Ex-etiquette: Mother’s Day dilemma
Q. Each Mother’s Day I am faced with a dilemma. Now that I am in college, I can easily say I love my mom, but I also have a very close relationship with my bonus mom and each year I like to acknowledge her as well. My mom and Jessi get along just fine. We often have brunch together each Mother’s Day. But my family gets even more complicated. My dad was with Jessi for 6 years. They never married. They broke up last year, which was really upsetting, but a few months ago, my dad got engaged to Sara. Now I’ve got someone else I have to get to know, which is fine, but I’m not sure where to put Jessi. She’s been with me since I was 12. What’s good ex-etiquette?
Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages
Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said.
On Gardening: To avoid stress designing containers, keep it ‘all in the family’
A few weeks ago, I wrote a column that stressed you grow containers in a mono culture style and cluster them together to create a garden look, when designing mixed containers. This week we’ll take it up a notch and say keep it ‘”all in the family.” To be taxonomically correct, I should say keep it in the genus, but you will easily see what I mean.
New heated drug baths provide hope for patients with stomach cancer
Mayo Clinic researchers used a new approach to chemotherapy to more than double the typical survival rate for patients with stomach cancer and peritoneal metastasis, which is cancer that has spread to the lining of the abdominal cavity, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.
A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7
KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust.
The most infamous serial killers all seem to have something in common — they’re...
What is it about the Midwest that breeds so many serial killers?
Tech gifts for your graduate
It is high school (and college) graduation time and that usually means some gift-giving.
Dawn Kessinger: Share a meal — Slaw soup from a comfort food cynic
I’d avoided it for a few years. But sometimes you aren’t always successful at dodging the colds and flus that run rampant where you live. I’ve never been good at dodgeball so I wasn’t surprised when I eventually got walloped.
Reminisce: Shawnee Indians come home in 1931; Helen Jean Spyker makes sure they’re remembered
The Shawnee returned to Shawnee Township when Helen Jean Spyker was a child.
Dallas String Quartet to bring ‘Bridgerton’ to Van Wert
VAN WERT — The Dallas String Quartet is set to mix classical and pop for the Van Wert audience this Friday.
