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July/August 2012

GOOD TIMES

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Pro Football

Hall Of Fame

Festival Week

Canton offers a full week ofcelebration with up close and personalexperiences with the Hall of Famers.

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GOOD TIMESContents

Birthday Trivia

Birthdaytrivia

answers

1. Will Ferrell2. Cat Stevens3. Carlos Santana

4. Martha Stewart5. Donny Most

3 .....THOSE WERE THE DAYS

Chewing Gum

4 .....TAKE A TRIP TO CLARKSVILLE

5 .... SUMMER FUN AT GRAND LAKE

Area hosts summer festivals

6-7 . FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME

ENSHRINEMENT FESTIVAL WEEK

Canton celebrates football

8 .... SAUDERS VILLAGE OFFERS

UNIQUE EXPERIENCES

9 .... IN THE SAME BOAT

The laws of contractionand expansion

10 .. FINANCIAL ADVICE-

The long road back

11 .. COOL BAKE-FREE

SUMMER DESSERTS

1. I was born on July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California.I am a comedian, impressionist, actor and writer.I was a cast member on Saturday Night Liveand have also starred in films Old School Elf,Anchorman and Talladega Nights. Who am I?2. I was born July 21, 1948 in London, England. Iam English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumental-ist, educator, philanthropist. I am best known formy hit single Peace Train. Who am I?

3. I was born on July 20, 1947 in Autln deNavarro, Jalisco, Mxico. I am a rock guitarist.who became famous in the late 1960s and early1970s with my self-named band. My hit songSmooth was named Record of the Year in 1996.Who am I?

4. I was born on August 3, 1941 to Edward andJadwiga Kostyra. I am an American businessmagnate, author, magazine publisher, and televi-sion personality and a domestic diva who built anempire of products for the home. Who am I?

5. I was born August 8, 1953 in Brooklyn, NewYork. I am an American actor best known formy role as Ralph Malph on the television seriesHappy Days. Who am I?

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Creator of chewinggum had historical boss

By Paul Niemann 2012

The origin of chewing gumgoes all the way back to 50 A.D.,

when the Greeks chewed mastiche.This was a resin that came from theMastic tree.

The Mayan Indians of CentralAmerica chewed a natural gumalled chicle that they derived from

trees. American Indians chewed anatural gum-like resin that came

from the bark of spruce trees, andthey introduced this spruce gum toNorth American settlers.

In 1869, New York resident

Thomas Adams was hired by aMexican exile named Antonioto develop a new form of rubberthat contained chicle, since chiclewas plentiful in Mexico. Antoniothought that Adams could makesynthetic rubber tires out of thenew material. Adams tried to use

it to make things liketoys, masks, rain bootsand bicycle tires; eventhough he failed in ev-ery attempt, he still be-came a huge success.

One day he decidedto chew a piece of thechicle, and then he add-ed avoring to it. In theprocess, he created themodern chewing gum.Soon after, he beganselling pieces of hisgum for a penny eachand then he patented themachine that made it.

There are a few other pieces ofgum trivia that are worth men-tioning:

The very rst patent issued

for chewing gum went to a dentistnamed William Semple in 1869,the same year that Adams createdhis chewing gum. Maybe Semplewas the original fth dentist youknow, the one who didnt recom-mend Trident to his patients?!?

The rst bubble gum was cre-ated by Frank Fleer in 1906. If thatnames sounds familiar, its becausehis company makes the Fleer trad-ing cards.

A Fleer employee named Wal-ter Diemer made bubble gum pink

because pink was the only colorthat he had left.

And if you just cant get enoughof this gum trivia, heres one more:

The largest bubble ever blownwas 23 inches in diameter, accord-

ing to the Guinness Book of WorldRecords.What ever happened to Thomas

Adams boss, the Mexican exilenamed Antonio?

Before he moved to New York,Antonio served as a general in theMexican army; in fact, he was alsoa former president of Mexico. Therewas something else for which he isremembered. You know him by hisrst name, but history knows himby his last name Santa Anna, as in

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Hewas the general who led the attackon the Alamo!

