Stylish straps for purse and backpack
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: I bought a cute mini backpack — big enough to hold my iPad — from Target (Athleisure Mini Square Backpack — A New Day, target.com, $25), which I’m planning to use instead of a purse on a trip in the fall. It has a handle — to carry as a purse — but I’d like the option of wearing it as a crossbody bag. It has hardware for a shoulder strap, but that didn’t come with it. Where can I buy a strap with the appropriate clip hardware? I’ve looked at belts, but they don’t have the right attachment clips and there is no way I’ve got the do-it-yourself skills to fabricate one myself.
Back-to-school time is expensive
MINNEAPOLIS — The back-to-school marathon is in full sprint and testing parents’ sanity.
On Nutrition: Do your kids eat right?
This is interesting. Researchers from Cornell University conducted phone interviews with teens in New York City to explore how they define the word “snack.” Overall, the adolescents defined a snack as “a small, unhealthy food item that can be quickly eaten to reduce hunger between meals.”
Do you need a polio booster shot?
Adults who doubt they have been fully vaccinated against polio should talk to their doctors about getting additional shots, experts say.
Is intermittent fasting good for weight loss?
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: A friend told me that she is fasting to lose weight. I’ve tried many diets over the years without much success, so I’m thinking about trying fasting, too. Is intermittent fasting a healthy way to lose weight? Is this just skipping a meal occasionally or is there more to it?
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Featured events coming up in the Lima region
Women in Business: “Inspiring Others”
‘The Voice’ set two midwestern music groups on a path to Van Wert
VAN WERT — “Music was ingrained into who I was from a really young age,” said Addison Agen, who appeared on “The Voice” at age 15. She will open at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3 for headliner Girl Named Tom at the Van Wert County Fair.
Dive into the ‘dog days’ of summer
LIMA — Over 1,800 vendors will fill the Allen County Fairgrounds when Max’s Trader Days & Water Dog Races returns on Labor Day weekend for its fourteenth year.
Reminisce: Celebrating labor: Remembering the first Allen County Labor Day Parade
LIMA — Lima was a little late recognizing the new Labor Day holiday, but when it did on a Monday in September 131 years ago, the celebration was a doozy.
