Keeping Track

The 8-track tape case that lived on the back seat of my 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme was always full. Full to the point that I had to rotate different cartridges in and out to be able to listen to the variety my buddy’s and my teenage brain required.“What exactly is a Doobie Brother?

Stephenville Mayor recognizes Braille Literacy Month

Stephenville Mayor recognizes Braille Literacy MonthTo All Citizens,As we embark on the new year, I am pleased to join communities across the nation in celebrating National Braille Literacy Month this January.

MUSEUM MATTERS

We have an interesting collection of railroad tie date nails in the museum. When railroads first started expanding across America, the wooden ties that held the rails together only lasted 5 or 6 years.

Nick Howell

When Nick Howell was a kid, his father owned his own construction company and worked as a heavy equipment operator. “He’d put me in the dump truck or the water truck and let me ‘drive’,” Howell said. “I always liked driving big trucks.

A Half-truth is a Whole Lie

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you did this thing?” Abraham said, “I did it because I thought, ‘There is no fear of God at all in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.

Ichabod

common sense tells us. Someone once said, “God owns the cattle of a thousand hills, but sometimes if we want one we have to go up and drive it down ourselves!”— Jerry D. Ousley is the author of Soul Challenge, Soul Journey, Ordeal, The Spirit Bread Daily Devotional and his first novel The Shoe Tree.

Micah Suaste

Dublin graduate Micah Suaste’s greatest source of inspiration is to be a voice for the voiceless. He’s taken this value through his career in criminal justice, and hopes to carry it on someday as a lawyer specializing in LGBTQ+ issues.“It took me so long to be able to speak up for myself,” he said.

Confident of His Purposes

Psalm 138:8 (NLT) The Lord will work out his plans for my life—for your faithful love, O Lord, endures forever. Don’t abandon me, for you made me.God is omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent and eternal. That is, he is all-knowing, ever-present, allpowerful and without end.

What we Learn from Jesus the Kid

A truck driver had to make a delivery on the other side of town. In order to get there, he was required to go under an overhead bridge. Of course, there were other ways around but they took more time, and the turns were very inconvenient for a large semi-truck.

Aging Matters

Greetings! I am back again writing for my favorite newspaper, this time sharing my journey into the world of decisions we must make as we age.