In February of 1965, nineteen-year-old Robert Worley was accepted into the U.S. Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Class as a lance corporal E-3. He admits that, at the time, he had never heard of Vietnam – he was busy trying to adapt to college after Paducah High School. Three weeks later, everyone knew about Vietnam. […]
David and I, along with my cousin Penny, attended the 55th reunion of Mesquite High School class of 1965 last weekend. The reunion was planned for 2020, but COVID had other ideas. […]
Margie Jacobs is about to become one of the remarkable Americans who reaches the age of 100 years. Google reports that centenarians (individuals 100 or older) make up less than one percent of the U.S. population. […]
The title of this column probably brings to mind the smell of a pot roast or a soup that has simmered all day while you were at work. I love my crock pot and all the easy meals it cooks, but the slow cooker in this story is me. […]
Wendy Byrd was working on indigent health care for Rains County Judge Joe R. Dougherty, about a dozen years ago, when the position of Rains County Public Librarian opened up in Emory. […]
Last week I wrote about the amazing success of the Friends of the Library Book Sale and how smoothly it went. That was true, but the sale wasn’t without problems. […]
The Friends of Rains County Public Library held their semi-annual Book Sale last Friday and Saturday. Publicity Coordinator Marsha Rakestraw had labeled the sale as an “event,” and her prediction proved to be true. […]
Two weeks ago I wrote about our appliance ordeal when the dryer went out and we unex- pectedly bought a freezer, all in the same day. […]
David Harvey’s life can be described in many ways. Although born in Fort Worth, he spent his childhood attending Rains County schools, where he ended up on the Rains High School District Championship Football Team in 1969. […]
I first became a member of the school pick up brigade when Christian was three years old. After several years of being a stay-at-home wife and mother, I rejoined the workforce and he entered the world of daycare. […]
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