Opinion

A Couple of Quick Recipes Here’s a couple of quick and easy recipes that you can knock out after you get home from work and enjoy with supper. Unbelievable Peanut Butter Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup crunchy peanut butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla Process: Mix all the ingredients together and chill for 15-20 minutes. Roll into small balls and mash down with a fork.

Be sure the kids turn in their entries for the Coloring Contest for Grades Pre-K-Grade 4 by 6:00 P.M. on Friday, August 9th. Ribbons and cash prizes will be awarded! Remember, Frontera Healthcare Network is giving a “Fight Germs before School” program the same day. It’s in the Stribling Room at 1:00 P.M.

R.E.S.P.E.C.T During the past several days I’ve received more than twenty messages from readers, asking my opinion on the most recent shootings in El Paso and Ohio. Since I hadn’t planned to address the subject, I’ve been answering those messages privately. But then one of my editors asked me to write about the issue, so I will, although I see little point in the exercise.

Signs Unto Us… The prophet Isaiah really started something when he foretold of signs to indicate the coming of the Christ child. I know. This is a scriptural reference heard mostly at Christmastime. It is noted, though, that signs were big in biblical times, and remain big now. Today, some signs with their modern-day digital technology, colorful images and crisply-worded messages are indeed inundating. And rarely do any of them mention His Second Coming…. ***** Still, “homemad ...

The Art Community had a sad week. We mourn the loss of Charlie Ramon. We will miss his smiling face and infectious laugh. Our sympathy to Jordan and the entire family. The Texas Tax Free Weekend is August 9 – 11. I try to avoid places where masses of parents and frustrated children hang out on those days.

Hoping We Can Stop You From Squinting.... A few weeks ago, some of my readers sent me an email asking if I might be able to use a larger font size in the paper. Though we have used the same size font (10 point) in the paper for years, we have also used a larger font in our supplements (13 point), and many readers had commented on how much easier the larger type was to read. This week's issue will be the test of the larger font.

Last Week's Letter We read with disgust the letter written by J.D. Kidwell/ Kim Paxson in last week’s Mason County News attacking Sue Pledger. Sue is one of our most diligent City Commissioners and is always looking for ways to save the local taxpayers money. Her early research & that of newly elected commissioner Robin Lee revealed that several cities in our region did not have their own landfills & were using the transfer station method to dispose of their trash.

“Can’t Stop” Sausage Cakes Origin of the recipe is unknown, but may have come from Bisquick This recipe isn’t exactly the kind that the Practical Baker looks for to share with you, but it is very good, simple and easy. I’m assuming that some day the weather is going to become cool once again (it’s October 22nd, and supposed to get in the high 80’s again today!), and this type of spicy food will have a lot of appeal.

Now that the excitement and hullabaloo of Roundup weekend is over, I want to reminisce a little. I am so old that I remember when the weekend after Brady’s July Jubilee was know as the Jaycee Rodeo. That’s right, the title “Roundup” didn’t start until 1974. I don’t know when the first Jaycee Rodeo occurred, but I know it was the biggest event of the summer when I was in high school. In 1974 the whole country was gearing for the Bicentennial in 1976.

August the 2nd is National Coloring Book Day. In honor of that day, the library is kicking off our annual Back-to-School Coloring Contest. The contest is for two age groups: Grades pre-K-Grade 1 and Grades 2-4. Kids can pick up the coloring pages beginning on Friday, August 2nd. They are due by closing on Friday, August 9th.