Several Master Gardeners were slaving away in the Pottawatomie County Extension gardens last Saturday, digging up border plants like gophers. A gigantic oak leaf hydrangea was lifted from the ground, roots and all, and split apart. Sections of the robust hydrangea will be available at this year’s May plant sale.
Hello, Shawnee! It’s March Madness time! I love basketball this time of year, as the playoffs are going on all around us! We want to send best wishes to all our local teams! It’s time to fill out your bracket if you want to participate in the March Madness Bracket Challenge at the Senior Recreation Center. Brackets must be submitted by March 14 to get in on all the fun.
From the start of her memoir, Liz Scheier shares a simple truth: “No one lies like family.” Then, Scheier proceeds to introduce the first of many lies revealed in “Never Simple” (Henry Holt and Co., 288 pp., 3/4).
Dear Abby: I am blessed to have a wonderfully supportive family. I was recently scheduled for major abdominal surgery. For the weeks leading up to it, I quietly went about preparing the house and putting systems in place so I could be absent, but otherwise tried not to dwell on the upcoming unpleasantness.
Cinema Centre 8 and Movies 6 at Shawnee Mall are open for late afternoon matinees on Friday and matinees on Saturday and Sunday. Both theatres are open for late afternoon mantinees during Spring Break.
Dear Abby: I refer to my husband as “the most single married man” I know. He turns off the lights, turns off the heat and turns off the TV while I’m still watching or still plan on being home.
While getting a manicure or pedicure is often seen as a luxury for people, proper nail care is a necessity for dogs and cats. Regular nail maintenance in companion animals is important for a multitude of reasons, including your pet’s overall health.
Awareness of the importance of looking after our mental health is greater and more widely discussed than it has ever been. While it was already emerging from the shadows, the effects of the global pandemic really put the issue in the spotlight. Let there be no doubt – we all need to prioritize exercise and selfcare routines to support a healthy mindset.
Dear Abby: Our house burned down a year ago, and we lost everything. My husband, “Jeff,” tried desperately to get to our 2-year-old daughter, but she perished in the fire. I managed to get our 3-yearold son out while he was trying to save our daughter. Jeff ended up in a burn unit on a ventilator for nine days because he burned his lungs.
The Monarchs are stirring. Spring is coming alive in Mexico and California. The Monarch colonies in El Rosario and Sierra Chincua have shifted over 0.12 miles northward. The monarch roosts in the Oyamel fir forests are waking up. This activity signals the end of the overwintering period.