Cutting hair at home saves money says veteran barber
The feature profiles former barber Bob Bent who promotes cutting family hair as a cost saver. He cites the rise of home styling, offers tips for first cuts, choosing tools, and keeping children calm, and references his books How To Cut Your Own or Anybody Else's Hair and How To Cut Your Children's Hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bent
Davidson College
North Carolina
Bent
New York
Pawtucket
R.L
Greenwich Village
Fall color ideas for landscape planting across Texas regions
A Texas Extension Service horticulturist highlights prime species for vivid fall foliage and attractive fruit or bark. The guide lists trees like sweet gum, maple, Shumard oak, and Chinese pistachio, plus shrubs such as viburnums and nandina, plus berry bearing plants and edible fruit trees, with tips on collection and site adaptation.
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College Station
Everett Janne
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Extension Service
Janne
Work break can lessen stress
A nurse laboring in occupational health cites personal habits and workplace practices as key stress drivers. The piece notes breaks, meals, and realistic access to supervisors as factors, plus strategies to reduce stress through organization, assertiveness, and balanced home routines.
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New York
Dawn D. Kinsler
Texas Commerce Bank
Houston
Ms. Kinsler
Occupational Health Nursing
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Weekend Car Trips Guide for Families
Plan ahead for short weekend getaways within your state. Map destinations lodging restaurants and sites to pack efficiently. Travel light use interchangeable clothing pack accessories and a few essentials like an umbrella sweaters and walking shoes. Include stain remover toiletries travel basket snacks tissues and small toys for kids.
Sweet Pepper Corn Relish and Other Old Fashioned Recipes
A nostalgic note shares a tested Sweet Pepper Corn Relish recipe with step by step directions and processing tips, plus a chili beef prep and a Peach ice dessert. It cites USDA guidelines on safe canning and urges following reliable instructions. The piece preserves era language and includes measurements, canning steps, and serving yields.
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Cecily
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S.D.A
C.B
Newborns at Home and Hospital Births in Houston and Athens
Wendy Eugenia Bogues arrived August 31 in a Houston hospital weighing 8 pounds. She joins brother Brian, age 3, with grandparents Laura Bogue Eugene Craze. Paul Don Dodd was born September 4 1977 weighing 9 pounds 3 ounces at 3 24 am. Melvin Dodd is the father. Carla Shearer notes adults average 90 heartbeats per minute.
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David Bogue
Houston
Gladettes
Wendy Eugenia
Bogues
Brian
Laura Bogue
City
Eugene Craze
Athens
Paul Don Dodd
Melvin Dodd
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Stony Brook
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Debby Johnson
Texas A&m University System
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N. Main
Gladewater
Ardis R. Mitchell
Letha Dawn
Johnny Lee Armstrong
George Armstrong
Hawkins
Faith Baptist Church
Gilmer
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Armstrong
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Stella
Gladewater's
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Strate Bank
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