SHOP LOCALLY - SAVE GAS!

How to cope with high gasoline prices?
Stay in town; patronize Odebolt businesses!

Dollars spent locally benefit our town; save gas and shop here.
· Buy your groceries and meat in Odebolt.
· Get your do-it-yourself home improvement supplies at Odebolt Lumber.
· Have a meal out at Caroll's Kitchen or Herby's Bar and Grill.
· Enjoy brunch after church the second Sunday every month at Hattie Grace Boarding House.
· Call your Avon representative, Sharon Rohlf, for cosmetics and gifts.
· Take a short drive out to the Prairie Pedlar to shop for garden gifts, bedding plants and mulch; tour the beautiful gardens while you're there.
· Subscribe to The Chronicle to stay up-to-date on what's going on in town.
· Give a subscription to The Chronicle as a birthday gift.
· Can't find what you need in Odebolt? Stay home and order it online.

Take your car in for a tune-up at Larry Beckman Motors, Mark Hansen's Rex Chevrolet, or Reis Auto Parts & Service. A car in good running order will use gas more efficiently.

While your car is in the shop (or any time!), walk or ride a bicycle around town. Odebolt is a very walkable town, and very safe for bicycling. Something hurts when you walk or pedal? Maybe you need an adjustment at Murphy Chiropractic.

Walk to the Odebolt Public Library and check out books, VCR tapes and DVD's to enjoy in the evening. Walk to Odebolt Nursing & Rehab Center to visit a relative or friend. Tell them what's going on in your life and around town.

Have a party! Talk to Rendee Wallace about booking a Purse-Instantly Yours handbag party.

With the time and money you save by staying in town, maybe you can:
· Treat yourself to a new appliance, air conditioner, cell phone, or dish TV service at Jim's TV and Appliance.
· Check into a new air conditioner, new furnace or new kitchen sink at Hemer's Plumbing and Heating.
· Update your will at Dresselhuis and Heidenreich Law Firm.
· Treat yourself to a new hairdo at Joan's Headquarters or Mane Street Studio.
· Contact Bedrock Gravel or Bedrock Readymix to supply new gravel or cement for your driveway.
· Call Sac County Mutual Telephone, or Comserv, Ltd. and sign up for cable TV service.
· Have Wallace Soft Water install water conditioning in your home.
· Bank your savings at MetaBank, Odebolt State Bank or United Bank of Iowa.

If you must leave town to shop, spend some dollars here by filling your gas tank in Odebolt before you leave. Keep a running list of shopping needs, and run all your errands at once. Try to combine them with out-of-town appointments. Carpool with someone on out-of-town trips. Don't drive over the 55 miles-per-hour speed limit; gas mileage decreases rapidly at speeds over 60 miles per hour. See other tips for fuel economy here: http://www.fueleconomy.gov

Out-of-town relatives or friends want you to visit them? Save gas money; ask them to visit you instead! If you don't have enough space for overnight guests, not to worry; they can stay at Hattie Grace Boarding House or Travelers Home.

What to do with your guests? If they live in a large city they'll enjoy listening to bird songs rather than the constant din of traffic; the panorama of the night sky filled with stars and moonlight instead of artificial light; succulent Iowa-grown beef, pork and poultry; your fresh garden vegetables; the friendly locals; a picnic at the park or back yard; the quiet and relaxed pace of small-town life.

Show them the agri-industries that are unique to a farm town: Crop-Mate Fertilizer, Farmers Cooperative Company and its cathedrals of the prairie; Lundell Plastics Corporation and its innovative plastic screw conveyors.

Take them to the fascinating Odebolt Museum, the Peterson Pioneer Home, Veterans' Memorial Monument, Odebolt Memorial Walk Park, the Odebolt Community Center, Prairie Pedlar Gardens, and all the other local attractions: http://odebolt.net/visit.html

Tell your guests about Odebolt's affordable housing and low real estate taxes. They can talk to real estate agents at Friedrichsen Real Estate, Swanson Insurance & Real Estate, United Bank of Iowa and Bloyer's Agency. Maybe you can convince your relatives or friends to move to Odebolt! http://odebolt.net/real_estate.html

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