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Feeling lost in the pew

Dear Annie: My question is: Can I still keep going to my church or is it time to cut ties? This is complicated because my husband was a pastor and I appreciated him greatly as a preacher. He took early retirement, but we stayed in the same town because I had a good job and we needed my income ...

From Russia to the U.P.: an Easter story of family and food

ESCANABA - Ella plucked the last warm brown speckled egg from the nest. The hen cackled her protest, but now she had a baker’s dozen in her wicker basket. Ella practically skipped with joy down the muddy path from the chicken coop to the house. Four sets of dark brown half Russian eyes ...

Entertainment schedule

(Please check with venues first in case of cancellation) Friday * Upper Hand Brewery, 6 p.m. – The Make-Believe Spurs * Leigh’s Garden Winery, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Friday Night Piano with Bill Rinne * The Church Brewery, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Tom Edberg’s Sundown * Saunders Point Brewing, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. – Pink Violin Band * Amvets Post 123 in Esky, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. – George Sailer and Bill Sjoquist * Island Resort & Casino Club 41, 8:30 p.m.- Detour * The Granada, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. - Karaoke * MIDD BAR & LOUNGE in Gladstone, 9:30 p.m. – Bad Timing Saturday * Dew ...

Toothpaste tube problems add up

Dear Heloise: How much longer do we have to put up with tubes of tooth- paste that we can’t empty like we used to by rolling up the tube? I have to cut open the tube, where almost one-third of the toothpaste is still there. Then I have to scrape it out little by little with my toothbrush, ...