July 23, 2009 RSS feed / Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

THE VIRUS, FORMERLY KNOWN AS SWINE FLU
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.
When the Asian Flu hit the country in 2003, were people warned to stay away from Chinese restaurants and Japanese cars? When the West Nile virus was diagnosed in humans did the Health Department tell us to avoid going to Egypt? More...

THIS WAS THEN

From the Files of The Fairfield Recorder

1934 A small cyclone swooped down on Wortham at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, leaving destruction to property in the city, estimated at from $50,000 to $100,000, and injuring two citizens, Walton Stubbs and Walter Moore, who were caught under falling d More...