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Month: December 2013

KAMS student excels inside, outside classroom

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The Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science at Fort Hays State University offers bright high school students the opportunity to attend college two years early. Adam Stenson, an Olathe Northwest High School and KAMS senior, showcases the success of the academy.

Between studying and researching, Stenson also makes time to be involved in various clubs and activities both on campus and in the Hays community. Stenson epitomizes this balance between school classes and campus involvement. Screen Shot 2013-12-14 at 3.15.36 PM

For the 2013-2014 school year, Stenson is the vice president of the Astronomy Club.

“We run public observations here in Hays and at the Wetlands Center outside of Great Bend,” Stenson said. “We set up the telescopes for a couple of hours and let people come and use them.”

Stenson is also this year’s coordinator of an area in FHSU’s Forsyth Library set aside for students to “build and tinker on their research projects,” Stenson said.

Students can design experiments, research and print research posters in the MakerSpace.

Stenson and a group of students used the MakerSpace to complete a community project for their class, Global Challenges, taught by Shala Mills, chairwoman of and professor in the Department of Political Science,

“We helped 40 elementary school kids build Lego robots and rocket kits,” Stenson said.

The MakerSpace is a collaborative effort between Forsyth Library and the Science and Mathematics Education Institute at FHSU.

Stenson is also this year’s administrative assistant for the FHSU Honor Society.

“It is fantastic to be around these bright young minds to see them achieve and grow as individuals,” said Ron Keller, director of KAMS.

— Submitted by FHSU University Relations

Body of Chiefs LB Belcher Exhumed

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(AP) – The family of former Kansas City Chiefs’ linebacker Jovan Belcher has had his body exhumed so that his brain can be examined for possible clues about why he killed his girlfriend and himself last year.

Family attorney Dirk Vandever said that Belcher’s body was taken Friday from the North Babylon Cemetery in Bay Shore, N.Y. Vandever didn’t immediately respond to Saturday phone and email messages from The Associated Press.

The examination of Belcher’s brain could help determine whether he had a destructive brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy. The condition has been linked to head blows, and early signs in younger athletes can include mood changes.

The delay in conducting the examination might make it more difficult. But researchers say important scientific findings remain possible.

Cookbooks commemorate department’s 100th

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Students and faculty from the Department of Music and Theatre at Fort Hays State University are selling family secrets — sort of.

“Once in a Hundred Years,” a cookbook compiled for fundraising purposes, contains recipes from former and current students and faculty.

The idea came from accompanist Pam McGowne, who had experience in selling cookbooks for fundraisers in the past. “Once in a Hundred Years” commemorates the department’s 100th year.

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“We just thought it would be fun to honor the 100th year of the Music and Theatre Department,” said McGowne. “It is something people can use, enjoy and not let sit around.”

A myriad of recipes from around the community — and beyond — complete the cookbook. Irena Ravitskaya, assistant professor of music and theatre, supplied recipes from her native Russia.

Funds from the cookbook sales will go towards purchasing equipment and supplies for the department and might also be used for the biennial recruiting tour.

Sales are slated to continue for the remainder of the school year. The price of one book is $15 or two for $25. To purchase a cookbook, call (785) 635-2191, (785) 639-3200 or (785) 628-4258.

— Submitted by FHSU University Relations

First moon landing in 40 years (Video)

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China(AP) — China on Saturday successfully carried out the world’s first soft landing of a space probe on the moon in nearly four decades, the next stage in an ambitious space program that aims to eventually put a Chinese astronaut on the moon.

The unmanned Chang’e 3 lander, named after a mythical Chinese goddess of the moon, touched down on Earth’s nearest neighbor following a 12-minute landing process.

The probe carried a six-wheeled moon rover called “Yutu,” or “Jade Rabbit,” the goddess’ pet. After landing Saturday evening on a fairly flat, Earth-facing part of the moon, the rover was slated to separate from the Chang’e eight hours later and embark on a three-month scientific exploration.

China’s space program is an enormous source of pride for the country, the third to carry out a lunar soft landing — which does not damage the craft and the equipment it carries — after the United States and the former Soviet Union. The last one was by the Soviet Union in 1976.

