Home and garden happenings — Week of Sept. 14
Entries are sought for the Streetsboro Quilt Guild’s 31st annual quilt show, coming up in October.Anyone can enter a quilt or quilted item. Although it’s a judged show, entrants can choose to display...
View ArticlePlant a Row drop-off sites
Got a bumper crop to share? You can give your extra vegetables and fruit to someone in need through Plant a Row for the Hungry.Here are sites that accept donations:Crown Point Ecology Center, 3220 Ira...
View ArticleHow to create a memorial garden
Suggestions for creating a memorial garden:• Don’t worry about your garden fitting design rules or pleasing other people. Do what is most meaningful for you.• Locate the garden in a spot that gets the...
View ArticleFluffy pom-poms grow up
Pom-poms aren’t just kids’ stuff.The little poufs are a staple of children’s crafts, but they can add charm to grown-up projects, too. Sarah Goldschadt and Lexi Walters Wright show how in their book...
View ArticleDiaper dispenser is disguised as picture
You can change your baby in style with the Windel, a diaper and wipe dispenser disguised as a picture frame.The Windel is a wall-mounted cabinet with openings for dispensing diapers and wipes. It opens...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Lace bugs may be damaging azalea bushes
Q: The leaves on my azalea bushes have started to yellow in a speckled pattern. I noticed black splotches on the undersides of the leaves. What’s going on here?A: The problem you describe sounds like...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Researcher considers native-plant gardening a matter...
To Douglas Tallamy, landscaping with native plants isn’t a matter of aesthetics or convenience. It’s a matter of life and death.Tallamy worries that the accelerating spread of non-native plants is...
View ArticleMemory garden honors family members, friends
Suffield Twp.: Memories flourish among the hostas and coral bells in Kathy Roby’s garden.This summer, Roby turned a fenced plot near her house into a memory garden to honor friends and family members —...
View ArticleMultiple marriages considered the norm
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am 34 and getting married for the second time in about a month. The first marriage, at 20, was pretty dumb and short-lived — I didn’t have a clue about reality. Now, 14 years...
View ArticleTraining and socialization are important for development of pups
Q: Why do people recommend behavior training for puppies? Is there really a social development schedule for dogs?— L.J., AkronA: Just as children, canines go through social development stages. It can...
View ArticlePet Place: Toads and toadstools can kill pets
People all over the country are afraid their animals will contract a newly emerging virus that was recently diagnosed in animals in Ohio. I’ve heard from many of you asking how to protect your healthy...
View ArticleInterfaith dialogue at Walsh University to explore Judaism, Catholicism and...
An interfaith conversation exploring Judaism, Catholicism and Islam will be 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 28 in Betzler Auditorium at Walsh University, 2020 E. Maple St., North Canton.The dialogue will...
View ArticleDetails of Love Akron Network’s awards breakfast
What: Love Akron Network’s Second Annual Awards Breakfast.When: 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.Where: John S. Knight Center, 77 E. Mill St., Akron.Tickets: $50.Reservations: www.love-akron.org.2013 awards...
View ArticleLove Akron to launch program that partners churches and schools
Sherry Bennington didn’t really know what to expect when she was told a group of church volunteers was coming to her school to lend a helping hand.“I thought maybe 15 to 20 people would show up and...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of Sept. 15
FuseKeith UrbanEven though Keith Urban scored three No. 1 hits on his last outing, the veteran country star decided to shake up his production team for his new album, Fuse. Longtime studio partner Dann...
View ArticleHistory-rich Nuttallburg tells story of coal mining in West Virginia’s New...
WINONA, W.VA.: Nuttallburg is more than a little isolated. It is, quite literally, at the end of a long and winding road.Nuttallburg is a ghost town, what remains of an old coal camp deep in the...
View ArticleThe To-Do List — week of Sept. 15
The best in bloomsGarden club members from three states will show their best work at Wild and Cultivated, a flower show open Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hilton Akron/Fairlawn, 3180 W. Market St.,...
View ArticleLeBron reportedly marries sweetheart at secret affair
It is 11:30 in the morning Akron daylight saving time and I, a grown man, am feeling like a star-struck schoolgirl while sitting in front of my computer Googling variations on the phrase “LeBron James...
View ArticleCondolences to friend better late than never
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of four years, ‘‘Joey,’’ is a kind and loving person. Recently the father of one of his close childhood friends died. We live a plane ride away, and Joey could not get time off...
View ArticleCharity events — week of Sept. 16
This WeekMondayCollege Club of Canton Fall Fete — 6-8 p.m. at The Barrel Room, 7901 Cleveland Ave. NW, North Canton. Wine, cheese and chocolate pairings with Diana Kindler from Diana’s Delectables. No...
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