When I first got the call to say I had been offered a job at a newspaper, I was ecstatic. I had been out of work for close to four months and had applied to nearly 170 jobs; the call back from my publisher, Tim O’Malley, was my third call. After my excitement wore off, I settled down and did a little research on my new home- Jacksboro.
Dear Editor:
As you know, I am General Counsel to the Jack County Hospital District, doing business as Faith Community Health System (“the District”). Normally, I would not write a letter to the editor, but I am concerned about some misinformation and misunderstanding about the District’s upcoming bond election known as Proposition A. I would like to make the following statements and clarifications:
Many of you may recall that I placed an ad questioning the Bond Election for Faith Community Hospital. I have serious concerns anytime there are elections that raise taxes.
I volunteered to pick up my daughter at the airport in the city last weekend. You must understand that she lives the Metroplex, but we had a family gathering attend that afternoon, and she was coming into the airport which was fairly close to the gathering. I don’t often get a chance to get together with her and her sister, so I was excited about the prospects.
Songs are often slathered in over-simplification. We’ve generally gone along with the musical proclamation that our smiles trigger the rest of the world to smile with us.
Wait a minute. The world ignores, remaining ambivalent, whether we’re smiling or not.
This is not to say there is not value in smiles; they are worthwhile if they do nothing more than brighten a few lives in our own little world. Even slight grins help, and they buy a few seconds while we’re trying to think what to say next….
Crude oil production in Texas continues to set records, and it is the primary factor in the rise in the Texas Petro Index for 15 consecutive months.
The Texas Petro Index increased in February to 191.5, up from 188.7 in January and 155.7 in February 2017. Before the most recent economic downturn, the TPI peaked at a record 313.9 in November 2014, which marked the zenith of an economic expansion that began in December 2009, when the TPI stood at 188.7.
The Taylor County community of Potosi is not big enough to have a whole lot of stories connected to it, but there are a couple.
First, a little background: Potosi is nine miles southeast of Abilene. Unlike many small towns, given its proximity to the capital city of the Big Country, it has actually grown in recent years. In the 1920s, however, it was down to only 20 or so residents and well on its way to being a ghost town. Today, more than 3,000 folks call it home.
Have you ever wondered what’s on those “other” television channels? You know, the ones you don’t watch. I watch the low ones from the major networks: three, six, and so forth up to PBS and that one, only if it stars a good-looking hero and an impelling story … with emphasis on the good-looking hero. Then I skip to a couple of twenty-four-hour cable news channels … just in case Congress actually passes some legislation. It’s common knowledge that sports are not a priority of mine, so I skip those channels … unless my man-friend is visiting, and I pretend I’m a regular fan.
“One thing for sure,” a reader mentioned the other day, “most of your columns are centered on your own ‘back when’ memories.” An easy counter is that just as many pieces are written about their “back when” recollections.
Some of the most poignant accounts are from folks 90 or more years of age. Engage them in conversation, however brief, and they’re apt to flip back memory calendars to the 1930s, when the Great Depression gripped our land.
The oil and gas industry in the United States is unique. It is made up of thousands of companies involved in exploration, production, transportation, refining and marketing of crude oil and natural gas from coast-to-coast and from Canada to Mexico and beyond.
