What’s for dinner? and other distractions
Dear Readers I find I’m most productive when I salt-n-pepper my work hours with breaks. I putter at life-tasks I claim need doing and I dilly-dally, day-dream and stare out the window.
tschram
Respite from the rat race? Not likely
Dear (Your-Name-Here) Foundation: I have a plan. Your part is to help.
CALENDAR OF COMMUNITY EVENTS
McPHERSON EXHIBITS McPherson Museum & Arts Foundation, 1111 E. Kansas Ave.
Support flows to ‘changed’ Texas synagogue after standoff
DALLAS (AP) The tightknit congregation at a Texas synagogue where four people were held hostage by an armed captor during a 10-hour standoff over the weekend traces its roots back to a gathering organized over 20 years ago by a handful of families who were new to the area.
Ask Amy: Teen struggles with besting her ‘bestie’
Dear Amy: My best friend, “Maria,” and I are both 14 years old. Recently, Maria revealed to me that a tendency of mine annoys her.
Doctor insists on separate exams for couple
DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband and I have been going together to the same primary care physician for many years, every six months for routine checkups and sometimes in between when needed. In the past we always were examined in the same room, with each other present during the exams. At our last visit our doctor told us he has to see us separately and gave us the excuse that he finds it more efficient to do it this way. I’m not confrontational, nor is my husband, but I’m not comfortable about this and said so, but he still kept us separated. We are both in our late 70s, and I think it’s important for us to be together during our exams for many reasons. Can you help us with what we can say to our doc to change his mind? It may be in his best interests for this new policy, but I do not think it’s in our best interests. -- M.H.
Coffee’s brainprotecting benefits; get aggressive in lowering LDL
Q: Is there any harm in continuing to drink caffeinated coffee now that I am 65? I drink about three cups a day, all in the morning. -- Jen G., San Francisco A: There are remarkable benefits from drinking coffee -- and perhaps the most far-reaching are the brain benefits.
Bullpup bowling earns clean sweep of Wichita
WICHITA, Kansas — Last Friday, the McPherson High School bowling team hit the road for its first dual of the season in a matchup with Wichita Collegiate. By the time the team returned, all of its players were winners.
NFL Today, Wild-Card Weekend
PASSING Josh Allen, Bills, set a franchise record by throwing five touchdown passes in Buffalo’s 47-17 throttling of New England on Saturday night. He finished 21 of 25 for 308 yards and also ran for 66 yards in the Bills’ first playoff victory since 1991.
Allen vs. Mahomes revisited as Bills face Chiefs once more
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) A second consecutive postseason matchup pitting Buffalo’s Josh Allen against Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes seemed almost inevitable after two of the NFL’s top young quarterbacks met in last year’s AFC championship game.