January 14, 2010 RSS feed / Columns

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On the Edge of Common Sense

GOOD DEEDS GONE AWRY
By Baxter Black, D.V.M.
Most of us in our daily lives have occasion to be a good Samaritan. It’s a tenet in the Cowboy Code; to be kind to the less fortunate, to help someone in need. More...

Column features county sheriff

Bob Bowman’s East Texas . . .

Laughs with a Lawman I suspect that the bestread column in The Fairfield Recorder, a weekly newspaper in East Texas, is Sheriff Ralph Billings’ report on criminal activity in Freestone County. More...

Senior Moments

by Kathy Earley, director, Freestone Co. Senior Services
Healthy Aging

Source: Every Day Health More...

THIS WAS THEN

From the Files of The Fairfield Recorder

1935 Local P.T. Association Endorses Community House with $100 Donation The Fairfield Parent Teacher Association met in regular session at the school building Monday afternoon. More...

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Writer’s Roost

If he sounds like a communist...
by Willis Webb

Homer Wayne Scott, Jr., has a special place in the history of education and of newspapers and, in his case, the two areas are inextricably intertwined. More...

MLK Day proclaimed in county

A proclamation naming Jan. 18 as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Freestone county was signed last week by county judge Linda Grant. Also participating were Fred Blair, Billy Burns, Joycie Burns, Fay Thomas, Gloria Dixon and Paula Lott. More...

Before I Get Seniler

The Honeymoon is Over
by Bill Whitson

The old playboy lost his desire. His young bride had extinguished his fire. More...