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• The Saturday Swap

  Wood: Does anyone know where to find inexpensive oak or poplar boards besides Lowe's or Home Depot? 517-719-7954 Ron, Longs Support Group: Is there a support group for people with genital herpes in the area? If not, I would like to start one. E-mail hsvsupport@hotmail.com. E-mail

• Habit changes can cut carbon emissions

  Earth Day is over, but this book - "The Environment Equation: 100 Factors That Can Add to or Subtract From Your Total Carbon Footprint" by Alex Shimo-Barry with Christopher J. Maron (Adams Media, $9.95 paper) - puts a number on dozens of ways that your everyday habits can affect your carbon footprint - the amount of carbon dioxide you release into the environment - all year round.

• It's about time to clean fridge

  Remember that blue Jell-O the kids made - when was it, back around Thanksgiving? That blue Jell-O that spilled in the back of the fridge and has left a stain there ever since? A neon-colored smear that's a constant reminder that it's time to clean your fridge?

• Geraniums hit in containers

  Everyone is pulling cool-season annuals from mixed containers and looking for plants to make a dramatic, warm-season impact. I am seeing a revival of geranium use in containers and in much more creative combinations than I had ever considered.

• Get the stain out with this simple guide

  Crashing splashes, oozing squishes, crackling smashes and crunching smishes. Whatever the accident, you've got a mess. But a stain doesn't have to become permanent if you know the drill:

• Car 'cannibalization' usual at dealerships

  Dear Tom and Ray | I selected a new Honda Accord from a local dealer in Hawaii, and gave my down payment. But as I was on my way over to get it, the dealer called me to say mechanics had taken some parts out of the car to put into another car that came in for service. My car is undrivable until tomorrow, when they can put in the replacement parts.

• Kids' rooms don't have to break the bank

  Whether your child is a toddler, teen or tween, decorating a kid's bedroom can be complicated by tight budgets and personal tastes.

• Work to erase your carbon footprint

  I've never been invited to give a commencement address, but I've endured far too many, typically given by dilettante politicians and charlatans who bloviate about nothing particularly important (although this apparently does not apply to the speaker at CCU's commencement this year).

• Follow 4 steps to force weeds from garden

  Based on research that garden writer Lee Reich has done over the years at Cornell University and in his own backyard, he has come up with a four-part system to reduce and get rid of weeds:

• Help! In the Home

  Dine in comfort and style with these tips on selecting dining room furniture from Davis Remignanti, lead design consultant for FurnitureFind.com:

• Help! In the Garden

  Gardening enthusiasts with little space to grow vegetables and flowers might consider using an old wheelbarrow for displaying plants.

• WORKSHOP

  Maritime Green Builders is launching a free, monthly home improvement workshop series, beginning at 10 a.m. today with the first of the series, "How to ... Install Bamboo Flooring," taking place at 219 Welcome Drive, Lot 729, in the Plantation Lakes subdivision near Carolina Forest.

• Dig deep on 'green' paint

  Many paint brands are advertising their paints as low VOCs or no VOCs. But buying green isn't that easy. Advertising that appears to be eco-friendly can be deceptive. Although the can may say the paint is low in volatile organic compounds, some brands inject a hefty dose of these chemicals when the colorant is added at the store. And low or no VOC paints also can contain suspected carcinogenic ingredients.

• RECALLS

  What | About 4,800 Broil King gas grills Why | The bottom of the cook box that contains the burners can melt or crack as a result of a grease fire, posing a fire and burn hazard. No incidents or injuries have been reported.

• Hawg heaven at Myrtle Beach Bike Rally

  Harley-Davidson motorcycles roar on the hour at Joe and Ellen Longo's Myrtle Beach home in the Arrowhead subdivision. Several motorcycle-theme clocks in a room devoted to Joe Longo's collection of Harley-Davidson and other motorcycle memorabilia are set to rev on the hour. The eight clocks are scattered throughout the room decorated in a motorcycle motif, a fitting tribute as the Harley-Davidson Spring Rally kicks off on the Grand Strand this week.

• Kewpie dolls popular worldwide

  Kewpie is the name of a nude, elf-like baby with fat cheeks, wide eyes, a topknot and tiny blue wings. Rose O'Neill drew the first Kewpies for a Ladies' Home Journal story in 1909. The drawings were turned into 3-D designs for Kewpie dolls and figurines by 1911. They were an immediate success, and several companies made Kewpies and Kewpie-related products.

• Home sweet school

  I sla Shelley sat in Sandra and William Carine's living room, remembering a paddling she got in the 1920s for pulling another student's hair in this room at the former Mill Swamp School.

• Designers wait for the next hue to drop

  Design fads and trends are driven by people's needs and desires, the state of the economy, technological advances and current events.

• The Saturday Swap

  Swap: Will trade karaoke system, outdoor furniture and/or light fixtures for lawn/yard equipment and/or rain barrel. 215-5629 or aclac@sc.rr.com. E-mail