Don’t hold ’er, Newt

COMMENTARY“How’s every little thing, Myrt?”My last week’s column (no, I don’t remember the topic either) ended with a promise to quote the three famous quotations from the classic radio show “Fibber McGee and Molly.”

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

COMMENTARY | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMChances are you have watched a Holocaust movie.

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

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.The voucher program, also referred to as school choice, would provide public money for...

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Cracked mirrors

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

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

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

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.

Houseplant pest care

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.There are four developmental stages in the life cycle of a...

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