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People say their favorite holiday is Thanksgiving: no rushing around (except to get that turkey on the table), no gifts to wrap, no crush of holiday shopping. Just the natural warmth overflowing from a holiday filled with food, friends and family getting together to share and give thanks.

Mitt Romney has recently taken every opportunity to blame the President for the high price of gasoline; for a man with so many vehicles that he is building an car elevator in one of his four houses to store them more efficiently I am sure this is a source of great stress on his personal finances. Since there is no sign that gas prices will be plummeting any time soon we can expect this accusation to continue throughout the campaign.

Got a hankering for a taste of British hospitality? Save your air fare to the U.K. and visit Victoria, British Columbia's capitol and the second largest city of that province. Named for Queen Victoria, it can be found on the southeastern tip of Vancouver Island. You don't get more British that this delightfully charming city and it all comes without the stiff upper lip or the stuffiness that is some time associated with our friends across the great pond.

By Gayle Strickland

Buyers today are forced to make quick decisions, offer more than the list price and are often asked to waive or amend some of the normal contractual protections.

With summer now in full swing and the kiddos underfoot, you may

When Hans Christian Anderson wrote “The Snow Queen” in 1845, he could never have fathomed in his wildest imagination (and as we all know he had a wild imagination), that his story would become a steampunk musical. He never dreamed that in the never, never, once-upon-a-time land of future theatre there was a director named Rick Lombardo and an associate director named Kirsten Brandt who would supply songs and lyrics and a reworked story. A talented Haddon Kime adds music to create an enchanting (at times confusing) “Snow Queen” that tells a story of valor, loyalty and the triumph of love.