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Monday, November 26, 2012

Officials: Now's the Time to Plan for Winter Weather

This is Winter Storm Preparedness Month — takes steps now to be safe, and prepare your home to guard against weather damage such as ice dams.

Winter is nearly here, and in the Midwest, that can mean anything from mild conditions and little snow to Arctic blasts and accumulations of more than a foot. Regardless, experts say there is a good chance we will experience extreme winter weather sometime this the season, and they are urging residents to prepare now. Weather Advance Storm Center is predicting a much colder than average winter and some snow in the Chicago area and the upper Midwest. Severe winter weather can cause power outages, create dangerous driving conditions, not to mention dangerous wind-chill conditions. So the city is urging residents to have winter emergency kits for their homes and vehicles so they are prepared for winter’s worst. The Illinois Emergency …

Monday, April 18, 2011

Top 10 Garage Sale Tips

Get ready for Shorewood's all-village sale at the end of the month. Here are ways to rake in the dough.

The Shorewood Annual Garage Sale is just around the corner, scheduled for April 29 and 30. Having a sale is a great way to earn some extra cash while getting rid of stuff you do not need. It is true that your trash is someone else's treasure. I had a sale one time that earned over $3,000 on leftover junk. It is not as hard as you think. You do not need big-ticket items to have a successful sale. The real money maker is not the quality of the stuff. It is the preparation. Here are the top 10 things you can do to make big dough. I keep a box marked "garage sale" all year. As I go through stuff, I contribute to that box on a regular basis. That way I don't have to attack the whole house at once the day before the sale. Even if I don't have a …

Walter Anderson

2:52 pm on Saturday, April 23, 2011

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