HOWARD PAYNE’S WINNING DEBATERS

Speech and debate are big deals at Howard Payne University in Brownwood. ”We’re one of the few colleges or universities in Texas or other states that guarantees scholarships for our competitors,“ says Dr. Julie Welker, who heads up the university’s Department of Communication.

Take the Risk

I encourage people to follow their dreams. Following my dreams has been the single most excellent motivator in my life; it's what gets me out of bed in the morning.

CHECK YOUR MIRRORS

By now your family is a third of the way through your Advent calendar. Little cardstock doors or windows are opened to reveal various tokens: chocolates, Christmas images, or maybe Biblical verses that tell the story of the birth of Jesus.

BRACES, CASTS AND CRUTCHES

“In 1937 my dad hitched a team to a wagon and we went down the road a couple of miles to a neighbor’s house for Sunday dinner,” says Dewain Collins, who was living in Weatherford at the time. “I was 11 months old and just learning to walk. Sometime that afternoon I began to get sick.

Change Yourself to change your Situation

We’ve all experienced times when things were going well, we were moving towards a goal, and suddenly things began to sour. A new manager may be putting negative pressure on you, and maybe a family member is constantly angry with you - no matter what you say or do, it’s wrong.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editor of Double Mountain Chronicle, On Wednesday, November 23, 2021, our family was traveling through Rotan on our way to Lake LBJ for a family Thanksgiving. Right at the north city limits, our pick-up overheated and we were forced to stop.

2 Cents Worth

Come and visit with me awhile, let's rest a minute and have a cup of coffee and visit. I'm making fresh apple cakes this morning out of the Arkansas Black Apples we brought back from Kentucky . I made a pie for Thanksgiving and I guess the boys liked it they ate the whole thing!!!!!!

Faces & Places

"Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. Nooooo! No, we’re all in this thing together!” ~ Clark W. Griswold Jr.

2 CENTS WORTH

Hurrah we are back in Texas, got here about 3:15 Wednesday afternoon and we were both tired people. We had a good trip, no accidents to stop us, traffic just flowed right along. We spent the night in Texarkana as usual at Baymont, it's our favorite and they always feed Joe a good breakfast!!!!!

Faces & Places

“I write because I have to write, like a singer who has to sing or a musician who has to make music. I write not so much as to have people read my writing, I write to connect, to engage, to feel less alone.