Yo-yos are those puffy little fabric rosettes that have been around forever, adorning everything from apparel to parlor pillows, and are a staple with modern-day quilters.

The quilt, which is big enough to cover a twin-sized bed, is made up of yo-yos, little circles of material left over from whatever projects her mother had been making.

'I remember going to the drugstore on Ingraham Street in Crown Point. They used to have yo-yos displayed in boxes. You'd go up to the shelf and pick up a yo-yo. They let you try it out. I remember ...

Even more remarkably, the doc also figured out how to make people spend three figures for a yo-yo, back in the days when yo-yos were on a roll and when people had three figures to spend on them.

With a tennis ball and a yo-yo as props, first-grade teacher Kristy Brooks helped her class understand what a healthy portion of potato looks like. “About how many yo-yos do you think would fit ...