Opinion

Classroom smells

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Every day in my high school, homeroom smelled different. Not better, but different.

Castro 4-H youth honored

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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. The Texas 4-H Gold Star Award can only be awarded once in a member’s 4-H career after meeting stringent requirements through activities and projects, leadership, and community education. Attending the presentation, was Acker’s mother, Felice Acker, who is the Castro County AgriLife Extension agent.

Editor’s Message

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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.

Editor’s Message

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It’s 9 a.m. Have you stepped on a Lego yet? Moms are tough people and pretty smart, generally speaking.

Israel declares war on Hamas

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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. The formal declaration comes after a large-scale surprise which left hundreds dead and prompted lethal retaliation with Israeli air strikes.

Candy: a sweet history

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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.

Learning Liberty at WTAMU

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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. The number of Americans who express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education has dropped from 57 percent 2015 to only 36 percent today. While Republicans’ trust in higher education dropped the most, the decline in public confidence spanned all the major subgroups surveyed.

Government often breaks open record laws

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Open records laws in Texas were adopted in 1973. The Texas Public Information Act assures that government entities give citizens access to information about what public servants are doing on their behalf – information needed to gain a more complete understanding of how their government works and hold public officials accountable The law’s preamble states that every person, “unless otherwise expressly provided by law,” is entitled “at all times to complete information about the affairs of government and the official acts of public officials and employees.” The law is supposed to be “liberally construed,” the preamble adds.

Editor’s Message

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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.