With the Arapaho-Butler High School basketball seasons in the books, one team potentially returns the whole squad, while the other will be filling key holes next year.
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(AP) –Aaron Judge is trading pinstripes for a plain jersey with red, white and blue letters.
With the Arapaho-Butler High School basketball seasons in the books, one team potentially returns the whole squad, while the other will be filling key holes next year.
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Dear Doctors: I read your column about dry mouth. One of the recommendations was to use gum or candy that has been sweetened with xylitol.
For many years in the 1970s, 1980s and into the 1990s, discussions of the use of U.S. military force suffered from an effect known as Vietnam Syndrome. Many Americans simply could not consider any proposed U.S. military action without seeing visions of a Vietnam-style quagmire in which American troops would be stuck for decades in a costly war without victory.
Obituaries
Funeral services for Alfred Cuellar Reyes, Jr., 93 year-old Thomas resident, will be held Thursday, March 5, 2026, 11:00 A.M. in The Chapel of Lockstone Funeral Home of Weatherford. Burial will follow in Mound Valley Cemetery under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home of Weatherford. Alfred was born February 26, 1933, in Santa Maria, Texas, to Alfredo Cuellar Reyes, Sr. and Beatriz (Reyes) Reyes and passed away Sunday, March 1, 2026, at home in Thomas. Alfred was raised and attended school in Texas. While in Texas, they picked cotton all the way to Mississippi until moving to Wichita, Kansas when Alfred was about 12 years old. He began working in horticulture early in life with his dad and later worked in construction. Alfred moved to Thomas in 1977 and started working in the oil field, briefly working in construction before his main job at Thomas schools in maintenance. Alfred met and married Alta Fern Black Owl, and they had seven children. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Clinton.
Ricky Kent Salmon, age 63, Clinton resident, was born October 4, 1962, in Hugo to Bob and Betty (Mott) Salmon, and passed away in the early morning hours of Monday, March 2, 2026, at his home.