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We Got “TESTED” in Forney and were IMPRESSED!

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

Symptomless, but needing to be Covid-19 tested to satisfy visitation restrictions and to become essential care givers for my mom at Three Forks Assisted Living, my wife and I checked out numerous options, with varying degrees (all acceptable) of satisfaction regarding costs, ease reaching locations...

Caregivers Must Also Care (Financially) for Themselves

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

If you’re a caregiver, possibly for a loved one dealing with an illness such as Alzheimer’s disease, you’re probably already facing some significant emotional and physical challenges – so you don’t need any financial ones as well. Yet, they are difficult to avoid.

1960—1961 Forney High School

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

Sixty years ago, and I was a 4th Grader. We finally were part of the “Big Building” and were allowed to buy football ribbons when the High School Cheerleaders came to the Grammar School to sell them at lunch time.

All Aboard

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

There’s a quotation that circulates around from time to time, the kind where someone picks a background image – maybe the outline of a grove of trees with a moon sketched above, or a retreating wave on a beach that left a whole sand dollar in its haste to depart – with words positioned just so, for...

Some Of You Didn’t Believe Me, But I have more proof of area RATTLESNAKES!

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

The television, internet, and DMN all recently backed up what I have, for many years, proclaimed as FACT to you—THERE ARE RATTLESNAKES IN THIS AREA!

Isela Woolverton

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

Born and raised in Brownsville, Texas, Isela Woolverton excelled in school despite a difficult home life and soon found herself enrolled in her first year of college. As she began to look at the opportunities around her, Isela decided the best of those opportunities for her was in the U.S. Navy.

Mesquite Announces Russell Wilson As New Fire Chief

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

Russell “Rusty” Wilson will become the new Mesquite Fire Chief on Nov.1 and will oversee 206 firefighters and seven stations for a fire department that responded to nearly 19,000 calls for service in 2019.

Three Rights Make a Left

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

Saturday was a day to remember. My son TJ came up from Austin to go to Game 6 of the new Globe Life Park in Arlington. For a couple of years, I looked forward to seeing the Texas Rangers play in the new ballpark.

Stopping SARS-CoV-2 Along The Farm-To-Plate Supply Chain

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

From live cattle entering a packing plant to the consumer’s kitchen table, a Texas A&M AgriLife-led research project aims to develop an accurate way to predict potential contamination with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, throughout the food supply chain. Sapna Chitlapilly Dass, Ph.D.

E-Cigarettes Are Addictive And Usage Among Teens Is On The Rise

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Thu, 10/22/2020 - 05:00

E-cigarette users, including teenagers, may be lulled into a false sense of security when they light up. One common misconception about e-cigarettes is that they are not addictive like traditional cigarettes.