Palestine High School’s Class of 1999 will celebrate its 10th Class Reunion on Aug. 8.
A swim party for the entire family will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 8 at Meadowbrook Country Club.
At 8 p.m., the classmates and their significant others (no children) are invited back to the country club for an open bar (cash bar only) with hors d’oeuvres. Cocktail attire is requested.

According to the Trauma Registry at Palestine Regional Medical Center in 2008, 86 percent of all admissions or transfers of patients 60 years old and older were caused by falls.
In patients 75 years and older that percentage increases to 91 percent! The causes for all of these falls range from slipping or tripping on an item to losing their balance. Even older people who appear to be strong and well can fall. Whatever the cause may be, most of them are preventable!

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm legal.
On Tuesday I turned one of, if not the most anticipated age for anybody growing up.
21.
Aside from maybe 13 (woohoo I'm a teenager), 21 is the age when pretty much everything becomes available to you. I can now go to restaurants and order a beer, I can gain access to many of the smaller venues here in Austin, and I can just generally be a cooler person. The only thing I can't do is rent a car. Seriously though, 25? Who came up with that idea?

About seven months ago I wrote a column about an insidious plan afoot in the Environmental Protection Agency.
I wrote a story and followed it with an opinion piece about the EPA classifying greenhouse gas emissions as an endangerment to public health. Now, it looks to be getting closer to becoming real — another example of government overreach into the lives of everyday Americans.

A local couple needs your help finding their missing dog.
On May 28, Kenneth and Mildred Brown carried their cat Hobo and dog Fuzz to a local veterinary office. Kenneth had received an emergency call that his mother was dying and they needed to get to San Diego, Calif. The vet clinic was going to keep the pets in their kennel during the trip.
Brown’s mother was still in stable condition when they returned to their Palestine home on the night of June 6. Unfortunately, Fuzz had escaped some time during the night before they arrived at the clinic the next morning.

We have written about the value in Palestine's historic properties before, but the May 25, 2009 issue of The Week featured Victorian era houses similar to those in Palestine that are for sale in various parts of the country. The weekly article features houses that are for sale around the country and always has a “Steal of the Week” feature. The issue's Steal of the Week is a five bedroom, 2-1/2 story 1890 Queen Anne in Stamford, NY near the Catskill Mountains for $289,900, which would be a good buy, particularly in New York.

Over the past few month, the employees BARC, The Humane Society have been accused by many people as being killers and murderers. We understand that our customers are raw with emotion when surrendering animals to the shelter. We (the staff) try to be gentle yet truthful with each person. However, the shelter staff is not at fault for the immense pet overpopulation problem Anderson County is facing. The overpopulation is a result of pet owners failing to spay or neuter.
With this being said, here is the Shelter Workers Creed:

I think I'm going to see a psychic. Maybe I'll learn that I was a friend of Jesus in a past life.
Let me clarify what set this plan in motion. I recently finished “Travels,” an essay collection by late author Michael Crichton, of Jurassic Park fame. Like the title implies, many of the chapters are about the author’s visits to exotic locales around the world, from living with indigenous tribes in New Guinea to climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Now that summer is here, we have many blessings to be thankful for and we have a few issues we need to be keeping up with. The following is just a few of the many phone calls we are receiving.