Columns

Paradise for less than a penny per acre
From the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Web site come this interesting article:
November 05, 2009 - By Jim Blassingame

High water washes away Hunting Club's hopes
Watching the soft rain fall steadily outside my office window here at the house, I recalled a similar wet weekend over ten years ago.
November 05, 2009 - By Reavis Z. Wortham

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 - By Patrick Graham

Orangutans don’t all live in the zoo
Recently, I read a news story about an orangutan at the Smithsonian Zoo in Washington that had learned to whistle.
October 30, 2009 - By David Bradshaw

Regular checkups are the key
My how time slips away when you’re having fun.
October 29, 2009 - By Mary Madewell

When boredom strikes the fisherman’s wife...
I made a long cast toward the bank as our rented johnboat floated downstream on an Arkansas river.
October 29, 2009 - By Reavis Z. Wortham

TPWD fisheries biologists unravel mysteries
September means at least two unpleasant annual natural phenomena in East Texas: Ragweed is blooming and fish are dying at Lake Fairfield.
October 29, 2009 - By Jim Blassingame

Mr. President, who is the man behind the mask
An open letter to President Obama:
October 27, 2009 - By Tommy Felts

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 - By Patrick Graham

Giving in to the temptation of the circus
Sometimes it does a person good to revert to the days of our youth and do something compulsive.
October 22, 2009 - By Mary Madewell

Tough conditions call for ‘power fishing’
Start with the high water in our area lakes.
October 22, 2009 - By Jim Blassingame

Patches make all the difference
“Is that Ed?” Doc asked, looking outside through the plate glass window of Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Café.
October 22, 2009 - By Reavis Z. Wortham

Is Glenn Beck that different from Obama?
It started hours before he even arrived.
October 20, 2009 - By Tommy Felts

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 - By Patrick Graham

RIP, Mr. Justice
Texas and the judicial system lost an honorable public servant Tuesday with the death of federal Judge William Wayne Justice.
October 15, 2009 - By Mary Madewell

Oklahoma black bear season off to good start
Here’s an interesting report from outdoornewsdaily.com:
October 15, 2009 - By Jim Blassingame

Get gear for a return to the good ol' days
All of a sudden the War Department and I have experienced an intense desire to return to a simpler form of camping.
October 15, 2009 - By Reavis Z. Wortham

Sing it: ‘Jesus loves the public option'
Liberals have found religion. Specifically, Jesus.
October 13, 2009 - By Tommy Felts

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 - By Patrick Graham

Obama’s Nobel prize: It’s all about potential
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday.
October 10, 2009 - By Tommy Felts