I was about eight years old when on certain summer days; I was summoned to walk up the hill to my uncle’s hay patch to help him with baling the hay. He had the only hay press for miles around and also did custom baling for most of his neighbors. The hay press would be positioned by a huge pile of loose hay. Then a gasoline engine operated the baler as hay was pitch-forked into an open box at the top. As the hay was compressed and moved along to the back of the machine, one person would stick wire through a slot in a wooden separator block positioned between each bale to separate them. The wire had to completely go around the bale, so the person had to walk around to the other side or lean way over to get the job done. This is where my job came in. All I had to do was stand there all day and when the wire came through the block separating the bales, I had to pull it out a little further and insert it into the front block slot. Then the tie-person would take both ends of the wire and wrap them together tying the compressed hay into a bale.

To the Editor: Your Bible and your Constitutional framers warn against being “lukewarm.” The future of your country begs against being lukewarm. Be hot or be cold but not luke warn or God will “spit you out of his mouth.” Beware as a government unresponsive to historical Judo/Christian and Constitutional values will spit out your freedoms.

To the Editor: I am responding to a ¾ page paid political advertisement which John Mikus published in the Oct. 2, 2020 edition of this paper.

To the Editor: The Constitution of the U.S. was signed 233 years ago on September 17, 1787.

To the Editor: Ms. Armstrong, here is the truth about the Lincoln Project.

To the Editor: Regarding the article “Fayetteville Residents Fed Up with 18-Wheeler Traffic,” we would like to ask: When? What? Perhaps the title could have been “Some Fayetteville Residents Fed Up with 18-wheeler traffic,” or even more precise, “Five local Fayetteville Residents Fed Up with 18-wheeler Traffic.” Who knows? But certainly not all Fayetteville residents because we were completely surprised with the headline but not the article. At one time in Fayetteville, sure there were only five 18-wheelers in a whole day.

The Seguin Gazette • A Seguin woman who had lived with her mother’s decomposing body for three years will be spending 30 years in prison, according to the Guadalupe County Attorney’s Office. Delissa Crayton pleaded guilty to charges of injury to a child and two counts of causing serious bodily injury to an elderly person last week.

As we head into the colder months I was asked a perfect question by John, asking about how data about jet streams is captured. Just to start out I’ll give you a crash course about jet streams.

Oct. 2-6, 1970 Questionnaires were mailed to the parents of students in La Grange Junior and Senior High School asking for opinions on the school dress code.

Saint Michael’s Lutheran Church in Winchester is having a drive-thru BBQ pork steak dinner with all the trimmings on Sunday, Oct. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Saint Michael’s Park (310 Frio Street, Winchester, TX). Advance meal tickets will be sold for $10 and guaranteed until 12 p.m. The deadline to purchase advance tickets is Thursday, Oct. 15. If you would like to order plates, please contact Amanda Behrens at (979) 242-3444, Dorothy Loewe at (832) 644-1122, or text Kelly Franke at (979) 966- 7414, Mirlyn Griffin at (979) 966-8912 or Diana Roeber at (979) 540-0590. All proceeds will benefit Saint Michael’s mission projects and the upkeep of Saint Michael’s Park.