Grow Your Own Sweet Corn - Nothing says "Summer's here!" quite like an ear of fresh sweet corn dripping with butter. Sweet corn has the best flavor on the same day it is picked, so to have the most flavorful corn at your table, you may want to grow your own sweet corn. - read more...

Six Advantages to Free Weights Over Exercise Machines - About a year ago, Sarah saw an infomercial about a multi-unit workout machine. The announcer called it a revolutionary piece of equipment claiming that people would see results in just 2-4 weeks. It exercised all major body parts and the female model shown using the machine said it "was safer and more effective than free weights." - read more...

Ace the Job Interview Using Your Emotional Intelligence - A job interview is a stressful situation because the stakes are high. If you really want the job, or need the job, it's important to put your best foot forward. Here are 10 ways to apply emotional intelligence to the situation for positive results. - read more...

Automating Your Internet Business - Part II - In the last column, we covered the beginning step of "Automating Your Internet Business" with credit card processing. In this issue, we will address the second most important automation tool that you should implement. This tool is called an auto-responder. Basically, auto-responders are computer programs designed to automatically send a document, or documents, to anyone in response to a request made via e-mail or via an online form. The document usually arrives in the requester's inbox within minutes. Because auto-responders handle requests 24 hours a day, 7 days a week practically on auto-pilot, they are extremely powerful Internet communication tools. They can be utilized with or without a Web presence, and they can be integrated with other online and offline communication tools as well. - read more...

Unity - The apostle Paul placed great importance on unity within the family of God. To the believers at the church in Ephesus he wrote, "Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace." (Ephesians 4:3) Note that phrase, "Make every effort." Unity was to be taken seriously and guarded vigilantly. - read more...

The Perfect Dress - Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement -- not even her parents' nasty divorce. Her mother had found the perfect dress to wear to the wedding and would be the best dressed mother-of-the-bride ever! - read more...

Max Out Your Cosmic Credit Card - Have you ever wondered why some have so much and others have so little? Not everyone knows they have a Cosmic Credit Card that entitles them to free access and use of the playground complete with endless mall. It is time to bust the myth and get started charging up your Cosmic Credit. - read more...

Shirley Temple Stories - When the Twentieth Century Pictures company had their expensive merger with the Fox Film Corporation in 1935 to form Twentieth Century Fox, studio head Daryl Zanuck was depending on two contract stars to pull the new company through its money troubles. Tragedy struck the same year when Will Rogers died in a plane crash in Alaska. Zanuck rested his financial burden on the shoulders of six year old Shirley Temple (she was actually seven but wouldn't find that out till she was twelve). - read more...

The Pickle Jar - The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents' bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. - read more...

How to Tame Wild Kittens - Over the past several years, the wild mother cat who has taken up residence in our barn in rural Wisconsin has given me many opportunities to figure out how to tame wild kittens. The mother cat always hides her kittens very well, and then, when they are big enough to leave the nest and are big enough to eat kitty food, she brings them out and expects me to feed them. - read more...

Solving America's Drug Problem - The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?" - read more...

Preventive Medicine Group announces their upcoming series of free lectures on timely health-related topics.

When James P. Frackelton, M.D. opened his family practice in Westlake in February, 1958, he was one of five medical doctors practicing in the city. During 1958, four of the doctors left Westlake leaving him as the only practicing medical doctor in Westlake for one month. Fifty years later, he is still in business as the longest practicing medical doctor in Westlake!

Clague Playhouse announces the opening of Miss Pell is Missing,a charming comedy by Leonard Gershe and Directed by Bernice Bolek.

The Parkside Preschool and Day Care Center announces sponsorship of the USDA funded Child and Adult Care Food Program.