The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 11

If he Salina Journal Thursday, November 25,1993 11 Travelers hit road and skies back up to I BO percent of flights By The Associated Press People heading from here to there (for Thanksgiving on Wednesday, the Ration's busiest travel day, found American Airlines rebounding from i crippling strike and United Airlines vorking to ride out a slowdown. But some found themselves slowed by record cold, snow-covered roads jind weather-related airport delays. Nearly 29 million people were expected to be traveling for the holiday. American had at least 80 percent of lights back in action after a four-day light attendants strike that ended londay. It expected to return to its schedule today.

"Life is much better today than it been the last five," airline pokesman John Raymond said. "There was a lot of anxiety, but it feels good," said Will Riss, vho flew American from Washington's National Airport to Sav- Jnnah, Ga. "It's like getting tor- lured. When it's all over, it feels even Tietter than it was before." A mass of cold air pressing down rom Canada spread record lows bcross the Northwest, and snow fell Across the northern Plains and upper Mississippi Valley Many highways in South Dakota vere snow-covered and slippery. flights at Denver's Stapleton Inter- ational Airport were delayed 45 ainutes to an hour during the morn- ng by 2 to 3 inches of snow, spokes- nan Greg Baker said.

More than a ot of snow accumulated in parts of olorado. At Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, rain restricted flights to 72 i hour instead of the normal 80, said federal Aviation Administration pokesman Mort Edelstein. tEdelstein said the labor slowdown United caused no delays, but Mihael Peat of the International As- pciation of Machinists disagreed. Peat said delays at O'Hare were' 'a heavier than normal" because nited's ground crews worked The labor and weather problems fade some holiday travelers wary. Clinton gives first pardon to Thanksgiving turkey The Associated Press Ferd Ruegg and his family have been living in a converted bus since losing their home to the flood.

Little thanks Flood drains spirit from Mississippi River town By The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Clinton granted his first presidential pardon Wednesday to a squawking 50-pound turkey as the White House began the holiday season. The president and first lady also went to a church to help prepare Thanksgiving dinner for homeless families. Following a tradition begun in 1947 by President Truman, Clinton accepted a well-behaved, white- feathered turkey from the National Turkey Federation in a ceremony in the Rose Garden. The bird gobbled and squawked and poked its head at fourth-grade children in the audience, but then rested quietly when it was lifted onto a table for Clinton's inspection. The bird and a companion: brought to the White House as backup will go to a petting zoo in; Northern Virginia rather than wind up on a Thanksgiving dinner plate.

"Somebody pointed out this morning that this may not be the only turkey I've had in my administration but this is one I will certainly set free," he joked. "It is my first presidential pardon." Clinton laughed about the ceremony of a president accepting a turkey. "So many of my predecessors have participated in the ridiculous aspects of it, I felt right at home," the president said. "I actually didn't mind it. I think it's kind of funny.

It's an annual ritual." ByJIMSALTER The Associated Press POLE dining room table where Ferd Ruegg would have carved his Thanksgiving turkey lies in a-heap. The television that would have shown parades and football games is smashed against a wall of his condemned house. "The only thing I'm going to be thankful for is that we're moving to the hills, away from the river," said the 44-year-old Ruegg, his determined composure wavering. He and his wife, Mary, and a son are living in a renovated school bus as they wait to build a house to replace the one lost to last summer's flood. Their seven grown children, most of whom lived within shouting distance, are scattered.

It's been nearly five months since the great Midwestern floods. Dozens of people died and thousands of families were displaced. Whole towns were virtually obliterated. One of those towns was Foley, a community of mostly white frame houses about 50 miles north of St. Louis.

All but two or three of the 75 homes were damaged, Mary Ruegg said. Sadder still, the flood seemed to drown the town's spirit. Only a couple dozen of Foley's 200 residents have returned since the waters receded in August, she said. Before the flood, most of the Ruegg clan lived on 12 acres in the Foley Bottoms, about a mile from the Mississippi. The Rueggs and their 26-year-old son, Ferd III, lived in the main house Ferd Ruegg's grandfather built in 1935.

Their twin 18-year-old daughters, another son and an 80-year-old boarder lived in the surrounding cabins. In June, the Mississippi began to rise. Eventually, 15 feet of water covered all but the roof of the main house. "And fish were eating my garden," Mary Ruegg said. Not wanting to leave the property, the Rueggs tied a pontoon to a tree in the front yard and moved on board.

In September, it began getting too cold at night to stay there, so Ferd Ruegg began fixing up the old school bus he'd bought years ago for deer-hunting trips. "When it really gets depressing is at night when that bus gets ice-cold," Mary Ruegg said. The bus is heated with a small gas furnace she bought with $250 she won playing the lottery. "That's about the only good luck we've had lately." We're very grateful for the good fortune we have enjoyed this year, thanks to you, our faithful customers and employees. We wish everyone a most wonderful Thanksgiving.

Olsten Staffing 122 N. Santa Fe, Suite 826-9222 urkey talk tickles funny bone By KATHERINE SELIGMAN San Francisco Examiner eard about the lady who wanted know if her Thanksgiving turkey iras edible after her cat batted it ound the attic while it was up there awing? What about the guy who defrosted bird by dressing it in a T-shirt, lipping in a brick and plopping it mto a pot of water? It's that time again. And the army home economists at the nation's rkey-advice hotlines have heard hem all. 'All the ladies who work here are professionally trained," said Jean Schnelle, head of Butterball's Turkey alk Line, where you have to attend vhat's called Butterball U. before you can be a turkey phone jockey.

are patient and sweet by nature and training. When one lady called to ask what she should do with that were green and slimy, home economist just kept her poise." "Advice lines run by Butterball, the J.S. Department of Agriculture and Coster Farms are jammed with questions from the turkey eating public. The National Turkey Fede- Iration estimates we'll eat 75 million "When one lady called to ask what to do with leftovers that were green and slimy, the home economist just kept her poise." Jean Schnelle, Butterball's Turkey Talk Line birds this Thanksgiving. And many of us still don't have the faintest idea how to cook them, according to hotline operators.

Butterball, which considers its advice service the "grandmother" of the toll-free turkey lines, is expecting at least 230,000 calls in November and December. The USDA thinks it will weigh in with about 20,000. Foster Farms will get about 2,400 a month during the holidays. The most commonly asked questions: how to thaw a turkey; the proper cooking temperature; how to use a meat thermometer; and how to achieve that perfect brown exterior without making the interior taste like cotton. There are always people who want to know if they should take off the plastic wrapper (yes), if the turkey that's been in their freezer the past year is still good (it depends) and whether they can just put the turkey NEW USED SPORTS GEAR FORTHE HOLIDAYS! PLOV IT on a rack and turn on the oven (use a pan if you don't want to start a ire).

Butterball and Foster Farms as well as some grocery chains like Safeway give out recipes. The USDA considers its job primarily food safety, so it doesn't offer cooking advice except, if you're desperate, a pamphlet called "Talking about Turkey." Business has burgeoned on all the lines in recent years. Whether that is because of the public's love affair with 800 numbers or a greater ignorance of basic cooking skills is anyone's guess. They also are getting more calls from men. An operator at the USDA said her male callers want detailed information.

"Many times when men cook they are a little more elaborate in their recipes than women, so their questions reflect this," she said. SPECIAL THANKSGIVING HOURS ONLY FRI. SAT. SUN. CHECK OUR SELECTION OF GOLF CLUBS ACCESSORIES.

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