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NOTABLE QUOTABLES (September 21, 2023)

BELLY LAUGH OF THE DAY“The president has a lot to be proud of and a lot to run on. He’s delivered some of the most consequential achievements and economic progress in generations.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 20

Mama was proud I was out doing a man’s job.I would hear her bragging about it to folks who would drop in to see her, folks like my best friend Coca-Cola’s mama or daddy, or his Uncle Dut and wife who lived right across the road on the east side of our house.

OUT TO PASTOR: Oh, memory, how I miss Thee

Driving home from a luncheon with friends, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage asked me a stunning question.She is a specialist regarding questions I can’t answer. I am trying to evade her questions and have been very good up until now.“Did that story you told really happen?

The miracles of Jesus (part 20)

“A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house.” – Matthew 13:57Being a hopeless drug addict and an alcoholic one day and transformed into a new creation the next I was a pariah.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: September 11 – 17

Sanford, Fred, 46, poss CS pg 1/1-b >=4g<200g Felony 2.Sinanovic, Lirija, 47, viol bond/protective, viol bond/protective order, criminal mischief >=$750<$2,500, assault causes bodily injury.Haywood, Maurice, 21, theft prop >=$100<$750.

RED OAK ARRESTS: September 11 – 18

Richardson, Brittany, 33, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g, unl carrying weapon, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g.Rivera-Guzman, Ivan, 27, collision involving injury, DWI.Layton, Tony, 57, bodily injury child/elderly/disabled w/intent.Owens, Jeffrey, 45, DWI 2nd.