When Melinda Najera started substituting as the Associate Band Director at Piner Middle School last school year, she began noticing a need among middle school band students. “We are missing out on a lot of great band students because they can’t afford to rent an instrument or the supplies,” Najera said.
The home at 1612 Norwood Street in Sherman has so much to offer the lucky person that manages to snag it. Situated on a peaceful, picturesque 1.043 acres, it has four bedrooms, three baths, fresh paint, new Pella windows, and countless other updates.
Dear Dr. Roach: Please advise: Do our bodies “reject” certain foods as we get older? I am a healthy, slender 70-yearold woman on no medications. For several years now, I can’t eat anything made of corn or oats (to name a couple). I get an irritation in my throat and mucus buildup, which drives me crazy! This is not an allergy. I have no other problems. I’ve always been able to eat anything, but there’s a lot that I can’t enjoy anymore. How does this happen? It is me, or is it the food?
For the Love of God…, we might say in shock and exasperation, it has happened again. Not even two weeks ago 10 people died in a grocery store as they shopped for food or last-minute items to bring to a birthday party on a Saturday morning. African Americans wondered what it means to feel unsafe in their own neighborhood. The next afternoon Taiwanese Americans on the other side of the country had their after-church lunch torn apart by gunfire, leaving one person dead. And this week comes the disturbing news of a school shooting with 21 people’s lives taken from them in Uvalde, TX, a small town where 2 of my colleagues have served a church and the community.
Western cooks too often go too light on fresh herbs, treating them more as garnish than flavoring. We prefer the Thai approach, which uses ingredients such as basil, mint and cilantro by the fistful.
A successful yard sale involves hours of preparation and plenty of hard work. So does an unsuccessful sale.
A New Mexico facility where researchers work to restore forests devastated by fires faced an almost cruelly ironic threat: The largest wildfire burning in the U.S. was fast approaching.
MILFORD, Del. (AP) — For many in Kent and Sussex counties, Delaware has two seasons — chicken barbecue season and not chicken barbecue season.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Flashfrozen chocolate ice cream topped with marshmallow syrup, graham crackers, chocolate chips … and cinnamon whiskey? How about a moist chocolate cake layered with homemade nougat, caramel, Italian buttercream ...
Dear Abby: I’m about to get married to a wonderful woman. We have been together for 16 years and have two precious kids. Recently, we were treated to bachelor and bachelorette parties, a week apart. Although we all know that what goes on during them isn’t real, it’s over once you walk out the door.