“It’s still a significant technological challenge to land on another world,” said Peter Bond, consultant editor for Jane’s Space Systems and Industry. “Especially somewhere like the moon, which doesn’t have an atmosphere so you can’t use parachutes or anything like that. You have to use rocket motors for the descent and you have to make sure you go down at the right angle and the right rate of descent and you don’t end up in a crater on top of a large rock.”

State-run China Central Television showed a computer-generated image of the Chang’e 3 lander’s path as it approached the surface of the moon, saying that during the 12-minute landing period it needed to have no contact with Earth. As it was just hundreds of meters (yards) away, the lander’s camera broadcast images of the moon’s surface.

The Chang’e 3’s solar panels, which are used to absorb sunlight to generate power, opened soon after the landing. The Chang’e 3 will set up antennae that will transmit pictures back to Earth.

The Chang’e mission blasted off from southwest China on Dec. 2 on a Long March-3B carrier rocket.

China’s military-backed space program has made methodical progress in a relatively short time, although it lags far behind the United States and Russia in technology and experience.

China sent its first astronaut into space in 2003, becoming the third nation after Russia and the United States to achieve manned space travel independently. In 2006, it sent its first probe to the moon. China plans to open a space station around 2020 and send an astronaut to the moon after that.

“They are taking their time with getting to know about how to fly humans into space, how to build space stations … how to explore the solar system, especially the moon and Mars,” Bond said. “They are making good strides, and I think over the next 10, 20 years they’ll certainly be rivaling Russia and America in this area and maybe overtaking them in some areas.”

Sen. Moran Statement on Bomb Plot Arrest in Wichita

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MoranU.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) released the following statement after learning a national security arrest was made in Wichita, Kan.:

“We are grateful for the law enforcement officials who kept individuals, including many Kansans, safe today. This incident is a reminder that we must remain vigilant and reaffirm our commitment to protecting this country and its ideals from those who wish to do us harm.”

Free Holiday Concert on Sunday (Video)

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The Hays Public Library is welcoming back Craig Plotner for a special acoustic holiday concert in the Schmidt Gallery at 2 p.m. Sunday. 


Craig Plotner is a local favorite at Hays Public Library. A Kansas musician, Craig has been performing for more than 40 years. He is a man of many different genres including folk, light rock, standards, ballads, love songs and, of course, his original work.

Friday’s boys and girls basketball scoreboard

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(AP) https://www.facebook.com/BrockWhitmoreStateFarmFriday’s High School Basketball Scores

