Since Health Care coverage been in the news lately I figured I would get your input on it. What are your thoughts?? Who should be covered, by who and how will it get paid for?

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Thanks for your input

It’s finally Friday……  - get the motor running for a wild weekend!

Have a great weekend!!! Get outside, enjoy the sun and do something fun

Snowshoeing madness!! Winter fun at the Hilton for all the TICS ladies. They brought their snowshoes, big stories and PJ’s for a day and night of fun. This weekend was a full moon, so they were out on the trail after dark to take advantage of mother nature’s natural light. If you’ve never been out for a full moon walk or snowmobile ride you are missing out. Try it and every month you’ll be out like clock work with the wolves howling at the full moon at midnight. 

Can you do the snowshoe LIMBO??

All right folks – Does anyone know what this is? One of the Realtors here at the office saw this “Thing” this past fall and he can’t get a straight answer from anyone, even the DNR on What This Is. The story is this “thing” ran between him and a client when they were out walking property and they couldn’t see what it was, then it climbed a tree about 20 feet from them and started growling at them. That’s when they took this picture. Leave a comment or vote on the poll below and let us know what you think it is!

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Potential is a gift, Don’t waste it!

~ Anonymous

Alright folks – Here are a few fun facts about snowmobiling that I found at www.snowmobile.org

1. In 2009 there were 147,066 snowmobiles sold world wide – of those sold 61,593 were sold in the US and 49,510 were sold in Canada.

2. The average suggested retail for a snowmobile in 2009 was $8,800.

3. There are 1.65 million registered snowmobiles in the US.

4. Snowmobilers generate an average of $22 billion in revenue annually.

5. The average snowmobiler spends $4,000 annually on snowmobile related recreation. This includes stops while riding – eating, drinking, gas etc.

6. Snowmobilers are 88% male and 12% female.

As you can see snowmobiling is a huge industry which generates billions in revenue for our country every year. When people say the northern states depend on snow to keep them going they aren’t kidding. No snow, no snowmobilers, no revenue. Simple as that – plus this is about the same for ATV’s. So when you are out enjoy the trails and stops and don’t forget to tip your waitresses and bartenders

The trails are almost all ready for riding. The Forest Riders’ groomers are out in full force and should be finished with all trails by the end of today. SO, get your gear out and ready for some riding this weekend and then enjoy the great trails and the stops along the way.

Here’s a little chart I made up with stats compliments of the PR Enterprise and the Hubbard County Recorder. It goes back to 2005 and includes 5 years to 2009 values. It’s quite interesting the dollar amount difference between 2009 and 2005 for new homes to remodels. Just an FYI this doesn’t include those who didn’t get a permit for building which I personally think adds up to quite a few homes and lots of money spent on remodels.

I’ve had a few requests for results for the Park Rapids fishing derby, so here they are

Click on the link below to view the Derby winners:

http://www.parkrapidsfishingderby.com/files/2009_Derby_winner_list.pdf

Click on the link below to view the raffle winners:

http://www.parkrapidsfishingderby.com/files/2009raffleprizewinners.pdf

Congratulations to all of the raffle and derby winners!! We look forward to seeing you all again next year at the 2011 derby!!

This is a new fact I just ran across. Two out of three US adults have changed their cooking and eating habits because of the economy. The survey states 51 percent eat dinner at home more often and 37 percent have strict grocery shopping budgets.

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