Adults must take extra efforts to remember not to leave a child unattended in a vehicle, especially on hot days. (Photo courtesy National Highway Traffic Safety Administration)
Each year, children get heat stroke or die from being left unattended in a hot car, but a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service passenger safety expert says there are ways to avoid tragedy.
The City of Mesquite has launched its annual “Spread the Love” summer food drive. The food drive accepts financial donations as well as peanut butter and jelly to help feed children in need during the summer when free or reduced school lunches are unavailable. The program ends on Labor Day, Sept. 5.
Mindful eating doesn’t have to be restrictive and you don’t have to give up your favorite foods.
Air conditioning is a welcome luxury come the dog days of summer. Few people can imagine getting through a hot summer afternoon without turning their AC on, and that can make July and August some of the more costly months on the calendar in regard to energy consumption.
Analicia Zarate of Edinburg was four years old when she and her mom were headed home from church on a Sunday night. A drunk driver ran a stop sign and hit their car, killing her mom instantly. More than 20 years have passed since that tragic night, and Analicia still remembers every detail as if it happened yesterday.
Many people insist grilling has no peers when it comes to cooking methods. Part of the allure of grilling is undoubtedly the chance to spend time outdoors in warm weather, which is when many people do the bulk of their cooking over an open flame. But grilling also produces unique flavors that simply can’t be replicated.
Avocados are beloved by foodies, particularly those who enjoy guacamole. But flavor is not the only reason to love avocados, which the Cleveland Clinic notes are good sources of these nutrients and vitamins.
COVID-19 vaccines are now available for children under 5 years old, and the American Medical Association (AMA) is urging parents to get their children vaccinated.
The college application process involves several steps, many of which begin well before an applicant is ready to sign on the dotted line. These facts and figures can help applicants and their families gain a better understanding of what goes into the college admissions process.
The United States flag was first imagined after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The Continental Congress authorized creation of the first national flag on June 14, 1777. It was decided that the flag should have 13 stripes, alternating red and white, to represent the original 13 colonies, and that the new union be represented by 13 white stars in a blue field to signify a “new constellation.” Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, is most often credited with the original design.
LeTourneau University held spring 2022 commencement services recently for around 200 graduates who received bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Among them was Lexie Welton, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Cum Laude.
The experience and wisdom of an older generation can be so amazing and uplifting. The differences in available technology today versus the thirties, forties, and fifties is vast. And yet, many advances in science and medicine occurred in these decades as well as the groundwork for modern day advancements in technology. For example, Hedy Lamarr, known primarily as an actress, theorized the basis for WiFi technology that we employ today. Many harsh and sometimes fatal diseases were cured or at least slowed down such as polio. The ‘human computer’, Katharine Johnson, and her colleagues at NASA put man on the moon calculating with a slide rule and No. 2 pencil as our modern computers didn’t exist. And from Mendel’s observations of the humble pea plant to Franklin’s X-rays of Slide 51 to Watson and Crick’s work on the double helix structure, DNA was named and imagined. All of these wonderful ideas and realizations occurred prior to 1969.
Lake Tawakoni guide Tony Pennebaker with a good eating channel catfish.
I have had a lifelong love of catching catfish and… eating them! I guess my passion for catfish comes naturally. As a boy growing up on a poultry farm in Red River County, catching catfish was a way of life. Every nine weeks or so when the chickens sold, we would pack up the old 1950 International Pick Up with tarps, Coleman stoves, cast iron skillets, bedding, etc. and head up to a little lake in southeast Oklahoma that was chock full of channel catfish. I would begin catching bait, small perch from our farm pond, the day before. Upon arriving at our fishing hotspot, the drill was to set up camp quickly, which was easy to do; we had no tent, just tarps or, as they were called back then, ‘wagon sheets’. Tarps on the ground with blanket served as bedding.
“Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids,” read a sign in Brussels, Belgium.
“Y’all won’t believe what kind of day this has been,” I yelled out as I bounded into the veterinarian’s office this week, weenie dog in tow. Of course, I tripped over Poe’s leash and nearly hit my head on the corner of the reception desk, winding up in a heap on the highly polished concrete floor. On my way down, I glanced at the two technicians and the receptionist I was attempting to engage in witty banter. Their mouths were all hanging open in that way that one’s mouth hangs open when one isn’t sure if one is supposed to speak, scream, hide, or just wince. I’m a lot to deal with at times. I dusted myself off and triple checked Poe for any signs of smush injury. He was fine. Baseball hat askew and glasses hanging from one ear, I stood to my full 62 inches and stated the obvious. “Doc didn’t tell you I was coming?” The receptionist replied, “He did not.” These are the unfortunate circumstances that exist when your veterinarian is a close friend of your husband. When I called Doc in a panic the prior evening, his direction to “just come on in tomorrow” was a clear indicator that our conversation would not be first and foremost in his mind when tomorrow arrived. Also, that’s the thing with me. I’m awkward, especially when under self-imposed duress. And, there’s no worse duress than feeling like your very presence is a kink in the garden hose of office protocol.
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