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Business necessities

Although the five points made in the article “Five necessary expenditures” [Fresh Views, March 2014] are great recommendations for small-business owners, they are not the only areas that need attention.

In business, there are three people that you cannot do without: an honest accountant, a good small-business lawyer and a competent IT person. Those three people can make or break your company.

Pam Manghelli
Lancaster, California
Safe arbor

In the recent March edition, you had an article by Laura Langston entitled “Look to your tree for yard health.” She omitted a very important reference: The Arbor Day Foundation ( www.arborday.org). Their whole goal is to see that more trees are planted.

Doug Simons
Shelton, Washington
Flowering relationship

I felt compelled to write you about my Valentine’s Day experience. Our entertainment was provided with restaurant gift cards, gifts included a beautiful sweater and jacket, and a dozen red roses completed the experience.

The roses were the most beautiful and

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healthy flowers I have ever received. I just wanted to encourage everyone to use Costco to purchase fresh flowers; you are never going to be able to match the quality and beauty provided by their floral department.

Karen Decker
Cincinnati, Ohio
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cat food fan

After 12 years with one family, Buddy the cat was dropped off at the Austin Animal Shelter, where he was so scared and confused he refused to eat. He quickly was put into a foster home, where his foster “mom” tried over a dozen different brands and types of cat food over five weeks, hoping he would start eating on his own—but no go.

In desperation she asked the shelter to contact his previous owner to ask what they had been feeding him. They said Kirkland Signature Maintenance cat food. As soon as Buddy was offered the Kirkland Signature food he began to eat.