Stains on
napkins are memories
Dear Heloise: I am a 75-year-old woman who enjoys setting a pretty table for special holidays, and I like using cloth napkins on such occasions. I have no biological children but frequently entertain nieces, nephews, and other family members and friends. Usually, most of them set the cloth napkin (which is secured in a holiday-themed napkin ring) aside for fear of staining it.
This past Thanksgiving, I asked then to “humor me” by actually removing the napkin ring,
George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in 1947, written just as Britain was emerging from wartime rigors into an uncharted postwar future, Orwell noted that despite an upward blip in birth rates during the war, “the general curve is downward. The position is not quite so dangerous as it is sometimes said to be, but can only be put right if the curve not only rises sharply but
PETERSBURG — The Petersburg girls picked up a pair of home victories over the weekend, cruising past Berkeley Springs, 66-23, on Saturday and taking a 52-38 win over Hampshire on Friday night.
Shyane Tawney had 15 points and Ayden Mayfield chipped in 12 in the win over Berkeley Springs.
Freshman Katie Risinger led the Lady Indians with 10 points.
In Friday’s win, Miley Tingler led the Lady Vikings with 15 points, followed by Tawney and Karlie DiBenedetto with 10 each.
Della Knight had 19 points
Adaline “Addie” Virginia Johnson Lawrence, 85, a resident of the Dryfork Community, Hendricks, West Virginia, departed this life early Friday morning, Feb. 6, 2026, at Mansfield Place at Broaddus Hospital in Philippi, West Virginia. She had been in declining health.
She was born Thursday, Dec. 26, 1940, at Baltimore, Maryland, a daughter of the late Charles Walter Johnson and Lucille Ruby Kidwell Johnson.
On Aug. 2, 1958, she was married to Donald Gustave Lawrence, who preceded her in death
BUCKHANNON — A man is facing a felony charge after allegedly entering a Buckhannon business after hours and taking a DeWalt bag.
Brandon Wayne Day, 35, is charged with one count of entering a building other than a dwelling, a felony. Day was being held at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $10,000 property/surety bond that has since been posted.
According to the criminal complaint filed by Deputy D.K. Frazier with the Upshur County Sheriff’s Office, on Jan. 5, Frazier received a complaint
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione spoke out in court Friday against the prospect of back-to-back trials over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling a judge: “It’s the same trial twice. One plus one is two. Double jeopardy by any commonsense definition.”
Mangione, 27, made the remarks as court officers escorted him out of the courtroom after a judge scheduled his state murder trial to begin June 8, three months before jury selection in his federal case.
Judge Gregory Carro,
Using up old Christmas lights
Dear Heloise: To get more use out of discarded Christmas lights, I place a strand in a decorative container and leave them on at night as a night light. This is helpful when walking into a dark living room or kitchen during the night. —Edna G., in Houston
GREASE STRAINER
Dear Heloise: Having a grease can in the freezer is a great idea for containing grease; however, my method is quicker (and I have no room to spare in the freezer).
I bought a grease strainer. It
A relationship that causes you to continually override your own instincts and feelings is not sustainable. Work that offers you relief only when you sleep or dissociate is abusive. Stop asking, “How can I do this with less strain?” and start asking, “Why am I doing this at all?” The Scorpio moon is an editor with scissors: no crossing it out, just cuts.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will be remarkably efficient and complete a task in record time, mostly because you have to. It’s nice to know
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Drew Brees and Larry Fitzgerald headlined the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class featuring five players but not six-time Super Bowl winning head coach Bill Belichick.
Brees and Fitzgerald both made it in their first year of eligibility in results announced at NFL Honors on Thursday night after prolific careers. Luke Kuechly and Adam Vinatieri made it in their second seasons of eligibility, while Roger Craig was the lone pick among seniors, coaches and contributors.
“One of
Neil Eugene White, 85, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, left this life peacefully, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at his home surrounded by his family to begin his eternal life in Heaven.
Mr. White fought a hard battle with pulmonary disease and chronic respiratory failure butakept his faith to the end in his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
He was born Jan. 10, 1941, in Adrian, West Virginia, a son of the late James Harold and Ruth Norman White.
He is survived by his soulmate, Linda Ward White, of
