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. I’ve been doing this for almost ten years and it’s been rewarding.

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.

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? Is it correct to say that God died on the cross, or should Christians avoid speaking in this way?

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

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.

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. I’ve always felt that Southerners were so proud to have a yard with grass in it that we set things out to keep the grass from being stolen.

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

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.

Jumping at the Chance

John Moore

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Christmas 1973 had a focus. All I wanted was the new Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle set.The short sidewalk in front of our little red brick house on Beech Street was the perfect length to launch and then watch my hero ride off the end of the concrete and into the soft grass.