Charity events — week of Feb. 18
This WeekWednesdayMedina County Arts Council 30th Anniversary Dinner — 6:30 p.m. at Rustic Hills Country Club. Dinner, music by MacKaren, program and recognitions. $35. 330-725-6443.ThursdayAkron Civic...
View ArticleLocal history: What in the world is a Witan?
Put on your thinking cap. It’s time for a pop quiz.Question: What is the definition of Witan?1. A small island in the South Pacific.2. An exotic species of flowering vine.3. A popular brand of wicker...
View ArticleDetails: Witan’s French Market
DetailsWhat: Witan’s 36th annual French Market.When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day.Where: Todaro’s Party Center, 1820...
View ArticleLife in Brief — Week of Feb. 17
Compatibility on alcoholmay be vital in marriageWhen it comes to drinking — as in so many other facets of marriage — compatibility may be key to keeping couples together.Researchers reviewing data...
View ArticleNews of the Weird: On the road
Trainer teaches dogs to driveDog trainer Mark Vette showed off his best work in Auckland, New Zealand, in December: dogs driving a Cooper Mini on a closed course.Using knobs fitted to the dogs’ reach,...
View ArticleBook Talk: Baseball novella and memoir aim to inspire
Baseball novella and memoir have inspirational messagesHome Run from Heaven by Hudson High School alumnus Kevin Travis is an agreeably sentimental novella about a teen boy who feels a spiritual...
View ArticleMake takeout meal at home
The weekdays can be so hectic, sometimes our schedules don’t leave time for cooking. With errands to run, practices and family obligations, it can be the same on the weekends, too.But sometimes we...
View ArticleSeneca Rocks with sandstone cliffs is a West Virginia landmark with rich...
SENECA ROCKS, W.VA.: It is hard to miss Seneca Rocks.It is a giant slab of bare white sandstone with sheer cliffs, towering 900 feet above the surrounding valley in the Allegheny Mountains in West...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — Week of Feb. 17
Enjoy a house partyOvercast skies have you down? Host a “cabin fever” bash.There likely are folks in your life who you haven’t seen in a few years, friends you’ve always promised to spend more time...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Teen needs a quick intervention
Q: Our 17-year-old is a highly spoiled underachiever. As a junior in high school, he’s failing two classes and borderline in the rest. We know that his problems are largely due to our parenting style....
View ArticleParents are facing a loaded question with toy guns
Walk into Wal-Mart and you can usually find it: an aisle of weaponry, with names like the Firestrike, Rampage and Hail-Fire, advertising quick firing, ammunition clips and “semi-auto” capability....
View ArticleKids see no wealth in boomers’ hand-me-downs
Cindi Copeland can’t bear the thought of parting with the cedar hope chest her grandmother received as an engagement gift in the 1930s. She even held on to the $100 moth-insurance certificate, which...
View ArticleNature’s Variety issues voluntary pet food recall
Nature’s Variety, a pet food company based in Lincoln, Neb., issued a voluntary recall Friday of its Instinct Raw Organic Chicken Formula for dogs and cats. The company said that pieces of clear...
View ArticleDebutantes from Les Belles Perles cotillion
The following debutantes were presented at the Les Belles Perles Cotillion on Sunday: • Ariana Lenise Brown, daughter of Keith Brown Sr. and LaShaun Brown, Buchtel High School • Ashaunte Diane Dent,...
View ArticleNorton practice promotes colon cancer screenings
A local physician practice is trying to raise awareness about the importance of screening tests for colon cancer.Summit Gastroenterology Associates Inc. in Norton is hosting a free Awareness and...
View ArticleLes Belles Perles Cotillion
The 32nd annual Les Belles Perles Cotillion was a dazzling evening for several area women and their friends and family. The event presented by the Akron Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority...
View ArticleHealth reform backers fear jump in cost of coverage
WASHINGTON: Less than a year before Americans will be required to have insurance under President Barack Obama’s health-care law, many of its backers are growing increasingly anxious that premiums could...
View ArticleHip implants a bit more likely to fail in women
CHICAGO: Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to one of the largest studies of its kind in U.S. patients. The risk of the implants failing is low, but women...
View ArticleWhether brown or white, you can cook up an excellent egg
Q.: Please help me boil perfect eggs. My egg yolks don’t always look all the way done in the middle. Also, is there a big difference between using healthy eggs like brown or all-natural than regular?—...
View ArticleLisa Abraham: Heart-healthy cookbook still beating strong at 40
It’s been on shelves since 1973, has sold more than 3 million copies and is currently in its eighth printing.With those kind of statistics, it’s easy to assume the cookbook I’m referring to was penned...
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