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Sink or Swim: A Central Texas woman’s life-changing story of survival

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By Gordon Collier 
| KWTX-TV (Waco, TX)
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Nearly 10 years ago, Brittney Garrett was driving across the twin bridges over Lake Waco when a momentary distraction changed her life. A Central Texas woman’s life-changing story of survival Garrett, then 24, said her phone went off during a storm. She reached for it, her truck veered and struck the side of the bridge at highway speed.
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Master knife-maker in Salado, Texas, happy to pass along tricks of the trade to veterans

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By Gordon Collier 
| KLTV-TV (Tyler, TX)
SALADO, Texas (KWTX) -From his shop, tucked just off of Main Street in Salado, retired art teacher, Bill Smith does more teaching than knife making these days. Now in his early 80s, he has been making knives since he was a kid. “I had a job. I was making 50 bucks a week. it paid the rent. I spent three days making a knife and I got $85 for it, so yeah, a light went on,” Smith said. As a master knife-maker, Smith prefers to do things the old fashioned way.
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Master knife-maker in Salado, Texas, happy to pass along tricks of the trade to veterans

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By Gordon Collier 
| KWTX-TV (Waco, TX)
SALADO, Texas (KWTX) -From his shop, tucked just off of Main Street in Salado, retired art teacher, Bill Smith does more teaching than knife making these days. Now in his early 80s, he has been making knives since he as a kid. “I had a job. I was making 50 bucks a week. it paid the rent. I spent three days making a knife and I got $85 for it, so yeah, a light went on,” Smith said. As a master knife-maker, Smith prefers to do things the old fashioned way.
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