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The best way to fight pink eye is with hygiene

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The best way to fight pink eye is with hygiene

Friday, March 17, 2023

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: Our 7-year-old came home from school with an itchy eye. A few days later, all three of our kids, plus my husband and I, had pink eye. Our family doctor gave us antibiotic eyedrops, and it was gone in a few days. What causes pink eye?

The humanities are not dead

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The humanities are not dead

Thursday, March 16, 2023

All right then, it’s official.People like me have gone out of fashion, grown superannuated, way past their sellby date.

Complications from tattoos are rare

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Complications from tattoos are rare

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

ASK THE DOCTORSDear Doctors: What is the latest understanding, from a medical standpoint, about the safety of tattoos? I read about someone with a tattoo who received burns on his chest during an MRI. I also heard about tattoo ink interfering with X-ray results.

Work schedule causes cycle of sickness

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Work schedule causes cycle of sickness

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: I feel like I have been sick all winter. I know part of it is because I have been going too hard, but I don’t know how to stop. My job has me out and about many evenings during the week. That came to an abrupt stop during the pandemic, but it seems we are back in full swing.

Two Nixon ‘hands’ take broader view

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Two Nixon ‘hands’ take broader view

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Two old Richard Nixon hands and a columnist walk into a downtown city club and ...That’s not the opening of a joke.

Voluntering makes a person feel more useful

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Voluntering makes a person feel more useful

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Ivolunteered for a writers’ conference in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where my husband, Peter, and I stay. I love writers’ conferences.

Company requires weekly test but won’t pay

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Company requires weekly test but won’t pay

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

DEAR HARRIETTE: I work for a company that still requires employees to take a weekly COVID-19 test. I get it; the disease is not gone yet and may never completely go away. I have friends who have gotten it recently. So in theory, I don’t have a problem taking a weekly test.

Plunging over the hunger cliff

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Plunging over the hunger cliff

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

In the Kentucky town of Hazel Green last month, cars and trucks lined up for a mile, sometimes waiting nine hours for the local food bank to open.

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Election results bring optimism

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Tuesday’s election result gave us several things to cheer about. First, we are proud that Clinton voters overwhelmingly understood and approved the need to be able to use money already set aside in the hospital trust fund to help restore operations to our hospital that has been closed.

CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

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CLINTON’S HISTORY 10, 20, 30 AND 40 YEARS AGO

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Ewe Lamb Grand Champion kudos were awarded to Amber McLaughlin of Arapaho for her breed champion Hampshire at the Custer County Junior Livestock Show in Clinton.Gilt Grand Champion accolades went to a crossbred shown by Lauren Shepherd of Butler.