Only a few more days left to find a Valentine’s Day gift for that special someone!  Check out the following website for gift ideas at all price ranges: http://www.gifts.com/ideas/valentines-day

Hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!!  Only one more day left to make those resolutions!!

A patron of the Grand Victoria Casino in Rising Sun, Indiana, recently won his appeal against the riverboat for prohibiting him from playing blackjack. Thomas Donovan admitted to “counting cards”, which gives the player a better chance of winning, by factoring in which cards have already been played. While there is no law against “card counting”, the casino argued it had a right to exclude any patron for any reason at all, so long as that patron’s civil rights are not violated. The court found otherwise, stating that blackjack is regulated exclusively by the Indiana Gaming Commission, and the casino was not allowed to prohibit Donovan from playing based solely upon his “mental conduct in the course of casino blackjack.”

The Seymour / Brownstown area recently received its first snow fall of the Christmas Season!  If you have not had time to put up those outdoor X-mas lights, it might be best to wait until next week.  The high for this Thursday (December 10) is only going to be in the upper 20s and the white stuff is supposed to return this weekend.  However, they are calling for highs in the mid-40s for most of next week.

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, most of us are already thinking about the next, major holiday – Christmas.  Many consumers eager to begin the holiday season shopping for their loved ones will do so the day after Thanksgiving, on “Black Friday”.  While many retailers are advertising “unbeatable” offers, as one article notes, shoppers should make sure to read the the fine print before spending all day waiting in lines for that “perfect” gift.

To learn more, read:

http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108212/dirty-secrets-of-black-friday-doorbusters