Belvidere in the National News!.....

(Need anything while visiting Belvidere? Well I just bet you can
find it at Grandma's. Except for smut magazines.)

The national media has picked up on the upcoming Evolution vs Culinary Design trial set to take place at old Junk Powell's station next month. Here is the article from our very own Ye Olde Nebraskian!

"Belvidere, Nebraska(UD) -- Home Economics teacher Fran Gill has refused to read a statement about culinary design before her lesson on the origin of modern recipes. While national attention has focused on the events in Dover, Pennsylvania regarding the teaching of evolution, a small public school in Nebraska is having it's own battle.

In 2004, the Belvidere school board which consists of Spooner Jenkins who is also the mayor, fire chief, and deliverer of copies of the Ye Olde Nebraskian to 42 of the 43 houses every Sunday, voted unanimously to approve the forced teaching of culinary design(CD) in the town's one room schoolhouse. The 43rd house in this picturesque community belongs to Maynard Wilks who refuses to subscribe to the statewide newspaper because of a long running feud with Myrna Miller, his neighbor and winner of the town bake-off 53 years running. When asked for more specific reasons he muttered, "No good Myrna Miller and her dagnab peach cobbler. Tastes like 3-day-old biscuits if you asked me!".

This red brick building, which has been used as the town school since Randy Watson's Chicken Taco Casserole stand went bankrupt in 1983, employs 1/2 of the town's population. The other half are farmers and/or farming assistants. There are 3 students, Jimron Watkins, Susabell Watkins, and Jimron Watkins Jr., each of which are currently taking Home Economics 101 which has always been a popular course with students and teachers. Other courses offered at the school are Tractor Repair I, II, and Advanced Tractor Theory; Wheat; Corn; Cow Parts; The Art of Taxidermy; Careers in Soil Management; UFO Abduction Basics; Whuppin; and Algebra.

Most chefs and food scientists accept that modern recipes have, over billions of years, come to exist in their current form through a series of random ingredient additions resulting in more palatable combinations. Recipes more pleasing to the taste had a better chance of surving while those which offended the taste buds were cast aside. Of note the Theory of Dietary Evolution does not comment on the origin of the first recipe although this is an area of extreme scientific interest. It does, with over a hundred years of solid scientific investigation to support it, explain how early recipes consisting of the most basic ingredients such as salt and pepper evolved into such modern entities as Baked Alaska and Chicken-Vegetable Kabobs.

Culinary Design supporters claim that the true evidence actually points toward an intelligent creator of modern recipes. And they disagree with those skeptics who feel that they have a religious agenda. "They are just trying to force god, or the holy chef as they like to call him, into our public schools!", Floyd Watkins, father of Jimron Watkins, grandfather of Jimron Watkins Jr., and school janitor, gym teacher, hall monitor, and busdriver was heard to say by Jethro Laney, town car washer, sheriff, and head cook at Ronda's $2 dollar cafe where every item on the menu is $2 except for the World Famous $3 Dollar Meatloaf. When I pointed out the redundancy, Ronda growled, "The sign says 3 buck so that's what you gotta pay for it!".

So will this growing controversy tear the peaceful town of Belvidere, Nebraska apart? Will the expected influx of the media and other strange city folk affect the good natured attitude Belvidere is famous for. Only time and an upcoming trial will tell. The residents have called in lawyers from nearby Carleton, Nebraska, population 136, to represent the opposing sides on this issue. Carleton will send it's two lawyers, both of whom will soon be graduates of the Correspondence College of Tampa's Lawyer School. This will surely be a clash of titanic proportions.

Copyright 2006 Unintelligent Design. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed."

Belvidere is finally back on the map. This will be the best thing that has happened to our city since Jimron Watkins found the Jesus Tortilla. Those who can doubt His miracles after seeing that are for the devil! We'll have our work cut out for us getting ready for all those fancified city folk. I reckon this town could use a fresh coat of paint.

Sincerely,
Spooner Jenkins









(The Belvidere Jesus Tortilla)

Country Craft and Flea Market.....

(The Thayer County Museum in Belvidere, Nebraska)

There's lots to do in Belvidere, especially in the Fall. On October 1st of every year since 1950, the Thayer County Museum has been the home of the Belvidere Country Craft and Flea Market. Literally tens of booths will be there selling hand made items and antiques, as well as a number of various attractions such as apple bobbing, cow weight guessing, horse weight guessing, and more.

Lil Jim Barton and the Belvidere Playboys will be there as usual. You won't want to miss their refreshing fusion of bluegrass and rock and roll. And you heard it here first folks, Big Jim Barton is out of jail and back on washboard for the band. Who will win the dance competition this year? You'll have to be there to find out.


(Pictured corn dog stand not actually in Belvidere,Nebraska)

Something that the good folks of Belvidere and surrounding communities like Carleton and Strang pride themselves on is great food. And you will find no better example of the kind of cuisine that southeastern Nebraska is famous for than at the Country Craft and Flea Market. Don't be suprised if you see a familar face returning to tempt us with their delectable vittles. That's right, Randy Watson is back with a brand new style of preparing hot dogs. Corned! What will they think of next. Will Myrna Miller's fantastic peach cobbler win an unprecedented 54th consecutinve town bake-off. Not if Maynard Wilks has anything to say about it.

Don't miss a minute of the excitement. And while you are here be sure to walk around the beautiful town of Belvidere. You might not want to leave.


Sincerely,
Spooner Jenkins
Mayor of Belvidere