tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726681192533294702008-02-23T22:15:59.228-05:00KimBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472668119253329470.post-89590145010058228922008-02-23T22:10:00.002-05:002008-02-23T22:15:59.258-05:00Congratulations to Charles D. of Hastings! Charles completed the Sudoku puzzle in issue 2 and was drawn at random to win a Latte Loot card ($25 value) from <a href="http://stategrounds.com/">State Grounds Coffee</a>! We do have to admit that Charles impressed us by completing the puzzle in INK! Good job Charles!<br /><br />A note for our Hastings readers...please turn in your puzzles for issue 3 at the Chamber office. At the time of publication, we were not aware that Cookies n Cream would be closed for two weeks. Thanks for understanding!Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472668119253329470.post-13702147010924792652008-02-09T16:50:00.001-05:002008-02-12T11:44:11.431-05:00We were excited to introduce The Scratch Pad to the Hastings community this week...we hope you will enjoy it!<br /><br />The winner for the Issue 1 Puzzle is Michelle B. from Middleville. Michelle will receive a free oil change from Tires 2000! Congratulations, Michelle! Be sure to try your hand at the sudoku puzzle in Issue 2 for your chance to win!<br /><br />Please be patient as our site is still in the process of being built. We've been so busy trying to make The Scratch Pad great, that we just hadn't had a chance to work on the website! You will be able to find archived articles and recipes on the <a href="http://thescratchpad.biz/archives.shtml">Archives</a> page, so if you happen to miss an issue, all is not lost. We will only be archiving original content, though, so some features will not be available.<br /><br />We'd love to hear from our readers! Please drop us a note and tell us what you think of The Scratch Pad. Let us know if there are some areas that you'd like to see expanded or changed--we take reader feedback very seriously.<br /><br />Have a great day!Kimtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-472668119253329470.post-79357339313556881582008-01-30T13:54:00.000-05:002008-01-30T13:58:39.207-05:00Thank you for checking out our website and blog! This is where we will update you, our loyal readers, with news about us, Kim and Elizabeth, as well as what we are up to with The Scratch Pad.<br /><br />The biggest news right now is that we will have our brand new Hastings edition beginning next Thursday, February 7. While we intended to give more time between editions beginning, Kim and I agreed that we have enough advertisers and placement locations to work out the Hastings paper now.<br /><br />What does this mean? More ad opportunities! More Ask The Expert readers! And, even more importantly, more customers seeing what The Scratch Pad has to offer.<br /><br />So thank you for reading, and we look forward to your response about our newsletter!<br /><br />P.S.- Don't forget to email dearjohn@thescratchpad.biz. John has not yet gotten any questions from readers, and would love to be able to have that feedback.Liz