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ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM

EDITOR

Round Up
Them
Cookies

Sure Roy Rogers was
tough, but when was
the last time he
whipped out a
rootin' tootin' deee-
licious cookie —
kosher, of course
— shaped like a
cow?
Partners, meet
Texas Tina.
Texas Tina

the concoctions' names: Buck-
a-Roos Chocolate Cookie Bits,
Pony Espressos, Cowtown
Cookies and the taxi-shaped
New York Traffic Treats.
New York?
Here's the story.
Texas Tina was born Tina
Blumenthal in New York,
where she worked as a design-
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lives in San Antonio, where
she cooked up a recipe for suc-
cess producing kid-sized boxes
of pretzels, cookies, candy and
other snacks, all certified by
the Orthodox Union. The box-
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came next. This savvy cowgirl
not only comes up with the
recipes, she designs the boxes,
as well, and you'd be hard-
pressed to find anything cuter.
"She talks about the Lone
Star State with the
enthusiasm of a
born-again Tex-
an," the San Anto-
nio Express News reports.
She already owns more than
25 pairs of cowboy boots.
Texas Tina's treats are for
sale at the Gene Autry Mu-
seum in California, the
Alamo Restaurant in New
York, Marshalls through-
out the country (including
Southfield), Bed, Bath
and Beyond, and at Gum-
ball's in Port Huron and
Traverse City.

agencies
and for Gentlemen's
Quarterly magazine.
But deep in her heart,
e alWays loved Texas, and af-
:-ter her parents moved there
She:decided to join them in
1988.
Today, Texas Tina is the head
of Wild West Productions, Inc.
Her first taste treat was Cow-
town Cookies; Alamo Crackers

Sage
Mothe Against
Drunk Driving
(MADD) is sponsor-
ing a poster/essay
contest that reem-
phasizes it commit-
ment to stop
underage drinking.
Called "My
World. My Choice. No Alco-
hol," it is open to all students
in elementary through high
school. Students may submit
entries in each of the cate-
gories. The poster competition
is for to those in grades 1-12,
and the essay competition is for
those in grades 4-12. This year,
two new categories were
added to the contest for grades
7-12: black-and-white photos

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Sixty-six cash prizes
awarded, including $200 for
the first-place winner in the
high-school division; $150 for
the junior-high division; and
$100 for the elementary divi-
sion. Second- and third-place
winners also are awarded cash
prizes. All participants will re-
ceive a ribbon or certificate of
achievement.
First-place entries will qualify
for a national contest, where
students will compete for more
than $10,000 in prizes.
For an entry form and rules,
contact MADD, Michigan
State Office, 910 Eastlawn Dr.,
Midland, MI 48642, (517)
631-6233.

Baby Plans

You know your baby is a work
of art. Now everybody else
can know it, too.
Babyplans in Birmingham
will create an 8 1/2" by 11"
art print of your baby, com-
plete with technical specifica-
tions about how this-
wonderful little angel came
about (Daddy is the "archi-
tect" and Mom is the "devel-
opment engineer"). Plans also
reflect baby's Caucasian,
Asian, African or Hispanic eth-
nicity.
The idea for the project
started with John Loizon,
founder of an independent ar-