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East End Park Inclusive Play Area Tickling Our Tastebuds
Ribbon Cutting
The Town of Thurmont and the Catoctin Area Civitan Club will be by Denise Valentine
hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrating the completion of Phase 1 Hello, everyone! With the month of May, comes two very special holidays:
of the East End Park Inclusive Play Area. The ceremony will take place on Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. The recipe I am going to share this month is a
Saturday, May 13, 2017, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the park, located at 804 simple, yet scrumptious bar cookie. It actually looks like it may be pretty difficult to
East Main Street in Thurmont (behind the Thurmont Senior Center). make, but only because it has lots of layers.
This recipe would be great for Mother’s Day! The children could help prepare the
The new playground was designed and installed by Playground Specialists, recipe by adding the ingredients that create the layers. These are elegant looking bar
Inc. from Thurmont. The playground allows for children of all abilities to cookies, and when Mom finds out that the children created them, it will be an even
play together without obstacles or constraints. There are two more phases better day for her.
scheduled as soon as funding can be obtained by the Town and the local The last “optional” layer for your “Magic Cookie Bars” is a second flavor of chips
Civitan Club. The first phase of the project cost over $70,000, with all of the (butterscotch or vanilla, for example). I have also used seasonal colored candy-coated
funding coming from a Program Open Space grant, obtained by the Town, chocolate pieces (usually you can find red, white, and blue colors in May), and if you
and a Civitan International Grant, obtained by the local Civitan Club. The would add those on top, it will be the perfect addition to your Memorial Day picnic.
final two phases are estimated to cost over $200,000 to complete the one-of- Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Memorial Day!
a-kind project. Magic Cookie Bars
“We are very happy to be able
to partner with the Catoctin Area
Civitan Club on such a wonderful
project. Our goal is to get the grant
funding to complete the remaining
two phases in the next six to
twelve months,” said Thurmont
Commissioner Wayne Hooper.
We Invite You to Share Your Ingredients: 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Good News!
½ cup butter, melted 1 cup different flavor of chips and/or
• [email protected] • 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs candy-coated chocolate pieces
• Message Line 240-288-0108 • 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• Fax 301-447-2946 • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (3½ oz.) can flaked coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 for a glass dish). Place melted butter in a 9
x 13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour sweetened condensed
milk evenly over crumbs. Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the condensed
milk; then top with the coconut flakes. You may then top with chopped nuts if
you choose, and then a different flavor of chips than used previously and/or the
colored candy-coated chocolate pieces. Press down gently. Bake 25 to 30 min-
utes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars. Store loosely
covered at room temperature.
East End Park Inclusive Play Area Tickling Our Tastebuds
Ribbon Cutting
The Town of Thurmont and the Catoctin Area Civitan Club will be by Denise Valentine
hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony, celebrating the completion of Phase 1 Hello, everyone! With the month of May, comes two very special holidays:
of the East End Park Inclusive Play Area. The ceremony will take place on Mother’s Day and Memorial Day. The recipe I am going to share this month is a
Saturday, May 13, 2017, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the park, located at 804 simple, yet scrumptious bar cookie. It actually looks like it may be pretty difficult to
East Main Street in Thurmont (behind the Thurmont Senior Center). make, but only because it has lots of layers.
This recipe would be great for Mother’s Day! The children could help prepare the
The new playground was designed and installed by Playground Specialists, recipe by adding the ingredients that create the layers. These are elegant looking bar
Inc. from Thurmont. The playground allows for children of all abilities to cookies, and when Mom finds out that the children created them, it will be an even
play together without obstacles or constraints. There are two more phases better day for her.
scheduled as soon as funding can be obtained by the Town and the local The last “optional” layer for your “Magic Cookie Bars” is a second flavor of chips
Civitan Club. The first phase of the project cost over $70,000, with all of the (butterscotch or vanilla, for example). I have also used seasonal colored candy-coated
funding coming from a Program Open Space grant, obtained by the Town, chocolate pieces (usually you can find red, white, and blue colors in May), and if you
and a Civitan International Grant, obtained by the local Civitan Club. The would add those on top, it will be the perfect addition to your Memorial Day picnic.
final two phases are estimated to cost over $200,000 to complete the one-of- Happy Mother’s Day and Happy Memorial Day!
a-kind project. Magic Cookie Bars
“We are very happy to be able
to partner with the Catoctin Area
Civitan Club on such a wonderful
project. Our goal is to get the grant
funding to complete the remaining
two phases in the next six to
twelve months,” said Thurmont
Commissioner Wayne Hooper.
We Invite You to Share Your Ingredients: 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)
Good News!
½ cup butter, melted 1 cup different flavor of chips and/or
• [email protected] • 1½ cups graham cracker crumbs candy-coated chocolate pieces
• Message Line 240-288-0108 • 1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
• Fax 301-447-2946 • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (3½ oz.) can flaked coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees (325 for a glass dish). Place melted butter in a 9
x 13 inch baking pan. Sprinkle crumbs over butter; pour sweetened condensed
milk evenly over crumbs. Sprinkle the chocolate chips evenly over the condensed
milk; then top with the coconut flakes. You may then top with chopped nuts if
you choose, and then a different flavor of chips than used previously and/or the
colored candy-coated chocolate pieces. Press down gently. Bake 25 to 30 min-
utes or until lightly browned. Cool. Chill if desired. Cut into bars. Store loosely
covered at room temperature.
