Looking back

100 YEARS AGO.... Lawless Green, 20, son of Cameron First National Bank President A. A. Green, died in a plane crash in Cameron. The younger Green was a passenger in a plane operated by a barnstorming pilot who had already taken several Cameron residents up that day.

‘You dropped a bomb on me, baby’

Last week I was reading in the good book about good works. Ephesians 2:10 says, “…we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.” Some translations say we should spend our lives helping others.

Well deserved

EDITORIAL Texas teachers get a raise and here are just a few of the reasons why Texas teachers are getting a well-deserved raise this year and the reaction has been universal. Good for them. Why do they deserve a raise, and much more?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thanks to the city for YMCA at park’s pool Dear editor: I want to thank the City Council for hiring the Hut-to YMCA staff which was managed by John Ramirez. He is an outstanding and caring professional in every way. I noticed his passion for children, swimming and safety.

More thanks for YMCA summer work at pool

Dear editor: As the summer break is coming to an end, I want to take a moment to express how delighted I’ve been with the city’s partnership with the YMCA to operate the City Pool.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 YEARS AGO 100 YEARS AGO.... Two men died in a bizarre shootout across the street from the Milam County Courthouse. The men, brothers-in-law, reportedly had a falling out over a family matter.

Consumers need more fiber in their news

OUTLAW INLAW I’d like to discuss what happens in communities that have no newspapers to report on government, school or water board meetings. Cochran County, a farming and ranching community in the High Plains, lost its local paper, The Morton Tribune, in 2011.

County budget: Raises, no rate increase

JUDGE’S COMMENTS During the last two weeks your Milam County Commissioners Court has worked out a preliminary county budget for 2020. If approved, there will be no new county taxes for 2020 and there will be no layoffs or budget cuts.

Church does help

He told me to tell you that The Bible is full of stories of people who have left everything to follow Jesus. People like Matthew who had a lucrative business collecting taxes and John, James, Andrew and Peter who were doing well as commercial fisherman.

Moon pride

It’s still impressive 50 years later and modern comparisons aren’t fair Fifty years ago Saturday, Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the surface of another world. That’s hardly news.