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5027 Falcon

3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath - Make it your custom home. House features a grand entrance and boasts elegance. You can pick your granite, paints, stains, fl ooring and more. Kitchen features a pantry and snack bar for convenience. Walk out of the kitchen directly onto the spacious covered porch for grilling and entertaining. The open staircase to the two upstairs bedrooms and bathroom has a reading nook at the top for a nice little getaway. MLS #13245 $184,900

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7905 Provisional Dr.Luxury home in Silvera-do 3/3 with study, split bedroom design, large walk-in closets, sepa-rate tub and shower. The kitchen is every woman’s dream with lots of cabinets and is-

land looking into the family room’s corner fi replace. MLS#12102

$275,000

1102 W. Elm

If you need a large place for a great price, this is the home for you. It has 2 living areas, hardwood fl oors and built-ins. This property has lots of storage and closet space and sits on a corner lot.MLS#13590

$159,900

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1202 N. 5thThis is a large older home 4/1 on a cor-ner lot. Nice front cov-ered porch, spacious rooms, hardwood fl oors,doors,and trim, lots of charm,and char-acter. Soak in a claw

foot tub. Home has lot of windows. MLS #13358

$99,750

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MLS #133155632 Stone Creek 5632 Stone Creek Enjoy peaceful relaxation in

this beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on the north-ern outskirts of Durant. Home offers new cabinets with granite counter tops and ceramic tile, spacious rooms and good storage. Step out the back entry to a detached man cave/ gathering room that overlooks the large inground pool. Impressively landscaped and very appealing. Large lot offers mature shade trees and

shop. $194,000

MLS #13124320 Rollingwood Hills 320 Rollingwood Hills Beautiful home sitting

on a hilltop surrounded by large trees and plush landscaping. This home has an open fl oorplan with large rooms, crown molding and built-ins. This home has it all: fi replace,ceiling fans, spacious kitchen, granite conter tops, jetted tub in master bath, seperate shower, sunroom, large deck, fi n-ished detached garage and much more. This home is in pristine condition. A real must-see!

$239,900

MLS #131205118 Valley View 5118 Valley View Excellent Location! This

3/2 home sits on a pretty, treed 2 acres. It has pop-ups in living and master bedroom. All bedrooms are a nice size. Lots of closet space. Oversized kitchen and eating area. Side entry and nice covered patio.

$189,900

264 Rollingwood Hills 3 bedroom, 2 bath, rolling lot, brick, storage/out build-ings, wood fence, central air, ceiling fans, tile & laminate fl ooring, paved road.

$136,900

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RESIDENTIAL13325 513 S. B St., Calera 2/1 ...................................................................................... $19,90013104 1439 Edna Lane, Kingston 3/1 ...................................................................................... $25,00011809 420 NE 5th 2/1 ......................................................................................$29,00013459 111 W. McKinnon, Calera 3/1 ......................................................................................$49,90013398 401 N. Walnut 2/2 ......................................................................................$59,90013393 407 Smiser, Calera 2/1 ...................................................................................... $59,50013235 1502 Mason 3/1.5 ................................................................................... $67,90012266 518 W. Texas 4/1.5 ................................................................................... $72,00012835 602 N. 6th on contract 3/1 ...................................................................................... $70,00013358 1202 N. 5th 4/1 ...................................................................................... $99,75010278 867 Hull, Madill/Cumberland 2/1 .....................................................................................$113,00013413 184 Albert Pike on contract 3/2 ..................................................................................... $121,50012930 128 Hartline, Colbert 3/2 1 acre ......................................................................... $129,00013060 2004 Timberline 3/2 ..................................................................................... $112,50013122 264 Rollingwood Hills 3/2 .................................................................................... $136,90012472 4332 Oneida 3/1.75 ................................................................................ $139,90013279 203 Red Oak 2/1.5 4.9 acres ..............................................................$147,00013439 201 Newton, Calera 3/2 .....................................................................................$155,00013590 1102 W. Elm 3/1.75 ................................................................................ $159,90013405 850 Pebble Creek, Lane 5/3 60 acres ................................................................ $162,00012402 1215 Hopewell, Kenefi c 3/2, 27 ac .......................................................................... $168,00013245 5027 Falcon 3/2 .....................................................................................$184,90012990 2806 Little John 4/2 ......................................................................................$185,00013315 5632 Stone Creek 3/2 1 acre ........................................................................ $194,00012608 665 Mount Calvary Rd, Hendrix 3/2, 6.5 ac ........................................................................ $189,00012733 1407 Colt 3/3 .................................................................................... $189,90013120 5118 Valley View 3/2 ..................................................................................... $189,90010832 2824 Littlejohn 4/2 .....................................................................................$191,90011726 1477 Orchard Lane, Calera 3/2 2.5 acres .................................................................... $229,00013403 822 E. Davis 3/2 40 acres ................................................................... $229,90013458 1802 W. Main on contract 4/2.5 ................................................................................. $239,00013124 320 Rollingwood Hills 3/2.5 ................................................................................. $239,90012979 54W. Toll Bridge, Colbert 3/2 10 acres ..................................................................... $255,00013342 3371 Pleasant Hill Rd., Caddo 4/3 10 acres .................................................................... $264,90012102 7905 Provisional Dr 3/3 .................................................................................... $275,00012679 5324 Stonebriar 4/3 .................................................................................... $263,00013322 1012 Quail Creek 3/2 3 acres ..................................................................... $270,00012919 20 Tabernacle 7/5 and 3 1/2 ...................................................................... $975,000

