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Adult daughter has cut off contact with family members
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DEAR ABBY: My older daughter, "Brianna," age 42, does not want anything to do with me or her brother and sister-in-law. She keeps me from my granddaughter, who is 17. I have been divorced since the …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/28/24
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Friday, June 28
Music on the Lake
This music series is organized by Friends of Crawford State Park, with all tips going to the performer. Attendees are encouraged to …
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6/28/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
Need help or need to talk. Meetings daily. For times and locations, call 620-363-4571 or 620-231-4446. Any day of the month at the Knights of …
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6/28/24
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Jammin’ burgers
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It's the season for grilling and burgers. This summer, lighten up your double-fisted burgers with ground turkey meat. Turkey burgers are often underrated and dismissed. They have a reputation for …
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By Lynda Balslev
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6/28/24
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Kind gesture by couple turns flat into friend’s love nest
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DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I rented an apartment six weeks ago. A friend of his needed a place to stay due to some marital problems, so we decided she could stay with us. At the beginning, she …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/27/24
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Thursday, June 27
Stained Glass Workshop w/Dianne Miller
$150 fee; ages 18+; Class is limited to the first 8 participants who pay; begins at 3:00 p.m.
This 12 …
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6/27/24
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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6/27/24
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The Big Pool
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This photo taken from the west end of the old Municipal Pool (“The Big Pool”) in Pittsburg’s Lincoln Park shows plenty of action in the water as well as the old high diving board …
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By J.T. Knoll
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6/27/24
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Wife refuses to repeat husband’s tall tales
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DEAR ABBY: My husband of almost 40 years is not well. He has been a good provider, but his life stories are heavily laced with lies. That has been very difficult for me to live with.
I …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/26/24
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Wednesday, June 26
GPL Teen Time
The Girard Public Library will be hosting a teen night for grades 6th through 12th from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday. Attendees will …
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6/26/24
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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6/26/24
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One of a Kind
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I suspect many of you reading this knew Joe Hart. And if you didn’t actually know him, you no doubt had heard about him. Joe was quite the man about town and involved in many …
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By Carol Ann Robb, Reference & Adult Services
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6/26/24
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Alcoholic boyfriend manages to be even worse as father
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DEAR ABBY: I dated a guy who hid from me the fact that he was a severe alcoholic. After I realized it, I continued to date him, thinking it was love when it wasn't. Unfortunately, after two years of …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/25/24
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Tuesday, June 25
Open Mic Night
Our next open mic at TJ Lelands, 108 W. 6 th , Pittsburg, will be this next Tuesday, June 25. Bring your songs, your poems, …
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6/25/24
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Club Notes
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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6/25/24
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Ritchie Valens
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This is the final column about the three rock ’n roll musicians that perished in that wintery fatal plane crash just outside of Clear Lake, Iowa on Feb. 3, 1959
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By Lois Carlson
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6/25/24
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Marriage hits rough patch amid a major transition
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DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together 20 years, married for 12. We have weathered ex-spouses, step-parenting, nine military deployments between us, serious health issues and everyday normal …
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By Abigail Van Buren
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6/22/24
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Saturday, June 22
Mosaics for Beginners w/Sarah Prince
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Workshop Fee: $40; Ages: 10+; Class Size: 14
This is a beginner class for those who want …
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6/22/24
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Alcoholics Anonymous
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6/22/24
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I remember everything
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My mother had been in a nursing home for a while before she passed away. She had been suffering from dementia for a long time before that, and even my brother’s efforts to take care of …
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By Bobby Neal Winters
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6/22/24
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