A LITTLE TREAT FOR THE BIG EASY NEW ORLEANS NATIVE HELPS WITH SNOW CONES.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer NEWHALL - Nothing's changed Nothing's Changed is a poem by Tatamkhulu Afrika. It shows a Coloured man's (presumably Afrika) emotions upon returning to District Six in Cape Town, Afrika's home community before it was emptied. since Alice Knebel bought her snow cone snow cone n. A confection made of crushed ice and flavored syrup inserted into a paper cone and mounded on top. machine 24 years ago. She still can't sit still. As a young mother in a suburb of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded , she bought the machine to make a little extra cash and help out some charities. She settled in Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, years later and sold the icy treats to raise money for kids who couldn't afford to play in the local soccer league. On Friday, Knebel, now a teacher at Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
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``There's 14 feet of water in the house, and they lost their businesses,'' a teary Knebel said of one cousin's family. ``I can't go there and help them, so I decided to do it here. I can't sit down and do nothing. When your family's in need, you can't just sit there.'' After Katrina ravaged rav·age v. rav·aged, rav·ag·ing, rav·ages v.tr. 1. To bring heavy destruction on; devastate: A tornado ravaged the town. 2. her home state, Knebel got the carefully wrapped cast-iron machine from her garage and put it back to work. She found she could crank out crank 1 n. 1. A device for transmitting rotary motion, consisting of a handle or arm attached at right angles to a shaft. 2. A clever turn of speech; a verbal conceit: quips and cranks. a snow cone every 15 seconds and did that during two morning breaks and lunch period in the quad at Hart. ``The kids line up, oh, Lord, yes,'' she said. ``I'm just happy the kids and everyone came out to do their part and make a contribution.'' Knebel, with the unexpected help of fellow teachers and students, has been selling bubble gum-, lime- and cherry-flavored snow cones for $1 each for the past two weeks. The profits increased when Newhall Ice donated the ice. ``There's been a ton of kids,'' colleague Barbara Lewis said. ``This was a really positive thing to do. It got people involved in helping out.'' Knebel bought the snow-cone machine some 24 years ago. It was about 15 years old then and had been refurbished. It still bears the tag ``Made in New Orleans.'' `'She thought this would be a good good way to raise money, and it was,'' Lewis said. Patricia Farrell Aidem, (661) 257-5251 pat.aidem(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Alice Knebel sells snow cones Friday at Hart High School to raise money for hurricane victims in her native New Orleans. (2) As a young mother in a suburb of New Orleans, Alice Knebel bought a snow cone machine to make a little extra cash and help out some charities. Now a teacher at Hart High School, she's using it to raise money for victims of Hurricane Katrina. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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