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During the holidays extra tiny tastes of food may not make a difference in the short run, but little bits from now through New Year’s can result in unwelcome weight gains. During the holiday season I find it hard to resist sampling the food I am preparing or baking. Plus, there are more special social occasions with great food. 

Here are a few strategies to help curb your tendency to take many tiny tastes:

• Chew gum when cooking or baking.

This is National Family Week. This year, the National Alliance for Children and Families has designated its annual National Family Week observance, Nov. 20-26, as a time to pay tribute to military families and the organizations that support and strengthen them. This coincides with November being Military Family Month.

National Family Week has been annually promoted by the Alliance, a national nonprofit membership organization for more than 40 years.

Did you know that Kentucky is the largest cattle producing state east of the Mississippi River?

As a Common- wealth, that is something to be proud of.

Kent-ucky is home to about 1.1 million beef cows, and ranks fifth nationally in total number of cattle farms.

Carroll County, even though small in land size, has about 8,000 cows and calves as reported in the 2010 cattle estimate conducted by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.

Health insurance coverage is a top priority for many people.  Medicare is health insurance available for people over the age of 65 as well as those under the age of 65 with certain disabilities. The primary Parts of Medicare are A, B and D. 

Part A is known as hospital coverage and assists with expenses for inpatient care and skilled nursing facility, hospice and home health care.