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NOW HERE’S A TIP! “As you pack away your pool sup-
plies, you might want to save the

By JoAnn Derson water wings for this cruise/duty-free
alcohol hack: Use blow-up arm
floaties to protect your liquor bottles
“ To remove spots a tennis ball and push the tip of while being transported in luggage.
from suede, try using your broom handle into it. When
an art gum eraser.”
Use one or a set depending on the
you come across a sticky spot while
-- J.C. in Florida
sweeping, flip the broom and rub
the spot with the tennis ball. size of the bottle.” -- T.T. in Georgia
Wet weather can affect your outdoor “For troublesome-to-open jars
appliances, making rust a problem Boots will be coming out of storage -- pickles and such -- use a pair of
sometimes. This even happens to soon, or new boots will be pur- standard dishwashing gloves. It’s
the metal end of a lightbulb in an chased, while the pool supplies will
outdoor fixture. Coat threads of the be packed away for the winter. Save a great gripper, especially if your
light bulb with petroleum jelly to your pool noodles to keep boots hands are the least bit moist.” -- D.L.
keep it from rusting and becoming sitting upright. Simply cut a pool in Indiana
hard to remove. noodle to the height of the boot top
and insert. Lo and behold, the boots Send your tips to:
To remove scuffs from your linoleum won’t flop over. This extends the life Now Here’s a Tip, 628 Virginia Drive,
floors, simply cut a small “X” into of the boot. Orlando, FL 32803.

DID YOU KNOW?

Domestic violence is a complex episodes of domestic violence.
issue. The U.S. National Library
of Medicine indicates family and However, other studies indicate
domestic violence is a common
problem, affecting an estimated that men and women can be
10 million people every year in the perpetrators at similar rates,
United States. and that women may be more

likely to be the perpetrators
Domestic violence affects as many
as one in four women and one in relationships with mutual
in nine men. Although domestic violence.
violence can be perpetrated by
anyone, men are more likely to Lumen Learning says low
be the perpetrators of physical socioeconomic status, poverty
violence in intimate partner
relationships. and unemployment are frequently
cited as risk factors for domestic
Women’s Aid, an information and violence. Also, those who have
support organization in the United a history of abuse, whether as
Kingdom, says women experience
higher rates of repeated children or adults, tend to be
victimization and are much more more likely to perpetrate domestic
likely to be seriously hurt during violence crimes themselves.