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		<title>Fresh eggs make the best cookies</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/linda-eriksson/fresh-eggs-cookies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently re-discovered the joys of really fresh eggs. I mean fresh as in laid a day and a half ago. One can only assume the chickens that produce these gems are happy birds. They are semi-free range (out, about and unfenced during the day, sheltered at night). They eat all sorts of things chickens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Read a good book</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/thad-gifford/read-good-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the Word or Truth.” (II. Timothy 2:15) I recently completed my continuing education credits for my insurance license. Every two years, I need 24 hours of study credits to keep my license valid. I have also contracted with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emily wants to help Dewey</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/slim-randles/emily-dewey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emily’s dilemma was obvious: how do you sell manure? Since she fell in love with Dewey Decker, she could think of nothing less than spending her life with him and embracing the fertilizer business whole hog, so to speak. Emily Stickles has never done anything halfway. In her job with the county, she has kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Isn’t it nifty — Mom visits the ’50s</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/linda-eriksson/isnt-nifty-mom-visits-50s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tastes in foods go in cycles. If you look back by decades it might surprise you to realize how appetites for different foods evolve over time. So does their preparation. In the 1950s, the average American family ate three meals per day, on a more-or-less set schedule. Breakfast for many of us consisted of meat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You just need to ask for help</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Come unto Me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke and learn from Me, and you will find rest for yourselves. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28) One of my Facebook friends posted that she was ready for “her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Decades of recipes, the old and the new collect over time</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman who loves to cook collects a lot of recipes over decades of time. She takes family recipes with her when she leaves her childhood home (not counting going away to college) to make a home with her husband or “significant other” as may be the case. Single or married, she makes friends with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Addicted to Chap Stick</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I use a lot of Chap Stick during the winter months. My wife thinks I am “addicted” to the stuff because I use it so much. Nearly every time she sees me I am putting Chap Stick on my lips. Such a charge is unfair because the only time I use it is during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They all had famous names</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:54:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Bahdziewicz clan trooped into the Mule Barn for lunch the other day, happily and noisily as only eight Americans totally in love with spring can do. The patriarch of the clan, Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz, led the way to a large round table and seated his wife, Sally, before pointing to which chairs the kids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is for dinner?</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/linda-eriksson/dinner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seriously. What do you serve people this time of year? We’re well into spring weather in Ohio. This means a climatic see-saw that goes up and down between freezing temperatures and the tropics. At 30 degrees we’re dressing in wool and layering; then the thermometer hits 80, and it’s shorts and flip-flops, for those of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone has been sleeping later than usual during spring break</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/lovina-eicher/sleeping-usual-spring-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 a.m. — The alarm goes off. I get up because daughter Elizabeth will leave for her job at the factory soon. She has been working a lot of 10 hour days at the factory. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth’s ride is here and she leaves. The children are on spring break and my husband Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God of all creation</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/thad-gifford/god-creation-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth and I had the opportunity to fly to Meridian, Mississippi this past week. We were able to stay at a lake house which overlooked the most beautiful lake I have seen in a long time. On Tuesday, I saw the most beautiful sunrise I had ever seen. I took several pictures with the “panoramic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe’s cousin Barbara dies after giving birth to 11th child</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/lovina-eicher/joes-cousin-barbara-dies-giving-birth-11th-child/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very nice and sunny Thursday with the mercury going over the 50 degree mark on our thermometer. Susan and I did laundry including some curtains. Susan hung a lot of the clothes outside taking advantage of this spring-like day. Earlier this week we had snow flurries. My husband Joe was off work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God of all creation</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/thad-gifford/god-creation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beth and I had the opportunity to fly to Meridian, Mississippi this past week. We were able to stay at a lake house which overlooked the most beautiful lake I have seen in a long time. On Tuesday, I saw the most beautiful sunrise I had ever seen. I took several pictures with the “panoramic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Easter about?</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/thad-gifford/easter-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s not about the Easter bunny. That is such a “sweet concept” (get it….”sweet”). But Easter is not about the Easter bunny, or colored eggs or candy eggs or many of the things we associate Easter with. Easter is about the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is the badge of authority for the Christian. Easter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is that time of the year for rhubarb; the kids like ice cream on theirs</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/linda-eriksson/time-year-rhubarb-kids-ice-cream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rhubarb finds its way into so many baked goods. It just adds a nice, tart taste to everything. Mom baked with her homegrown rhubarb often, and she never had trouble growing rhubarb. If you want to start your own rhubarb patch, plant the rhubarb one year and then use it the second year. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks Marsh for your service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We buried Marshall Sprack last Saturday, and we will miss him. Ol’ Marsh was the cheerful old-timer who could be seen each day walking his two tiny dogs around the neighborhood. He always had a smile and wave for everyone. He was a very private guy, however. We all knew him, but didn’t really know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring on spring with Salade Nicoise; I am ready for it</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda C. Eriksson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring quick — What’s the second word that comes to mind? Spring forward — Yes. We have another hour of daylight after work. There’s time to walk dogs while it’s still light. Daylight Savings Time is one of the best fake-outs of all. We all know we haven’t really gained an hour overnight. But I’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beef is all cut up. Now it is time to cut up the pork</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/lovina-eicher/beef-cut-up-time-cut-pork/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lovina Eicher For The Madison Press &#160; A nice sunny day in March although the thermometer shows 25 degrees this a.m. We have all the meat from our beef either in cans or in the freezer. My husband Joe was home several days last week. On Thursday night and Friday he made over 400 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you feeling that itch for spring?</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/slim-randles/feeling-itch-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 20:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Slim Randles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you feel that itch coming on? It’s time, you know. See the kids out flying kites? That’s a sign. See little green bladelets in the lawn. That’s a sign, too. It’s almost full spring, and that itch tells us it’s time to do something. This is when we need to forget almost all our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do not be judgmental</title>
		<link>http://plaincity-advocate.com/columnists/thad-gifford/judgmental/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:01:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thad Gifford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many times have you heard someone say, “You’re judging me. The Bible says you’re not supposed to judge.” Matthew 7:1 is one of the most misquoted verses in the Bible. People read “Judge not, lest you should be judged…” and stop there. A recent study tells us that the Number 2 reason why 18-25 [...]]]></description>
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