A recent study in Britain found that it took the average British holidayer two days and 17 hours before they finally could enjoy their holiday. Another study found it takes women in Britain more than three days to relax and begin enjoying their holiday. I don’t know how long it […]
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Once upon a time, I wanted to be a super-hero and a secret agent, both seeming logical and worthwhile endeavours. When I didn’t get a “Secret Sam” spy kit for Christmas when I was 10 (and Duane Peters did), my lofty ambition tumbled off the shelf. Lion-tamer, veterinarian, and astronaut […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt
The Safety Advocate
The Safety Advocate
2012 is upon us! Making your home and workplace a safer place to live and work is a resolution we all should strive for. Being aware of—and seeing—the risks in our day-to-day lives as we go about activities is crucial to others and ourselves. One of the greatest health […]
Happy New Year to everyone! In many ways, I’m glad to see 2011 behind us. But I’m always cautious in complaining too much because I know things always could be much worse. I wasn’t able to stay awake long enough to ring in 2012 but I trust there were plenty […]
In spite of my age, I’ve never really felt old. With one exception, that is. And that exception was many years ago. I had gone to school most of my life, and taught the rest of it. I had travelled in the summers and served in many places of need. […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
Another year has come and gone. Many businesses take year-end inventories of goods on hand and farm businesses are no exception. Producers, don’t forget to get inventories on your livestock, homegrown grains and forages, and any purchased feed and supplies you have on hand. It also is handy if you […]
By Melanie Mathieson
The Gardening Guru
The Gardening Guru
Is the daylily the perfect perennial? They can grow in a wide range of soil and light conditions, have few insect problems, can tolerate drier conditions, and come in hundreds of varieties. Daylilies can be planted in a variety of landscape settings—positioned to make wonderful background plantings, naturalized in ditches, […]
As we welcome in the New Year, it always encourages us to reflect back on the previous one and the good times we had, as well as look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead. The interesting thing about fishing is the mind always allows us to use our imagination […]
One of the dangers as a sports writer is to make predictions and statements that can come back to blow up in your face. All I have to do is take a look back at my predictions column prior to the start of last year’s baseball season to see how […]
We may have our Christmas wish lists, but our January resolutions probably tells us a lot more about ourselves. I’m constantly fighting the bulge battle and this past year I seem to have lost ground. So topping my list of resolutions is to win back those 10 pounds and get […]
Consumerism is rife with risk and disappointment, especially those “as seen on television” products, though I must confess I do have a particular fondness for my Slap-Chop. They (again, who are these “they” people?) don’t say caveat emptor for nothing (buyer beware, in case your Latin is a little rusty). […]
During the holiday season, we want to do everything—and we also want to do everything perfectly. We go to Christmas banquets and New Year’s parties. We spend lots of time with our families eating scrumptious dinners and exchanging gifts. And in order to be sure we have the best gifts […]
