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Lifestyle Columns

Senior Meals

MONDAY Chicken fried steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, carrots, dinner roll, dessert, milk. TUESDAY Chicken a’la king, peas and carrots, pineapple chunks, bread stick, dessert, milk. WEDNESDAY Fish sandwich on a bun, cheesy diced potatoes, mixed green salad w/dressing, tropical fruit, ...

How to help a struggling reader

I love reading, I am sure that comes as no surprise. You’d be hard pressed to find a librarian who dislikes reading. I love curling up with a book on a chilly morning. I love falling asleep with a book at night. I love stolen moments of the day reading, when I should really be doing something ...

Silhouettes were cheap to make, but expensive to collect

Silhouettes and profile images date to ancient times. Usually limited to the head and shoulders, the shape is a filled solid color attached to a high contrast background. Featureless, but easily recognizable, they offer fast identification. Silhouettes were at their peak of popularity in the ...

Inventors have tinkered with robots for centuries

Robots may sound like current cutting-edge technology or science-fiction dreams of the future, but automated mechanical creatures have captured people’s imaginations for centuries. Animals and music were always popular themes. Legends say that King Solomon surrounded his throne with ...

Time for an Upgrade

Remember the good old days of using a card catalog? You’d search along the cabinet drawers for the right heading, then you pulled it open to reveal a long stack of index cards. Flipping through them to find what you were looking for and then where it was located, you took off through the ...

Senior Meals

MONDAY Egg bake with sausage, overn baked potatoes, carrots, applesauce, coffee cake, milk. TUESDAY Meatloaf, baked potato with sour cream, blushing pears, dinner roll, Valentine’s Day dessert, milk. WEDNESDAY Past in meat sauce, romane salad with dressing, pineapple chunks, bread ...