Luke Judge

DAYTON, OH (WDTN-WBDT) – the Learning Tree Farm’s 11th Annual Antiques Appraisal, is scheduled for Saturday, February 26, 2011, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Town and Country Shopping Center, Kettering, OH.

Proceeds from this event benefit the children’s hands-on learning programs.

Nine professional antiques appraisers will be on hand to appraise attendees’ collectible items. each item appraised is $10 with a maximum of 3 items accepted.

SICSA will be on hand with adoptable pets and there will be demos, a silent auction and raffle.

A big item that will be raffled: One Week Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania ~ modern cabin sleeps 6

Raffle tickets can be purchased on line at learningtreefarm.org and at the event.

The Antiques Appraisal is an annual fundraiser to support children’s programs at the Farm. this event was established to provide a unique service to the community as well as a way to inform the public about Learning Tree Farm’s programs and facilities.

Learning Tree Farm was established in 1973 by educators who believed in bringing nature and students together for hands-on learning experiences. in the process, a real “Jewel of the Gem City” was revitalized for the community.

Learning Tree Farm is located on 60 acres in Jefferson Township. the farm was originally settled in 1829 by pioneers, the John Funderburg Family, from Maryland. Today, the original farm house and bank barn are used for the many programs offered at Learning Tree Farm.

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Since the company is now slightly over 250 years old, anything made from year one to year 150 is now officially considered to be an antique. Antique certification begins for any item that can be verified to be at least 100 years old and since the Wedgwood Company keeps meticulous records on all of its designs, any piece of Wedgwood can be quickly, easily and accurately dated.

In addition to meticulous record keeping and files, Josiah Wedgwood marked all of his designs with a signature to identify the piece as his and not a copy, and to date it accurately to the month and year it was produced. Many people have gone to great lengths to fraudulently copy these marks to make a newer piece of china look like a piece of antique Wedgwood China for the obvious financial gain.

With the advent of online auctions, antique Wedgwood China has become a hot item and the uninformed buyer may think he’s getting a bargain on some antique pieces, when in fact he’s buying newer pieces made to look like they are antiques. There are collections of antique Wedgwood China worth millions, depending upon the original owner, the care and maintenance of the collection and its completeness.

The collection once owned by the Queen of England, meticulously maintained, passed down through the generations and currently on display in London, is literally priceless.

The main reason for this huge interest in antique Wedgwood China, other than the obvious financial one, is that people desire to have a complete collection and after many years of less than stellar maintenance, pieces break and have to be replaced.

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Want to shed that beer belly? Why not try the low-carbohydrate approach? Following the philosophy of today’s most popular low-carbohydrate books, dieters gradually increase the early restrictions of their daily carbohydrate intake while excess weight continues to come off, once again enjoying starchy foods like potatoes, rice and pasta … in moderation, of course.

But what about beer? Is it possible to include moderate amounts of regular brewed beer in a low-carbohydrate diet? One stumbling block that some beer drinkers find when trying to shed weight on a low-carbohydrate regime is the reliance on light beer with its minimal carbohydrate content (and some might say taste). Is it possible to move beyond the restrictions of light beer and on to one of your full-bodied favorites?

Don’t bother looking for the answer to this beer drinker’s quandary in the many low-carbohydrate diet books that can be found on store shelves today. Not one of these books addresses the possibility of moving on from light beers to regular brewed beers while the pounds continue to melt away.

Why not? If you’re a beer drinker, the answer might be obvious. There are no carbohydrate listings on the cans or bottles of regular brewed beer because the government feels that “… nutrition information on labels [of regular beers] is unnecessary and unwarranted.” Brewers of light beers, however, have to not only prove that their products are lower in carbohydrates and calories than their big brothers by listing the carbohydrate and calorie count on beer containers, they must also include the nutritional values of the lighter brew.

Is it right to know the carbohydrate and calorie content of what’s in your Twinkie but not in that bottle of Czechvar imported beer sitting in front of you? Not if you’re a beer drinker on a low-carbohydrate diet!

For the benefit of anyone who’s considering using the low-carbohydrate approach to shedding unwanted pounds, here’s a list of some popular beers with their carbohydrate contents. All carb values are for twelve-ounce servings:

Anchor Steam 16.00, Bitburger Pils 9.05, Boston Beer Summer Ale 15.85, Budejovicky Budwar (Czechvar) 13.49, Cooper’s Genuine Draught 7.02, Coors Blue Moon Belgian White 12.87, Corona Extra 13.99, Grant’s Scottish Ale 12.70, Harpoon IPA 12.00, Leinenkugel Original 13.90, New Belgium Fat Tire 13.66, Pete’s Strawberry Blonde 13.70, Pilsner Urquell 14.70, Warsteiner Premium Fresh 12.78, Spoetzl’s Shiner Summer Stock 10.50.

For more information on the carbohydrate count of more than 350 worldwide brands of beer, go to drinkbeergetthindiet.com

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