Recipe of the week
Mexicali rice
By Joyce Barnett Special to the Acorn
      This is a good one to fix along with enchiladas and beans. It's a California recipe. 1 pound ground beef 2, 8-ounce cans tomato sauce 1 cup chopped onion 2 cups hot water 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1-1/2 teaspoon salt
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Scared
      My son is almost 4 years old. He's gone almost all four years of his life without really being scared of anything. As a toddler, he used to climb over the couch onto a bordering saucer toy and then onto a nearby table- something like you might see in a dangerous high-wire-type circus act- without...
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