Shedding a little light this week on how music composed in Auschwitz reemerges

Body COMMENTARY | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMChances are you have watched a Holocaust movie. “Schindler’s List,” “The Pianist,” “The Zookeeper’s Wife,” “Escape from Sobibor,” or “The Book Thief” come to mind as some of the most memorable.

$1 billion for vouchers, $5 billion for teachers?

Body AUSTIN–– Legislative budget writers are proposing nearly $5 billion to increase teacher pay and $1 billion to implement a school voucher program in the next biennium, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

2025 Community Calendar

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Cracked mirrors

Body Check Your Mirrors, the column title, came from fourteen years of teaching driver education. On one level, I was reminding the young drivers of this important skill because they needed to “check their mirrors” to pass the driving test.But the phrase also had a practical value.

Garlic bread pizza

Body Game-day food is always an exciting topic in our circle of friends and family, and among readers. It’s almost celebrated as much as our beloved holiday dishes.Chili, seven-layer dips, queso, and pizza are just a few of the favorites that reign supreme.

Finders keepers, losers winners

Body Life is all about getting ready for an estate sale. Your own.If you end up with a big one, good for you. If you end up with nothing much, even better. That’s my goal.Aren’t goals wonderful devices? They need not be reached to give us direction.

Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center News

Body IMPORTANT INFORMATION: The center is now called the Lockney Friends & Neighbors Center. Our motto is…” Bringing the Community Together!”The Center is open FIVE days a week. Lunch will be served from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Houseplant pest care

Body Outdoor temperatures are below freezing right now, but indoors temperatures are comfortable for humans and houseplants but also plant pests.The most common houseplant pest is that small, black, fly-like insect, the annoying fungus gnat.

2025 Community Calendar

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Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding

Body AUSTIN— The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen.