Editor’s Message

Remember back to past holiday dinners, one comes to mind when we were in the Air Force and stationed in New Jersey. My husband had several bachelor friends who were regularly invited over for dinner, and they decided to return our generosity by inviting us to a holiday dinner.

Football’s most important player

What’s the most important position on a football team? I vote for the center. Some pay more attention to the quarterback or running backs, but without the center they’d just be standing around. The center starts each play.

Really ancient food

Sometimes I wonder how our ancient ancestors survived without foods like breakfast cereal and ice cream. But maybe they didn’t realize what they were missing, because prehistoric television commercials got such poor reception. Seriously, consider the paleolithic period, which covers about 2.

Veterans Day and the University

Veterans Day has a long and storied history, beginning in the U.S. in recognition of the conclusion of World War I. “The Great War” formally ended on June 28, 1919, with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

A Twenty-First Century Curriculum

The relevance of any curriculum at any university in the context of rapid technical and cultural changes is a pressing concern for all: educators, students, parents and employers alike.

My average face

Have you ever been told you look like somebody famous? A couple years ago, several friends and I sat around a lunch table, and tried to judge who our companions resembled. My friend Jim said, “Quinn, you just have a generic face. “That’s not an insult,” he added.

Classroom smells

Every day in my high school, homeroom smelled different. Not better, but different. At that moment, we teens were bound together by one goal. We wanted to smell better, and we wanted to smell stronger. This required experimentation. Every morning I left home as a cornucopia of fragrances.

Castro 4-H youth honored

Castro County 4-H Spencer Acker was presented the Gold Star Award at the District 2 66th annual Gold Star Banquet in Lubbock on Oct. 23. The Gold Star Award is the highest achievement award given by the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program through the county 4-H Program.

Editor’s Message

Thomas Sowell noted that there are no final solutions to the problems of individual humans and civilization, just tradeoffs. To get something there has to be a tradeoff. According to John Leake, author and journalist who wrote a column on the subject, some people understand this concept.

Keep it Legal

“I wrote a will, and no one is going to fight, so no one will have to go to court.” Wrong. All wills must go to court even if no one is fighting. All wills must go through probate. Probate is a Latin word that simply means to “prove.