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A Friend Who Has Beat Breast Cancer

As Breast Cancer Awareness Month is winding down, one of my closest friends, Shawmeen Henderson, is on the cusp of a very special anniversary. Shawmeen works as a program quality specialist at the Huckleberry House in Columbus, a crisis center that helps troubled youth, and next year she will celebrate a decade of being cancer free. Shawmeen has taken much of 2023 to reflect on the grace of God through her journey of being made whole. This faith journey to beat breast cancer began in May 2014 when she made an appointment to see her primary physician to discuss a hardened lump in her ...

Echoes of George Wallace

The presidential candidate was a harbinger of the future that became our ghastly present. He carried plastic-tipped White Owl cigars in the breast pocket of his short-sleeved white shirts, greeted individual voters “How you doin’, pardner?” and had a campaign manager with the name Turnipseed — but a negligible campaign structure to manage. Perhaps the most astonishing grass-roots uprising in U.S. history put his name on 50 states’ ballots. Misery loves gloomy precedents — reassurances that there have been times when a nation’s political life was as repulsive as it now ...

Vintage Halloween Items Cast Spell On Collectors

Happy Halloween from Kovels! Or, in the words of this postcard, “A Merry Halloween.” Despite the antiquated greeting and old-fashioned art style, this card has familiar Halloween icons you might see on today’s decorations: a child in costume, jack-o’-lanterns, an owl, black cats and a full moon -- complete with a face, of course. The art style is characteristic of the early 1900s, and the postmark on the reverse dates it to 1911. So does its one-cent stamp. You would have to spend considerably more on a postcard like this today: It sold for $100 at a Matthew Bullock ...

Top Television Remote Controls for Elderly Seniors

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend some simplified universal television remotes for seniors? My 88-year-old dad, who lives in a retirement community, has some dementia and gets confused with all the buttons on his remote. As a result, he keeps accidentally reprogramming his TV set. Searching Son Dear Searching, Most modern TV remotes – that come with dozens of unnecessary buttons – can be confusing for anyone to operate but can be especially challenging for elderly seniors. Fortunately, there are several universal TV remotes available that are specifically designed for older ...

Soil Removal At Derailment Site Is Nearing Completion

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer The removal of contaminated soil from the eastern Ohio site of February’s fiery Norfolk Southern derailment is expected to be completed sometime this weekend, although the larger cleanup effort isn’t over. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials and the railroad announced the milestone Thursday in East Palestine. It comes nearly nine months after the derailment forced thousands from their homes near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Area residents still have lingering fears about potential health effects from the assortment of toxic chemicals ...

Johnson Is Off To Great Start

For millions of Americans listening to Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the first time Wednesday, the new House speaker made a really good impression. After he accepted the speaker’s gavel, Johnson’s first message was directed to his Democratic opposition. “I know we see things from very different points of view,” he said. “But I know that in your heart, you love and care about this country, and you want to do what’s right. And so, we’re going to find common ground.” For a guy nicknamed “MAGA Mike Johnson,” it was a decidedly un-Trumpian start. Johnson exuded the ...