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	<title>Connect Business Magazine &#187; Hot Startz!</title>
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		<title>Jiffy Lube</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new owner of Jiffy Lube franchises in Mankato and Rochester, Tony Chahine (pronounced Shuh-HEE-nee), was raised in a close-knit, middle-class family in Los Angeles where dad had a security-related job and mom stayed at home.]]></description>
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		<title>Java Lava</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Owner Kay Prescher said in a telephone interview, “I was always the person that wanted to be around everyone and make them feel happy.” The 38-year-old Wells native’s business, Lava Java, opened within the last year in the downtown Mankato Mall.]]></description>
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		<title>Little Giant Fudge</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little Giant Fudge, which operates inside Shell Food Mart at I-90 and US 169, has fast become a regional magnet for attracting I-90 travelers, said 45-year-old Kitchen Manager Patti Arends in a Connect Business Magazine telephone interview.]]></description>
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		<title>Old West Country Store</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Tammy Lillo began part-time taking over her father’s metalworking business, Timeless Images in Metal, and opened a metal work retail store at the site, called Old West Country Store.]]></description>
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		<title>Emily Labes Music Therapy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting a music therapy business was Emily Labes’ answer to marrying her love for music and her yearning to help people. After growing up in a musical family, and taking piano lessons, choir, and band throughout high school, she had a tough decision to make after graduating from Fairmont High.]]></description>
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		<title>4 The Team</title>
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