Body metabolizes caffeine slower as you age

Hello, dear readers, and welcome back to the monthly letters column. We're doing a double take as we look at the calendar, which says autumn has arrived. How did the summer fly by so fast? You've kept our mailboxes full, so we will dive right in.

Friend’s good actions are done for show

DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend is very performative when it comes to social causes, and it bothers me. I cannot tell how genuine her support is because it seems that everything she does is for show. There are no actions behind her words. I think she only supports certain movements (i.e. Black Lives Matter and preventing the enforcement of the Texas abortion law) as a trend. How do I approach her about this? –Performative Friend

(AP) – Now that schools are back in session, parents are mastering this year's new school vocabulary: Modified quarantine, antigen vs. PCR testing and the so-called Swiss cheese model for keeping classrooms safe, which has become the butt of a few jokes.

Helping hand

Ashley Young helps second-grader Tru Randall with his spelling lesson at Clinton’s Eastside Academy.

Here's a look at Friday's Headlines

- COVID-19 vaccines safe for pregnancy

- ‘Addams Family’ production by playhouse is to ‘die’ for

- Brandishing shotgun leads to arrest

- Two hurt in Washita Co. crash

- Clinton Red Tornadoes stat leaders

‘Addams Family’ production by playhouse is to ‘die’ for

“The Addams Family Musical” was brought back to life at the Southwest Playhouse in Clinton. For two gruesome weekends guests will have the privilege of witnessing a family like no other. Their love of torture, tradition and the color black are beyond this world. Sure, their family dynamics aren’t what society would call “normal,” but their hearts are in the right place, I think.

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