To the Editor: Some of our current law enforcement appear to exhibit more common sense than in the past. Recently, three teens were ticketed for driving over road signs.

I walked into my office and there was a baseball card on my desk alongside a sheet of scratch paper with a phone number written on it. So began a fun trip down memory lane with longtime La Grange residents Danny and Linda Hass, who I soon learned might be Fayette County’s most creative couple.

C APITAL Highlights Gov. Greg Abbott has created a statewide task force after several “street takeovers” recently took place in Austin in which motorists obstructed intersections, shot off fireworks and drove recklessly.

T EXAS History Deciding the time had come to sing his own songs, Mac Davis recorded “Baby Don’t Get Hooked On Me” on Mar. 1, 1972.

I discovered something interesting in the garden recently. Did you know a cabbage can grow more than one head? A month ago or so I began harvesting from the cabbage patch.

Another fictitious telephone request for emergency service was received on Sunday by the La Grange Fire Department. The caller reported that a twocar accident had occurred on FM 609 and both cars were on fire. The department’s booster truck, along with an ambulance and highway patrol car rushed to the area but, again, nothing was found. The caller reportedly gave his name, but officers say it was fictitious. Sheriff T.J. Flournoy said his investigation was ongoing and vowed if arrests were made, “We are going to prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.”

Some will go out of their way to be nice and others will almost snap your head off. Retail employees have to put up with a lot.

To the Editor: The recent article on the changes at St Mark’s and opinions from Dr. Shannon Juno and Judge Dan Mueller framed the current situation and the history behind this business.

T EXAS History The first-of-its-kind strike by thousands of San Antonio pecan shellers entered its fifth week on Feb. 28, 1938 with no settlement in sight.

Methane is considered one of the most dangerous greenhouse gases for the environment and methane in the atmosphere is a serious matter. However it puzzles me that environmentalist (especially vegans and vegetarians) point to the ranching industry as a major contributor to climate change. Yes, I’m talking about cattle farts.