To the Editor: As the Senate votes on the federal budget, let’s talk numbers. We’re $36 trillion in debt and climbing—yet Congress is about to raise the debt ceiling by another $4 trillion while simultaneously cutting revenue by $4.5 trillion through tax extensions.

To the Editor: As a new resident in La Grange, I am so impressed with the animal shelter. I have lived in many towns and Gardenia Janssen is the best I have seen.

To the Editor: Recently there have been numerous articles and letters in the local media letting the communities know how serious the financial needs are of the Gardenia Janssen Animal Shelter; specifically, the lack of support from the Fayette County municipalities, which it serves. The Fayette County municipalities are either minimally or not supporting the animal shelter.

To the Editor: I have gotten behind in my reading as I have been trying to keep up with the 89th Texas legislature. I have been very frustrated, especially with the Texas House of Representatives.

The Record welcomes letters to the editor and guest columns. Email them to editor Jeff Wick at jeff@fayettecountyrecord.com.

I’ve been on the road a lot this month, some of it on hauls back and forth to Houston. Most of it, though, on the backroads of our county.

This past weekend, we took a day off, Monday, to remember those who gave the ultimate sacrifice so that Americans could live the way they do. They were willing to give up their futures, their dreams, and even their present lives— spouses, kids, careers, and so on— so that you and I can have the freedom to pursue our dreams. What a gift these men and women have given us as Americans.

C APITAL Highlights With the legislative session ending on Monday, June 2, lawmakers are scrambling to pass or kill bills, the Austin American-Statesman reported. Among the bills passed or likely to soon pass: • All handgun licenses issued in other states will be honored in Texas if, as expected, Gov.

By the end of May 1945, more enemy prisoners were sitting out the Second World War in Texas than any state in the Union. One out of every ten German, Italian and Japanese captives shipped to the United States for safekeeping wound up somewhere between the Red River and the Rio Grande.

By MARGO JOHNSON Visited a neighbor’s home recently and was thrown into a flashback of a long ago era. The home is 100+ years old and very little has been changed since its early days of grandeur.