08/04/2008

Famous cafe in Salina loses 'Mom'

Mom's Cafe also is a magnet for motorists traversing old U.S. 89 orbarrelling through on Interstate 70.
There's a photo on the wall of Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. with Carolyn.An autographed picture of Ashley Judd hangs nearby. Merle Haggardhas been here. And so has Kiefer Sutherland, just to mention a few.
But most visitors aren't celebrities.
Paul and Donna Brown were en route from their home in Kamas Valleyto St. George and decided to take the 25-mile detour to Mom's Cafefor lunch. They ordered salmon. And, yes, it comes with Mom'ssignature scones.
"Whenever we come through here, we stop," Paul said. "It's goodfood. I've never had a bad meal here."
A hungry Salt Lake-area contractor, Boyd Stewart, also pulled infor lunch.
"I was dying for chicken-fried steak," he said. "And I knew they'dhave one. I've been coming in here for years."
The summer season and weekends are packed at Mom's, and Sunday'sare usually the busiest.
"Everyone comes in for our chicken-dumpling soup on Sundays,"Jensen explained. "They love it."
Ranee Baker, 80, will attest to that.
A longtime Salina resident, she was a cook at Mom's Cafe back inthe 1960s and '70s. While catching up with Jensen concerning thetown's big news - the sale of the cafe - Baker recalled that it wasshe who first put scones on the menu at Mom's.
"That was a long time ago, now."
All these years later, Baker continues to frequent the cafe, shesaid, because it's "real food" - as opposed to what you get at someother places.
And the new owner pledges to not change a thing.
Pannunzio, who works for the state Division of Wildlife Resources,coffees up most mornings at Mom's. He'll keep his day job asconservation officer for now - his retirement from the state issomewhere around the corner. Meanwhile, he'll leave the day-to-daymanagement to longtime cafe employee Marge Turner.
For Mom's regulars, the transition, however subtle, will take timeto set in.
"It's hard to let go," Jensen said. "My employees and customersmiss me. And I miss them."
But she won't be a complete stranger.
"I still come in sometimes," she said. "Today, I came in forbreakfast."
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When visiting the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe, N.M.,art educator Mary Helen Stuber was amazed at the ornamental tinwork children were creating in a class there. It"s a craft thepeople of Santa Fe developed during the mid-1800s using tin cansbrought in by the military.
They would roll the cans flat and cut them, turning them intocolorful mirrors, picture frames and Christmas ornaments, much liketheir Mexican ancestors did.
Stuber decided that this was something children in St. Joseph wouldlike to do, too, so she bought 36-gauge aluminum, bright Mexicancolors of magenta, purple and green and all the supplies to makepicture frames and ornaments. Then she taught children how to do itat last year"s Artscape, a week-long summer creative arts campsponsored by the Allied Arts Council and Missouri Western StateUniversity.
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So she"ll be teaching the New Mexican tin work class again atthis year"s Artscape, being held Aug. 4 through 8, at Potter Hallon the Missouri Western campus. It will be one of 14 classesoffered to students, including basket weaving, water color, jewelrydesign, mask making, acting, folk dancing, paper quilts, salt doughand wood sculpture, postal art, two-dimensional design, stainedglass, colored pencil drawing and percussion. Students can choosesix classes when attending the all-day session from 9 a.m. to 3p.m. Or three classes during the half day sessions: either 9 a.m.to 12:45 p.m. or 12:15 to 3:30 p.m.
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