The Rockdale News Digital Edition February 18, 2015 | Page 11

WELCOME
TO YOUR WEEKEND
Jenni
Mauran
Columnist
Jenni Mauran is
a wife, mother of
three, freelance
producer and
writer. She can
be reached at
jennimauran@
gmail.com

This weekend is George
Washington’s Birthday. You
know him as the Commander-in-Chief of the
Continental Army, the presider over the convention
that drafted the Constitution, and the first President
of the United States.
But did you know:
He was the first man to
send airmail, by hot air balloon, between Philadelphia
and New Jersey. He was the

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with
Melanie

COOKING

Melanie Thompson is a 13-year-old seventh grader at
Indian Creek Middle School has been cooking since she
first helped her great grandmother, Louis, in the kitchen
when she was two.

Quick & easy cake

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