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Nearly 1,200 students were named to the Spring 2021 Dean’s Honor Roll at Abilene Christian University. The following local students made the list:

The University of Texas at Tyler recently inducted Omar Lugo of Forney into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor

The COVID-19 pandemic may have unsettled many aspects of your life – including your financial situation. Even if your employment and earnings were not directly affected, you might have concerns about whether you’ve been making the right investment moves in such a stressful environment. The pandemic is, hopefully, just a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence, but different events can rattle financial markets. And changes in your own life also can affect your plans. To prepare yourself for whatever tomorrow may hold, you may want to get some professional help – but what, really, can you expect from a financial advisor?

*Let me begin by saying that this article and some to follow are not going to be “rah, rah” and “ha, ha” and “na, na” or collections of grins and excitement. They are going to be HISTORY that I think we need to know and remember. But since they are not going to be “sit on the edge of the chair” entertaining, I will not fill the whole FHPL page with them each week until they are finished. I will try to provide a MIXTURE!*

Family meals are about much more than what is served for dinner. Research indicates that spending time together around the table as a family promotes a host of benefits.

People have been cooking meals over open flames since the discovery of fire. Even today, when there are so many ways to cook a meal, many still insist there’s nothing better than the taste of food cooked on the grill.

Family mealtime can be challenging for a variety of reasons, including the varying taste buds of moms, dads and their kids.

Whether or not to relocate can be a difficult decision. Sometimes such decisions are borne out of necessity when a parent is relocated by his or her company. Other times it is a personal reason to try out a new neighborhood or upgrade to a larger home. Date from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates a stable annual rate of moving hovering at around 12 percent of the population since 2008.

The Mesquite Police Department has announced that police officer Torrey Rhone has been promoted to the rank of Sergeant, becoming the first African American to achieve this rank in the 68-year history of the department. The department hosted a promotional ceremony on May 14 at the Mesquite Arts Center.

Government mandates and coronavirus shutdowns across America led to an economic disaster last year. In the first few months of 2021, we seem to have turned a corner. The economy is growing, and people are back to work thanks to the easing of COVID restrictions in places like Texas.

A lot of misinformation is circulating about cellulite, a condition that affects around 90 percent of women at some point in their lives. Separating the cellulite fact from fiction can help those interested in finding out what causes it and how to make it less noticeable.

Juggling a family and a thriving career is no small task. It’s easy to become overwhelmed when faced with responsibilities at home and at the office, and it’s even easier to fall victim to a work-life imbalance. Such an imbalance can have troubling short- and longterm consequences.

Burns do not discriminate and can affect men, women, children, and seniors. The Miami Burn Center advises that burn injuries are the nation’s third largest cause of accidental death, resulting in 6,000 fatalities each year and annually causing 300,000 serious injuries. Because burns are largely preventable, it is important to understand how they’re caused and how to prevent them. Understanding the treatment options available to get on the road to recovery can help burn victims and their families, too.