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We weren’t around for the adoption of the Texas Constitution in 1876 but we ARE here in 2023 to have a say in amending it. With early voting commencing Oct. 23, I’m dedicating today’s column to proposed Amendment No. 9, “The constitutional amendment authorizing the 88th Legislature to provide a cost-ofliving adjustment to certain annuitants of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.”
Read moreFor this article, I had to get some help from one of my good friends and local realtors Yolanda Fultz. Being that she is also involved with our local Navasota Grimes County Chamber of Commerce, I knew she would have several great suggestions for me - and that she did!
Read moreHave you ever heard the phrase or comment, Risk versus Reward? Sometimes, to see the greatest “reward”, you may have to take the greatest “risks.” Management consultant and educator, Peter Drucker, stated, “There are some risks that you cannot afford to take... and there are some risks that you can’t afford NOT to take.”
Read moreThis is another one of my Army stories, so hold on tight! After completing my Initial Entry Training (AKA Boot Camp), Advanced Individual Training and Airborne School, I was assigned to C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment. This was at Fort Bragg, North Carolina deep in the heart of the 82nd Airborne Division.
Read moreSometime ago a Sandbar column ran about two Whiteside leagues of land granted in the southwest section of Grimes County in the names of James Whiteside and John J. Whiteside. The article stated that research indicated these two were not blood kin, but further research shows they were brothers.
Read moreOne of my Examiner contributions is the content for This Week in History. This assignment requires me to peruse the Examiner’s big blue books for headlines of Grimes County news events for the past four decades. Can you imagine my surprise a week after writing “Railroaded Again?” and ”The Crucifixion of Grimes County,” I turned to the Sept. 9, 1993, edition and saw this headline - “City in high-speed train corridor!”
Read moreThis interviewee started out a little different than the others. I planned on interviewing her husband, who happened to be in Australia for a few weeks, so I wasn’t able to meet with him quite yet. The more I thought about who I would replace him with - the more I saw his wife and realized SHE WAS THE PERFECT ONE! Her husband even told me, “She is significantly cooler than I am, with a way more powerful story to tell.”
Read moreDear readers, this story is a bit embarrassing, but I’m going to push through for you anyway. This took place when I was in high school on a campout with a friend of mine. Actually, “campout” might not be the right term. It was more like trespassing.
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