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Talk of the Town: Weird and wonderful is New Year’s Eve!
New Year’s Eve is a popular holiday celebrated all over the world with fireworks, cannon-fire counting-down the clock and all sorts of other fun-filled activities. But there are other, less conventional ways of greeting the new year thanks to the folks at Hotelclub.com. Here’s a look at three of the world’s most unusual New Year’s traditions:

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

Lamb on the Run: Here’s a toughie: who’s a millionaire?
Officemate Karen Walenga passes along these newspaper gaffes that ran on the Internet … “Federal Agents Raid Gun Shop, Find Weapons” … “Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off significantly after 25” … “Alton attorney accidentally sues himself” … “County to pay $250,000 to advertise lack of funds”…

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

The Old Scout: The blessings of dumb, childlike wonder
It is the blessed Christmas season. But of course you know that.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

The O’Reilly Factor: Happy New Year, Barack Obama
Put yourself in Barack Obama’s sensible shoes. In less than a month, you’ll be president of the United States and, upon entering the Oval Office, one of the biggest messes in history will be yours to sort out. So let’s make a list and see exactly what the new president will be facing.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

Ask an Attorney: Legal advice from a canine’s perspective
This column will appear monthly in this newspaper as a public service. It is not intended as legal advice, and will address only general propositions. If you have a question about a matter which affects you, you should contact an attorney.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

Annie’s Mailbox: Let son make his own mistakes
Dear Annie: My 27-year-old son recently moved in with a woman he met online. “Garth” has brought several of his online romances home to meet his parents, but this woman is like no one before. She has an eating disorder, takes migraine medication all day long and drinks nothing but Mountain Dew. She’s also the most miserable excuse for a parent I’ve ever seen.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

GV Gardeners: Emus are arriving in the garden
Not strange birds, but a family of desert-adapted shrubs that display their flowers throughout winter is Eremophila, commonly called emus. These bushes now are getting ready to bloom in the winter desert.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

Genealogy Today: For Auld Lang Syne
As holidays go, New Year’s must rank as one of the oldest. The first New Year’s celebration is believed to have been in Mesopotamia around 2000 B.C. in mid-March. While the earliest Roman calendars designated the year began in March, Julius Caesar decreed the year to begin on Jan. 1 in 46 B.C.

Saturday, December 27, 2008 7:25 PM MST

Previous Columns Headlines

November 17th, 2009
Green Thumb: With planning, enjoy citrus from your yardGreen Valley is not necessarily the easiest place to grow citrus. Knowing a few facts about our area and about citrus trees, however, can yield a tasty reward.
November 16th, 2009
Today in the Kitchen: The 2009 Beaujolais Nouveau is comingThe third Thursday of November marks the release of the first wines of the vintage year in France - Beaujolais Nouveau. The event has become a national obsession in France, with trucks ready at midnight to deliver to establishments in Paris and to shippers around the world.
Gardening: Cactus can provide that winter colorLast week, the topic was winter color from leafy plants and succulents. Cactus also can add a spark of brightness to the cool season, either by their flowers, skin, or spicy colored thorns.
Singletary: First-time homeowner credits became law Nov. 6It’s official, we have a new tax break for people who don’t need it, with money our government doesn’t have.
November 9th, 2009
Today in the Kitchn: Fall is a time for pears, pomegranates and persimmonsIt’s a little confusing in the market right now — we are seeing both summer and fall vegetables and fruit. The melons and basil sing of summer, but things like pears and pomegranates are definitely autumnal.
Genealogy: Sometimes a DNA test can pay offIn August, I shared about my venture into the world of DNA testing as an assist in genealogical problem-solving. I’m excited to report the findings have more than fulfilled my expectations.
Hidreth: The Unity of the Inner Man: digestion and assimilationThis whole series has been based upon the importance of the glandular mechanism of the body and the autonomic nervous system of the body. I hope to show that without a balanced glandular and internal nervous system we will die within hours, days, weeks, or maybe even a few short years.

  
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