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7 Places Mosquitoes Might Be Hiding in Your Yard

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Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation collaboration offers youth guitar classes

When the Crown of the Continent Guitar Foundation and Bigfork ACES after-school program decided to collaborate and offer a beginner guitar program for students in grades 5-8, they were hoping to enroll at least six young students. But when enrollment opened, it quickly became apparent they were going to have a much bigger class.

Demystifying Composite Decking

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8 Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Sharp

(Family Features) The brain is the body’s most complex organ. It’s also the most important one. That’s why keeping it healthy is critical, especially as you age. Every day, scientists are discovering how closely our minds and bodies are connected. As it turns out, the things that you do to keep your body and heart healthy may also be good for your brain.

Ten Ways To Get Prepared For Planting

(NAPSI)—When the weather warms, many people's thoughts turn to how to make sure their yard is in tip-top shape for planting. These 10 tips can help get your garden off to a great start:

Simple steps to better health

(ARA) - If you've been diagnosed with diabetes - Type 2 diabetes in particular - you may have been told you need to make some significant lifestyle changes to maintain your health. Those changes can seem challenging, even for the most disciplined people.

New FDA-approved dosing option for treating moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease

(ARA) - According to the Alzheimer's Association, about 3.6 million Americans age 65 and older have moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is a degenerative disease of the brain that gets worse over time. By 2050, this number is expected to nearly triple to 10.4 million.

Buccaneers, Rams and Bills advance to NFL's divisional round

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Saturday night for their first playoff victory since the 2002 season.

Buccaneers, Rams and Bills advance to NFL's divisional round

LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 381 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past Washington 31-23 in their NFC wild-card game Saturday night for their first playoff victory since the 2002 season.

Staking tomato plants

Everyone gets excited about growing tomatoes to have that wonderful taste of that outdoor vine ripened, Columbia Basin sun grown taste. However, there is a yearly dilemma in growing the tomato vines and how to keep them off the ground.

How A Smart Home Can Help Your Back-to-School Routine

(NAPSI)—Summer is coming to an end, which means American families are gearing up for the school year. With the change in seasons comes a change in your daily routine. Earlier mornings, hectic schedules and to-do lists create added stress and anxiety for parents. Could technology step in and become the solution for streamlining and simplifying your life?

8 Ways to Keep Your Brain Healthy and Sharp

(Family Features) The brain is the body’s most complex organ. It’s also the most important one. That’s why keeping it healthy is critical, especially as you age. Every day, scientists are discovering how closely our minds and bodies are connected. As it turns out, the things that you do to keep your body and heart healthy may also be good for your brain.

7 Places Mosquitoes Might Be Hiding in Your Yard

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5 Tricks for a Chore-Free Weekend

(Family Features) When thinking about errands, check-lists and even downtime, every busy person wishes there were more hours in the day. When tight on time, chores have a way of piling up and spilling into free time. With the right routine, however, day-to-day tasks can be tackled throughout the week, paving the way to a chore-free weekend, which means more time for the fun stuff.

Ten Ways To Get Prepared For Planting

(NAPSI)—When the weather warms, many people's thoughts turn to how to make sure their yard is in tip-top shape for planting. These 10 tips can help get your garden off to a great start:

How to protect children with autism from bullying

(ARA) - Bullying is a headline-grabbing issue these days, one many adults know of first-hand from their own childhood experiences. Fortunately, bullying -- once considered a normal and unavoidable part of the schoolyard landscape -- is now viewed as a much more serious matter.

Church group working to build transitional housing for Sandpoint homeless

Nonprofit aims for housing within two years

Cathy Pomeroy, co-director of Helping Hands Healing Hearts, said she hopes to have transitional housing for homeless residents within two years

Columbia Falls man offers folks a different view of Park

By CHRIS PETERSON / Hungry Horse News