It’s that time. An added day to keep the Gregorian Calendar happy so that all is well in mathematics of the Earth’s rotation around the sun (which is exactly 365.25 days).

LittleDribblersbasketball has several things happening at once. Kids are being told to look, pass, shoot, dribble, jump, grab and steal.

During the weeks of February 3 – 16, 2024, The Post Municipal Court had 30 cases and collected $8,560.70 in fines and fees. THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE CLOSED/GUILTY/FINES AND FEES IN COLLECTION: • Abbe Pierce: Driving While License Invalid $416.40 / Violate Promise to Appear - $427.70 • Violit Autry: Speeding 71/55 zone - $379.00 / Violate Promise to Appear - $455.70 • Timothy Burleigh Zabala: Possession of Drug Paraphernalia - $573.30 / Failure to Appear - $388.70 • William White: Expired Registration - $274.20 • Diana Rodriguez: Speeding 80/55 zone - $396.50 / Violate Promise to Appear - $395.20 THE FOLLOWING CASES ARE CLOSED/GUILTY/FINES AND FEES PAID IN FULL: • Oscar Fernand Rizo Valle: Unrestrained Child – Safety Seat Violation - $174.00 • Dorothy Raney: Speeding 73/55 zone - $250.00 • Nelson Esparza: Speeding 79/55 zone - $255.00 • Jayla Beston: Speeding 70/55 zone - $210.00 • Jamarion Reed: No Drivers License - $212.00 / No Drivers License - $212.00 • Kevin Hart: Driving While License Invalid - $279.00 • Jaime Gonzalez Ramirez: Speeding 43/30 zone $215.00 • Charles Presley: Speeding 72/45 zone - $285.00 • John Streeter: Speeding 71/55 zone - $215.00 • Sydney Preston: Speeding 83/55 zone - $275.00 • Corie Lowe: Speeding 91/55 zone - $334.00 • Austin Lilly: Ran Red Light - $207.00 • Chase Perez: Ran Red Light - $207.00 • Dearius Endsley: Speeding 49/35 zone - $205.00 • Carter Smith: Ran Red Light - $207.00 • Marc McClain: Violation of Ordinance – No Rabies Vaccination - $171.00 / Violation of Ordinance – No Rabies Vaccination - $171.00 / Violation of Ordinance – No Rabies Vaccination - $171.00 / Violation of Ordinance – Animal At Large-2nd Offense - $215.00 • Kyle Cole: Speeding 103/55 zone - $384.00.

MARITA JACKSON | SPECIAL TO THE DISPATCH Question Six: Won’t Heaven be boring? If we think of Heaven as a disembodied spirit sitting on a cloud and playing on a harp, or being one long worship service, then yes, Heaven would be boring. That is not Heaven at all.

I dream I can make a garden of everything I have ever lost. —Poet Siarra Freeman Last week I had to break off a discarded tree branch near a dumpster to fish something out of that same container. The backstory will come as no surprise to my family.

The Texas Education Agency’s annual report was released last week. It indicates per-student funding in the 2021-2022 school year averaged $14,928 per student, up42%since2011.However, state funding has only risen slightly in the past decade, while local funding has increased substantially.

More Texans than ever have signed up for health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act for 2024, according to federal health data released last week and reported by the Texas Tribune. The number of Texans in ACA programs, which offer inexpensive or free health care coverage, rose 37% to nearly 3.5 million – or 1 in 9 residents.

It’s tempting during the sweltering summer months to despise the sun. Ah, but come winter, a day of sunshine that follows overcast and foggy days is pure gold with a Vitamin D boost.

The past week a mother sat vigil for her 36-yearold son, an unfortunate victim of sepsis that invaded his body while he was receiving cancer treatment. Much like a hired assassin, it did its dirty work, packed up, and left behind a brokenhearted family.