May 2023

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one: New footage from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” “I know of no more dramatic tale, with higher stakes, twists and turns, paradoxes,” Nolan told a room full of theater owners Wednesday in Las Vegas. “In learning about that story, I wanted to be in that room and see what that must have been like.” “Oppenheimer,” due in cinemas on July 21, is about J.

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Children’s Center Celebrates 30 Years of Serving Children

Around one hundred and fifty people were in attendance at the Complex in Bonham for a 30th Anniversary celebration and to honor the volunteers and partners of the Fannin County Children’s Center. Attendees included CASA advocates, investigators, prosecutors, therapists, forensic interviewers, caseworkers, attorneys, district judge, donors, board members and other volunteers and professionals involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems in Fannin County.

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H. GEORGE SCHULER

February 6, 1945 - April 12, 2023 Henri George Schuler, 78, son of William and Mary Louise (Schweir) Schuler and husband of Gayle Harben Schuler, died peacefully with his family present on April 12, 2023. Born in White Plains, NY, he grew up in Milwaukee, WI, where he graduated from White Fish Bay High School.

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The New Japanese Prairie Garden

The large cherry picker rumbled past me transporting four long wood electric poles. Wood utility poles are the “The Timber Product that helps Power America” according to the American Tree Farm System. Three species of trees are used: Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar and Southern Pine. A heat process forces preservatives into the poles selected for their unique strength and durability. The average life of a wood pole is 40 years, except when pitted against a whirling funnel of winds up to 135 mph (EF2 tornado). EF is Enhanced Fujita Scale.

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Patient debates ceasing their cholesterol-lowering statin drug

Dear Dr. Roach: I wonder if you could comment on the relative merits of new cholesterol measurements that were recently presented to me. I have been maintaining my total cholesterol level just below 200 (at 170) with 20 mg of pravastatin. At a recent doctor’s visit, I was advised that at my age (74), my cholesterol-lowering statin drug may provide a greater risk than benefit to my health.

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