Friday, February 7th, 2014

Masoma County’s first Town Hall was held on Monday, February 3 with a room full of eager residents waiting to hear what new and exciting ideas were to be presented at the meeting. Holding the meeting was Lighthouse Estates owner, Christina van Aken and Cherry Falls Mayor, Jillian Pevensey. Mayor Pevensey announced the building aspect of the sims were completed and the focus was now being turned to RPing and Mingling. New additions to the towns were discussed and the following is a sneak peak at what has opened and what is coming soon in Masoma County.

*The Corner Pub, Sports Bar and Grill is under new management. Steve Passeriello and Kate Charley have taken over those duties.

*Dr. Dev Rayvn has opened up her clinic to the public. Residents are urged to come and visit when check ups are needed. Dr. Rayvn is also hiring nurses and EMT’s at the clinic. Please contact her or William Rayvn for more information

*Mayor Pevensey mentioned at the meeting that Cherry Falls will be holding a job fair. Please contact Mayor Jilliam Pevensey for details and a list of current job openings.

*Questions arose about a possible school in town. Due to some successful high schools at other sims, a pre K through 8th grade school is in the works. Look for this to be going up within 1 to 2 months! There is a daycare available in Cherry Falls and all Masoma County residents do receive a discounted tuition rate! Contact Jazelle for more information on the daycare.

*Fire Chief, Michael Pevensey announced the Fire Department is hiring. Please contact the fire chief for more information!

*The police department is also hiring. For more information on current positions, please contact Chief Ama or Commissioner Tar.

*Questions came up about drivers licenses in Masoma county. Licenses are currently in the works and will be announced when residents need to get theirs done.

*Every drive around town and hit a sim crossing that you didn’t know was there? Masoma County officials are working on posting a warning when residents are approaching sim crossings.

*Lodge/camping areas are now up and running and taking reservations for vacation bookings!! Residents receive a reduced fee!

*Home Security-many residents brought up the worries about their home security and how anyone can just go in their home. Officals stated that residents can set their parcels to “Group Only”. Ban lines are not allowed but if invaders do become a problem, residents are urged to ban them or file a complaint with Christina van Aken or Jillian Pevensey.

*Fun activities are coming up soon! Bowlling alley, volleyball courts, children’s clothing shop, resident events and block parties are also encourgaged!




With the kind heart and helping hand of Dr. Dev Rayvn and EMT, William Rayvn, residents in Masoma County will get the best possible medical care around. The clinic offers a spacious waiting room, x-ray room and an overnight room in case residents require urgent care or possible overnight stays. The clinic will be expanding it’s OBGYN facilities in the near future and families will be able to get immediate attention. The clinic offers seasonal flu shots as well. With a great looking Astaro TPF Ambulance, William Rayvn is quick to get to residents who need emergency care. Residents are in for some great help with medical care. Any questions, please contact Dr. Dev Rayvn or EMT, Willam Rayvn. The clinic is located across from the movie theatre. Stop on by to check out the new facility and to meet with our neighborhood doctor!








CURRENT RP POSITIONS AVAILABLE
From the Desk of Lighthouse Estates Mayor Christina Van Aken  

CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS AND RP OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE LIGHTHOUSE ESTATES OF MASOMA COUNTY.  

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN RP'N ANY OF THE FOLLOWING POSITIONS, PLEASE BE AWARE OF THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO APPLYING.  

1 - ALL RPERS WILL BE IN CHARACTER IN LOCAL AT ALL TIMES , IMS ARE FOR OOC CHAT.  
2 - ANYONE WHO TAKES OVER A LOCATION OR POSITION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT ROLEPLAY.  MAKE IT YOUR OWN.  
3 - ALL RP LOCATIONS ARE FULLY EQUIPPED FOR THE INITIAL RP, EACH MANAGER OF THE LOCATION WILL ALSO RECEIVE FREE 50 PRIMS TO BE USED FOR RP PURPOSES AS WELL AS A SPECIFIED TAG FOR REZ ABILITY AND NOTICE CREATIONS.
4 - ALL LOCATION MANAGERS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, WE ARE NOT HERE TO HAND OUT TITLES AND HAVE NOTHING DONE WITH THE RP AND EVERYONE ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE RUNNING THE LOCATION.  IF NO RP HAS COME TO LIGHT ON THE LOCATION WITHIN 2 WEEKS, YOU WILL BE REMOVED FROM MANAGING THAT RP.
5 - THIS IS A RL BASED RP SIM THAT IS CHILD AVI FRIENDLY, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND WITH YOUR RP.  

