How To Make Hard Tack Candy

Hard tack candy is a sweet holiday treat that is easy to make, and very delicious. Hard tack is a flavored candy, and is made using corn syrup. There are a variety of ways to make this wonderful candy, but I’ve provided one that is most common.

Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups of sugar
  • 1 cup of corn syrup
  • 1 cup of boiling water
  • 1 teaspoon of flavored oil/candy flavor
  • 1 teaspoon of food coloring

Directions:

1. Butter large cookie sheet (with edges) and set aside. Boil water.

2. Mix in sugar and corn syrup.

3. Mix in saucepan until sugar is dissolved.

4. Cook, without stirring until candy thermometer reaches 300 degrees (hard crack).

5. Immediately remove from heat.

6. Add food coloring and oil flavoring.

7. Stir until well mixed.

8. Pour syrup into prepared cookie sheet.

9. Start cutting around edges with candy shears as syrup cools.

10. Drop the candy on wax paper that has been sprinkled with powdered sugar.

11. When candy cools, break into pieces and store in tins.

 

 

Source website for candy: http://www.recipekey.com/therecipes/Hard-Tack-Candy

Do You Have A New Year Resolution?

Once every year is New Years, and there are millions of people that think of ways they want to improve themselves. Many people say they are going to go on a diet, lose weight, quit an addicting habit, or give something up. However, the ugly truth is that only 8% of people actually complete their resolution. After about two to three weeks, more than half of the resolutions have already been broken, or discontinued. The best tips to keeping your New Year’s resolution is to keep it simple, and make it realistic. Professionals say that most people try to overdo it the first few days, and lose motivation. Slow and steady wins the race, and as long as you aren’t trying to set a world record with your resolution, then you should keep your goal short, simple and obtainable. Will you be one of the 8% that succeed with their resolution?

Elementary Works With Mrs. Agnew To Make Gingerbread Men

Second grade compared and contrasted gingerbread stories, and as a culminating activity they baked cookies. Mrs. Agnew’s classes helped the elementary students shape the cookies into gingerbread boy, girl and even gingerbread baby cookies. The activity allowed the students to express creativity with guidance from their high school helpers. The high school classes baked the cookies for the elementary students, and later in the week the high school classes helped the elementary students decorate their cookies. The second graders enjoyed baking cookies, and admired working with the high school students. “The high school students were very helpful, and very supportive; they were great role models for my students,” said Mrs. Wolski, a second grade teacher. 

Beaver Local’s New Baseball & Softball Fields Will Be Ready For The 2018 Season

Beaver Local has been constructing a new baseball and softball field for our baseball and softball teams to play on. The field construction started in spring 2016, and will be ready to play for the 2018 baseball/softball season. The Beaver Local community helped work on the field during construction, which sped up the process. The baseball field has dugouts with a metal roof, grass infield, a special mix of materials for the infield, and a scoreboard in right field. 

Beaver Local V.S. East Liverpool Basketball

Beaver Local took on East Liverpool Friday, December 15th. The Beavers’ were away, facing our rivals at their court. Beaver Local’s JV basketball team won against the Potters, 48-40.  Beaver Local’s Varsity basketball team played after the JV team, unfortunately the Beavers lost 96-69, as the Potters take the win. The Varsity was led by Luke Chetock, who had nineteen points, and the JV was led by Nathan Barber who had twenty points.

Lil Pump Takes Over BL

Lil Pump, a notorious artist in the rap community, has released his debut album “LIL PUMP,” and has over 56 million streams and has climbed to the top of the Hit 100 charts. There are many students of Beaver Local that like and support Lil Pump’s music, and have been playing all of the new songs. His more popular songs include ‘Gucci Gang, D Rose, and Flex Like Ouu.’ I’ve interviewed a 11th grade student to get his thoughts and opinions on the bold rapper from Miami, also known as Lil Pump.

What do you like most about Lil Pump’s Music?

“Lil Pump gives me energy, and just something to jam out to.”

How often do you listen to Lil Pump?

“Definitely everyday.”

Would you recommend Lil Pump’s music to friends?

“Yes, I would highly recommend Lil Pump to friends.”

 

Photo of the famous rapper, Lil Pump.

Veterans Day

Beaver Local students and families gathered together today, November 10th, to celebrate and honor our nations veterans. Veteran family members were asked to come today, so that they could be recognized and honored for their pride and service for our nation. The seats were almost filled with veterans and their families, and the gym was filled with Beaver Local students showing thankfulness for the service these men and women did. The whole gym said the national anthem, and the Beaver Local choir and band played and sang patriotic songs.

Beaver Local Board And Community Come Together To Finish Baseball & Softball Fields

Beaver Local Schools has been working on making new baseball and softball fields for three years, and the community has stepped in to help them. The community scheduled board meetings and raised thousands of dollars to buy the materials needed to finish the field. The school board hired an external company to replace the infield dirt with new and put down sod for a grass infield.
The community said that they want to ensure safety for the athletes that play on the fields, and are supportive of the field being fixed and finished. The infield dirt has to be removed and replaced because it had crushed brick and stones all throughout the infield and outfield and posed a safety concern for the players. The community would like to see the field be playable for this season, but say that safety is their main concern.

Volley For The Cure | Rivals Team Up To Beat Cancer

     The Beaver Local JV and Varsity Volleyball teams defeated their rival, East Liverpool, on Volley For The Cure night at Beaver Local. The JV team defeated East Liverpool 25-9 in the first set and 25-14 in the second set.

     The Beaver Local Varsity Volleyball team won the first two sets, 25-21 and 25-19, but lost the following two sets to East Liverpool, 25-14 and 25-15. The two teams played an intense fifth set, the score was tight all game. The Beaver’s student section cheered the girls on as they won 15-12 in the fifth set of the night, defeating the East Liverpool Potters. Megan Buchheit led the Beaver Local Beavers by having seven kills and nineteen assists.

     The two teams shook hands after the tense game and came together to support local families and spread awareness of breast cancer. All proceeds from the event were donated to help local families and children recover and help battle cancer.