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Grocery Deals (December 30th – January 4th)

Thursday, December 31st, 2009 by Renee Thomsen

Rumor has it there will be FREE Electrasol Dishwashing Detergent (starting Sunday) at Walgreens. Check your Saturday paper for a $2.50 Electrasol coupon.

Tags: coupons, Deals, groceries, grocery, Shopping
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Blizzard brings new perspective on the Holidays

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 by Jill Kimle

Today, as I sit here starting my article, I am snowed in. I don’t mean just a few inches of snow blocking a door. We are dealing with an all out blizzard which happens to be…on Christmas Day! And, because we live in the country, we are seeing nothing but white outside the windows.

Tags: blizzard, christmas, family, holiday, perspective, winter
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IF I Make a New Year’s Resolution….THEN I Will Keep It

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 by Becky Sullivan

Remember those horrible “if/then statements” from high school geometry? Maybe I just remember them as horrible because I am a math moron. I bring up if/then statements only because they do have a real life application when it comes to New Year’s Resolutions.

Tags: 2010, new year's resolution, resolution
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Oh, fudge!

Monday, December 28th, 2009 by Mike Howie

Christmas didn’t go quite as planned – and after being stuck in the house for three days we’re out of goodies. With guests coming soon, we decided to try our hand at making fudge. Turns out, it’s pretty easy. (Saving it for New Years may not be.)

Tags: candy, fudge, marshmallow, sweet, sweets
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How Safe Is It in Hastings?

Monday, December 28th, 2009 by Kelly Miller

Ever a sense of safety and being surrounded by people I consider good neighbors. Hastings is a community that when asked about, nearly every resident will remark “it’s a nice, safe town—a great place to raise your family.” Several weeks ago a concrete boulder crashed through the secure, snow globe life I had been living here…literally.

Tags: Hastings, robbery, safety
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Food Safety for Those Glorious Holiday Goodies

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009 by Suzie Brown

The invisible holiday enemy is bacteria. You can’t see, taste, or smell bacteria, but it can be on or in food and multiply rapidly in moist, warm conditions. Warm conditions are temperatures between 41*F and 141*F. What temperature is your home?

Tags: cream pie, eggnog, food safety, recipe
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