COTTLE 4-H

COTTLE 4-H Cottle County 4-Hers had fun hearing from Game Warden Matthew Cruse last week. He taught the kids a bit about measuring antler spreads, how to properly gauge the width from a distance on mule deer, ID, and hunting licenses, and touched on CWD. 

GUTHRIE OAP

GUTHRIE OAP The annual Guthrie CSD Art Walk was held on Wednesday, Nov. 8 and featured the junior high and high school fall One Act Play performances. 

Special session likely to end with no voucher deal

As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

What am I missing here?

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. —George Romney, 1964, Republican National Convention One year from now, we will...

The 501

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

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

REP. JAMES FRANK, TEXAS HOUSE DISTRICT 69 The Legislature is currently considering reforms to Texas’education system. I firmly believe that improving public education requires enacting reforms that re-focus education on the two most important factors in a child’s education: parents and teachers.

A quiet, small gesture in the World Series

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

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

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. I bake the sweet potatoes to achieve caramelization, giving the soup a deep, nutty flavor.