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HINTS FROM HELOISE: Let us end toothpaste drama now

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DEAR HELOISE: The letter from Jan M. purports to end all the toothpaste drama. However, there’s one more thing that nobody has mentioned. Because of my curiosity, I cut open the tube after thinking I’d effectively removed all the toothpaste within — only to discover that no matter how one chooses to empty the tube, it still has lots of toothpaste remaining. I cut the end of the tube, then cut along the creases of each side, and found that not only is there still toothpaste along the length of the tube, there is a significant amount at the end where the toothpaste exits the tube. ...

DEAR ANNIE: Friend’s abundant joy highlights her own pain

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DEAR ANNIE: I am embarrassed to admit this, but I am jealous of my best friend. “Claire” and I have been close for more than 20 years. We met in college, stood in each other’s weddings and raised our children alongside one another. She has always been the person I could tell anything to. Over the past year, though, everything in her life seems to have fallen into place. Her husband received a big promotion, they bought a beautiful new house, and her daughter was accepted into her first-choice college. Meanwhile, my husband was laid off, we are worried about money, and my son is ...

Valley Grows Calendar

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Here are upcoming gardening events through the Ohio State University Extension Office. For more information and a complete list, contact: • OSU Mahoning County Extension Office, 490 S. Broad St., Canfield. 330-533-5538. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. • OSU Trumbull County Extension Office, 520 W. Main St. Suite 1, Cortland. 330-638-6783. Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Plant and Pest Clinic You can submit your questions by calling the Mahoning County office at 330-533-5538 or emailing us at ...

‘Bring One, Take One’ plant exchange returns

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The East Liverpool Garden Club was having a plant sale in 2022 and Merabeth Pinky Steffan, Master Gardener Volunteer, happened to be there. She was so inspired she decided to pioneer the first plant sale for the Ohio State University Master Gardener Volunteer’s Extension Program to go along ...

Method leads to October veggies

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By the time August comes around, I’m usually pulling things out of the garden and feeling blue because next spring is so far away. Last year, however, I learned about succession planting, and it changed my outlook on gardening. I already knew about cold weather crops that are planted in late ...

Being needed isn’t the same as being valued

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DEAR ANNIE: I am the person everyone in my family calls when they need something. I babysit, drive relatives to appointments, host holidays and lend money when someone is in a bind. I rarely complain because I love my family and want to be helpful. A few weeks ago, my sister called me in a panic because her babysitter canceled before an important work dinner. I had already made plans with a friend, but I canceled them and drove 40 minutes to watch her children. I stayed until nearly midnight and even cleaned up the kitchen before I left. Not long afterward, I had a medical procedure ...