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Lovina shares special memories from son’s birth

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On Sept. 2, our youngest of eight children, son Kevin,turned 21 years old. It doesn't seem possible that he's that old already. I'm going to share the column our daughter Elizabeth wrote for me after Kevin's birth: “I'm 11 years old. I told mom I would write for her this week as she's very busy taking care of my new baby brother. Baby Kevin was born September 2 at 7:27 a.m. (2005). He weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and was 21 inches long. We are very excited to have a new baby again, but we try to give my little sister Lovina extra attention so she doesn't get jealous. “Aunts Susan and ...

HINTS FROM HELOISE: Use salad spinner to dry delicates

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DEAR HELOISE: I had a salad spinner that I never used. It had been a Christmas gift. One day, as I was hand-washing some delicate items, I wondered how I was going to get all the water out of these items. Then it came to me — use the salad spinner! I put the items in there and pressed the button that spins everything, and it worked. I didn’t have to wring my delicates by hand and damage the fibers. I hung up a couple of things and laid other items out flat. They dried in less than an hour. — Aileen G., in Kansas DEAR HELOISE: My 7-year-old daughter had a large wad of gum that ...

Here’s a ‘Greek Out’ take on halibut, halloumi skewers

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The chapter on main dishes in my cookbook, “Greek Out,” starts with an explanation of what “main dish” means to me. Most people, understandably, immediately think of dinner. Because in many places that’s the biggest meal of the day, and it’s usually meat plus starch plus ...

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH: PS372424 shows few benefits in its testing

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I was really interested in reading your recent columns on rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory arthritic conditions. I’ve taken most medications that you mentioned in your column. However, there’s a product called PS372424 that’s been in research since 2014, yet no medical rheumatology departments have even involved patients in taking it. This is a nontoxic alternative to all the medications that are given to children and adults for inflammatory arthritic diseases. I’m in the United Kingdom, but I’d be really interested to hear what our American ...

DEAR ANNIE: Courtesy should be required in shared spaces

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DEAR ANNIE: I go to the same nail salon every few weeks, and lately I’ve noticed something that is driving me crazy. Almost every time I’m there, someone is talking loudly on their cellphone, watching videos without headphones or having a FaceTime conversation while the rest of us are trying to relax. At my last appointment, the woman next to me spent nearly the entire hour on speaker phone discussing everything from her marriage to her daughter’s problems at school. The nail technicians seemed uncomfortable, but no one said anything. I didn’t want to be rude or too ...

CPR Anytime kits distributed in Valley

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Immediate CPR can double or triple a person’s chance of survival in a cardiac emergency. That’s why the American Heart Association, devoted to longer, healthier lives for all, recently distributed 70 CPR Anytime kits in Youngstown. The Association delivered 35 adult and child CPR ...