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PEO Chapter AN picnic Monday

IRON MOUNTAIN — PEO Chapter AN will have its annual family and fundraiser picnic Monday at the home of Jana Underwood. The potluck will begin at 5:30 p.m. Co-hosting will be Lorraine McMillan. Members should contact Underwood with regrets if unable to attend.

Catching food grease

Dear Heloise: For years, I drained greasy foods on paper towels but ended up having to pick off tiny pieces of paper. Finally, I found a better way. We bought a new stove and oven combo, and I saved the oven rack from the old one we had. Now I place the oven rack over the sink with newspaper ...

Dinosaur building workshop at the Dickinson County Library

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain will offer Dinosaur Building Workshops at all three library sites this week: 1 p.m. today at the Solomonson Branch in Norway, 10 a.m. Thursday at the North Dickinson Branch in Felch Township and 11 a.m. Friday at the Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain. Children ages 5 to 12 will make their own stuffed dinosaur. They will start by filling the dinosaur with stuffing and a wishing star for good luck before they sew it up and take it home. Only children registered for the program will be allowed in the Teddy Bear ...

Feeling the sting of supporting daughter’s family

Dear Annie: My husband and I have a 34-year-old daughter who has lived with us all her life (except for maybe a year). She brought her freeloading boyfriend in. I had cancer at the time and they didn’t even bother to do anything, so she ended up pregnant. I kicked her boyfriend out of the ...

Free food distribution set Aug. 6

NORWAY — Free food will be distributed to those experiencing food insecurity Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Crossroads Alliance church facility, 130 Odill Drive in Norway. Traffic will be directed to park in the Covenant Church lot for registration and to wait until distribution begins. Volunteers will conduct registration at each vehicle. Participants are asked to remain in their vehicle during the entire process to help ensure the health and safety of everyone. The food distribution will start as soon as volunteers are ready but no later than 3 p.m. Organizers note that the time ...