What am I missing here?

Body Check Your Mirrors Extremism in defense of liberty is not a vice, but I denounce political extremism, of the left or the right, based on duplicity, falsehood, fear, violence and threats when they endanger liberty.

The 501

Body Nighttime Deer Season It’s deer season. No, not the time of year to shoot ’em. You hit ’em with your car. Me, I just missed a prize buck. He was poised to leap into my path but hesitated. I could almost count the points. He had lots. Oh well.

School choice: Why voters should oppose it

Body DREW LANDRY, LUBBOCK I grew up in a small town of Southwest Indiana called Jasonville. It rests on the Northwest side of Greene County and is the epitome of “small town living.

School choice: Why voters should support it

Body REP. JAMES FRANK, TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 69 The Legislature is currently considering reforms to Texas’education system.

A quiet, small gesture in the World Series

Body SUE JANE SULLIVAN Before Saturday night’s World Series game, I didn’t know squat about Tommy Pham, the 35-yearold designated hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Grandparental miscellanea

Body My grandmother used to look to the sun in the sky to know what time it was. She owned a watch. She wore it to church on Sunday—maybe to time the preacher. Not that timing a preacher changes the length of the sermon. What will be will be. It’s like a weather forecast.

Savory Sweet Potato Soup

Body CUISINE & CULTURE | ANGELINA@ANGELINALARUE.COM Loaded baked potato soup is a fall favorite for a lot of folks. In this recipe, I’m taking baked sweet potatoes to a whole new level, based on that same idea.

FRIENDSHIP QUILTERS

Body EDITORS’ NOTE This installment, which arrived on our desk this week, is from the week of Oct. 26, 2023. We girls met again, and I quilted on my quilt and made good progress. We missed Wanda Strange as she had lost a brother and she was with her family.

STUDENT ASSISTANCE

Body Silverton andValley students volunteered to help with October food distribution forTri-County Meals through High Plains Food Bank. 

FALL FESTIVAL HONORS

Body Silverton recognized the following youngsters at their fall festival. From left, 3rd Grade: Emery Adams and Kooper Lambert; Freshmen: Brynae Harrison and Carson Sanders; 7th Grade: Kelby Harrison and Eli Francis.