COMMERCIAL11587 521 S 21st ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... $80,00012388 6177 W Hwy 70 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... $140,00012878 OO Streetman Rd. Boat RV/Mini Storage ................................................................................................................................................................. $420,00012891 00 Hwy 75S.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. $76.00013577 202 Choctaw, Wapanucka ... ..................................................................................................................................................................................... $32,500

MULTI FAMILY12111 116,118,122 Umstead, Colbert on contract Triplex $68,40013067 626 N, 6th Duplex $75,995

LOTS AND LAND12898 000 Forest Lane................................................................................................ 1 lot $24,50013016 000 Long Creek Rd., Bokchito .......................................................................... 60 acres $89,90012818 10205 E. 48th, Coleman .................................................................................... 29 acres $58,00012377 00 Bennington .................................................................................................. 200 acres $500,00011303 5031 Falcon ...................................................................................................... 1 lot $17,50012042 000 Hwy 70, Mead ............................................................................................ 9.06 acres $95,00013497 OO Leavenworth, Colbert ............................................................................... 160 acres $416,00012742-12744,00Lorene Ln., Kingston ........................................................................... 3 lots @ $20,000 each12890 00 Ridgecrest, Calera ....................................................................................... 1 lot $13,50012686 304 E. Texax...................................................................................................... 1 lot $26,000 13098 13098 00N. 2nd Ave., Achille ....................................................................................... 20 lots $23,90013297 000 Timothy, Colbert ......................................................................................... 3.23 acres commercial $144,61913146 S. Hwy. 78, Calera .............................................................................................. 43+ acres $131,000

FARM and RANCH13039 5470 River Rd, Colbert on contract ......................4/3 60 acres $359,00013415 1534 Robinson, Bokchito ...............................................................................................4/3 1/4 80 acres $379,900

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407 Smiser

1502 Mason

201 Newton

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4332 Oneida

3371 Pleasant Hil Rd.

1012 Quail Creek

$67,900

$112,500

Take a look at this home in Calera located on a great corner lot. Large pecan tree shades this 3 bed 1 bath home. Fea-tures large kitchen and family room. Great investment prop-erty or fi rst time home buyer. MLS#13459

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$49,900

This 2/1/1 Frame house sits on a large lot with lots of trees. It is very cute and is in good con-dition. Shows great! It has all new paint, some new fl oor covering, and pretty hardwood fl oors. It has newer CH&A, chain link fenced back yard, and a utility room. Priced to sale. MLS#13393 $59,500

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1502 Mason 3/1.5 house with ch/a, ceiling fans, sliding pa-tio doors, breakfast bar, laundry room, covered front porch, corner lot, shade trees, fenced back yard, storage shed, car-port and located in a nice neighborhood. MLS #13235

