Welcome to the Common Sense Kitchen. It’s time to reach for your coffee mug, pencil and notepad. What better month of the year to focus on the fruitfulness of Earth’s bounty? October is filled with some of the best harvests of the year, from apples to avocados. Today, the accent will be on autumn’s classic [...]

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The start of autumn, the advent of cooler weather and the prospect of long evenings indoors always begins a flurry of marketing from authors and publishers of “serious” books. Let us not assume, however, that “serious” means boring! Settle into your chair with one of these new nonfiction titles.
“Boom!: Personal Reflec-tions of the Sixties [...]

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Thinking about retiring your garden shovel for the winter? Well, here’s a call to all of you avid gardeners. A new garden season is just beginning. You see, autumn is the ideal time of year to begin growing new perennials by tucking them into the soil to take root before the cold, and dividing plants [...]

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Remember that old story about the ants and the grass-hopper? The ants worked hard to store food for the winter, while the grasshopper idled away the summer hours playing his violin. When the snow swirled down, the grasshopper was left out in the cold with nothing to eat.
That’s not a bad fable to remember when [...]

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In 1894, Asa Candler, the druggist who purchased the Coca-Cola formula, printed tickets worth one free sample of his new beverage and baptized the first generation of scissor wizards who approach the cash register a cut above the rest.
When C.W. Post followed suit in 1895 by distributing a coupon worth one cent off his new [...]

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The always popular St. Ambrose Women’s Guild Annual Salad Luncheon once again drew more than 400 attendees, including an abundance of members from different Red Hat groups, and several others who came sporting Cleveland Indians apparel. The Sept. 24 event was a celebration on many fronts.
The Rev. Greg Olszewski said the blessing before the wonderful [...]

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The teenage years are some of the healthiest years of human life but the deadliest time for automobile accidents.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for 15- to 20-year-olds and include 40 percent of all teenage deaths. Although this age group makes up only [...]

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Mitten Turkey donations
Stop’nGo stores in Medina and Wayne counties are collecting new mittens, gloves, hats and scarves for their annual Mitten Turkey drive. Collected donations will be given to Medina Jobs and Family services and the Wayne County Salvation Army for distribution to needy individuals.
From now until Thanksgiving week, Stop’nGo also will give a free [...]

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WADSWORTH — There are three more candidates running Nov. 6 than there are open at-large seats on city council.
The lone incumbent, Thomas Baldwin, 53, of 242 College St., first was elected in 2000 and is seeking his fifth term. Baldwin, a Republican, is an artist for Ohio Wholesale Inc.
“I will apply most of my focus [...]

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NEW YORK — There will be no Game 5 of the Division Series for the Indians, just Game 1 of the American League Championship Series.
Indians manager Eric Wedge put his faith and his team’s postseason fate in the hands of veteran whiffle-ball tosser Paul Byrd on Monday night at Yankee Stadium, and the right-hander didn’t [...]

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