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Presidents’ Day is upcoming and seems like a holiday worth celebrating.

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In most businesses, increases in cost are immediately passed on to the consumer. That is no different in the newspaper industry. In order for businesses to survive, we must pass on costs incurred with weekly productions or we simply wouldn’t survive. I knew in 2020 we needed to make a substantial change as our costs continued to increase; but, I was reluctant to do so. I waited. And, when we finally made the increase, we faced yet another increase. In the last four years, we have seen a 34% increase in postage alone. This 34% doesn’t include the increases that came from utilities, payroll, print costs, etc. It was simply postage rate increases. The 34% doesn’t include the 7.5% postage increase that was just added in January.

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Colostrum is the first milk produced from a cow after birth and is rich in nutrients and antibodies. It is very important for calves to get up and nurse shortly after birth so that they can receive colostrum, which gives passive immunity to the calf.

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It obviously wasn’t the goal, but power outages with the extreme cold weather we faced recently may have allowed canned or jarred food to freeze and become unsafe to consume. Let’s look at some tips to keep those foods safe to eat. If you have canned foods, either home canned or commercially canned, in a storage location that froze, first check for broken seals or seams in metal cans or broken glass in home canned foods due to the expansion of food and liquids inside those containers.

Attention, sweethearts: This is your one week warning that it is almost Valentine’s Day. So get your gifts in order, your flowers and candy coordinated and make a trip to the store to pick out a meaningful card for your special someone.