Castro 4-H youth honored

Castro County 4-H Spencer Acker was presented the Gold Star Award at the District 2 66th annual Gold Star Banquet in Lubbock on Oct. 23. The Gold Star Award is the highest achievement award given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program through the county 4-H Program.

Editor’s Message

Thomas Sowell noted that there are no final solutions to the problems of individual humans and civilization, just tradeoffs. To get something there has to be a tradeoff. According to John Leake, author and journalist who wrote a column on the subject, some people understand this concept.

Keep it Legal

“I wrote a will, and no one is going to fight, so no one will have to go to court.” Wrong. All wills must go to court even if no one is fighting. All wills must go through probate. Probate is a Latin word that simply means to “prove.

Editor’s Message

It’s 9 a.m. Have you stepped on a Lego yet? Moms are tough people and pretty smart, generally speaking. Experience teaches you a lot. As moms, most of us learned valuable lessons early with her first child. Tidbits like ‘silence isn’t golden, it is suspicious.

Israel declares war on Hamas

Israel formally declared war this past Sunday against the Palestinian Hamas and ordered the complete siege of Gaza after the militant organization attacked several locations in Israel on Saturday.

Candy: a sweet history

My friend Debi asks, “Why do they call the little candy ‘fun sizes?’ Wouldn’t it be more fun to eat a big one?” Wow, Debi, what a flavorful question. Let me chew on that a little with my sweet tooth. Candy has been around throughout recorded history.

Learning Liberty at WTAMU

Originally published in the Canon, October 4, 2023 The latest poll by Gallup of Americans’ attitudes toward higher education is out, and the results should come as a surprise to nobody.

Government often breaks open record laws

Open records laws in Texas were adopted in 1973.

Editor’s Message

I found this and here is a big salute to the “Elderly.” The author is unknow. They call us “The Elderly.” We were born in and grew up in the 40-50-60s. We studied in the 60-7080s.

Old sayings

Remember that old saying “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush?” I thought about this today while chewing fried chicken. I don’t know what other birds are worth, but I had to pay for the chicken. Seriously, the quote goes back to ancient times.