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    Stinky’s Riddles June 2017

    Are you smarter than Stinky? Which is correct – eight and eight is fifteen or eight and eight are fifteen? Email your answers to Stinky by July 3, 2017 and if you are correct you will be entered in a drawing for your choice of either a $10 Starbucks’s gift card, or $10 Regal entertainment card. Solution to the […]

    June 6, 2017

  • Annual Food Drive-Help us close the summer meal gap.

    A & M Insurance is partnering with Northwest Harvest June 1st thru July 1st Help us close the summer meal gap. Children throughout our state will begin summer vacation in June.  Although children look forward to the fun and freedom that time out of school brings,  for a surprising number it also means missing meals.  This […]

    May 24, 2017

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    Want a Safer Home? Consider these Inexpensive Fixes

    Home improvement: It’s a never-ending process for many people, and for those of us who aren’t necessarily handy, it can be a hassle, too. But there are plenty of simple maintenance tasks and other improvements you can handle to make your home safer – whether you’re handy or not. And you won’t have to break […]

    May 17, 2017

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    May 2017 “Give Back” Referral Rewards

    We want to thank the following people for referring to A&M during April: Vici Chidester Dr. Ted Clark Christine Courtney Allan Danberg Dayna Garner Dale Jensen Hsiang-Chi Kung David Lecher Katrina Stuckey Kristi Waiss Piotr Zabawa Thank you for all the referrals!  Your referrals are the best compliment you can give us. Each of the referrers […]

    May 15, 2017

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    Stinky’s Riddles May 2017

    Are you smarter than Stinky? After a number of tests for an esteemed position at a logic based firm, the final 3 applicants are blindfolded and placed in a room. They are all told that a mark. either a white or black is being placed on their forehead.  After the blindfolds are removed they are […]

    May 3, 2017

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    Avoid Deadly Distractions Behind the Wheel

    Many people have a limited definition of “distracted driving”: They think it only means texting behind the wheel. There’s good reason for that, because texting requires visual, manual and cognitive attention – the same attention required for safe driving. But although texting is perhaps the most dangerous distraction, there are many others that can impact […]

    May 3, 2017

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    Do I Need Rental Car Insurance?

    Maybe you’ve been here before. You’ve just come off the plane, picked up your baggage, and gone to the rental car counter. You’re tired from the flight, about to begin an ambitious vacation or a challenging business project. And this is the point at which you’re asked, “Do you want insurance with that?” Most travelers, […]

    April 11, 2017

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    April 2017 “Give Back” Referral Announcements

    We want to thank the following people for referring to A&M during March Shelly Anderson (State Farm) Luella Dame Ronald Echon Cihan Kaya Chuck Lee Shanice Stahl Katrina Stuckey (State Farm- 2 referrals) Brian Torgison Simon Tsang   Thank you for all the referrals!  Your referrals are the best compliment you can give us. Each […]

    April 7, 2017

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    Stinky’s Riddles April 2017

    Are you smarter than Stinky? A gold bar is notched into 7 equal size segments. A traveler with this gold bar arrives at a hotel wishing to stay there for 7 nights. The charge at the hotel is one segment per night to be paid daily. What is the fewest number of times the traveler must […]

    April 7, 2017

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    The Best Questions to Ask When Picking a Mechanic

    “Never trust a mechanic who drives new cars. They’re either charging too much money for their work, or they can’t keep an old car running — maybe both.” —Patricia Briggs, author Okay, maybe that approach is a bit simplistic when your car breaks down and you need to choose a mechanic. But for many people, […]

    March 22, 2017