Dear Heloise: Years ago, I inherited my mother’s dresser scarves. Most were hand-embroidered, and most are rather nice, even after all these years. I noticed that the top of my refrigerator gets rather dusty, so I use one of these dresser scarves to protect it against dust by laying the scarf ...

Dear Annie: I would like to add to your advice to the mom whose 22-year-old daughter wants to move into her own apartment. Based on past experience, “Distressed About Departing Dependent” is worried that her daughter will soon be asking her for money to pay rent, which she is unable to ...

There are lots of talented people around here (Sleepy Eye) when it comes to operating big machines. Among them are several generations of Heiderscheidts in multiple enterprises. Since I was a kid, if you wanted earth moved or a building knocked down, you called one of them and let them figure ...

Question: Now that motorcycle season is here can you talk about motorcycle operators must “wear” eye protection. Windshields haven’t been considered legal eye protection for many years. Answer: You are correct. No person shall operate a motorcycle without wearing an eye-protective ...

Sound of Freedom opened July 4 in a limited number of theaters with comparably little advertising and immediately beat out Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Wow. So let’s get some questions out of the way. Is it a good movie? Yes, very good. The cinematography is excellent, ...

Dear Annie: My husband, “Gary,” is unemployed. Has been for the 4 1/2 years we’ve been together. Although I work 40 hours a week or more, at least he cleans up the house and does laundry. We broke up at the end of March but recently got back together. His aunt comes to watch the kids ...