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would also take place hoping to assist you with some of your holiday shopping.  The craft show will begin at 10am and go until 4pm.  Santa arrives at 3:00pm.  There will be coffee, cider and cookies to enjoy and several turkey drawings held for all adults 18 and older.  We look forward to seeing you in Claremont December 8^th!
• I hope, as you enter this festive season, that you are healthy and gearing up for yet another Christmas filled with lots of memory making and joy filled times.  I had a bit of a setback so I imagine I will get off to a little bit later start than I would like.  This weekend I came down with one of the worst cases of tonsillitis I can remember.  My tonsils are growing my leaps and bounds rendering me nearly speechless and for those of you that know me, you know this is not working out real well!  I've been a bit spoiled for quite some time, suffering with a common cold for a few days but this one has set me back.   I sincerely hope the antibiotics start doing their thing and soon…..Bev not talking is comparable to a sleigh without reindeer or a tree without lights or a wreath without a bow!  Things are sure to start improving….I hope!  Until next time, have a great week!  Email me at btschudar@yahoo.com before Tuesday morning each week or give me a call or text on my cell at 701-680-7255 with your news!
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• I am going to talk about Thanksgiving again this week.  It's sort of nice of me to

not clutter my column with Christmas stories yet, now isn't it?  You certainly won't be able to call me "the woman that overlooked Thanksgiving."  I have decided to share yet another story about my talent for making gravy.  I'm not sure why it was suggested that I use potato water, but in an effort to please the older, more experienced cooks that were about to consume my

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