They all kneeled and prayed. When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during an NFL football game on Monday, January 2, 2023, his fellow team members became distraught.

The after effects of Covid seem to be lingering, or at least I’m blaming my strange behavior on my 13 days of positive testing. I’m certainly aware my memory is not what it was 40 years ago, but I think it may have taken a definite dive in the past month.

To the Editor: Texas Gov. Abbott has declared January School Board Recognition Month and issued the following proclamation: “To catch a glimpse of the Texas of tomorrow, we need only look into the classrooms of today.” The proclamation also acknowledged the importance of locally-elected boards.

House Speaker Dade Phelan, R-Beaumont, told The Dallas Morning News and other media outlets that he is open to bringing resort-style casinos toTexas. But don’t expect to find slot machines in 7-Eleven stores if casino gambling is legalized.

At this time of year, after Christmas, when the sunlight is short (though now getting a bit longer each day!), some of us are prone to “feeling blue” or suffering from “seasonal-affective disorder” (yep, otherwise known as SAD). Perhaps it’s brought on solely by our lack of light (especially in even more northern latitudes than Central Texas), but it’s also possibly due to a “let-down” feeling after the holidays are over.

T EXAS History Believing he was anchored off the coast of present-day Alabama instead of Spanish Texas, French explorer La Salle went ashore on Jan. 20, 1685.

Miles of Memories Many of our older generation have not been in the dating scene for six or seven decades and let me tell you “Boomers” and elders, things have changed since the fifties and sixties. First of all, dates no longer begin around 7 p.m.; today’s dates don’t begin until at least nine or ten I’ve been told while visiting a great nephew.

To the Editor: My new New Year’s wish is to bring back Judge Ed Janecka … ASAP! N. Mercer RoundTop .

To the Editor: Thank you, Judge Mueller, for making that necessary personnel change as a first order of business. Vickie Vogel La Grange .

To the Editor: In the “Resolve to help in 2023” column, did I miss something or did the Record? Although it is identified as only a “partial list,” I think it omitted one of the most important and worthy; an organization I think is a lot more deserving of aid than several of those listed, the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter..