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Furnitureworth a

second look

Iam a devoted second-handfurniture shopper. I’vealways enjoyed picking upsome piece with potential,

bringing it home and makingit sing with beautiful paint,stain and fabric. I’ve had somepieces for more than 30 years,reluctantly passing them onwhen I’ve upgraded to moreexpensive furniture.

Recently I completed a tablethat had been sitting in our

garage formore thanfive years. Iwould peri-odicallymove it outand sand onit for a weekor so, thenpush it backwhen life gotcomplicated.My idea wasto finish offthe very dis-

tressed top with a cap made ofsheet metal. Masking therough surface and making iteasy to clean and food safe inone swoop. It currently holdsa large vase of sunflowers anda host of family photos.

There are many good furni-ture makeover books thatoffer advice and suggestionson what to look for whenshopping for an item to“makeover.” Barb Blairs newbook “Furniture Makeovers”is an especially good one. Shedescribes restoration tech-niques and offers tips on mak-ing small furniture repairs.Then goes on to show step-by-step and before and after pho-tos of finished projects. Theexplanations are clear andcomplete and she offers tipsfor beginners on what to lookfor and mistakes to avoid. Thebook has lists of tools andoffers her favorite productsthat get the job done. Anothertool she shares is to actuallycounsel us on how to choosefurniture that is actuallyworth rehabilitation.

One of my favorite trickswhen rehabbing around thehouse is this tip on strippingold, painted over doorknobs orhooks. Use a soaking solutionto restore the beauty of door-knobs and hooks covered inpaint. In an old saucepan (oneno longer used for food), mixfour tablespoons of bakingsoda with one quart of water.Place hardware in the pan,then simmer for 20 minutes.Once water has cooled,remove pieces.

Gently scrub stuck-on paintwith a brass brush or steelwool. Repeat process if neces-sary.

Susan Woody has been a home and garden writer forover 20 years and is an advanced Master Gardener.

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Shake things up this summerCocktail gardens: put a new twist on edible landscaping

BY MARTY ROSSUNIVERSAL UCLICK

Shake things up in the backyard this summer: Fresh herbs and fruit have long been the key

ingredients in some of summer's most refreshinglibations, and when they're within easy reach of thebackyard bartender, every cocktail becomes a flour-ishing signature drink.

Making a mojito with homegrown mint is onlypart of the picture, though. A successful cocktailgarden should be a comfortable and inviting place tobe.

"You can't just translate the indoors to outdoors,"says J'Nell Bryson, a landscape architect inCharlotte, N.C. "An outdoor room needs more spaceto be in scale with nature." Postage-stamp patios inbig backyards don't look right, Bryson says, but if asmall space is all you have, there are lots of ways tomake it work as a cocktail garden. "Even if you livein a condo and just have a tiny patio, you can do avertical garden, or use pots," she says.

Amy Stewart, author of "The Drunken Botanist"(Algonquin, $20), turned the challenging side yard ofher home in Eureka, Calif., into a lush and colorfulcocktail garden worthy of her book, which delvesdeep into the horticulture and lore of hops, rye, bar-ley, grapes and dozens of other plants used to makeand garnish the world's greatest drinks.

Stewart worked with garden designer SusanMorrison on the plans for her limited space, whichrelies heavily on container plantings and includesan outdoor bar, where Stewart stirs up garden-freshcocktails. Most of the garden is only 7 feet wide,with a wider patio at one end. Stewart grows hopson a trellis and raspberries and blueberries in pots.She keeps a romping clump of mint in check bygrowing it in a raised planter that also serves as abar, and she installed shelves on a garden wall forpots full of herbs, with room for bottles and partyglasses. Colorful liqueur bottles inspired the livelypalette of the garden and the painted planters.

Stewart's cocktail garden is furnished minimallywith one chair and a bench; it's basically a standing-room-only space. If you have a little more room,comfortable garden furniture makes guests feelright at home, Bryson says. Built-in seating with lotsof pillows will encourage guests to relax with theirdrinks and enjoy the garden around them.

