Bodas y Fiestas de MexicoWhat: Ballet Folklórico de Alvaro Muñoz presents “Bodas y Fiestas de Mexico”When: 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19Where: Paramount Theater, 352 Cypress St. Tickets: Click here for tickets. $18 for adults and $16 for children ages 8 and younger. About: Abilene’s Award-Winning Ballet Folklorico de Alvaro Munoz will present dances from the regions of Los Concheros, Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Sinaloa
Read moreThe Food Bank of West Central Texas is conducting a Million Meal Challenge through Sept. 30. The campaign is the Food Bank’s largest community-wide effort of Hunger Action Month, a nationwide movement held each September to raise awareness of hunger and inspire people to take action in their communities, according to a news release from the Food Bank. “One community.
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By Jim Nichols Many of us (including me) have wonderings circulating through our brain that have been there from childhood into adulthood. One question for me is why humans tend to create boundaries that have no meaning or rationale at all. What purpose does that boundary perform or satisfy? Often, it involves a bit of unnecessary geography. During football season
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By Danny Minton I recently heard the story of a man named Hody Buford Childress. After hearing it, I had to check into his life a little more. Chances are most of those who read this have never heard of him. It’s likely that he would have just as soon kept it that way, but after he passed away on
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Maybe folks started listening for “goofs” when radio became a luxury during the Great Depression. (Until then, I suppose they occurred most often in simple, face-to-face communication, or maybe with megaphones.) For the longest time, Harry von Zell’s alleged foul-up–purportedly heard from sea to shining sea when radio was yet young–has to be among
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By Loretta Fulton Meals on Wheels Plus employees and volunteers got good news and sad news this week. The good news is that Betty Bradley, executive director, was honored with the 2026 Sister Alice Marie Quinn Award from Meals on Wheels America. The sad news is that Bradley, who was named Meals on Wheels first executive director in 1975 after
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CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTERDec. 13, 1965–Organized under the direction of 16th and Vine Street Church of ChristJanuary 1967–Grew to include four other congregations, each assuming some financial responsibilityMay 1, 1968–Turned the oversight and major financial responsibilities over to then-College Church of Christ, now University Church of Christ1968–Moved to 901 Mesquite St.2005–Incorporated as Christian Service Center of Abilene, Inc., in January2013–Started major
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By Danny Minton It was Aug. 28, 1963, when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and gave his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Here are a few excerpts expressing thoughts he was trying to convey to all Americans. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise
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By Isaiah Core The Texas state motto is “Friendship” and was adopted in 1930 by the legislature. The word Texas is derived from the Caddo word “Tejas” meaning friend or ally. In our modern world you may be inclined to look negatively at our state government, culture, political atmosphere, and even local governments. The internet is no help because you
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