Andale 44, Pratt 24

Andover Central 49, Andover 47

Augusta 63, Abilene 55

Baileyville-B&B 51, Washington County 38

Basehor-Linwood 81, Topeka Hayden 75

Beloit 83, Republic County 68

Bennington 63, Solomon 45

Bluestem 53, Flinthills 38

BV North 58, St. Thomas Aquinas 54

BV West 58, Blue Valley Southwest 53

Chapman 54, Salina Sacred Heart 37

Concordia 69, Smoky Valley 41

Council Grove 75, Rock Creek 64

Derby 81, Wichita Campus 48

Doniphan West 48, Frankfort 32

Falls City Sacred Heart, Neb. 59, Wetmore 46

Frontenac 61, Neodesha 49

Galena 67, Fredonia 61

Girard 40, Baxter Springs 39

Glasco/Miltonvale-Southern Cloud 56, Wilson 29

Goddard-Eisenhower 95, Arkansas City 36

Hanover 52, Troy 47

Holton 58, Royal Valley 30

Horton 67, Immaculata 40

Jefferson North 61, Jefferson West 60, 2OT

Junction City 50, Great Bend 15

Labette County 56, Fort Scott 36

Lansing 58, Topeka Seaman 44

Lawrence Free State 57, Shawnee Heights 54

Linn 44, Axtell 38

Lyndon 59, Chase County 42

Maize 53, Hutchinson 38

Maize South 79, Goddard 59

Manhattan 55, Dodge City 37

Marais des Cygnes Valley 48, Southern Coffey 34

Marshfield, Mo. 48, Olathe South 40

Marysville 61, Clay Center 57

Maur Hill – Mount Academy 50, Pleasant Ridge 26

McPherson 63, Washburn Rural 55

Minneapolis 57, Halstead 47, OT

Sabetha 70, Atchison County 33

Salina Central 62, Newton 45

Salina South 48, Buhler 41

Santa Fe Trail 61, Perry-Lecompton 56

Silver Lake 63, Riley County 54

SM South 75, DeSoto 49

St. Xavier 54, Cin. St. Xavier, Ohio 50

Sylvan-Lucas 78, Natoma 68

Valley Heights 76, Flint Hills Christian 17

Wellsville 71, Valley Falls 66

West Franklin 69, Oskaloosa 31

Wichita Bishop Carroll 51, Wichita South 43

Wichita East 71, Wichita North 61

Wichita Southeast 70, Kapaun Mount Carmel 43

Alva Tournament
South Barber 52, South Central 42

Amos Morris/George Stephens Classic
Consolation Semifinal
Russell 51, Lincoln 37

Semifinal
Ell-Saline 48, Nickerson 39

Baldwin Tournament
Third Place
Chanute 56, Burlington 42

Blue Valley Shootout
Consolation Semifinal
Olathe North 65, Grandview, Mo. 57

Olathe Northwest 50, KC Sumner 30

Semifinal
Highland Park 55, Lee’s Summit, Mo. 39

Lawrence 69, Blue Valley Stilwell 61

Brewster (SageBrush)Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Heartland Christian 51, Healy 19

St. Francis 59, Logan 51

Semifinal
Stockton 52, Triplains-Brewster 23

Weskan 66, Stratton, Colo. 51

Caldwell Tournament
Argonia 48, Central Burden 26

Norwich 36, Caldwell 35

Chapman Tournament
El Dorado 69, Rossville 39

Cheney Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Wichita Collegiate 73, Hutchinson Trinity 51

Cimarron Tournament
Semi-Finals
Cimarron 91, Sublette 84

Consolation Semifinal
Satanta 64, Deerfield 54

Circle Tournament
Circle 78, Wichita Defenders 70

Fairfield Tournament
Chase 37, Cunningham 35

Fairfield 43, Otis-Bison 33

Garden Plain Tournament
Hesston 55, Emporia 28

Hesston 55, Emporia 28

Goessel Tournament
Goessel 65, Elyria Christian 34

Little River 48, Canton-Galva 39

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Norton 45, Wray, Colo. 20

Semifinal
Oakley 50, Goodland 44

Wallace County 61, McCook, Neb. 57

Herington Tournament
Southeast Saline 51, Rural Vista 39

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Denver South, Colo. 62, Garden City 52

Pueblo East, Colo. 72, Holcomb 70

Scott City 67, Wichita Trinity 51

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Southwestern Hts. 59, Hooker, Okla. 53

Semifinal
Hugoton 52, Lakin 38

Ulysses 67, Perryton, Texas 63

Humboldt Tournament
Crest 57, Uniontown 41

Kingman Tournament
Kingman 64, Conway Springs 36

Wellington 51, Medicine Lodge 39

Lakeside Tournament
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 61, Thunder Ridge 45

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Larned 60, Spearville 39

St. John 67, Macksville 34

Leavenworth Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Topeka 52, Hogan Prep, Mo. 45

Word of Life 68, North Kansas City, Mo. 58

Semifinal
Leavenworth 71, KC Washington 55

Liberal Tournament
Lawton, Okla. 60, Liberal 46

Lincoln Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Ellsworth 61, Phillipsburg 51

Marion Tournament
Marion 61, Belle Plaine 38

Peabody-Burns 46, Remington 41

Marmaton Valley Tournament
Olpe 53, Northeast-Arma 50

West Elk 59, Marmaton Valley 11

McCook Cattle Trail Tournament
Semifinal
Oberlin-Decatur 47, Arapahoe, Neb. 34

Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 62, Moundridge 55

Lyons 37, Inman 34

Oklahoma Bible Academy Prep Classic
Wichita County 44, Ripley, Okla. 32

Oxford Tournament
Douglass 70, Oxford 37

Pond Creek-Hunter Tournament
Fifth Place
Deer Creek-Lamont, Okla. 49, South Haven 38

Quinter Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Quinter 55, Wheatland-Grinnell 44

Semifinal
Ellis 64, Rawlins County 63

Hoxie 55, Dighton 28

Rolla Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Rolla 58, Greeley County 44

South Baca, Colo. 57, Moscow 23

Semifinal
Beaver, Okla. 70, Syracuse 61

Elkhart 82, Johnson-Stanton County 62

Shawnee Mission Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
SM North 74, SM West 63

