Shay Hill

I've never played golf before but I have been to a driving range and I have to say hitting that tiny little ball is not as easy as it looks. Then of course you come across some smart aleck who not only can hit the ball (professionally I might add) but can also do trick shots.

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The sad news of George Jones passing has affected so many in the music industry today. I too feel that sadness. I remember seeing him in concert when I was in college and I have my favorite George Jones songs. I hate that we are losing so many great artists but that's the circle of life. He will forever be remembered through his music. Here are a few of my favorites.

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My Sister's House Spring consignment sale is going on now in downtown Abilene. This is a chance for you to reduce, reuse and resell items you no longer need. My Sister's House consists of two consignment stores, one is The Closet the other is The Attic. Right now is the time to do that Spring cleaning and shopping.

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Update: April 25th 4:20pm
The Run or Dye 5k race has selected Big Brothers/Big Sisters as the Abilene partner to receive the funds from the race. If you haven't already signed up to participate in this event you can enter the code: RODBBBS10 when registering. Each code entered is a donation for BBBS and it also gets you a $10 discount on your run.

Update: April 2nd 9:26pm  The date and time have officially been set for the Run or Dye Abilene Event. August 17th at 9am. Registration is now open and you can enter to run as an individual or as a team (each team member must register individually though). I am now signed up and ready to go. See you at the starting line!

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The summer months are coming soon and the kids will be out of school. So what do you do with them? What can you do as a family? What can you the spouse do when the kids are away? My co-workers and I came up with a few suggestions for you

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We are coming up on 'wedding' season. June is the most popular month to get married in and I'm already seeing photos on Facebook of those planning their upcoming nuptials. I see a lot of people on Pinterest, as well, posting their favorite hair-do's, cakes, dresses, decorating ideas and more. I've even seen some beautiful pictures of places they would like to have the wedding; some are destinations others jus

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Carrie Underwood is probably on a lot of people's list of celebrities they would like to meet but she actually fulfilled one teenagers dream by seeing that her wish came true.

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I grew up watching M*A*S*H, as reruns, late nights after the news. At 10:30 the show would come on and for 30 minutes I laughed, cried, and learned that in hard times you had to have an outlet of some kind, courtesy of Maj. Sidney Freedman.

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The Zac Brown Band is back this year with their Southern Ground Music and Food Festival in Nashville, September 27-28th. They've brought a lot of friends along too; Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Eli Young Band and many more.

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It's time to start thinking about those summer parties and road trips and what what kind of music you're going to be blaring out of the speakers. Summertime usually means more upbeat, carefree music. I've put together a few songs here that I think make a good mix for your summer listening pleasure.

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Jared Marcum, an 8th grader in Logan, County West Virginia, has been expelled from school, arrested and is facing charges of disrupting an educational process and obstructing an officer. All of this from simply wearing a NRA t-shirt with a hunting rifle featured on it. However, he didn't violate any school policies by doing so.

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Updated: April 22,2013

The Abilene Zoo is once again planning their summer camps for kids. Classes for pre-schoolers (must be potty trained) are from 9a - 12p and are $75 for members/$85 for non-members. The classes for

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