Fresh Valentine gifts replace candy and flowers
Pittsburgh area shoppers try novel expressions of love for Valentine’s Day. Ted teddy bears with voice chips sell for 39.95 while billboard messages cost hundreds. Services range from home cleaning to personalized love letters, with experts urging thoughtful, inexpensive gestures over pricey outings.
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Pittsburgh
Chuck
Jerry Crowley
Telebear
Bally
Lynne Grant
Plano
Texas
Dennis Essary
Crowley
Jean Guzik
Chris Mullen
Chris
Jeanniey
Guzik
Valentine day fantasies and real life misreads
A humor column by Sarah Overstreet explores Valentine’s Day as a clash of romantic fantasies and practical realities. It contrasts imagined candlelit dinners and eternity rings with messy dinners, miscommunication, and the stubborn male female divide that fuels courtroom divorces and two languages in marriage.
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Kathy
Ken Norton Jr
Eve
Adam
Couples With 60 Plus Years Of Marriage Honored
Four couples celebrated lengthy marriages at a Meridian Nursing Center Valentine party. Veterans Mabel and Vernon Kephart mark 66 years this July, with others like Gary and Laura Hildebrand and Charles and Mary Remsburg sharing journeys from the Great Depression era through later decades. Residents, families, and staff planned the event, with the Meridian Songbirds performing and treats served.
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Meridian Nursing Center
Meridian Songbirds
Mary Lebherz
Vernon Kephart
Mabel Kephart
Mendia
Kepharts
Mr. Kephart
Judith Benson
Kephart
Montgomery County Roads Department
Taney
Mabel
Vernon Kephart Monner
Mr Kephart
Frederik County
Montgomery County
Bill
Katherine Waters
Damascus
Mr. Waters
Meridian
Hildebrands
Charles
Mary Remsburg
Mary Frushour Remsburg
Mr. Remsburg
Asia
Hong Kong
Far East
Tokyo
Remsburg
Vikabenal Agnienures
Thurmont High School
Ths
Somuts
Red Cross
Neces
Remebura
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Michael Willson
Manhattan
Willson
Bruce Keifer
Columbia
Hallmark
Keifer
Kathryn Falk
Romantic Times Magazine
Brooklyn
N.Y
Ms. Falk
Sarah Overstreet
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Donahue
Gaithersburg
Gary Roger
Laura Virginia Hildebrand
Roger
Virginia Hildebrand
Mrs Hildebrand
Wuuil Thes
Woodsboro
Hildebrand
Florida
Canada
Jaw
Tatac
Kelly Hahn
Roger Hildebrand
Virginia
Vernon
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