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Nancy Toupal Salik Clark finds joy in bringing out the beauty in others

Local businesses, like State Farm (right) and Ennis Regional Medical Center (above), collaborated with the Ennis Fire Department and other local fire safety agencies to promote the importance of fire safety during Fire Prevention Week, October 6-12, and National Fire Prevention Month, the remainder of October.

Gulf Coast Educators have released their list of four Texas finalists for the 2024 Elementary Principal of the Year award. One of the foursome is an Ennis High School grad.

Every person experiences different emotions at various points in their lives. Emotions can be fleeting or exhibit some staying power. Emotional reactions are part of being human, but sometimes people may have trouble managing their emotions, particularly those that are considered unsavory.

As we mark National Mental Health Awareness Month, the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service’s Family and Community Health Unit calls on Texans to recognize the critical importance of mental health in fostering strong, healthy families and communities. Mental health challenges affect all of us, whether directly or indirectly, and increasing awareness is essential in ensuring timely support and care for those in need.

Safe communities allow residents to thrive and live their lives to the fullest. Such communities are soughtafter places to live, and maintaining a community-wide sense of safety and security is no small task.

Breast cancer incidence rates vary by age and location. Breast-Cancer.org reports that breast cancer incidence rates in the United States began decreasing in 2000 after increasing for the previous two decades. Some researchers believe the decrease was partially due to the reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Even if breast cancer incidence rates in the U.S. are down overall, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades. For most women, regular breast cancer screening does not begin until at least age 40, so younger women diagnosed with breast cancer tend to have later-stage tumors and a more advanced disease. Similar findings have been noticed in Canada. An Ottawa-based study published in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal found that rates of breast cancer in women as young as their twenties have been increasing. The research team behind the study discovered a 45 percent increase in cases over the past 35 years. Many women have no identifiable risk factors prior to diagnosis, so what is fueling the increase remains a mystery.