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Library corner Family activities offered for the holidays
As you may have noticed when you come into the library these days, the Book Worm Café has been closed.
Dec 12, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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WRIGHT WAY: Is seeing always believing?
Looking up into a starry night, one cannot help but wonder how many of those stars have already died and their light, traveling millions of light years to earth, are their only remaining existence....
Dec 08, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 43 43 recommendations | email to a friend
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Save and be safe this season
The last couple of years it’s as if the holidays sneak up on me. I am definitely not one of the small number of people who complete their Christmas shopping little by little throughout the year. Wh...
Dec 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Speaking on ... Preventing divorce
Why do people divorce? You would think that this extremely important question would have been thoughtfully researched, especially in the United States where divorce rates remain highest in the indu...
Dec 05, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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WRIGHT WAY: Holiday lights and ho, ho — huh?
When I was a child the most enchanting thing about Christmas was the colorful array of lights that decorated the holiday season. The appeal of a fluffy, jolly old man who lived at the North Pole kn...
Dec 01, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
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A Melissa matter: Time for the grumpy to cheer up
So it seems, according to research, and to some people we ALL interact with from time to time that people laugh less and become grumpier as they age.
Nov 29, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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WRIGHT WAY: How to find a job
Living a simple life in today’s economy is wise, but it almost feels mandatory since there is little else most people can do except grin and bare it. Civil rights activist Whitney M. Young, Jr. sa...
Nov 25, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
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WRIGHT WAY: Count your blessings
It’s been said if people are not thankful for what they have, they will not be thankful for what they are going to get. If this is true, it makes all the more sense to have an attitude of gratitude...
Nov 24, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
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Library corner: Library offers gift ideas for those who have everything
Thanksgiving is upon us, which means the official start to the Christmas season begins Friday. Planning ahead for the holiday season helps to reduce the stress of this busy time of year.
Nov 21, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Resolving problems through MOPTOL process
Some people multi-task. Some people compartmentalize. Some people pile. Ahhhhhh, say what? Pile. “Oh yeah!” a fellow pile-ophile said in seeming recognition. You put one bill or office file on top ...
Nov 14, 2010 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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