Jerry Lewis' McDonald's are giving area customers a new experience with the introduction of McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies, the latest addition to the McCaf'e menu.
McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies offer a blend of real fruit, fruit juice, and low-fat yogurt, blended with ice.
McCaf'e Real Fruit Smoothies, available in strawberry banana and wild berry flavors, are made with a blend of real fruit - combinations of strawberries and bananas or blueberries, strawberries and blackberries - fruit juice, low-fat yogurt and blended with ice.
The deadline is just a few days away for area teachers to apply for a McDonald's MAC Grant. Teachers wanting to apply for the MAC Grant must have their applications postmarked or submitted electronically by July 31, 2010.
Teachers can download an application or submit an application online by visiting www.jerrylewismcdonalds.com/macgrants. The application is very simple so there is still plenty of time for teachers to complete the application before the deadline.
The big banks are scared. They might actually be regulated. The new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection has that potential, if it's headed by someone who:
(a) understands economics and the effects on ordinary people and,
(b) has the backbone to stand up to powerful interests. That person is Elizabeth Warren.
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An ice cream social will be held at Trinity Lutheran School, 105 Allen St., Jenera, on Thursday, July 29 at 7 p.m. Free ice cream will be served and there will be entertainment and a watermelon seed spitting contest. More information is at www.trinitylutheran-jenera.org Everyone is invited.
More than 20 families are opening their garages and offering items for sale during the second Bluffton community garage sale on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5, 6 and 7. The event is sponsored by the Friends of the Bluffton Public Library.
Sale hours are Thursday and Friday, Aug. 5 and 6 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Saturday, Aug. 7 from 8 a.m. until the seller wishes to close. Shoppers will be able to identify participants by the blue and white sign in the yard.
