Commentary

Letter to the Editor

News Staff
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Please consider donating time and/or money to Meals on Wheels of Erath County. I run a once-aweek delivery on one of the two Dublin routes, bringing meals to local people in need.

HB 1080 is an affront to the public’s right to know

News Staff
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
To anyone who says, “Newspapers are dead,” I say, “Sit at my desk the Monday after the post office sends a bundle of newspapers to Fort Worth by mistake.”I say, “Answer my phone when someone has a neighbor whose dog ate their paper.”I say, “Do my job when someone forgot to renew their subscription...
Gonza Rangel enjoys spending time with his family, riding horses and fishing, and is a 2010 Dublin High School graduate. Courtesy photo

Gonza Rangel enjoys spending time with his family, riding horses and fishing, and is a 2010 Dublin High School graduate. Courtesy photo

Where Are They Now? Gonza Rangel

Eva Frederick
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Gonza Rangel’s family came to Dublin from Guanajuato, Mexico, when he was 15 years old. “When I started high school here, I didn’t know English,” he said. “High school was pretty hard for me, but I had to learn it one way or another, you know?

Is it Right to say God died on the Cross?

Max Aplin
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
The old Christian hymn by Charles Wesley, ‘And Can it Be?’ includes the line: ‘Amazing love! how can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me!’So what are we to make of these words?
The Subject of the Kingdom Are All Children

The Subject of the Kingdom Are All Children

The Subject of the Kingdom Are All Children

Jerry D. Ousley
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Mark wrote in his gospel, “Then they brought little children to Him, that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.
Fenceline Chatter

Fenceline Chatter

Fenceline Chatter

Erath Extension Agent Lonnie Jenschke
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Great plants, expert advice, and fun for kids at ECMG’s spring plant sale Erath County Master Gardeners’ Spring Plant Sale is one of the most popular annual gardening events in Erath County.The sale offers a large selection of annuals and perennials, wildflowers, popular landscaping plants, indoor...
Kitsch Me If You Can

Kitsch Me If You Can

Kitsch Me If You Can

John Moore
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Pink flamingos. Chalk and concrete figures. Cast iron pots with flowers. Old school bells. Cars on blocks.The yard art of yesterday.
Berry’s Picks

Berry’s Picks

Berry’s Picks

Comanche Extension Agent Michael Berry
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Wildfire Mitigation and Prevention ProgramThis is a program everyone should consider making.We are currently in the D1 (moderate drought) stage of drought, and the outlook is for the drought to persist at least for the next few months.
Volunteers help fill Easter eggs for the Dublin EGGStravaganza in a morning event Saturday, March 8 at the Station next to First National Bank of Dublin. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo

Volunteers help fill Easter eggs for the Dublin EGGStravaganza in a morning event Saturday, March 8 at the Station next to First National Bank of Dublin. Paul Gaudette | Citizen staff photo

Yours. Opinions Mine. Ours.

Paul Gaudette Dette
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Ours.FromTheEditor...So many eggs ... so little timeIt’s pretty simple to fill an Easter Egg.1. Yougetaplasticegg. (Faberge eggs are much too expensive to throw on the ground.)2. Select a size appropriate toy or candy. (This can be worked around depending on how tired or frustrated you are.)3.