2012-02-10T07:17:43-06:00 urn:uuid:753c5d13-e2a2-46b0-8da9-8edec092f04f urn:uuid:d750d9b7-07b0-4301-999d-eadf4a10c342 2012-02-09T08:37:59-06:00

<p> I come from a family of fishing maniacs. At every opportunity during my growing up years, we headed onto the lake in our little boat.</p>

urn:uuid:67855ee4-dbb9-4a49-97c9-f37c66d73bb8 2012-02-06T08:22:07-06:00

<p> IRS-certified community volunteers will be providing free income tax help at the Mineral Wells Senior Center, 102 N.W. 6th Ave., every Thursday through April 17 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.</p>

urn:uuid:cb19940d-e7d5-40d7-912c-b7c3987734e2 2012-02-02T08:39:09-06:00

<p> Wow. That about sums it up.</p>

urn:uuid:6cec5e09-06b3-40e3-885c-f9d361951340 2012-01-26T08:28:32-06:00

<p> A mop and bucket? Seriously?</p>

urn:uuid:561f0b13-9052-4503-ab80-1fdb5a2a9b37 2012-01-19T08:43:01-06:00

<p> When I started my new job as Mineral Wells Senior Center director, I suggested to my parents&#160; they might like to visit the center now and then.</p>

urn:uuid:af09d1e9-3ae5-4f05-92eb-a5aa3a6ed9fa 2012-01-12T08:52:24-06:00

<p> At our last family get-together, the older of our five grandsons headed outside for a round of kickball.</p>

urn:uuid:a79d9abd-29bd-47dc-8404-fd9d1e5a3d73 2012-01-05T08:26:59-06:00

<p> A family of seven can generate lots of dirty laundry.</p>

urn:uuid:c0611308-db52-46e6-9c03-84a6bfed6531 2011-12-29T08:35:27-06:00

<p> On Christmas morning, my son and his wife were wakened at 5 a.m. by a stealthy patter of small feet down the hall.</p>

urn:uuid:b7f84078-3fb6-4905-9010-8838eab48b4f 2011-12-29T08:34:23-06:00

<p> Mineral Wells Senior Center participants with December birthdays were honored at the monthly party that took place on Dec. 16.</p>

urn:uuid:218b8bad-4c85-461f-b1a6-d7c4fafe6a9f 2011-12-22T08:38:59-06:00

<p> I&#8217;m almost five years older than my brother, so he was still a teenager when I married and started my family.</p>