Before you decide where to place a patio, study theterrain and the sun and shade patterns in your yard,Bryson says. Pull up some garden chairs and checkon the views from several angles. "Choose an expan-sive view, not a view right into the back door," shesays. "If you have the house walls on one side, afence on the other, and in the third you can look upinto the trees, that's what I would choose," she says."Focus on a view away from the house."

Bryson suggests hanging strings of lights to sug-gest "a sense of a ceiling," but "don't dare turn onthe spotlights," she says. "You really want soft,muted lighting."

Clients are always eager to talk about flowers in agarden's design, but you should not neglect foliagetexture, Bryson says. Thyme and oregano are bothgood groundcovers with interesting texture; she alsolikes purple basil, lemon thyme, lavender and otheraromatic plants.

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Let the garden inspire the cocktails: Fresh mint and the pretty leaves of scented geraniums gar-nish drinks by Scott Beattie, author of "Artisanal Cocktails."

Give your yardsome chic witha chicken coop

BY DEAN FOSDICKTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS

To make an original statementwith yard art, think beyond foun-tains, globes and statuary. Addchicken coops to be chic.

These outbuildings can amuseand enhance while providingshelter for the family fowl.

Many of those who choose to

raise backyard chickens today“are urban dwellers with no tra-ditional (poultry) background —people bringing a fresh approachwho want their chicken coops tobe more like accessories to theirhouses,” he said. “They believethe coops should be at the front ofthe house rather than hidden.”

Once you have the essentials

down — the egg boxes, a screenedrun, a perch, ventilation andfeeding stations — a chicken coopcan be whatever you want it tobe, Wolpe said in a phone inter-view from Oakland, Calif.

“As long as it functions well forchickens and their owners, it canbe anything,” he said. “We thinkpeople should go nuts.”

• “The Creepy Corpse ofCal Capone,” presented bythe Senior Center Players.June 13 and June 15, mati-nees at 1:30 p.m. Eveningperformance with dessert,

June 14 at 6:30 p.m., per-formance at 7 p.m. Pleasecall ahead for the dessertperformance at 672-2240. Nocharge. Open to the public.

• Singspiration with Ryan

Koltiska at the SheridanSenior Center, 211 Smith St.June 12, at 6:30 p.m. in thedining room. Come singalong to much-loved hymns.There is no charge and it isopen to the public.

• Day Trips with theSheridan Senior Center andTongue River ValleyCommunity Center:Beautiful Big Horn CanyonNational Recreation AreaBoat Tour, June 18. A dayouting with a boat tourthrough Big Horn Canyon.The day outing includesround-trip transportationfrom the Sheridan SeniorCenter, a barbecue lunchand a two-hour boat tour.Cost is $55 per person.

The deadline to sign up isJune 11. Register at theSheridan Senior Center at211 Smith St. or call 672-2240.

Tongue River CanyonHike and Lunch at TRValley Senior Meal Site.June 27. Lunch is at theTongue River Valley com-munity center. Suggestedcontribution is $4.50 for din-ers registered with theSenior Center. $7.50 forunregistered diners.Register by calling 672-2240or 655-9419.

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SENIORSTake a trip and create some memory making moments

FROM THE SHERIDAN SENIOR CENTER

SHERIDAN — There are many memory-making moments we can have through life.Baking with a grandmother, barbecuingwith friends or family, camping, dancing …there are as many different such momentsas there are people to make them. We oftenneed to carve out memorable moments.And once done, aren't you glad you've doneit?

Travel offers a unique experience notsensed through other activities. If you’venever traveled before, why haven’t you?Some responses include: the unknown isscary, it’s too expensive, you have pets, oryou don’t know anyone who wants to trav-el.

Let’s take a look at each excuse you'vegiven to talk yourself out of a memory-making trip.

1. I’ve never traveled before — This isnot unusual. Many individuals didn’t growup with Columbus, Magellan or Desoto.

So, you don’t know how to start?Consider a group organized trip through areputable organization or through anorganization you know others have usedand had good experiences.

The benefit of group travel is that it's rel-atively simple on your part. You basicallyhave to pay and show up on time. If this isreally a new experience for you, look for agroup that offers information tips for newtravelers.

