Nurse uses skills to focus on wellness in new business
DOTHAN, Ala. – After spending years as a registered nurse, Marteen Lewis decided to change how she helped people.
May 2022
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A kingdom for a horse?
In all the years I’ve known my aged Uncle Mort, he has made few observations about horses, if any at all. For the past few days, he has spoken of little else, what with the news that the City of Dallas hardly knows what to do with one of its storied landmarks.
Old Texas Theater & The Derby
Last week, at the invitation of a friend, I went to the Old Texas Theater in Ballinger. The owners are turning the old theater into a venue offering live entertainment and quality family dining options.
No single answer to changing world
The world is changing more rapidly than ever, and the changes that are impacting us most profoundly are due to events and circumstances in distant places. To make matters worse, government agencies charged with protecting us from and alerting us as to potential threats have done a poor job.
Around the County: News briefs from around Runnels County
RUNNELS COUNTY - It was a busy week in Runnels County, with every school in the county competing in various contests at the state UIL level. Ballinger One Act Play (OAP) BALLINGER - The Ballinger Theater Arts program has taken off in the last couple of years under director Jacob Scott.
Runnels County SWCD announces essay and poster winners
RUNNELS COUNTY - The Runnels Soil & Water Conservation District recently handed out awards for their annual annual essay and poster contest. The contest is open to students at all of the schools in Runnels County.
Winners, losers from NFL draft
Even with all 262 picks complete, it’s hard to find much certainty in what was one of the most unpredictable NFL drafts in recent memory. From the top quarterbacks sliding to a rash of trades, little about this year’s event could have been neatly outlined ahead of time.
YOU CAN COUNT ON MOMS
Order flowers or make a restaurant reservation: Sunday is Mother’s Day, the time to celebrate the person who read you stories, tucked you into bed and drove you to soccer practices. Since 1914, Americans have celebrated Mother’s Day as a national holiday, thanks to the efforts of Anna Jarvis, a Philadelphia woman who campaigned for a holiday to honor mothers, but later was disappointed by how commercial the day became. • You may not be able to count all the things your mother did for you, but you can count some things about mothers. Here is a look at U.S. motherhood by the numbers:
Cycles within cycles
There is a rhythm to everything that is natural and healthy. The seasons of the year, the sleep/wake cycle of every animal on the planet and the cycle of contraction and relaxation in a beating heart. There are even cycles within cycles.
Triple Crown to begin without Baffert
The Kentucky Derby leads off the first Triple Crown season in decades without the chance of Bob Baffert officially winning one or more of the three races. Baffert’s absence while suspended shadows over the race, particularly because two horses he trained for a significant period of time are among the top contenders.