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Lifestyles

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Cats can make ideal companions

DEAR HELOISE: This is in response to Keith, the retired pastor who would love to have a dog to cuddle with but is unable to walk the dog and lives in an apartment. An adult middle-aged cat would be perfect! Most cats love to cuddle and don’t need to be walked. We are 86 and have always had a ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Side with caution on getting vaccine

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a question about possibly getting a measles vaccine at the age of 67. I do not recall ever getting measles. But I am the youngest of four, so it is likely that I was exposed through them. I happen to have my vaccination records as a child, and it does not show any ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

1. Two clubs. You don’t quite have the values for a jump to three diamonds (forcing to game) and are too good for a single raise to two diamonds (which would indicate six to 10 points). As usual when faced with this dilemma, you bid a side suit initially — in this case, clubs —- planning ...

Is sister’s fiancee teasing or tearing her down?

DEAR ANNIE: My younger sister is getting married this fall. I’m happy for her. The problem is her fiance. At family dinners he makes little digs at her — jokes about her cooking, her spending, even her weight. When she laughs uncomfortably, he says, “Relax, you’re too sensitive.” ...

Bond with in-laws in the kitchen

DEAR HELOISE: I suggest that Cindy, in Bloomfield, Michigan, asks her future mother-in-law for help in learning how to cook. She will get valuable time in the kitchen, and even more importantly, she will bond with her future mom-in-law. — Steve H., in Banning, California DEAR HELOISE: ...