Sleep study

Back when the earth was young, I could go to sleep in less than a minute in almost any environment. During Army basic training, for example, we would take occasional 10-minute breaks during long marches.

Hoodie Hoo

If you are reading this on Thursday, allow me to bid you a happy and safe Hoodie Hoo Day. If you are reading this on Friday or some subsequent day, I am sorry that I wasn’t able to get the greeting to you in time. I’ll try again next year, since Hoodie Hoo Day comes every Feb. 20.

Monroe’s Monday

I was putting on my boots Monday morning when Monroe started barking. She is a 75-pounder with a deep voice, so when she starts barking five feet away it gets your attention. This was a “protecting her territory” bark that seemed out of place in the bedroom.

Wellston school bonds breeze

Lincoln County voters in the Wellston and McLoud school districts decided bond issues Tuesday in special elections. Voters in the Wellston school district overwhelmingly approved two propositions while two McLoud school bond issues were barely rejected.

School board rehires Toma

After a 54 minute executive session, the Chandler School Board approved the contract of the superintendent, Melody Toma, and hired two new employees. Melody Toma has worked at Chandler Public Schools since 1992.

Letter to the editor

They did it again. They took a city treasure and tried to destroy it. This make the third time. The Statistical building on the city park hill has had the doors torn off, windows broken out, ceiling tiles pulled down and the exterior trashed. Why?

A good Saturday

Saturday morning started at 6:30, with me in the kitchen listening to Hank Williams and making 20 pounds of chili. Those two things happen often at my house, but Saturday was different because I had quite a few things to do during the day and the chili had to be ready by 6 p.m. Along about 9 a.m.

Cedar allergies

About this time every year, we are the recipients of Texas’s No. 1 export. Mountain cedar pollen. At least, that’s what the Texans call it. According to our friend, Google, it is actually juniper pollen, mislabeled with possible felonious intent and sent north in volume every spring.

Following the Open Meetings Act

Editorial Openness should be the standard not the exception when it comes to meetings and records of public bodies. We see and hear of boards, councils, other public bodies that either ignore or attempt to skirt the Open Meetings and Records Act.

Buck knife

Chandler and McLoud played at noon at the Chesapeake Arena Saturday, so a little after 10 a.m. I pitched the camera bag into the pickup and headed west.