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Tri-County Heart Ball names co-chairs

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Through the American Heart Association’s Heart of Tri-County campaign, Steven Weeden, and Brandon Sklenar, volunteer co-chairs, will lead community-wide efforts to help ensure every individual in the greater Youngstown region has the opportunity for a full, healthy life. Heart of Tri-County engages companies, community leaders and individuals to make a lasting impact across the four chambers of the American Heart Association’s work: discovery, advocacy, access and knowledge. Weeden is the assistant vice president and banking center manager at the Canfield office of WesBanco Bank. ...

DEAR ANNIE: Can’t get a word in with long-winded friend

Lifestyles

DEAR ANNIE: I have a friend I’ve known for more than 30 years. He is a good person, loyal and generous, and we share a lot of history. The problem is that he has absolutely no sense of when he has lost a room. At dinner parties, he can take over the entire conversation with a story that lasts 15 or 20 minutes. And these are not short, lively stories. We get every street name, every person’s first and last name, what someone ordered for lunch, what year it happened and usually several side stories before he finally gets to the point. By then, everyone else has stopped trying to ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

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A resourceful declarer is always on the lookout for a way to increase his chances of making the contract. Sometimes these extra chances are fairly obvious, but at other times they are more subtle. Take this case where South was in three notrump and West led a heart. Declarer ducked the first ...

Will regular aspirin help to prevent sun damage?

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Q. I just read your article on aspirin against sunburn. For some people it may have negative health risks. For me, the aspirin discovery was a lifesaver. I’ve been using aspirin for decades. I first read about research being done in England on aspirin and the possible protection from skin cancer over 60 years ago at lunch on a Friday. That same afternoon, I needed to spend up to four hours in the bright sun with no protection other than my clothes. (Back then, sunscreen wasn’t common.) I took the four recommended aspirin, put on a tank top and went out into the sun. Of all the ...

Skimmers are part of larger dragonfly family

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I found a skimmer sunning herself on my lettuce on a recent morning and thought an article about her would be fitting. She belongs to the Skimmer family (Libellulidae), which contains our most common and colorful dragonflies. They are the largest family of dragonflies with nearly 1,000 ...