Opinion

The death of a Leander High School graduate from a fentanyl overdose has prompted state Rep. Terry Wilson, R-Georgetown, to file a bill that would require 10 hours of education annually concerning the dangers of the drug to students in sixth grade and up, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Last week, the first suspicious truck parked at the curb across the street. A burly man in nondescript work clothes wandered around… walking across the street toward my yard. I stood in my darkened living room and watched him. He made no effort to approach my front door, but did walk down the alley that runs beside the house. He returned to his truck and drove off. Later that day, he returned, walked the alley again and then walked across my front yard, planting little flags and marking the grass with orange paint.

Minnie Pearl--queen of country humor for a half-century--”country- talked” her way into our hearts, mostly from the stage of Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry. Nowadays, the $1.98 price tag dangling from her hat is but a distant memory.

It is the season of Lent. Although I don’t give up chocolate or Diet Coke or some other minor sins, I do try to give up some of the things that pull me away from a faithful life. I’ve never thought that chocolate or Diet Coke in themselves were sinful. Of course, if I was stealing the chocolate or selling drug-laced Diet Coke to children in third world countries, I could see the reason to give that up for Lent.

h IghlIghts Under legislation prioritized by House Speaker Dade Phelan, every Texas school would have an armed police officer, and aspiring teachers would receive extra support. The Dallas Morning News reported the bill would also provide $15,000 in annual funding for safety measures for each school in the state.

Texas once again has topped the list for new and expanded corporate facilities added in a year, according to Site Selection Magazine. With 1,028 new projects in 2022, the state had more than the next two states combined – Illinois and Ohio.

To describe the workouts he directed as “grueling” might be an extreme understatement if the athletes who ran for late track coach J. H.

It is the season of Lent. Although I don’t give up chocolate or Diet Coke or some other minor sins, I do try to give up some of the things that pull me away from a faithful life. I’ve never thought that chocolate or Diet Coke in themselves were sinful. Of course, if I was stealing the chocolate or selling drug-laced Diet Coke to children in third world countries, I could see the reason to give that up for Lent.

h Gov. Greg Abbott has created a statewide task force after several “street takeovers” recently took place in Austin in which motorists obstructed intersections, shot off fireworks and drove recklessly.

I have always been amazed at how much teenage boys could eat. Not that I was so delicate, but my brothers and his friends saw no shame in eating until everything was gone and then checking the refrigerator for scraps, the pantry for dried out cookies, and the milk carton for the last few ounces of last weeks milk.