Family: Rural Route 2 News Celebrates First Year of Publication

Rural Route 2 News Celebrates First Year of Publication

Written by LeAnn R. Ralph

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monthly e-mail newsletter from ruralroute2.com, recently completed its first full year of publication.

The newsletter, which officially began as a monthly publication in January 2004, is written and published by LeAnn R. Ralph, author of repparttar 110371 books, "Christmas in Dairyland (True Stories from a Wisconsin Farm)" (trade paperback; August 2003) -- "Give Me a Home Where repparttar 110372 Dairy Cows Roam" (trade paperback; October 2004) -- "Preserve Your Family History (A Step-by-Step Guide for Interviewing Family Members and Writing Oral Histories)" (e-book; April 2004).

Each newsletter contains a story related to some aspect of repparttar 110373 author's childhood growing up on a small family farm or repparttar 110374 author's experience of living in a rural area today. The newsletter also includes several recipes each month, as well as notes about repparttar 110375 author's experiences over repparttar 110376 past month, suggestions to check out certain blog entries for other good stories, opportunities for "sneak previews" of Ralph's next book project, and occasionally, opportunities to sign up to win free copies of Ralph's books.

"It's tremendous fun to write repparttar 110377 newsletter," Ralph said. "Before I started sending out a monthly publication in January of 2004, I sent out stories from time to time for at least a year before that."

According to conventional Internet marketing wisdom, newsletters should be published daily or weekly. Ralph decided to publish her newsletter monthly.

"I get so much junk e-mail myself that it's difficult to find repparttar 110378 things I want to read among repparttar 110379 trash that comes in," she said. "I'm thinking other people probably have enough clutter in their in-boxes too."

Spring Maintenance Tips

Written by Jordan Walt

NEWS RELEASE Contact: Jordan Walt (503) 653-8287 A.I.C. Insurance Agency Offers Spring Maintenance Tips to Protect Your Home Milwaukie, OR February 1, 2005 – A home is one of life’s most important investments. Keeping it properly maintained can help reduce repparttar

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safety and well being of friends and family. Just in time for spring, AIC Insurance Agency and Travelers, a leading provider of auto and homeowners insurance, offer these maintenance tips to prepare your home for warmer weather and to keep it safe year-round:

• Inspect your smoke detectors. Make sure that there is one on each floor of your home. Test them and change repparttar 110371 batteries at least every six months, when you change your clocks. • Check repparttar 110372 light bulbs in all your fixtures to be sure that they are repparttar 110373 correct wattage as recommended by repparttar 110374 manufacturer. • Replace lamps that use high-producing bulbs (such as halogen) with those that use fluorescent bulbs and operate at much cooler temperatures. • Check your electrical outlets for potential fire hazards such as frayed wires or loose-fitting plugs. Be sure not to overload electrical outlets, fuse boxes, extension cords or any other power service. • Keep a multi-purpose fire extinguisher accessible that is filled and ready for operation. • Have your air conditioning system inspected by a professional as recommended by repparttar 110375 manufacturer. • Check for damage to your roof, and clean gutters and downspouts to keep debris from accumulating.

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