Thomas Adams company wenton to merge with the nations sixother largest chewing gum makers,

building a monopoly in the process.Today the company is known asCadbury Adams, which is a divi-sion of Cadbury Schweppes. Whathappened to Adams chicle gum?Did he give his brand of gum aname back then?

It turns out that he did name it.The name of Thomas Adams gum,which he began making way backin 1869, is Chiclets.

They should mention this kindof stuff in the history books.

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YWCA PLANS A TRIP TO

CLARKSVILLE, TENNESSEEYWCA OF VAN WERT OFFERS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY

TO BOARD ONE OF ITS MOST POPULAR TRIPS

Make plans to travel with the VanWert YWCA to Clarksville, Tennes-

see on September 12-14. Foundedin 1784, Clarksville was named forGen. George Rodgers Clark, an 18thcentury military leader. The town is aleading market for dark-red tobac-co, which is cured by re as opposedto by air. Fort Campbell MilitaryReservation is here and is the homeof the 101 Air Assault Division of theUS Army.

Departure is planned for Wed.,Sept. 12. A full breakfast will be in-cluded. Arrival at the Clarksville ho-tel will be in the late afternoon. Thatevening a really wonderful dinner will beincluded at the Smith-Trahern Mansion.This lovely home was built in 1858 by awealthy tobacco grower. Dinner will be bycandlelight and will be followed by an au-thentic Civil War Ball.

On Thursday a tour of Fort Campbell,home of the Screaming Eagles, the onlyair assault division in the Army. There willbe the opportunity to meet and talk withsome of the men and women to hear about

their training and missions. Lunch will beincluded here also in the military diningfacility. The afternoon tours include a hugetobacco farm and a winery. A delightfulevening is planned including dinner anda USO show with music from the WWIIera.

On Friday there is fun activity whichwill involve everyone into a good naturedcompetition. After a lunch there will be a

leisurely drive home. Costof the trip is $485, per per-son, double occupancy. Tolearn more about this trip

and other upcoming tripsplease call the YWCA at(419) 238-6639 or by stop-ping in at 408 E. Main, VanWert, Ohio

Enjoy dinner and a Civil War Ball a heSmih-Trahern Mansion.

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Enjoy food just li ke your mom and grandma use d to make

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GRANDLAKE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 54:00 p.m. MISS SUMMERFEST PAGEANT,

Performing Arts Center, Memorial High School.WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8

7:00 p.m. LITTLE MISS SUMMERFESTPAGEANT, Performing Arts Center, MemorialHigh School.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 -SUPPER AND SOUNDS IN THE PARK5:00 7:00 p.m. - SUPPER IS SERVED - Me-

morial Park.7:00 p.m. - THE BIG BAND SOUND OF AC

SWING - Gazebo.FRIDAY, AUGUST 10

10:00 a.m. - SUPER SIDEWALK SALES -Spring Street.

5:00 p.m. - SUMMERFEST CRUISE-IN -South Street Parking Lot

5:00 p.m. POLICE K-9 WORKING DOGDEMONSTRATION- practice feld by the St.Marys River

6:00 p.m. - DIAPER DERBY Near canal

boat. (Registration at 5:30 pm)6:00 p.m. THE DANGER BROTHERS Ga-zebo.

9:00 p.m. - EXPLOIT - Entertainment Tent.SATURDAY, AUGUST 11 - FAMILY DAY7:30 a.m. SATURDAY MORNING BREAK-

FAST BY AGAPE Kiwanis Tent8:00 a.m. SENIOR MOMENTS MORNING

Entertainment Tent.8:00 a.m. PONY RUN Canal Towpath to-

ward 40-Acre Pond. (Registration 7:30 am)8:30 a.m. ROUGHRIDER 5K RUN Ca-

nal Towpath toward 40-Acre Pond. (Registration

7:30 am)8:00 - FARMERS MARKET/ BAKE SALE -

Covered Bridge.9:00 a.m. CRAFT SHOW, South Street

Parking Lot.9:30 a.m. BBQ COOK-OFF COOKING BE-

GINS (Registration 7:00 am)9:30 a.m. - KIDS GAMES AND ACTIVITIES -

Memorial Park.10:00 a.m. 5 K WALK AND TALK FOR

HEALTH Towpath along Miami & Erie Canal.(Registration 9:30 am)

1:00 p.m. FRISBEE GOLF TOURNAMENT,K.C. Geiger Park

12:00 Noon TALENT SHOW Entertain-ment Tent.

