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How to make at home ice cream sandwich

The Associated Press What’s left on your bucket list this summer? Have you spent enough time near water? Listened to live music outdoors? Have you eaten enough corn, berry cobblers, ice cream sandwiches? Wait, what’s that? You haven’t had an ice cream sandwich this summer? Let’s fix that right away! Of course you can buy ice cream sandwiches at the grocery store, and perhaps you’re lucky enough to live somewhere where the jingle-jangle of an ice cream truck can be heard. But making ice cream sandwiches at home is so easy, so much fun, and allows you to customize your ICS ...

In Ashland, a new house, an old watch and a mystery solved

ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — As work was getting underway at a new home site in Ashland, Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity construction manager Jeff Ell thought to himself he ought to go over the property with his metal detector. Ell, who has been with Habitat for two years, does not always use his metal detector on job sites, but the urge was strong on this one. “Just curiosity — buried treasure, Viking gold or something,” he said with a laugh. “You just never know what you’ll find.” That is for sure. On that day, Ell found a couple of run-of-the-mill coins and ...

Computer that helped launch the Apple empire being sold at auction

BOSTON (AP) — A vintage Apple computer signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak is being sold at auction. The Apple-1 set in motion the company that in June became the first publicly traded business to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, according to RR Auction in Boston. The computer has been restored to a fully operational state and comes with a custom-built case with a built-in keyboard, the agency said. “It’s an incredibly rare commodity,” said Tim Bajarin, chairman of Creative Strategies, a technology research firm with deep knowledge of the industry. ...

Kimberly Palmer: How to stay safe from financial scams

NerdWallet While there’s no way to guarantee you’ll completely avoid financial scams, there are steps you can take to reduce your chances of falling for one. Scammers tend to contact you first, create a false sense of urgency and then ask you to send money or share personal information. A good strategy to protect yourself is to verify the identity of anyone who contacts you and claims to be your bank by hanging up and placing a call to a confirmed number yourself. If you do come into contact with scammers, consider reporting them to the authorities and following up with your bank to ...

Getting their kicks on Route 66

There’s no greater All-American road trip than the one travel buddies Tina Walls and Christa Blake took this summer along iconic Route 66 – also known as U.S. Highway 66, the Mother Road (courtesy of John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” or the Main Street of America.  Given its “66” designation in 1926, it’s arguably the most famous road in the country and a roadside culture sprung up along Route 66 – motels, diners, gas stations and other tourist attractions – that inspired songs, films, TV shows, books and even a clothing brand through the years. Historic Route ...

Homemade ice cream is a welcome summer treat

Hello from the kitchen! As August moves along quickly we can’t forget to enjoy our summer treat of homemade ice cream! I have a couple recipes for ice cream but I tend to dump and stir till it’s a good mixture. If you don’t have an ice cream maker, there are some good brands in the stores. I use an ice cream attachment on my mixer. As a child we always had vanilla ice cream cranked by my older siblings. Thank goodness I was too small to run the crank! My dad would bring ripe bananas home from the store where he loafed! Put that on a big bowl of ice cream and we were happy kids! ...