Article: FIXIT; How to spare the life of an old bowling ball.(VARIETY)

Byline: Karen Youso; Staff Writer

Q. How can I get rid of an old bowling ball?

A.The best use for old bowling balls is reuse. Donate them to the Goodwill or a local bowling alley for the bowling leagues.

Water softener 101

Q. How does a water softener work? How does one "backwash" the water softener.

A. Thomas Klenck explained it this way in Popular Mechanics:

The typical water softener is a mechanical appliance that's plumbed into your home's water supply system. All water softeners use the same operating principle: They trade the minerals for something else, in most cases sodium. The process is called ion exchange. ...

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