COMICALLY INCORRECT by A.F. Branco (March 17, 2022)

QUOTES OF THE WEEK: March 17, 2022

FOR THE RECORD:“Team Biden loves to talk about the 9,000 leases that oil and gas companies possess on which production has not started.

OPINION: And that’s why they call it ‘The Swamp’

With $30 trillion of debt – which has grown by $5 trillion in just the last two years, with another $2 trillion of red ink expected to get spilled this year – you might have expected Congress at least to pretend it will temper its reckless spending proclivities.But you would be sadly mistaken.

HOPE FOR TODAY: A world divided by fear

What happens when your life, your country – literally the whole world – is gripped by fear?Disaster!But it does not have to be that way.Once almost an entire nation was engulfed in fear that led to a near national collapse.

OUT TO PASTOR: Laughter is not for sissies

Since birth, I have been infected with the Laughter-Virus. I’m not sure which side of the family it came from, or it could’ve come from both sides. But the least little thing will make me laugh. Sometimes I have a hard time stopping laughing.If I am infectious with my laughter, so be it.

OBITUARY: Peggy Crofford Mathis

Peggy Crofford Mathis of Midlothian passed away peacefully on Feb. 23, 2022, at the age of 88. Peggy was born on Dec. 21, 1933, in Petty, Texas to Garvin and Maggie Crofford.

OBITUARY: Elva Feltus

Elva Feltus, 68, passed away in Houston, Texas on Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022. Elva was born on Feb. 9, 1954 to Louis and Antonia (Cabello) Guerrero. She grew up in Sinton and later moved to Ennis. On March 25, 1999 she married Rodney Feltus, and they made their home in Houston.

FERRIS PUBLIC LIBRARY: More than Books (March 17, 2022)

The Ferris Public Library’s Black History Month Contest was very popular again this year. We had over 25 individual names in the drawing contest. Here are this years’ winners –

How support systems are failing millions of American children

STATEPOINT – At a time when the economic impacts of COVID-19 are making it hard for many families to afford healthy food and safe housing, and ever-changing work and school schedules are making their logistics hard to juggle, a new report finds that inequities in the system are further exacerbating...

OFF MY MEDS by Les Taha (March 17, 2022)