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Job Title GENERAL LABOR / HELPER workintexas.com Posting ID

3623024

Location Van Alstyne

Posting Close Date 12/02/2018

Posting Link http://bit ly/2JNwEkV

Description A local company is looking for a GENERAL LABOR / HELPER who will be assisting with concrete cutting and clean up Must have clean driving record and background as well the ability to travel overnight. Depending on worksite may be out of town from 1 night to 2 months

This position requires a High School diploma or equivalent.

Job Title REGIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM PLANNER workintexas com Posting ID

8686666

Location Sherman

Posting Close Date 12/02/2018

Posting Link http://bit ly/2yXECUA

Description A local company is looking for a REGIONAL SERVICES PROGRAM

PLANNER Duties include planning, organizing, and implementing fiscal and program operations in accordance with local, state and federal laws and regulations

This position requires a Bachelor's Degree, and a minimum of 2 years of related experience

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Veterans gather for breakfast at the annual Howe church of Christ Veterans Breakfast Submitted photo

The Howe church of Christ congregation was happy to enjoy breakfast with local veterans (many with their wives in attendance) on Saturday, November 3, 2018, to express their appreciation for their service and sacrifice for our nation

A few veterans called in advance to let the church know that they were honored by the invitation, but since Nov 3 marks the beginning of the season, they would be eating breakfast on the deer lease

While some were unable to attend, the church was pleased to have 27 veterans in attendance. This year's gathering was well aware of the absence of L B Kirby who passed on Monday, October 29, 2018, but on the brighter side, they were happy to have Howe Police Chief Carl Hudman and his wife Brandy in attendance

The morning was highlighted with great food and spirited discussion by those attending

Is renter’s insurance worth it?

Hi Taylor - I’m planning to buy a house soon but not sure exactly when it’ll happen In the meantime, is renters insurance worth it? Any tips on what I should look for?

Hey Skylar - If you live in a building, you should have some type of insurance protecting your possessions and peace of mind Renters insurance is fairly inexpensive and the alternative - losing precious, valuable items - can cost a whole lot As far as what to look for, here are three factors to think about

1 Coverage type You’ll have to choose between actual cash value and replacement value, and this can significantly affect the cost of your policy If keeping the cost low is your top priority, go with cash value and you’ll get reimbursed for lost items with depreciation and usage factored in Your TVs and couches won’t get you as much as what you paid for them, but you’ll definitely get something If you pay a little more on your premium and go with replacement value, your possessions get replaced with new items at an equivalent market price The choice depends on what you own and what’s available in your budget. I’d probably tend toward cash value to avoid paying too much each month, but you have to think about what matters to you and the risks you might be susceptible to.

2 Option to bundle I already have car insur the horn with your cu insurance agent and s can offer Insurers lov for existing clients an usually get decent cov nominal cost Start wi current auto or life ins provider and then see companies have to of probably the best place to start, even if it isn’t the final solution

3 Know what’s covered Renters insurance can leave people in the lurch when they don’t read the fine print If you live in Houston and your insurance won’t cover damage from flooding, that’s a big hole in your plan In some cases you have to buy separate policies for specific natural disasters, so you can’t just assume your policy covers against weather patterns and events common to your area You might have to pay more or find a company with a more inclusive policy It would be nice if insurance was more straightforward, but it’s unfortunately up to you to do the work and find the right coverage

You never know when you’ll need it, and that means you need to be covered at all times Change your policy once you finally buy a house and take advantage of renters insurance now Good luck, Skylar!

Taylor Kovar - Family Man. Wealth Manager. Author. Speaker Serial Entrepreneur Travel Lover Chick-Fil-A Fanatic Kovar is the CEO and founder of Kovar Capital Management LLC of Lufkin, Texas.

Living with children

For the record, I believe in the concept of public (aka, taxpayerfunded, government, “free”) schools. I attended public schools and obtained an excellent education that challenged my intellect and imparted a broad understanding of the world and my place in it. I am forever grateful to my teachers Some were more likeable than others, but they were all dedicated to their craft and mission

I began having misgivings concerning public education during my kids’ school years The schools they attended were less than challenging and often driven, it seemed, by educational fad (e g , outcome-based education, open classrooms, new math) In addition, parents and teachers – the latter, mostly – were beginning to tell me stories of classroom discipline debacles of a sort that I never saw or even heard of when I was a student Since then – over the past forty years, that is – the discipline problems teachers are expected to deal with have only gotten worse, by much

The further problem is that over that same time, teachers have been slowly but surely stripped of permission to punish According to educational and psychological ideologues, punishment is demeaning, lowers self-esteem, leads invariably to resentment, and other things it is and does not Research done by social scientists who possess an abundance of objectivity – increasingly hard to find – contradicts all the politicallycorrect propaganda pertaining to punishment

In a nutshell, the best research finds that mild-to-moderate punishment works far better than any alternative (rewarding, ignoring, talking) at correcting misbehavior; that the most obedient kids are also the happiest; and that the highest student achievement is associated with teachers who employ moderate criticism and create teacher-centric classrooms.

Characteristic of an ideology-driven institution is a blind eye to facts that do not affirm the ideology in question Concerning America’s public education system, that description seems to fit Consider the following statement from a teacher, who echoes the complaint of nearly every public-school teacher to whom I’ve spoken of late:

“We are told we need to ‘understand their behavior’ and use ‘restorative justice’ to help a student through a bad behavior episode NO consequence should be given for the behavior because it is a ‘teaching moment ’ How do we get the education system to realize that coddling kids is not the answer?”

First, the attempt to “understand” the circumstances and motives surrounding a child’s misbehavior is a form of enabling in which an adult helps a child construct a justification of one sort or another for an offense The assignment of blame must be avoided at all cost because, theoretically, the perpetrator is as much a victim as the actual victim He’s wrestling with “issues,” supposedly Restorative justice – offendervictim reconciliation – is the logical outgrowth of that counterproductive process Mind you, restorative justice is the default approach even when the victim is a teacher In the Brave New World of the American public school, teachers and students are equals and students rate their teachers based largely on how well they succeed at being liked Eventually, ideologies run out of new ideas and begin recycling old ones under new nomenclature, and so it is with this supposedly cutting-edge approach to school discipline: it is nothing more than a new spin on the “I’m okay, you’re okay” silliness that took America by storm in the late 1960s Combine restorative justice with academic relativism –there being several equally correct ways to spell “alphabet,” for example (red ink lowers selfesteem, doncha know?) – and the inevitable result is ever-increasing classroom (and intellectual) anarchy

This explains why so many people who were once very good teachers are now working in the private sector, where the meritocracy and common sense continue to prevail, albeit hanging on for dear life.

Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond com, parentguru com

John Rosemond has worked with families, children, and parents since 1971 in the field of family psychology In 1971, John earned his masters in psychology from Western Illinois University and was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society