If you’re intrigued to travel, but hesitateto jump into a full one- to two-week trip, tryshorter trips such as day trips or short two-to three-night excursions. These types oftrips will give you a flavor of travel andpossibly encourage you to try a moreadventurous experience later.

2. The unknown is scary — It's OK, goahead and say it, trying new things takesus out of our comfort zones. Again, travel-ing with a group-organized trip with a rep-utable company is a good way to start.Many people don’t like to travel alone andmany in groups are probably doing this forthe first time themselves. Take a breath,jump in and test the water. Looking backand wishing you had done something iseven scarier. And, who knows? You mightlikely find out something about yourself inthe experience!

3. It's too expensive — There are rep-

utable travel companies specializing ingroup trips that will set up monthly pay-ments in advance so your trip is paid whenit's time to go. If you plan ahead for a trip,you can spread out payments with suchcompanies.

There are discounted rates for groupsthat make travel more affordable per per-son than if you were planning and payingfor the trip yourself.

Many travel services are willing to offerdiscounts to a guaranteed group.

And, when you get home, all you have arethe memories!

4. My pets count on me — You're right,they do. The majority of travel providers,restaurants or hotels won't allow you tobring them with you.

If you are enticed by the siren song oftravel for yourself, check with veterinari-ans, pet boarding businesses and possiblyeven a good family member, friend orneighbor.

Some responsible youth interested inmaking some extra spending money maybe the right choice to watch your belovedpet.

Be sure you work with people youalready know and trust; otherwise, board-ing your pet is a safer choice.

Your friends and family may be morethan happy to watch your loved one just toknow that you're out spreading your wingsor in exchange for a thoughtful trinket asthank you gift from your trip. Just askthem.

5. I don't know anybody to travel with— You're in luck! Most likely neither do alarge number of folks who sign up forgroup trips. One appealing aspect of grouptravel is that you’re with people who sharea common interest with you: the call tonew experiences that travel provides.

Consider grabbing an opportunity to goon a memory-making trip moment. Trynew things, meet new people, see thingsyou've always meant to see. Start with aday trip or a short overnight trip. Whoknows?

You may eventually try that big tripyou’ve dreamed about. While discoveringthe world, you may discover somethingabout yourself.

Remember, we’re not promised tomorrowso take the opportunity today to hit theroad, air or high seas.

SENIOR CENTER HAPPENINGS |

A group organized through the Senior Center visited the Black Hills and Devil’s Tower in May. Thosemaking the trip were, front row from left, Carl Link, Trudy Brooks, Jackie Hume, Helen Mitchell,Eileen Rice, Vanna Schwamb, Nancy Wells and Don Wells. Back row from left are, Jean Harm, AlGorzalka (obscured), Eva Bishop, Dianna Hill, Lori Jenson and Kathie Kay.

A memorable RV trip west

In April 2010, my son, Jamie, anddaughter-in-law, Rita, invited me togo on a trip in an RV to California.Jamie, a pilot, flew me from Sheridan

to Salt Lake City where Rita met the twoof us with an RV ready to go.

We were gone for two weeks to see thePacific Ocean and the redwood forests innorthern California.

Our trip began by driving to a boomtown overlooking the Truckee River out-side of Reno, Nev. We drove alongswitchbacks in the Sierra Mountains toFort Bragg, Calif.

While there, we ate seafood at the ele-gant Mendo Bistro; the bistro is locatedupstairs in the old Union Companybuilding which once was an old lumbercompany started in 1891.

Most of the restaurants served onlywine and beer (no liquor) because wewere in wine country.

We saw lots of ocean. Outside of Mendocino, Calif., we took

the RV off the beaten path to get closerto a beach. It was the opening day ofabalone season and there were lots ofseaman.

We saw a sick female sea lion that hadcome up close to our RV. The area con-servationists arrived to put the sea lionin a large kennel.

Jamie helped and Rita took photos ofthe event.

Jamie and I were walking along thebeach on the Pacific one day when wecame to a fresh water stream flowing tothe ocean. Seagulls were flying over-head.

The seagulls would drop down andwash the salt water off their wingsbefore retiring for the evening. Theywouldn’t land to wash until we wentaway.