Semifinal
McGuinness, Okla. 64, St. James Academy 59

SM East 75, Center, Mo. 53

Skyline Tournament
Pretty Prairie 66, Stafford 48

Sedgwick 70, Pratt Skyline 56

St. Mary’s Tournament
Onaga 57, Mission Valley 45

Trego Tournament
Hodgeman County 39, Trego 37

Semifinal
Smith Center 72, Western Plains 47

Tri-County Classic
Bennington 63, Solomon 45

Minneapolis 57, Halstead 47

Udall Tournament
Cedar Vale/Dexter 60, Elk Valley 29

Udall 56, Attica 36

Yates Center Tournament
Cherryvale 62, Yates Center 36

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Mill Valley vs. KC Turner, ppd.

Maranatha Academy vs. McLouth, ccd.

Leavenworth Tournament
Semifinal
KC Wyandotte vs. Raytown South, Mo., ppd. to Dec 14.

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 53, Augusta 43

Andover 42, Andover Central 41

Axtell 54, Linn 41

Beloit 55, Republic County 32

Buhler 63, Salina South 45

Chapman 55, Salina Sacred Heart 30

Cherryvale 55, Sedan 38

Clearwater 45, Chaparral 34

Concordia 42, Smoky Valley 40

Doniphan West 38, Frankfort 34

Elk Valley 56, Cedar Vale/Dexter 20

Erie 44, Humboldt 37

Falls City Sacred Heart, Neb. 51, Wetmore 33

Flinthills 52, Bluestem 31

Fort Scott 63, Labette County 39

Frontenac 56, Neodesha 20

Galena 70, Fredonia 32

Girard 44, Baxter Springs 37

Goddard-Eisenhower 74, Arkansas City 56

Halstead 48, Minneapolis 39

Hanover 43, Troy 41

Holton 49, Royal Valley 42

Horton 60, Immaculata 29

Jackson Heights 42, St. Mary’s 28

Jefferson North 56, Jefferson West 20

Kapaun Mount Carmel 67, Wichita Southeast 26

Lawton, Okla. 56, Liberal 31

Lyndon 37, Chase County 30

Maize 41, Hutchinson 23

Manhattan 49, Dodge City 30

Marysville 45, Clay Center 42

Nemaha Valley 60, Riverside 19

Olathe Northwest 49, Blue Valley Stilwell 44

Pleasant Ridge 31, Maur Hill – Mount Academy 22

Pratt 57, Andale 42

Riley County 69, Silver Lake 62

Rock Hills 45, Tescott 40

Sabetha 33, Atchison County 27

Salina Central 60, Newton 37

Santa Fe Trail 44, Perry-Lecompton 27

Shawnee Heights 43, Lawrence Free State 31

Spearville 38, Kiowa County 31

St. Thomas Aquinas 55, BV North 41

Sylvan-Lucas 47, Natoma 33

Topeka Hayden 61, Basehor-Linwood 43

Topeka Seaman 65, Lansing 36

Valley Falls 44, Wellsville 31

Valley Heights 70, Flint Hills Christian 7

Washburn Rural 60, McPherson 50

Washington County 40, Baileyville-B&B 35

Weskan 54, Liberty (Joes) / Stratton, Colo. 36

Wichita Campus 47, Derby 44

Wichita East 43, Wichita North 41

Wichita Heights 68, Wichita West 12

Wichita South 41, Wichita Bishop Carroll 23

Alva Tournament
South Central 31, Cherokee, Okla. 29

Baldwin Tournament
Championship
Baldwin 37, Louisburg 35

Brewster (Sagebrush) Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Heartland Christian 49, Healy 36

Logan 48, St. Francis 28

Semifinal
Triplains-Brewster 47, Stockton 43

Weskan 54, Stratton, Colo. 36

Caldwell Tournament
Argonia 47, Central Burden 21

Norwich 42, Caldwell 34

Cattle Trail Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Oberlin-Decatur 56, Hitchcock County, Neb. 36

