LETTERS

Dear editor, There’s no magic in a community’s economic development. It’s hard work. It depends on local focus and commitment. It costs money to make money. In our case economic development means making a community and its region better off.

Ring! We need new smart phone etiquette

EDITOR’S CORNER Back in the dim dark ages past there used to be something called “etiquette.” It was basically a code of behavior, prescribed ways you’re supposed to behave. Manners. Oops, used another mystifying word there.

Let’s all just curl up and take a nap

SPOILIN’ THE BROTH Wife Pegaroo will tell you that I’m not really adept at housekeeping. Therefore, I have come to realize I’ll never make the U.S. Olympics curling team as the guy with the broom. I love the summer Olympics, especially track and field and swimming and diving.

Doing for others

Aclassmate of mine in college had a motto above his study desk that read: I’M THIRD. One evening we asked him what it was all about. He explained, “It is how I try to live my life. God first, others second, I’m third.” Not bad! Let me tell you a story.

Pray while waiting for more spit

There’s a story about a little boy who was not behaving very well so his parents punished him by placing him in their walk-in closet. When the dad went to check on the boy he found him sitting in the middle of the closet fl oor.

National treasure

The Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm in Austin bills itself as “living history.” With all due respect, the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm is a fine and valuable institution. But it is not living history. Susie Sansom-Piper is living history. Mrs.

Win or luge, I love those Winter Olympics

I’ve always enjoyed the Winter Olympics more than the Summer Olympics because they’re so exotic. I mean, you see people doing stuff that you never see in Central Texas. Come on.

Jobs Fair draws 244 Thursday

A total of 244 persons got ideas, information and—hopefully— leads Thursday at the KC Hall in an IMPACT Career Exploration and Jobs Fair.

Golfers, duffers say the craziest things

Wife Pegaroo and I just spent the better part of three weeks hacking around with bronchitis so we really appreciated the following yarn sent my way by Mary Jane Boyd.

No, we’re not lost in farms, small towns

One of my favorite arguing assertions— which usually works with everyone except my wife—is this. Everyone has a pool of indignation inside them and it tells you a lot about a person when you see what they choose to use it for. It seems some of us just go around looking for things to set us off.