July 2022

Noel Eaton

Noel Alexander Eaton, age 24, of Denison, Texas went into the loving arms of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, June 28, 2022 in McKinney, Texas. Noel was born on April 22, 1998 in Denison, Texas to Jeremy Eaton and Ashley McBride.

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On the SCOTUS Roe v. Wade recall

The decision, when it came on Friday, was not a surprise. Even before the dramatic leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s draft opinion last month, it was widely predicted that the U.S. Supreme Court would grab the opportunity presented by the Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization case to rescind the decision made in 1973 in Roe v Wade. This, after all, was the purpose of President Trump’s three Supreme Court selections – and the culmination of a decades-long campaign by anti-abortionists to return to states the authority to ban the procedure. But the announcement still came as a shock. The U.S.’s global influence means that the decision to remove a woman’s constitutional right to abortion there reverberates far beyond its shores.

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GOP support for gun bill offers hope for more reform

Fifteen Republicans in the Senate and 14 in the House joined with congressional Democrats this week to break more than 25 years of inaction on gun safety. That these Republicans, many of whom had ratings of A or A-plus from the National Rifle Association, defied the gun lobby with their support of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act suggests they saw the political peril in doing nothing about the gun violence gripping the country. Indeed, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who voted for the bill, admitted as much when he said he hoped GOP support for the measure “will be viewed favorably by voters” as the party seeks to regain the majority next year.

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Jail expansion continues: Meeting brings info, opposition

As Grayson County continues plans that are more than two years in motion to expand the county jail, several downtown business owners and others recently began making their opinions in opposition of the project known. After first speaking up at the Tuesday meeting of the county commissioners, that same group met with Grayson County Sheriff Tom Watt on Wednesday to get more information about the project.

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GFR goes down with age

Dear Dr. Roach: Each year when I receive results from my yearly bloodwork I notice that my GFR score keeps going down. This year is the first year that my score dropped below 60, with a score of 57. I am 66 years old, and there are no other scores in my bloodwork that would indicate kidney disease. My doctor keeps telling me to just drink more water. I take amlodipine/benazepril for my blood pressure. Should I be concerned and have further tests? Is the blood pressure medication causing my GFR score to be low?

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