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Wed, 11/26/2025 - 5:00am
The Cass County Historical Commission will meet at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, 2025, in the courtroom of the historical downtown Cass County Courthouse.
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Duncan Thompson
Wed, 11/26/2025 - 5:00am
This week’s Cass County Pioneer Profile is another local athletic hero. Duncan W. Thompson was born February 19, 1929, in Atlanta, Texas. As co-captain of the Atlanta Rabbits, Thompson helped lead the 1945-46 team to a winning season. After graduating, Thompson went to play for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks but decided not to stay. Instead, he came home to Atlanta and briefly went to work for the road department. This too, did not last long. In 1950, Thompson was off to Tyler Junior College to play for the Apaches.
A renewed focus on memory
Wed, 11/26/2025 - 5:00am
If you want to see pure cognitive magic in action, walk into any Texas band hall the week before a UIL competition. You’ll find teenagers, yes, the same ones who “can’t remember” where they left their Chromebook, effortlessly recalling entire sheets of music, from crescendos to cut-offs, all stored neatly in their minds like a personal Spotify playlist. Or stroll by a theater rehearsal and watch students deliver pages of dialogue without even glancing at a script. Better yet, sit in on a football huddle and listen as athletes call out plays, reads, formations, and responsibilities, all from memory and all under pressure.