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I’m told I am a dying breed, actually right at the precipice that is extinction. I still read the newspaper. I don’t just get the news, but actually fold over the ink-laden pages, tear out a column or two, save the crossword puzzle for later and recycle the rest. I look forward to my morning ritual, the pot of coffee, putting on my shoes to trundle to the end of the drive to retrieve my plastic-bagged bundle, the half hour at the dining room table with the world outside. I know its old news, yesterday’s news, what got reported before printing and distribution deadlines, but it is still very satisfying. Those that get their news via their phone, computer, tablet, etc. may continue to scoff at my old habits. They get updates minute by minute, the “breaking news”, they are obviously better informed. I like to think of my counterparts during the 18th and 19th century. They, I’m sure, greedily absorbed the news from their newspapers. The American citizen of 1793 might have read about Marie Antoinette’s beheading as part of the French Revolution but it would have been weeks after the fact. Not only did the events have to be reported but it had to be carried across the ocean. Battles were fought, after successful peace negotiations were concluded, for lack of news. Robert E. Lee surrendered on April 9, 1865 but the Confederates won a battle in Texas on May 13, 1865. I suspect because of my relationship with my daily newspaper, I find old newspapers emotionally charged. They give history immediacy. I can imagine the readership anxiously absorbing the news. Yes it was last week’s news, but this was their tangible connection to the world.

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Definition: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. Used in the context of a sentence: “He is known to be a man of integrity” Throughout my business career, I have endeavored to make integrity a fundamental tenet on how I operate and interact with customers and colleagues. It’s a foundation thing with me. Strong foundation = Strong Business. I recently fell short on a commitment that I had made with a colleague. Was it a “life or death” miss on my part? No....but it did put my colleague in an awkward position with a commitment he in turn made to his group. He graciously held out a olive branch by making a phone call to me and allowed our relationship to continue to grow. Many would have brushed my shortcoming off as no big deal. But to me in matters of my word, it was a big deal. I pride myself in building a business where a handshake is as good as a written contract. As a business practice for my party rental company, I routinely do not take a deposit when customers commit to a reservation with me. Their usual response is one of shock. I may times hear the phrase “there aren’t may like you around anymore...”. Most are pleasantly surprised and I feel it builds a common shared sense of trust between us. Do I get “burned” sometimes? Sure. In fact I just got burned this past weekend. Was I happy about it? No. Is it going to stop me from continuing this practice? NO. Here is how I see it. I do over 350 events a year and out of that number, about 3 to 4 customers “burn me”. My rational for this policy of “I don’t need a deposit” is as follows. 99 out of 100 of my customers treat me right and appreciate the trust I extend to them. I’m not going to put in place a requirement for a deposit from them for the 1 person that does me wrong. Don’t worry, I have developed a proprietary reservation system that allows me to highlight the 1 per-centers if you get my drift.... You know the saying fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

What is your major fundamental belief system that you use in your life and career to build relationship interactions on? Do you have one and if so, is it rock steady to the core? Yes, the world is made up of givers and takers. And I believe most of us ride along that 50% mark of the giving/taking continuum. Sometimes we are at the 45% mark and in need of some help and taking......Sometimes we’re at 55% and doing some of the giving and making the world a better place. As we get older, being on the giving side usually becomes a higher priority as we want to leave the world in a better place for our children and grandchildren, (yes I’m that old....)than how we found it. Is it a risk to have a business practice that can work on a word or handshake? Yes. But I believe that trusting in another human being is a risk worth taking. Kevin Hotaling Owner and Publisher, Our Towne Colonie

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The month of February is a very popular month to get away! School breaks for the Presidents’ Day week are coming up and let’s face it were all pretty tired of the winter by now!

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Take care of your brushes! The Bob Ross Wet on Wet technique uses natural hair brushes in it’s large landscape brushes. It’s very important to keep your brushes clean and dry. Never clean the Bob Ross brushes in Water. The result will be full, fluffy bristles that won’t go back to the original shape of the brush. Kind of like when your hair gets frizzy when it’s rainy and humid outside. Before you begin you’ll need to prepare with a few essentials. 1. A pail or can with a cover and a mesh screen in the bottom. Make sure your pail has a tight lid so you can store the left over thinner. You can purchase a Bob Ross Cleaning system that includes a covered pail and mesh screen or you can use a coffee can that has a cover with a tight seal and any kind of screen that will sit a couple inches above the bottom of the pail. 2. Fill the pail with odorless thinner up to approximately ¾ of an inch above the screen. ALWAYS USE ODORLESS THINNER. 3. You’ll also need a Waste basket with a metal rack, referred to as the beater rack, in the bottom. You can buy a Bob Ross beater rack or use something similar, like a wire rack used to dry dishes. It just has to sit about 5 inches above the bottom of the basket. Steps to cleaning your brush 1. Begin by scrubbing the bristles of your dirty brush on the mesh screen in the bottom of the thinner can. 2. Lift the brush out of the thinner and press the brush against the side of the thinner can several times to squeeze out quite a bit of the thinner. This is one of the most important steps. 3. Remove the brush from the thinner can and, standing over your waste basket, shake the brush until no more thinner is splattering against the side of the basket. 4. Finally, holding the basket away from your face, rub the bristles very quickly over the brush beater rack in the bottom of the waste basket. Check to make sure the brush is clean and dry by wiping it over a paper towel. You can repeat this process several times if necessary.

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This Month in History - February

3 Rock singers Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash. (1959)

16 Nylon is patented. But it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become popular for a few more decades. (1937)

6 The board game Monopoly first went on sale.(1935)

16 NBC TV begins itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first nightly newscast. (1948)

6 Astronaut Alan Shepard hits three golf balls on the moon. (1971)

18 Mark Twainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.(1885)

7 The Beatles come to the U.S. for the fist time. (1964)

18 A ninth planet is discovered in the solar system and is named Pluto. The discover is Clyde Tombaugh. (1930)

8 The Boy Scouts were founded. (1910)

19 A prize is inserted into a Crackerjacks box for the first time (1913)

9 The Beatles appear on the Ed Sullivan show. (1964) 9 An act of Congress is passed authorizing the US Weather Bureau 10 Glenn Miller receives the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of a song. And the song.....â&#x20AC;?The Chattanooga Choo Chooâ&#x20AC;?

20 John Glenn become the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the earth.(1962) 21 Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. President to visit China. (1972) 22 Frank Woolworth opens the first â&#x20AC;&#x153;Five Cent Store in Utica, N.Y. (1879) 23 Walter Wingfield of Pimlico, England, patented the game of lawn tennis. (1874)

10 France cedes Canada to England, ending the French and Indian War. (1763)

23 The Tootsie Roll rolls into stores in America. (1896)

11 Robert Fulton patents the steamboat. (1809)

23 U.S. marines raise the America flag in Iwo Jima (1945)

11 The Yalta agreement is signed by Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin. (1945)

25 Samuel Colt patents the revolver.

12 Women in the Utah Territory win the right to vote. (1870) 14 The Saint Valentineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Massacre occurred. Mobsters, dressed as policemen, gunned down seven members of a rival gang. (1929) 15 The Post Office uses adhesive postage stamps for the first time. (1842)

26 A bomb exvplodes at the World Trade Center killing 6 people (1993) 28 The Salem Witch Hunts begin. (1692) 28 The final episode of M.A.S.H. is aired. (1983) 29 Yellowstone becomes the first National Park (1872)

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