2:00 p.m. WHIFFLEBALL TOURNAMENTMHS Practice Field.

4:30 p.m. - SUMMERFEST PARADE Down-town.

6:00 p.m. CAPTAIN FANTASTIC/BROKENROAD Gazebo.

9:00 p.m. - THE EARTHQUAKERS - Enter-tainment Tent.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1210:00 a.m. PUTT-R GOLF TOURNA-MENT, K.C. Geiger Park

1:00 p.m. BOB TOBINS KIDDIE TRAC-TOR PULL - South Street.

2:30 p.m. CORN TOSS TOURNAMENT Memorial Park. (Registration 12 Noon)

7:00 p.m. THE AVALONS - Gazebo.10:00 p.m. SUMMERFEST FIREWORKS

SPECTACULAR.

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2012 Celina Lake FesivalJuly 27, 28, 29, 2012

Where Everybody Knows Your Name!

Volleyball Tournament Is Back ! Sunday,July 29 - Co-ed 6 on 6 eams.

Bed Races Are Back Again !!! Saturday,July 28 on Main Sree. Fas and funny, his is

a real crowd pleaser.The 2012 Harley Davidson Rae Bike has

arrived. Conac a Lake Fesival CommiteeMember to get your tickets now !!!

Lots of Family Fun!For more informaion on hese and oher

evens check ou www. lakefesival.com.

Make this Harley yours!

Amphicars have been honored guests at the Celina Lake Festival in westcentral Ohio for the past 13 years. This year 35 to 40 are expected duringthe festival, July 27-29, 2012. You will begin seeing the cars on Tuesday andWednesday of festival week as they drive around town and cruise along thelake. Their ofcial festival appearances include a Splash-In on Friday eve-

ning and you can see the entire contingent of Amphicars as they take part inthe Grand Parade on Saturday evening.

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Since opening in 1963, the Pro FootballHall of Fame has grown in size and stature.Improvements and renovations have trans-formed the original 19,000 square-foot mu-seum into an exciting 85,000 square-foot

internationally recognized institution. Cur-rently, the Hall of Fame is undergoing thelargest expansion in its history. The Fu-ture 50 Expansion & Renovation Projectis set to be nished in 2013 in time for theHall of Fames 50th Anniversary. The com-pleted building will be118,000 square feet.

Today, the Hall ofFame stands as a shin-ing tribute to the menwho made profession-al football Americas

most popular sport.Why Canton for theHall of Fame Site?The Pro Football

Hall of Fame is locat-d in Canton for three

primary reasons; (1)the American Profes-sional Football Asso-iation, later renamed

the National FootballLeague, was founded in Canton on Sep-

tember 17, 1920. (2) the Canton Bulldogswere an early-day pro football power, evenbefore the days of the NFL. They were alsothe rst two-time champion of the NFL in1922 and 1923. The great Jim Thorpe, therst big-name athlete to play pro football,played his rst pro football with the Bull-ogs, starting in 1915. (3) Canton citizensarly in the 1960s launched a determined

and well-organized campaign to earn thesite designation for their city.

HISTORY:The Pro Football Hall of Fame con-

cept rst was placed before the publicby the Canton Repository on Decem-ber 6, 1959. That newspaper chal-

lenged its readers with the headline:PRO FOOTBALL NEEDS A HALLOF FAME AND LOGICAL SITE ISHERE.

Canton civic groups quickly tookup the challenge and a formal bid was

made to the NFL for ac-ceptance of Canton asthe site for a pro foot-ball hall of fame. Threemonths later, Cantonwas granted this ofcialsite approval.

