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Fatalities Decline in State Highway Construction Areas

NOTE: I’m posting this press release from TxDOT because of all the construction workers we have in the downtown area right now.  TxDOT Promotes Safe Driving in Conjunction with National Work Zone Awareness Week– AUSTIN — In spite of a decrease in work zone crashes in Texas last year, 161 people still lost their lives and another […]

Howe PD investigates skimmers placed on local gas pumps

    By Mary Jane Farmer Skimmers found — Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman reported that, on January 24, police were called to a convenience store/gas station on U.S. 75 service road in reference to skimming devices having been found on three of its gas pumps. Skimming devices are defined online as “used by criminals […]

Learning by Doing: Hobby Ideas for Young People

Story by Julie Morris, Photos by Mary Jane Farmer Hobbies can help children in many ways. There are educational—mentally and physically—beneficial activities that build self-confidence and help kids establish a sense of identity. Parents have a unique opportunity to steer a child’s interests in healthy and constructive ways by helping them find a hobby they […]

Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination

C\             Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]

Photography is… No. 1-Immortality

First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most  is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]

Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster

Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]