Dear Abby: I am 15 and have a big problem. My mom and my dad have been married a long time. I was looking through pictures on Mom’s phone and found some very inappropriate and romantic texts from “Rob,” her business partner. Mom forces our whole family to hang out with Rob, and my brother doesn’t like him either. But anytime we bring it up, my mom yells at us and makes me cry. She wants me to be friends with Rob.
Dear Dr. Roach: I take telmisartan for high blood pressure. Included in each bottle is one of those tiny moisture-absorbent packs. Once the package is opened and I begin taking the pills, is it necessary to keep the dehydrator “pill” in the bottle, or can I discard it? I have, more than once, almost popped the dehydrator in my mouth, as it is so close to the telmisartan’s shape, size and color. Is telmisartan particularly prone to absorbing ambient water? None of my other medications contain dehydrators.
Academy: Smith refused to leave Oscars after Rock slap The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences on Wednesday said that Will Smith was asked to leave Sunday’s Oscar ceremony after hitting Chris Rock but refused to do so. The academy’s board of governors met Wednesday to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Smith for violations against the group’s standards of conduct.
DENISON - Robert Dean Berry, 89, of Denison, TX, passed peacefully into the loving arms of his lord Jesus on Tuesday, March 29, 2022. Robert was born in Leonard, Texas, on March 8, 1933, to Neil and Annie Berry.
PLANO - Barbara Ann Whitt née Smith of Plano, Texas passed away the morning of March 24, 2022 at the age of 78. Barbara was born December 9, 1943 to Warren and Mary Inez Smith. Barbara grew up near Bokchito in southern Oklahoma. She had a modest upbringing but was dedicated and a hard worker; after graduating top of her class from high school in 1962 and with the help of her big brother, James, she was able to attend Southeastern State College in Durant where she earned her bachelor’s degree in home economics in 1966. While at Southeastern, Barbara caught the eye of Glen Whitt, whom she married in 1968. After being drafted into the military Glen attended officer school he and Barbara moved many times in their first years of marriage. While stationed at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri, Barbara gave birth to their son, Jeff in 1969. The young family then moved to Plano Texas after Glen returned from his deployment in Korea. In 1974, Barbara was again blessed by a beautiful baby girl, Amanda.
Lacie Gene Smith was born on April 27th, 1944 in Sherman, Texas to John Arlis Smith of Texarkana, Arkansas and Katherine Jean Hardison of Vernon, Texas. Lacie was the son of an IBMer and moved throughout the United States from Boston to Washington state. He graduated from Clover Park High School in Lakewood, Washington near Tacoma in 1962, moving to Vernon, Texas in the summer to help his grandfather on their family ranch (building fence). Lacie entered SMU School of Engineering in the fall of 1962 and graduated in 1967 from a 5-year co-op program with a Degree in Electrical Engineering. Then in 1995 he received an MBA in Finance from University of Dallas.
Texas public schools received another much-needed dose of flexibility earlier this week with the announcement that they may not lose funding as a result of the pandemic’s impact upon their attendance.
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testified during her Senate confirmation hearing that her judicial “philosophy” is her judicial “methodology,” and that her judicial methodology is to be neutral, to understand the facts and to interpret the law.
In his new book, then-CIA officer Will Hurd describes participating in a 2008 CIA briefing in Kabul, Afghanistan, for members of the House Select Committee on Intelligence. He overheard several of them pressing for time to go rug shopping. A congressman then asked Hurd why the Taliban wouldn’t coordinate with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. He replied that one was Sunni and one was Shiite. What’s the difference? another lawmaker asked.
WASHINGTON – The size of a bipartisan package to provide fresh spending to combat COVID-19 could shrink to $10 billion, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday, and the chamber’s top Democrat also suggested its price tag could fall.