Author Archives: Loretta Fulton

Short Takes and Reminders

Abilene Ballet Theatre’s 39th anniversary production of The Nutcracker will usher in the holiday season with four productions beginning at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, at the Paramount Theater. Click here to buy tickets. Click here for more information.HPU Serves Thanksgiving mealArea residents are invited to the annual Thanksgiving Feast at Howard Payne University on Thursday, Nov. 27. Serving times

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Day Nursery Celebrating 25 Years at Sherry Lane Center

Day Nursery of Abilene’s Sherry Lane Center will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Thursday, Oct. 30. The Day Nursery is requesting $25 donations to celebrate. Checks can be mailed to the administrative office, 702 Cedar St., Abilene, 79601, or click here to donate online.  The Sherry Lane Center, 3434 Sherry Lane, came about through the most successful campaign that the

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Here Comes the Sun

THE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury I’ve pondered– likely at times when I should have been engaged in thoughts of consequence–about goings-on that seem to “fit” into one of three categories: Divine intervention, coincidence or “blind hog luck.”  The older I get, the more I believe that in most instances, what we’ve often thought to be coincidences–or the referenced “blind

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Celebrate Africa

A festival of African music, culture, and cuisine will be held 2-5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, 602 Meander St. The fifth annual Tamasha la wa Afrika (Celebration of Africa) will feature music by the Alleluia Choir, which is a part of the Swahili language congregation led by Bikole Mulanda that meets at

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