Concerning the Post Office

To the Editor: Mr. Bill Balch, in the 14 August Record, put forth some surprising information about the “Postal Clause” in the Constitution of the United States.

Against Push for Mail-in Ballots

To the Editor: I, for one, will not be joining the Democrats in their push for mail-in ballots because I want my vote counted. The Daily Signal had an article by Fred Lucas, Aug.

that little voice

It’s mid-August and I’m still hibernating, fearful of any human who might be a virus villain ready to spew harmful air particles into my lungs, eyes, mouth or on my fingertips. So, when I received an invitation to a garden gathering of local writers, I declined sending regrets exposing my cowardliness and deep-seated fear of those who may be stalking unprotected and unsuspecting innocents.
that little voice

Nothing Could Keep Angelina Down

Angelina Eberly, who took everything frontier life threw at her and kept coming back for more, died of natural causes at the Gulf Coast port of Indianola on Aug. 15, 1860.
Nothing Could Keep Angelina Down

A Little Flag Talk

It makes you proud to be an American seeing it waving its colors against a clear blue sky. Many American citizens are proudly displaying flags in their yards and businesses.

An Embarrassing Day At School

In 1958 I was a freshman at La Grange High School. I was born and raised on a farm six miles south of La Grange and grew up in an old farm house built in the early 1900s. It was an “L” shaped house with the original wood shingle roof. I slept in the attic along with my older brother George, Jr. The roof was in serious decay and needed replacing for the longest.
An Embarrassing Day At School

Conflicting COVID Numbers Troubling

To the Editor: The headline story for the July 31 edition of the Record was that the State counted 12 deaths from COVID in Fayette County while the County counted only five. There was subsequently another fatality bringing the State count to 13.
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