BUNCO! The next gathering of the Bunco group will be Tuesday, September 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. This energetic group meets once a month to spend time rolling those dice while commiserating about the hot, hot weather. It may be 100+ degrees outside but the cool determination of the ladies playing defies that heat! There […]

Labor Day Labor Day is one of those holidays where you can just relax. No Santa, no bunnies and, most importantly, a day off from work.  For some of us however, Labor Day means going into work anyway (guilty of it myself on many a first Monday of September through the years) and having to […]

Vernon was born on September 4, 1924, in Webbers Fall, Oklahoma, to Isaac and Mildia. He was the fifth of nine children and spent most of his younger life in the Russellville/Dardenell, Arkansas area. His dad contracted tuberculosis and the young lad suffered an attack of scarlet fever, which made him the runt of the […]

The Federal Budget – What Can Be Done? Paul Ryan was widely praised by many Democrat Pundits, including Bill Clinton, on his work to ensure the survival of Medicare. Until now. As Mitt Romney’s running mate, he is now the Devil incarnate. The real problems with Medicare are fraud and Obamacare. To make the numbers […]

This seems to be the time to talk Spanish. In my case that would definitely have to be “un poco Espanol” or whatever is the correct spelling. The Calhoun County Museum has a fine Tejano exhibition for the next few months. The State of Texas has recently dedicated a Tejano statue type exhibit in Austin. […]