generation.  This week, I want to share with you what was behind the Sullivan Law.  Interview with with Carrie Lightfoot of The Well Armed Woman and Women’s Gun Show.  Michael J. Woodland of M-W Tactical talks about selecting a range for membership. Show sponsored by Crossbreedholsters.com and members of patreon.com/blackmanwithgun 

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Special guest Jason Quitt joins us to discuss his time travel experiences that started shortly after his out of body experiences as a child. He also fills us in on the different alien encounters he has had along with past civilizations he witnessed first hand. 

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