Day by Day / Junk Food
Your Friday Funny by Forney artist Donald Frederick. Learn more about the artist behind the Day by Day comic strip in this Blue Ribbon News ‘Good People’ profile.
Educational seminar to address joint pain, treatment
(Frisco) Centennial Medical Center will host an educational seminar from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 23. This month’s program will feature orthopedic surgeon Dr. Eldon Hopkins who will address joint pain and treatments. The seminar will focus on orthopedic issues and solutions and will included a question-and-answer session. Come prepared to take notes and ask questions […]
Poison Prevention Week: What to do in an emergency
National Poison Prevention Week is observed during the third week of March, and is one of the longest health and safety campaigns in the United States. It is a great time to raise awareness about preventing poisoning and what to do about accidental poisonings. Who are you going to call if your child swallows a poison? Your […]
Day by Day / On the road again
Your Friday Funny by Forney artist Donald Frederick.
‘Because you care: Spiritual encouragement for caregivers’
By Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk; book review by Patti Richter Cecil Murphey and Twila Belk have worked together for years. He is the author of more than 125 published books, while she is a writer and speaker and also works as his assistant. But they have something more in common—both are long-term caregivers. Now […]
Bone marrow, blood drive for Erika Evans of Rockwall
There will be a bone marrow donor drive by DKMS and community blood drive by Carter Blood Care from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 24 inside the gym at Lake Pointe Church, 701 E. Interstate 30 in Rockwall.Help Erika Bryant Evans in her fight against leukemia and her search for a bone marrow donor. […]
Lake Pointe Medical recognizes Brain Injury Awareness Month
(Rowlett) March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. A brain injury can happen anytime, anywhere to anyone. Brain injuries do not discriminate. Did you know that 1.7 million people will sustain a brain injury each year? An injury that happens in an instant can bring a lifetime of physical, cognitive and behavior challenges and early, equal […]
Our Universe Today: Solar Storm in progress
This week in the Universe, Earth continued to receive a relentless pounding from the Sun, Sol, our home star and the giver of life to our little blue planet. You see ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing a very active Sun right now as the 11-year solar cycle approaches its activity peak, known to scientists […]
USDA proposal may cause a stir with school bake sales, fundraisers
During any given month my third grader anxiously comes home from school with a bright colored paper announcing a school fundraiser. It could be collecting a dollar to add a feather to a giant turkey benefiting the local social services office, or a reminder to collect and turn-in Box-Tops for Education. But the tried and true […]
Leaders have imagination
Part 7 in the 10-part series on Parents as Leaders Being an effective leader requires immense imagination. As leaders we must envision the person who is not yet there; the situation that has not arrived; the community that is to be formed. As leaders we must imagine the human potential, and this is no small […]