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2 Cbc Clarioii'ILcDgcr 10' 1979 Making syrup a tradition for Kyzar family Mississippi woman, 34, shot, killed in Louisiana BOGALUSA, La. (AP) Police in Washington Parish, La. say they are looking into the shooting death of a 34-year-old Mississippi woman. Parish deputies said Mrs. Ellen Mae Prlne of Columbia was killed Saturday, apparently by a gunshot wound to the head.

An auutopsy was ordered, deputies said. Deputies said Sunday the case was under investigation and declined to give further details. Mm 1 1 Aait" By BILL Ml'LLEN ClariM ledger Bruukluvr tart BROOKHAVEN Thick and sweet and begging for biscuits. That's homemade cane syrup, a dying delicacy in many parts of the country, but a trademark and tradition of the Robert Kyzar family in the East Lincoln community. "My family has been making syrup for as" far back as I can remember," Kyzar said.

"It's something that's been handed down through the generations." Proof of that can be found in a jar of syrup made in 1906. "My great aunt. Lessie Kyzar. still has the full bottle as it was made by my daddy's uncle," Kyzar said. Going back further, he pointed to an old sugar mill beside his more modern one that dates back to the 1780s.

"That mill has been in the family for ages," he said. "It's called an old cane mill. No. 12. and It belonged to my wife's granddaddy." Kyzar, 47, said he learned to make cane syrup when he was about 7 or 8.

His five sons and grandson are intent on carrying on the tradition, he says. "The reason we still grow our own cane and make our own syrup is because you can't find it as good as this anymore," he said, dipping a spoon tmo a Mason jar full of thick syrup. "And we love to fool with it too." Kyzar said modern society is the reason there are so few homemade syrup-makers today. "Every community used to have its own cane mill," he said. "Once a year, everybody would gather and produce their own syrup in a group effort.

Now everybody's time is so limited that they're just unable to fool with it." However, those who've tasted Kyzar's syrup always seem to find the time to request a gallon or two. "We made about 200 gallons this year, which is about average for us," he said. "We kept about 10 gallons for our own use and sold the rest." Kyzar said the cane is usually cut in late October or early November, depending on the weather. "You have to strip it, cut it and then replant it before a killing frost," he said. The syrup should be made within one to two weeks I fcw fcv vn tmmmt Famous Scalp Specialist Tells R.iImtI Kiiir and mm WiihIiII kf.p atrh mi llif lirrwin can- juu-.

Truth About Saving Falling Hair The juice takes a route from the mill to a barrel, then downhill through a plastic pipe into an evaporator where it is cooked. "As it goes out of the mill, it is strained through a burlap sack and also through a screen as it runs out of the bottom of the barrel into the pipe," Kyzar said. While it cooks, the foam that gathers on top of the juice is constantly skimmed off with a large spoon-type utensil appropriately called a skimmer. Skimming the juice is important, Kyzar said, because, "the syrup will be ropey and lumpy if you don't skim it." The fire underneath the evaporator is fed with oak or pine blocks. "You fire up or pinch down the fire according to how thick you want the syrup," Kyzar said.

When the juice has reached the de sired thickness, Kyzar pulls a peg from the side of the evaporator, allowing the syrup to strain through a flour sack into a bucket. He added that there are two ways to tell when the juice is no longer juice, but mclasses. "You can tell if it's molasses by the way it looks as It flows. Then if it doesn't drip off a skimmer, it's molasses." he said. "You have to be careful about how long you cook it," he warned.

"If you let it cook too long it will taste like sugar or maybe it will even have a scorched taste. "There is no definite or set time for cooking it," he added. "You just have to know by looking at it." And has history has proved, the Ky-zars know it when they look at "good-enough" syrup. after the cane has been cut. "We work for about a week from sunup to sundown making the syrup," he said, "and we make about 60 to 70 gallons a day." Kyzar said rainfall affects his productivity.

"If it rains a lot more than usual, more water will get into the cane and then it takes more time to cook it. It will cook faster if there is not much water in it." He starts the process by feeding cane into his mill, a contraption that resembles the one made in the 1700s. "The technique is still the same," he said, "although I don't know of any company that still makes the mills." The procedure is relatively simple, Kyzar explained. "You feed the cane into the mill, then the mules go around and squeeze the juice out." hair to the thousands who are desperately looking for help, the firm is sending specialists to various cities throughout the United States to conduct consultation and start home treatment. Hopeless Cases Refused No Cure AlL.We have no cure-all for slick, shiny baldness.

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He wants the land commission staff to supervise the leasing of property used secretary ot state to direct the commission office. He also hopes the Legislature will give more responsibility to the land Demise, from page IB transferred to the office of the secretary of state. Ainsworth hopes Secretary of State-elect Ed Pittman will name an assistant These private individual! consultations will be heldi at the Holiday Inn-South-1 west. 2649 U.S. 80 on Tuesday.

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That would allow students to keep the books permanently, rather than just checking them out. Title I requires that the books be reused, but Hill said the school district would like to see the students keep the books so they can re-read them later. Allowing the students to keep the books might also encourage their parents and other relatives to read by providing books for the home, Hill said. behind this treatment; it all depends on the individual client's faithful observation of a few simple rules." How's Your Hair? district so it can provide supplementary instruction in mathematics and reading- language skills for students who need to improve their academic abilities in those areas. Kathy Barksdale, Lanier Title I media coordinator, said she uses New Wings in a home reading program she has developed for her students.

In the program, the students sign a contract, agreeing to read at home for at least 10 minutes daily. Mrs. Barksdale said she encourages the students to read New Wings or books that are discussed in the newspaper at home. She also said she has various tapes available on subjects that are related to the books. For example, there are tapes on black history that would in- terest a student who is reading Roots.

Contis said another prime goal is the involvement of parents in the education of their children. The students are encouraged to take New Wings home with them and let their parents read it also. Edith Perry, Title I home-school coordinator, said she has conducted several meetings with parents of children at the two schools. Many of the parents don't have books and magazines at home, so they have been encouraged to check out books also, she said. Swinton Hill, assistant superintendent for instructional services in the Jackson public schools, said the school district hopes to get a federal grant under the "Reading is Fundamental" program in New Wings, from page IB said her students have already begun writing paragraphs about things they read in New Wings.

Jacqueline Leggett, Title I reading coordinator at Lanier, said students are selecting the books they have read about in New Wings for book reports and reading assignments in other classes. She said reading New Wings has prompted students to talk more about books and reading in general, and even has some students reading books not mentioned in the newspaper. The approximately 500 students using New Wings in the two Jackson schools are all Title I students. The federal Title I program provides funds to the school If it worries you, just go to the Holiday inn-Jouinwesi, 2659 U.S. 80 on Tuesday.

December 11, from P.M. Ask for Mr. R.L. Seeders. Or phone 355 3472.

No appointment nec Hill said the school district plans to bring some authors into the classrooms during the spring, so students can talk to them about the books they have read. Hopefully, that too, might encourage the students to write, Contis said. essary. Interviews are giv en in private wun no possible embarrassment. Uptight Set Today's Clarion-lidgir Comics Siction.

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