2004 Timberline Nice home on large lot with huge trees and 2 outbuildings. New carpet. Quiet street. Lots of built-ins and storage space. Lots of space. MLS#13060

This home is move-in ready. Kitchen is stocked with stainless appli-ances including a double oven & French-door refrigerator. House is equipped with a new back up generator so you never have to worry about power. House has like-new carpet that is less than 1 year old. Master bedroom has it’s own bath with a shower. Located on a huge corner lot with a custom additional 20 X 20 detached garage on a concrete slab that is perfect for any number of activities or hobbies. Detached insulated garage has wiring and plumbing that includes a bath with shower too, central heat & air wall unit & 10 X 20 overhang. Back yard has a second out-building for additional storage. Lot also has a second entrance from side street that provides additional access & convenience. MLS #12472 $139,900

RARE FIND 3/2 on a large corner lot in wonderful condition. This home offers an over-sized kitchen with granite counter tops, custom cabinets through out, crown molding, and an elegant dining room with hardwood fl oors. All bedrooms are over-sized with walk-in closets that have built-in features. This home has lots of storage, a large covered patio and is nicely landscaped. This is a must see! MLS #13439 $155,000

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This home is perfect 4/3 sitting on 10 acres. It has custom-built stone fi replace, open living room, plentiful cabinets and additional storage. The master bath has a custom shower, a jetted tub, a large, walk-in closet. This house also has a private bedroom and bath on one end of house. It is perfect for any size of family! MLS #13342 $264,900

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1012 Quail Creek Custom 3 bedroom 2 bath home with 2 living areas plus an offi ce with french doors as entry to the offi ce. It has a dream kitchen with over-

sized breakfast bar and double ovens, granite counter tops, and lots of custom cabinets. There is crown molding through out the home. Master bedroom is oversized with window seating. Mas-ter bath has oversized whirlpool tub and glass shower, double vanities, large walk in closets. The home has hardwood fl oors throughout. All this siting on 3 acres more or less. The home has covered porches front and back, nice out building, and hot tub with gazebo. This is a perfect home for a large family. There are also many large mature trees. This is truly country living at its best. MLS #13322 $270,000

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29.5 ACRES - MLS 130824020 W. WILSON, DURANT

10 ACRES - MLS 12506000 N. LARKSPUR, DURANT

105 ACRES - MLS 12508

1821 RED FOX RD, DURANT1 ACRE - MLS 13128

000 WEST HWY 70, MEAD1.07 ACRES - MLS# 13434

WEST HWY 70,DURANT1 ACRE - MLS# 13444000 WILSON, DURANT5 ACRES - MLS# 13445

116 STENSON, COLBERT 3 bedroom 1.5 bath brick home on shady lot. Features a large family room, a large carport, fenced in yard and storage building. MLS# 13328 Call Barbara Buchanan @ 580-920-4765

10303 DERRINGER AVENUE, LEBANON 2 bedroom 3 bath home located in a subdivision near the lake. Bonus room can easily be converted to a 3rd bedroom. Quiet neighborhood, large deck/porch, and a 2 car garage. Home may be available for the FHA $100 down payment program. MLS# 13271 Call Barbara Buchanan @ 580-920-4765

1702 ASBERRY, DURANT 4 bdrm 2.5 bath home on Cul-de-sac. Features a fi replace, built in features, nice kitchen appliances, tilt windows, new CH&A unit, utility room, formal dining, breakfast room, 2 car garage and wooden privacy fence. MLS#13129Call John Buchanan @ 580-916-0773

116 S. MCPHERREN, CADDO3 bdrm 1.5 bath home with 1445 sq ft. completely updated with hardwood fl oors, very nice features and new stainless steel appliances. Also has tons of car storage. MLS# 13311 Call Derek Brewer @ 580-916-0638

202 MARTIN ROAD, COLBERT 2 bedroom 2 bath mobile home sitting on 1.7 fenced acres. Property has 2 carports, new storm cellar and

