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announcements decorated. 934 Norwood what you paid another pro-
Vl eger's Learning Center Dr., 4BR, 1 V2 baths, 16 x fessional preparer last year.
has openings, for grades K 28 family room, 2-car de- Deb Ostrem, RTRP-over 35
thru 8. Tutoring lessons are tached garage. DSM, years of experience. Please
designed to help each stu- 9,000 sq. ft. warehouse, call 981-5083 for an ap-
dent progress in his or her 6,000 plus 3,000 ft;, can be pointment. Available eve-
school work. Please call split. SE Union and ningsand weekends.
981-0886 for further infor- Granger, Price $1,200 and ...................................
mation. $600. Call Larry at 68i- Stonefield
................................... 6310. Home Services
Norwalk Food Pantry, Io ................................... Wade Smith, 515-490-
cated at New Life Lutheran 1329 Sunset Dr., Norwalk, 1946, electrical, plumbing,
Church, 4380 Wakonda lstfloor, offices,$725/mo, repair.
Home Office Jungle
I recently spent ten
minutes on my hands and
knees under my comput-
er desk holding the phone
against my ear with my
shoulder, while a patient
technical support person
waited for me to deter-
mine if my modem was
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Medicine for the Funny Bone
By Dorothy Rosby
Dorothy Rosby is a
syndicated columnist whose
humor column appears in
newspapers in 11 Western
and Midwestem states
plus several magazines.
She lives in Rapid City, SD
with her husband and son.
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puter is only slightly
worse than the jungle in
front of and to the sides of
my computer. Shortly after
we replaced the modem,
we decided our home of-
fice and our guest room
should trade places. The
thought of unplugging all
those cords behind the
shredder to work. Instead,
I tore documents into tiny
pieces then sprinkled them
into separate trash cans,
including thekitchen trash
where they'd soon be cov-
ered in egg shells and left-
over Spaghetti0s. That
ought to keep ambitious
identity thieves from steal-
Dr., is open every Wednes- Call Larry 681-6310.
day from 5 to 7 p.m. for Io ....................................
cal residents, services
.................................. Garden tilling, honest, rea-
childcare sonable, reliable. Also,
2 full-time openin0s.- handyman jobs by retired
Norwalk-Legacy area. Af- carpenter. 981-0133.
fordable care, safe, loving ..................................
family environment. Ages 5 Small engine repair, pickup
weeks and up, including and delivery available.
before/after school care. Prompt reasonable set-
SUMMER CARE is filling vice. We have used lawn
up quickly, so reserve a mowers. Local honey for'
spot now. 515-779-0537. sale. 51 5-975-4348. Jim
................................... Dixon.
Sunrise Learning ..................................
Home Daycare Glen Morris Lawn Care
Here to help meet your Free Estimates, fully In-
family's needs, Preschool sured, personalized set-
Program, 10 years of vice. Fertilizing, weedcon-
daycareexperience; $125 trol, mowing, trimming,
per week. Feel free to call sidewalk edging, Spring/
with any questions, 515- Fall clean-up, shrub trim-
981-0538, Angela. ming, snow removal,
.................................. caulking sidewalks/drive-
employment way cracks. 515-208-4398.
Caregivers ...................................
Hiring for Des Moines Seamstress can do alter-
south side area. Assist eld- ations, work with lycra fab-
erly in their homes with: ric, sequins, beading and
• Companionship custom costumes. Call
• Light Housekeeping Lynne at 285-0604.
• Meal Preparation ...................................
• Bathing Assistance Isaac Electrical LLC 515-
From the Heart Senior 494-6492. Call for all your
Care, 515-967-2366, 105 electrical needs.
8th Street S W, Altoona, - ..................................
www.fromtheheartsenior Downs Pest Control
care.com. And Property Mainte-
................................... nance
for sale Spiders, ants, wasps,
Avon Representative, roaches, bed bug treat-
Sandy Brenizer, 515-238- ments, termite work. We
6718. Norwalk:Lakewood also offer property mainte-
nance such as debris re-
area.
moval, mold testing, snow
..................................
Pre OrderYour Farm Freshand lawn care, demo work
Chicken Meat! You can and roofing. 515-309-2089,
choose whole or cut up www.downspestc0ntrol.com.
birds! Average weight 4-5 ...................................
Ibs. $2.50/Ib. Will be ready INCOMETAX
in the middle of May. Call PREPARATION
now, 515-337-5485. As an Ins Registered Tax
Return Preparer, I would
..................................
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for rent
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Annual servicing of your
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computer and plugging ing what's left of my life
hoped it was. You feel them in elsewhere was as savings.
foolish when a repairman appealing to me as carry- Speaking of life savings,
tells you the equipment ing the.four-drawer filing my financial life is more
isn't working because it's cabinet down two flights complicated than it is lu-
unplugged. Ido anyway, of stairs. That's why I crative. My husband, son
But determining.if our asked my husband do it: and I bank at three differ-
modem was unplugged. I went to work in the ent banks; and each one
was no easy thing. Turns corner beside the comput- has changed names at least
out there's a jungle be- er. Long after our first few once, without our permis-
hind my home computer; computers were given sion or input. Several dif-
a tangle of cords connect- away, we had maintained ferent investment compa-
ing hard drive, printer, a shrine to them, made up nies hold our retirement
speakers, monitor, key- of all their manuals, oper- and college savings. And
board, lamp, power strip, ating discs, cords and mis- all of these have been sold,
telephone, electric mixer, cellaneous accessories. If or for other reasons
coffeemaker and blender, the people we gave thechanged their names,
Yes, I am exaggerating; computers to could getsome more than once. The
we don't even own a cof- along without them this ensuing confusion has led
feemaker, long, one would think we to lackadaisical filing in
Starting at the modem, could have too. our home. Well, some-
I attempted to follow the After clearing out thething has led to lackadai-
cord to the power strip, shrine, i started in on the sical filing in our home
but three times I got lost filing cabinet and desk. It anyway.
in the tangle and had to seemed to me that before I waded through this di-
start over. Then I bumped we could move them, itsaster before tackling the
my head, dropped the would be wise to cleanvarious knick-knacks and
phone and swore at the themoff, file what must be thing-a-ma-jigs sitting
technical support person filed and toss what could around in the old home
before remembering the be tossed. That included office. It is easier for me to
call was being monitored coupons for products Igive things away than to
for quality control pur- don't use, bills that were throw them away. So I
poses. I finally deter- paid long ago and warran- packed all but a few into
mined that the cord was ties for items I'm not sure give-away boxes to give to
indeed plugged in. The we even own anymore. Isomeone else who will
technical support person can't throw a piece of pa- likely throw them away
said, "Ya, I figured that per away without the nag- for me.
would be too easy." ging feeling that I or the In the end, we gave
EASY? Ins may need it again,away three boxes of stuff,
It turns out that the though why the !RS would threw away two bags of
jungle behind my corn- need a receipt from myjunk andputawaytherest.
car's last oil change I'm not Maybe there will be room
sure. Plus I couldn't get my for a new shredder now.
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