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BESTFRIENDSND Service
Service can lead to meaningful connections. True service comes from a desire to help others, rather than from an expectation of rewards or recognition. Youth may choose to serve family, friends, membe...
1/22/13 at 11:00 AM
MISS SIMPLICITYBlack Friday Shopping Hints
As I am bombarded by adds for Black Friday I was shocked to see something different this year.......3AM openings, midnight openings or worse yet, stores that don't even close for Thanksgiving Day! T...
11/15/12 at 9:09 AM Part 3: Back To School Organizing 8/15/11 at 5:48 AM
Part 2: Back To School Organizing 8/9/11 at 8:31 AM
NIE ROCKSTips to prepare for school - Part 3
Here is Part 3. School will be starting soon. Here are some quick tips to help parents and kids get ready for the upcoming school year from McClatchy-Tribune. Setting the family alarm clock to hit th...
8/10/12 at 8:00 AM Tips to prepare for school - Part 2 8/9/12 at 8:00 AM
Tips to prepare for school - Part 1 8/8/12 at 8:00 AM
CHEF JEFFBest-on-the-Block Baby Back Ribs
Smoking meat might be one of the oldest methods of cooking known to humans. Not only is smoking a means of preserving meat, it also greatly improves the flavor. And for that alone, it's no wonder that...
6/7/12 at 6:50 PM Barbecued Baby Back Pork Ribs 4/21/12 at 4:06 PM
Spicy Baby Back Ribs 11/5/11 at 3:00 PM
RELUCTANT STAGE MOMDressing Room Adventures: Back of House at Annie Jr.
At the back of the house on the Annie Jr. set it's: hot rollers, hairspray, braids, pig tails, nylons, shoelaces, hats. Eyeliner, blush, lipstick and microphone tape these have been my surroundings fo...
2/9/12 at 1:04 PM
REGGIE TALESTwo TV Greats Leave Us
Word has reached us in the Upper Midwest that two of the great character actors of all time have left us: the guy that played Mr. Pitt on "Seinfeld" and the guy that played Epstein on "Welcome Back Ko...
1/31/12 at 3:42 PM
THE NEW FORTYGod-given curves...
I do love Fifi, but I think that on some occasions she forgets who she is talking to. The other day she sent me an email that said in the subject line: CAROL Boyish Body? Create INSTANT Curves & ...
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Am I brilliant or am I a simpleton? 3/6/11 at 11:26 AM
TIME AT THE TABLEDon't Fall too far...
Like most others in the upper Midwest I have spent the last couple evenings covering my tomato plants with old sheets, and bringing in the flowering plants. You not only can feel the crisp air in th...
9/14/11 at 1:49 PM
MOMSTARLoving the Gluten-Free Lunchbox
Italian Dunkers Greek Yogurt Veggie Dip With school lunches under scrutiny these days, parents often labor over how to pack a nutritious and delicious lunch box for their children. Individually ...
9/2/11 at 9:58 AM S.M.A.R.T. Back-to-School Shopping 8/18/11 at 12:59 PM
NASCAR DADBack to the 50's Car Show
Over 12,000 cars, hot rods, custom cars, antiques, street rods. At St Paul Fairgrounds. &...
6/18/10 at 1:48 PM
FAR SIDE OF FIFTYCuriosity: Zinnia Corner
On a stretch of road, just North and West of Glyndon, Minnesota on a corner someone has planted a bunch of Zinnias. The planting stretches North and West and makes a perfect backwards "L" on...
8/16/09 at 4:24 AM
RINK AND RUNBeardsley Surgery
Grandma’s Marathon course record holder Dick Beardsley of Austin, Texas, had back surgery Thursday to replace a disc and reported on his Web site Friday that the surgery...
7/31/09 at 4:05 PM
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