Christmas Shopping and Gift Adventures
Christmas shopping is usually pretty simple around the Brendle household. David and I exchange a few gifts with each other, but our needs are few and our budget is limited, so shopping isn’t complicated. […]
Columns
Being Santa is a 365-day-a-year job for Gaston
Bill Gaston loves Christmas like a lot of people living in Rains County, and he loves playing Santa Claus and helping kids. In fact, he is so busy being Santa and distributing toys to kids that it has become his year-round job. […]
A week of country life
In the late 18th or early 19th century one of two newsmen coined a phrase about the newsworthiness of a certain event. Both are given credit, but whoever said it was probably right: “When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news.” […]
Owner of Stefanos Greek Kouzina learning more about his relation to Emory Rains
John Louis Stefanos, owner of Stefanos Greek Kouzina, located at 234 Quitman, says that he has always known he was related to Emory Rains, Founding Father of Rains County. […]
Christmas Around the Square
After a COVID cancellation last year, Christmas around the Square is returning to downtown Emory this Saturday from 8:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m. I had participated in this annual tradition twice as a vendor, and Christmas 2021 didn’t seem complete without it. […]
Senior Center a great fit for volunteer Suzanne Wilson
Suzanne Wilson, who has spent most of her life in Rains County, worked for The Texas Workforce Commission 30 years and presently enjoys being retired. […]
Being thankful for 2021
In preparing to write this week, I read last year’s Thanksgiving column called “How Thanksgiving Grows.” The gist of the story was that, because of residual fears about COVID, none of our usual family gatherings occurred, so I planned to fix a small but special meal for David and me. […]
Welcome Home!
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. […]