Dear Amy readers weigh in on weight, weddings, and grief
A reader asks how to handle a close male mentor who criticizes her weight during visits. Amy advises honest boundaries and stating clearly that weight talk is off limits. Other letters express feeling hurt by wedding guest lists, and a man mourning his wife asks how to handle memorial posts on social media. Amy suggests acknowledgment, counseling, and balanced grief support.
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Amy
Fla
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Reader shares housekeeping tips from Heloise column
Ohio reader tightens loose screws after a drawer and furniture inspection. Tips cover safe furniture maintenance from a church rummage sale, plus methods to untangle jewelry with oil and pins and to soften hard brown sugar. Hawaii and Houston readers add insect and cake protection ideas.
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Heloise
Dorothy J
Ohio
Houston Chronicle
Charlie R
Houston
Charlie
Kansas Conditions Hotline and Online Travel Update
Kansas Highway Patrol provides a hotline at 800 585 7623 or 511 for travel updates with online details at 511 ksdot org. The service informs drivers about road conditions and closures across the state.
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Ksdot.org
Kansas Highway Patrol
Temperature and precipitation notes with extreme highs
The report lists daily temperatures for Monday and Tuesday with highs around 87 and 83 and lows near 63 and 66 respectively, plus record highs and lows dating 1907 to 1931. Precipitation shows 0.02 inches for Monday and 2.88 inches on a 1995 record, month to date 1.27 inches, and year to date 12.50 inches. National extremes note 110 at Rio Grande Village Texas and 25 at Stanley Idaho for Tuesday.
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Rio Grande Village
Texas
Stanley
Idaho
Ottawa events list at Cedar Square and Gun Guys
Friday May 19 Ottawa hosts Arm Chair Aero bics Cedar Square Apartments 1 p.m. Public Bingo 7 p.m. at VFW Post 5901 3599 Old U.S. 59 The Gun Guys 412 S Main St hosts Action Pistol 8 a.m. to noon and 13 ball Pool Tourney 3-6 p.m. at VFW Post 5901 3599 Old U.S. 59 Ottawa.
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Cedar Square
S. Cedar St
Ottawa
the Gun Guys
S. Main St
VFW
U.S. 59
GSSF
U.S
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