family and my dog. - Elvie

I am Thankful for: My brother. -I am Thankful for: My classmate and my family. -AnnaI am Thankful for: My whole family. - AmiyahI am Thankful for: Jesus. - Belle I am Thankful for: God because he made the world. - Kennah 1ST GRADEI am Thankful for: Jesus, my mom & dad, my heart, and the school.

JOSIAH LOPEZ

I’m thankful for Jesus and for schools and homes to live in. I’n thankful for my parents and my siblings.Also, I’m grateful for drinks, the earth, air, teachers, neighbors. grandmas and grandpas. Happy Thanksgiving! - Karley Whitefield I’m thankful for family, friends, God, and games.

MARY ELLEN COATS

Old Glory News

Oh what a beautiful day today is, we all sure have enjoyed all the wonderful weather. Some days the wind gets a little out of hand, but other wise it has been great. We do need to pray for rain, it is surely getting dry. Lot of wheat trying to come out and some look good.

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

• STONEWALL COUNTY HOLIDAY EXTRAVAGANZA! 10 am – 2pm Home for the Holidays Market – Local vendors, homemade goodies, gifts, games, food, and fun for the whole family! * 6:15ish begins the Christmas Parade with this years theme Old Fashioned/Vintage (Parade Line-Up is at 5:30 p.m.

UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL SECURITY SPOUSAL BENEFITS

Dear Savvy Senior, How do Social Security spousal benefits work? My wife, who’s approaching age 62, has had a few small-paying jobs over the years, but spent most of her time as a homemaker. What is she entitled to?

ABBOTT PROPOSES WIPING OUT LOCAL SCHOOL PROPERTY TAXES

Abbott is proposing a state constitutional amendment to eliminate local school property taxes, which provides most of public school funding in Texas, the Chronicle reported.“It’s time that we drive a stake through the heart of the ability of local property tax hikes in the future,” he said.

Me first

When the Red Army marched into Poland in 1945 (Germany had seized the country six years earlier), U.S.S. R. leader Joseph Stalin believed his troops were entitled to take what they wanted.Writer and historian Anne Applebaum, in her book “Iron Curtain,” describes in detail the plunder that followed.

LAW, LEGEND& LEGISLATURE

Which oil strike on January 10, 1901, blew in near Beaumont and rewired the world economy?ANSWER IN NEXT WEEK’S NOVEMBER 28TH EDITION!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”~ Arthur Conan Doyle, “A Case of Identity,” The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesTRANSLATION: Small details tell the truth more clearly than grand statements. What seems minor often decides the outcome.