The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is again extending emergency food benefits this month, with more than $307 million in emergency allocations expected to help more than 1.5 million Texas households.

We at The Fayette County Record have been doing this newspaper thing for a long time. But every once in a while you see something new – and amazing.

To The Editor: Thank you for running the CNN reporting of the text sent to Mark Meadows by Rick Perry’s phone. What I am really interested in however, are thoughts about this issue from local leaders.

To The Editor: To Mr. Parker, I’m sorry for the loss of your friend.

To The Editor: Regarding the recent headline article, “Dubious Distinction,” it is widely known that coal power plants emit several times as much CO2 as natural gas power plants. However, I was darned glad to have the Fayette Power Project (FPP) run without interruption, during our February 2021 deep freeze, aka The Snowpocalypse.

To The Editor: We’ve all heard that everything is bigger in Texas. And that, is not always a good thing.

To The Editor: It is time for us to awaken. For months and years we have been pummeled by “woke revisionists” and “the tyranny of the expert” to shame our citizens, country and its singular positive world leadership.

To The Editor: Under the headline “Dubious Distinction” The Fayette County Record quoted an organization in its vilification of the Fayette Power Project, which two generations of Fayette County residents have built, maintained, and operated, as one of the “dirtiest” plants in the United States. Whenever someone uses a word like dirty, we know that they are not trying to elicit a thoughtful response, but an emotional reaction of disgust or fear.

A new year. Does it seem possible we have ended another year of strife, illness, change, COVID-19, and even happiness? Amidst all the gloom we see, read about, and experience, we are also fortunate to find joy and take time to enjoy life’s smallest gifts.

Woodward Maurice Ritter was born on Jan. 11, 1905 deep in the piney woods of East Texas at a wide spot in the road called Murvaul.