http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:54:25 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/21/11212009wacbrazospast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/21/11212009wacbrazospast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Waco, founded 160 years ago, was home by the early 1870s to two separate volunteer forces — an engine company in East Waco with a steam pumper valued at $7,500 ($128,000 in today’s dollars) and a hook and ladder brigade in downtown Waco, with a $1,200 truck ($20,500 in today’s dollars). The citywide Waco Fire Department was established in March 1874 as an all-volunteer operation when the two entities merged. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/21/11212009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/21/11212009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear readers: Thanksgiving is a good time to step back and appreciate the many positive things that have happened to you or perhaps because of you during this last year. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/14/11142009wacbrazospast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/14/11142009wacbrazospast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Trying to keep the troops healthy while they underwent their training at Camp MacArthur on the outskirts of Waco during World War I was a constant challenge for the doctors, nurses and assorted medical personnel assigned to the base hospital. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/14/11142009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/14/11142009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear Dr. LeCrone: My 85-year-old father lives in a nursing home and suffers from severe memory impairment and a lot of confusion. He and my mother had been married happily for 60 years, but she died four years ago. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/09/11082009wacHoovcolm.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/09/11082009wacHoovcolm.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Parents encourage their children to expand their horizons and explore new worlds, but every so often, the tables turn and the parents find themselves skittering on the thin ice of some new culture. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/07/11072009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/07/11072009waclecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Dear Dr. LeCrone: My husband and I recently found out that our daughter has been injuring herself by cutting her skin with a razor blade, and she has been hiding the injuries by wearing long sleeves. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/07/11072009wacBPnursing.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/11/07/11072009wacBPnursing.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Old glass thermometers, gigantic glass syringes, apothecary bottles of blue and brown glass that once held elixirs of healing — these are some of the artifacts of a “Century of Service” being celebrated at the Mayborn Museum at Baylor University. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wacBrazosPast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wacBrazosPast.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT What’s that creeping around the corner? Why, it’s Halloween, season of spectral shenanigans and haunted hijinks. Tonight, little boos and ghouls will stalk the streets in the form of trick-or-treaters. http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wachaplecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wachaplecrone.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Dear Dr. LeCrone: My husband and I are hosting several large gatherings of family and friends in our home during the holidays. Our guests will range in age from toddlers to older adults. Some of the seniors suffer from physical problems and memory impairments, which makes proper planning imperative. I think you wrote on this topic before, but I lost the column and need some suggestions again. — Hoping for Happy Holidays http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wacstargazer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 http://www.wacotrib.com/featr/content/features/stories/2009/10/31/10312009wacstargazer.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=4 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Being the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s first astronomical use of the telescope, 2009 is being celebrated as the International Year of Astronomy. As such, it’s not surprising to see new books and articles on the subject. One book that has come to my attention is Galileo’s New Universe by astronomers Stephen P. Maran and Laurence A. Marschall (Benbella Books, Dallas, 2009). At 174 pages and $14.95, it’s an easy and inexpensive read that I highly recommend.