Mary Beth Breckenridge: Remember when?
When I was growing up, I’d hear my parents talk about their childhoods and marvel at how different their home lives were from mine.No TV. No washing machines. No store-bought bread.Things sure had...
View ArticleWhat’s valuable? Here are some tips
What items in your home might command big bucks? Lori Verderame, aka Dr. Lori, offers a few guidelines:• Fine art, jewelry, other precious metals and architectural elements such as lighting fixtures...
View ArticleRight at home: Decorating year round with roses
Floral fads may ebb and flow, but the rose’s appeal remains constant, well beyond a Valentine’s Day vaseful.In home decor, roses have long been a favorite motif, in wallpapers, lace, chintz and soft...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: How to hang pleated draperies from a curtain rod
Q: My daughter is married to a military man and has been recently assigned to South America. She would like to reuse her pleated draw drapes in her new home, which has curtain rods instead of traverse...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Witch hazels for every garden
“Embrace the weather” could be the motto of the tough, winter-ready witch hazels. These remarkable plants laugh in the face of winter, blooming in frigid temperatures and even under layers of snow. At...
View ArticleSpackling product doubles as primer
3M Patch Plus Primer eliminates the need to prime spackled areas before painting.The spackling paste contains tiny particles that create a primer-like film on the surface, unlike other spackling...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of Feb. 16
The Summit Soil and Water Conservation District is making it easy to add a native plant garden to your landscape.The district is selling five types of native plant kits, each containing 38 plant plugs...
View ArticleTry homemade cleaner for grime
Dear Heloise: What is your suggestion for cleaning doors and cabinet fronts? We have been remodeling, and grimy hands are all over our doors and cabinets. Please help! — Kathemarie H., LouisianaHere is...
View ArticleCraft book gives sock creatures a bizarre twist
Stupid Sock Creatures are what result when imagination runs wild.Crazy, no-holds-barred wild.Artist John Murphy started making little stuffed monsters called Stupid Creatures back in 2003 as an outlet...
View ArticleAntiques expert to offer advice, evaluations at Akron home show
Lori Verderame fears Americans are selling off their fortunes one garage sale at a time.Verderame, an antiques expert known as Dr. Lori, is waging a campaign to educate people about the unrecognized...
View ArticleTeaching your dog to come when called
Q: We have had a male lab for a year and a half that we got from the pound. We have a fenced-in yard, but we live near busy roads. He knows what “come” means, but he is not obeying. He thinks it is a...
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Sit Means Sit training services will offer free demonstrations at the Akron Home and Flower Show at the John S. Knight Center in Akron next weekend. Paul Pollock and his dogs will be featured on the...
View ArticlePet Place: It’s all in the training
Training techniques are not “one size fits all” when it comes to teaching a dog to sit, stay, come and stop barking at everything that moves.People tend to fall on one side of the coin or the other....
View ArticleCamp visiting day for parents: Worth the trouble?
Mom Stacey Udell couldn’t wait for visitors day when her daughter first went to sleepaway camp at age 9, seven years ago.“About two hours in she said to me, ‘I think you better leave now. You don’t...
View ArticleCamps to girls: leave the glitz at home
Yes, Virginia, it’s possible to enjoy summer camp without cellphones, hair dryers, makeup and — gasp — skimpy tops, short shorts and teeny bikinis.The grown-ups want to give you a break on all the...
View ArticleSummer camp guide 2013
Looking for a summer camp? Here are many of the day and overnight programs offered in the Akron area. In some cases, times and dates are set. In others, plans are still being made. Financial help and...
View ArticleFolk artist Winfred Rembert to attend film screening at Akron church
Winfred Rembert, a folk artist who tells the story of his journey through the segregated South and the civil-rights movement via leather carvings and paintings, will present the film All of Me: The...
View ArticleNonprofit lay group ministers to widows
Beverly Dannemiller was devastated when she lost her husband of 58 years, Richard, more than a year ago.Although she attended grief-support classes, she still experienced loneliness and wasn’t sure...
View ArticleRI records show inner workings of Legion of Christ
PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Documents released Friday shed light on the inner workings of a secretive and now-disgraced Roman Catholic order called the Legion of Christ, including new details on how the...
View ArticlePope blesses huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square
VATICAN CITY: His arms outstretched in a symbolic embrace, Pope Benedict XVI blessed tens of thousands of cheering people Sunday in one of his last appearances as pontiff from his window overlooking...
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