Plan B for a self cleaning house and gender roles
The piece envisions a paradise where houses clean themselves and chores are shared. It jokes about a clothes processing room and robotic, computerized homes while noting tensions from two paychecks and child care. The key question remains who handles garbage and toilet tissue spindles.
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Planting trees for tomorrow
Elma Washington AP report says local Future Farmers of America members planted over a million seedlings last spring in a six county reforestation effort. Volunteers logged more than 13 thousand hours in a national community development program sponsored by RJ Reynolds Industries.
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Dear Abby: Widows and inlaws on manners and hearts
A 60 year old widow laments a first date asked to stay over with no heart shown by the host. Readers advise graceful boundaries and loving acceptance, while another reader asks why her son and daughter in law rarely host. Abby suggests they prefer dining out and to accept the pattern.
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Good neighbor ferryman aids townspeople during bridge repair
In Ventnor New Jersey Jerry Fillmore an auto repair shop owner ferries residents across a lagoon for free while the Dorset Avenue Bridge is repaired. He says neighbors rely on the boat to reach work and avoid delays caused by detours to Atlantic City. Repairs are expected to last 25 days.
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