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Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Body Jaden Smart Memorial Fun Run Sept. 1ROCHESTER Third Annual Jaden Smart Memorial 2025 5K Fun Run scheduled for Sept. 1. A color fun run with washable paint. To enter or for more information: call, email or connect on Facebook,Tamara Smart (940) 256-1737 jadensmart5kfunrun@ gmail.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

News Staff
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Body  I once heard a man say, “people will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first.”That is the power of credibility and Benjamin Franklin had it. As a result, his homespun wisdom is quoted even 235 years after his death.
NICE CREAM This bananabread nice cream is a plantbased summer dessert made with frozen bananas, plant milk, walnuts, vanilla and cinnamon. The creamy treat offers the flavor of ice cream with natural sweetness and nutrients. It can be served immediately as soft-serve or chilled for a firmer scoop. | ANGELINA LARUE PHOTO

NICE CREAM This bananabread nice cream is a plantbased summer dessert made with frozen bananas, plant milk, walnuts, vanilla and cinnamon. The creamy treat offers the flavor of ice cream with natural sweetness and nutrients. It can be served immediately as soft-serve or chilled for a firmer scoop. | ANGELINA LARUE PHOTO

A cool way to beat the heat

News Staff
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Body The Heirloom Kitchen | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM ANGELINA L aRUEIt has been one hot summer. The heat is pressing on in most regions of the country, so a cool treat is right on time.
The 501

The 501

The 501

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Body Is wasp venom the bee’s knees?A friend of mine claims she’s never been stung by a wasp. She doesn’t know what she’s missing. There’s still time.Wasps got me yesterday. There was collateral damage — my phone screen. At least I didn’t break any bones.
DON HASKINS (right) was the Benjamin High School boys basketball coach in 1955-1956. | BENJAMIN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK, COURTESY OF WICHITA-BRAZOS MUSEUM

DON HASKINS (right) was the Benjamin High School boys basketball coach in 1955-1956. | BENJAMIN HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK, COURTESY OF WICHITA-BRAZOS MUSEUM

Gem of a Gym: Benjamin ISD debuts Don Haskins Gym honoring legendary coach

Sue Jane Sullivan |
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Body This pastweekend in Benjamin,the school’s volleyball team christened the Don Haskins Gymnasium with a season-opening win over2A Post on a court that also displays the signature of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 1997 inductee.
Benjamin ISD’s new Don Haskins Gym to host first event this weekend during Marlboro Man Memorial tourney

Benjamin ISD’s new Don Haskins Gym to host first event this weekend during Marlboro Man Memorial tourney

Benjamin ISD’s new Don Haskins Gym to host first event this weekend during Marlboro Man Memorial tourney

Kay Ellington |
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Body If you’ve seen the 2006 Disney motion picture “Glory Road,” you may recall it was based on the true story of the 1966 NCAA basketball championship that included the first team ever to play an allblack starting lineup—and the eventual champions among the tournament’s 22...
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