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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 ...

Swallowtail butterflies — beauty or beast?

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Swallowtail butterflies are large (2¾ to 5 inches) and easy to identify. They are found in a variety of types and colors (spicebush, black, eastern tiger, zebra and pipevine blue). Each one actually resembles the name it is given. They normally are bold black and yellow or black and blue, ...

Older woman can only shower

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DEAR HELOISE: More than anything, I’d love to be able to sit and soak in a warm tub of bubbles to ease my aching bones. However, I am 81 years old and cannot get out of the tub, and I can’t afford a walk-in shower. I have tried to bathe a few times, only to acknowledge my stupidity and yell at Alexa to please call somebody to help me out. Sometimes people shower just because they have to. — Carolyn R., in Slidell, Louisiana DEAR HELOISE: I taught English for 10 years — 5 in high school and 5 in college. I directed the freshman composition program. My takeaway is that ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

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Giorgio Belladonna, winner of 16 world championships and a member of the famed Italian Blue Team that dominated world bridge from the late 1950s to the early 1970s, was a player of infinite resources. On top of his oft-demonstrated talent for rarely making an error in judgment — the trademark of all great players — Belladonna had an imagination that seemingly knew no bounds. He made bids and plays on the spot that no one had ever thought of before, and bridge literature is replete with his exploits. Consider this deal where Belladonna, playing the Precision System, opened two ...

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CHRISTIAN WOODSTOCK: Newton Falls Methodist Church, 336 Ridge Road, will host Christian Woodstock noon to 6 p.m. Saturday. Barefoot Prophets, Red Letter Band and other musical groups will perform throughout the day. The event is a day of fellowship and worship, food, games and music. SUNDAY CONCERT: East Side Church of Christ, 1750 Niles Road, Warren, will have a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday. The event will include the church choir, Mike Foley’s Choir, Garrick Matlock, David L. Howard III and Zion Hill Baptist Church Youth Choir. The church will have a children’s celebration on ...

Pastor visits Korea as part of cultural exchange

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LIBERTY — A local pastor is sharing his two-month experience in Korea with local churches and organizations to discuss what being a Methodist pastor is like over there. While in Korea, he also saw plans for construction of the Scranton Memorial Hall and Church in Seoul, which is a ...