Hunting, Homes, Health & Republicans: Listening to Local Voices

1. Life comes with a lot of rules -- many of which we take for granted.

Don't cut in line. Wait 20 minutes after eating before you swim. Don't shoplift.

The reason for many of these rules seem obvious. However, a few seem arbitrary.

For example, while hunting, a person can only have three shells in their shotgun unless his or her weapon is outfitted with a special plug.

Shawn VanHuss -- Mentor resident, father, avid outdoorsman and outstanding blogger -- decided to ask "Why?"

The answer isn't short but, I promise, .

2. Maintaining a healthy diet can feel like a lonely path -- especially if your dietary plan is not easily described in one word, i.e.: vegan, vegetarian, paleo.

But it's helpful -- maybe even mandatory -- that you find someon to share your diet with, according to Dr. Barbara Berkeley, the medical director for obesity programs at Lake Health.

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3. Blogger Patrick Giusto thinks Republicans .

What do you think?

4. Historic homes have unique flourishes and details that make them beautiful.

But they can also require some additional upkeep that make them a pain.

Nolan Andersky, in his Home Style Series, asks ?