June 2013

Of the approximately 1,200 notices sent out regarding a hearing on reclassification of Drainage District No. 13A, only about 20 people showed up to voice concerns, ask questions or protest their proposed assessment during Monday night’s Humboldt City Council meeting. Because of the expected crowd, about 20 picnic tables were moved into the old fire station portion of Humboldt City Hall, but most sat empty. Of the people attending, many had issued their objections in writing prior to the 5:30 p.m. meeting. Counting four received at Monday’s hearing, the Humboldt City Council received 13 written objections to the drainage assessments. The more than $800,000 Drainage District No. 80 new main project in Dakota City in 2009, which took 104 acres off of Drainage District No.

As the days heat up for summer, many are looking for ways of staying cool. One favorite beverage for helping quench the summer thirst is iced tea. June is National Iced Tea month, so in its honor here is a short history of the beverage and some different recipes for it. Many credit Richard Blechynden, India Tea Commissioner and Director of the East Indian Pavilion, at the 1904 Saint Louis World’s Fair for being the creator of iced tea. The truth is that was where iced tea was commercialized and popularized. As the icehouse, the icebox (refrigerator) and commercial manufacture of ice developed in the middle of the 19th century, the popularity of iced tea increased. The oldest sweet tea (iced tea) recipe actually comes from a community cookbook that was published in 1879 called Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree.

JUNE 2013 by humboldtnews