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The St. John Lutheran Church will host a Spring Market on Saturday, May 13 from 9 a.m.

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Dear Amy: Growing up my childhood was not horrible – just bad. I have PTSD, dissociation, and sleep paralysis because of things that happened during my childhood.

INDIANAPOLIS – “Be Our Guest” and step into the enchanted world of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast when Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre presents the Broadway sensation starting May 18. The beloved musical is the featured Family Show of’ Beef & Boards’ 50th Anniversary Season.

My middle son flew in (on a plane) to visit his brothers and me in Florida. As it was just me and the three boys (#testosterone), it fell to reason we’d want to do something both athletic and outdoorsy.

The Elwood Lions Club recently presented the Elwood High School softball team with a donation for equipment. .

Private backyards are now go-to spaces for recreation and entertainment and great places to recharge the body and mind. One ripple effect of the COVID-19 pandemic was more time spent outdoors, even if it was predominantly on one’s own property. OnePoll, in conjunction with the lawn care company TruGreen, surveyed 2,000 American homeowners and found participants spent 14 hours outside every week in 2021, which was three hours more than prior to the pandemic. In addition, respondents admitted that time spent outdoors was therapeutic. A separate survey conducted for the International Casual Furnishings Association found that people now spend more time relaxing, gardening, exercising, dining, and entertaining outside than in years past. Though COVID-19 may no longer dominate headlines, the desire to enjoy outdoor spaces has not waned.

Dear Amy: Our family has/had three members with Down syndrome; my youngest sister was born with DS in 1968, and passed away in 2016. I have a cousin with the condition, and my daughter and her husband have a son (our grandson) with Down syndrome.