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Lifestyles

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Always send thank-you note for gifts you receive

DEAR HELOISE: I cannot go without responding to Bob, in Santa Ana, California, who said that not thanking someone for a gift is somehow acceptable. I feel confident that most people don’t give gifts to receive a thank-you note, as he implies. Gifts are defined with the caveat of “not ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: Doctors should not profit from drug firms

DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column said the “law” prohibits doctors from getting money from prescriptions. However, they get perks from pharma reps like dinner, golf, etc., and many push supplements on TV. Many “doctors” across the country make their income from prescribing supplements ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

If you’re a good bridge player and are lucky besides, the combination might make you well-nigh invincible. For an example of what these two ingredients, properly mixed, can produce, we present this deal from the 1956 Masters Pair championship, won by Alvin Roth and Tobias Stone. Stone wound ...

Teens to receive Eagle of the Cross award

YOUNGSTOWN — The office of Youth and Young Adult Accompaniment of the Catholic Diocese of Youngstown will present the 2026 Eagle of the Cross Award to area teens. The award, which is the highest honor the diocese bestows on youth, was created by the National Federation for Catholic Youth ...

Religion news

Easter services • Bethel Friends Church, 2771 Spitler Road, Poland, 10:45 a.m. Sunday • Calvary Bible Church, 4747 Warren Road NE, Cortland, sunrise service 8 a.m. and resurrection service 9:30 a.m. Sunday • Canfield Presbyterian Church, 140 W. Main St., Canfield, 7 a.m. sunrise ...