ANY QUESTIONS , PLEASE CONTACT THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN YOU RP IN WITH QUESTIONS:
LIGHTHOUSE ESTATES : MAYOR CHRISSY VAN AKEN AND MAYOR TARTARUS VAN AKEN
CHERRY FALLS ESTATES: MAYOR JILLIAN PEVENSEY

------------------RP LOCATIONS AVAILABLE ---------------
1 - OFFICE AVAILABLE (TOWN ATTORNEY, ACCOUNTANT, PSYCOLOGIST) YOU PICK THE RP) - DOWNTOWN LIGHTHOUSE LAKE
2 -  COUNTY FD & PD - DOWNTOWN LIGHTHOUSE LAKE
3 - WASTE MANAGEMENT - DOWNTOWN LIGHTHOUSE LAKE
4 - MAIN ST MARKET - GROCERY MANAGER/CLERK
5 - TAKEN
6- MAIN STREET CINEMA - DOWNTOWN LIGHTHOUSE LAKE



AVAILABLE PROPERTIES

Available Properties as of 1-31-14:

Ligthhouse Estates:

2997 LAKE STREET - 3 brd , 1 bath, large water front home, large yard - 1000 prim

13 Breakers Crt  - 3bd, 1 bath, large waterfront home w/ large yard - 1000 prims

199 BEACH ST - 3bd , 1 bath, large waterviews home with great yard. - 1000 prim

1A, 1B & 1C  HARBOR WAY - three available boathouses right in the harbor - 400 prims

also available is THE LIGHTHOUSE INN, right on the boardwalk for those nights you want to get away from home or take the family on a mini vacation to the beach .  - 25 prims




HAX/MOHEN

Congratulations to Lord “Mo” Mohen and Emily Hax on their engagement. Mo, the local Masoma County district attorney will be marrying his best friend, Masoma Daily News Editor, Emily Hax. The couple and their daughter, Kaly Mohen, are excited to move on in this new chapter in their SL’s and are planning a fun and exciting wedding with a date to be announced soon!


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Happy RL or SL Birthday wishes to the following:

None reported this week



No deaths to report in Masoma County. This makes us happy!





Once upon a time a long time ago a farmer had a pond .. it was a lovely pond with lots of reeds and fishes .. all the animals in the farmyard would gather at the pond to drink and chatter.. and the ducks would swim on the pond .. diving and circling .. splashing and quacking .... Quack Quack!

...one of the ducks was a special duck , she was a mommy duck .. what do you think her name was ?

she was called Mommy Duck .. mommy duck was special because she had a nest and in that nest were some eggs four eggs .... like this one .. two ..three .. four .. and they were lovely eggs .. green and speckled all excepting one .. one egg .. was big and creamy and Mommy Duck was very proud of her big egg ..

Every day Mommy Duck would turn her eggs and then she would shuffle onto the nest and sit there very proudly .. fluffing her feathers ..

Then one day .. one of the eggs began to crackle .. and a tiny hole appeared and then a tiny beak .. and then a tiny head and soon the egg split in two and there was a tiny little duck all yellow and fluffy and Mommy Duck was very happy .. what do you think she called her tiny new baby ?

She called him baby ducky .. and he was smart little duck and not long after another egg started to hatch and then a third egg .. all of the eggs hatched .. all excepting the special egg .. the special big egg didn't hatch yet .. but Mommy Duck was a good mommy and she sat patiently on her egg and cuddled her three babies about her waiting for her last egg to hatch ..

The next day the big egg started to crackle and soon a tiny beak appeared and then a head and then a little body .. but it wasn't a little fluffy yellow baby like the other three duckies .. this baby was grey and stubbly and it's neck was too long and it's feet were too big and .. it was rather a sketch to be truthful.. but Mommy Duck didn't care she loved her new baby just like the other three ..

Later that day Mommy Duck gathered her babies about her,, and now my little sweetie .. she told them, I am going to teach you to swim .. it was a very strange looking ducky ..not at all like the duckies you have in your bath ..
but all the same .. Mommy Duck was proud of her babies and so it was that she led them down to the pond .. Mommy Duck waddled ahead and behind her in a neat little line were her babies .. one , two , three .. and four.. .. Quack Quack said mommy duck .. peep peep went the babies all excepting number four and he was rather quiet ..
when they arrived at the pond Mommy Duck ushered her babies towards the other animals .. look look she said .. see my new family .. these are my new babies aren't they sweet ?.. Yes agreed the other animals all excepting that one .. and they all pointed at number four .. he's ugly .. look at him .. what a sketch .. he's not at all sweet .. his feather are all stubby and brown why would you want such an ugly duckling .. he can't stay here .. send him away .. he's UGLY !! shoo .. run away .. get out of here .. they hissed and mooed and grunted and barked .. leave here .. Go .. Go.. get out of town!

