In today's Miss Manners column, advice columnist Judith Martin gives a polite way to respond after a reader is asked about a disappointing stay at a friend's rustic lakeside retreat.

Our friends graciously offered us use of their rustic lakeside cabin, as they no longer can travel there themselves. We had a disappointing time and cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, ...

We cut our stay short due to the terrible odor, primitive accommodations and insufficient space and privately vowed to never return.

The Southern Lehigh School District is the last of its Lehigh Valley peers to expand to full-day kindergarten, and registration for next year’s classes opens Feb. 1.