Wooded parklandwas donated from thecity and ground-break-ing for the original construc-tion was held on August 11,1962, and on September 7,1963, the building was rstopened to the public.

For the past 48 years,the annual enshrinement offootball players, coaches

and contributors into the Pro Football Hall

of Fame has been celebrated each summerduring the Pro Football Hall of Fame En-shrinement Festivals 18 diverse events overnearly two weeks and is enjoyed by 700,000people.

BALLOON CLASSICJACKSON-BELDEN FOOD FEST

& FIREWORKSFriday, July 20, 4:00

Saturday, July 21, 6:00 a.m. and 4:00Sunday, July 22, 6:00 a.m.,

KSU at Stark/Stark State CampusesFree Event. Enjoy hot air balloons, food

and beverage vendors, musical entertain-ment, mobile tours, and childrens activitiesmaking this a great event for the whole fam-ily.

CONCERT AND FIREWORKSSaturday, July 28, 6:00 p.m.

Downtown Canton

Cornerstone SquareFireworks extravaganza! All activities

will take place Cornerstone Square area ofTuscarawas Street and Walnut Avenue.

COMMUNITY PARADESunday, July 29, 2:30 p.m.

Downtown CantonThousands of citizens are expected to

enjoy an afternoon in the heart of downtownCanton for a great community parade.

RIBS BURNOFFWednesday, Thursday, Friday,August 1, 2, and 3, 11:00 a.m. daily,

Stark County FairgroundsJoin us for lunch or dinner to enjoy n-

ger-licking good food and fun! Rib mastersfrom around the country compete. Therewill be a variety of other food vendors andsweet treats. Families will also enjoy a dayfull of tunes with national recording artists.

FIRST PLAY 2012Thursday, August 2, 10:00 a.m.,

Downtown Canton to the Pro FootballHall of Fame

Nearly 2,000 enthusiastic youngstersline a two-mile route to pass an ofcial NFLfootball from the site in downtown Cantonwhere the National Football League wasfounded in 1920, to the front steps of the ProFootball Hall of Fame. That same ball will

then be used in the Football Hall of FameGame. For more information, please [email protected]

ENSHRINEES'GOLD JACKET DINNER

Friday, August 3, 5:15 p.m., MemorialCivic Center and Cultural CenterThe spotlight will be shining brightly

on the 2012 Class of Enshrinees during the

Enshrinees' Gold Jacket Dinner. Jack Butler,Dermontti Dawson, Chris Doleman, CortezKennedy, Curtis Martin, and Willie Roafwill receive their Hall of Fame gold jacket.The evening will begin with a cocktail partyand dinner prior to offering warm congratu-lations to the 2012 Class, along with return-ing Hall of Famers who are expected to bein Canton to welcome the newest memberinto their fraternity. Emceed by a sportbroadcaster of national acclaim.

FRIDAY NIGHT RECEPTIONFriday, August 3, 6:00 p.m.

Guests with purchased tickets will enjoya menu of all inclusive food, beer and winefrom our buffet. When the presentation be-gins, you will be inside the Hall of Fame towatch the private, live television feed fromthe Gold Jacket presentation as the Class of2012 dons their gold jackets. While inside,feel free to tour the hallowed hall and relivefootballs greatest legends and moments.

TIMKEN GRAND PARADESaturday, August 4, 8:00 a.m.,Downtown Canton

Nearly 200,000 spectators will line the2.2 mile route to congratulate the 2012Class of Enshrinees. Watch as giant heliumballoons, marching bands, specialty units,and fabulous oats entertain the crowd inthe heart of downtown Canton.

Pro Football Hall of Fame

ENSHRINEMENT FESTIVAL


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Saturday, August 25Historic Village: 10:00 am 5:00 pm; Concert: 1:00 pm

Join us for the annual Barbershop Sing at Sauder Village as Men of Independencefrom Independence, OH performs the sweet sounds of their Barbershop Harmony inFounders Hall. There will be one performance at 1:00 p.m.

