May 2022

HAPPY HOUR

Classic shrimp cocktail is ready in minutes and always a crowd pleaser, making it the perfect make-ahead appetizer for your any gathering. It combines succulent boiled shrimp with a spicy tomato-based sauce for the ultimate blending of flavors. • I’ve been making this shrimp cocktail for as long as I can remember. Sometimes for dinner parties, I serve it as a sit-down first course. Other times, I put it on the counter along with other appetizers before the meal. • Regardless of how I serve it, the shrimp cocktail disappears in minutes!

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New trustees take MISD oath of office

A changing of the guard was in the air at last week’s Midlothian ISD board of trustees meeting as the board wel comed in two new members and named new board officers. Newly elected trustees Mike Dillow and Jessica Ward were sworn in following their election earlier this month, and Tami Tobey was chosen as the new board president, replacing Gary Vineyard, who served as president for one year.

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Allen hires Wiginton to lead program

Shocking news greeted Heritage High School on Monday morning when Allen ISD announced that HHS head football coach Lee Wiginton has been named the new head coach of the Allen Eagles football program. Wiginton, who is president of the Texas High School Coaches Association, departs after seven seasons at HHS — since the school’s opening — and 13 total seasons within MISD.

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RIVER HONORING

MOIESE, Mont. – A sunlit field along the Flathead River outside of Moiese was home base for all kinds of student learning recently. • Wildlife and science lessons paired with cultural activities and traditional games such as double ball, prompting some students to run and scream with glee. • All those play a part in the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ River Honoring, which brought about 400 children a day on Tuesday and Wednesday for its largest turnout since 2019. • The goal was to teach children about the river and natural resource programs, said Stephanie Gillin, CSKT information and education specialist, and “everything we do, we try to incorporate culture.” • So the presentations ran the gamut from wildlife to forestry and water quality. The children heard from Séliš and Q’lispé elders and scientists and experts from Salish Kootenai College and tribal departments. The Mission Valley Backcountry Horsemen came, too.

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Swanky STORAGE

You might think of storage cabinets as utilitarian. But designers are forever fascinated with how a simple cupboard can be built, dressed and adorned in ways that showcase craftsmanship and inventiveness. • There are sleek, low-slung consoles with jewelryesque handles. Swanky Deco-style bar cabinets. Rustic credenzas hewn of timber. And some pieces clad in artistic flourishes, or that are even art themselves. • Far from workhorses, these casegoods are dressage ponies, ready for their closeups.

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