Halloween

Oct 25 2012

Makes 24

1 package (18.25 ounces) devil’s food or yellow cake mix
2 (2.1 ounces each) Nestlé Butterfinger Candy Bars, chopped
1 container (16 ounces) prepared vanilla frosting
1 cup (6 ounces) Nestlé Toll House Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
1 small tube white decorator icing or gel
1 package (1.38 ounces)  Nestlé Goobers Milk Chocolate-Covered Peanuts
 

Oct 31 2011

Cross streets only at intersections

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—With little ghosts and goblins heading out into the night for tricks and treats, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation is offering some safety tips to keep everyone safe this Halloween.

Here are some guidelines for demonstrating safe pedestrian behavior as children walk through neighborhoods today and tonight.

Oct 5 2011

Easy halloween cookie cups

Halloween! Every year the kid in me eagerly anticipates celebrating this festive autumn holiday. I enjoy conjuring up a ghostly good time for family and friends.

Gather ghouls and boys for a Halloween spread of spooktacular goodies and graveyard fun:
* Make it a BOO-fet, setting the table for serve-yourself ease.

* Finger foods make it easy: deviled eggs, crackers and cheese, veggie dippers and favorite dips, Spiderweb Munch and Easy Halloween Cookie Cups.

Oct 3 2011

Saving your smile this holiday season

As each October creeps up on Cindy Flanagan, DDS, MAGD, spokesperson for the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), her mind always wanders to the amount of sweets both children and adults will be consuming during the last few months of the year.

“Too many sweets can cause a spooky mouth,” says Dr. Flanagan. “People have the tendency to graze on the sugary treats lying around the house during the holidays, and this increases the likelihood of cavities.”

Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Dec 2 2010

Holiday traditions of the oppressor

It is that time of year when families cook delicious soul food feasts, when mothers and fathers storm the stores early in the morning and late after work for children’s gifts, and when everyone decorates their homes with seasonal items like fall colors and Christmas trees.

Holidays in America are times of celebration, family, and White people.

What do White people have to do with holidays?

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.