Dawn Kessinger: Share a meal — Thanking Henry while making stove-less salads
The frozen pizza had been baking about half the minutes required before being done when I heard a loud “Pop!” The oven had blinked off. After restoring the blown breaker, the stove read “F1,” which I understood as code for the error being a “Fatal1.”
Ask the Pediatrician: What household chores are appropriate for children and teens?
Age-appropriate chores and responsibilities are an important part of a child’s development.
Lima Symphony to perform ‘Ode to Joy’
LIMA — The Lima Symphony Orchestra season is winding down, but not before a few shows that should send the local musicians out with a bang.
Reminisce: Auglaize County’s first woman to hold office
“Helen Jacobs New Auglaize Court Clerk,” announced The Lima Morning Star and Republican Gazette. “County’s First Woman to Hold Office Succeeds Robert C. Howell.” In a special meeting, county commissioners Frank Springer, George Sheipline and Emil Thieman unanimously elected Helen Louella Jacobs to be the Auglaize County clerk of courts on August 5, 1931.
Casey to bring Irish sound to Findlay
FINDLAY — One of the great singers of Irish music will take the stage for a special show at the Marathon Center for the Performing Arts, 200 W. Main Cross St. in Findlay.
Lima Public Library Book Reviews
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On Nutrition: Food for a happy heart
It’s only about the size of your fist. Yet it pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood throughout your body every day. If you could stretch out the complex network of blood vessels in your body through which your heart pumps oxygen and nutrients, it would extend over 60,000 miles.
Real Life Mama: Don’t stress, pray
Every night I pull out Maylie and Reagan’s planner, confirm they finished their homework and initial it. Then I go to the bottom of their next day and write a short little note. It is usually not more than a few words – just enough to remind them they are loved, that I am proud of them or to pray through any obstacles they may come across.
‘John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community’ honors a towering American
What an extraordinary life John Lewis lived. And how much he gave to us all.
Ex-etiquette: How to stop grandma from bashing his ex
Q: My mother is out of control. She is very upset that my ex left and says horrible things about her when the kids are around. Her last rant called their mother “a lying, cheating ho.” And I didn’t know what to do. I try to reel her in, but she doesn’t listen. I don’t want to stop her from seeing her grandkids, but she doesn’t realize that what she says about their mother, even if it’s true, hurts our children. What’s good ex-etiquette?
