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Patrick Graham
Local economy looks to its larger employers
had the opportunity to have lunch the other day with the leaders of several of the major employers here in our community.
November 14, 2009
You win some, you lose some
Willis Willis, yes that’s really his name, should feel like the luckiest guy around.
November 07, 2009
Three cheers for the United Way campaign
I’ve been involved in a lot of United Way campaigns in a lot of different places.
November 01, 2009
Getting to the bottom line on PISD’s budget
I’m going to try and take what is a fairly complicated subject, at least for me, and try and get it down to brass tacks.
October 24, 2009
Sales tax figures an interesting read
We had a story on Friday’s front page outlining how the latest sales tax figures for this year compared to the same time last year.
October 17, 2009
Leadership Lamar County to tackle peristyle
The 2009-2010 Leadership Lamar County Class has selected the peristyle in Bywaters Park as its class project.
October 10, 2009
You can’t make this stuff up, really
It’s been a rough couple of months for one of the comedy icons of late-night television, David Letterman.
October 03, 2009
Eight years or 80 — we must never forget
It’s hard to believe it has been eight years since terrorists slammed two jumbo jets into the World Trade Center towers on a September morning.
September 13, 2009
A sneak peek at the Texas Legislature
There’s probably nothing worse an elected official, at any level of government, can be accused of than playing “Washington politics.”
September 05, 2009
An easy transition into a new school system
When I was offered the opportunity to move to Paris and run a daily newspaper, I didn’t think twice about it.
August 29, 2009
Are you ready for some Sports Extra?
If you ask my girls, they will tell you Christmas season is, as the song says, “the most wonderful time of the year.”
August 23, 2009
A chance to learn more about Paris
I didn’t know U.S. Marine Sgt. Jay M. Hoskins.
August 15, 2009
‘Cash for Clunkers’ appears to be a success
Show of hands: Who thinks the federal government has been spending way, way too much money lately?
August 09, 2009
Poppin’ their tops over the ‘beer summit’
While it probably feels like Paris, Texas is ground zero for the race debate in our country.
August 02, 2009
Getting older isn’t all that bad
I turned 41, which means I’m going to have to come up with a new response when people ask me how old I am.
July 26, 2009
First beer sales, supply and demand
I’ve got to hand it to Larry Legg, the store manager at Brookshire’s, and Frank Homer, owner of Homer Quick Stop.
July 04, 2009
The good news — The future looks bright
As I’ve been settling in here in Paris, I’ve had a number of people ask me about the health of their local newspaper.
June 27, 2009
Dad would have known just what to do
My dad, Dr. William Hardin Graham, the “other Billy Graham” as he liked to say, was as politically conservative as anyone you would ever meet.
June 21, 2009
First impressions of Paris and Lamar County
As I was leaving Walton County, Georgia, the chamber there was taking on a countywide branding effort designed to better market the community.
June 11, 2009
Please allow me to introduce myself
Whenever I’ve moved to a new town, I’ve found there are three basic questions most folks will ask.
June 04, 2009
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