RECORD ENROLLMENT – Fall enrollment increased 7 percent at Weatherford College Wise County. Thirty students bumped the total to 462, the most ever enrolled at one time on the local campus, and Associate Dean Matt Joiner thinks enrollment momentum will continue to build leading up to the opening of the permanent campus in fall 2012. “This is giving us a […]
2011-09-21
Patricia Sanders Brown
FUNERAL with full military honors for Patricia Sanders Brown, 41, of Rowlett, formerly of Chico is noon today in the Chapel at Jones Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport. Family visitation is 11 a.m.-noon prior to the service.
Danny Lee Vaught
FUNERAL for Danny Lee Vaught, 80, of Boonsville is 10 a.m. today at St. John the Baptizer Catholic Church in Bridgeport with burial at Boonsville Cemetery. Hawkins Funeral Home in Bridgeport is handling arrangements.
Ernest R. “Pops” Drake
SERVICE for Ernest R. “Pops” Drake, 72, of Boyd is 2 p.m. Thursday at the Assembly of God Church in Rhome with burial at Boyd Cemetery. Family visitation is 6-8 tonight at Christian-Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd.
Wilson and Rogers spin words
After reading Mr. Dave Roger’s rendition of the Aug. 29 Alvord School Board meeting, I feel the need to clarify some details that many assume he purposely left out of the story in order to allow the readers to fill in the blanks with misguided assumptions. In my opinion, his article exhibits very poor journalism and the fact that it […]
Danny Lee Vaught
Funeral for Danny Lee Vaught, 80, of Boonsville, was to be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21, at St. John the Baptizer Catholic Church in Bridgeport. Father Gonzo and Father Jacob were to officiate. Burial was to follow in Boonsville Cemetery. Born Nov. 3, 1930, in Archer City to Basil and Naoma (Knight) Vaught, he married Betty Jean Myers June 2, […]
Ernest R. ‘Pops’ Drake
Funeral for Ernest R. “Pops” Drake, 72, of Boyd is 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 22, at Assembly of God Church in Rhome with the Rev. Mike Stephenson officiating. Burial will follow at Boyd Cemetery. Visitation was to be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Christian-Hawkins Funeral Home in Boyd. Drake died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, in Decatur. Born July 8, […]
Excuse me, but it is a Ponzi scheme
With apologies to Shakespeare, a Ponzi scheme by any other name is still a Ponzi scheme. Texas Gov. Rick Perry is just the first major political figure to have the courage to stand by saying what we all know to be true. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney says Social Security shouldn’t be criticized because so many people have been convinced […]
Perry neglected firefighters
Dear Gov. Rick Perry: As a citizen of the great State of Texas, I hope I can speak for all of us, whether livestock growers like me or Texans in cities. We would like you to give back the money (tax dollars) you took from our fire departments, especially our rural volunteer firefighters. Texans have learned that our firemen are […]
