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Youth sports and mental healthcare

— October 5, 2021

As this past summer has shown, more top professional athletes are putting a spotlight on mental health. “I think it’s important to emphasize part of what we’ve learned here from…

DIVAS ON A DIME: Bean dips make easy after-school snacking
— September 9, 2021

As the new school year kicks into high gear, we’ve got so much on our plates that we hardly have time to put food on them. Such times call for effortless snacky noshes, and not just…
CREATIVE FAMILY FUN: Get creative with cow-print lampshade
— May 13, 2021

When sprucing up your home for spring, think twice before tossing out a tired-looking, plain-white lampshade and spending money on a new one. You and your school-age kids can brighten…
THE KITCHEN DIVA: Take eggs beyond breakfast
— January 6, 2021

Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, and eggs are one of my favorite ingredients any time of the day! Eggs are a great way to start your day because they’re an almost perfect…
Take a peach to the beach
— July 23, 2020

Summer brings with it an abundance of fruits, like peaches, that reach their peak of juicy perfection in the heat of July. Peaches are rich in antioxidants that help to maintain a great…

THE KITCHEN DIVA: Recipes for life can be a real lifesaver
— July 21, 2021

Dear Readers: Over a decade ago, I was given the wonderful opportunity to work with King Features Weekly Service to create The Kitchen Diva! food and lifestyle column. Editor Jim Clarke…
Radishes: The nutritional powerhouse
— April 13, 2021

I was looking for a new spring vegetable to explore (move over asparagus and spring peas) and discovered a wealth of information about radishes. I should have titled this article “Everything…
Health officials stress small gatherings for Thanksgiving
— November 16, 2020

As in prior times of national crisis, the joy of celebrating Thanksgiving this year will come with an underlying soberness as Americans gather under the cloud of a pandemic that has…