Point count is often just as helpful during the play as it is during the bidding. Take this case where East made an intelligent use of point count to defeat three notrump. West led the K-Q-J of hearts, East playing the 4-3-8 in that order. Declarer won the third heart with the ace, led the ...
Hi, this is Kevin, I'm Lovina’s youngest son. She calls me the baby, but I don't like being called that. I decided to write the column while she is downstairs washing laundry. I've always wanted to get back into writing. It seems that every time I write I quit after 20 pages in, and that ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 65-year-old and otherwise healthy male. After spending the past five years believing that my trembling hands were the result of essential tremor, a second DaT (dopamine transporter) scan (the first one was misread, I guess) and a neurologist at a teaching institution ...
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NEW YORK — Ed Sheeran has long sought to bring people together with his music, whether it be his emotionally resonant acoustic ballads or unproblematic, danceable pop hits. “Play,” his eighth studio album, stays in that familiar lane for the most part. In his quest, Sheeran has ...
Assorted ramblings from the world of entertainment: • There is no shortage of national charities raising money in search of cancer cures and offering help to those battling the many forms of the disease. Chuck Gisewhite wanted to make sure the money raised here stayed here to help those ...
The play “Peter and the Starcatcher” opens 13th Street Theatre’s 2025-26 season at Ashtabula Arts Center. The play with music by Rick Elice is based on the novels by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson that serve as a prequel to “Peter Pan.” A nameless young orphan and his mates are ...
Church fundraiser to aid dining hall The Food Truck Rockin’ Rally returns to St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, 3020 Reeves Road NE, Warren, on Saturday. Doug Thomas and the Full Moon Allstars will perform, and Vernon’s food tuck will be on site. Beer and wine will be available for ...
The golden anniversary of Dennis and Sherry Matey was celebrated June 7, 2025, at the Bessemer Croatian Club, the location of their wedding reception 50 years ago. Mr. And Mrs. Matey were married June 7, 1975, at St. Joseph the Worker Church, previously of New Castle, Pa. The reception was a ...
The families of Nicholas Beck and Kaitlyn Adams are announcing the couple’s engagement and upcoming marriage. Kaitlyn Adams of South Portland, Maine, is the granddaughter of Ann Trueworthy of South Portland, Maine, and the late Wayne Donald Trueworthy. Parents of the groom-elect are Don ...
Priscilla Solomon and Bob Barko Jr. were united in marriage during a wedding ceremony held Oct. 12, 2024, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Youngstown. Monsignor Michael J. Cariglio Jr. presided. Guests were received during a dinner reception at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station ...
James A. and Evelyn M. Osborne Sr. of Boardman Township, observed their 70th anniversary at a celebration on July 19, 2025, hosted by their children. James Osborne Sr. and the former Evelyn Whiteside were married July 9, 1955, at Glenwood Primitive Methodist Church in Youngstown. Evelyn ...
Why is it that no matter where I stood in the kitchen, that I was without fail right in front of the drawer Terry needed to open? Is that what marriage is about? I’ve been wondering about that and other great conundrums of life. Why? Because all that is required to be in a philosophical ...
When it was time to go, Uncle Ron waved and said, “See you in the funny papers.” Or if I told Uncle Tom, “See you later,” he’d reply, “Not if I see you first.” But if he did see me first, he’d call out, “Here comes trouble.” If we dropped in at a neighbor’s farm, ...
I have another birthday coming up in a couple of weeks and I’m feeling cranky. Old-man cranky. I’m-out-of-chocolate cranky. I’ve earned the right to be old-man cranky. I was born, after all, not just way back in the 1900s, but the 1950s at that. That means the nose hairs and ear hairs ...
In all of my adult life, not once has any employer, relative or stranger asked, “Hey, what’s the 31st element on the periodic table?” They do want to know why I missed the meeting, lost my password or forgot to put on pants, but never has anyone cared about the periodic table or any of ...
We’re nearing that season — you know the one. The sniffles start, cough drops appear in every bag and pocket, tissues are tucked in coat sleeves like contraband, and someone is inevitably knocked down by whatever bug is making the rounds. Cold and flu season has a way of humbling all of ...
Have you ever noticed that once you surpass the age of 35, there’s this unspoken rule that you’re no longer allowed to dance the way you used to in your teens and twenties? It’s as if somewhere along the way, society decided that grown-ups should trade in their carefree moves for small, ...
The other day, a few of the members of Dandelion-Inc and I decided that we were in dire need of getting together and doing something as a group that wasn’t about direct, measurable growth — either in business or personal development. Don’t get me wrong, growth is great, but sometimes ...
Who remembers A&W off Route 224? I’m about to get a little off-topic before I get into the heart of my nostalgia, but trust me — it’s worth the detour. I feel like I need to set the scene to help you understand how absolutely phenomenal A&W was in my childhood and early ...
In my earlier years of gardening, I was attracted to and purchased unusual plants. Many of those didn’t survive beyond their first year. As I have “matured,” I have redirected my purchases toward the easy-to-grow natives that feed our local pollinators. The hotter, drier summers have ...
Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Mahoning County Extension Office. Contact the Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield, at 330-533-5538. For a complete list of events, visit https://mahoning.osu.edu/events. Plant and Pest Clinic What: Stop by to ask ...
As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has created a miracle that does not allow the woodpecker to get headaches or become dizzy. ...
Our temperatures have continued to fluctuate, but our winter weather will eventually remain colder and the darkness will cause us to bundle up, keeping ourselves warm. The days are gaining minutes of light in the morning and evening, but it will be a couple of months before we notice ...