January 7, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR THE WILD HORSES
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.
It’s been a long time since I’ve felt anything but sadness for the wild horses. I was a veterinarian in the Idaho-Nevada-Oregon sagebrush country the year that Wild Horse Annie managed to make wild horses a government dependent. More...

THIS WAS THEN

From the Files of The Fairfield Recorder

1935 Fairfield Planning Community Center, Committee to Meet Fairfield is planning to build a work center out of rocks, logs, sand and gravel found in this community. A committee meeting is called for Wednesday afternoon, Jan. More...

Senior Moments

by Kathy Earley, Fairfield Senior Center Project Director

Due to loss of loved ones, health problems, trouble paying bills, or other reasons, many older people feel lonely, sad, or stressed in their daily lives. More...

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Writer’s Roost

Woes of not knowing your credit rating
by Willis Webb

There’s this baby-faced young man on TV. He has curly hair, big eyes and he’s singing about how if he’d only checked on his credit, he’d be so much better off. And, it’s done to a catchy tune with a good beat. More...

Before I Get Seniler

by Bill Whitson

Raking Leaves A job worth doing is a job worth doing well. So I sat back and relaxed a spell till the last leaf fell. Recycled Granola They resorted to tricks to call it “trail mix”. I tried some and that was dumb. More...

Bob Bowman’s East Texas

Naming Arp . . .

Few towns have a name as simple and short as Arp, which sits on a railroad line and Texas Highway 135, 18 miles southeast of Tyler in Smith County. According to local history, Arp was named for a newspaper columnist known as Bill Arp. More...

Church News

Faith Temple Ministries Minister Fergerald Ringer will bring his first official message Sunday evening at Faith Temple Ministries. Host pastor P.A. Rischer invited the community to attend the service at 4:30 p.m. More...