Dear Ann Landers Advice on Elder Care and Wedding Slights
A letter-writer asks Ann Landers to warn readers about manipulative widows targeting elderly men and details a contested senior living arrangement with a caregiver who might become a spouse. Readers debate estate protection, consent, and the impact on the elderly man, while another note condemns a cake-smashing wedding incident as abuse.
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Mineral oil revives dry wooden bowls and preserves wood
Wondering Wanda asks how to restore dry wooden bowls. Wash with mild detergent and warm water, dry completely, apply mineral oil, let sit overnight, then wipe. If drying recurs, repeat oiling. Also notes avoid dishwasher and soaking.
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Blueberry Muffins Rescue With Rubber Spoon Tip
Dear Heloise shares a quick kitchen tip from Jennifer Vondrell who used a rubber tipped baby feeding spoon to release mini blueberry muffins from a nonstick mini muffin pan without scratching it. The reader credits the suggestion to her column.
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Airman Convicted in Cage Porsche Theft Case
ARNOLD Missouri airman Robert N Clerkin, 20, was court martialed for larceny of Nicolas Cage s 1989 Porsche 911 and conspiracy to steal. The car was recovered from Lake of the Ozarks in 12 feet of water after being taken in a trailer from California to Pennsylvania. Clerkin received six months in the Scott Air Force Base stockade, a rank reduction, forfeiture of pay and a reprimand.
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Eugene Sheffer Crossword Puzzle Clues
Crossword style list of across and down clues from Eugene Sheffer puzzle including 1 Ladder step 8 Ski lift 12 Borodin fringe 43 Platonic 14 Born Free lip 15 Puritanic one 17 Destroy 18 Burns around the edge 19 Check to types 21 long way las 22 Clothes line 23 Gift of tt Mag gif 26 Quick quali 28 Columbia's team 317A little lower 33 Neely hockey 35 Ancient mariner 36 Vinegar container 38 Symbol of intrigue 40 Bill the Science Guy 41 Send forth 43 Reatitudes verb 45 Poolside structure 47 River in South Carolina 51 MP's quarry 2 Toronto nine 54 Blackthorn fruit 55 the ramparts 56 Galena cinnabar 57 Sends out invitations 58 Pay with plastic 59 Bygone times DOWN 1 BBQ entree 2 Large sweet tangelo 4 Short hand developer 5 Unimaginative 6 Tommy Thompson Cabinet dept 7 Active couple 8 y of ihe an 9 Vary long time 10 One side of the Urals solution time 11 McNally partner 16 Night light 20 Wet wiggler 23 Reg aged 24 Boathouse item 29 Aye canceller 30 Murder Wrote 32 Not males 34 Find stats 37 10th anniversary gift 39 Highland hillside 42 Verboten 44 Relish 45 Durango domicile 46 Puncturing tools 48 Pot maker's need 49 One engaged in ogling 50 Being to Brutus 9 Ben Hur author Wallace
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