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Published Saturday, February 16, 2019
By Richard Greene
Tuesday morning I sat in our conference room during a weekly managers' meeting, hoping for the coffee to kick in after a late night school board meeting in Boyd. A few minutes before the meeting wrapped up, my phone buzzed with a text from our Special Projects Manager Brian Knox.
Published Saturday, February 2, 2019
By Richard Greene
A quote I've embraced over nearly two decades in this career is "the only constant in life is change." It took a Google search to realize that Greek philosopher Heraclitus was the originator of the phrase, urging us to embrace change.
Published Saturday, January 5, 2019
By Richard Greene
On an unseasonably cold April morning at the McCarroll Middle School track, emotions ran as high as the fierce north wind. It was the first Jackie's Run 5K since the passing of the race's namesake Jackie Murphree.
Published Saturday, October 26, 2018
By Richard Greene
After weeks of reading endorsement columns, studying the League of Women Voters guide and doing some independent research on various candidates, I carefully went through the sample ballot again Wednesday morning.
Published Saturday, October 13, 2018
By Richard Greene
A week ago a man came into the office, expressing his concern about a human interest feature on the front page of the Messenger. "It's not news," he said repeatedly.
Published Saturday, September 1, 2018
By Richard Greene
On the last weekend of August 2003, I made the early Sunday morning trek from my apartment near the University of North Texas to a parking lot near the Physical Education Building to meet a group of strangers to run.
Published Saturday, June 23, 2018
By Richard Greene
The long two weeks of speculation and turmoil at Decatur ISD ended Monday after the 10th hour of trustees meeting behind closed doors to discuss the contract and job performance of superintendent Judi Whitis.
Published Saturday, May 26, 2018
By Richard Greene
A long-standing national pastime is worrying what will happen to the country when it's handed off to the next generation. I know I helped produce my fair share of doubt on Generation X carrying the torch, while playing Super Mario Brothers and listening to a string of one-hit wonders instead of being productive.
Published Saturday, April 28, 2018
By Richard Greene
This year I've tried to turn over a new leaf and change my pessimistic ways. I've taken the view that there are no problems, only opportunities.
Published Saturday, April 14, 2018
By Richard Greene
Like many Wednesdays before, you will open your mailbox next week and find a copy of All Around Wise. While many of you will flip through it, the first inclination for some will be to quickly dismiss it as the same old, same old.
Published Saturday, March 31, 2018
By Richard Greene
Every once in a while, the advice of my childhood best friend William Charles Janke IV creeps into the my conscience: "We work to live; not live to work."
Published Saturday, March 10, 2018
By Richard Greene
Monday night a large group of parents filled the Chisholm Trail Middle School library to voice their concerns about the school and the possibility of seeing its enrollment cut by more than half next school year with the opening of Adams Middle School.
Published Saturday, March 3, 2018
By Richard Greene
Sitting at the back of the Northwest ISD boardroom Monday night, I was stunned watching the hands rise for the vote on proposed attendance boundaries - three for, and then three against. What? A split vote?
Published Wednesday, February 14, 2018
By Richard Greene
Sometime in my early 20s, I made the astute observation that the central characters in many romantic comedies are journalists. Even in what is considered the best of the genre, "It Happened One Night," the hero who ended up with the girl was a reporter searching for a big scoop.
Published Saturday, February 3, 2018
By Richard Greene
While getting ready to take my wife and daughter to breakfast on a November Saturday morning in 2009, my phone rang. On the other end of the line was a lively Decatur football coach Kyle Story.
Published Wednesday, January 17, 2018
By Richard Greene
Growing up in rural North Texas, I've always fashioned myself as a man's man - a tough exterior and even harder on the inside.
Published Wednesday, January 3, 2018
By Richard Greene
Sitting around the office at The Pilot Point Post-Signal in the early 2000s, I picked up a copy of the Wise County Messenger that was lying around.
Published Saturday, December 30, 2017
By Richard Greene
Over the summer, I was contacted about three Decatur students - Ty Watson, Alec Uselton and Charlie Doubrava - attending Texas Boys State. As a history nerd and political science junkie, I thought it would be a fun profile to write.
Published Wednesday, December 6, 2017
By Richard Greene
A few years ago in another small community, I got a call from a school administrator about vandals striking his home and destroying his Christmas display. While interviewing him, he expressed his dismay about vandals kicking over his nativity scene, including kicking baby Jesus in the head.
Published Saturday, November 25, 2017
By Richard Greene
Now that the morning 5K, Thanksgiving feast, another Dallas Cowboys disappointment and an evening with the family is over, it's time for my favorite part of the holiday - leftovers.
