When I was a kid, my dad coached my basketball team in the Schulenburg Little Dribblers program. The season started in the winter time, and my dad delivered propane for a living.

May 9, 1972 La Grange received 4.15 inches of rainfall – the most for a 24-hour period since October 1970 – between 3 a.m. and high noon on Sunday.

I’ve said often there should be a law that forbids folks like me to ever possess a computer. I can’t decide if I’m just techie stupid, too lazy to learn, or want to keep computer specialists in business with my ignorance.

By May 5, 1927, two weeks after Riata and Spurs hit bookstores, the last book by the first real cowboy author had sold thousands of copies with readers clamoring for more. The son of an Italian father and an Irish mother, Charles Angelo Siringo came into the world in the Gulf Coast county of Matagorda in 1855.

Dewberries are popping up everywhere. That means purple teeth and stained clothes around my place.

Texas has the fourth-lowest nurse-to-population ratio in the country, with only 9.25 nurses per 1,000 residents, according to a recent report by the comptroller’s office. The state’s aging population, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, has put increased pressure on all categories of nursing.

If I learned anything from teaching first graders, it is to pay attention to your mistakes, learn from them, and make changes. As you read this, I encourage you to do just that, listen, learn, and make changes.

To The Editor: Relating to John Mikus’ recent letter: It wasn’t Putin’s Soviet Union that collapsed but rather Gorbachev’s in 1991, with yet another failed socialist/ communist regime. Succeeded by Yeltsin and then Putin rose to power in their 2000 election.

To The Editor: Thank you to Mrs. Tietjen for her well-written letter to you.

To The Editor: This is a reply to Mr. Franklin’s last letter to editor, April 22, in which he addresses my letter the week prior.