24x14 Storage area with AC. MLS# 12360Call Daniel Marcy @ 580-931-7353

22754 STATE ROAD 78, DURANT Large 3 bedroom 2.5 bath brick home on 5 acres. Beautiful hardwood fl oors, unique fi replace, spacious rooms, and a very nice oversize 40x60 shop building with fully functional upstairs loft. MLS# 13198 Call John Buchanan @ 580-916-0773

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NEW LISTING: 3 or 4 bed, 2 bath, den, 2 f.p., large kitchen, manf. home

on 1.45 acres. Must see! Coleman, $87,500. Call Pam 580-465-1921

Owner/Agent

Great 10 acre Horse setup! with a 3 bed/2 bath spacious home, open living, sun porch, 2 car detached garage. Horse barn

includes 6 stalls, 4 outside runs, paddocks, arena with outside

lane, all pipe fencing, pipe entry, must see! Great price, $216,500,

near Coleman, call Pam 580-465-1921

3 bed 2 bath home with hardwood fl oors. In great shape.

Inside this home has a great bonus. There is a 3 bed 1.5 bath mobile home that is used as a

rental! 4 lots with this home and only asking $65,000

Call Lane for appt. 513-3546

NEW LISTING: 120 Acres, 3 ponds, great location. Hunt, fi sh and build your cabin or custom

home. Near Emet, OK. Call Karen 580-465-3015

300 Acre Sod Farm east of Colbert, 2400 sq. ft.

shop with offi ce. 250 acres in sod, 2 wells,

irrigation equipment. $900,000.

Call Kelly 580-380-2066

NEW LISTING: 38.5 acres with 60 x 40 building with living quarters

plus areas for a business or make into larger home. Large

pond, RV spot, wooded, Hwy 48 frontage! Call Karen

580-465-3015

Very Productive! 120 acres on Hwy. 7, West of Wapanucka. Rye and Bermuda, 4 ponds,

cross fenced 3 pastures, 34x80 barn.

Call Kelly owner/agent580-380-2066.

265 Acres of Rolling Hills, pastures, excellent hunting farm, utilities in 2 places for building, ponds, barn, great recreational or cattle/horse

operation. $1750 an acre, Nida.Call Pam 580-465-1921.

50 Acres and Log Cabin! Open pasture, stocked pond.

A dream place. 1 barn, 1 bedroom with loft,

rustic inside and out, east of Coleman. $159,500Call Pam 580-465-1921

Pending

220 Acres with Blue River frontage, Huge Lodge, large fi shing lake, near Coleman,

Appt. only call Kelly 580-380-2066.

18 Acres with Blue River Frontage! Secluded & Great hunting, fi shing, camping &

Canoeing. $162,000

20 Wooded Acres for Hunting, near Blue River, Build a rustic

cabin. $40,000

3 Bed., 2 Bath Home on 1.25 acres or can buy up to 14 acres. Approximately 2214

sq. ft. remodeled home SE of Coleman. 1.25 acres $92,500.

Call Kelly 580-380-2066.

NEW LISTING: Log cabin on 20 acres in Daisy, OK. Stocked pond, woods, great hunting! 3 bed, 2 bath. Call Karen 580-465-3015

New Listing: 1.94 Acres With a Beautiful Manf. Home. 3 bed., 2 bath, master bed and sitting room, large front porch! Shop,

cellar, RV carport, 2 car carport, much more! Hwy. 91, Colbert Call Pam 580-465-1921 Appointment

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Real estate transactions recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office

Jerry C. Webb, The Webb Family Living Trust and Barbara Jo Webb to Jerry C. Webb, Barbara Jo Webb and The Webb Family Revocable Trust, quit claim deed

Marian E. Fritsch to Andrew Joseph Gerl Trust and Marian Gerl Trust, war-ranty deed

Barbara Ellen Hogue Anderson and Thomas Wayne Anderson to Marilyn Jean Arnold, warranty deed

Robert D. Norman and Peggy J. Nor-man to Robert D. Norman Trust and Peggy J. Norman Trust, warranty deed

Alan Everet Williams and Kasidy Wil-liams to Stephen W. Logue and Julia Es-tell Logue, warranty deed

