Lifestyle

Warm weather beckons people outdoors to enjoy days at the beach, bike rides in the park or hours in the pool.

“Just like children imitate their parents, Jesus imitated His Father,” says Holly, 12. “We are the children of God. We can be loving, patient, caring and compassionate and have the love of God in our hearts.”

The month of June has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in June 1924.

Each year, the third Sunday in June is a time to pay homage to fathers and the millions of other men who have stepped into the role of father. While it may seem as though Father’s Day has been around forever, it didn’t become a nationally recognized holiday in the United States until 1972, when President Richard Nixon signed Joint Resolution 187 into law.

Father’s Day presents an opportunity for people to honor the special men in their lives. These include not only dads, but father figures and other influential men who offer care and guidance to the people they love.

Grilling is a convenient way to impart flavor on various foods and enjoy some fresh air and sunshine along the way. Many people work hard to hone their grilling skills, including many of the individuals on Father’s Day shopping lists. Grilling is an opportunity for dads to flex their culinary muscles and deliver plenty of flamelicked foods.

Each year in the middle of June, families honor the special men who help make the familial engine run. Father’s Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June in the United States and Canada, and families across both nations make the day all about dads.

Three Texas students were recently honored with awards in Wildlife Forever’s National Fish Art Contest.

What does grass do for you? Plenty. The TurfMutt Foundation, which is celebrating 15 years of advocating for the care and use of yards, parks and other green spaces, shares that there are many ways grass lawns benefit people, pets and the planet, from being an environmental superhero to providing a safe place for kids and pets to play.

“Of all melancholy topics, the death of a beautiful woman is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.” Or, so said Edgar Allan Poe, who built an entire career on the back of the ill or deceased female persona. Yet, there is an undeniable lore surrounding unsettled, earthbound spirits of women from long ago times. Virtually every town has a lake where a woman dressed in white claws her way from the muck and gunk to roam dark roads in search of new victims. Even the smallest of small towns will tell a tale of a black widow whose husbands’ graves beg to speak. We poor women, accused of unspeakable acts, with souls that are, as far as legends would have us believe, chained to a netherworld where we cannot go back and certainly cannot go forward, must relive our worst moments, cyclically. Nowhere are these hauntings more prevalent, at least in their retellings and reimaginings, than The Driskill Hotel in downtown Austin. So, pull up a chair. I happen to know someone who spent two nights in the most haunted room inside of the most haunted hotel in the grand state of Texas. Me, someone is me. Insert hand raise emoji.

Music has always been a special part of Abigail Vives’ life, and at Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC), she is one step closer to achieving her goal of becoming a vocal instructor.

FISHING WITH “CHUMS ON THE WATER”

Trinity Valley Community College (TVCC) graduate Sam Pollock is using his musical talents to educate and entertain the community.