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Look to the Light

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I’m great at highlighting the perfect and significant part of a day. But I’m far from having my act together on certain days. Sometimes, the actions of others impact my heart. And my reaction goes awry, and I can get things wrong, trying to take on the chore of fixing the situation when I’m not in charge of such things.

Protect your PII this National Data Privacy Day

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National Data Privacy Day is Saturday, January 28, and it’s the perfect time to take extra precautions to secure your personally identifiable information (PII). We all share large amounts of information when we use the internet. Our devices communicate with us – and with each other – for ease of shopping, banking, travel arrangements, and keeping in touch with friends. BBB reminds consumers to keep data safe from scams, fraud and identity theft.

Outdoors Briefs

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“Mr. Crappie” is headed to the 2023 Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame.

Commissioners address budget items

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In their first meeting of the new year, and the first of new County Judge Kent Cooper, the Titus County commissioners first discussed lowering the posted speed limit on County Road 1452 to 30 miles per hour. Commissioner Jeff Parchman spoke about how there are a lot of complaints on this road about drivers speeding since a lot of kids play outside and people walk along the road.

Unique items and tastes at Thrifting & CO.ffee

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Strong coffee, antique finds, and a warm open atmosphere, that is what you will find when you walk in the doors of one of Mount Pleasant’s newest businesses. Thrifting and CO.ffee is not only a wonderful stop for amazing coffee but it also has unique items to thrift. Genesis and Yoshlie (Bacon) Garcia came all the way from New Jersey. Both of them were radio broadcasters in New York for Spanish stations and the husband was also a DJ. They loved being radio broadcasters because of the mystery behind their work. The mystery was that nobody knew what they looked like, but they could connect with people from different cultures and multiple different people.

Processing metal in sheets

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Editor’s Note: The facility at Priefert Manufacturing is large and complex and, we believe, of interest to our readers. We will be featuring various stories describing some of their processes over the course of the next several weeks.

Big entertainment coming to Whatley Center in February

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Texas Tenors on Friday, Feb. 3rd at 7:30 p.m. The Texas Tenors will wow the audience with their stellar vocals as they cover a variety of genres from classical to country and adult contemporary. They were voted Billboard Magazine’s #10 classical artist in the world in 2019 and remain one of the most successful touring groups in the history of America’s Got Talent. The Texas Tenors show is included in season ticket packages and the remaining seats are going fast, so get yours today. Seats are $30 for adults and $10 for students. The concert is sponsored by Kaye and J.T. Brison.