Berry’s Picks

Small Grain Turn-Row Meeting Small grains forage production is one of the largest crops grown in Comanche County and the surrounding areas. Unfortunately, this has been a very rough year for growing small grainsthe driest winter and spring we have experienced in many years.

Paved with Good Intentions

It’s no secret that the economy is hurting. Stock market reports in recent days look like a rollercoaster with drops steeper than the Titan at Six Flags.

And Come Again

Today, we tap a few spots on our smartphones and whatever we want is brought to our front door. Usually the next day.Takes a lot of the hassle out of doing business. It also takes a lot of the people out of doing business.I have no relationships with anyone at Amazon.

Letter to the Editor

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

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.

Where Are They Now? Gonza Rangel

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?

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

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

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

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.