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Water Cooler: Add variety to your hot chocolate recipes

This is the perfect hot chocolate for kids who love fairy tales, worlds of fantasy and bright pink. Melt 1 cup white chocolate chips in 2 cups half-and-half, 2 cups milk and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat.
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Family Fun: Librarians help parents and teachers pick picture books

For anyone looking for help choosing new picture books to read with children, librarians and other staff at the Spokane County Library District are ready to help. Much of that help is available even if you don't have a county library card. "There's so many books out there, you can get overwhelmed," librarian Mary Ellen Braks said.
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Zooming to ‘I do’: A new kind of elopement for the pandemic era

The cake was from Costco, the food was Italian takeout, the venue was the couple’s Oak Park, Ill., family room. Jessica and Jason Jaffrey got married on New Year’s Eve with no guests other than her two school-age daughters from a previous marriage and a close friend who agreed to officiate via Zoom.
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Dad Daze: Aspiring to excellence, not arrogance

During a flight from Salt Lake City to Philadelphia seven years ago, I enjoyed the company of Dave Babbel, an emeritus professor of insurance and finance at the prestigious Wharton School of Business. Dave and I chatted during the entirety of the lengthy flight, exchanged information and became friends.
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Ask Dr. Universe: Why do dogs and cats spin around before they sit down?

When cats and dogs spin in a full circle, they have a chance to observe their environment. They might even spin in circles a few times to be certain the spot where they want to sit is safe. They are likely keeping their eyes out for any danger such as predators. This behavior was especially important when felines and canines lived in the wild.
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The Full Suburban: Shopping for new Suburban a jarring experience

Our Suburban – the Full Suburban – is dying a slow, exhaust-filled death. We bought it used 6 ½ years ago shortly before Hyrum was born. It has served us well all these years, but since we have six kids and live in a semi-rural location, the Suburban has been aging in dog years.
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Ask the Builder: Keeping drain lines and septic tanks in order

Howdy, Tim. I discovered on askthebuilder.com that you’ve been a master plumber for 40 years. I recently moved from a city house on a city sewer to a rural retirement home that has a septic tank. What can you tell me about septic tanks? At my last home, I had clogging issues in my main drain pipe. The issue was grease.
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Love story: Haugens mark 60th anniversary

When Dennis Haugen brought his Oldsmobile over to work on it with Marilyn Bowen’s brother, she really wanted to be out there with them. “I would’ve rather been in the garage, but my mom wanted me to be a lady,” recalled Marilyn. “It was too late. I was already a tomboy.”
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Water Cooler: Create a DIY family spa day

You might still be stuck at home, but that doesn’t mean your family can’t enjoy a little retreat. Here are some fun ideas for having your own spa day at home. The prerequisite to any spa day is to have some sort of fancy beverage on hand. Spruce up some regular water with slices of cucumber, citrus or fruit.
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Back in the fold: Family finds misplaced and beloved WSU quilt

A beloved Washington State University-themed quilt has returned back into a family's fold. Made for her parents by Carol McCabe Adams from T-shirts of WSU family-attended events for decades, the quilt was a 2012 Christmas present she gave to Wes and Dolly McCabe of Spokane, longtime Cougar fans and donors.
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Dad Daze: New sets of eyes on the color of Spokane

I'm not the leader of a bar band, but I take requests. A loyal reader, Beverly Gibb, emailed a suggestion: "Could you write about you and your family dealing with the Black Lives Matter movement? I know it is an extremely sensitive and difficult topic. I just would like to see how families are having this discussion."
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Family Fun: Honor MLK at home and all year long

While Spokane’s annual rally and march honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. won’t be happening, thanks to the pandemic, there’s still plenty to do to honor his life and legacy. The Rev. Happy Watkins, paraphrasing one of King’s sermons, called on each person to be “a drum major for peace, a drum major for justice, a drum major for righteousness.”
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Ask Dr. Universe: Why do some cheeses stink?

When you take a whiff of stinky cheese, that smell is coming from one of its very important ingredients: microorganisms. Microorganisms are so small, you’d need a microscope to see them, but sometimes they give off a big stink. To find out more about stinky cheese, I talked to my friend Minto Michael. Michael is a professor of dairy science at WSU.
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The Full Suburban: Boys will be boys even in a windstorm

The Ditto home, which I lovingly refer to as our “fake farmhouse,” sits atop a small hill out in the Saltese Flats, aka Tornado Alley, of the Spokane Valley. When forecasts call for “strong winds,” those of us out here translate it to mean, “Hang on to your hats, folks, this is going to get interesting.”
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Valentine’s coloring contest: Get creative to spread the love

These days, it feels like we could all use a little extra love. Young artists, help spread the love by sharing your artwork with us. The Spokesman-Review’s coloring contest is open to children ages 12 and younger. Entries will be judged by a panel of newspaper staffers who will choose winners in three divisions: ages 4 and younger, ages 5 to 8 and ages 9 to 12.
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