2 JOIN 'GOT COOKIES?' CROWD FIREFIGHTERS ARE CALENDAR GUYS FOR MILK BOARD'S ANNUAL PROJECT.Byline: Dana Bartholomew Staff Writer NORTH HOLLYWOOD - The badge of honor for next year's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. firefighting 1. firefighting - What sysadmins have to do to correct sudden operational problems. An opposite of hacking. "Been hacking your new newsreader?" "No, a power glitch hosed the network and I spent the whole afternoon fighting fires." 2. poster boys doesn't gleam of polished tin - but of chocolate chips and lemon. Los Angeles fire Capt. Randy Beaty of Fire Station No. 60 posed Thursday for the 2006 Milk & Cookies Calendar, besting a hundred firehouse bakers with his Chocolate Malted Oatmeal Cookies. County fire Capt. Lynn A. Mohr also earned a calendar page for his Lemon Surf Squares. But when it comes to culinary plaudits, the firefighters deferred to their wives. ``I cook once in awhile,'' said Beaty, 47, of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , preparing for a photo shoot at his North Hollywood station. ``(But) let me be honest with you: My wife gave me lots of help on this.'' The Milk & Cookies Calendar, created by the California Milk Advisory Board and the California Fire Foundation, features a dozen winning bakers from throughout the state. Launched in 2002, it has raised more than $20,000 a year for the California Firefighters Memorial and families of fallen firefighters. The calendar features tough-looking firefighters holding a glass of milk and such blue-ribbon cookies as Dalmatians. Beaty, a 6-foot-3-inch firefighter with GQ good looks, flashed a milk- white smile for the debonair deb·o·nair also deb·o·naire adj. 1. Suave; urbane. 2. Affable; genial. 3. Carefree and gay; jaunty. shot. The secret to oatmeal suave: Nestle chocolate, ground toffee and ground oatmeal. And Rachelle, his wife. ``I'm not a dipper dipper, common name for the only aquatic member of the order Perciformes (perching birds) found near cold mountain streams. With their short, stubby wings and tails and their thick brownish plumage, dippers are thought to be closely related to the wrens. , I'm a wolfer,'' he declared, taking a bite out Verb 1. bite out - utter; "She bit out a curse" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" of his cookie, a perfect balance between firm and soft. ``I'll wolf 'em down as fast as I can.'' Though Mohr can also whip up some mean firehouse food, he said the credit for his Lemon Surf Squares goes to a family recipe of his wife, Anne. ``They're delicious,'' Mohr, 54, of Moorpark, said of the bars named for surfers a block from Station 88 in Malibu. ``The taste ... They're made of good ingredients - fresh lemon, grated zest, powdered sugar on top. ``And lots of love from my beautiful wife.'' Dana Bartholomew, (818) 713-3730 dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information : The Milk & Cookies Calendar will be available in October for $15. See www.memorial.cpf.org or call (800) 890-3213. CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. Capt. Randy Beaty poses for a calendar photographer with milk and one of his winning cookies. (2) The secret to Randy Beaty's winning Chocolate Malted Oatmeal Cookies? Nestle chocolate, ground toffee and ground oatmeal. And his wife Rachelle's recipe. David Sprague/Staff Photographer Box: FYI (see text) |
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