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Our school systems have been through a tremendous amount of change. A lot of Magic Valley schools have early release days to help with budget cuts and some schools are going to a four day a week schedule.

Volleyball and Football tryouts are in full swing in The Magic Valley. As a kid I remember running until I vomited in tryouts. Most kids will do anything to make the team. Sports and school are the most important thing in a teenagers life and if they don't make the team it ruins their whole school year. So they run until they vomit, right?

Tony Hawk has awarded the Jerome Skate Park Coalition $5,000! The Tony Hawk Foundation is challenging others to match their contribution. The Foundation indicated that Tony Hawk is personally reviewing the Jerome skate park design and will be including any recommended changes with the grant paperwork...

I drive in flip flops all of the time but when I drive in high heels I take my shoes off and drive bare foot. Flip flops seem easy to drive in while high heels are not the most conformable thing to drive in. According to a new survey from the Daily Mail, wearing flip flops is one of the most dangerous things you can do while driving. More than half of people admit it's a struggle to drive in them,

Fantasy Football has begun! A lot of people love Fantasy Football, others think it is a waste of time. Fantasy Football can be intense especially if there is money or a trophy involved. Participants have to watch every football game to know how their team is performing and they have to change their team every week...

I like Facebook...it helps me keep up with out of town family members and it provides hours of mindless entertainment while I am waiting in a doctors office. Maybe it's time to give up Facebook.  Based on the studies from AFP, SMOKING might actually be healthier for you than Facebook is.  Last week, a study found the more you use Facebook, the more your friends start to HATE YOU in real life.  And

A lot of us have been rubbing our eyes, sneezing, coughing, blowing our nose. You may have a summer cold or you may have allergies. It is hard to tell the difference, so here are the facts: Colds are caused by hundreds of different viruses. When one of these viruses gets into your body, your immune system attacks it. Some of the effects of this immune response are the classic symptoms of a cold, s

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Teaching your kids right from wrong can be difficult. I like to think I have a good outlook on what is wrong and what is right but explaining the "rules of the world" can be difficult. My three year old has asked me many times if "heck" is a naughty word...

I have moved my cat four times and every time it is a huge pain. I have used a different method every time I move my cat. I have put her in a cat carrier,  tried to hold her in the car...I have even put her in a laundry basket. While all of this may seem like animal abuse, I have to move my cat because I love her...

Passwords can be tricky. You need to have a password for everything and you need to remember your passwords so choosing one can be difficult. Google just released the results of a study on the most hackable passwords.  Here's their list of the 10 worst things to use for a password:

I love shark week, but some of it can be gory and a little too graphic. On the other side of things...shark week isn't all about people getting their limbs bitten off. Shark week can be educational. My son and I have learned a lot about what types of sharks are endangered species, how long sharks live, how big sharks get, etc...