Local & State

By Jill Schlesinger

Tribune Media Services

 

The Federal Reserve recently announced that it would engage in its third round of “quantitative easing” by purchasing $40 billion per month of mortgage-backed securities to spur economic growth and help reduce unemployment. Whether or not the plan will work is subject to debate. What is not debatable is that the Fed’s action is stirring fears of inflation. 

“You don’t have to brush your teeth - 

just the ones you want to keep.”  

~Author Unknown

 

Cedric D. Jackson II, 5-years-old, is waiting for the tooth fairy. Before he lost his baby teeth,  his mother, LaToya McClayton, taught him about good oral hygeine. Courtesy photo.

 

Didn’t travel much last year? Didn’t take a vacation at all? Make a positive change right now by planning a trip in the next few months! With must-see spots for the next three months in mind, the members and editors of VirtualTourist.com were polled, and here are their “5 Spots to Hit in the Next 3 Months.”

By Malcolm Marshall, 

 

RICHMOND, CA — Betty Reid-Soskin is America’s oldest National Park Ranger and one of the most beautiful people I have met in Richmond, Calif., across the bay from San Francisco. 

By Kerene Nelson

 

TALLAHASSEE, FL–  There are many reasons why American citizens do not travel. Some are influenced by what they see on television. 

By Rick Garcia

 

 

Sometimes people refer me as the “wooden statue” in public places – particularly at coffee houses where I get my own reality TV shows in one sitting. Whether it’s the retiree coffee clatters, the stay- home mom’s club or the independent professional “techie” the conversations flow like a river.

By Robert Pagliarini, 
Tribune Media Services

 

That bloated sensation you feel isn’t just from the excess eggnog and stuffing you ate over the holidays. It’s far worse. It’s actually the end, not the beginning, of each January that’s the most important time of the year. 

By Susan Demming

 

How many of you have taken your child for their first dental visit by their first birthday?