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Lifestyle Columns

Family Living Focus: Supplementing your Diet – Vitamins, Minerals and Beyond

Instead of moving, perhaps modifications to your home wotraffic areas such as airports, train stations and The world of dietary supplements is getting more and more complicated. People are not just taking vitamins and minerals anymore. Now, things like glucosamine, saw palmetto, black cohosh ...

Figures that are devotional and artistic

Fra Andreas Garcia was an 18th-century Mexican Franciscan friar and folk artist who worked in what is now New Mexico. He carved and painted wooden figures of saints, called bulto, that were about 12 to 18 inches high. The figures were used as devotional images as well as artistic objects. A ...

Off the Shelf: Books before kindergarten

Did you know that children whose parents read to them just 5 books a day will hear over 1.4 million more words by the time they enter kindergarten than children who are not read to each day? Ohio State’s Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy member, Jessica Logan, says this ...

Off the Shelf: The value of book choice

By LeRoy Nosker Tanner Programming & Technology Services Librarian In the Star Wars Film, “The Phantom Menace,” the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn utters the words: “The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.” That’s a harsh insult coming from someone supposed to be a diplomat. ...

Antiques & Collecting: Enamel on metal has inspired artists for ages

Enamel has been used to decorate metal since medieval times, creating elaborate designs on copper, silver and other metals. Early pieces made in Europe, especially pieces used in religious services, were created in ever-changing styles. Enameled pieces for home use were rare before the 1800s. ...

Family Living Focus: Travel Tips for Reducing Chances of Identity

Instead of moving, perhaps modifications to your home would make it more furnishings. Replace old equipment t With the summer season now in full swing, many senior citizens, like other Americans, are planning to spend some of their free time traveling. If you are one of the millions of ...