REGISTRATION ONGOING FOR BACKPACKS FOR KIDS Parents have until July 25 to register their children for the free Backpacks for Kids program administered by First Call for Help of Ellis County. Laura Shoaff with First Call said any child who lives and attends school in Elis county is eligible to receive a new backpack for the 2022-2023 school year.
Dear Amy: I have this “thing” about needing to drive, no matter whose vehicle it is. I have to drive.
Dear Dr. Roach: Does losing weight fast when you are first trying mean you will always gain it back? -- L.R.S.
LAWRENCE — An estimated 2,000 women have signed up to join Kansas Moms Demand Action since the Uvalde, Texas, elementary school mass shooting last week, organizers with the group say. Bolstered by the surge in membership, Kansas Moms Demand Action and its chapters across the state held blood and donation drives Friday to commemorate National Gun Awareness Day.
Dear Dr. Roach: I am 77 and exercise regularly. I just got a fitness tracker to monitor my heart rate, etc. I have always been very slow to get back to a resting heart rate. For instance, if I get my rate up to 130 beats per minute during exercise, it will be at 90 half an hour later, and at 70 after an hour. My resting heart rate is about 56 bpm. An online source suggests that the decline in my bpm is slow and can indicate susceptibility to a heart attack. I have friends as slow to cool down as I am. Do you see any problem with this? -- M.S.
Question: I keep hearing about how something called fentanyl is making recreational drugs really life-and-death risky. I want to give my teen and young adult children a profound scare. So what are the facts? -- Gerry G., Philadelphia
Dear Amy: My daughter is 33, living on her own, thriving in her career, and in most aspects doing very well. She lives in a different city, so I only see her several times a year. We talk on the phone often.
TWO MISSIONARIES TO SPEAK AT NORTH OAK CHURCH Two missionaries will be speaking at North Oak Community Church, 3000 Oak St., over the next two weeks. They will each speak at Sunday worship services and will also visit with children enrolled in the church’s Vacation Bible School (VBS).
Dear Amy: I have two daughters and a son. All are adults.
By Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency Dear Amy: I’m a 48-year-old woman. I’ve been told I look about 35 to 37.