ESD town halls are coming

Afew weeks ago, my article was on participating. Last week we discussed participating in letting your county commissioners know your opinion on HOP funding.

Bipartisanship

Americans who see it as weak must find ways to come together Getting things done for the good of the country often requires politicians to do something that has become increasingly rare, even unpopular — work with their political opponents. There’s nothing wrong with holding strong views.

Sigh…something is wrong with my father

My father has been acting very strangely lately. He is not himself. Sometimes he doesn’t cuddle me like a baby and rub my head and under my chin when I jump on his desk every morning. I don’t understand why. Normally he doesn’t mind when I leave my black fur on his shirt.

Does Milam County need The HOP?

In the last few months, I have been talking about the HOP Services on the radio and we have been discussing it in Commissioners Court.

Looking back...

10-20-40-100 100 YEARS AGO… Burk, 9-year-old son of Luther McDonald of the Sharp community, was instantly killed when he fell from a wagon driven by his father, receiving a crushed skull. Mr. McDonald was driving an empty, wide-tired heavy wagon, with the lad riding in the rear.

Gospel never gets old

The Gospel changes us and we never outgrow the Good News of Jesus Christ. We needed Jesus and we need Jesus. In the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Church at Ephesus, he gives some misbehaving husbands some instructions.

You know you really want to be honest

You’ve probably heard those he a r tening reports. Church attendance in the U.S. continues at very high levels despite numerous announcements of the demise of organized religion. Yearly, about 40 percent tell pollsters they have attended church or synagogue in the last seven days.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Angels unaware in Rockdale Dear editor, Every day that God gives me I am thankful. As a mortal getting on in age and having lived a full life, I’ve had the thought “What would happen if I had a medical emergency?” Maybe you’ve had that thought as well.

I see a beach in my immediate future

Ispent some time on Friday and Saturday taking pictures at the Apache Pass car show and barbeque cookoff. Since it had rained and I thought it would be muddy, I wore an old pair of shoes in which I nearly lost it in some mud. I just knew I was going down, but somehow I managed not to.

Happenings around Milam County

There’s lots happening in Milam County so I thought I would take some time this week to update everyone on a few of the things going on here with the county. The 2024 budget is complete and online for everyone to have to look through.