Knox County Aging Center Menus

Body Menus for week of May 27-31 Monday: CLOSED HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY Tuesday: Beef stroganoff, egg noodles, green peas, biscuit, cookie. Wednesday: Chicken and rice casserole, green beans, salad, garlic bread, dessert.

The quiet patriot

Body This Sunday night on your local PBS station, the public network will televise its annual National Memorial Day Concert at 7 p.m (CST).Drafted at the age of 19, Allen Hoe was a combat medic in Vietnam.

Coffee water from the sky

Body In a worst-case-scenario solar storm or cyberattack, ourlivescouldsuddenly change. Imagine a disruption ofservicesthatcouldmeanno waterforyourmorningcoffee.The good news: You can use rainwater. Savesomeforanon-rainyday.

Summer to-do list

Body It’s that time of year again. Here are your 2024 summer assignments.1. Write a letter and mail it. Get out of your car, go inside the post office, and ask to look at all the stamp options and buy one that suits the person to whom you are mailing the letter.2. Take naps.3.

Flood victims urged caution upon returning home

Body residents return to clean up their homes and businesses after extensive flooding earlier this month, the Texas Department of State Health Services urged residents and business owners to exercise caution.

The 501

Body HANABA MUNN WELCHWhat’s in your trunk?No spare tire?Either you were desperate for money and sold yours or, more likely, you bought a new car that doesn’t have one. Not even a “donut” spare.We could research the no-spare trend, but too much information squelches speculation.

Thoughts for a Mother's Day upgrade

Body “There was an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do.”–Mother Goose A mother is a mother whether her shoe is filled with one or seven. The nine months alone in the womb count towards heavy labor.

Faucets, swings, goatheads and roadkill

Body HANABA MUNN WELCHFaucets, swings, goatheads and roadkillDo you have a favorite outdoor water faucet? If it’s one from your childhood, it’s probably imbued with memories of summertime fun.My current favorite is the onethatmostlydoesn’tfreeze in winter. It evokes many memories.

Early voting underway in local elections

Body AUSTIN— Early voting began Monday, April 22 for municipal, school board and various bond elections. It ends on April 30 with Saturday, May 4 being election day. What is on the ballot depends on where you live.There are various ways to learn what is on the local ballot.

Bring on the aging

Body “I think I am only 57, but the paperwork does not back this up. I don’t feel old because your inside self doesn’t age.