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KEYAN KEYS

KEYAN KEYS

Time for tax-loss harvesting?

It’s been a bumpy year for the financial markets — which means that some of your investments may have underperformed or lost value. Can you use these losses to your advantage? It’s possible.
What should you do  with ‘side gig’ money?

What should you do with ‘side gig’ money?

What should you do with ‘side gig’ money?

As you know, the gig economy has been booming over the past several years. If you’re thinking of using your skills to take on a side gig, what should you do with the money you’ll make? There’s no one right answer for everyone, and the decisions you make should be based on your individual situation.
The 501: Neurotics on the freeway

The 501: Neurotics on the freeway

The 501: Neurotics on the freeway

Raise your hand if you think you might be neurotic. Raise your other hand if you don’t know what it means. I t ’ s a crazy word. As a child, I wondered what it meant when my mother said it. Now, my husband says it. I’m still wondering. Except, I looked it up, so I sort of know.
On the wall of the Vietnam War exhibit in the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. is this picture taken Jan. 26, 1969, by Marine Pfc. C.E. Sickler Jr. Photo Courtesy of Floyd A. Killough Collection

On the wall of the Vietnam War exhibit in the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va. is this picture taken Jan. 26, 1969, by Marine Pfc. C.E. Sickler Jr. Photo Courtesy of Floyd A. Killough Collection

God in an ungodly place

While researching the names on the Collingsworth County War Memorial, I came across the name of a fellow Marine from Lubbock who was killed in Vietnam.
Why is this called ‘The Memphis on TNE Red!’

Why is this called ‘The Memphis on TNE Red!’

Why is this called ‘The Memphis on TNE Red!’

It is based on subliminal seduction,behavioral targeting and geo-tracking! A revolutionary advertising idea that will change advertising and marketing for the next 100 years! Or I misspelled “the”when I first started? Shari Posey Watson saw it the first day, and I refused to change it or admit it.
KEYAN KEYS

KEYAN KEYS

Financial Focus

You may spend decades contributing to various retirement accounts. But for some accounts, such as a traditional IRA and 401(k), you must start withdrawing funds at a certain point. What should you know about this requirement?
HANABA MUNN

HANABA MUNN

The 501:

My grandmother used to look to the sun in the sky to know what time it was. She owned a watch. She wore it to church on Sunday maybe to time the preacher. Not that timing a preacher changes the length of the sermon.What will be will be. It’s like a weather forecast.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor, As former educators and members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA),we are asking for your support of Proposition 9 on the November General Election ballot. Prop.

Letters to the editor

Dear “The Red River Sun,” I would like to thank you for gifting me a one-year print and online subscription. Thank you for your generous donation! I appreciate your participation.
Ponder Points

Ponder Points

Ponder Points

In these unsettled times of environmental challenges, gun violence in many of our communities, inflation, job insecurity and rival ethnic groups at war can make it difficult to remain positive. The bombardment of bad news and human misery can bring anyone down from time to time.