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When Carol Ann Dawley decided to enter a quilt in the Houston Livestock Show’s quilting competition, she didn’t think she had much hope for winning anything since the competition is so stiff. She just wanted to give Limestone County some points toward the Go Texan high school scholarship contest.

Dear Heloise: Wouldn’t it have been nice if the folks who came up with the idea for centralized emergency communication (911) had thought about a similar number for non-emergencies?

Dear Heloise: I have an HE washing machine (low water use), and my family uses bath gels. I used to have trouble with insufficient rinsing and/or stiff towels, but this works for me: I use NO detergent and very little fabric softener, and the towels come out nice and fluffy and absorbent. -- Pat C., Palermo, ME