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		<title>The Common Bagworm, Just an Interesting Caterpillar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trees with brown bags attached to the twigs??...... And then you say, pick these bags off by hand??..... You’ve got to be kidding!!....  ]]></description>
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		<title>Chamber Retail Oversight committee sets sights on entrepreneurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This     is one of a  series of stories on Hastings entrepreneurs that recently appeared in the Hastings  Tribune. Thanks to the Tribune for allowing us to share these stories on TheHWord.com! 
Enjoy!

Chamber Retail Oversight committee sets sights on entrepreneurs

Erik Buderus
(Story Courtesy Hastings Tribune)
Craig Eckert, chairman of the Chamber retail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping the Yard Beautiful</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[KEEPING THE YARD BEAUTIFUL! Here are some August horticultural tips that may be helpful. ]]></description>
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		<title>A World of Little Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Sandeen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We humans are a minority of giants, stumbling around in a world of little things.”
-Sue Hubbell in Waiting for Aphrodite

Earlier this summer, a neighbor commented that my yard is like a Disney movie – there are always songbirds, rabbits, and squirrels hanging out. I’m guessing they break into song and have fabulous animated adventures when I’m not looking, too.
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		<title>Business loans down from economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>theHword</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Heritage Bank]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This     is one of a  series of stories on Hastings entrepreneurs that recently appeared in the Hastings  Tribune.       Thanks to the Tribune for allowing us to share these stories on      TheHWord.com! 
Enjoy!

Business loans down from economy

By Will Vraspir
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		<title>Carefree Summer Days</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Picture  your world - relaxing in the hammock, gentle breeze, sun behind the clouds, patches of color from flowerbeds around the yard, lawn just mowed, sprinkler automatically running about 4:30 a.m., butterflies overhead, no storm reports, no mosquitoes,- - - WHAT,  NO BUGS!! WAKE UP!! GET REAL. Dreaming is good, reality is probably better. Life just isn’t this easy.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaning out the CLOSETS!!  Oh My!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzie Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The closets in your home need cleaning and decluttering. Here are some tips and warning about how to clean out the closet, plus step by step instructions.]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Bugging Me (You) This Time?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Siffring</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[aphids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring brings a fresh start to every living thing. Each part of nature, both plants and pests, puts forth her best effort to complete another life cycle. The homeowner has the option of letting nature determine the outcome or try to alter the competition between plants and pests. Homeowners have the privilege of timely use of natural, mechanical and chemical methods to alter this outcome of the phrase “green and growing or pest destroying”.]]></description>
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		<title>The Fong&#8217;s vs. The Slugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kaleena &#38; Matt Fong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the last two years we have planted a garden. We have learned what it is like to nurture seedlings in to full grown plants. We have stood along the fence night after night surveying our crops. We have harvested baskets and baskets of tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers. We had not until this year experienced gardening as a full contact sport. ]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Your Kitchen a Clean-Up</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzie Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being midway through spring, it is time to start your spring clean-up with the kitchen.  Begin with the following short clean-up routine.
1.	Clear out the clutter
2.	Wash the dirty dishes 
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