By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Make the pain go away. If I could get just one more high - just one more - then the hurt will stop. Numb to everyone and everything, I can survive. It'll be OK.
That's the thought process of an addict.
'I know - I've been there,' said Amanda Moore of Temple. The 25-year-old is recovering from a four-year addiction to crystal meth.
'It controls your life,' she said. 'Your every thought is about how to get that next high.'
The 'it' that produces the desired high varies from person to person. For Miss Moore, 'it' was methamphetamine.
But for someone else, 'it' is food. For another, 'it' is sex.
The 'it' list knows no end. 'It' can be nicotine or crack cocaine. 'It' can be exercising, shopping, fighting, hoarding or manipulating. 'It' can be anything.
But 'it' doesn't have to win.
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Saturday, February 10, 2007
God found on death row: Unique events lead musician to life of ministry
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
A convicted killer introduced him to God.
'She radiated the presence of God,' said Terry Strom, 46, of Temple about Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman in Texas to be executed.
'Meeting her was a life-changing experience. That was the first time I knew there was a God.'
Telegram Staff Writer
A convicted killer introduced him to God.
'She radiated the presence of God,' said Terry Strom, 46, of Temple about Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman in Texas to be executed.
'Meeting her was a life-changing experience. That was the first time I knew there was a God.'
Rank amateurs take aim at everyone
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
The opinions expressed Friday night at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple were not necessarily those of the people who said them.
The pun on the common disclaimer opened the 30th annual Rank Amateur Night. The two-hour parade of satirical jokes and mini-musicals ridiculed last year's most memorable news stories.
Telegram Staff Writer
The opinions expressed Friday night at the Cultural Activities Center in Temple were not necessarily those of the people who said them.
The pun on the common disclaimer opened the 30th annual Rank Amateur Night. The two-hour parade of satirical jokes and mini-musicals ridiculed last year's most memorable news stories.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
Family stirs up love for foster children
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
She's 6 years old, and Monday was a big day for her.
It was the first time ever for her to go the whole day at school and not get a timeout.
It was a big deal, well worth the congratulatory cake and turkey dinner prepared in her honor.
Her mommy didn't bake her that cake. Her daddy didn't cook the turkey.
Donna Merrill did. She and her husband Kenneth are foster parents.
'We were so proud of her,' Mrs. Merrill said. 'She's been working at it, and we didn't want it to go unnoticed.'
Telegram Staff Writer
She's 6 years old, and Monday was a big day for her.
It was the first time ever for her to go the whole day at school and not get a timeout.
It was a big deal, well worth the congratulatory cake and turkey dinner prepared in her honor.
Her mommy didn't bake her that cake. Her daddy didn't cook the turkey.
Donna Merrill did. She and her husband Kenneth are foster parents.
'We were so proud of her,' Mrs. Merrill said. 'She's been working at it, and we didn't want it to go unnoticed.'
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Heart attack survivor talks fact
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
The heart attacks a woman differently than it attacks a man.
Though the end results are similar, both genders do not share common symptoms during a heart attack.
That's the message Carol Allred of Harker Heights shared Tuesday night, Jan. 23, with the Bell Chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
Mrs. Allred is a heart attack survivor.
'By the grace of God, I'm here,' Mrs. Allred said. 'There's a payback for that. Educating women is my payback.'
Telegram Staff Writer
The heart attacks a woman differently than it attacks a man.
Though the end results are similar, both genders do not share common symptoms during a heart attack.
That's the message Carol Allred of Harker Heights shared Tuesday night, Jan. 23, with the Bell Chapter of the American Business Women's Association.
Mrs. Allred is a heart attack survivor.
'By the grace of God, I'm here,' Mrs. Allred said. 'There's a payback for that. Educating women is my payback.'
Hispanic Leadership Council names new leader, new goals
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
The Temple Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Leadership Council (HLC) announced its strategic plan for 2007 as John Alaniz passed the gavel to Jodi Lane-Vazquez, incoming president.
'Our special project is to reduce teen pregnancy rates this year,' said Alaniz, the council's outgoing president, during the its Jan. 19 meeting.
'The Hispanic Leadership Council calls for abstinence in the youth of our community.'
This statement segued into the introduction of HLC's new partnership with the Scott and White Worth the Wait Program.
Telegram Staff Writer
The Temple Chamber of Commerce Hispanic Leadership Council (HLC) announced its strategic plan for 2007 as John Alaniz passed the gavel to Jodi Lane-Vazquez, incoming president.
'Our special project is to reduce teen pregnancy rates this year,' said Alaniz, the council's outgoing president, during the its Jan. 19 meeting.
'The Hispanic Leadership Council calls for abstinence in the youth of our community.'
This statement segued into the introduction of HLC's new partnership with the Scott and White Worth the Wait Program.
Saturday, January 27, 2007
¿Comprende? Language program expands at FBC
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Computer.
Chalkboard.
Neighbor.
Simple. If you know the language like you know the back of your own hand.
But for people learning English, the components of these words are as abstract as algebra's x.
The u in computer sounds like you and ewe, the latter a female sheep, but nothing like the u in your uncle's perturbed public image consultant.
Chalkboard starts with a double-lettered sound of ch as in church. Its ch is quite different from the k-like ch in anchor. That ch steals the sound of k in ankle.
And neighbor's a word full of tricks. The word plagues some native English speakers well into the fifth-grade.
Its nei rhymes with a horse's whiny nay, and the not-so-ghostly gh may as well not be there for the lack of a detectable sound.
ESL at FBC
Obscure rules, true in one instance but not another, are the topics the novice English speaker must master to communicate effectively.
The English-Second-Language (ESL) program at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Temple helps foreigners achieve that goal. Their livelihood depends on it.
Telegram Staff Writer
Computer.
Chalkboard.
Neighbor.
Simple. If you know the language like you know the back of your own hand.
But for people learning English, the components of these words are as abstract as algebra's x.
The u in computer sounds like you and ewe, the latter a female sheep, but nothing like the u in your uncle's perturbed public image consultant.
Chalkboard starts with a double-lettered sound of ch as in church. Its ch is quite different from the k-like ch in anchor. That ch steals the sound of k in ankle.
And neighbor's a word full of tricks. The word plagues some native English speakers well into the fifth-grade.
Its nei rhymes with a horse's whiny nay, and the not-so-ghostly gh may as well not be there for the lack of a detectable sound.
ESL at FBC
Obscure rules, true in one instance but not another, are the topics the novice English speaker must master to communicate effectively.
The English-Second-Language (ESL) program at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Temple helps foreigners achieve that goal. Their livelihood depends on it.
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