LIBRARY LINES ... BY GAYE REILY

If stories about cowboys (not the professional football team) and the American West intrigue you, it would behoove you to check out the book sale here at Rhoads Memorial Library.

Pet Talk

Just like with people, when pets experience chronic stress it can raise cortisol levels, heart rate, and blood pressure; weaken the immune system; and even cause fluctuations in weight — all of which increase a pet’s risk of becoming ill.

Pet Talk

World Rabies Day is typically held in September, and it is a global effort to raise awareness in support of animal and human rabies prevention.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRAND Enjoy the following bloopers from church bulletins ...For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery down stairs.

Abbott’s Tax Plan Promises Relief — But Puts Rural Texas on the Chopping Block

Last month, Governor Greg Abbott unveiled what he calls a “bold” plan: eliminate school district property taxes on homesteads and replace roughly $35 to $39 billion in local school funding with the state’s current budget surplus and other state revenues.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Golfer’s Funeral: At a gravesite service for an avid golfer, attendees dropped golf balls into the grave instead of flowers. An 8-year-old boy, after watching this, loudly said, “Mom, it’s a good thing your friend wasn’t a bowler”.

LIBRARY LINES ... BY GAYE REILY

The year 2026 has arrived, and here at Rhoads Memorial Library, we are eager to greet you in person when we re-open next Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at 9 a.m. In the meantime, though, we want to clean out the files before we bid adieu to to 2025.

Pet Talk

Texas A&M AgriLife, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences share tips to prepare for freezing temperatures Freezing temperatures eventually reach every corner of Texas, due to the state’s famously unpredictable winter weather.

Worry

“Worry is worshipping the problem” ~Tobymac.I saw this on one of those inspirational social media quotes. It made me sneer.I don’t know who Tobymac is, but I can just picture him. Some coffeehouse philosopher wearing a black turtleneck sweater under a tweed jacket with elbow patches.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRANDFunny Dad PunsIf I ever find the doctor who screwed up my limb replacement surgery…I’ll kill him with my bear hands.Did you know that the first french fries weren’t cooked in France? They were cooked in Greece.