Christmas cookie crafts for wreaths and gifts
The article outlines festive cookie ideas for Christmas decor and gifts. It covers hanging cookies as tree decorations, creating edible wreaths, centerpiece cookies, personalized place cards, and whimsical mantel ornaments. It also gives tips for mailing baked treats, packing guidance, and early December mailing advice from the Ottawa Post Office.
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Germany
Scandinavia
Rose Levy Beranbaum
Beranbaum
Franklin County Extension Office
Air Express
Parcel Post
Ottawa Post Office
Condensation risks in grain bins as temperatures fall
Producers should manage moisture in stored grain by proper aeration and monitoring. Run aeration fans as temperatures drop 10 to 15 degrees, check grain temperatures at center and multiple locations, and repeat cooling cycles until grain reaches 35 to 40 degrees. Regular checks prevent rapid spoilage and financial loss.
Women and Minorities Face Glass Ceiling Barriers
Kansas City area witnesses testified before the Glass Ceiling Commission about pervasive barriers for women and minorities in professional advancement. They cited sexist beliefs, limited access to supervisory roles, and a tendency for women to start businesses due to blocked career paths.
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Kansas City
Kan
Cynthia Frewen-Wuellner
Frewen-Wuellner
National Glass Ceiling Commission
Labor
Lynn Martin
Clinton
Missouri Women’s Council On Economic Development
Sue McDaniel
Small Business Administration
Frewen- Wuellner
Linda Cooper
LGC Associates
Bobbi Herring
The
Central Exchange
Telephone scams targeting seniors prompt action
The Kansas Attorney General warns that con artists use independent mail carriers to sidestep postal rules and may breach the Kansas Consumer Protection Act telemarketing law. Say no and contact the AG hotline at 1-800-432-2310 for recoveries. consider a red WARNING sticker on phones to deter misuse.
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U.S
Kansas
Kansas Consumer Protection Act
Kansas Attorney General's Office
David Lenox
Social Security
Lenexa
Betty Gibb
Kansas Senior Press Service
S. Clairborne
Olathe
Blacks Face Higher Marriage Barriers Says Study
Washington AP reports that poverty and its effects keep many black women from marriage with one in four reaching age 40 unmarried versus one in ten white women. The Census Bureau study projects lower divorce and remarriage rates in the 1990s and notes high black unemployment, poverty, and overrepresentation in prisons as factors limiting black marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
Carl Haub
Population Reference Bureau
Illnesses blamed on unpasteurized milk across states
A CDC Minnesota study found 458 children sick in 20 outbreaks from raw milk from 1981 to 1990. Fifteen outbreaks tied to school field trips to dairy farms where students drank raw milk. Illnesses included diarrhea, cramps, fever, headache and vomiting with typical illness lasting about four days. California led with four outbreaks, Idaho three. Wisconsin and New York reported none.
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Chicago
Michael T. Osterholm
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Minnesota Department of Health
Food and Drug Administration
California
Idaho
Wisconsin
New York
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Ottawa Herald
Bers
Jerome Miller
National Center On Institutions and Alternatives
Alexandria
Baltimore
Justice System
District of Columbia
Miller
Wuree
Sensus Bureau
Oma
Glorious Christias
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Caroline E. Hewitt Trust
Thy Kansas Piets Commission
Shite
National Endowment For the Arts
Ottawa
China
HUTCH
Bridal Registry
Yvonne Miller
Bill Delphia
Melissa Bond
Matt Jingens
Paula Rallitt
Paul Wilson
Jennifer Head Charies Lucas
Lefton Colonial Village
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