Candidate filing for the Clinton Board of Education No. 3 seat and Arapaho-Butler Board of Education District No. 1 and No. 3 seats will open Monday at 8 a.m. and close Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Custer County Election Board Office, located at 633 N. Sixth St. in Clinton.

WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Tornadoes damaged numerous homes, destroyed a fire station, briefly trapped people in a grocery store and ripped the roof off an apartment complex in Mississippi, while two people died as a tree crunched their mobile home in Alabama, authorities said Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted Tuesday on bipartisan legislation to protect samesex and interracial marriages, moving Congress closer to passing the landmark bill and ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

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If you use a blender on a regular basis, it’s important to know how to properly clean it. When using a blender for making plant-based smoothies, frozen drinks and batter without any animal ingredients, it’s fine to use water and a little dishwashing soap to clean it. Just fill halfway with water, add a few drops of soap, run it on low speed, and rinse it out. But whenever you blend anything with meat, seafood, dairy or eggs, it’s important to totally disassemble the blender for cleaning. Any residue from animal products can become an unhealthy breeding ground for bacteria.

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