Abdool R. Hamid and Nadira Hamid to Jack Reece and Tammy Reece, war-ranty deed

Hiram Lee Harbin III and Shirie Ni-cole Tumey to Aaron Trobaugh and Tara Trobaugh, warranty deed

Shawna Rumer and Chad D. Rumer to Chad Rumer and Shawna Rumer, quit claim deed

Nathan Bryant and Melissa Bryant to Catherine Harper, quit claim deed

Suzan Joy to Weathers Properties, warranty deed

Benny Matthew Holt and Jeana Ann Holt to Brandon Scott Mitchell, war-ranty deed

Audie B. Walston to Sara Nicole Wil-lis, quit claim deed

Carlma Bradburn-Golden Trust to Robert Thieman, warranty deed

William D. Goff to Sherry Justus, quit claim deed

Larry Hallmark and Stacy Hallmark to Jody Harrison and Rhonda Harrison, warranty deed

Wynona P. Bare to Henry Jenkot and Jan Jenkot, warranty deed

Max L. Hime and April L. Hime to Lonni Elizabeth Russell, warranty deed

Raymond Glen Perkins and Paula Mitchell Perkins to Lanny Ray Miller

and Jo Ellen Miller, warranty deedTeresa Kay Scott to Jamie Lee Kay

Atwood, warranty deedSecretary of Housing and Urban De-

velopment to Ten Ring LLL and Joe Seabourn, warranty deed

Joshua Don Lawson and Charlee Jo Lawson to Erica Gilbert, warranty deed

D & R Builders to Zachary Backues and Serena Backues, warranty deed

Michael Murphy and Amber Murphy to Trevor Connolly, warranty deed

Andrew Piper and Tasha Piper to Da-vid L. Anderson and Sherri D. Ander-son, warranty deed

Tabitha McCalib, Tabatha Stinnett and James Stinnett to James Stinnett and Tabatha Stinnett, quit claim deed

Gary Lee Davis to Jon Fisher and Mary Helen Fisher, warranty deed

Homer Mote and Minnie Lee Mote to Rickey Wayne Mote, warranty deed

Calvin Gordon and Ladona Gordon to Calvin Gordon and Ladona Gordon, warranty deed

Real Estate Transactions How parents can dine out without drama

Some parents cringe at the mere mention of dining out with their children, envision-ing 90 minutes of crying, taunting and tantrums. While some cultures place great sig-nificance on dining out as a family, North Americans seem less inclined to do so — un-less it is at a family-friendly (not food-friendly) chain res-taurant or fast food establish-ment. However, dining out with young children doesn’t have to be a debacle. Employ a few of the following tips, and your next night on the town with the youngsters in tow might just prove to be a nice family experience.

8548 Old Caddo Hwy, Caddo Large home on 3.18 just outside of Caddo! This home is a 41 but could easily be a 7 br home for a large family! Two stories w/appr. 3,504 sf. LR, kitchen/dining room combo, large bedrooms. Needs some TLC. Buy with Home Path Renovation Loan with as little as 3% down. MLS 13586

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106 W Main, Calera FANNIE MAE FORECLOSURE - 3/1/1 frame home. Split BR plan, laundry room. Built in 1975 with appro 1,216 sf ofl iving space. Carport built over driveway. Storage building. Cellar. MLS 13591

$49,900

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223 Bluebird Ln, Colbert FANNIE MAE FORECLOSURE - 3/1 frame home on .52 acres. Located on a cul-de-sac, you will have lots of privacy here. Home does need some work. Large yard. May be purchased with Home Path Renovation fi nancing or cash. MLS 13588

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301 Mills, CaneyGreat family home in Caney-4 bd 1 3/4 bth, CH/CA, dishwasher, new cook top, nice cabinets, den, New roof, large comer lot, ( .89 Ac. more or less) close to School. MLS 13592

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5404 Roadrunner Dr, DurantVery nice 3/2/2 brick home on large comer lot. Split BR plan, cute kitchen w/pantry and breakfast bar. Gas log FP. Large Master Suite wlseparate tub/shower. Roomy laundry room. Monitored alarm system. Covered front and back porches. Fenced yard. Sits on two lots - .4 acre. MLS 13595

