The man who made swings

When Andrew Gunn of Dayton moved into his house nearly sixty years ago it was practically in the country, located about a hundred yards from a two-lane highway.

Check your Mirrors

You get a two columns-for-theprice- of-one this week. The first segment is a follow-up to a previous column about STAAR testing. Despite my staunch stance against high-stakes testing, I remain open to views about accountability for schools.

Faces & Places

“If the people believe there’s an imaginary river out there, you don’t tell them there’s no river there.

Abbott lays out seven top priorities

Gov. Greg Abbott, in a State of the State address last Thursday, outlined his seven top priorities for the ongoing legislative session before an invitation-only audience at a manufacturing facility in San Marcos, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Letters to the Editor Policy

The Double Mountain Chronicle welcomes Letters to the Editor for possible publication in the newspaper. A Letter to the Editor must be original, signed by the writer, and include the address and phone number of the writer. Only the name of the writer and the city will be published with the letter.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi

2 Cents Worth

What a beautiful sunrise in Aspermont, Texas, this morning and good morning to all of you, we got a little shower yesterday, so Joe did not have to water his little onions!!!!!

Honoring Texas Country musicians

“Small dreams don’t stir men’s souls,” says Tommie Ritter Smith of Carthage. “That’s kind of been my theme.” She had a big dream and it came true.

My eulogy for the man from Plains, Georgia

Biographer Jonathan Atler has written about Jimmy Carter’s “core decency.” It is my hope that when our country’s 39th President moves beyond this earth’s existence, that description will live after him.

Faces & Places

“Everything that is tearing us down today will become a memory, and this memory will be shared as an anecdote or a story or a poem or a play or a warning. It will be shared with another human being, who will then understand that he is not alone in his sadness.