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This past Saturday, the Forney HS Drumline traveled to Bedford, TX to compete in the HEB (Hurst-Euless-Bedford) Drumline Contest for the 14th time.

It can be disconcerting to new dog owners when they discover their pooches whimpering, shaking or seemingly crying in their sleep.

Season-to-season factors continue to keep Texas pecan production from reaching previous yield benchmarks, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert.

DEER HUNTING THEN AND NOW

Proposition A will be on the November ballot, and Crandall ISD Superintendent Dr. AJ Murry will be in your community soon to explain it.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled” (Matthew 5:6).

People turn to many different exercises and pieces of fitness equipment to get in shape and lose weight. What they may not realize is that one of the most effective health strategies requires no additional gear except a quality pair of athletic shoes. Walking is one of the easiest and most accessible activities that can improve overall health. In fact, walking is now being touted as 'the closest thing we have to a wonder drug,' according to Dr. Thomas Frieden, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Indeed, walking offers a host of benefits, including:

“A quiet mind makes way for the soul to speak.” (Me) The mind is an abundant entity - spewing, spawning, spilling, speaking, squeaking, splaying, spraying, saying, replaying, spouting, sprouting, shouting, re-routing, doubting and outing our thoughts, often in ways that seem beyond our control.

Neighborhood Credit Union, a not-for-profit financial organization and the oldest credit union in the DFW metroplex, is merging Rely-On Credit Union into its operations. Effective September 1, RelyOn’s 8,000 members joined Neighborhood Credit Union’s 61,000 members. The merger is estimated to increase Neighborhood Credit Union’s assets to nearly $1.2 billion, and with the addition of RelyOn’s two branches in Forney and Kaufman, Neighborhood Credit Union now offers 17 banking locations throughout North Texas, including its recently opened Sherman branch.

I loathe self-help books. Yet, I have twice as many of those on my shelves as I do novels. See me, setting off on a journey that will surely lead to success. All I need is someone else’s research, someone else’s method, and someone else’s directions. Basically, I just need to be someone else. Lord knows, I’ve tried. In fact, I’ve attempted to reinvent myself more times than Madonna Louise Ciccone has put filler in her face. That’s a lot of reinvention, my friends.

In Crandall ISD, a remarkable new tradition is emerging with the formation of the Pirate PRIDE Cheer Team, where PRIDE stands for Pirates. Respect. Inclusion. Disabilities. Everyone matters in CISD. This team, which celebrates students of all abilities, is breaking barriers and creating a community centered on inclusion and pride.

According to Worldwide Cancer Research, an organization that helps to supply funding to pioneering cancer research, blood cancers are the fifth most common types of cancers across the globe. The American Society of Hematology notes that blood cancers affect the production and function of blood cells. When a person is diagnosed with blood cancer, oftentimes his or her normal blood cell development process is interrupted by the uncontrolled growth of an abnormal type of blood cell. The ASH reports that leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are the three main types of blood cancers. Leukemia is marked by the rapid production of abnormal white blood cells. Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell that fights infection. Lymphoma occurs when abnormal lymphocytes become lymphoma cells and multiply in the lymph nodes and other tissues. Over time, lymphoma cells impair the immune system, making individuals vulnerable to infections and other adverse health outcomes. Myeloma is a cancer of the plasma cells, which the ASH notes are typically responsible for producing disease- and infection-fighting antibodies. Myeloma prevents the normal production of those antibodies, leaving patients vulnerable to infection.

Many things can affect a student’s academic performance. The atmosphere in a classroom, life outside of school and interest in the material are just some of the variables that can affect how well students perform. But another variable that’s sometimes hard to identify also affects the performance of millions of students each year.