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367 McClure Rd, DurantVery nice 3/2 Palm Harbor mobile home sitting on appr. 12 gorgeous acres. BIt. wi 2X6’s and has R19 insulation. Large LR wi WBFP, nice Master Suite, cute kitchen wi bar, pantry and built ins. Located in NW Durant, the whole front of the house has a great view of the pond and surrounding woods. Plenty of open space too. 38 X 21 metal horse shed, 20 X 12 utility bldg. MLS 13596

$120,000

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406 N Franklin, ColbertCommercial / Retail / Offi ce building in Colbert. 5280 Sq. FT. Metal building that is fi nished Inside with 7 offi ces/rooms, 2 halfbaths and 1 three quarter bath, and a kitchen. There is also a large area of approx. 50’ X 50’ that could be used for multi purposes. This building is in like new condition and nicely fi nished. Well insulated and recent paint. There is also an overhead door for garage or additional storage/shop area. It is ready to move m. MLS 12986

$184,500

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110 Meadowlark Ln, DurantNice brick home in great location-3 bd 1/3/4 bth, Master bath set up for handicap access, wood burning fi replace, formal dining, breakfast area, attached garage, CH/CA, storm cellar, covered patio, fenced back yard, trees, Perfect retirement home, easy access to everything you need. MLS 13049

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By Associated Designs

You can’t help but feel a relaxing sense of spaciousness as soon as you step into the Whittaker’s window- bright and vaulted great room.

The fireplace, nestled into a cor-ner by the windows, serves as a spir-it-lifting focal point when skies are dark. On sunny days, meals can move outside onto the covered patio through sliding glass doors in the dining area.

In this contemporary ranch-style home, the entry, too, is vaulted. So the home feels spacious as soon as you step inside. Double doors open into the den on the right, where natu-ral light washes in through a set of wide Craftsman windows.

While the home is designed with three bedrooms and a den, the den could be repurposed as an office, library/study, art studio, sewing/ craft center, or even a fourth bed-room. Secondary bedrooms and a bathroom are through an opening on the entry’s left. A handy coat closet is just around the corner to the right, after you pass into the main room.

The well-appointed kitchen is open to the vault-ed gathering spac-es across a flush eating bar, which can double as a buffet during par-ties, holiday gath-erings and at other festive occasions. A built-in desk sits

at the juncture of the kitchen and great room. It’s a natural location for dealing with household busi-ness and coordinating the activities of family members. Shelves stacked above the desk can house cookbooks, appliance instruction manuals, and the like.

A roomy storage closet lines part of the hallway leading to the Whit- taker’s owners’ suite, next to a pass- through utility room that links with the two-car garage. Owners’ suite amenities in-clude a spacious walk-in closet and a two-sec-

tion bathroom with a double vanity. Visit AssociatedDesigns.com for

more information or to search our home plans. A review plan of the Whittaker 30-845, including floor plans, elevations, section, and artist’s conception, can be purchased for $25. Our home plan catalog, fea-turing more than 550 home plans, costs $15. Both are available online, by mail or phone. Add $5 s/h. As-sociated Designs, 1100 Jacobs Dr., Eugene, OR 97402, (800) 634-0123.

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Measure of US home prices rises most in six years

Christopher S. RugaberAP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON — A measure of U.S. home prices jumped 5 percent in September compared with a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since July 2006. The gain reported by Core-Logic offered more evidence of a sustainable housing recovery.

The real estate data provider also said Tuesday that prices de-clined 0.3 percent in September from August, the first drop after six straight increases. The monthly figures are not seasonally ad-justed. CoreLogic says the monthly decline reflects the end of the summer home-buying season and not a softening in the housing recovery.

Steady price increases should give the housing market more momentum when home sales pick up in the spring. Rising pric-es encourage more homeowners to sell their homes and entice would-be buyers to purchase homes before prices rise further.

Other measures have also shown healthy gains in home prices over the past year. The Standard & Poor’s/Case Shiller 20-city index rose 2 percent in August compared with a year ago, a faster pace than the previous month.

