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Food preservation

classes at library

Helen Appel will conduct classes on food preservation techniques from 1 to 2 p.m. starting May 6 and continuing each Tuesday in May at the Colfax Library. She has more than 60 years of experience preserving food. She began as a girl assisting her mother and became proficient during her 54 years of marriage to Dick Appel and while cooking for their family of 10 children, 30 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She estimates that she still cans more than 1,000 jars of food per year thanks in large part to a family garden that is shared with their daught...