CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Sara Gilbert, 46; Heather Graham, 51; Oprah Winfrey, 67; Tom Selleck, 76. Happy Birthday: Let your intuition lead the way when dealing with emotional or personal matters. Think twice before you make a change at home or to the way you live. Too much or too little of anything will […]
Life & Culture
Arts and entertainment news and advice columns from the Sun Journal.
Posted inDr. Roach
Beta blockers, ACE inhibitors can elevate potassium levels
DEAR DR. ROACH: My lab results showed my potassium level was 5.4 mmol/L. My primary care doctor does not seem concerned at all with this reading. After checking on the internet I have found that this reading can be life threating, especially with my heart. My previous readings have all been between 4.4 and 5. […]
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Posted inAdvice, Dear Abby
Dancer pines for partner devoted to another
DEAR ABBY: I am a middle-aged divorcee. I recently took up ballroom dancing, which has been a long-held dream, and I’m enjoying my life. However, there are few single men my age around. Most of the available men are 20 years older or 20 years younger. From Day One, I have had a crush on […]
Posted inEncore, Things to Do
Stone Mountain Center to host Harry Manx
Harry Manx Submitted photoA Harry Manx concert is set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Stone Mountain Arts Center, 695 Dugway Road in Brownfield. Manx is known as the “Mysticssippi” blues man has been called an “essential link” between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Jan. 29
100 Years Ago: 1921 The ladies of the High St. Congregational Church, Auburn, have invited the ladies of the Sixth Street Congregational Church, Auburn, and Pine Street Congregational Church, Lewiston, to attend a meeting at the High St. Church, at 2:30 o’clock, Tuesday afternoon. The speaker for the afternoon will be Miss Caroline Smiley, who […]
Posted inSun Spots
Owner of Tyrolean-style jacket from ‘Sound of Music’ sought by costumer
DEAR SUN SPOTS: There has been a great deal of “fixing up” this year and I have unearthed a couple of things that should be returned, if possible, to the owners. I was one of the costumers for Community Little Theatre’s 2001-02 season production of “The Sound of Music.” Several people loaned time period and […]
Posted inHoroscope
PISCES: Don’t act in haste
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Ariel Winter, 23; Elijah Wood, 40; Sarah McLachlan, 53; Frank Darabont, 62. Happy Birthday: Be a leader, not a follower. Trust and believe in your ability to do what’s best for you. Refuse to let the changes others make lead you astray or make you feel uncertain about what you […]
Posted inDr. Roach
Crunching sounds during joint movement are not unusual
DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 64-year-old female in good health, but after years at a desk I have upper back and shoulder flexibility issues. About 20 years ago I had frozen shoulder syndrome that resolved through physiotherapy and exercise. I now want to keep my upper shoulder flexibility and maybe enhance it. I have […]
Posted inAdvice, Dear Abby
Man who won’t fight fair turns arguments into battles
DEAR ABBY: I am in a nearly two-year relationship with a man I love. In so many ways, this is the relationship I’ve always hoped for and, being in my early 30s, I’m feeling ready to settle down. The problem? He doesn’t fight fair. I have put an exorbitant amount of effort into remaining calm […]
Posted inEncore
Looking Back on Jan. 28
100 Years Ago: 1921 The big social event before Lent, the annual Charity Ball for the members of the CMG Hospital, will be held at City Hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. 1. The ball is under the management of the Ways and Means Committee which includes Mrs. Linwood S. Durgin, Mrs. W.H. Whittum, Mrs. W.R. […]