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Half-century of friendship ends abruptly over new beau

DEAR ABBY: For 50 years, I had a close career and personal friend I’ll call “Ellen.” She has been married a long time, but I know she and her husband have had some rocky patches. Ellen was with me through the tragic loss of my son and, six weeks later, my very ill husband. I couldn’t have gotten through it without her.

‘The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ now open at Brass Ring

How do you spell hilarious? With a bit of creativity, it could be spelled “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” which is now open at The Brass Ring. The show is the third and final installment of Carousel Productions Summer Youth Theater and features a cast of high schoolers. And though the cast is young, the performances are absolutely top-notch.

Review: Bourland autopsies the princess myth with precision

“The Force of Such Beauty” by Barbara Bourland (Dutton) It’s about time someone took the princess story that’s normalized to girls and autopsy it with absolute precision. “The Force of Such Beauty” opens on the night of Caroline’s second attempt at escaping Lucomo, the small European country in which she became a princess.

New flight simulator arrives at Southeastern Aviation Sciences Institute

DURANT, Okla. – After much anticipation, a new flight training tool has arrived at the Aviation Sciences Institute (ASI) of Southeastern Oklahoma State University. An FDS-B737MAX-FTD device from Canadian manufacturer Flightdeck Solutions (FDS) was delivered and set up by company’s installation team in preparation for a newly expanded aviation curriculum that will now include airliner training.

Cat on the lam

BOSTON (AP) — A family’s beloved pet cat that’s been dodging airport personnel, airline employees, and animal experts since escaping from a pet carrier at Boston’s Logan International Airport about three weeks ago was finally caught.

Lawsuit says Bass Pro won’t honor lifetime warranty on socks

SPRINGFIELD (AP) — A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks. Kent Slaughter of Springfield said that after years of exchanging his “Redhead Lifetime Guarantee All-Purpose Wool Socks” every time they wore out, the Springfield-based company changed its policy in 2021 before he tried to return four pairs of socks.