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Vaccination can lessen severity of rattler bite

July 16, 2013

Q: Our neighbor told me that his dog has been vaccinated to protect against the poisonous venom of rattlesnakes. Is there really a vaccine for this?

New calendar allows for collaboration

August 2, 2011

Our buses are shined, grounds are trimmed, facilities are

Can you spot the difference between the two? Neither can I

January 10, 2012

After years of parenting I have made a stunning discovery. There is very little difference between a teenager and a 3-year-old.

How to buy foreclosed homes

April 24, 2012

Q: I have seen a number of shows about people who buy and sell foreclosures. From how it’s depicted on TV, it seems easy, a lot of fun and very profitable. How can a person buy foreclosed homes?

‘Blue Man Group’: At times a creative conundrum

March 27, 2013

Created by Matt Goldman, Phil Stanton and Chris Wink in 1988, this sometime outrageous, inventive show has developed into a grand franchise with excellent promotion throughout the world in smaller venues, television and concert type offerings. The original creators do not perform, instead seven Blue Men alternate in the three main roles with bald heads painted blue that give off a childish, alien innocence with their antics. It’s all backed up with some interesting special effects and very loud, almost metal rock original music that has the whole theatre vibrating for most of the performance.

Local church gathers quilts for world’s needy

October 13, 2010

Quilts are sometimes nearly miraculous things. The warmth they

Our only professional sports event and we have to wave goodbye

October 15, 2013

Gorgeous time of year Indian Summer is in the Hayes Valley in San Martin where the PGA Golf professionals show up to play each fall in early October. Crisp CordeValle Golf Resort mornings yield to sunshiny warm afternoons at the Frys.Com Open. The views are as soothing as a Fred Couple’s swing. It’s a walk in a natural park interrupted by occasional roars from the happy crowd, announcements on the first tee … please welcome our 11:22 a.m. pairing … Two-time major champion Angel Cabrera from Argentina … and next to tee off 1997 British Open Champion Justin Leonard from Dallas, Texas ... and bellows from the beer-for-birdies bunch at the pavilion aside the 17th green.

Women wax nostalgic in Wisconsin’s North Woods

August 28, 2012

Have you ever packed for a trip and been at a total loss about what to take? Yeah, me too. So recently, when it was time to pull a few things together for a long weekend reunion with girlfriends from high school, I spent an inordinate amount of time packing a few outfits, gathering the appropriate accessories, undies, shoes, nightwear and gifts for the trip.

Do money and happiness go hand in hand?

December 10, 2009

Does money actually buy a degree of happiness? In this

‘No F’ policy smacks of sadism

September 5, 2011

I applaud the Morgan Hill Unified School District's trustees for

So much can happen in 10 years

Can this royal fairy tale be saved?

‘Tis the season for shopping eco-wisely

‘Love, Loss and What I Wore’

Listening to students’ voices is vital

Vaccination can lessen severity of rattler bite

New calendar allows for collaboration

Can you spot the difference between the two? Neither can I

How to buy foreclosed homes

‘Blue Man Group’: At times a creative conundrum

Local church gathers quilts for world’s needy

Our only professional sports event and we have to wave goodbye

Women wax nostalgic in Wisconsin’s North Woods

Do money and happiness go hand in hand?

‘No F’ policy smacks of sadism

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