Traveling north along Highway 101,we went drove through the town ofUriah to the redwood forest where wecamped along the Smith River in theJedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.

We walked through the ChandelierDrive-Thru Red Wood Tree; our RV wastoo large to drive through. We discov-ered that our cell phones would notwork when we were among the trees.

We drove north to Eugene, Ore., to see

my daughter, Tyler,in her new condo-minium. While there,we toured the KingWinery vineyard out-side of Eugene.

It is a very old andbeautiful vineyard.

The main buildinglooks like a castle ontop of a hill. Thevineyards were ter-raced along the hill-side. The salesman

there got to us: before we knew it, wewere walking out of there with twocases of wine!

Heading home, we spent the night in alittle town along the Snake River. Thelast leg of our adventure included avisit with my nephew, Bob Hayden, whotook us for a visit to Antelope Island inUtah. A low cloud cover socked us in forthree days and we could not fly homeuntil the fog lifted.

Jamie flew me home to Sheridanwhere we concluded our adventure witha dinner at the Country Kitchen withGeorge Ewing.

We stayed at KOA campgrounds onour trip. I had never known how won-derful the KOA campgrounds can be.They offer water, electricity and hook-ups for the bathroom. We had a wonder-ful little kitchen in the RV. Jamie andRita cooked fine breakfasts, lunches andsuppers.

I couldn’t get into the RV without mySenior Center exercise class. I couldn’t’climb a dune on the Pacific Coast with-out my Senior Center exercise class. Icouldn’t have gone up a high stairway toa glamorous restaurant without mySenior Center exercise class. I could notgo down a stony path to a river flowingswiftly to the Pacific Ocean without mySenior Center exercise class.

I’d like my next adventure to be a tripto Texas to see my fifth great-grandson,Hank.

GUEST COLUMNIST Mary Burgess is a Sheridan resident. Center Stage is written by friends of the Senior Center for the SheridanCommunity. It is a collection of insights and stories related to living wellat every age.

CENTERSTAGE|Mary BurgessSunday — Herb baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy, beet

salad, mandarin oranges, gingerbread cakeMonday — Ham and pasta salad on lettuce bed, fresh carrotsticks, mixed fruit, pumpkin barTuesday — Taco salad with Mexican beef, cheese chips and salsa,roasted corn, peppers and onions, cantaloupe and honeydew,brownie Wednesday — Buffalo chicken, potato salad, caribbean vegeta-bles, mango muffin, ambrosia fruit cupThursday — Lasagna, French cut green beans, tossed greensalad, garlic bread, cherry crisp. Friday — Hot turkey sandwich, country vegetables, garden boun-ty salad, California fruit, chocolate chip cookieSaturday — Sweet and sour pork, brown rice pilaf, tomatowedges, broccoli slaw, pears, almond bark cookie.

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Not just a man’s job

BY TOM COTTONTHE SHERIDAN PRESS

SHERIDAN — A SheridanHigh School student isshowing that when it comesto welding, it’s not just aman’s world.

Bailey Burr, who will be asenior at SHS next year,was certified as a level 1welder in May, becomingonly the second woman whowas a junior to do that inthe last seven years.

“It just seemed like a coolthing to do,” Burr saidabout the certification,which has a practical use aswell. Level 1 welders canget work as either a begin-ning or apprentice welder.

“It helps with employabil-ity,” said Sheridan HighSchool teacher WardCotton, who has judgedwork for welding certifica-tion for the last seven years.“The biggest thing is that itlets possible employersknow you have alreadypassed the exams.”

To become certified, stu-

dents must score 80 percenton a practical knowledgeexam and at least 90 percenton at a safety exam. Theymust also weld metal thatcan withstand being bentby the judge and not crackor break.

“It was scary at first andwhen it held up I wasn’tsure what to think,” Burrsaid about watching herproject being tested. “I washappy it did.”

Cotton said that 28 SHSstudents tested for theircertification this year andonly five passed the test.Out of those five, threewere seniors and two werejuniors.

