Hush, hush

I remember the night almost 10 years ago, when my friend Darlene emailed me to say she couldn’t reach her daughter, Jolene. She was frantic. Had something happened? At age 23, Jolene battled issues like depression and borderline personality disorder.

Five Hills royalty support hurricane relief efforts, represent City at WestFest

Little Miss Five Hills Kadence Coombs knew that her grandparents were facing challenges.  Although the kindergartener didn’t fully understand the situation, she knew that her family she loved so much in Houston was facing flooding and she knew her she and her royal family needed to help.

Hook Set

How many time have you said, ‘Darn I just missed one’? Well, in my case I have said it a million times at least. What I didn’t do for the longest was ask myself, ‘Why did I miss that fish?

September ideas

Make a note of those annuals that are blooming during this hot weather. Note the colors and varieties that you like. You may want to plant the same one’s next year. Check the local nurseries for cool season seeds that are available.

Texas Rangers send monster back to La La land

At an hour past midnight on Aug. 31, 1950, two Texas Rangers woke the boss of the Los Angeles underworld from a deep sleep to give him a simple choice:  go home or go to jail. Mickey Cohen had hoped to slip into the Lone Star State, conduct a little business and slip back out unnoticed.

Texas Rangers send monster back to La La land

At an hour past midnight on Aug. 31, 1950, two Texas Rangers woke the boss of the Los Angeles underworld from a deep sleep to give him a simple choice:  go home or go to jail. Mickey Cohen had hoped to slip into the Lone Star State, conduct a little business and slip back out unnoticed.

Eye of the hurricane

My hometown is under water. Parts of it, anyway. Places that hold sweet, buttercream memories . . . places that hold my history. As I write this, I feel helpless and small. Dear friends have lost their homes. Some have lost their lives.

Blame game

Okay folks, time for a rant.  As should be apparent by now, my hobbies include video games. I’ll spend about 20 – 30 minutes every other day or so actively playing, then I’ll also often leave a browser game or three in the background as something to do while I get things typed out.

Pleas for help

I wrote this column in June, but after watching the horrific events unfolding at our Texas coast over the weekend due to Hurricane Harvey, I thought it good to update it and run it again.

Off and running again

Synonymous with winning is Lady Dawg Volleyball (18-4) and Dawg Tennis (8-3) at this time every year. Both programs have become well known throughout this region of Texas as consistent winners. CCISD is very fortunate to return two veteran coaches for the programs.