Longtime Garden City resident to celebrate 90th birthday
Caaney Orvillene Williams will turn 90 on Saturday April 12 with a come and go reception from 2 to 4 pm in Fellowship Hall at First United Methodist Church at Main Street and Kansas Avenue. Cards only requested. A bake sale to benefit Sue Johnson of Garden City was held March 15 at Catherine Hospital with cakes and other items donated by friends and family. The fundraiser was supported by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its members to help with medical expenses during chemotherapy. Contact West Central Kansas Thrivent chapter at 276-8387 or visit thrivent.com/fraternal for chapters nationwide.
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Orvillene Williams
Fellowship Hall
First United Methodist Church
Sue Johnson
Garden City
Catherine Hospital
Thrivent Financial
Johnson
West Central
Kansas
Hellen Strickland
Thrivent.com
Alternatives to heart valve surgery described in Donohue column
In a question about treating critical aortic stenosis for an 85 year old, the doctor notes that surgery is the primary cure but balloon valvuloplasty and valve replacement are under investigation as less invasive options. Medications relieve symptoms but do not fix the valve, and age alone isn’t a contraindication for surgery.
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New York Hospital
DR. Donohue
S.S
Annie
Tennessee
Maybelline
Counseling urged to help troubled family
Annie's Mailbox explores a Massachusetts father seeking guidance as his wife struggles with parenting their son Sam while clashing with him. The adviser urges counseling for the wife, reassurance to the children, and stronger parental intervention, stressing the sons’ need for stability and support.
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Sam
Massachusetts
Vinegar cleaning tips from Heloise to cut tea stains
A reader shares using a vinegar spray to remove tea residue from teapots and cups. Heloise adds more vinegar uses for terra cotta pots chrome fixtures deodorant stains and hard water in decanters and vases. She offers a six page pamphlet for four dollars and provides mailing details and a website for more information.
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Heloise
Pat McChesney
Madison
Ala
Pat
San Antonio
Heloise.com
Dear Heloise Tips for Donating Freebie Items
Hazel A. Garland shares practical ideas for repurposing unwanted mail solicitations and freebies. Greeting-card fronts go to nursing homes for crafts, pocket calendars to assisted living residents, and notepads pens and pencils to activity staff or patients.
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Heloise
Hazel A. Garland
Edgewater
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Caaney
Betty Fowler
Daughters of Isabella
Carol Dechant
Constance Kells
Jeanne Stroh
Betty Brungardt
Cathy Brungardt
Coleen Rupp
Carol Heinemann
Sue Pearson
Linda Roth
Dodie Gerber
Frank Jordan
Lois Feldt
Kathy Burrell
Pat Briggs
Knights of Columbus
Great Bend
Madonna Sprott
Duplicate Bridge Club
Howell
Faye
Paul Donahue
M.D. North America Syndicate
Brett
Kathy Mitchell
Marcy Sugar
Ann Landers
Golden Plains Credit Union
Clarion Inn
E. Kansas Ave
Garden City, KS
Bobby Layne
Lden Plains Credit Union
NCUA
King
E. Fulton Terrace Garden City
H&r Block
Kansas Plaza
Dodge City
Third Ave
H&r
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