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The college transfer portal permits student athletes to place their name in an online database. This database is declaring their desire to transfer to another college. Student-athletes enter the portal by informing their current school of their desire to transfer.

The definition of ‘Host Family’ is a ‘normal’ family which opens its doors to experience a new culture and gives students a second home. Hosting is an extremely rewarding experience.

Have you noticed signs or blue pinwheels around the county informing the public about child abuse this month? That is because April is Child Abuse Awareness Month.

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Letter to the Editor Hi. My name is Kitten Struchen Murphy and I live 10 miles southwest of Canton off of Hwy.

I’m working in Nebraska right now, and I must say I’m identifying with Charles Ingalls (the beloved “father” character of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ fame. I do, in fact, live in a little yellow house on the Nebraska prairie, and I’m (temporarily) part of a community of about 350 folks.

Dr. Buck VanTrease is the Lead Veterinarian at Van Zandt Veterinary Hospital.

Sometimes when I am setting out in the woods hunting deer or hogs or fishing a backwoods creek for catfish or white bass, my mind backtracks though the years to sights I’ve seen in the outdoors, not necessarily events but sights that were so amazing that they are permanently engrained in my mind.

Fifty years ago, responding to public demand in an era of reform, Texas enacted a sweeping law ensuring the people’s right to know about their government.

Ever had the experience of wishing you were just…a little bit different you? Maybe a thousand or so various times in your life? Then in that respect, you are like a lot of people. Because that is a trait that most members of this twolegged species have in common.