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OPINION: The Saudis win the golf war

When you have as much of it as Saudi Arabia has, it can buy a lot of things.Including a sacred American sports institution like the PGA.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (June 15, 2023)

“The phrase ‘no one is above the law’ has a corollary: no one should be below the law. Equal justice ought to be the goal, not using the Department of Justice as a political weapon to destroy an opponent.

FRONT-PORCH GOSPEL: This life story begins in 1973 (kind of) – part 9

The world seems to roll together like the parts of an engine, each piece responding to the other as if it could read the others’ minds. It’s an amazing thing.Merle Haggard’s “If we make it through December” came out in October of 1972, the cold, cold month of Mama’s surgery.

OUT TO PASTOR: What’s a Whopper got to do with anything

After my heart attack, The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage enacted a dietary regimen in accordance with improving my health.The theme of this dietary regimen is vegetables, vegetables, vegetables.Her primary vegetable, much to my disdain, is broccoli.

The miracles of Jesus (part 6)

Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.” And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than Books (June 15, 2023)

Our Summer Reading Program has kicked off, and we’re off to a great start! We have performers on Tuesdays at 11 a.m., Grab & Go Bags on Wednesdays, Family Friendly Movie Time on Thursdays at 11 a.m., and Teen Time at 3 p.m. Log your summer reading through Beanstack.

ELLIS COUNTY ARRESTS: June 5 – 11

Grady, Edward, 53, parole violation.Phipps, Ryan, 41, DWI 2nd.Rustrian, Alexsand, 27, DWI.Medrano, John, 34, poss CS pg 2 <1g, DWLI w/prev conviction.Huddle, Mark, 43, DWI/open container.Blevins, Rebecca, 26, DWI.

RED OAK ARRESTS: May 22 – June 12

Mao, Solyna, 35, theft prop >=$750<$2,500.Durham, Essence, 17, theft prop >=$100<$750.Rios, Michelle, 34, DWI 3rd.Murphy, Kennedy, 38, poss CS pg 1/1-b <1g.Christmas, Stephan, 20, indecency w/child-sexual contact.Byers, Robyn, 60, theft prop >=$100<$750.Wilkinson-McGee, Daniel, 29, DWI.

WILMER ARRESTS: June 5 – 11

Canas-Villatoro, Darwing, 26, poss marij < 2oz, tamper w/identification numbers.Alvarez, Pedro, 46, assault causes bodily injury-family member.Zamarron-Mendez, Bryan, 25, warrant arrest other agency.Elliott, Antinece, 24, warrant arrest other agency.Gardner, Brandon, 35, theft prop >=$100<$750.