March 22, 2018 and LOTS of goings-on in The Small Town Sentinel, guys!
A West Falls school bus was involved in a traffic accident (no one was injured, thank goodness), two local kids fight against cancer (small towns rally together for lots of fundraisers), and my boy, T-Fisch penned a hard-hitting and heartfelt goodbye to Toys “R” Us titled Eulogy for a giraffe. In the article, he refers to Toys “R” Us’ initial decline as a death spiral and blames part of the problem on the way the internet has hit the retail world like an asteroid, creating an environment where only the most adaptable can survive. Unfortunately for Toys “R” Us in this metaphor, they are a dinosaur. Big, slow, ill-suited for their new environment, and fated for extinction. Fisch really goes for the jugular at the end of the article, leaving us with this last sentence: “We can remember Geoffrey the Giraffe, but we’re gonna have to live without him.” Goddamn, T-Fisch.
Another hot topic this week was the Dougherty soup supper. As I mentioned in Dougherty’s introduction (found here), it’s known as a sort of Little Ireland, and very proudly celebrates all things Irish and Catholic. As expected, Dougherty’s light really shines around St. Patrick’s Day when the population in the town probably doubles and they hold a yearly soup supper/competition. I have attended this event once in my life, I think, but we may have some live reporting/updates next year, as cousin Bessie’s husband (Alfred) looooves him some soup. He and some of his friends refer to themselves as The Soup Boys and they Instagram ratings of soups. (DM me to follow Alfred and see all the soups’ ratings) Anyhoo, I’m really hoping Bessie and Alfred hit the soup supper next year for some behind the scenes footage (hopefully lots of photos) of the big event. For now, we’ll have to settle for The Small Town Sentinel’s take on the Dougherty Soup Supper, which includes the pictures below and these snippets of information: It was fine night on March 17th when Dougherty American Legion Post hosted the 16th Annual ST. Patrick’s Day Soup contest and super. It was a full house at S.T.P.A.T. school with talented cooks of all ages entering 19 soups to be judged and eaten. (As usual, all spelling/capitalization/grammatical errors are courtesy of The Small Town Sentinel, not me)
As for the soup competition, it seems the younger generation is getting into the swing with two young winners this year. The cooking duo of Dr. JB and daughter Lily of Rockdale took first prize with their Glorious Chicken and Dumpling soup. Cheese-burger in Parad-Irish was good for DC’s second place finish. 10 year old HM stepped into third place with his Russian potato and mushroom soup. ML charmed her way into the honorable mention award with Charming Chicken Noodle soup. SH captured the best costume prize with door prize going to CS.
LC put together some great baskets as gifts. A money tree, an Irish memento basket, movie night basket and refreshment basket were great prizes for the winners to pick from. With Judging done, the soup disappeared as everyone had to try at least a few soups and the delicious desserts and appetizers there. Once again a great night was spent celebrating Dougherty’s Irish heritage and hospitality.
I mean, who doesn’t want to head to Dougherty next St. Patrick’s Day? I know I do. And in the eight months that pass before the next soup contest, maybe I can crack the code on the capitalization patterns on the names of the soups! Glorious Chicken and Dumpling soup,Cheese-burger in Parad-Irish, and Russian potato and mushroom soup…
Are they capitalizing these as proper nouns? Are they not? Is ‘soup’ not part of the name in the Glorious Chicken and Dumpling [soup]? And if so, aren’t ‘potato’, ‘mushroom’ and ‘soup’ part of the name in the Soviet Soup? Should I have even capitalized Soviet Soup? Dear God, why do I think so much about these things? (someone tell me you also think so much about these things…)
-Bev
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