November 2022

Shifts in local labor market on the horizon

While local unemployment rates remained mostly steady in recent months, there could be shifts on the horizon both in the short term and the long term. The Texas Workforce Commission recently released its unemployment numbers for the month of September that show a slight decrease for the Sherman-Denison market with unemployment dropping 0.2 percent to 3.4 percent.

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Angry, abusive stepmother is impossible to deal with

Dear Abby: I’m having a problem with my husband’s judgmental and narcissistic stepmom. She wasn’t nice to him or his siblings while they were growing up. My hubby recently had a heart attack. After I called to tell his dad and emailed his siblings, she got very upset with me because I didn’t give her the details first so she could disseminate the information. She also demanded to visit immediately after his surgery and got nasty with me on the phone when I told her she couldn’t come in with Dad because the hospital allowed only two visitors at a time. Now she won’t speak to me or answer emails.

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

TikTok’s algorithms are very good at finding videos to keep people glued to their phone screens for hours on end. What they are not so good at, a new report has found, is detecting ads that contain blatant misinformation about U.S. elections.

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Debra Rae Clark

Our beloved Debra Rae Clark of Washington, IN was called home to be with the Lord on October 22nd, 2022. Debbie was born April 14th, 1951, to Ray and Margie Clark of Washington, Indiana.

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Use every opportunity to reinforce safe driving with your teen

While likely unnoticed by most parents and teens, the Georgia Department of Driver Services has been observing National Teen Driver Safety Week since Oct. 17. It is one week out of the year, designated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and which ends Sunday, when parents are doubly urged to review the rules of safe driving with their children and implore compliance.

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