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1 cup light corn syrup 1 cup sugar 1 cup Nutella (chocolate-hazelnut spread) 6 cups crisp rice cereal Lightly grease a 9-by-13-inch pan. In a Dutch oven over medium heat, cook the corn syrup, sugar and Nutella, stirring often until the sugar is melted. Remove from the heat and add the cereal. Toss well, coating all of the cereal. Transfer the mixture to the pan and push down to form an even layer in the pan. Let cool for 30 minutes and cut into 20 bars. - "The NFL Gameday Cookbook" by Ray Lampe (Chronicle, $24.95)

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- Local business owner David Sanders carefully pulls a folded and worn piece of paper out of his shirt pocket and points to a set of numbers: 194 and 142/80. The numbers are results from tests performed at his doctor's office. The first was a measure of the sugar in his bloodstream and the second was his blood pressure. "He told me that, walking out of his office one day, he was afraid I was going to die," said Sanders, who owns Sanders Furniture Refinishing & Upholstering in the former Harbaugh's Hardware building on East Main Street.

It's 3 p.m., you're starving, and if your boss talks to you again, he might find himself on the business end of your stapler. As time continues toward the end of the work day, your mood and your energy levels continue to plummet. At 5:30, you're commuting home, and all you can think about is how great a Twinkie would taste while you deal with the people who have seemed to forget what a gas pedal does. By 6, you're finally home. Feeding time! At this point you're ravenous. Anything is fair game.

For the sugar syrup: Grated zest of 2 lemons 2 cups sugar 2 cups water For the lemonade: 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 12 lemons), with half of the rinds reserved and roughly chopped 3 cups cold water To make the sugar syrup, in a medium saucepan combine the zest, sugar and water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from heat, cover and let steep for 15 minutes. Transfer the syrup to a 2-quart pitcher.

WAYNESBORO, Pa. -- A former Adams County, Pa., man has announced a write-in campaign for the open seat to represent the 33rd District of the Pennsylvania Senate. Andy Johnson, 40, recently moved to Waynesboro. Johnson, a member of the Green Party, announced his intentions after Pennsylvania's April 22 primary election. As a result, he would've needed to collect signatures for nominating papers to appear on ballots in November. The number of signatures would need to be equivalent to 2 percent of the votes cast in the district in 2004.

Packing pounds of icing and plenty of confidence, Courtney Adkins, 17, is ready for a cake decorating showdown. On Saturday, Courtney, a senior at Washington County Technical High School, will go to Baltimore, where she will face the best high school cake decorators in Maryland. Courtney recently won a regional cake decorating contest in Frederick, Md., for high school students. She and two others have advanced to the state competition in Baltimore. The contest was organized by SkillsUSA, a national group that represents students, teachers and other professionals involved with high school and college-level technical programs.

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- Firefighters working gingerly through a still-burning sugar refinery found three bodies Friday and were trying to reach the remains of three others killed in an explosion overnight, Georgia's top fire official said. Crews found the three bodies in tunnels beneath the building, which was reduced to a mass of rubble, twisted beams and mangled metal, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said. Local authorities said they had not heard of any recoveries.

Its name is a misnomer, but its flavor was a hit. The winner of The Herald-Mail's 16th annual Cookie Exchange Contest is Emily Suranno, 15, of Mercersburg, Pa., who submitted a batch of Ginger-Lime Cookies. Except there's no ginger in the recipe. It's more of a lime sugar cookie. Emily's cookie was determined the winner among 58 entries, earning her $100. Cookies were judged on taste, appearance, overall quality and originality. The judges were split into two groups, each tasting about half of the entries.

For the syrup: 1 cup sugar 2 cups water 3 tablespoons butter 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon For the dumplings: 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon butter 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup shortening 4 tablespoons cold water 8 Golden Delicious apples Preheat oven to 450 degrees. To make the syrup, mix the sugar, water, butter and cinnamon in a large pot and bring to a boil. Boil for 3 minutes. For the dumplings, mix together the sugar, cinnamon and butter and set aside.

Potato candy is sugary sweet for a good reason: It contains a lot of sugar - confectioners' sugar. There are potatoes in there, and they're the real deal. In other words, instant potatoes have no place in potato candy, Alsetta Broadway said. And she ought to know. Broadway has been making potato candy for 13 years, selling it at Hagerstown's City Farmers Market on West Church Street. She uses an old Pennsylvania Dutch recipe that has been handed down via word of mouth.