Poor little ducky .. he hung his head in shame and sadly he slipped away .. he had no where to go and so he found a lonely clump of weeds and there he hid himself away .. he was scared and lonely .. and so very very sad .. wasn't that so mean of the other animals ?
Summer turned to autumn .. and autumn turned to winter and the ground was frozen and the snow fell and still the little duckling hid himself away .. afraid to show his face .. afraid of what others might say .. all through that winter in his lonely clump of weed.. poor baby ..
but then one day .the little ducky looked out of his weeds and there was anew comer to the pond a big white bird .. magnificent and royal and regal..
I don't know what happened to Mommy Duck .. i bet she was sad that the other animals made her baby leave ..it was a swan and soon there was another swan and a whole flock of swans and the little duckling looked out of his weeds in awe .. and they spotted the little ducking and called to him .. you're a very fine swan they told him ..
"Me .. a swan .. ? " said the little duckling .. " no you are teasing me I'm not a swan .. I'm an ugly duckling with feathers all stubby and brown and all the other animals told me so "
yes your a swan .. take a look at yourself in the pond .. look look .. you are a swan .. and so nervously and with his little heart pattering so hard he looked at his reflection in the water and he looked and he looked and he looked again and then he said .. "I am a swan .. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
No longer and Ugly duckling with feathers all stubby and brown.. no longer a quack .. not a waddle or a quack .. but a glide and a whistle and a snowy white back ..
.. the ugly ducking left his lonely clump of weeds and he held his head noble and high .. "no longer an Ugly duckling .. NOT I"


This first one is circa February 18, 1964 (Crazy how men thought back then!)

DEAR ABBY: If you read the papers as well as write for them, you saw the article about the judge who gave a husband permission to spank his wife when she needed it. All I can say is, “It’s about time.” I was beginning to think the women were taking over the country. If more men turned their wives over their knees and showed them who was boss, society would be in better shape. Spanking would be legalized everywhere. –ONE MAN’S OPNION

DEAR MAN: There are at least two things wrong with legalizing wife-spanking: (1) When does a spanking end and a beating begin? (2) Who is the final authority on when a wife “needs” a spanking? When she repeatedly puts starch in his collars? Or pastes his mother in the face with a coconut cake? Sorry, but spankings are for children.


DEAR ABBY: My wife sleeps in the raw. Then she showers, brushes her teeth and fixes our breakfast — still in the buff. We're newlyweds and there are just the two of us, so I suppose there's really nothing wrong with it. What do you think? —Ed

DEAR ED: It's O.K. with me. But tell her to put on an apron when she's frying bacon.







Each week, the Masoma Daily News will print a fabulous recipe for all of its residents to try out in RL if they so choose. Enjoy this week's yummy treat!


Twenty Minute Chicken Recipe

3 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 large onion, chopped
2 (10 ounce) packages sliced fresh button mushrooms
1/4 cup olive oil
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 clove garlic, chopped (optional)
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Wash chicken breasts, pat dry with paper towels, and cut each breast in half. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sear chicken briefly, turning until no longer pink, about 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, in another large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Stir in mushrooms, onions, and garlic, if using; cook until they are nice and soft, about 5 minutes.
   
Pour contents of both skillets into a baking dish, sprinkle cheese over the top, and bake about 5 minutes.


Banana Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

1 1/2 cups bananas, mashed, ripe
2 teaspoons lemon juice
3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup butter, softened
2 1/8 cups sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
Frosting
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/2 cups icing sugar
Garnish
chopped walnuts
Directions:

Directions:

Preheat oven to 275°.
Grease and flour a 9 x 13 pan. In a small bowl, mix mashed banana with the lemon juice; set aside. In a medium bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, cream 3/4 cup butter and 2 1/8 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, then stir in 2 tsp vanilla.

Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk. Stir in banana mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for one hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and place directly into the freezer for 45 minutes. This will make the cake very moist.

For the frosting, cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add icing sugar and beat on low speed until combined, then on high speed until frosting is smooth. Spread on cooled cake.

Sprinkle chopped walnuts over top of the frosting, if desired.

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ABOUT THE EDITOR


Emily Hax resides in Masoma County with her family and close friends. Emily grew up in another small town nearby where her parents, Neuron and Claira Hax still reside. Emily received her degree from SL's Hedera College and was offered the Editor in Chief position at the previous town where she lived. Emily and her family decided to move away and was thrilled to take on the task of writing for our glorious town paper here in Masoma County. Emily loves the color pink, enjoys ice cream, writing, dancing in her pajamas to Luke Bryan songs and spending time with family and friends.