Tablet Class March 1 Learn more about tablet com­put­ers: try out the library’s Acer Ico­nia Tablets run­ning Android 3.2. Please reg­is­ter for this hands-on pro­gram, which will last about an hour. Cup­cake Dec­o­rat­ing Work­shop Linda Lam­bert from Bella Cui­sine returns with another won­der­ful work­shop on Sat­ur­day, March 10, from 1 to 2:45 p.m. This time each participant […]

Daughters writes mom's column this week.

The Amish Cook By Susan Eicher I hope all you read­ers are doing great. This is Susan, Lovina’s sec­ond old­est daugh­ter and I am 16 years old. Last week I decided that I wanted to write the col­umn since my broth­ers and sis­ters will be home on Fri­day and Mon­day, which is their mid-winter break. Mom usually […]

Young workers spring into action.

By Erin Thomp­son Social Secu­rity Pub­lic Affairs Spe­cial­ist in Toledo If you’re a young worker, retire­ment prob­a­bly seems like a life­time away. In fact, you may won­der if your con­tri­bu­tions to Social Secu­rity, deducted from your pay­check, actu­ally cover you for any­thing right now. The answer is yes, they do. And the time to learn about […]

Earn and keep more money

By Erin Thomp­son Social Secu­rity Pub­lic Affairs Spe­cial­ist in Toledo You prob­a­bly already know that there was an increase in Social Secu­rity and Sup­ple­men­tal Secu­rity Income (SSI) monthly pay­ments at the begin­ning of the year. If you receive monthly Social Secu­rity or SSI pay­ments, you received a 3.6 per­cent cost-of-living adjust­ment begin­ning with your pay­ment for […]

Dewey introduces Emily to the guys.

Home Coun­try Slim Ran­dles It was on the fourth date … er, we mean inter­view, of course … that Dewey brought Emily home to meet the folks. Home, nat­u­rally, was the Mule Barn truck stop – home of the world dilemma think tank — and the folks — it goes with­out say­ing — are us. When they […]

Brighten Up Bake Sales

(Fam­ily Fea­tures) A bake sale is a sweet way to sup­port any char­i­ta­ble cause, whether it’s rais­ing money for new uni­forms or donat­ing to a local ani­mal shel­ter. These tips and recipes from the cel­e­bra­tion experts at Wilton will make bake sale treats that stand out among the rest — it’s a piece of cake. — […]

A Plan to Prevent Home Problems

(Fam­ily Fea­tures) It’s an unfor­tu­nate part of home­own­er­ship – things break down. Heat­ing and cool­ing sys­tems have lim­ited lifes­pans and can cost thou­sands to replace. Home appli­ances go on the fritz or the plumb­ing sys­tem shuts down, and before you know it, you’ve had hun­dreds of dol­lars worth of unex­pected repairs to deal with. One thing […]

Story Time Pen­guins were slip­ping and slid­ing around the children’s room at the Clyde Pub­lic Library. Preschool­ers cre­ated a pen­guin out of heart shapes to take home. The sto­ries shared were: Axle Annie by Robin Pul­ver. The schools in Burskyville never close for snow because Axle Annie is always able to make it up the steepest […]