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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 5 NATIONAL CHOCOLATE FONDUE DAY Chocolate bliss! Dip into delish today with easy-to-make yet irresistible chocolate fondue! To make Orange-Chocolate Fondue: In a small pot over medium-high heat, bring 1 cup of half-and-half just to a boil. Remove from heat; stir in 1 ½ cups of chocolate chips, ⅓ cup of Marshmallow Fluff, 1 Tbs. of orange liqueur and ¼ tsp. of grated orange zest. Transfer to fondue pot or warmed heatproof bowl. Serve with dippers like fruit, pretzels and marshmallows. JOKE OF THE WEEK Just a minute… A man’s wife was turning 62 and she had been hinting about having a party for the occasion. Eventually, he told her not to get her hopes up, saying, “After all, the celebration is only going to last a minute.” The wife looked both confused and…

“Every winter when it gets dry in here, we change her name from Precious to Sparky” Q What do you call it when a snowman throws a tantrum? A A meltdown “I need a cellphone app that will tell me what all my apps are for” Kids are fUnNy! Two weeks ago, on an unexpectedly warm day, we decided to play a friendly family game of touch football at a nearby park. My 3-year-old daughter, Maci, ended up on my team, and as we were about to get into our first huddle of the game, she yelled out, “Come on everybody, let’s cuddle up!” —R.B., Erie, PA…

APPLE TV+ Get lost in the drama with Dear Edward! Open your heart to this uplifting and heartbreaking story, based on Ann Napolitano’s bestselling novel, about 12-year-old Edward Adler, who survives a commercial plane crash that kills everyone else on the flight, including his family. As Edward and others all over the world who are affected by the event try to make sense of the tragedy and understand how life goes on, unexpected friendships, romances and communities are formed. With help from one another, they learn about survival, resilience and what makes us all human. Series premieres on February 3. PARAMOUNT+ Fall head over heels with At Midnight! Get swept away by this charming romantic comedy about Alejandro, an ambitious hotel manager, and Sophie, a Hollywood movie star. He’s determined to run his own hotel,…

● “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” by The Shirelles went to #1 and stayed at the top of the charts for two weeks in 1961. ● Smith-Corona began selling portable electric typewriters in 1957, and they were a huge hit. ● The Misfits, starring Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, was released by United Artists in 1961. ● Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs hit theaters in 1938. It was based on a German fairy tale. ● Evaporated milk was invented by Gail Borden in 1851 as a way to preserve milk without refrigeration for transatlantic voyages.…

Fiction MAGICAL REALISM The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges Endearing characters and magic combine in this enchanting tale starring Myra Malone. From her attic in Arizona, Myra blogs about a dollhouse mansion and garners thousands of readers. When two fans recreate a room from the blog, they meet Alex Rakes, the scion of a furniture business. Alex realizes Myra’s blog is based on his family home. He then meets Myra and learns how entwined they are. HISTORICAL FICTION A Hope Divided by Alyssa Cole Readers are taken back to the Civil War era in this emotional, hopeful story. Marlie Lynch works as a silent aid to fleeing slaves by writing coded letters. But when the Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie’s home as their new base, they don’t know that escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering…

Lying in bed on an October night in 2019, Angela Turbeville and her husband, Elliott, poured through paperwork the foster agency had sent. Four siblings needed a loving home; three boys and one girl, ranging in age from 8 to 12. After raising three biological children, the Columbus, Georgia, couple, both in their 40s, felt they still had love to give to a child. Unable to have more of their own, they decided to foster. But four kids in one fell swoop was more than they had planned. Can we do this? they wondered. But then Angela noticed something in the profiles. “Did you see that one of the boys has your late mother’s birthday, one was born on my grandparents’ anniversary and one has the same birthday as my childhood best friend?” Angela…