If you have clothing or household items you no longer need, this is the time to take it to a charity.

They're small deductions, but you're entitled to them so you might as well take them.

If you own mutual funds, they're going to bite you at the end of the year with returns you didn't even know you were going to get.

If you have business expenses, they must be for 2 percent of your income if you want to deduct them. You might want to pre-pay them.

Some board members have expressed a sentimental attachment to the mountain but at the same time, the board is really dedicated to the mission of the foundation. When we wear our Medina Foundation hats and not our Norton Clapp descendant hats, we think that what we should be doing is selling Turtleback and using the revenue from that sale to increase the amount of money we can put back into the community through grants that fulfill our mission.

(Chaney) did the best she could. In singles she was having a hard time serving.