Glad to have generous store
Published Saturday, April 20, 2013
By Crystal Holt
I just wanted to let everyone know how great a community store Brookshire's is.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Lucky to have such great helpers
Published Saturday, April 20, 2013
By Gwen Combs
The sign on the side of the fire truck said "To Help People" and that's just what Decatur firefighters and Wise County EMS did for me on April 11 when they answered my call for help.
The hearing aid conversation
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Gerre Joiner
Don Jackson had been to Denton and been given a hearing test earlier in the day. He said they'd told him he needed hearing aids, but he had decided to put the purchase off until he really needed them.
Still working for meaningful tax code reform
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Kay Granger
By now, we've all collected the necessary paperwork from our employers, our banks and others, filled out the complicated tax documents - or more likely, purchased software or hired a professional to fill them out for us - and sent it all in for the IRS to examine.
Thanks for supporting an end to violence
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Pat Slayton
On behalf of the board of directors and staff of Wise Hope Shelter & Crisis Center, I would like to express our appreciation to all who attended the Men Against Abuse rally on March 23 and took time from your busy schedule to attend our open house and ribbon cutting at our new Outreach Office at 608 N Trinity in Decatur.
Need integrity, ethics in leadership
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By D.A. Sharpe
Bob Buckel's opinion article April 13 about respect for authority was right on!
Following the leader
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
Almost everyone, at some time, has played "Follow the Leader." I have always liked this game - as long as I am leading.
Senate approves drug-testing bills
Published Wednesday, April 17, 2013
By Ed Sterling
Two Senate bills making the award of certain financial benefits for certain individuals contingent on drug testing were passed by the Senate last week and have now moved to the House for consideration.
Respect for authority starts with respectability
Published Saturday, April 13, 2013
By Bob Buckel
I read this week that "disgraced" New York Congressman Anthony Weiner is pondering a run for mayor of New York City. I was dumbfounded.
Not a fitting end for a faithful Marine
Published Saturday, April 13, 2013
By Bobby Harris
If this story were to happen in the bigger cities no one would blink an eye.
Big business of government will sustain itself
Published Saturday, April 13, 2013
By Nathan Horner
Soap box time: Here is my take on the federal government.
For good of school district, indicted trustee should resign
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Messenger Staff
On Monday night, Northwest School Board President Mel Fuller took time to read a statement addressing the recent felony indictment of fellow board member Kerry Jones. Jones was not present, and he shouldn't be.
House OKs revised version of state budget
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Ed Sterling
On April 5, the Texas House of Representatives approved Committee Substitute Senate Bill 1, a proposed state budget of $194 billion for fiscal years 2014 and 2015.
Let the wind blow
Published Wednesday, April 10, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
As I write this morning, I am sitting by my living room window listening to the wind blow.
Indian Winter?
Published Saturday, April 6, 2013
By Bob Buckel
We all know about "Indian Summer" - that blessed return of warm, sunny weather after fall has already nipped the mature green of summer.
State leaders would rather arm teachers with guns than books
Published Saturday, April 6, 2013
By Brandon Evans
It might soon become easier for a teacher to pack a gun in the classroom than it is to get new textbooks for students.
More casualties of the failed War on Drugs
Published Saturday, April 6, 2013
By Rusty White
While the loss of these three lives in Kaufman County can never be justified, one has to ask WHY?
Rising to the ghost pepper challenge
Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Jimmy Alford
Sometimes you're proud of doing something stupid. Recently, I pretty much set myself on fire just to see if I could stand the heat.
Water, school-testing bills advance
Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Ed Sterling
House Bill 5, legislation proposing to change public school testing requirements, and House Bill 4, proposing to fund water infrastructure, drew spotlights at the state Capitol last week.
God sent you here
Published Wednesday, April 3, 2013
By Gerry Lewis
That's what she said. "God sent you here." I didn't know her. We had made eye contact and smiled pleasantly as we passed on the canned vegetables aisle moments earlier.
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- Trading stone age for phone age
- Franchise tax bill moves toward passage
- Facebook policy
- Another brick in the patio
- Questions (good and bad) abound at the coffee shop
- CSCOPE is not a four-letter word
- Son’s first visit to the Ballpark one to remember
- 20/20 Hindsight: Mayor outlines impact of hospital’s bankruptcy on city finances
- I’ve got new names
- MORE OPINION...
- Food drive rounds up record
- People are the only real ‘gun problem’
- Searching for some kind strangers
- When does CPS need to step into a family?
- Accuracy needed on DISD tech efforts
- Was arrest racially motivated?
- Questions school district’s priorities
- Honored to answer that roll call
- Fitting finish for veteran, thanks to readers
- Indicted NISD trustee should resign
- MORE LETTERS...