Texas has long been a football state. One of the most successful Texas football dynasties, the Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s, stems from three players for the University of Arkansas and their 1964 championship season: Jerry Jones, Barry Switzer, and Jimmy Johnson.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced via Twitter Saturday that he is now testing negative for COVID-19, four days after testing positive though asymptomatic.
I live in a small town of 5,500 people. I have watched covid cases rise and fall since Jan 2020. But today was my family’s day to get covid. After homeschooling my kids while going to college online at A&M Texarkana all throughout 2020 and 2021. The small town of Atlanta did so great the first 1st year of covid. However, 2021 was a different story. People stop caring about covid. Even though the hospital asks people to mask up and vaccinate. Or even stay at home. Atlanta continued to have events and gather without masks.
Growing up the youngest of six children in Queen City, Moria Collier White was blessed with more than just two Godly role models. Her youngest sibling was 12 when she was born, so she was everyone’s baby – sister Dezi Epps Berry included Moria in her senior portraits.
As life seems to run faster and faster these days, that reminds me to encourage you all to join us in the Rotary “Run for the Blue” on September 11, 7 a.m. to help buy equipment for our Atlanta Police Department. You can go to “Runsignup” to register or stop at Price’s Hardware and get an application from Curt Bates. In honor of our winners, local charities will receive a small check from Rotary…so everyone wins!
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