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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.

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I have not forgotten a very important part of the “football experience”—BAND and HALFTIME! More to come!

HUNTIN’ THE EASY WAY

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.

September 5, 2024

A clean slate is an interesting item to contemplate. Is it clean because it has never been used, or is it clean because it has recently been washed? And since chalkboards, i.e. “slates”, are really no longer used in classrooms, today’s students will probably never realize how satisfying it can be to wet clean a chalkboard instead of just erasing it, just like they will never know the chore of taking erasers outside and pounding them to remove all the chalk dust.

High school is an important period in students’ academic careers. High school curriculum tends to be more demanding than pre-secondary education. In addition, at this point in their academic careers, high school students may begin to ponder their future endeavors, including higher education. High school curriculum aims to prepare students for their future, which is why coursework tends to be more specialized, challenging and complex.

Trinity Valley Community College is offering students, staff, faculty, and community members the opportunity to understand the significant issues of human trafficking through a traveling exhibit called “Not Alone: Working Together in the Fight Against Human Trafficking.”

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

“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.

Yesterday, I was digging through boxes in the garage. The boxes were covered in dust. I found important things I didn’t even know I owned. A fondue pot, for instance.

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.