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“There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.” – Charles Dickens, “A Christmas Carol.”

Wild cooking returns to Herff Farm with the Cibolo on July 30!

“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”

If you happen to visit a high-traffic area in one of the state’s larger cities, you might come across some folks wearing sandwich boards, such as one sees during tax season or mattress sales. The Texas Department of Transportation has adopted this marketing device to promote its “Be Safe. Drive Smart” pedestrian safety campaign this month.

Q: My divorce was finalized recently. But over the past few weeks, I’ve become concerned about how this family breakup is impacting our preschooler. I wonder if maybe we could have made a better go of it. Should I consider remarrying my ex-spouse for the sake of our child?

A routine day of fishing turned out to be not so routine when an 8-year-old Boerne boy caught a whopper of a memory that will last a lifetime.

Savanna Koke of Boerne was named to the University of Mississippi’s spring 2022 Honor Roll. Koke, majoring in allied health studies, was named to the Dean’s Honor Roll, which is reserved for students who earn a semester GPA of 3.50-3.74.

John F. Kennedy once said, “Change is the law of life, and those who look only to the past and present are certain to miss the future.”

Our Republican candidate was on the campaign trail. He stopped at a family-owned diner. It was a busy time, every seat occupied.

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

Risk is a normal part of investing. If you didn’t take on any risk, you wouldn’t have the potential to achieve higher returns. But how much risk should you accept?