Chapman Tournament
Rossville 41, El Dorado 36

Cheney Tournament
Pool Play
Pool A
Hutchinson Trinity 54, Wichita Collegiate 24

Pool B
Clearwater 45, Chaparral 34

Cimarron Tournament
Semi-Finals
Meade 50, Bucklin 38

Consolation Semifinal
Satanta 35, Deerfield 19

Circle Tournament
Circle 42, Wichita Defenders 36

Fairfield Tournament
Cunningham 53, Chase 15

Otis-Bison 45, Fairfield 28

Garden Plain Tournament
Garden Plain 58, Rose Hill 55

Hesston 45, Emporia 11

Goessel Tournament
Goessel 43, Elyria Christian 25

Little River 45, Canton-Galva 27

Goodland Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Norton 41, Burlington, Colo. 35

Semifinal
Goodland 40, Oakley 28

McCook, Neb. 41, Wallace County 28

Herington Tournament
Northern Heights 58, Centre 35

Southeast Saline 44, Rural Vista 23

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Garden City 66, Denver South, Colo. 29

Holcomb 82, Pueblo East, Colo. 58

Holcomb Clarion Classic Roundball Tournament
Wichita Trinity 50, Scott City 38

Hugoton Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Guymon, Okla. 45, Lakin 41

Ulysses 51, Southwestern Hts. 47

Semifinal
Hugoton 48, Gruver, Texas 42

Kingman Tournament
Wellington 56, Medicine Lodge 28

Lakeside Tournament
Thunder Ridge 46, St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 44, OT

Larned Tournament
Semifinal
Ellinwood 60, Hoisington 39

Lincoln Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Phillipsburg 49, Plainville 30

Russell 59, Nickerson 29

Semifinal
Central Plains 56, Ellsworth 47

Ell-Saline 38, Lincoln 20

Marion Tournament
Marion 54, Belle Plaine 25

Marmaton Valley Tournament
West Elk 36, Marmaton Valley 14

Moundridge Tournament
Hillsboro 51, Moundridge 43

Lyons 71, Inman 38

Oklahoma Bible Academy Prep Classic
Wichita County 57, Oklahoma Christian School, Okla. 27

Osawatomie Tournament
Third Place
Central Heights 50, Spring Hill 46

Oxford Tournament
Douglass 49, Oxford 26

Paola Tournament
Seventh Place
Highland Park 49, KC Turner 14

Championship
St. James Academy 38, Bonner Springs 35

Pond Creek-Hunter Tournament
Seventh Place
South Haven 43, Mulhall-Orlando, Okla. 30

Quinter Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Wheatland-Grinnell 66, Quinter 25

Semifinal
Ellis 60, Golden Plains 37

Hoxie 64, Dighton 56

Rolla Tournament
Beaver, Okla. 42, Syracuse 33

Consolation Semifinal
Greeley County 41, Rolla 39

Moscow 67, Elkhart 57

Semifinal
South Baca, Colo. 43, Johnson-Stanton County 38

Skyline Tournament
Pretty Prairie 45, Stafford 14

Sedgwick 46, Pratt Skyline 33

St Paul Tournament
Southeast 47, Derby 44

St. Mary’s Tournament
Mission Valley 42, Onaga 27

Trego Tournament
Consolation Semifinal
Trego 46, Western Plains 22

Semifinal
Smith Center 40, Hodgeman County 14

Tri-County Classic
Bennington 42, Solomon 37

Halstead 48, Minneapolis 39

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Maranatha Academy vs. McLouth, ccd.

Medicaid expansion, a smart choice for Kansas

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Kansas DemsThere are many fiscally and economically responsible reasons to expand Medicaid in Kansas. Here are a few:

• Medicaid expansion is a smart choice for Kansas. Accounting for factors that reduce costs, the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that states as a whole are likely to see net savings from expanding Medicaid. Combining Medicaid costs with a conservative estimate of $18 billion in state and local non-Medicaid savings on uncompensated care, the Medicaid expansion would save states a total of $10 billion over 2013-2022. And the Kansas Hospital Association estimated that Kansas would save $82 million if we expanded Medicaid.

• Medicaid expansion would create good Kansas jobs (and lots of them). Estimates suggest that expanding Medicaid would lead to the creation of 4,000 new jobs in Kansas. And not just temporary low-wage jobs. Expanding Medicaid means more good paying jobs in the health industry that will stay in Kansas and can’t be exported to Missouri or Mexico.

