MONTOURSVILLE — A soft breeze rattles the intertwined limbs and leaves of 21 trees planted in a circuit at Montoursville Memorial Gardens.

Mobile payment technology has steadily gained immense popularity from businesses and customers looking for a convenient way of making and receiving payments. While there are several forms of mobile payments, the term “mobile payments” refers to transactions done from mobile devices. This payment allows businesses to receive payments from apps, such as Samsung Pay, Apple Pay, and Google Pay, which customers download on their smartphones.

In our kitchen cupboard we have boxes of Cheerios, Raisin Bran and Chex cereals. With a little variance, those are the cold cereals that I’ve grown to start every morning with.

Most readers will be surprised by these statistics: 75 to 90% of adult visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related problems and 89% of adults describe experiencing "high levels of stress." One million employees are absent on an average workday because of stress-related problems.

July 14th — today our oldest son and fourth child turned 22 years old. How the years fly by. Happy birthday Benjamin! I had Benjamin at home with Joe’s aunt as my midwife. Benjamin weighed only 4 pounds, 13 ounces and was doing pretty good until he was 2 weeks old. He caught the flu and started dehydrating so we ended up taking him to the hospital for a few days. After that he seemed to gain and never had many health problems. By the time he was a year old he had easily passed the weight of the girls at age 1.

During times of heightened stress, a person can quickly become overwhelmed and even struggle to do things that might be considered simple or obvious. It can be helpful to focus on the things you can control, to identify actions that you can take and to complete those action steps.

Some couples look forward to vacations in Hawaii. Others, romantic dinners in candlelit restaurants. Mark and I are looking forward to getting a dumpster.

Today is SUNDAY, JULY 18, the 199th day of 2021. There are 166 days left in the year.

THE LAST FULL MEASURE

By Craig Zettergren

Beautiful hydrangeas are in bloom throughout the area landscape. White, pink, blue, purple and many mixed color combinations catch your attention wherever they grow. It is hard to imagine summer without hydrangeas blooming.

As the mother of a child who will start kindergarten this fall, there’s been a nagging question in the back of my mind: “Is he ready?”

Today is SATURDAY, JULY 17, the 198th day of 2021. There are 167 days left in the year.

Today is FRIDAY, JULY 16, the 197th day of 2021. There are 168 days left in the year.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (KT) — Devin Booker only spent one season at the University of Kentucky, but learned what it took to be a professional athlete.

VALDOSTA — Two firefighters and a police officer remained in the hospital Tuesday after an accident involving a downed power line Monday, officials said.

If your order isn’t already in for the new Vette, as my uncle Tony would say, fuhgeddaboudit. This year’s Vette is sold out and orders for the ’22 Vette begin in July so plan accordingly if you want this jet fighter.

I like to use symbolism and metaphors when I work with both my clients and my students. I’m sure I get an eye roll every now and then with, “Here she goes again.” But it offers an opportunity to visualize our experience of life in a way that may seem less abstract, more solid or relatable and understandable.

It has cooled down a little, but the thermometer still shows 78 degrees at 9:45 p.m. It was a warm, humid day. One thing I do appreciate is our battery-operated fans. That was something I grew up without.

BLACK WIDOW

Today is Saturday, July 10, the 191st day of 2021. There are 174 days left in the year.

Tomorrow will be the last day of June. Is it possible that half of 2021 has passed? July 1st brings daughter Loretta another year older, marking it number 21 this time.

SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The discovery of four more victims in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium building raised the death toll to 32, officials said Tuesday as a ramped-up search effort faced new threats from severe weather with Tropical Storm Elsa.

CULLMAN, Ala. - An overheated pup drew a crowd of soft-hearted shoppers in Cullman Wednesday, serving up a timely reminder that the warm days of summer are no time to leave pets unattended in hot cars. 

THE TOMORROW WAR

The novelist Chuck Wendig once told me that ideas are like beach glass: They’re nice to look at, but they don’t really do anything on their own. Anyone can get an idea, and anyone can tell you about that idea in a way that makes it sound intriguing and like something that would make a great movie. The story that follows the idea is the trick, and if you’re not careful even the most earnestly executed story can eventually scrub the original idea of all its shine.

Today is Sunday, July 4, the 185th day of 2021. There are 180 days left in the year. This is Independence Day.

Today is SATURDAY, JULY 3, the 184th day of 2021. There are 181 days left in the year.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court overturned Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

SURFSIDE, Florida (AP) — The slow work of sifting through the remnants of a collapsed Florida condo building stretched into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desperate for progress endured a wrenching wait for answers.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for the murder of George Floyd, whose dying gasps under Chauvin’s knee led to the biggest outcry against racial injustice in the U.S. in generations.