“It is rare for juniors topass their certification,”Cotton said. “You needtime. You have to have weld-ed for three years and youhave to be 17. We mostlycertify seniors.”

Burr said it is becomingmore common for women tobecome welders.

“I think that when youare out in the field you see

a lot of different women arein it,” she said.

Cotton echoed Burr’s sen-timent, saying youngwomen as a whole arebecoming more involved invocational classes. He saidhis power mechanics classhas about 45 percent femalestudents and his agricultur-al class consists of 90 per-cent women.

“The girls are steppingout like crazy,” he said.“They are going into fieldsthat were traditionallydominated by males andjust aren’t any more. SHShas done a good job break-ing barriers.”

Cotton said that Burr hasshown a tremendous inter-est in vocational courses,taking almost every oneoffered at Sheridan HighSchool. Burr said her malepeers do not have any prob-lem working with her.

“They think it is prettycool,” she said.

Burr will often do proj-ects on her own such aswelding rails for a truck

bed or working on thebumper of her father’struck and Cotton said Burris not willing to accept lessthan her best.

“She is real critical of herown work,” Cotton said. “If

it is not right, she is tearingit all apart.”

Burr said that she isunsure yet what she will doafter she is done atSheridan High School, butwith this certification she

will have something on herresume that will help herstick out to potentialemployers.

“It says the person goesbeyond the norm andachieves at a higher level,”

‘Queens’ album looks at life after death

BY DERRIK J. LANGAP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER

They’re whiny, materialistic,gossipy and co-dependent. Ifthey weren’t so darn cute, Iwould really hate the little ani-mal people who populate Rooty,a seaside village I inadvertentlybecame mayor of in “AnimalCrossing: New Leaf,” the fourthedition of the adorableNintendo social simulator thatcasts players not just as citizensbut as managers of their owntowns.

“New Leaf ” (Nintendo, for the3DS, $34.99) doesn’t try touproot the humble formulaestablished in previous “AnimalCrossing” video games for otherNintendo systems, focusing onsimple virtual pursuits likechatting with neighbors, catch-ing fish, unearthing fossils, col-lecting furniture and plantingtrees. This time, diving fortreasures has been tossed in.

The biggest addition to “NewLeaf ” is the ability to travel to atropical island where your char-acter can compete against oth-ers in minigames like scavengerhunts or memory tests. Theatoll is also bustling with itsown flora and fauna that can beharvested and imported back toyour village. (Apparently thereare no customs agents in“Animal Crossing.”)

After stepping off the train inRooty, I quickly established abooming farming industry thatbankrolled several public worksprojects to appease the citizen-

ry, which included folks like fit-ness-obsessed eagle Pierce andegotistical pink squirrelPeanut. When they continued todemand more fountains andpark benches, I instead used thefunds to pay off my home loan.

“New Leaf,” just like the other“Animal Crossing” installments,can only be played in real time,meaning your virtual neighborswill still be asleep in their vir-tual beds if you crack openyour 3DS in the middle of thenight, or that virtual nightclubyou helped launch on your vir-tual main street won’t start pop-pin’ until your system’s inter-nal clock strikes 8 p.m.

While the game’s designershave added several new ways toconnect with other mayorsonline, including the ability tovisit other towns by accessingan “Inception”-like dream suite,“New Leaf ” still feels nightmar-ishly old-fashioned when itcomes to connectivity.

I was bummed to learn Icouldn’t bring home all thepeaches I plundered from a citycalled Braska.

With new furniture, fish,bugs, clothes and little animalpeople to addictively discovereach day, “New Leaf ” is morejoyful than “SimCity” and lessmindless than “FarmVille” —no matter if you play for fiveminutes or five hours. It’s toobad there aren’t more dynamicways to uniquely share theexperience with other buddingmayors online. Three stars outof four.

SHS student second woman in seven years to get welding certification as a junior

‘Animal Crossing’charms on 3DS

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) —When Josh Homme sat down towrite the music that wouldbecome Queens of the StoneAge’s long-awaited new album,he found he had nothing to say.Worse, he was vaguely embar-rassed by everything he’d donebefore.

