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ACTS 10:11-13 "Peter saw Heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it were a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth. 12: Wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Does this sound familiar? You find a forgotten container of leftovers in the back of the fridge. You stick your face in it and inhale deeply. It smells fine, so is it safe to eat? September is National Food Safety Education Month and the Texas AgriLife Extension Service is joining with the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) to introduce consumers to "Food Safety Mythbusters." Storing leftovers is the basis for one of this year’s four featured myths.

AWANA’s and TREK will begin at the Baptist Church on Wednesday, September 8 at 6:00 p.m. The children will be registering. All parents are invited. We will be serving supper. Carl Adams, son-in-law of Jackie and Charlene Brister is ill...please add him to your prayer list. Mark your calendars for Friday night, September 24 at 7:00 p.m.

It was in Chile that a mine caved in August 6. We are aware of this kind of thing happening in our country and most of the time the end result is not good. They tried to find out if any of the men were still alive. They drilled—very carefully, down into the mountain where the men were.

25 Years Ago - September 5, 1985 Sonny Gage brought Native Pecans, the first of the season, by the News office last Thursday. The pecans came from a tree at the Gage residence in San Saba. The mandatory seatbelt law went into effect Sunday, September 1. Fines supporting the law will not begin until December 1.

We have had no rain in the past few weeks but we are enjoying the cooler temperatures. There is rain in the forecast for Friday, just in time for the football game. The Richland Springs Coyotes squeaked by with a very narrow win of 58-56 over Milford last Saturday night in the Zephyr Classic.

The Long Song, a novel, Andrea Levy Told in the irresistibly willful and intimate voice of Miss July, with some editorial assistance from her son, Thomas. The Long Song is at once defiant, funny and shocking. The child of a field slave on the Amity sugar plantation in Jamaica, July lives with her mother until Mrs.

It was a little girl''s first day at school, and the teacher asked her, "What's your father's name?" "Daddy", she answered. "Yes, of course," smiled the teacher, "but by what name does your mother call him?" "She doesn't call him any names," explained the girl. "We love each other in our house." Happy is the home where the speech registers sweetness, where the actions reveal affection.

No rain this past week, but later on this week they (the weather men) promise some scattered showers which will be better than nothing. In west Texas you didn’t want it to rain because the dove would have plenty of places to get water other than around the water tanks which were always the best place to shoot the dove in West Texas.