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Lifestyle
05/16/2008 12:00 AM
There’s a perk to getting older: You get happier as you age, recent research suggests.
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05/16/2008 12:00 AM
I think I’ve found a new favorite season.
Fifty-plus pounds ago, I cringed at the word summer. It meant sweating, activity and revealing clothing.
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05/16/2008 12:00 AM
Frugal decorators enjoy browsing garage sales, bidding at auctions and scouring the tables at flea markets for unique dŽcor and great deals. But if you're tired of fighting the crowds at, and hate waiting for your lot to come at auction, check out estate-sale shopping. Estate sales are often overlooked opportunities for unusual buys in a cozy setting.
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05/14/2008 12:00 AM
If you’re the caretaker of a feline companion, you probably have some odd habits. Perhaps you use baby talk when addressing your cat, or try to make it watch cat food commercials with you. I was so bonkers over my cat (may she rest in peace, she recently used up her ninth life) that I integrated “kitty style” into my décor.
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05/13/2008 12:00 AM
If you’ve decided to build a new home from the ground up, that ground itself becomes a fairly significant factor in the process. Once you have a neighborhood in mind, the actual home site you select can have a major impact on future value, heating and cooling costs, taxes, and the overall budget of your new construction project.
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05/10/2008 12:00 AM
Owning a tangible piece of land and a house built on it is a simple-enough notion to understand. Owning a piece of your future vacation destination, however, can be a bit more difficult for some to comprehend, especially if they’re not familiar with the concept of timeshares.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
People say inanimate objects should not upset you.
Those people never tried to climb Barn Bluff as a morbidly obese on-again, off-again smoker whose only form of exercise was walking to the car.
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05/09/2008 12:00 AM
I have worked with dozens of clients who waited until the last minute to get their homes ready for sale. Because they didn’t allot enough time to get things done, they ended up showing their homes with smudged walls, dirty carpets, tired furnishings and uncleared clutter. Procrastination caused tremendous stress and the loss of thousands of dollars.
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05/08/2008 12:00 AM
We recently filed for bankruptcy. What modification options do we have for our mortgage loan?
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Juliana Schultz of Mazeppa, has graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh with a bachelor of science degree in nursing.
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05/07/2008 12:00 AM
Yikes! You have a month to prepare your home for sale, a limited budget and very little free time. How do you invest your time, effort and money to “stage” your home so that it will sell quickly at the best possible price? Follow this recipe to reap the best return on your efforts:
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05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Aaron Johnson of Red Wing is now a member of the Minnesota State Mustangs, the baseball team at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, Minn.
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05/06/2008 12:00 AM
Only the beginning: In these harsh times, when a builder goes broke, the financial hardships, much like the would-be homes, have only begun.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
Ben Swarts of Red Wing has been accepted for membership into the Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges program.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
The long, drawn-out winter was difficult. Now that the snow has disappeared, we’re finally able to get out in the yard.
Unfortunately, we’re discovering extensive, wide-spread damage to trees and shrubs from a variety of wildlife.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
From pop cans to giant cranes, gone are the days when scrap metal was dumped and left to weather until someone got around to finding a use for it, says Kevin Simanski, general manager of AMG Alliance Scrap Metal Recyclers in Red Wing.
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05/05/2008 12:00 AM
One of the more subtle parts of a home that can lend an understated sense of elegance is the driveway. Though many might feel a driveway is a driveway, a number of different driveway materials exist that can make a home stand out among the rest.
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05/04/2008 12:00 AM
Adam Fredrickson of Red Wing has been named to the dean’s list at the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson and Wales University of Charlotte, N.C.
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05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Five generations recently gathered. They are (sitting)
Karen Maxfield (great-grandmother) of Austin, Minn.;
Helen Rushton (great-great-grandmother) of Austin ; (standing) Samantha Roben (mother) of Red Wing and Chris Hall (grandmother)of Red Wing who is holding Nolan Berghammer of Red Wing.
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05/03/2008 12:00 AM
A 90th birthday open house for Mildred Strusz will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. May 11 at St. John’s Parish Hall, County Road 4, Goodhue. No gifts, please.
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05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Sunnyside school notes:
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05/03/2008 12:00 AM
Reverse mortgages don’t require a monthly payment, but like other loans, they need to be assessed and researched before you commit to them
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
What can a borrower do if a lender goes bankrupt?
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
“Shopping is hard no matter what size you are,” my personal trainer Kim Wojcik told me on Monday.
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05/02/2008 12:00 AM
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