GENESEE — Hailee Zollman worked her lemonade stand Saturday like a savvy customer-service professional, warmly engaging people as they walked up her family’s driveway.
GENESEE — Hailee Zollman worked her lemonade stand Saturday like a savvy customer-service professional, warmly engaging people as they walked up her family’s driveway.
The quality of wood and woodwork in this Alamo Heights house is breathtaking. Perhaps that should come as no surprise, since the owners of one of the Alamo City s top lumber companies built it for themselves in 1927. The home, now on the market for $3.5 million, was built for members of the Vaughan family. George C. Vaughan and two business partners launched Vaughan Lumber Co. in 1893 to buy from mills and do wholesale distribution of wood from Chicago to Mexico City, according to the website of the San Antonio company now known as Alamo Forest Products.
The family s access to high-quality wood and millwork is apparent in the four-bedroom, five-and-a-half-bath house s custom moldings, milled archways and the original wood parquet floor in the music room. The custom-milled windows are mostly pricy mahogany, as are the shutters.
EDMONTON A young woman and a senior have formed an unexpected bond after an encounter at a local grocery store. Mackenzie Doll-Mercier was at the Safeway in Oliver Square when she overheard Judy Barnes asking staff if there was a courtesy shopper available to assist her. When Barnes was told the staff member was on break, Doll-Mercier finished bagging her items and offered Barnes a hand. “I just thought she’s a godsend,” Barnes said. Doll-Mercier told CTV News Edmonton, she normally goes to the grocery store with headphones in. But, on this paritcular day she left them at home.
Sunday, January 10, 2021
Peggy L. Holmes left this earth on Dec. 29, 2020, following nearly 5 years battling cancer. Her sense of humor remained in full force right up until the end as she flirted with the male nurses and harassed her daughters - threatening to haunt each of them if they got out of line. Her laughter filled the hospital and delighted all who visited her … she always wanted to leave this earth with laughter.
Peggy was born in New Madrid, Missouri in 1942. She often referred to herself as a Mississippi River Rat. She lived in Tennessee and Colorado with her family and moved to Texas after high school. She married the love of her life, Jim Holmes, in 1969 and they settled in San Marcos in 1984. Peggy loved the fashion industry and spent many years in retail management. She organized fashion shows and had her own business as a display designer - traveling all over Texas and Oklahoma to work. Her family teased her that is was amazing companies actually paid her to dre