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9 Great Ways to Celebrate Love this Valentine’s Day
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02.06.2013

9 Great Ways to Celebrate Love this Valentine’s Day

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Regardless your season of life, follow these tips to make it a memorable Valentine’s Day. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Throughout the various…

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Plan the Perfect Thanksgiving Day Dinner With These Easy Steps
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11.02.2012

Plan the Perfect Thanksgiving Day Dinner With These Easy Steps

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] What’s on your menu this Thanksgiving? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] It seems like school just started and already it is time to…

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09.07.2012

5 Great Ways to Celebrate Grandparent’s Day

Grandparents are often the foundation of our family tree, the roots from which we grew and branched out to create our own families.  They hold…

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Let’s Celebrate Cinco de Mayo
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05.04.2012

Let’s Celebrate Cinco de Mayo

Although Cinco de Mayo festivities occur in many parts of the U.S. and are treated as celebrations of Mexican heritage and culture, Cinco de Mayo…

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Governor’s 2nd Annual Easter Eggstravaganza
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03.13.2012

Governor’s 2nd Annual Easter Eggstravaganza

This April 7th, come be a part of the Governor’s 2nd Annual Easter Eggstravaganza at the Wigwam Resort as Hickman Farms sponsors this event for…

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Gardener’s World 26th Annual Poinsettia Festival
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11.18.2011

Gardener’s World 26th Annual Poinsettia Festival

[caption id="attachment_3324" align="alignleft" width="270" caption="Poinsettias brighten our holidays with 20,000 varieties in all colors, sizes and shapes. Image Credit: Susan Reimer on Flickr"][/caption] The community…

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Mortimer Family Farms Brings Back The Pumpkins!
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10.03.2011

Mortimer Family Farms Brings Back The Pumpkins!

[caption id="attachment_3351" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Mortimer Family Farms is celebrating Fall with a huge Pumpkin Festival in October!"][/caption] Mortimer Family Farms announces their Pumpkin Festival to…

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05.05.2011

Making Mother’s Day Memorable

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Cover of Mother's Day"][/caption] If you picture the perfect Mother’s Day, what do you see?  Does the thought of poorly made…

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Celebrate the Fruitcake!
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12.27.2010

Celebrate the Fruitcake!

Did you hear the recent joke about fruitcake?  It seems that many airlines are banning travelers from bringing fruitcake as a carry-on because the cake…

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11.23.2010

Celebrate the Holidays with Apples

You’ve heard that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away and while that may or may not be true, apples are definitely an American…

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12.18.2009

Christmas On the Farm

By Gene Hall, Texas Farm Bureau It’s always a mistake to paint a mythological picture of farm life. The Norman Rockwell image never really existed.…

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