LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Here we go again discussing issues that have already been passed and promoting some significant back peddling. It seems that there is a lot of effort put into continually giving praise and higher wages to the road hands and leaving jail employees with little consideration.

PRINCIPAL'S OF JOURNALISM

8. It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional Keeping news in proportion and not leaving important things out are also cornerstones of truthfulness. Journalism is a form of cartography: it creates a map for citizens to navigate society.

Peace amoung the storms

Last week, I reprised an essay from the spring on the origins of the phrase “this too shall pass” and the importance of its message during difficult times.

TRAVELING THE COUNTY

Running is like breathing to Dave Dial, who lives on the family ranch near the community of Grovetown, just outside of Crockett. In terms of lifetime running distance, Dave ranks number 9 and is moving up. He has run more than 203,000 miles.

Are you part of a herd?

Life is an incredible journey, full of twists and unexpected turns. We are herd animals and were not created to make this journey alone. As most of you know, I was shocked in February to be diagnosed with Stage 4 Stomach Cancer.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

I like September 1. This day and month kick off the autumn season, dove hunting, and the start of school. I realize school starts, for the most part, in August. Officially, fall does not begin until September 22. But setting one’s personal calendar to preference is not a sin.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

I would like to let the people of Fisher county know how fortunate we are to have a lady like Kellen Walker over the appraisal district. Earlier this year l went up to office to ask a question about my taxes.

PRINCIPAL'S OF JOURNALISM

7. It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant Journalism is storytelling with a purpose. It should do more than gather an audience or catalogue the important. For its own survival, it must balance what readers know they want with what they cannot anticipate but need.

2 CENTS WORTH

Grab you a glass of tea, or a cup of coffee with me and let's visit a awhile. Joe and I are back home or a few days, Buzz is doing good although he thinks he's not. He went to his first therapy last week, and he was shocked how bad he felt afterwards, and then to take them at home!!!! Wow!

Faces & Places

“Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.