Lifestyle

I was pleased and surprised to see all the press last week about America’s farmers. Then I learned I had totally missed National Farmers Day.

Researchers have found that condensing exercise into a few days is as effective as spreading activity out across a week. Dr. Wes Troyer, a Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, explains how people who stack their workouts can avoid common injuries and reap the benefits of their activity.

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I’m a grandmother to three wonderful grandchildren. My oldest grandchild is lactose intolerant. Recently, my youngest grandchild was diagnosed with a peanut allergy. What is the difference between food intolerance and allergy?

Cold and flu season is approaching, and that means it’s time for flu shots.

‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’

VAN WERT — Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and now Jerry Lee Lewis are gone, but that is not stopping one group of performers from keeping their memory alive with “One Night in Memphis,” coming to Van Wert with a show at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center.

LIMA — A beloved musical will make its way to the Veterans Memorial Civic Center at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, and no one might be more excited than one cast member.

Lee Cary was a 20-year-old sailor a long way from home when he witnessed the beginning of a terrifying new chapter in the Cold War.

BALTIMORE — Lou Ann Blake was shocked when she learned she was blind.

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