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REGIONAL NEWS

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CROSBY 2nd Annual ‘You’re Beautiful’ Style Show, featuring cancer survivors April 6 in Crosbyton CROSBYTON—The Second Annual “You’re Beautiful!” Style Show, featuring regional cancer survivors andfighterswillbeSaturday, April 6 at 3 p.m. at the newly remodeled Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum.

The best lines from movies

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“All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.” Shakespeare The prompt for this column came when I saw an article online titled “25 of the Best Lines in Movie History.” Interesting, so I clicked on it. The first one is one of my all-time favorite quotes: From The Blues Brothers – “It’s 106 miles to Chicago.

Training pome fruit trees

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In the March 20 column were guidelines for training stone fruit trees. Today’s column has guidelines for training pome fruit trees.

KC Hospital District recognizes Doctors Day March 30

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KNOX CITY – Knox County Hospital District (KCHD) is proud to honor and recognize the dedication and commitment of our exceptional medical staff on the occasion of Doctors Day, celebrated on March 30, 2024. As we celebrate this special day, we highlight the invaluable contributions of our doctors who work tirelessly to provide high-quality healthcare services to the community.

Protect your family from household poisoning hazards

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KNOX CITY – More than two million poisonings are reported to poison centers across the nation each year, and more than half of those cases involve children under the age of 6. In recognition of National Poison Prevention Week, Knox County Hospital District (KCHD) is urging families to read about the dangers of household poisons and to know what to do when an emergency strikes.

No joke nutritious blueberry-oat muffins

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I’ve had a month of March muffin madness. I just can’t get over the many ways we can satisfy a sugar craving with a treat so sweet and packed with nutrition, but absolutely no flour, refined sugar, or oil. The nutrients in these muffins are nothing to joke about. They are not messing around, like little prepackaged baked goods that claim to be healthy, with a multitude of oil and ingredients that cannot be pronounced.

Adventures in walking across a field

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I’ve written previously about my Dad’s occupation as a spray pilot, which is what led me to have adventures as a kid walking across fields. As a “flagger” for the spray planes, my job was to wave a flag for the spray pilot to line up on, then move across the field as he made a pass in the spray plane. All this was before GPS made flaggers unnecessary. If Dad was spraying large fields far from the airport or a suitable landing spot, of if some problem caused a delay, we flaggers might be dropped off in a field early in the morning about sunrise and not be picked up for hours, possibly even late afternoon. Now that sounds bad, but at the time, we didn’t mind. It didn’t happen often, but when it did, it was usually a pleasant day. We would walk and flag for a while, then relax while the planes went back for chemical and fuel, and we spent more time relaxing than walking, so it was an easy day.

“A children’s story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children’s story in the slightest.”– C.S. Lewis

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Children’s books are a lot of fun to read. Not only do kids enjoy hearing them but it’s a joy for the adults who are reading them also. It takes an impressive imagination to create a story to keep children interested to the end. From start to finish the story needs lovable main characters, a villain we all dislike, a problem that needs to be solved, some positive emotional attachment, and of course a happily ever after.