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Ida’s Notebook by Ida Risser My living room is full of books and flowers. The impatiens and begonias have lots of red and bright pink flowers. It seems that every few days they need water as the bay window faces south and they get lots of sun. However, I do enjoy the bright colors all winter long. Now the books, magazines, and newspapers keep piling up as usual. As I love to read, I hate to throw them away before I’ve looked at them. Some sections of the Sunday paper never do get KUBOTA HAS YOUR SIZE B2miSD(lB 0 PTO Hl') Kubota has a tractor that's just the right size for your vineyard, orchard, farm or ranch. Models range from 14 to 91 PTO horse power. They feature Kubota liquid-cooled diesel engines, dependable hydraulics, and a standard 3-point hitch to let you attach a wide range of implements. The B2ISOHSD is compact in size but has lots of power. Hydrostatic transmission, 4WD, and power steering make light work of loading, tilling or spraying. 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One reader of this paper sent me a book that she had enjoyed. And, a man from Massachusetts sent me a magazine about cranber ry harvesting. Maybe after Christ mas I’ll get to reading it some more. Speaking of Christmas, last week I helped to make 100 paper angels as favors for a banquet. We used gold crinkled paper and tiny gold beads for the head and hands. L23SODT (20 5 PTO HP) M4O3OSU (42 0 PTO HP) M7OTODTN B (68 0 PTO HP) Lebanon I Lancaster KELLER BROS. RMdino IM TRACTOR CO. NICARRY 717-949-2000 EQUIPMENT, INC. 717*569-2500 215-926-2441 TIGARD, Oregon Ameri can Agri-Women celebrated their 20th Anniversary at this year’s annual convention, hosted by Ore gon Women for Agriculture, Several of us worked together and finished in short order. Now my problem is getting a good idea for decorating the two tables that have been assigned to me. 1 think that I’ll start with some of my own eve? greens and holly plus red ribbon. We expect to go to a Christmas tree farm for our tree. 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