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Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Each year in the middle of June, families honor the special men who help make the familial engine run. Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June in the United States and Canada, and families across both nations make the day all about dads.

The Hotel Tale Heart
The Hotel Tale Heart

The Hotel Tale Heart

“Of all melancholy topics, the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” Or, so said Edgar Allan Poe, who built an entire career on the back of the ill or deceased female persona. Yet, there is an undeniable lore surrounding unsettled, earthbound spirits of women from long ago times. Virtually every town has a lake where a woman dressed in white claws her way from the muck and gunk to roam dark roads in search of new victims. Even the smallest of small towns will tell a tale of a black widow whose husbands’ graves beg to speak. We poor women, accused of unspeakable acts, with souls that are, as far as legends would have us believe, chained to a netherworld where we cannot go back and certainly cannot go forward, must relive our worst moments, cyclically. Nowhere are these hauntings more prevalent, at least in their retellings and reimaginings, than The Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin. So, pull up a chair. I happen to know someone who spent two nights in the most haunted room inside of the most haunted hotel in the grand state of Texas. Me, someone is me. Insert hand raise emoji.

OUTDOORS

Brett Kilmer (left) and Casey Laughlin with Chums on the Water Guide Service show off a couple of hybrid stripers landed with Luke last week at Lake Tawakoni.

OUTDOORS

FISHING WITH “CHUMS ON THE WATER”

Beyond Milkweed: Creating a Migratory Oasis for Monarchs

While monarch butterflies rely on milkweed as a host plant for eggs and caterpillars, a variety of nectar-producing plants are needed to fuel their fall migration. (Laura McKenzie/ Texas A&M AgriLife)

Beyond Milkweed: Creating a Migratory Oasis for Monarchs

With the summer season ramping up, experts with Texas A&M AgriLife said now is the ideal time to create an oasis for monarch butterflies that will funnel through Texas during their annual fall migration to Mexico.

Summer Camp by the Numbers

Summer camp is a rite of passage for many children. Each year, campers of all ages head off to nearby recreation centers or travel to rural areas to claim their cabins and bunks. Here’s a deep look at some of the statistics surrounding summer camps.

Chayton Nichols of Crandall Named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at Mississippi College

Chayton Nichols of Crandall Named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at Mississippi College The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the dean’s list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average.

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