Fisher County Rodeo Association awards Senior Scholarships

This year the Fisher County Rodeo Association made the decision to give back to the county by offering two scholarships to both Rotan and Roby students. The Fisher County Rodeo Association set aside 1000 dollars to give two scholarships of 500 hundred dollars to a Rotan senior and a Roby senior.

Thanksgiving Praise

Thank God for sending His only beloved son into the world to take away our sin. Thank God for putting caring people in our path when difficult day lie ahead. Thank God for that one friend who calls and checks on you to see if you are ok.

2 Cents Worth

Let's go down memory lane, one thing about it they can't take our memories away from us what Thanksgiving with families were in past years. My greatest memories were when we all went to Roby to Grandma and Pa Finch's house and ate Thanksgiving Dinner.

Faces & Places

I decided to take a break from Margaret Sanger this week and share one of my favorite Thanksgiving poems with you. It has been a tough year for all of us. We are an exhausted one nation under God. Believe it or not, good will come from all this, and we will find it if we look for it.

The Pumpkin Pie

Oh, greenly and fair in the lands of the sun, The vines of the gourd and the rich melon run, And the rock and the tree and the cottage enfold, With broad leaves all greenness and blossoms all gold, Like that which o'er Nineveh's prophet once grew, While he waited to know that his warning was...

A Thanksgiving Message to

This has been a difficult year for us individually and as a people. A new virus has brought illness and death into too many families and communities. Our rural economy has struggled and the pandemic has caused even more economic hardship, particularly for retail and small business.

Check Your Mirrors

“I need peace.” Lillie pulled the shower curtain all the way across and plopped herself into the warm bath for her nightly germ purge. A typical five-year-old’s contact with desks, playground equipment, classmate hugs, and wrestling on the floor with her sister cause such a time as this.

Always Praising God

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. (Rom 8:28 NKJV): The bible has many examples of God taking a bad situation and using it for His purpose and glory.

Readers share many tales of internet woe

Rural Texans have a lot to say about the lack of broadband service in their communities. Since we covered the topic earlier this month, many readers have emailed to share their stories and pleas for help.

Editorial; Shmeditorial... Something to lift the spirits

The Double Mountain Chronicle’s publisher asked me to write an editorial for this week’s Thanksgiving edition, and I found myself typing, then deleting, then typing something new, only to discard what I had written, often several paragraphs of work.