Lifestyle

Dear Neil: This looks like Virginia creeper, but the flower is wrong. It has recently shown up in my St.

The last Monday of May is for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), Sister Grove Chapter Van Alstyne, remembered our local veteran heroes with a ceremony on May 29, in Van Alstyne Cemetery.

DEAR ABBY: My grandson is 6 and very sensitive, maybe too sensitive. He’s also lovable, super scientific-minded, good-hearted and generous with his little sister. However, he still uses a diaper at night and has CVS (cyclical vomiting syndrome). It’s heartbreaking. For that reason, he’s on a special glutenfree, no flour, no chocolate diet.

DEAR DR. ROACH: After dealing with hyperparathyroidism for over a decade, I became an administrator of a support group for the disease. Many of our members have difficulties getting a diagnosis and a subsequent referral to a surgeon. Can you discuss why you think this is? Shouldn’t a PTH lab be ordered as a follow up anytime a patient’s serum calcium is flagged as high? -- J.C.C.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney on Tuesday asked a state judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a governing board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to oversee Disney World, claiming the company has been the victim of the “weaponizing” powers of government aimed at punishing it for opposing a law dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by critics.

Veterans and supporters took to West Hill Cemetery in Sherman Saturday morning to place flags on veterans’graves ahead of the Monday Memorial Day holiday. Future Brown / Herald Democrat .

Socializing is important for raising puppies into emotionally healthy dogs, just as caring for a puppy’s growing needs is important to physical and mental health. In order to have a well-adjusted and social dog, owners should provide training specific to each stage of a puppy’s development.

DEAR ABBY: I live in an area with a large number of dog owners who frequent the same walking trails I do. On several occasions, I have encountered dogs that are off-leash and running ahead of their owners.