Are you ready for a night of fun, food and prizes?
Wanda English Burnett - Editor

The excitement is mounting as plans are being finalized for the Taste of Home Cooking School set for September 29, at the South Ripley Elementary Gym, located off SR 129 on Benham Road, Versailles. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the show will begin at 7:00 p.m. (slow time).

There will be 'goody' bags for everyone in attendance that night and many door prizes will be given away.

Margaret McCutcheon, Home Economist, will be making recipes on stage, giving valuable cooking tips along the way. Those recipes will also be part of the door prizes for the evening. Eleven party perfect dishes accentuating regional foods will be presented.

The two-hour demonstration combines basic cooking skills with a touch of creativity as McCutcheon demonstrates how to present dishes with a personal touch. Learn how to plan a casual family get-together or a formal luncheon with cooking techniques, national sponsor products and recipes that are sure to produce outstanding results.

The evening will be spiced with humor and fun food facts. If you are a trivia lover, you will enjoy the trivia questions presented on screen after each recipe demonstration. Everyone will receive a free 84-page Taste of Home Cooking School Brand Name Cookbook, your roadmap to the recipes demonstrated on stage, plus other festive fall recipes.

The Taste of Home Cooking Schools have been in this area before and those attending know it is an evening filled with lots of excitement that you won't want to miss. There are still tickets available for $6.00 each. You can pick them up at the Ripley Publishing Co.'s office at 115 S. Washington Street, Versailles, Versailles Super Valu or the Southeastern Indiana REMC in Osgood. A portion of the ticket sales will go to the South Ripley Elementary School.

More booths than ever are slated to be set up at the event. They include: A Touch of Country, Versailles Super Valu, Home & Garden, Friendship State Bank, Tastefully Simple-Pampered Chef, Jenny Darnold, Longaberger, Johnsonville Sausage, Silpada Designs Jewelry, and Rainbow Books & Gifts.

You'll want to come early to browse the booths, get your information filled out for the door prizes and visit with friends. The South Ripley PTO will have a booth set up with refreshments available.

Don't forget your Campbell's labels. On the back of each one be sure to include your name and address for a door prize. The labels will be given to the school to use for valuable equipment.

The Ripley County Sheriff's Department will provide officers to help with parking vehicles and there will be handicap parking and seating available. Appliances on stage for the show will be compliments of The Glory Bee Sales & Service, Osgood, with American Rental of Madison, providing big screen TV's for easy viewing.

Major local sponsors include: Versailles Super Valu, A Touch of Country, Friendship State Bank, Friendship Tavern, King's Daughters' Hospital, Southeastern Indiana REMC, and the Yellow Dog Tavern & Eatery.