The Men of Independence chorus loves to sing barbershop and swing, and jazz,and traditional favorites. Formed over 10 years ago in a suburb of Cleveland, the chorus

and its quartets have entertained audiences in Northeast Ohio with innovative shows andtight harmonies. They are the 2010 Johnny Appleseed District Champion chorus andregularly compete in Barbershop Harmony Society events.

Saturday & Sunday, August 4 & 5;

Saturday 10 am 5 pm and Sunday 11 am 4 pm

The midwest chapters of The Wheelmen will have a display of near-ly 100 high-wheeled bikes on the Village Green in the Historic Village!Guests will have the opportunity to interact with the owners and col-lectors and also see the bicycles in action during a parade at 2:00 eachafternoon. Come and see this one-of-a-kind display!

Also on this day the Village Strings will play on the Historic VillageGreen. Their traditional music is played by musicians from Southeast-ern Michigan. Grab a partner and dance a jig or two. Celtic, Irish, Scot-tish and folk music played on hammered dulcimers, mountain dulcimer,ddle, guitar, banjo, harmonica, whistle, marimbula, spoons, tambou-rine, and washboard. This group started in 2008 and has performed to-gether often in vintage style dress. They play a delightful mix of oldfashioned dance tunes that keep the tradition alive and will simply makeyou want to move.

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Class Fee: $45.00/$40.00 membersAges: 10 and up

Class Size: up to 4 people per session

This memorable experience will give you the op-portunity to work with internationally acclaimed glassartist Mark Matthews to create your own ornamentor ower. Youll get to select the colors for yourpiece, help Mark turn the molten glass into yourown artwork and get an up close chance to learn

more about glass making. Please indicate on yourregistration form date, time and if you would likea ower or an ornament. Because the pieces willneed to go through a cooling process, arrange-ments will be made at the time of the class to pickup your piece later or have it shipped.

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I recently read an articleabout a local bridge that needsreplacing because its expan-sion joints did not pass inspec-tion. Expansion joints are thosemanmade gaps in slabs of con-rete that allow the material toontract and expand with tem-

perature and other conditionalvariations (sort of like mywaistline does with my stresslevel variations).

Ive been thinking aboutxpansion joints and I have de-ided that my house could use

a few of those, too. Especiallyright now.

The rst place I would putan expansion joint is in my re-frigerator. For the majority ofthe past nine months, my husbandand I have been empty-nesters.The grocery bill was cut in half,the fridge was emptied of junkfood and we ate out. A lot. Whats

the pointof buyinggroceriesand cook-ing whentwo caneat out socheaply (Ijustied tomyself)?

A n dthen thekids camehome fromc o l l e g e .

Not onlydid theybring homebags offood from

their dorm and apartment, they alsobrought home new tastes. We sud-denly needed to stock things likecoffee creamer, a certain kind ofjuice with green tea, 1% milk and

celery. Wham! The once-sparselyfurnished refrigerator needed anoverhaul, and we are now stufngit to the gills on a weekly basis.And since the kids eat out some,too, we need to constantly shovethings around, compile contents ofTupperware containers (leftoverspaghetti in a bowl with the left-over steak? Why not!) and gener-ally create death-defying pyramidsof bottles and jars to make roomfor the Styrofoam restaurant box-es. Its a problem. And I haventeven touched on the challenge of

nding space in our little freezer. (Isold the chest freezer last Septem-ber, remember?!) Well just haveto quickly eat that family-size boxof wafes that is getting crushed inthe freezer door.

My refrigerators and freezersclearly need expansion joints. Sodo my washer and dryer, whichhave been able to keep up eas-

ily over the pastmonthsthey even

got a few daysoff every week!But now they arerocking and roll-ing and runningup my electric billon a 3-times-dailybasis. Theyre ex-hausted. The bath-rooms are also toosmall, theres notenough room in the

garage for all of our vehicles, andthe dishwasher is working over-

time, too. Our bath towel supplyis running ragged, and every timeI turn around I am replacing rollsof toilet paper. The dogs have lostweight because there are no longerany scraps available and they areforced to eat actual dog food.

