Opinion

THE LAST FEW YEARS at Fall Foliage Festival, Therese and I have opened Hill Crest for people from other towns to tour. It is totally different from The Citadelle, and people enjoy the house and our backyard. We have a problem, though.

LONE STAR ANGEL PROJECT (LSAP) is a local nonprofit organization established several years ago by a group of remarkable community women who saw a need to help the children of Hemphill County.

DURING THE MOST EXTREME weather periods, energy is a life-critical resource.

FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, The Record has collected used, but still useable, eyeglasses for an organization called “New Eyes for the Needy.”

AFTER ATTENDING ONE OF Rep. Ken King’s meetings to “solicit feedback from his constituents on the issues they felt vitally important before the upcoming (88th Texas Legislative) session,” several thoughts come to mind.

A TROUBLING DEBATE has dominated several meetings of Canadian’s City Council over the last two or three months. It has focused, for the most part, on the city’s growing list of infrastructure needs, and how to grow enough city revenue to build some reserves and begin funding these projects.

I was curious, so I asked Roger Estlack, who along with his wife, Ashlee, publishes the Clarendon Enterprise, how their community of approximately 1,810 citizens managed to build a new swimming pool.

ON LABOR DAY, WE HONOR the achievements of America’s workers, and in 2022 we have a historic victory to celebrate. Our nation’s working people have come all the way back from the depths of a global pandemic, regaining every job lost and more.

BY GARY BORDERS Flooding prompts disaster declaration Heavy rains through Texas last week caused flooding, particularly in the Dallas area, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to issue a disaster declaration for 23 affected counties.

By Jay Leeson, Published Aug. 5 in the Dallas News WITH GOV.