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A New Year’s wish for our troops

Dear Readers: Happy New Year! Twenty-Ten; Two O, One O; Two Thousand and Ten; Twenty One O — however


Here are our wishes to our readers for the new year

Dear Readers: Happy New Year. We hope you managed to get through last night with a minimum of


Camp teaches kids about stamp collecting

heloise Camp teaches kids about stamp collecting Dear Heloise: I have misplaced the address for


Her to-do list: Call lawyer, then see counselor

Kathy mitchell and Marcy sugar \ Annie’s Mailbox Her to-do list: Call lawyer, then see counselor


No sex, but it was still emotional cheating

Kathy mitchell and Marcy sugar \ Annie’s Mailbox No sex, but it was still emotional cheating


Learning the difference between jam, jelly

heloise Learning the difference between jam, jelly Dear Heloise: My grandmother told me the


Husband’s refusal to move is unfair

Dear Annie: I remarried two years ago and am very happy with my new husband. I have several children


Sending a little bit of home to our troops overseas

Dear Heloise: I read your column in The (Springfield, Ill.) State Journal-Register, and the mention


Have lots to shred? Check with your bank

Dear Heloise: In a recent column, there was a question about shredding. The person’s shredder had


Don’t tell Josh’s folks he’s gay

Dear Annie: My son’s friend “Josh” confided to their group that he is gay. Josh’s parents are pretty


Bypass stepmother to contact estranged father

Dear Annie: My father walked out on our family 24 years ago in order to be with another woman. I


Temper is tearing family apart

Dear Annie: I’ve known my husband for 16 years, and we have been married for the past seven. He is


Readers share how their pets got names

Dear Heloise: When we adopted our two cats several years ago, their meowing gave me a headache, so I


Tossing toilet paper can help bring down high-up cobwebs

Dear Heloise: I am passing along a way to deal with cobwebs that hang from cathedral ceilings. I


A ‘Night Before Christmas’ poem all parents can appreciate

Dear Readers: Merry Christmas! Here’s a little something sent in by a reader (author unknown) who