Of course it will all need tocontract again in late August whenthe kids return to school. Foodsupplies will dwindle, the washerwill make its way back to its cor-

ner, and my electric bill will returnfrom the stratosphere. Everythin

that had been stretched to capac-ity over the summer will breathea collective sigh of relief, and goback to its normal size.

Everything, Im sure, exceptmy waistline.

Mary Beth Weisenburger writesfrom a house thats bulging at theseams right now. Check out herblog at www.inthesameboatwith-marybeth.com for more fun stuff!

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The long road back: A progress report on the economic recovery



The long road back: A progress report on the economic recoveryIt was just four years ago when

investors faced their most dra-matic challenge of recent times. InSeptember 2008, Lehman Broth-rs collapsed and other nancial

giants were teetering on the edgeof a similar fate. The governmentstepped in with the Troubled As-sets Relief Program (TARP) and

the bailout helped avoid a deeperrisis. Yet investors paid a price.

A severe bear market would seestocks (valued by broad measureslike the Dow Jones Industrial Av-rage and S&P 500) lose more

than half of their value in a periodof 18 months.

A recession also took hold in2008, the most severe America hasseen since the Great Depressionof the 1930s. Two of the most no-

table aspects of the economic slidethat impacted Americans were thehousing market bust and the un-mployment rate rising above 10

percent.

For some of us, the sense offear about the markets might havedwindled, but hasnt disappearedsince that time though much has

changed for the better. Here is abrief summary of whats happenedin various aspects of the economyand the investment markets sincethose dark days four years ago:

Economic GrowthThe economy slipped into a

recession in the summer of 2008,declining at an annualized rate ofalmost nine percent in the fourthquarter of that year, accordingto statistics from the Bureau ofEconomic Analysis. Positive eco-nomic growth did not return until

mid-2009 and the recovery hasremained modest since. The U.S.economy grew by three percent in2010 but just 1.7 percent last year,and started this year with an an-nualized growth rate of about twopercent. Things are moving in theright direction, but this is consid-ered a very sluggish rate of recov-ery.

JobsIn the midst of the crisis four

years ago, the unemployment ratewas around six percent, accordingto the Bureau of Labor Statistics.As the recession deepened, joblosses multiplied and unemploy-

ment topped out atover 10 percent inOctober 2009. Now itstands at around eightpercent, still higherthan at any time since1983, but an improve-ment from several

years ago. Positivejob growth began in2009 and gained somesteam in late 2011 be-fore slowing recently.Again, progress hasbeen made, but itcould be better.

InationThrough the reces-

sion and the recovery,the ination rate has

remained relativelymodest. After a costof living hike of justunder four percent in2008, it dropped to 1.5percent in 2010 andstood at three percentfor 2011 (according tothe Bureau of LaborStatistics ConsumerPrice Index). This isconsidered a modestrate of ination thatis not producing anysignicant economicconcerns.

HousingWe continue to pay

the price for a housingmarket that overheat-ed over the last decade

when the Case-Shiller Home PriceComposite U.S. Index peaked. By2008, it had fallen dramatically,and nationally home values con-tinued to decline through 2011,losing on average one-third oftheir value. Foreclosure levels re-main high, and the housing marketis not expected to show signicantstrength anytime soon.

Investment MarketsIn September 2008, the DowJones Industrial Average stood at10,850, already down about 25 per-cent from its peak less than a yearearlier. It would proceed to dip to6,547 by March, 2009. Since thenthe Dow has steadily recoveredmuch of that lost ground, reachingabove 13,000 in recent months be-fore retreating somewhat in lightof political and economic turmoilin Europe. The performance ofindividual stocks, mutual funds,ETFs or other investments varies.Bond markets have been strongerperformers in that same time peri-od. When the nancial crisis hit inSeptember 2008, the yield on thebenchmark 10-year U.S. Treasurynote stood at 3.82 percent. It hasdropped well below two percentin 2012, and lower yields meanhigher values for existing bonds.So the slow pace of economic re-

covery has actually beneted thebond market in recent times.

