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Hints help if pet vacations with you

Dear Readers: Have you decided to take your pet with you when you go on your vacation this year?


Family baby sitters keep sleeping on the job

Dear Annie: My husband and I have two small children under the age of 5. He watches them on the


Vacation plans? These hints will help

Dear Readers: It is time to begin thinking about summer vacation, and there are several things you


Her husband is playing a dangerous game

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married 22 years and have two children. “Myles” works for a


Cereal-box recycling hint is a real treat

Dear Heloise: I have a recycling hint for cereal boxes. I had some treats I wanted to send home with


Preacher’s family mistreats dog, neighbor says

Dear Annie: About four years ago, a preacher and his family moved next door to us, and we have had


Substitutes will work in a pinch

Dear Heloise: The other day, I needed some sour cream and realized I didn’t have any. I found that


Boss’ son causes touchy situation

Dear Annie: My daughter is engaged to my boss’ son, who also works for the company. On a recent out-


Savings will help boost donations to food banks

Dear Heloise: In this time of severe financial crisis, the importance of food banks has greatly


Brother and his wife keep parents’ estate items

Dear Annie: My brother is married to a woman I will call “Devon.” She is an only child and


Theater group appreciates donation of old furs, clothes

Dear Heloise: When my husband’s 96-year-old grandmother passed away a few years ago, she had two


Teen is bullied in cyberspace

Dear Annie: I’m a 15-year-old girl who has been having problems with another girl for about a year.


Son lost goals during college breakdown

Dear Annie: Last fall, we sent our 18-year-old son off to college. He was excited to be living in


Vet took time to give kids special treatment

Dear Heloise: One of your recently printed pet pointers (from a vet) said that a vet’s office is not


Abusive talk in sister’s household causes rift

Dear Annie: My sister, “Shelly,” has two kids — a 10-year-old boy from her previous marriage and a 2