Save seeds to help your favorite plants live on
Scripps Howard News Service One of fall’s most pleasant chores is collecting, drying and saving the seed from my favorite garden flowers and vegetables. It’s relaxing, and fills me with anticipation …
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Instant hot water
Q: I am constantly boiling water to prepare meals for my family. To speed things up, I’m thinking about having a hot-water dispenser installed on the kitchen sink. I have an under-mount kitchen sink …
It’s time to look at whole-house surge protection
The average American home has something like $7,000 worth of electronics gear, or more. Add it up: computers, networking gear, HDTVs, music systems, DVD players, plus at any time, tablet and cellphon…
Autumn air
Scripps Howard News ServiceEverywhere you turn in the fall, you see Mother Nature’s creativity. The tree leaves are aflame in red, orange and yellow. Bushes and vines are peppered with berries. And d…
38 Special brings the show to Dodge City
It was 1976 and the nation had bicentennial fever. Everything was red, white and blue.
Artist spotlight: Amy Black, country singer-songwriter
A minister’s daughter with storytelling and Southern tradition in her blood, Amy Black’s songs have begun to cement her as part of the next generation of Americana artists. According to the Americana…
Silvio Calabi: Hyundai’s gas-electric Sonata needs help
GateHouse News Service Wise men from Shakespeare to Cervantes have noted that “comparisons are odious.” (Shakespeare actually wrote “odorous,” but the point is made.) Hyundai may agree, at least whe…
Greg Zyla: Graham Automobile history in a capsule
GateHouse News Service Q: Greg, I recently discovered there was a car called the Graham, and since I share that name and have always been a “car guy,” I was wondering if you could give any informatio…
Jeff Vrabel: The most interesting fundraiser in the world
You could, when illustrating your support for or opposition to a political candidate or party or ruling junta or cat running for mayor in Nova Scotia — seriously, why is Canada better than us at ever…
Kan. National Guard to get new training center
Officials attended an official groundbreaking this weekend for a new training center for the Kansas National Guard.