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To be included or submit items to be published in the Friday Senior News list, email information to tmunnell@tribtoday.com or dbigelow@tribtoday.com. The deadline is noon Wednesday. GIRARD MULTI-GENERATIONAL CENTER: The Girard Multi-Generational Center, 443 Trumbull Ave., Girard, OH 44420, is open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. Center services and programs are funded by the Girard City Senior Levy and in part by the Trumbull County Senior Levy and Direction Home of Eastern Ohio. SENIOR EVENT: The 6th Ward Community Impact, in partnership with Trumbull Neighborhood ...

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Caregiver robots give seniors new lease on life

DURHAM, N.H. AFTER OUTLIVING BOOKER T. Bones, their second service dog, Brenda and Brian Marquis still needed help with some of the more difficult parts of daily life. They found Robbie, a robot that rolls out of a hallway into their living room several times a day. “Do you want to ...

Hints from Heloise: Reader writes in with her comments

DEAR HELOISE: Physical newspapers and the people who deliver them aren’t gone. I receive our local paper seven days a week, as well as the Wall Street Journal six days a week. I live in New Orleans. And what’s with pinning socks together? You take them off, fold them, unfold them to wash them, and refold them before putting them back in the drawer. I have them arranged by color, and I’ve never lost a sock in my life. — Carolyn W., in Louisiana Carolyn, how nice to still get home deliveries of your newspaper! Sadly, not everyone has this service these days. I get letters ...

Bridge by Steve Becker

Win the queen of clubs with the king, discarding a diamond, and continue with the ace of clubs. Then: 1. If East ruffs, overruff, cash the ace of spades, and lead the queen through West’s king. West must play the king of spades on this trick or the next one, whereupon you ruff in dummy and ...

To Your Good Health: Numbness persists after years of injections

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was in excellent health until December 2020, when I was admitted to the hospital with high-risk multiple myeloma (MM). I’ve been participating in a Phase 2 clinical trial since January 2021, and I was fortunate to achieve minimal residual disease (MRD)-negative status in November 2023 — a milestone that is reached by only 10% of over 20 participants. However, as a side effect of four years of treatment, including Velcade injections (16 total), I’ve developed neuropathy, mainly in my feet. My primary issue is overall numbness and a lack of feeling in my feet. ...