Reading From Afar Dear Heloise Readers Share United Through Reading
A reader praises United Through Reading linking deployed service members with loved ones via books and recorded readings. Another note suggests a night driving aid using battery lights on car dome tops. Additional letters share a dog door mat idea and a water intake tracking jug marked with fill lines.
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United
USO
Shawna
Texas
Heloise
P.S
Mom
Jacksonville
Fla
M. Coats
San Antonio
Calif
Nadine B
Knoxville
Tenn
Wrong Way Riegels Rose Bowl blunder and brain GPS link
A historical note recalls Roy Riegels famed 1929 Rose Bowl miscue and scoring safety for California against Georgia Tech. The piece connects brain navigation, the hippocampus, and Nobel Prize findings to guide readers toward brain health, recommending berries nuts beets and avoiding unhealthy fats and sugars.
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Roy
Riegels
University of California Golden Bears
Georgia Tech
John O’keefe
Digital systems aid hunger relief for pantry networks
In Philadelphia and Vermont communities, digital ordering and mobile food pantries expand access to nutritious meals. Disabled residents like Charles Scott use the Mitzvah Food Project while families pick up dinners from food trucks, boosting choice, efficiency, and dignity. Feeding America notes a rising flow of perishable foods to shelves and trucks, with online ordering, translations, and targeted packaging helping meet needs more precisely.
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Charles Scott
Philadelphia
Scott
Kleinlife Center
Milton
Vermont
Cindy Lefebvre
United States
Feeding America
Lefebvre
Brian Gralnick
Jewish Federation of
Ross Fraser
Fraser
Gralnick
Vermont Foodbank
Judy Stermer
Foodbank
Chittenden
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