The mind has its dark placesand Homme found himself stuckin some if its blacker recessesafter dying briefly on the operat-ing table during leg surgery in2010.

“One of the things it did for mewas it made music seem almoststupid to me, silly,” Homme said.“For a guy who’s always wor-shipped music — that’s been myreligion — to all the sudden feelfoolish about playing music andto feel it was overblown, dramat-ic, self-absorbed bulls—- thatmeant nothing all the suddenwas strange. So you almost haveto like find your feet again andfind your reason. I guess you justhave to learn everyone getsknocked down, but it’s the stylethat you stand up that’s impor-tant.”

It began with Homme sitting ina room trying to love musicagain. His wife finally got himrolling, convincing him to hitrecord and make the demos thatwould eventually become “ ...Like Clockwork,” the first newalbum for the Grammy-winningLos Angeles-based band since2007. It’s not really like anyQueens of the Stone Age albumyou’ve heard before. It’s dark —OK, darker — and brooding.There are slow, contemplativesongs and the mood is far morevulnerable than on any of theband’s previous five albums.

These changes were evidentfrom the moment Homme began

to write. The first track toemerge was “The Vampyre ofTime and Memory,” which startsoff with a foreboding synthblast, melancholy piano and thewords “I want God to come/andtake me home/cause I’m allalone/in this crowd/who are youto me?/who am I supposed tobe?/not exactly sure anymore.”

“And I hated it because Ithought, ‘Who’s going to want tolisten to this?’” Homme said.“And my wife Brody says, ‘Whocares?’ And I stopped and went,‘Oh, that’s right. Who cares?’”

It was an important break-through, but just the first ofmany he’d have to make as hestruggled to finish the 10 trackson “... Like Clockwork.” It tookfive months of intense frustra-tion and worry. Along the wayHomme lost his drummer, wasbailed out by his best bud DaveGrohl, assisted by an all-star castthat included Queens fan sirElton John, and became evencloser with the guys who made itthrough the heart of darknesswith him.

“It’s a deep record,” said gui-tarist Troy Van Leeuwen, a mem-ber of the band since 2002. “Andwe were in a deep, dark placeand things weren’t going likeclockwork at all. That’s, ofcourse, the ironic part of namingyour record ‘... Like Clockwork.’”

It took Homme a long time toget to the place where he wantedto share, and when he finally did,he found the difficulties werejust beginning.

The 40-year-old father of twotypically carries a rock godsmirk on stage and his musicseemed to reflect a bare-knuckle,take-no-bull attitude.

Even when dealing with heav-ier themes, Van Leeuwen said,

the group would often go forcheekiness or up-tempo sarcasmslathered in sludgy rock bom-bast. You can count the numberof slow songs in the band’s backcatalog on one finger.

There are still a number ofbare biceps moments on the newalbum, but it mostly skewstoward textures on the blackcrushed velvet end of the spec-trum.

“I know the guys really wantedto make a record,” Homme said,“and I just had to tell them,‘Look, I’m kind of lost in a fogand if you want to make a recordyou’ve got to come to me’ —meaning you’ve got to walk intothe fog — ‘because I can’t cometo you.’ It felt like putting backtogether a puzzle but the puzzlewas a broken bottle and therewere 5,000 pieces.”

Just how those pieces fit wassometimes baffling. How do yourepresent an uplifting feeling?How do you represent feelingcompletely missing?

Complicating things was thedeparture of drummer JoeyCastillo after 10 years with theband. Grohl, Foo Fighters frontman and adjunct member of theband, stepped in to help finishthe sessions. And an all-star castof guests that included John,Trent Reznor, Scissor Sisterssinger Jake Shears and formerQueens bassist Nick Oliverihelped keep sessions rolling for-ward when things got bleak.

“Just one day you’re partingways with your drummer of 10years, two days later we’re play-ing with Dave and two days laterwe’re playing with Elton Johnand that’s six days,” Hommesaid. “You feel almost like pin-balled around. It’s a manic, dra-matic six days.”

Bailey Burr is the second woman in the last seven years who as a Sheridan High School junioracheived her level 1 welding certification. She has been taking welding classes at SHS for the pastthree years.

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