The Sons of the American Legion will be holding their monthly meeting on Thursday, November 16, 2023, at the Legion Post in Gregory. The meeting will start at 7:00 p.m., and all members and potential members are encouraged to attend.

It’s plain and simple – only girls should play girls’ sports. This is a matter of basic biological fairness.

There are many honors and responsibilities that come with my job, but none are more humbling than visiting one-on-one with our veterans and their families. Hearing their stories – stories that need to be told – is inspiring.

For many of us the holiday season is a time of joy and family togetherness, but, as we age, the hustle and bustle of the holiday season can become overwhelming and isolating. As we all rush to the many events that happen during this season, it can be easy to forget about our loved ones who may be residing alone at home or in a care facility. According to the Suicide Prevention Resource Center, “as many as 1 in 3 community-dwelling older adults experience loneliness. Rates of loneliness among older adults are two times higher in long-term care settings than in community settings”. It’s more important than ever to be supportive of and attentive to our loved ones in ways that keep everyone as safe and healthy as possible. Here are a few ways to encourage your elderly loved ones during the holiday season.

Colonel Dodge, who was the chief engineer of the Union Pacific Railway, gathered valuable statistics regarding the wholesale slaughter of the buffalo which followed the extension of the railroad across the great plains west of the Missouri and in Texas. He indicated that the building of the Union Pacific Railway in 1886 - 87, from Omaha to Cheyenne (which at the time was in the Territory of Dakota) cut through the center of the great buffalo range.

The popular bluegrass duo, The Purple Hulls, are making a return appearance at Prairie View Gospel Barn for a Veterans Day celebration of bluegrass and patriotic songs on Saturday, November 11. Born and raised on a working family farm in deep East Texas, identical red-headed twins Katy Lou and Penny Lea Clark learned the value of hard work and the goodness of country life, and were blessed to grow up in an environment that cultivated their Godgiven aptitude for music.