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POTATO MASHER

Sat, 06/25/2022 - 12:00am

Dear Heloise: I read your column daily in the Houston Chronicle. A woman wrote of all the uses for a potato masher. I do similar things with my U-shaped wire pastry blender, which I inherited from my parents. It is a wall hanging decoration in my kitchen, with its Bakelite handle. But I take it down and use it to mash guacamole, stir ingredients into meatloaf, etc. It is a vintage treasure that is also a useful kitchen tool. I don’t often make pastry or pie crust, but it sometimes is used for its intended purpose. It brings back great family memories. -- Rusti Stover, Houston

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Pooling resources: City continues to discuss pool options, costs, ways to pay for it

Sat, 06/25/2022 - 12:00am

Mexia City Council met Tuesday, June 21, to review three swimming pool concepts, receive an update on estimated total project costs and discuss a possible Texas Parks and Wildlife grant and the Phillips Charitable Trust fund grant to construct a new municipal pool.

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To the letter

Sat, 06/25/2022 - 12:00am

Mexia City Manager Eric Garretty, right, presents a letter of gratitude to Mexia Rotary President Nathan Gonzalez at the club’s June 23 meeting, thanking the club for its $10,000 donation to the park to help with the cost of a bridge at the new location across Tyler Street. Photo by Roxanne Thompson/The Mexia News

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Local computer expert warns of new and classic computer scams

Sat, 06/25/2022 - 12:00am

Those who try to scam people out of their money come up with multiple ways to do so, especially using the Internet. Local computer expert James McKeand took a few minutes recently to speak to the Mexia Lions Club about some common scams he has encountered through his Mexia-based business, McKeand Consulting.