Lifestyle

Summer Camp by the Numbers

Summer camp is a rite of passage for many children. Each year, campers of all ages head off to nearby recreation centers or travel to rural areas to claim their cabins and bunks. Here’s a deep look at some of the statistics surrounding summer camps.

Chayton Nichols of Crandall Named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at Mississippi College

Chayton Nichols of Crandall Named to the Spring 2024 Dean’s List at Mississippi College The Mississippi College Office of Academic Affairs releases the dean’s list after the close of fall and spring semesters each academic year. To be eligible for the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a 3.5 grade point average, based on a 4.0 system. The student must take a full course load of at least 12 semester hours of undergraduate credit with all academic courses impacting their grade point average.

What’s a Good Heart Rate for Your Age?

A resting heart rate can be a good indicator of health. According to the Mayo Clinic, generally speaking, a lower heart rate at rest implies more efficient heart function and better cardiovascular fitness. Athletes tend to have lower normal resting heart rates than nonathletes. Conversely, an unusually high resting heart rate may signify an increased risk of heart disease or another medical condition, advises Harvard Health.

Time to Plan – and Plant – for the Upcoming Heat of Summer

Texas Superstar mystic spires blue salvia will bloom all summer with the proper care. (Texas Superstar)

Time to Plan – and Plant – for the Upcoming Heat of Summer

Gardeners who want to enjoy their own okra should plant them now. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Time to Plan – and Plant – for the Upcoming Heat of Summer

Make sure to keep an eye on early-maturing peaches and berries so you can pick them before birds get to them. (Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Time to Plan – and Plant – for the Upcoming Heat of Summer

The official start of summer is near and now is the time to ensure your garden is ready before those skyhigh Texas temperatures arrive.

The Art of the Worry
The Art of the Worry

By Dina Moon

The Art of the Worry

It’s challenging, this writing a column thing. Every week, I score through the world’s most ineffective search engine, aka my brain, to make sure I haven’t written the same thing before, used an identical title, or referenced the same movie quotes. See, I started this column over 6 years ago on a 2010 Dell that crashed 4 years later. I moved to a well-loved Mac my husband procured from a gentleman who resells the contents of foreclosed storage units. That one gave me 2 amazing years. Next, I volleyed onto my iPad/wireless keyboard setup. That one proved to be more than my feeble, cloudless brain could comprehend. Now, I sit before you on a new MacBook Air with only a wonk-wonk-wooooonk level M1 thingamabobber. I don’t know what that means, but it was affordable, and the letters appear on the screen when the pads of my fingers touch the keys. What more can you ask for? Yet, all this “error message/did it send or not send/what do you mean the file is corrupt/ populates in weird characters instead of letters” life had one profound effect on me. It filled me with worry. And, like the song Simon & Garfunkel never recorded, Hello Worry My Old Friend is the background score of the film of my life.

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