By Jim Nichols At the entrance to a large multi-store like Walmart or a grocery store, it is common to encounter a person or two (usually including children) with boxes in front of them containing either puppies or kittens. They are at some distance from the store itself on the driveway leading to the store. They hold cardboard signs advertising
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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD When: National collection week Nov. 18-25Where: Local drop-off locations are First Baptist Church, 1333 N. Third St., Wylie Methodist Church. 3430 Antilley Road, and Pioneer Drive Baptist Church, 701 S. Pioneer Drive. First Baptist Church in Sweetwater and Church of the Nazarene in Hamlin also are drop-off locations. Contact: Area coordinator is Naomi Wood. For more information or
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We’ll “fall back” at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 3, when Daylight Saving Time ends. Remember to set your clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night. People who love Daylight Saving Time can look forward to 2 a.m. Sunday, March 9, 2025, when we’ll “spring forward.”
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Bob Hope, beloved humanitarian, comedian and patriot, may have been America’s best ambassador of international goodwill–ever. He was able to “localize” his jokes and stories no matter where he appeared. Always on the road, this British-born icon became a naturalized American at age four. He spent some 80 of his 100 years starring in vaudeville,
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By Jim Nichols The chorus concluded the last notes, and the director dropped her hands during the silence. Immediately, applause erupted from the audience. The conductor gave a thumbs-up to the chorus, smiled, and turned to the audience and bowed. She stepped to the side and waved her hand to the chorus as the audience continued applauding. Then, the conductor
Read moreBy Danny MintonAround midnight one evening, I rose from my chair and began shutting the house down for the night. It is in those late nights, or should I say early hours of the day, that memories of things past tend to creep through our minds. On this night, I had thoughts of our son Scottie, who was born with
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By Jay Moore Feeling stressed? Don’t know whether you’re coming or going? Maybe there’s too much on your plate or you’re up to your neck or you’ve run yourself into the ground. Well, if you happen to be free any afternoon at 3:15, consider this three-minute, soul-rejuvenating activity: drive over to Heavenly Rest at S. 6th and Meander, park by
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By Glenn Dromgoole Abilene poet Bob Fink spoke at our church on a Wednesday night and gave us a handout – a one-page excerpt from Michael Perry’s book, Population 485: Meeting Your Neighbors One Siren at a Time. Bob encouraged us to select one line from the piece that might make a good first line in a poem. I was
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The public is invited, either in person or online, to the Carmichael-Walling Lectures at Abilene Christian University Thursday, Nov. 7. The annual lectures are hosted by ACU’s Center for the Study of Ancient Religious Texts. Dr. Te-Li Lau of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will give the 2024 lectures on the theme Spiritual Emotions. 4 p.m.–Listening to Pauline Shame7 p.m.–Emotions and
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