The baseball/softball fields

The baseball/softball fields at the new Martin County Complex are looking amazing. Martin County little leaguers are expected to be able to enjoy the new fields this season.

Times Were Changing

We had gathered almost all the renegades on the ranch. Ol 45, Shaq, Madame Motley were gone. We just don’t know where Madam went. There were still some cattle that needed working but not in big bunches.

THE MENNONITE MIGRATION

A pickup truck crowded with nearly a dozen Mennonites left El Paso in 1977. When it reached a hill west of Seminole there was a big sigh of relief and the driver, when he saw the valley below, told his passengers, “We are Home.

BEHIND THE WALLS OF TEXAS’ FIRST MANSION

On Feb. 4, 1896, three days after her drunk of a husband threatened her with a butcher knife, Matilda Brown Sweeney moved back home to Ashton Villa where she spent the rest of her life. The story of Texas’ famous first mansion begins with a New York runaway named James Moreau Brown.

The Payoff is Great

It’s Hard to believe another year has come and gone. It seems as though it was only yesterday that I trained myself to write 2024 on everything and now it starts all over again with 2025.

The Savvy Senior

Dear Savvy Senior, I would like to find out if my 72-year-old mother is eligible for food stamps or any other type of assistance program. When my stepfather died last year, mom’s income dropped in half and is having a hard time paying her grocery bills. What can you tell us?

Cotton QuickTake

A week of following headlines sparked brief reactions in the cotton market, but it remained relatively flat. With President Trump back in office and stock markets hitting new highs, all eyes are now on the upcoming reports and meetings.

LETTERS

Editor:The following is my Testimony Before the Senate Education Committee on Jan. 28, 2025 Hello, my name is Nory Boulton, I am a former private school teacher, a 6th generation Texan, a graduate of K-12 public education here in Texas, and the mother of three amazing public-school children.