• Medicaid expansion drastically reduces number of uninsured Kansans. Almost 400,000 Kansans currently have no health insurance. Expanding Medicaid would drop that number by 169,000 Kansans. And the number of currently uninsured Kansans that will have access to health insurance coverage for $100 per month or less next year would rise to 8 in 10.

And while all these numbers are accurate and compelling, Medicaid expansion has the benefit of being the morally right thing to do too. Helping middle-class families and small businesses regain financial security and giving Kansas families the peace of mind that comes with health insurance makes us all stronger. Too often sickness and bankruptcy are just one bad break away – Medicaid expansion would end that for thousands of Kansans.

– See more at: https://www.ksdp.org/blog/medicaid-expansion-smart-choice-kansas#sthash.WlLICwvo.dpuf

Kansas man sentenced for shooting at trooper

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(AP) — A Lyons man faces more than six decades in prison for trying to kill a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper.

Jason M. Gleason was sentenced Friday to about 62 years in prison. He was convicted in August of attempted first-degree murder and other charges.

Gleason was in an SUV in October 2012 when Trooper Ryan Wolting started pursuing him because the SUV matched one from a recent bank robbery. Witnesses said Gleason shot at Wolting as the trooper returned fire.

Gleasons’s attorney, C. Richard Comfort, said Wolting wasn’t hit by a bullet and asked the judge to depart from sentencing guidelines because they’d result in an “absurd, irresponsible and unjust conclusion.”

Prosecutors said Gleason shouldn’t get special consideration just because he didn’t kill Wolting.

 

Scientific Secrets for Fudgy Success

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Linda K. Beech Ellis County Extension Agent, Family and Consumer Sciences
Linda K. Beech
Ellis County Extension Agent,
Family and Consumer Sciences

Linda K. Beech

Ellis County Extension Agent,
Family and Consumer Sciences

Picture yourself as a scientist– white lab coat on, chemicals at the ready, surrounded by beakers, burners and utensils. Now, imagine that the subject of your lab experiment is sinfully sweet and delicious homemade fudge!

Fudge is a popular treat during the holidays. It can also be frustrating– deliciously smooth and fudgy if done correctly, or hard and grainy if something goes wrong. There are many recipes to make fudge, but old- fashioned fudge made on the stovetop can be a lesson in food science.
Here are some secrets from Extension food experts to help a kitchen scientist make the smoothest fudge:
1. Corn syrup and butter (not margarine!) help prevent crystallization and a grainy texture. Adding butter after boiling the chocolate mixture helps dissolve crystals.
2. Clean the sides of the pan so crystals don’t slip into the fudge mixture during boiling. Simply cover the pan with a lid to trap steam after the mixture starts boiling. Leave the lid on for two minutes and crystals will slide down the sides of the pan and melt into the fudge.
3. Use a candy thermometer to know the temperature. Fudge is cooked to the soft-ball stage (236°F to 238°F). This concentrates the sugar so the fudge will have the proper firmness in the end. If the temperature is too low, the fudge will be soft. If too high, it will be too firm.
4. After reaching the soft-ball stage, leave the fudge alone! Shaking or stirring at this point results in crystal formation and the crystals will keep growing, giving a grainy, sugary end product.
5. Let the mixture cool until it is 110°F, glossy and dark brown. Be patient! If too hot, the result is grainy fudge. If too cool, it will set up and be stiff.
6. If your fudge recipe includes nuts, while the candy mixture is cooling, spread the
nuts on a baking sheet and warm them slightly (in a 200-degree oven) before stirring them in. Nuts also can be placed in a skillet and warmed on the stove top at a low temperature. Warming the nuts helps to support the gradual cooling process of the candy and also enhances the flavor of the nuts.
7. Let the beating begin! This creates smooth fudge with tiny crystals and a light brown color. Beat with a wooden spoon until the mixture is thick and loses its glossy sheen.
8. After beating and adding nuts or other additions such as marshmallows, fudge should be spread in a buttered pan and allowed to cool at room temperature.
Fudge can be cut and stored in a covered container at room temperature. (Now is the time for any good scientist to perform a sensory analysis test by sampling a yummy piece!)
Well-covered to prevent drying out, fudge will keep for several days, until it is given as gifts or consumed by the lead scientist and the rest of the kitchen laboratory crew. Enjoy!

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