Opinion

Following last week’s grim news of the deaths of 19 elementary school students and two teachers at the hands of a lone gunman in Uvalde, we asked Superintendent Lynn Pulliam to comment on the safety procedures that have been put in place on all four campuses at Canadian ISD. Pulliam responded this week with this statement:

Gunman walked into school building unopposed The gunman who killed 21 people inside a Uvalde elementary school walked into the unlocked building unopposed, the Department of Public Safety said in a revised statement, as reported by the Austin American-Statesman and other media sources. After the gunman crashed his grandmother’s truck in a ditch, he walked into the building while firing a semiautomatic weapon purchased just days after his 18th birthday.

WHEN WE MADE that first sweepstakes award, we painted the school bus so everyone along the way home would see our honors. We wore white shoes, so there was plenty of white shoe polish to finish the art. Mr. Waits is holding the trophy.

IMAGINE IF it was your child. Imagine that you had heard the alarm clock go off this morning, and fumbled through the dark to the kitchen, to start the coffee pot.

ON MAY 12, my sister, Rachel Broadbent Collier, was diagnosed with the blood cancer lymphoma. She is the oldest of nine siblings as well as a wife and mother to five children. In the days since her diagnosis, her oncologist has told her that she is in need of a bone marrow transplant. In order for her to receive this transplant, she will need to match with a bone marrow donor. This transplant has the potential to save her life. If any of you feel called to be a donor, you can sign up at BeTheMatch.org. Whether you choose to be bone marrow donor, financial donor, or lift a prayer, we would appreciate it very much!