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Do you enjoy cooking? I come from a family of excellent cooks on my mom's side with my grandmother and great aunts renowned for their baking skills. My mom and her sister inherited those skills with Mom's pie crust still being the best I've ever tasted (flaky but not dry) and my aunt's cinnamon ...

All-star break comes at good time for Wild Things

The Wild Things have been here — first place in their division at the Frontier League’s all-star break — several times before. Seven times overall in their 24-season history, to be exact. Washington has a 38-19 record and is 4½ games ahead of second-place Evansville in the Central ...

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Celebration of America’s 250th birthday now safely behind us, let’s see how much attention you’ve been paying to other world events. Each question below has at least one correct answer.

 1. After unveiling the refurbished Reflecting Pool on the National Mall, President Trump claimed ...

Cramps no match for pickle juice antidote

My daughter was visiting and went into my bedroom for something. “Why is there a jar of dill pickles on your bedside table?” Leg cramps, I told her. Everybody knows this by now: when you get leg cramps at night, you drink pickle juice. It only took me 20 years of cycling to find this ...

Learning to drive a rite of passage

Q. How can I find inspiration to go get my permit? I’ve been putting it off for over a year. What do I even do? Thank you. – 17-year-old Mary Jo’s Response: When we delay a decision, we may be unaware of why we hesitate. It sounds as if that may be the case with you. I’ve seen this ...

For Heather Wilder, harness racing is a family affair

For Heather Wilder, harness racing is the family business Family and harness racing go together with the Altmyer and Wilder families at The Meadows. It’s about horses. It’s about love. It’s the family business. While Dan Altmyer is an acclaimed horseman and a top and respected trainer ...