Quarterly Newsletter • Summer 2010

Mora • Milaca • Isle • Elk River • Pine City • Ogilvie

Greater Minnesota Credit Union

wishes you a great summer!

It will go fast, but there is

something to look forward to...

The Annual CirCUs Club Pizza Parties!

We are planning them for September

2010. Keep an eye out for your
postcard in August that will
have all of the details!
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 MAKE YOUR OWN BUBBLES!!! PB & J Pops
What is more fun in the summer than blowing bubbles??? Follow this
easy recipe to make your own bubbles! Ingredients:
Peanut Butter-Swirl Ice Cream
1 pound graham crackers
16 ounces strawberry jam
1 cup unsalted peanuts, chopped (optional)
Bubbles
Directions:
1/4 cup liquid dish soap
3/4 cup water 1. Spread 1/2 gallon of Peanut Butter Ice cream into a shallow parchment lined pan. Place in freezer
until firm.
1 ½ tablespoons light corn syrup
2. Transfer ice cream and parchment lining from the pan to a flat surface. Cut ice cream into squares,
For best results, prepare your bubble solution in advance and store it overnight in the refriger- 2 1/2 inches each. Transfer the squares to a parchment-lined baking sheet; freeze at least 3 hours.
ator before using it. Your bubbles may get a little sticky, so this mixture is best used outside!
3. Break graham crackers in half to make 2 1/2 inch squares. Spread one side of each with about 1
1/2 teaspoons jam; freeze until firm, about 45 minutes (this keeps finished pops neat). Sandwich
Try out these fun bubble wands:
ice-cream squares between graham crackers, jam facing ice cream. Insert a wooden pop stick into
• Bend the opening of a coat hanger into a large circle
each.
• Fly swatters with holes
• Covers of yogurt containers with the center cut out. 4. Place peanuts in a bowl (if using); dip each side of the pop in the nuts. Pat gently with your hand to
• Make a Straw and String Wand: Take two straws and run a length of cotton string through both. Tie adhere. Pops can be frozen at this point, wrapped in plastic wrap or layered between waxed paper
and hide the knot inside one of the straws. To make a giant bubble, hold the straws in each hand and in an airtight container, for up to 2 weeks. Enjoy!
draw apart to make a rectangle. Dip in bubble mix and gently stroke through the air. Allergy warning - recipe includes peanut ingredients.

DID YOU KNOW???

Nickels, dimes, and quarters are pickled before they‛re minted? It might sound strange, but
the blanks used to make these coins really are pickled. They‛re not soaked in vinegar, though,
like the pickled cucumbers you get on hamburgers. Instead, these copper-nickel blanks are
soaked in a special chemical solution. This “pickling” washes and polishes the blanks.
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You can hold a Ferris wheel in the palm of your hand? How? It‛s easier than you might think.
So is turning cartwheels with your fingers. Both “Ferris wheel” and “cartwheel” are nicknames
for silver dollars!
Attention CirCUs Club Members!
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When it‛s time for change? The Secretary of the Treasury may change circulating coinage
Keep saving and earning reward stamps for your deposits. We will 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point 1 Point
designs after 25 years. Congress, however, can authorize a change prior to 25 years.
be getting some new and exciting rewards prizes in August!
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Check back at your local GMCU soon to see what new rewards $10 = 1 Point
5 Points = Bronze Level Prize
This Rewards Card Belongs To:
Before the Mint Police, there was a Mint Pup? Old records show that $3 was spent to
you can earn! 10 Points = Silver Level Prize
25 Points = Gold Level Prize
NAME_____________________ purchase a watchdog to protect the first Mint in Philadelphia.

Interested in learning more? Get your parent‛s permission and visit www.usmint.gov.