If you want a friend be a friend, there is never a guarantee. However, if you do not put anything into a friendship it’s certain the friendship will never grow.

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A Monday can go from smooth sailing to choppy waters mighty quick when the announcement, “The coffee pot’s broke,” travels through the building.

Afghanistan is an unending nightmare that will never go away. 

As President Lyndon B. Johnson and the best and brightest of the 1960s were broken on the wheel of Vietnam, the Biden presidency may well be broken on the wheel of the Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan.

When considering the might have beens, it helps to envision the would-likely-hurts in life.

Editor, the Leader-News:

It is everyone’s favorite time again: Budget season. On Monday, staff distributed the $23 million, 100-plus page document to city council.

Editor, the Leader-News:

As many of you may know, the Texas Legislature meets every two years and they met this year as scheduled. There were hundreds of bills that were introduced and some were enacted in to law, some failed, and some of them did not make it out of the gate.

Most local residents will be surprised to learn that only 40 percent of county tax dollars are actually being spent on road improvements and clearing drainage ditches.

Elected officials aren’t supposed to get special treatment.

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Louise ISD parents and community, 

Shortly after I went mostly blind and the smoke alarm started to sound - don’t worry there wasn’t a fire, I couldn’t help but wonder what lay in store on Monday.

A five-year capital improvement plan for the City of El Campo was unveiled by staff during the April 26 city council workshop.

Get ready for a gut-punch when you open your latest Notice of Value from the Wharton Appraisal District. Regardless if home improvements were made, taxpayers across the Lone Star State continue to receive skyrocketing property valuations.

A whole lot of people across Texas and the entire globe spent yesterday offering the greeting – “May the fourth be with you.”

I knew when I took the job that there would be a chance I’d wind up in the crap – and so it was not long after arriving at the Wharton County Youth Fair that I stepped in it.

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We are just weeks away from the 44th Annual Wharton County Youth Fair. With the clock ticking down, hundreds of young people throughout the county are working diligently to complete and fine-tune their livestock projects.

To the Leader-News and members of the Rotary Club:

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You know your life has taken an unexpected turn when you find yourself going around town asking for toilet paper.

The most satisfying grilled cheese sandwich on the planet didn’t coming with any fancy ingredients, wasn’t made by a world-class chef and was wolfed down in a hurry.

Editor, the Leader-News:

I was not a resident of El Campo on Sept. 11, 1961 when Hurricane Carla hit the Texas coast near Port O’Connor, but from what I’ve been told, last week’s Arctic blast resulted in more damage and discomfort to local residents and property than that powerful storm.

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Texans age 65 and older are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

I am lucky.

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As we more than happily kick the year 2020 to the curb, fervently hoping for a little better luck in ‘21, I wonder if we Americans will remember the lessons rather harshly learned.

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After continuously hearing the phrase “As we get older ...” for nine-plus years, I rather unhappily announce the transformation officially happened Saturday at 2:33 p.m.

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Three steps across the front office last Tuesday, I realized I was either wearing a dress or being slowly consumed by a sweater.

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I won’t be killing off any relatives this Thanksgiving.

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He didn’t talk much about the past, but carried it around each day in a battered old cigar box.

Collaboration is a much nicer word than conspiracy, don’t you think?

El Campo Leader-News readers and followers: 

I’m being followed every evening, stared at with dead black eyes, matched stride for stride while my would-be assailants offer occasional rude-sounding comments.