The Brazos G Regional Water Planning Group is looking to fill a board member seat.
Fisher County is one of 37 counties that make up the region G area of the Texas Water Development map. Brazos G is the board that oversees this region.
Explore the Brazos G Water Planning Group website to review board member qualifications and to request an application packet.
Nomination packets may be submitted until December 30.
Sweetwater - In Nolan County, a pre-trial hearing is set for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in the case of the State of Texas versus Gary Don Dunlap, Sr.
Dunlap was arrested in June 2021 for the negligent homicide of Jessica McQueen. He is accused of abandoning her after she died of a fatal dose of illicit drugs.
Dunlap was 57 at the time, McQueen, 33.
Update, Nov 28: Before court began, the bailiff announced that Dunlap would not be coming to court because he broke his ankle during transport. Pretrial will be rescheduled.
When giving a book as a gift, one should ask the recipient exactly which book they would like, otherwise one might offend the recipient or make the gift feel like homework, if it isn't a book to the person's liking.
I managed to offend and repulse both my parents with books. Back in a time when I was younger and didn't understand strict political and religious lines, I thought I was giving my folks enlightening literature.
To my father, a pure Baptist and God-loving man, I gave Nostradamus. I think he read it, but he deemed it the devil's work.
To my mother, a usually fair, bi-partisan individual, I gave Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope. I think she read it, as she tossed it to me later and said, "He's a socialist."
I say my mother was bi-partisan, and voted for the candidate that was best, not along a party line, because we once had an argument where I yelled, "I've never supported George [W.] Bush!" and she yelled "Neither have I!", and she watched both CNN and Fox news, to get both sides, she said.
I believe in knowing thy enemy, and diving into a fear-mongered book is a good start. I think it would be interesting if the people who ban books are made to read the books they ban.
I don't understand the bans, as one can simply go to the internet and conjure whatever book is wanted in an instant. Do kids still check books out of the school library? I'm too long out of the loop to know.
Maybe it's a diversion tactic so Texans won't look at the 3,803 laws that were passed in the last legislative session.
By the way, the next session begins January 10, 2023.
While looking through the newspapers on The Portal to Texas History site, I came across this poem written by my great-grandfather Percy Templeton, from Atlas, Texas. It was in a 1915 edition of a socialist newspaper called The Rebel, which seemed to have a lot to do with the farmers lament. Funny, they were talking about fake news even then. Here's the poem:
How the Farmer Gets Him
Come all you people if you want to know
How to us farmers milk and honey does flow
Made fifty bushels of smutty corn
Never had such luck since I was born
Work from morn till the close of day
Poor old Beck did not have a feed of hay
The cow went dry, the old sow died
The hens quit laying and seemed satisfied
The garden burned up when the weather got hot
So there was not anything to bile in the pot
The children’s hats, they had no crown
On top of all this the cotton went down
Everyone we owed he wanted to say
I sure must be first and get my pay
The Landlord said he sure must have his
For he needed it badly in his biz
The banks tell us what to plant and how to do
But will not say I’ll see you through
They say raise a living and stay out of debt
That is good advice all right you bet
But how will a fellow, till he makes a crop, go
Without something to eat? Is what I want to know
The wise Guys are ready with their advice
What to plant and how to work it, “oh, how nice!”
A certain hardware man tells us how
Nobody belongs to God but farmers now
That the old farmers are a favored lot
And will not have to go where it is very hot
Tells us how cheap everything is now
Such things as rakes, and hoes and plow
And what enormous prices we get for what we raise
Such as chicks, cattle, corn and maize
They say sell your cotton pay what you owe
Cut out such luxuries as candy and the show
Wear less, eat less, and be sure to work more
And get ready to meet Mr. Sanford on the Beautiful Shore
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The season seems to be changing in a more normal fashion this year. That may just be my perception, but the frost seems to have come at the right time and it has been cold enough to wear sweaters. If I still had my 1980's sweater collection, I would be decked out, in an out of style type of way.
The commissioners meeting last Tuesday was more interesting than Yellowstone. Not to denigrate the tv show, just showing how exciting the meeting was.
Fisher County Third Precinct Commissioner Preston Martin took the floor to relate a compelling and succinct chain of events leading up to and following his arrest and dismissal of charges for theft of material and payroll. It appears his indictment was folly, with no evidence or investigative resources being presented against him in court.
Commissioners court videos can be viewed on YouTube.
Elections resulted in Greg Abbott continuing to serve as Texas Governor for four more years. Locally, Zach Johnson won as Mayor of Rotan; Randy Cox, Loyd Greene, Joy Dennis, Frank Miranda and Gordon Scott Toliver won Rotan City Council seats; Michele Terry, Kevin Kelly, Stormy Rasberry and Dakota Rasberry won spots on the Roby School Board; Gerald P. Rodriguez, David Digby and Christy Garcia are school trustees for the Hermleigh Indendent School District. That's my take anyway, the unofficial results can be viewed on the Fisher County Election page.
