Lifestyle Columns
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Seal up openings to keep mice, and cats, out of the atticJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Our problem is mice! They invade our attic. We set up two traps a day and get two mice daily. Recently, we didn't check the traps for four days and discovered tha...
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Head off to see the WizardJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Quite sometime back, a couple of years or so ago, you answered a question about the Wizard of Oz Festival in Chesterton, Ind. I'm very interested in the festival ...
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First Folio presents a merry 'Much Ado'Jul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Just as pride can't frustrate the budding romance of loquacious lovers Beatrice and Benedick and a bit of slander can't divide sweet Hero from her suitor Claudio, a summ...
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Fliers ticked off by air-travel bugsJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Did you hear about the passengers on a United Airlines flight from Denver to Des Moines who got ticked off? I'm not talking about a few people peeved over a long delay, ...
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Small claims court is often best place to settle disputes with landlordJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. Late last year the roofs were completely replaced on my apartment building. I had never had any roof leaks. Recently, I returned from a week's vacation to find th...
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Lawsuit threat may be best recourseJul 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. We've had a problem with a missing flight segment that I've tried to resolve for the last six months. We were hoping you could help. Here's what happened: We had ...
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The Teddys, not the Emmys, award what's tops on TVJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Today is the day the best shows and actors on television finally get their due recognition. Not with the Emmy Award nominations, silly, but with the Teddy Awards. The Te...
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A hydrangea made for experimentingJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Would you like to start growing hydrangeas? One way to get your feet wet is to plant the Mini Penny in a container. The catch is it would have to go inside during the wi...
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Chicago movie happenings this weekendJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Meet the real 'Parents' Chicago filmmaker Greg Glienna will present a rare showing of his original 1992 comedy "Meet the Parents" before it became a 2000 studio film sta...
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Replacing an older air conditioner can pay of in energy savingsJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Q. With these crazy gasoline prices, we stay home more now and, therefore, air-condition more. My old central air conditioner costs a lot to operate. What type of r...