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Thursday, August27Wine Dinner, 7pm

Smoked Salmon Mousse on Baked Potato Crisps

Crossings Pinot Noir

Zesty Black Bean & Avocado Timbale w/ Garlic Crostinis

Montes Sauvignon Blanc

Parmesan and Peppercorn Encrusted Ribeye w/ a Sweet & Tangy Asian Slaw

Casa Lapostolle "Cuvee Alexander" Cabernet Sauvignon

Pecan Crunch Chocolate Bread Pudding

Hardy's Whiskers Port$55 per person ~ Call to reserve your seat soon!Space is limited.This offer is not valid with any coupon or any other offer.

To love is to receive a glimpse of heaven~

Karen Sunde

Brick Oven Courtyard Grille3030 SW Wanamaker Rd.Topeka, Kansas 66614785.478.2742 brickovencourtyardgrille.com

New Menu Items ~ Try these new tasty dishes!

Ultimate Veggie Burger

Made fresh daily with garbanzos, alfalfa sprouts, cilantro & olive oil. Served on atoasted Brioche bun

Chicken Madeira Sautéed

chicken breast topped with fresh asparagus and melted mozzarella cheese over garlic mashedpotatoes. Covered with fresh mushroom Madeira sauce and roasted red peppers

Hickory Grilled Blackened Ribeye

12 oz hand cut daily, seasoned with Brick's signature Creole & chipotle sauce

Spicy Chipotle Pasta Chopped

grilled asparagus, red & yellow peppers, peas, garlic & onions in a spicy chipotleparmesan cream sauce 9.99 (you can add chicken or scallops to this dish)

Lobster Mac ‘n Cheese

~ delicious new side dish!

how he treats someone who can do himabsolutely no good. Do something great fora stranger today” (Unknown).

We are all works in progress. Patience ismy hardest area. Wayne Dyer says “If youhave eternal patience you will experienceimmediate results.” I will spend more timeon understanding and practicing this one.

August Where in the World is This? Win aFREE Dinner!

Come in & tell us

where

&

what

this is & ifyou are one of the first twenty people toanswer correctly, you’ll win a FREE dinner($12.00 value).

Not valid with any other offer.

July Where in the World Answer:

One of the mostmysteriousplaces ofRussian North,Megaliths

Did you ever wonder

...

about integrity? As of late I’ve pondered about this a lot inmy writing, my other job (non profit humanitarian work), my love of positive and thought pro- voking quotes. Specifically, I want to better myself in “walking the walk.”It’s not that hard to come up with fantastic and inspiring quotes. It’s not that hard to sharethese quotes in a note to a friend. It’s not hard to clip a quote from somewhere and stick it tothe refrigerator. It’s not even hard to enjoy thinking about great quotes in a meditative fash-ion.Where I am most tested is in the everyday situation~A recent “for instance” comes to mind.Just over a week ago, I drove through the drive through window at a coffee shop. The first three times someone spokethrough the speaker, all I could hear was “wha wha wha” garbled and then the words “Africa.” I even looked over at myson in the passenger seat and asked him if he could understand what was said and he shook his head. I apologized to thespeaker, asked if she could speak with her mouth further from the microphone. She did. The question: Would you like to buy a pound of coffee where the proceeds go to help children in Africa? I said, “Sure.” The woman said, “Great! That will be $15.00 at the window.” That was it. She was gone. I sat there until she spoke through the speaker again. “Yes?” sheasked. “I wanted to order a couple of coffee drinks (which IS WHY I was there).” The woman laughed and apologized. Iordered the drinks and pulled forward. I waited behind the car in front of me for several minutes (nearly ten to be exact) while I watched this woman hang out the window talking with a person who appeared to be her friend.This is where I get frustrated and “forget” that I truly want to be kind, understandingand sympathetic. I start thinking things like “incompetent, rude, time is wasting.” And without fail, once I start thinking about the negatives, the more negatives come my way.I get to the window feeling frustrated and then she asks me if I’d like my coffee beansground. Since I don’t own a coffee grinder I needed to have the beans ground…this couldhave been accomplished during my ten minute wait.My quandary is that if I complain, I’m continuing the cycle of frustration…if I don’t,the next person receives the same kind of lackadaisical service and in the end I’m frus-trated either way. I remind myself when I am pulling away that I should “be kind, for ev-eryone you meet is fighting a hard battle” (Plato), and that the “True measure of a man is

Melanie Lira

isthe AugustV.I.P. winner and willreceive a $25.00gift certificate.

Regular, Unleaded or

Shrimp Cocktail

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Call it a "shrimp cocktail" for your fuel tank. Scientists in China are reporting devel-opment of a catalyst made from shrimp shells that could transform production ofbiodiesel fuel into a faster, less expensive, and more environmentally friendly pro-cess. Their study is scheduled for the Aug. 20 issue of ACS' Energy & Fuels, abi-monthly journal.Xinsheng Zheng and colleagues note that an energy-hungry world, concerned about global warm-ing, increasingly puts its future fuel hopes on renewable fuels like biodiesel. Today's biodiesel pro-duction processes, however, require catalysts to speed up the chemical reactions that transformsoybean, canola, and other plant oils into diesel fuel. Traditional catalysts cannot be reused andmust be neutralized with large amounts of water — another increasingly scarce resource — leavingbehind large amounts of polluted wastewater.The researchers describe development of a new catalyst produced from shrimp shells. In laboratorytests, the shrimp shell catalysts converted canola oil to biodiesel (89 percent conversion in threehours) faster and more efficiently than some conventional catalysts. The new catalysts also can bereused and the process minimizes waste production and pollution, the scientists note.(from http://www.happynews.com)

Catering Corner

Tricia Adolphson, Catering Director

785-478-2742(BRIC) Direct Catering 785-249-1282

Picnic season is here!

