Chamber Chat

This week, I wear my “sales” hat. While I know I don’t have to sell anyone on Dublin or how remarkable our community is -- I do need to sell a few of you on sponsoring the Hispanic Heritage Festival, coming up Sept. 17-19.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: I’m country, as much as you can get. This is my place, my little piece of heaven. I feel like a pioneer at times, covered in dirt, fighting rocks and weeds; the rain and drought; heat and cold.

How not to get a misspelled tattoo

Oh, those crazy -o ending words! What are we going to do with them? Specifically, how do we know how to spell them when they become plural? And how do we make sure we don’t get a misspelled tattoo? Let’s march forward into the mess.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor: (Editor’s note: DHS graduate and Stephenville native wanted to share some of his songwriting with his hometown so he submitted the following for print.) I started writing lyrics eight years ago. After about four months, I started sending lyrics to my family.

A whole in one

We all know the difference between a “whole” and a “hole.” Entire doughnuts and bagels have both! For most things, if they get a hole, they’re not whole. This happens to me all the time with my socks (darn it!). I’ve always thought that “whole” milk must feel superior to other milks.

Rodeo Museum to unleash ‘Secrets’

QUESTION Who is this famous singing cowboy who co-owned the World Famous Rodeo with Everett Colborn based in Dublin? See answer below From 1937 to 1959, Dublin hosted one of the largest, most famous rodeos of the time. But then it all but disappeared. What happened?

Berry’s Picks

Time to Treat for Grubs The very common Junebug found in Texas is the adult stage of the white grub. There are over 100 varieties of May or June beetles in Texas and few cause a major economic loss to crops and horticulture plants but some can be damaging to turfgrass.

Crop Report

Central Texas vineyards avoided major losses Brianna Crowley, AgriLife Extension viticulturist, Fredericksburg, said the winter storm contributed to 80%-90% bud mortality for some producers, which translated into losses of primary vine shoots that produce fruit, so yields are expected to be below...

Fenceline Chatter

Pastures Recent rainfall events have been a major problem this summer. Fall armyworms have been hitting hay fields heavily. Biology and Damage There are two strains of fall armyworms (FAW): the corn strain and the grass strain.

Wild about words

I’m a proud “word nerd.” I love words; I collect them like baseball cards. I like weird words, wonky words, witty words and even a handful of Welsh words (fun fact: the word for “carrot” in Welsh is “moron”).