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Get estimates before hiring a garden specialist
I was watching a news segment that caught my attention. The news anchor introduced the idea of how to choose a garden professional. Because most segments only last 30 seconds, not a lot of informat...
Dec 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Owners of The Kitchen, Ben and Keri Fidelak, provide busy families with homemade gourmet suppers-to-go. They will also serve “pre-fixed” meals at The Kitchen by reservation only.
The Kitchen puts family meals back on the menu with gourmet take-out
Between picking up the kids from school, taking them to ball practice and then helping with homework, preparing a homemade supper hardly seems like an option. Family meals aren’t easy to come by, b...
Dec 10, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's Your Line?
When my children were small we accumulated a collection of baby-Jesus-in-themanger owing to a frequent need to start a complete Holy Night scene.  The cattle shed soon became crowded.  Shepherds a...
Dec 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Coin toss determines ‘Ponderings’
I flipped a quarter this week to determine the subject matter to Ponder. I had choices. I was downtown all day Saturday for the Christmas Festival. I had an amazingly great time. If you were not ...
Dec 09, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Florida’s weed is Cenla’s winter treasure
This beautiful tree is blooming in my yard right now. I can never get enough of its beautiful yellow flowers. In the Cassia/ Senna family there are over 500 species, so there is plenty to choose f...
Dec 08, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Best buys for guys: Clueless girl’s guide to what he really wants for Christmas
Manager of new business Cypress Knee Outdoors Adam McDonald holds a Jackal Crossbow by Barnett. The combo deal is the store’s best-selling item. It comes ready to shoot with a quiver, three arrow...
Dec 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Beverly Giering, left, and Jeanette Gunter stand on the porch of the original Santa Claus House. It was rebuilt in 1984 and moved to a new location in 1995.
The Santa Claus House: One boy’s wish made thousands of dreams come true
The Santa Claus House, a downtown fixture for over 50 years, started with a young boy's unanswered wish to meet St. Nicolas. Sadie Maggio Dark says the story began when her late sister's son, Barry...
Dec 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A puppy for Christmas is ‘self-inflicted’ pain
We did the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things. We own two female chocolate Labs. They are old and slow moving. I have one that will get out of the house and run away. She runs for four ho...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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What's Your Line?
Dec. 7, 1941. A day forever burned in the hearts and minds of Americans from every corner of this country. For my father, it must have been a day from the depths of hell itself as he and his fel...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Princess wakes up from a nap in the window display.
Beloved Front Street cat passes away
J. Michael Kenny's beloved 14-year old cat, Princess, died of kidney failure Monday night. The iconic feline regularly decorated the window display in Kenny's quaint downtown shop, The Book Merchan...
Dec 02, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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