Ouch! If you purchased a batch of cookies at the Sis Sweets Cookies & Café in Leavenworth, KS recently beware, you might break a tooth. Proprietor Dawn “Sis” Monroe says she lost a $4,000 diamond that fell from her ring and it just might have wound up in her cookie dough.

‘Aggressive’ hurricane forecast for Gulf Coast Colorado State University researchers are calling this year’s hurricane season forecast “the most aggressive” ever, the Texas Standard reported. They say there is a 54% chance a hurricane will strike the Texas coast, and a 25% chance it will be major.

Dear Editor, I own a business next door to Tangles Salon in Seminole. I have been so impressed with their service. A large part of their clients are older people and they will walk them out to their cars arm in arm. As we get older sometimes we are limited by driving or walking or both. The owners and staff of Tangles Salon make it possible for older Americans and others to get some things done that give them joy and make them happy…probably even adds a little joy to their lives. It just takes a little extra time and care to give someone joy. More of us should go the extra mile or even just a few steps to put a smile on someone’s face.

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us” (2 Corinthians 4:7). At first glance, this verse is exciting— I remember when I first had revelation of what it meant to have “this treasure” within us.

Wyatt Oakley retired from the fire department in Odessa, then became fire chief in Stamford and retired from that position. Once when he was fishing he caught a beautiful bass and decided to mount it himself.

I’m a big fan of the Texas Almanac and get a copy every time a new edition comes out. I interviewed the editor of the publication years ago and was amazed at some of the things I learned, especially about a few Texas legends.

Have you ever wanted to give up on someone (or something)? I have. But I’m thankful God’s Word instructs us differently. For starters, God didn’t give up on me. In Luke 13:6-9, Jesus said it this way: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, “Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down! Why does it use up the ground?”

What are the odds? Loose your wallet in a swimming pool and it’s easy enough to recover; drop it in the sea and you can kiss it goodbye. Marcie Callawaert lives near Tofino, British Columbia a town off the coast of Vancouver Island where she lost her wallet some eight months ago.

Edith “Edie” Recagno Keenan Ceccarelli was born in the town of Willits, California and still lives there. She’s the oldest resident in Willits, a town with a population just shy of 5,000 residents.

Lt. Gov Dan Patrick joined with the world’s largest investment firm to pitch investors on building natural gas power plants in Texas at a summit held last week in Houston.