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This piece appeared in the Dayton Daily News on Sunday, April 22, the anniversary of Erma Bombeck's death. Humor mixed with poignancy at the seventh biannual Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, as 350 aspiring writers gathered to celebrate the legacy of the beloved Dayton-born columnist. Bombeck's husband Bill and her children Betsy and Andy attended the conference, culminating Saturday afternoon with the dedication of a hoopsi blue spruce near the Bombeck historical marker outside St. Mary's ...

Shirley Friedman has self-published Flies in the Milk, the story of a myriad of problems that beset her and her husband before they were married. "My sense of humor is what has kept me going," says the nearly 80-year-old author. The book is available through Amazon and Lulu. ...