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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | OCTOBER 21, 2021 | 9A Budget to Stay Busy, Not Bored This Winter We know a thing or two because we’ve seen a thing or two. #SeenItCoveredIt. Jim Goodling - Mike Grant 330 OR-99 Suite C • Cottage Grove, OR 97424 541-942-0165 The Delightful Gift 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 8 Butcher’s Cut Top Sirloins (5 oz.) Filet Mignon Burgers (5.3 oz.) Boneless Chicken Breasts (1 lb. pkg.) Gourmet Jumbo Franks (3 oz.) Individual Scalloped Potatoes (3.8 oz.) Caramel Apple Tartlets (4 oz.) jar Signature Seasoning (3.1 oz. jar) FREE Filet Mignon Burgers (5.3 oz.) 65658LQM separately $223.93 * SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICE Get 8 PureGround Filet Mignon Burgers TM FREE 99 99 $ ORDER NOW! 1.877.890.0182 ask for 65658LQM OmahaSteaks.com/TheGift1098 *Savings shown over aggregated single item base price. Photos exemplary of product advertised. Limit 2. 8 free (5.3 oz.) Filet Mignon Burgers will be sent to each shipping address that includes (65658). Free product(s) may be substituted. 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I’ve decided to spend a little mental health money that in a normal world I would have used for meals out, a few new outfits and maybe a couple of week- ends away at a very nice ho- tel in the next state. To make up for the dis- appointments, I’ve renewed my Amazon Prime, not only for the free shipping but for the movies and vid- eos I can watch for free. There are hundreds of doc- umentaries, including ones on travel, giving me great views of places I can’t cur- rently go. There are thou- sands of movies and televi- sion series I can watch with my Roku device. And then there are the books, sent in- If you will have holiday shopping to do this year, you need to get started on it now. Manufacturers and store owners are say- ing there will be shortages. There are labor problems, problems with container ships that can’t be offload- ed in ports, trucks that can’t deliver the goods, material supply-chain problems ... you get the picture. Here are two suggestions to keep gift-buying simpler this year: toys and books. children to buy for, shop now. Manufacturers of many of the most popular toys are saying that they’ve seen shortages of required materials on a global scale. Try local toy stores for items they have in stock now. BOOKS -- Call your li- brary and ask for age-ap- propriate suggestions for young children. Then, list in hand, call your local bookstore. Ask if they have in stock what you need. If you can actually go to the TOYS -- If you have small store and pick up the books curbside, you’re ahead of the game. Otherwise try or- dering online, but look for things already in stock. For teens and adults, con- sider buying them a Kindle, an e-book reader available on Amazon. (I’ve had three different versions of Kindle since 2016 and truly appre- ciate the way I can order a book and have it appear on my e-reader within min- utes.) A new Kindle, a $15 case and a $50 gift certifi- cate for e-books would be welcome gifts for readers. Check the delivery dates of the various Kindle colors. Some are available immedi- ately; others aren’t. When it comes to online shopping, experts advise ordering items that are as close to home as possible, not across oceans. Beware of local shipping delays as well. Gone are the days of always receiving boxes in just a few days. If you order something online, track it, and follow up with a phone call if necessary. Do We Really Need a Booster Shot? Depending on when we went for the COVID vac- cine, we could be eligible for the booster now ... or not. Elderly seniors, as well as those in nursing homes and the immunocompro- mised, were first in line early in the year. The rest of us straggled in over the next several months. At this point, it’s unknown wheth- er there should be a six- or eight-month wait before the booster. The Pfizer booster (called Comirnaty) is now avail- able to those 65 and older and some others depending on risk and medical condi- tions. At this writing, Mod- erna is asking for authoriza- tion, and there is no booster yet for the J&J vaccine. Do we actually need a booster? We’re all wonder- ing (my pharmacist says half of their calls are about boosters), and the answers are a mixed bag. A pulmonary physician at a major university hos- pital said if we’re under 65 and relatively healthy, no, we don’t need one. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services says that the vaccines we al- ready received will start to wear off, so yes, we should get the booster, starting with seniors and nurs- ing-home residents. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for booster shots only for the immunocom- promised, but not others. The World Health Or- ganization is calling for a moratorium on shots until poor countries get theirs. 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