By BETH BENCE REINKE for Smart

Whether you're heading to the pool or the beach this summer, add these essentials to your bag.

This checklist will keep you from returning to the hotel or car - and keep the whining (kids' and mom's) to a minimum, says Patty Jacobs, owner of Lincolnway Swimming Pool in West Manchester Township.

For the pool:
Sunscreen

Towels

Sunglasses

Water toys and goggles

Deck of playing cards or Uno

Snacks and bottled water

Comb or brush

Hair detangler

Camera

Money

Cell phone

For the beach:

Sunscreen

Towels

Sunglasses

Blanket

Sun visor

Sand toys and beach ball

Snacks and bottled water

Book or magazines

Mesh bag for collecting shells

Band-Aids and antiseptic

Camera/video camera

Money

Cell phone

Baby powder

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By Leslie Garcia
The Dallas Morning News

Ah, spring. Picnics and ball games and potato salad and milkshakes and hot dogs -- enough to give winter calories a little competition. But during spring and summer, you can’t camouflage the resulting poundage with parkas and overalls.

That said, we present, for your gastronomical pleasure, five of spring’s most fattening foods, plus suggestions for making them healthier. We found these on www.webmd.com.

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By Peter M. Gianotti
Newsday

Irish whiskey, the leprechaun of top-shelf spirits, is making mischief.

Quality, variety and sales are up, as the fuel for Irish coffee, countless hot toddies and a very fine highball has turned neat for many drinkers.

“More and more people have developed a taste for it,” said Michael Douglass, president of Post Wines & Spirits in Syosset, N.Y., where 15 types of Irish whiskey are sold. “And it’s a little different taste.”

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