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JIM “PAPPY” MOORE: The History of Napping
By Jim “Pappy” Moore The best part of retirement is The Nap. We start our lives with napping. As babies we get put down for a nap regularly. And we sleep like a baby when we do so. No worries. No cares. As we approach school age, we don’t need a nap any more. We…
Read MoreGilmont Celebrates its Past while Building for the Future!
Gilmer, Texas – Gilmont Camp and Conference Center celebrates 85 years of ministry and welcomes the community as it shares plans for future growth and breaks ground on a new Lodge and Welcome Center, March 23, 2025 at 3:00 pm. Gilmont is a 400-acre camp and conference center in Gilmer, Texas, providing a variety of…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
March 10, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 8.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.66/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 0.8 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 22.9 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: An Exciting Time to Be Alive!
By Jim “Pappy” Moore Spring is on the way! The worst of winter is behind us. Any time the temperature is between 50 and 80 is a grand time for me. Sunny days. Excellent weather for walking and enjoying the neighborhood and the local park. People out doing spring cleaning and lawn chores. The air…
Read MoreAS TIME GOES BY
By JOYCE DUNCAN PAYNE Recently I painted a greeting card showing a cluster of red grapes on a vine beside some pink roses. I titled the card “The Days of Wine and Roses” in remembrance of days gone by and how it used to be. Once again I was that 16-year-old girl living in…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
March 3, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have fallen 11.0 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.58/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 9.2 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 32.8 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: A Penny for Your Thoughts
By Jim “Pappy” Moore This is the second column I wrote years ago about the Penny. I have more to say about the topic, and hopefully later this year I will write a third column about the end of the penny, after it is laid to rest. A penny is not what it…
Read MoreSecretary Rollins Tours Egg Laying Facility, Hosts Avian Flu Roundtable in Texas
Bogata & Mount Pleasant, TX, Feb. 24, 2025 Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins met with poultry farmers and industry leaders as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ongoing response to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). Secretary Rollins toured a Cal-Maine Foods egg-laying facility in Bogata, Texas before traveling to Mount Pleasant, Texas,…
Read MoreTexas Weekly Gas Price Update
February 24, 2025 Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 1.4 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $2.69/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 1.1 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 11.0 cents per gallon lower than a year ago. The…
Read MoreJIM “PAPPY” MOORE: Colder Than a Well Digger’s Behind
By Jim “Pappy” Moore When I was growing up we used to say of really cold days “it’s colder than a well digger’s ass!” If you have actually been down in a well, you know it is naturally cold down there. With water seeping out and into the well, and your jeans getting wet, it…
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