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DALLAS — The long-awaited Gucci store opened Aug. 25 at NorthPark Center in its new 12,000-square-foot space and becomes the largest of six locations in Texas and one of Gucci’s 10 largest in the U.S.

Should you feel a need to see some glorious historical frocks — and why wouldn’t you? — head on up to Vancouver, B.C., one of these weekends and check out the exhibit “Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter” at the Museum of Vancouver. Culled from local collectors, the exhibit features dozens of examples of women’s clothing dating from 1750 to 2000, examining fashion as an expression of both personal identity and political and social change. (The museum website, giving just a taste, shows garments ranging from 18th-century petticoated gowns to Mary Quant miniskirts.) Check it out; “Dressed for History” is on display through November. The Museum of Vancouver, located by the water in a scenic area of the South Granville neighborhood, is open daily; admission is $20 Canadian (approximately $15 U.S.) 1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver; 604-736-4431, museumofvancouver.ca.

The last few weeks of August and the first of September are often bittersweet.

SAN DIEGO — My mom was turning 80, obviously a major milestone and a party worth throwing for the woman who gave me life. As the epitome of sacrifice, she was raised in Ghana as the daughter of missionaries, deprived of riches so she could invest in the poor. Her love for others never faded — she dedicated more than 10 years building schools, clinics and housing alongside my South African father in the country of Lesotho.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I struggle with stress and feeling overwhelmed. I am 52 and juggle full-time work as a wife and mother to a teenage daughter. Recently I also began caring for an elderly relative. I often snap at the slightest comment, and sleep is elusive due to the many thoughts swirling in my head. I am not the biggest fan of medication, but I recently saw an ad for Ashwagandha on social media. Can you tell me what it is and if it may benefit me?

On a Saturday in mid-February 1925, five years into Prohibition, two Lima policemen on the lookout for anyone in possession of illegal liquor instead happened upon a man in possession of a dead skunk and a dead possum in a burlap bag slung over his shoulder.

VAN WERT — The Van Wert County Fair returns this weekend and to start it off, two country music chart-toppers will headline Van Wert Live’s Grandstand concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

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CINCINNATI — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain.

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