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I clip recipes like a lot of other home cooks, though I'm sure I'm not nearly as organized as Rose Marie Miller and Tony Brendel, both of Belleville.

A local family flooring store and an ambulance service will reoccupy the former Wagner Buick lot, offices and showroom in Belleville.

Q. How do you condition the wooden handles of gardening tools? I have a new hoe and a real old hoe that I really love. The old hoe's handle is splitting a little.

I had the privilege of teaching several etiquette classes this past week to the seventh- and eighth-grade students at the High Mount School in Swansea. I was truly impressed with how polite, attentive and well-mannered these young students were, as well as the astute questions they asked. I will share some of their questions:

Two weeks ago, I was waving to Gloria Estefan outside her luxurious mansion in Miami.

I've spent a lot of time lately thinking about first cars.

Q. Was Babe Ruth ever accused of taking drugs?

A friend from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists wrote to tell everyone that Monday was National Laugh and Get Rich Day.