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My heart goes out to people experiencing weather-related disasters. I can try to imagine but do not know how such devastation feels. Research suggests that fictional books may be empathy-building tools. (https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/reading-fiction-empathy-better-person) Climate fiction, or cli-fi, is a form of speculative fiction that features a changed or changing climate as a major plot device. Here is a small sampling of the titles and descriptions I found searching the New Ulm Public Library online catalog at www.newulmlibrary.org. The “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia ...

Sons are repeating father’s abusive patterns

Dear Annie: I will try to tell you a short version. I was married twice and had kids with both men. You could say my “picker” for men was or is broken. Anyway, I ended up leaving both men. Both were mentally abusive; one was also physically abusive. I took the kids with me. Well, it didn’t take long for both men to start “buying” my kids, and it just kept evolving into buying them anything they want. I was poor because both men kept the child support in arrears all the time. Fast-forward and none of the kids want anything to do with me, and now they have kids, and I get to ...

Toilet rolls help keep cords in place

Dear Heloise: Years ago, you wrote about corralling computer cords by using an empty cardboard toilet paper roll. I loved it! I wrap the cord around my hand and secure it with a rubber band, then slip it onto the cardboard toilet roll. It’s been a great idea for computers, extension plugs and many other types of electrical cords. Thanks for this and many more great ideas. -- Carol P., Peoria, Illinois SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795001 San Antonio, TX 78279-5001 Fax: 1-210-HELOISE Email: Heloise@Heloise.com HEEL TIPS Dear Heloise: If you buy a brand-new ...

Steve Farasyn

SEARLES—Steven “Brute” Farasyn, 68, of Searles died Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at the Oak Hills Living Center in New Ulm. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in New Ulm with Pastor Kathleen Ulland-Klinkner officiating. Inurnment will follow in the New Ulm City Cemetery. Visitation will be 2 – 7 p.m. Monday at the Royal Oak Event Center in New Ulm and will continue for one hour prior to the time of service at church on Tuesday. The Minnesota Valley Funeral Home in New Ulm is in charge of the arrangements. To leave an online ...

Brown County Fair honors senior citizens

NEW ULM — Thursday’s Brown County Fair Senior Day Program was filled with a variety of interesting information, along with a performance done by the “Ken and Ken Show.” To kick off the event, the “Outstanding Senior Citizen of the Year” award was given out to Pat Stevermer of ...

The buzz around Simone Biles’ return is papable. The gymnastics star seems intent on tuning it out

By Will Graves AP National Writer HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL (AP) — Ignore the wedding band and it could have been 2019 for Simone Biles. Or 2016. Or 2014. Long before Tokyo. Long before the “twisties.” Long before two years off in which the gymnastics star took a step back, took a long look at the arc of her record-setting career and decided she wasn’t done. Not quite yet. There she was walking onto the floor at NOW Arena on Friday on the eve of the U.S. Classic, her first meet since winning bronze on balance beam at the delayed 2020 Olympics, a medal she called among the ...