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Gateway Fellowship offers chance for couples to strengthen the bond of marriage

  • February 1, 2010
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In today’s society, with a divorce rate of more than 50 percent nationwide, couples are struggling to cope with the high anxiety and stress of juggling children, jobs and extracurricular activities amidst an uncertain economy. It’s no wonder couples don’t have the time or strength to work on their marriages. However, there are few things more important than the strength that lies within...

Smithville Community Historical Society

  • February 1, 2010
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Smithville Community Historical Society meets Monday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m., in the Reception Center, 381 East Main Street, Smithville. David Broehl will discuss Coxon Belleek China. Pat Chambers and Lyn Miller are in charge of refreshments.

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  • February 1, 2010
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There are few topics in today’s American dialogue more divisive than the death penalty. And though each side can make a convincing argument, I’ve never been a proponent of it. I have my own arguments, among them the idea that because the criminal justice system is made up of imperfect human beings, there is that chance the wrong person could end up on a gurney or in the chair. Further, it is...

Juice or fruit flavored sugar water? How do you know?

  • February 1, 2010
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My husband likes to have a glass of juice with his breakfast every day. So that means I am occasionally trolling the juice aisle at the grocery store for a good deal – nutritious and inexpensive. There are bottles and jars and cans of all sorts of juices and fruit beverages.Grocery stores aren’t that big (usually), so it’s only a few minutes until I reach the soda/water/other beverage...

Sandwich generation needs to avoid financial squeeze

  • February 1, 2010
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Are you a member of the Sandwich Generation? This designation — which applies to people caring for their aging parents while supporting their own children — may be applicable to you if you’re either a younger Baby Boomer, born in the late 1950s or early 1960s, or an older member of “Generation X,” born in the mid-1960s. But any way you slice it, being in the “Sandwich” group is...

Get ahead by eating more cabbage

  • February 1, 2010
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Q: We have been eating a lot of cabbage lately and really enjoying it. I know it's low-calorie, but does it offer many nutrients?A: Absolutely! You may be confusing cabbage with iceberg lettuce, which really doesn't offer much in the nutrient department. But cabbage is a cruciferous vegetable -- in the same family as broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, chard, kale, collards, mustard greens,...

Look for the good in snow

  • February 1, 2010
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Termination dust, a quaint Alaska phrase that used to be applied to that first snow and therefore the end of the construction season, now really only applies to gardeners by signaling the end of the outdoor growing season. For the next nine months snow acts like a concrete barrier to our favorite pastime, until warm weather crashes into it.Ah, but ever the optimist, as anyone who gardens in the...

Red-shouldered Hawks are a treat any time of year

  • February 1, 2010
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If you see a hawk along the Killbuck Creek, at Lake Buckhorn, or in the Mohican/Pleasant Hill area, there is a chance that it might be Red-shouldered. The chances are not very high - on the Millersburg and Ragersville Christmas bird counts, birders found 400 Red-tails and only four Red-shoulders.Last week I was volunteering at the Save & Serve Thrift Shop on the south side of Millersburg. As...

Southern hospitality is still alive

  • February 1, 2010
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I am attending a dog trial at the 4 Star Plantation near Atlanta, Georgia. The weather is not as warm as I had hoped for, but at least it's 30 degrees warmer than it is at home. I would like to be writing about how well I and my dog, Addi, are doing in the trial, but that would take some imagination, and I am not a fiction writer. The guys here, and the dogs that they are running, are the best in...

Happiness… it's in the little things

  • February 1, 2010
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It’s amazing how a little peeking sunshine can direct the path of my day. It’s amazing how a single snowflake falling gently at my feet can affect my mood. It’s amazing how the sound of my silly nickname spoken from a little friend’s mouth melts my heart. I have a good feeling!The happy smiles from a baby in my care, hide-n-seek with a preschooler, and the uplifting, foot-dangling bear...