My dad had a very nice corn/cotton patch about 30-40 acres, which he called the “bottom.” It was very flat land so it never needed any terraces to control water run-off. There was, however, a 1½ to 2-acre spot that he called the hog wallow. It was the lowest spot of the patch and when it rained the water could not run off and stayed on this spot for some time. Whatever he had planted in the patch could not tolerate the standing water and would therefore drown out

While Gov. Gregg Abbott has lifted the statewide mandate to wear a mask in public and allowed all businesses to operate at full capacity, many businesses, schools and other entities say they will continue to require that masks be worn. Abbott issued the order last week, effective March 10.

To the Editor: I enjoyed the recent column (Postum & Porch Swings) in the March 5 Record—especially the part about yaupon tea. It’s not surprising your wife was reluctant to try it.

To the Editor: The Fayette Water Supply Corporation kept updating customers throughout the recent outage by texting. People can be more understanding when there is communication.

To the Editor: Much of the arguments we hear today are split into two sides: those that want freedom, and those that want security from the government. I think we may all argue that it is the government’s job to do both provide freedom and security but these two can collide and infringe on each other, forcing us to ask which should have precedence.

To the Editor: Thanks so much to Fayette Electric for the way you all handled the recent snow and ice storm. I think they did a great job for the issues we had.

To the Editor: Instead of promising to lift his statewide mask order if and when at least 80% of the people of Texas are vaccinated against the coronavirus, why has our own Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, prematurely and dangerously ended his own state-wide mask order while Texas averages over 200 reported coronavirus deaths per day over the last week, especially now that far more contagious variants of the coronavirus have been found in Texas? Why has this Republican Governor refused to understand that the universal wearing of masks in public during this pandemic would save both lives and livelihoods? Why have practically all GOP lawmakers refused to publicly protestAbbott’s premature and dangerous decision? Unfortunately, only about two out of 20 Texans have received the vaccine so far and so Texas is a long way from having at least 70% to 80% of the people of Texas vaccinated in order to achieve “herd immunity” Given the number of children under age 16 in Texas that equates to needing all adults in Texas to be vaccinated with far too many extreme right wing Republicans refusing to be vaccinated and refusing to wear masks. That unconscionable refusal will only serve to enable the variants of the coronavirus, which the Pfizer and Modem vaccines have so far been effective against, to mutate into far more contagious and deadly variants causing the otherwise avoidable loss of even more lives.

March 5-9, 1971 Mr. and Mrs.

Now that we are officially in meteorological spring we have our next docket of nasty storms available. With that next group of storms comes along the watches and warnings for severe weather, but even I get a tad confused about what the difference is between the two.

March 16 will be the next meeting of the Round Table Book Club. It will begin at 7 p.m.