2 CENTS WORTH

Usually I write to all of you from Aspermont, but for some reason this morning me and this computer were not talking the same talk, so I brought it to Lubbock with me, what a pretty scene I have to visit with all of you. The boats are all over the lake this evening, the kids are having a ball.

Hurricane Laura brings renewed pitch for Ike

As thousands fled southeast Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura, Texas A&M promoted an Ike Dike as a critical way to protect the region from devastating damage. Texas escaped a direct hit from Laura, which made landfall as a Category 4 storm in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, just east of Port Arthur.

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.