June 2022

Brownwood soccer camp

Jaclyn Salazar, an incoming freshman at Brownwood High School, kicks the ball toward the net during the Lady Lion Soccer Camp Wednesday at Gordon Wood Stadium. The threeday camp ended Thursday. Steve Nash / Brownwood Bulletin

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However it ends, these NBA Finals may be a classic

The NBA Finals won’t end until Thursday. Or maybe Sunday. But even without a single game decided by single digits through the first five contests, this series is on the brink of going down as a classic. It’s Golden State 3, Boston 2 going into Game 6 on the Celtics’ home floor on Thursday night. The Warriors grabbed the lead in the series with a 104-94 win on Monday in San Francisco, the latest entry on a long list of gut-check moments in this series.

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Lonely widow mulls offer from younger acquaintance

DEAR ABBY: My husband died recently. I have been approached by a much younger man for a sexual relationship. I want to, but I feel he is too young. I’m 61, and he’s 37, the same age as my son. We have been friends for years, and I am unsure if I should change the relationship. I see no future in it except occasional sex. Should I drop it or consider the possibilities? -- THINKING ABOUT IT IN OHIO

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Accident at FM 2126 and Austin Avenue

Welch Brothers wrecker driver Leon Dixon prepares to tow away a wrecked Ford F-150 pickup at the intersection of FM 2126 and Austin Avenue Monday afternoon. The driver swerved to avoid another pickup that entered the intersection in front of him, and his pickup struck a utility pole, the Department of Public Safety said. No one was injured. Steve Nash / Brownwood Bulletin

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A look at what’s happening around baseball today:

Yanks’ Donaldson to serve ban, Strasburg out Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will serve a one-game suspension for a remark to White Sox star Tim Anderson about Jackie Robinson when New York opens a home series against Tampa Bay after the ban was upheld on appeal. Major League Baseball special adviser John McHale upheld the penalty after hearing Donaldson’s appeal Thursday, a person familiar with the discipline told The Associated Press.

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Maudella Lucile Reeves

Maudella Lucile Reeves, 81, of Winters passed away Saturday, June 4, 2022. She was born November 20, 1940 in Winters to John and Lucille Hill. She grew up in Winters and graduated from Winters High School in 1958. She later attended Draughn’s Business School in Abilene. She was a long time member of the Winters Methodist Church where she started attending as an infant and was baptized at the age of 9. As she grew older, she was an active member in the children’s Sunday School Classes and the Methodist Youth Fellowship. As an adult, she taught children and youth Sunday School Classes, she taught Vacation Bible School, and was involved with the children’s programs of the church for many years. She married John Reeves in 1970, and he preceded her in death in 1983. They lived in Abilene where she was a secretary for the Texas Department of Health for many years. After retirement, Maudella moved back to Winters and at one time was the director of the Winters Food Pantry/Clothes Closet, which is now the Samaritan’s House. Recently, she was living in the Northern Oaks Living and Rehabilitation Center in Abilene.

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After Uvalde school shooting, Texas police wonder how much training is enough — and will it matter?

In the weeks since officers in Uvalde waited more than an hour to confront a gunman who killed 19 children and two adults at an elementary school, police departments across the state have asked themselves a crucial question: If they faced a similar situation, would they be able to quickly stop the gunman?

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