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019p1_lg.jpg Patriotic songs preceded 'book learning'

    Neighbor Grover sez show him a man with both feet firmly planted on the ground and he'll show you a man who can't get his pants off. With the new intermediate school nearing completion, along with the high school expansion and renovation, I got to thinking the other day about the school buildings that I attended while growing up in the 1940s and 1950s. Full Story
022p1_lg.jpg Ruby Remembers I: Jesse James, bobbed hair

    This is the first part of a series of reminiscences f rom Ruby Murray Harris, former Milam County resident previously published in the Hico News Review. Descendents of Marmaduke Gardender left Ireland to come to the United States in Revolutionary War days. Full Story
023p1_lg.jpg 'Break the chain' on bogus e-mails

    E-mails are forwarded without regard to the truth of their contents. If it sounds good and you agree then hit the forward button and off it goes. More often than not you send the article to everyone in your address book. You have no control over the many people who have your address in their computer. The forwarded mail goes somewhere. Is it for good or bad? Full Story
029p1_lg.jpg Corporal punishment a big issue again

    Two words assured of spiking controversy: corporal punishment. There is much discussion today in public education about that topic — spanking children to discipline. Up front, I don't have an answer. I concede that I grew up in an era where spanking was an accepted practice at home and in the schools. Full Story
066p1_lg.jpg Drought pushes disaster declarations

    AUSTIN—A month-long weather system producing triple-digit temperatures and no rain has much of Texas suffering. The high-pressure system centered over Texas caused Gov. Rick Perry to declare 167 counties disaster areas because of the threat of wildfires. Full Story
079p1_lg.jpg Valuations up, but tax rate may drop a penny

    One thing you can be certain of in July in Texas is that the temperature is going up and the rain is going away. Looks like things are right on course for July 2009. One other thing that July brings to most counties across the state is budget time. Yep, that's right it is time to prepare the 2010 operating budget for Milam County. Full Story
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