Several Van Alstyne students took part in the 2023 Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo on January 21, and three took home big prizes in their respective show events. Caitlyn Rasor, a FFA member from Van Alstyne captured Senior Champion Female with WHR HC Mona Lisa Perfection 1104 ET in the Shorthorn Junior Heifer Show.
Dear Neil: We have a St. Augustine lawn. Our sons and their friends have been playing football on it until it’s pretty well worn out. Will it come back in the spring, or will we need to replant the bare areas?
Dear Dr. Roach: I have a transparent floater in one eye that stays in the same general area. I went to an optometrist who dilated and took retinal photos of that eye, and they saw nothing. They just told me if I started seeing “curtains, light flashes, changes” to return. Nothing different has occurred yet. My brother swears that eating fresh pineapple daily worked for him. What are your professional thoughts on this “cure”?
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It is Maximinio Vertiz’ busy season. Dozens of beloved but worn and broken baby Jesus figurines will pass through this 49-year-old craftsman’s hands, restoring them in time for their annual pilgrimage to church for a Candlemas blessing.
According to Granello and Young, doctors and professors of counselor education, 75 to 90% of all doctor’s visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints. This is interesting, considering these professors also note that stress did not become a household word until the 1980s. During this time, healthcare professionals took a hard look at the relationship between psychological factors and physical health.
Health officials are encouraging women to be proactive in their cervical health. Cervical Health Awareness Month is recognized nationwide in January.
When visiting friends or family who have both houseplants and young children, I’ve been compared to “Aunt Bonnie” from the Geico commercial “Aunt Infestation.” In it, a young couple who just moved into a new home complains of having pests — not ants but overbearing “aunts.” Like the one who declares the condiments in their refrigerator to be “Expired! Expired! Expired!,” I invariably invade room after room of my hosts’ homes exclaiming, “Toxic! Toxic! Toxic!” I’m pointing out houseplants that should be kept out of kids’ mouths. And I don’t mind dashing friends’ hopes of an Instagram-worthy indoor jungle if it means potentially preventing harm.
Dear Abby: For 50 years, I had a close career and personal friend I’ll call “Ellen.” She has been married a long time, but I know she and her husband have had some rocky patches. Ellen was with me through the tragic loss of my son and, six weeks later, my very ill husband. I couldn’t have gotten through it without her.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company working on technologies to bring back extinct species has attracted more investors, while other scientists are skeptical such feats are possible or a good idea.
The world will likely breach the internationally agreed-upon climate change threshold in about a decade, and keep heating to break through a next warming limit around mid-century even with big pollution cuts, artificial intelligence predicts in a new study that’s more pessimistic than previous modeling.