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Festival Week: A summer’s worth of fun in seven days!

Friday, April 9th, 2010 by theHword

Have you seen the schedule for Festival Week? If you haven’t, pop over to SummerInTheCity.com and have a look. Trust me. There’s a lot going on in Hastings June 18-26 and you may want to start making plans now! This is especially true for the bookend events – the Cottonwood Festival and Flatwater Folk Festival. [...]

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How Much Is Too Much?

Friday, April 9th, 2010 by Jill Kimle

A few weeks ago I was having a conversation with a friend about children and extracurricular activities. He was commenting on the fact that every spare evening/weekend was spent chauffeuring kids to some sort of practice or attending games. I jokingly asked if maybe the kids were involved in too much.

Tags: sports, swimming lessons, youth activities
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Grocery Deals (April 6-12)

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 by Renee Thomsen

Each Thursday, I’ll match Hastings grocery store sale items (as promoted in Hastings Tribune and other area newspaper inserts) with internet and manufacturer coupons.

Tags: coupon, coupons, deal, Deals, groceries, grocery, Shopping
Posted in Food & Dining, Shopping | 2 Comments »

Confessions of an Opportunivore

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 by Amy Sandeen

I love a good bacon veggie burger. No-meat patty, real-meat bacon, and all the tasty toppings. I am an opportunivore. At various stages in my life, I’ve been a carnivore, a strict vegetarian, and a lazy vegetarian. These categories are so limiting

Tags: famers market, fresh produce, seasonal foods
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Sugary goodness: Homemade syrup

Monday, April 5th, 2010 by Mike Howie

A Christmas gift brought a bottle of real maple syrup to our house. Real maple syrup from Vermont, where “sugaring” is going on right now. After a taste, this syrup was quickly relegated to “parental use only” because it was so very good – but too expensive to allow the kids pour (and pour and [...]

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Common Sense Tips for Personal Safety (Tip 15 of 16)

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010 by Mike & Vicki Neiman

You don’t have to be a martial arts master to improve your personal safety. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing common sense tips for adults and children can help you and those you love avoid trouble—and we’re not just talking about being confronted by an attacker.

Tags: common sense, personal safety, self defense
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