The price gains in the past year reported by CoreLogic were widespread. Prices have risen in all but seven states. And they declined in only 18 out of 100 large cities that are tracked by the index.

Some of the biggest increases were in states that suffered the worst from the housing bust. Home prices in Arizona jumped 18.7 percent in the past year, the most of any state. Home prices in Idaho rose 13.1 percent, the second largest. Nevada’s home values rose 11 percent.

Home prices jumped 22.1 percent in Phoenix, the metro area with the biggest gain. Prices in Houston rose 6.6 percent, the second-highest increase.

The states with the biggest drops were Rhode Island (3.5 per-cent) and Illinois (2.3 percent).

CoreLogic’s price index is based on repeat sales of the same homes and tracks their price changes over time.

Several reports last month showed that the housing market is improving, though from depressed levels.

Home builders started construction on new homes and apart-ments at the fastest pace in more than four years in September. They also requested the most building permits in four years, a sign that many are confident that home sales gains will continue.

New home sales jumped last month to the highest annual pace in the past two and a half years. Sales of previously occupied homes dipped in September but have risen steadily in the past year.

Sales of both new and previously occupied homes are still be-low levels that are consistent with a healthy housing market. That’s partly because the supply of available homes for sale re-mains low. And many prospective home buyers are struggling to qualify for a mortgage or scrape together the bigger down pay-ments that many banks are requiring.

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Can true solitude be found in a wired world?Martha IrvineAP National Writer

CHICAGO — When was the last time you were alone, and unwired? Really, truly by yourself. Just you and your thoughts — no cellphone, no tablet, no laptop.

Many of us crave that kind of solitude, though in an in-creasingly wired world, it’s a rare commodity.

We check texts and emails, and update our online status, at any hour — when we’re lying in bed or sitting at stop lights or on trains. Sometimes, we even do so when we’re on the toilet.

We feel obligated, yes. But we’re also fascinated with this connectedness, constantly tinkering and checking in — an obsession that’s starting to get pushback from a small but growing legion of tech users who are feeling the need to unplug and get away.

“What might have felt like an obligation at first has be-come an addiction. It’s almost as if we don’t know how to be alone, or we are afraid of what we’ll find when we are alone with ourselves,” says Camille Preston, a tech and communication consultant based in Cambridge, Mass.

“It’s easier to keep doing, than it is to be in stillness.”One could argue that, in this economy, it’s wise to be

constantly wired — to stay on top of things, to please the boss. Preston knows people who get up in the middle of the night to see if their boss has sent them an email.

But she and others also see more hints of limit-setting

going on, this movement of solitude-seekers with roots in the technology industry, ironically enough.

“When I think about truly disconnecting, I look to my truly techy friends,” says Cathy Davidson, a Duke Univer-sity professor who co-directs the school’s PhD Lab in Digi-tal Knowledge.

Those friends, she says, take long, unwired vacations and set “away messages” telling people to write back after they return. “And they stick to it,” Davidson says, wishing she could do the same.

“They’ve come up with a socially acceptable convention for their own absence from the world of technology and everybody recognizes it.”

One organization called Reboot has started the Sabbath Manifesto, a call to unplug one day a week to find solitude — or to simply take a day of rest with family and friends.

Bigger corporations, some outside the tech industry, are starting to catch on to this type of limit-setting.

To encourage work-life balance, Volkswagen shuts off mobile email in Germany 30 minutes after employees’ shifts end and turns it back on 30 minutes before their next shift starts.

Google, Nike and the Huffington Post, among others, provide space for employees to take naps, or to meditate. The idea is that employees who take time to themselves to reenergize will be more productive.

John Cacioppo, a University of Chicago psychologist, thinks there might just be something to that.

He has spent much of his career tackling the topic of loneliness and isolation, which researchers have proven can affect humans adversely, all the way down to gene ex-pression.

“Feeling ignored sparks feelings of loneliness,” says Ca-cioppo, director of the University of Chicago’s Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience.

But getting away, he says — “that’s the opposite of being lonely.”

It’s time that you take by choice, Cacioppo says. So while the cognitive effects are still being studied, he says it’s very likely that that type of solitude is good for the brain.