The road from hereWeve come a long way from

the crisis environment that existedin 2008. While the economy andinvestors are still feeling the im-pact, it is also notable that both

have shown tremendous resil-iency. Despite moving in ts andstarts, the U.S. economy has man-aged to avoid another recessionsince 2009 and stocks have gradu-ally recovered much of the groundthat was lost during the meltdown.More challenges may lay ahead,with Europes debt problems andworries over the slowing pace of

economic expansion in China andother places looming over theglobal marketplace. But our ex-perience since 2008 demonstratewhy a patient, long-term approachto investing may be the most ef-fective way to react to challengefacing the economy, no matterhow severe they are. For advice oninvesting, consider working with anancial professional.

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JoAn M. Smith, CFP, is a Financial Advisoand CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER practi-tioner with Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. inDelphos, Ohio. She specializes in fee-based nancialplanning and asset management strategies and hasbeen in practice for 26 years. To contact her, you maycall (419) 695-7010 or visit 227 N. Main Street inDelphos, Ohio 45833.

Advisor is licensed/registered to do businesswith U.S. residents only in the states of Ohio, NorthCarolina, Florida and Maryland.

Investing involves risks including the risk ofloss of principal.

The S&P 500 is an index containing the stocksof 500 large-cap corporations, most of which areAmerican. The index is the most notable of the manyindices owned and maintained by Standard & Poor's,a division of McGraw-Hill.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is an

index containing stocks of 30 Large-Cap corpora-tions in the United States. The index is owned andmaintained by Dow Jones & Company.

It is not possible to invest directly in an index.Brokerage, investment and nancial advisory

services are made available through Ameriprise Fi-nancial Services, Inc. Member FINRA and SIPC.Some products and services may not be available inall jurisdictions or to all clients.

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According to top dessert experts, theresa whole world of alternatives to baking forthose who suffer from a year-round sweet

tooth.On hot days, my mind usually turns tofrozen treats such as popsicles or sorbet; forsomething a bit more elegant I'll whip up ahocolate ganache tart with cookie crust,

says Lindsay Landis, author of the newbook, The Cookie Dough Lovers Cook-book. Landis has created over fty recipesusing egg-free cookie dough that is safe toat raw.

By repurposing your favorite desserts forthe summer season, you can take the needfor heat out of the equation. For example,if you love pie, consider a graham cracker,whipped cream and candied fruit basedessert that can be created in minutes and

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things about summer is the abundance offresh fruit. No matter what you come up

with, adding a garnish of exotic fresh fruitslike kiwi, pineapple and mango will wowyour guests with a boost of natural sweet-ness. Or create a parfait of frozen yogurt,fresh strawberries and a variety of nuts.

For a bit of inspiration, try out this per-fect no-bake summer treat from Landis:

Invisible CookieDough Ice Pops

Makes: 4 popsActive time: 5 minutesTotal time: 3 hoursIngredients:1 1/4 cups milk (skim, 2 percent, or

whole)1/3 cup light brown sugar, packedPinch salt1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 tablespoons mini semisweet choco-late chips

Directions:In a microwave-safe container or glass

measuring cup, microwave milk 30 secondsor until warm to the touch. Add brownsugar and salt and stir until dissolved.

Add vanilla.Place 1/2 tablespoon chocolate chips in

the bottom of each of four 1/3-cup ice-popmolds or small paper cups. Top each withmilk mixture. Insert sticks and place moldsin freezer. Freeze until solid, at least 3hours.

To release pops, run molds under warmwater 20 to 30 seconds; they should slideright out. If using paper cups, simply peelcups away and discard.

If your ice-pop mold does not includebuilt-in sticks or a lid to hold them inplace, you may nd yourself with sticks

pointing every which way but up. Toprevent this, stretch a layer of plastic wrapover the top of the mold and secure itwith a rubber band. Cut a small slit in theplastic, centered over each pop, and inserta stick through each opening. Alternatively,you can adjust sticks as necessary afterabout 45 minutes of freezing, when thepops arent yet frozen solid.

For more no-bake dessert ideas, visitwww.cookiedoughlovers.com.

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