REMEMBER WHEN?

Dec. 5-8, 1972 Two burglary suspects being held in jail at Bastrop in connection with break-ins at Smithville and White’s Auto Store in La Grange escaped Friday morning.
REMEMBER WHEN?

No to Energy Plan

On Monday Dec. 5, LGISD held a public hearing regarding Monarch Energy Development LLC’s Application for Appraised Value Limitation. (FYI-Chapter 313 of the Texas Tax Code expires Dec. 31, 2022.) The hearing was well attended by the public. I estimate there were about 50+ in the audience. In my opinion, and that of 99% of last night’s attendees, other than the $4 million LGISD would eventually get from Monarch, there is nothing positive about allowing this plant to be built in Fayette County. It will be another industrial eyesore and consume mass quantities of our water resources. Monarch estimates 1,500 acre-feet per year. That equates to about 1.4 million gallons of water per day, but Monarch claims this will have no impact on property owners. Really? Monarch said the plant’s building(s) alone will require about 20 acres of land. Although it’s part of their proposal, they couldn’t tell us what type of “renewable energy” will be utilized to power the plant. It’s more beautiful, productive land destroyed.

Conservative Changes

For conservative voters the mid-term elections did not go as we all wished. If we want to do better next time, there are three things we must change.

Kudos to Jefferson Place Assisted Living in La Grange

Our parents, Frank and Lucile Burttschell, were needing assistance with day-to-day activities, so we brought them to Jefferson Place in March this year. We have been amazed at all the kind and loving care that they have received over these last nine months ...

Adventures While Babysitting

This story happened around 1947 when my younger sister, Virginia, was just getting her front teeth. I guess that would put her about one year old and I would be four going on five.
Adventures While Babysitting

A Troublemaking Dad

William F. Buckley’s dad, a sharp-tongued Texan who always spoke his mind, reviled Mexican revolutionaries as south-of-theborder Bolsheviks in testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Dec. 13, 1919.
A Troublemaking Dad

Holiday Pleasures

Years ago, I had a relative by marriage who could be painfully honest, even if in a kidding way. For instance, upon arrival for a three day holiday gathering at their home, he announced as we came up the front steps with five year old Melissa in tow, “Welcome! We’re always glad to see you come.
Holiday Pleasures

REMEMBER WHEN?

Dec. 1, 1972 Santa Claus sent official word that he would arrive on the Square in La Grange on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
REMEMBER WHEN?
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