Safety Checks Reduce Risks for Elders
McClatchy Newspapers
6/20/2008, by Jane Glenn Haas - The Orange County Register
June is National Home Safety Month, which is especially important for seniors. Mary Ann Goodman knows all about grab bars, throw rug dangers and junk-strewn homes.
As an elder care consultant for LivHOME, a Newport Beach, Calif. -based senior care provider, she routinely surveys homes for ...
From single girl in the city to married mom, a decorating partnership endures
McClatchy Newspapers
6/19/2008, by Lisa Cregan
CHICAGO - When a person grows up, sometimes their decorating does too. Jill Fireman had just begun working on a project with interior designer Tom Stringer when she did a decorating about-face. She realized that the baggage she'd been lugging around wasn't American Tourister; it was her furniture. ...
Flights and fancy
McClatchy Newspapers
6/19/2008, by Art Lander Jr.
RICHMOND, Ky. - When Kent Kessler bought 20 acres outside of town four years ago, he was hoping it was more than just a good site to build a new home. "I put up a purple martin box that first spring, and by the time we moved in, we had an established colony," said Kessler, a lifelong birder who ...
Today's fathers are choosing to be more involved with their children
McClatchy Newspapers
6/19/2008, by Stacy Downs
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Dad, you've always been great. But now, you're so much better. The proof is in the amount of time you spend with your kids. The typical dad devotes 6.5 hours per week to his kids, according to a University of Maryland study. That's still not as much as mom's 13 hours, but it's ...
Hearing aids getting more high-tech
McClatchy Newspapers
6/20/2008, by Desonta Holder
In the 17th century, hearing aids came in the form of ear trumpets _ large, horn-shaped devices with an ear tube attached. Often the butt of jokes in cartoons and comic books, they would amplify sound when pointed toward whomever was speaking. You could almost get the same effect from cupping your ...
Shelters dealing with tide of pets displaced by foreclosures
McClatchy Newspapers
6/18/2008, by By Andrea Jares
FORT WORTH, Texas _ When a homeowner has to leave his home because of foreclosure, often his pet is left behind. Now services are emerging to help pets navigate the mortgage crisis fallout.
Houston-based No Paws Left Behind offers a database of shelters financially distressed homeowners can ...
‘I believe in miracles,’ says mother of infant girl who was born 25 weeks premature
Arlington Catholic Herald
5/16/2008, by Kathleen J. Molloy
ARLINGTON, Va. (Arlington Catholic Herald) - I didn’t know my family history — I was adopted. I actually liked the fact that I was oblivious to any unfortunate medical concerns in my life. And I felt an eternal glow when the doctor showed me the jelly bean growing inside of me. This was my first ...
Texas man’s retreat inspires entire family to convert from Baptist faith to Catholicism
The Catholic Lighthouse
5/15/2008, by Cynthia Brewer
VICTORIA, Texas (The Catholic Lighthouse) - “I dropped my husband off at Assumption Catholic Church in preparation for his send off to an ACTS retreat last spring,” said Tenna Genzer of Ganado, Texas. “That was where I said the words that I would soon have to eat.”
“Don’t even think we’re going ...
Fourth-graders go ‘dog wild’ in Toledo
Catholic Chronicle
5/14/2008, by Laurie Stevens
WALBRIDGE, Ohio (Catholic Chronicle) - Teacher Brenda Pahl has found a unique way to foster a love for reading in her fourth-grade students at Walbridge St. Jerome School. Last year during Right-to-Read Week she discovered her dog “Miss Maizie” likes listening to stories nearly as much as children ...
How to make vacation travel with kids fun
The Christian Science Monitor
5/12/2008, by P.A. Moed
(The Christian Science Monitor) - When our son, Alex, was young, he hated to travel. We suffered through temper tantrums in London, Paris, Brussels, and Naples. We endured refusals to visit one more museum, even if it was the Louvre. We coped with a child who balked at eating mussels in Brussels ...
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