We cater hors d'oeuvres and party trays, buffets, picnics and formalsit down dinners. We want to help make your celebrations more enjoyable. You can be a guest at your ownevent. Give Tricia Adolphson a call to place your order or set up an appointment to plan your event. Are you having a fund raiser, social gathering, office luncheon, corporate event, wedding rehearsal, orwedding reception? Do you want your event to be memorable? We can help you plan your event whetherit's casual, semi-casual or formal and make it spectacular with our great menu selections and excellentservice.

Drop-n-Go Buffet

Our most economical buffet. Drop-n-Go Buffets serve one-third pound of sliced meat per person with yourchoice of two meats: Beef Brisket, Chopped Kobe-style Burnt Ends, Hickory Roasted Ham, Smoked TurkeyBreast or Pulled Pork50-74 guests 75-99 guests 100+ guests9.25 9.00 8.75

Wood Grilled Buffet

A genuine hickory wood-fired delight. All wood grilled buffets are prepared on site. Customize your meal.Choose from:Backyard Picnic (burgers, brats and hot dogs) -------- 11.95 per person Add Boneless Chicken Breast Fillets--------------------- 1.99 per personThe 12 oz. K.C. Strip---------------------------------------25.99 per person½ Marinated Grilled Chicken------------------------------12.99 per person All buffets include the delivery & set-up of disposable table covering for 8 foot tables(provided by you). Food arrives in disposable containers. Our sides include our famousiron-skillet beans, creamy coleslaw, pasta salad, barbeque sauce, pickles, and variety ofbreads, paperware, and serving utensils. Call me to plan your event and give you furtherdetails on our catering

.

Thanks, Tricia Adolphson

Brick Oven Courtyard Grille will give you a $10.00 gift certificate for helpingsupport our community by donating to Working Class Hero Fund. Go to

www.brickovencourtyardgrille.com

for more information.

Working Class Hero Fundis a newly established organization founded on the tenet thatthere are many good, hard working people in today’s society that experience traumaticevents that leave them unable to meet basic necessities. While these individuals wouldchoose not to seek charity, they find themselves in an unenviable position of needing assistance, and thenfind that they do not meet guidelines of more traditional providers.WCHF will provide crisis funding for local individuals that can prove they are gainfully employed and canshow need. Participants must be able to articulate what circumstances caused the crisis, and what stepsthey plan to take to prevent similar circumstances from occurring again. Funds will not be distributed to theindividuals, but directly used to resolve the immediate crisis. Participants will not be asked to repay theamount, but will be asked to sign an ethical contract that will require that they somehow “pay forward” thegood will assistance that was given to them. That “pay it forward” can be as simple as helping a friend inneed, mowing the lawn of an elderly neighbor, or volunteering at a local non-profit.

Who is Who and What is What

A pessimist is a man who is never happy unless he is miserable, andeven then he is not pleased.Our seamen are cheerful, happy and brave, for they know nothing of things go-ing to happen to them in the future. A ghost is an invisible object which can only be seen at night.The horizon is a place where the earth and sky meet but disappear when you getthere. Adam is the only man who couldn't use the opening gambit "Excuse me buthaven't I seen you somewhere before?"

Right Time, Right Price!

Monday through Saturdayfrom 4pm-6pm. For only

$9.99

choose from any ofthe following menu items(comes with

1

side dish):

~ Oven Roasted Chicken~ The Carolina~ Oven Roasted Chicken &Kobe-Style Burnt Ends~ Fire-Seared Eggplant~ Fire-Seared Sirloin~ Wood-Grilled Tilapia~ Tomato Relish Meatloaf~ Wild Mushrooms, Tasso& Angel Hair Pasta

Prices are only valid on these items listed above.This offer not valid with any other discount, cou-pon or offer. These items come with

1

side dish.

August Word of the Month

*

in·teg·ri·ty

* Pronunciation: \in-'te-gr?-te\* Function: noun1 : firm adherence to a code of especially moralor artistic values : incorruptibility2 : an unimpaired condition : soundness3 : the quality or state of being complete or undi-vided

In this day and age, weneed more people withIntegrity.

Monday NightsPrime Rib Night

Enjoy our Prime Rib Dinnerfor ONLY $14.99

Entrée includes:10 ounce slice of delicious smoked Prime Ribserved with one of our fabulous side dishes anda dinner salad.

This offer is not valid with any other offer, coupon ordiscount. Price does not include beverages, tax orgratuity. You

MUST

mention that you want thisspecial when ordering to receive special price.

Dine in only

4-10pm.

. . .Make a list of every personalcharacteristic that is very important to you~and practice, practice, practice.