Dan Rollman had little doubt of that when he and a few others from Reboot, a group of Jewish “thought leaders,” gathered in 2009. That’s when they created the Sabbath Manifesto, inspired by the traditional Jewish sabbath, but aimed at people from any background who are encouraged to unplug one day — any day — of the week.

The idea came to Rollman when he found himself crav-ing a simpler time, when stores closed on Sundays and life slowed down.

“I knew I wanted a day of rest,” says Rollman, who is CEO of the company RecordSetter.com.

The Manifesto — described as “a creative project de-signed to slow down lives in an increasingly hectic world” — has 10 principles. They are suggestions ranging from “avoid technology” and “connect with loved ones” to “get outside,” ”drink wine” and “find silence.”

Home-school proponent well-versed in controversyJulia DuinSpecial to The Washington Post

At dusk on a farm near the confluence of the Chickahominy and James rivers, about 26 miles west of Williamsburg, Va., home-schooling pioneer Susan Wise Bauer is out raking manure.

She cleans her sheep pens, douses her four horses and her donkey, Athena, with bug spray, and fills water troughs for her goats. It had been 103 degrees that after-noon, but the setting sun has brought in a breeze to cool the tomato fields and peach and apple groves on Peace Hill, a property that has been in her family for several gen-erations.

“I love livestock,” says Bauer, 44. “There’s something about animals: You just feed and water and clean them, and then they are content.”

The farm offers Bauer a respite from battles she has fought with her detractors in America’s increasingly diverse home-schooling community.

The English professor, historian, author

of 18 books and holder of a doctorate in American studies from the nearby College of William & Mary is one of the forces be-hind America’s burgeoning home-schooling movement, which is growing about 7 per-cent each year. The National Home Educa-tion Research Institute estimates that there were 2.04 million home-schooled children in the United States as of 2010, about 4 percent of the nation’s school-age popula-tion. That’s almost double the 1.2 million home-schooled children in 2000. A June ar-ticle in U.S. News & World Report said that home-schooled children graduate from col-lege at higher rates than their peers, earn higher GPAs and are better socialized than most high school students.

Bauer is best known among home-schoolers for “The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home” — written with her mother, Jessie Wise, a for-mer teacher — which has sold more than half a million copies since its first publica-tion in 1999. Classical education focuses on the great books of Western civilization, Latin, and lessons about morality and vir-

tue, and is based on the medieval European curriculum that divided learning into the “trivium”: grammar, logic and rhetoric. The concept of fusing classical education into modern teaching was popularized by a 1947 essay by British author Dorothy Say-ers called “The Lost Tools of Learning.” But it was Bauer and her mother who pro-vided parents with a template.

“Susan is very well known and popular,” says Anne Miller, president of the Home Educators Association of Virginia. “When she wrote ‘The Well-Trained Mind,’ no one had put feet to Dorothy Sayers’s ideas.”

“Well-Trained Mind” was followed by “The Complete Writer: Writing With Ease,” a series of textbooks that covers writing skills for first- through fourth-graders and has sold 100,000 copies. “The Story of the World,” a children’s world his-tory series published in four volumes, has sold more than 900,000 copies — not only to home-schooling parents but also to pri-vate schools, public charter schools and parents of public-school children who wish to supplement their kids’ education.

Bauer also teaches English at William & Mary and runs her own tiny publishing house, Peace Hill Press, which distributes her books and lectures as well as those of a few other authors. She has just com-pleted the third book of a multi-volume world history that encompasses 235,000 words, 808 pages, with a 45-page bibliog-raphy, an effort aimed more at adults than at home-schooled students. In 11 years, she has covered the ancient world through the Renaissance. She gestures toward a sculp-ture of a sinking Titanic on her desk. “That is a picture of my working life,” she jokes. “My ability to get this world history project done made me feel as though I was always sinking.”

Her career is definitely still afloat, though the seas have been so rough lately that she’s considering changing course.

The Bauers’ living room in Peace Hill’s 90-year-old red farmhouse has a comfy lived-in-ness: antiques, books and various computers for Christopher, 21; Ben, 19; Dan, 15; and Emily, 11, all of whom were home-schooled.

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