To the Editor: As a proud graduate of La Grange High School and former resident of Fayette County it was distressing to read from a columnist in the Houston Chronicle that a local business was threatened after displaying a billboard in support of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket. Following those cowardly threats, the message on the billboard was removed.

To the Editor: Whether you voted as an Independent, Democrat, or Republican, or chose not to vote - no matter how you voted - you are loved. We have heard your opinions.

An ancient Christian author once wrote the following about his observations of disciples in the early Church around 200 AD. “Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs which they observe.

That Little Voice When will we know the winners and the losers? When will we know the immediate results, and how long will it take us to determine the longer repercussions of the vote tally? Those are questions foremost on my mind as I await the results of the 2024 U.S. election.

For this essay that I am writing BEFORE the 2024 election, for publication AFTER the election occurs, it is very difficult to know what to say or how to write something that will be helpful no matter what happens. As an optimist, I am always hopeful any circumstance will call forth the best in all of us. As Americans, we have survived a great deal and kept the democracy we inherited from our forebearers intact, even with all its flaws.

In 1952 I was enrolled in third grade in a two-room country school known as Radhost School. My younger sister, Virginia, was just starting school and having a bad start to the school year. When I started the first grade in school, I absolutely knew not one word of English. The Sisters who taught us knew the Czech language but were forbidden to speak it with us. To converse with us, we spoke Czech to them but they could only answer in English. We had no choice but to learn English and to learn it quick. You can imagine how far behind most of us were in learning the basic 1-23s and A-B-Cs.

C APITAL Highlights A growing number of Texas homeowners are forgoing buying homeowners insurance as premiums skyrocket, according to a recent report from the Texas comptroller. Recent natural disasters – hurricanes, severe storms and wildfires – have prompted some insurers to limit or even eliminate coverage in Texas.

T EXAS History Leading up to the 1998 execution of ax murderer Karla Faye Tucker, there were repeated references to the fact that a woman had not been put to death in Texas since Nov. 12, 1863.

I don’t normally spend a lot of time in bars. But lately I’ve been hanging out three nights a week at Fayette County’s newest watering hole, The Prairie Belle Saloon.

In response to those letters praising the health of the economy of this country. “WAKE UP”.