Hospital Hearts.

The campaign to raise funds needed for the expansion and new facility for McCune Brooks Hospital has not officially began. However, McCune Brooks employee Linda Houck reported that the $362 raised by hospital employees from the sale of Valentine hearts was the first donation to the new hospital fund.

"It’s a fun thing we do every year," said Houck. "This year we decided to donate the money to the new hospital."

Houck stated that the fund-raising for the new hospital is going to be managed by the Capitol Campaign and campaign Chairperson Beth Simmons.

McCune Brooks Hospital CEO Bob Copeland reported earlier that building a new hospital would cost approximately $23.6 million. Copeland also stated that fund-raising would come mostly from grants and federally back bonds.

The 50 acres located on the southwest corner of HH and 71 Highways is to serve as the future site for McCune Brooks Hospital. The land was acquired in December by the Hospital’s Foundation Board from Precious Moments for $1.5 million.

Growin’ up we always had a dog around. Betsy was a Collie that was scared to death of thunder storms. She’d hide behind the curtains under the kitchen sink. She’d also have "fits" ever’ now and then and just lay down and shake. At the time I had no idea what epilepsy was and didn’t realize until years later that was the reason for this strange behavior.

After Betsy came Smokey who was supposed ta be a Collie but never grew into the part. She started her stay by relievin’ herself under the Christmas tree where she was placed by Santa. Bein’ an outside dog, as she matured she began chasin’ a phantom intruder whenever we’d pull in the driveway. She’d run just to the edge of the yard and then come to the car for congratulations.

The Great Dane is another story.

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• "To help moisten really dry feet, slather on lotion, wrap feet in Saran wrap, then slip on some socks overnight — or for as long as you can stand it." — Billy H. in Detroit

• "I used to change my cats’ litter inside, and we always seemed to have this fine white dust on our furniture. My husband theorized that maybe it was coming from the litter and suggested that I start changing the litter outside on the porch. Since I’ve been doing this, I’ve found that I don’t have to dust as often, and the fine white powder is gone." — Maggie via e-mail

• "Each Christmas, I save all the wrapping paper from the presents people give me, and use it to wrap gifts the next Christmas. During the rest of the year, I use shopping bags turned inside out and decorate the outsides with flowers and other drawings, or sometimes wrap things in leftover fabric. I try to reuse and recycle at every turn." — Eco-friendly in Washington state

• "My 10-year-old was spending lots of time saying she was studying and doing homework, but her grades were down, and I suspected she spent much of that time procrastinating and daydreaming. I started restricting the amount of time she spends studying on each subject, and when she is done, we spend about 15 minutes reviewing together. She explains the subject matter to me, and it seems to help her retain the information. The bonus is that this review time has spilled over into actual conversation about what she is up to outside of class." — Christine B. in Front Royal, Va.

• I store my extra sheets in a storage box under the bed they go with. On the lid of the box, I write the dates when the mattress needs to be flipped. This way I never forget how long it has been." — Warren in Fayetteville, Ark.