Faith & Hope
We live in a culture that has by and large lost hope. We have lost hope in our politics, in security, in the wars in the world. We have simply lost hope. Hope as a commodity seems to be in…
0 Comments / 58 View / July 10, 2016
Category : Editorial
This column expires on ***
By Mark Magnan Have you noticed that almost everything you buy these days has an expiration date on it. I am sure that even potting soil has such a date. Now granted some things need a date, in case they…
0 Comments / 50 View / July 7, 2016
On Recycling
By Michael Brown This week, the recycling truck visits my neighborhood, as it does every two weeks. Our 96-gallon container is only about one-half full, so I’ll wait and take it out the next time it’s a pickup day. I’m…
0 Comments / 79 View / July 7, 2016
Making your boat survivable for fish, pt. 1
Editor’s note: This is part one in a three-part-series about making your boat ready for the summer fishing season. Today I want to talk about what you can do to make your boat more survivable for the fish you catch…
0 Comments / 48 View / June 25, 2016
Revelation in Nature
The Misericord • Ryan Kiblinger, FUMC We are often in a hurry these days. We go from one place to the next in the most efficient way we can find (thank you Google Maps). We use things like express ways,…
0 Comments / 50 View / June 25, 2016
Other People’s Kids
Parent’s Corner • AWARE Central Texas Dear Sue Ellen, I am sick and tired of people taking their kids out in public and letting them run wild. It seems like more and more, when I am shopping or attending some…
0 Comments / 53 View / June 25, 2016
On Father’s Day
On My Honor • Michael Brown As most of you know, this Sunday is the special day we set aside each year to honor our fathers. Although there have been efforts to establish Father’s Day since 1910, Americans have only…
0 Comments / 97 View / June 25, 2016
School Xing
Pleasant Ramblings • Mark Magnan This week the title is a bit misleading. This isn’t about a sign about a crossing, but more about a couple of signs that need “X” ing. Actually for as long as I can remember…
0 Comments / 61 View / June 25, 2016
Parent’s Corner: Dirty Laundry
Dear Sue Ellen, I believe a person should keep their family’s dirty laundry to themselves. It can ruin the reputations of innocent family members, and nothing can be done to eliminate what has happened in the past. Everybody has an…
0 Comments / 94 View / November 16, 2015
Pleasant Ramblings: Spiders Revisited
Mark Magnan I was talking with a reader the other day, yes someone reads my column besides you, and they mentioned my recent spider column. Although I didn’t give spiders their own column, just split it with snakes. Perhaps spiders…
0 Comments / 94 View / November 16, 2015
