Ferris comes together to celebrate Feliz Navidad

FERRIS – Down here in Texas one local city – Ferris to be exact – got Texas smart this year and showed Santa how to ride in on his sleigh the Texas way.Did you know that the reindeer in Texas are actually Reinsteer?As in – Longhorns?

Wilmer City Council votes on boundary adjustments

WILMER – It was a packed house last Thursday night at the Wilmer City Council meeting.The reason was an item on the agenda to discuss ordinances as related to possible boundary adjustments.

TSTC’S FALL 2022 COMMENCEMENT IS DEC. 12

WAXAHACHIE – Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus Fall 2022 Commencement at  6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 12.

HARRISON, MIDDLETON PRAISE ABBOTT’S CALL TO BAN COVID VACCINE MANDATES

Austin – Governor Greg Abbott joined 20 other governors in demanding, “the federal government end COVID vaccine mandates for the U.S. Military.”He also said he expects “legislation this session to ban any COVID vaccine mandate in Texas.

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: ‘You can’t cancel the truth’

If I can help just one reader read between the lines before they make the decision that giving up any freedom in the US or anywhere in the world is okay, well then, I have done my job.I am not saying anyone needs to be afraid of anything I am writing about in this column.

Make the Holidays Magical with Hearty Meals

ROASTED CHATEAUBRIAND with RED WINE GRAVY and LEMON-GARLIC ASPARAGUSPrep time: 15 minutes • Cook time: 90 minutes CHATEAUBRIAND• 1 Omaha Steaks Chateaubriand (2-4 pounds)• Kosher salt• Ground black pepper• 1/4 cup grapeseed oil  RED WINE GRAVY• Reserved chateaubriand juices• 1 medium shallot, small...

COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (December 8, 2022)

OPINION: Ignoring the lessons learned at Pearl Harbor

Eighty-one years ago, Commander Mitsuo Fuchida was preparing to lead an airborne strike force of 49 “Kate” torpedo bombers, 51 “Val” dive-bombers and 43 “Zeke” fighters on the first wave of an assault on Pearl Harbor.

SPEAKING THE TRUTH: Why should we pray over our meals?

Have you ever been in a restaurant where at one table, after people received their food, they just plowed right in and started eating, while at another table you observe a family bowing their heads over their food in prayer first?Where does this tradition of praying over meals come from?

NOTABLE QUOTABLES: December 8, 2022

NOTHING TO SEE HERE…“Because there are more important things going on.”  – Joe Biden on why he won’t visit the border“Nothing is more important than the safety and security of the American people, but to President Biden it is an afterthought.