| Recent Columns |
| Support is about school pride, not wins |
| By Kristen Tribe | Published Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
Football season is a vehicle for school pride, so imagine my shock when a Messenger friend, who will remain nameless, asked which team I was going to cheer for this year.
Here's a hint: My phone rings the "Aggie War Hymn." |
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| Public tax rate notices are clear as mud |
| By Phil Major | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
How many of you have read all the various property tax notices published in the paper during the past several weeks?
Didn't think so. |
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| Clayton made an impact on Wise County |
| By Tanya Davis | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| On behalf of the Wise County Extension Office staff I would like to say congratulations to our friend and co-worker, Gary Clayton, who retired last week. A quote came in from one of Gary's well wishers, written by Rick Rigsby that states, "Are you going to leave an impression or are you going to leave an impact?" |
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| Veterans Park tells an important story |
| By Gordan Hofstra | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| The Wise County Veterans Memorial Park is located three blocks north of the Wise County Courthouse in Decatur. The park was built by the Wise County Veterans Group (WCVG) with donated funds and labor. It was paid for without any grants or government assistance and was dedicated on Nov. 11, 2005. |
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| Support your team, scrutinize your leaders |
| By Brandon Evans | Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| A blood-stained moon looms low over savage spectacle. Lined up on opposing sides, young gladiators grip grass with the teeth of their shoes. |
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| Recent Letters to the Editor |
| Respect and honor are the issues |
| By Jim Joling | Published Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
| Mr. Hughes continues to amaze and amuse me. Let's set the record straight about opposition to the, yes Ken, Mosque and Muslim Cultural Center proposed a few blocks from what most Americans believe to be a burial ground for many of the 3,000 innocent people murdered in the name of Allah. |
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| Give raises to deserving |
| By Bonnie Neal | Published Thursday, September 9, 2010 |
| Interesting scene at Newark City Hall Friday. The mayor and two city council members held a meeting with another individual talking about city business. |
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| Questioning Jefferson's Christianity |
| By Joshua Campbell | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| Robert, thank you for sharing the link to the website referring to Thomas Jefferson's letters. I have, however, been forced to form an opinion contrary to your own. |
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| Times are changing in Boyd |
| By Ethel Martinez | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| This morning, I walked around my block in Boyd. All was quiet. It was still cool at 9:15 a.m., 85 degrees. |
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| Commissioner doing poor job |
| By Jason Johnson | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| Just an FYI for Wise county residents: if you drive the dirt roads in Slidell, please be careful. Thanks to the many 18 wheelers traveling our dirt roads and the poor job done by our precinct commissioner, they are a mess full of pot holes. |
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| Thanks for quick response |
| By James F. Wood | Published Sunday, September 5, 2010 |
| I want to personally thank each of the following fire departments for helping save our service building at James Wood Motors when it caught fire Monday, Aug. 23 - Decatur, Bridgeport, Rhome and East Wise. |
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| All religions welcome in U.S. |
| By Ken Hughes | Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| Watching the great, self-righteous, holy hullabaloo about the proposed mosque at ground zero that is neither a mosque nor at ground zero, I am reminded of the words of Jean-Francois Revel: "A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence." |
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| Liberals cause for demise |
| By Robert Taylor | Published Thursday, September 2, 2010 |
| In response to the letter from Mr. Hughes: Your rant was about immigrants and the true, God-fearing Americans who understand what these illegals are doing to this country, who oppose the invasion of our country from Mexico. Nobody is against legal immigration. It's the illegals that we are opposed to. Why can't you liberals understand this? |
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| RISING WATER - Storms dumped several inches of rain across Wise County yesterday and overnight. Some residents reported seeing cloud rotation at times yesterday afternoon, and the Decatur storm sirens were sounded around 4:30 p.m. There were no reports of major damage. Several minor accidents were reported during the storm, including a jackknifed 18-wheeler on U.S. 81/287 near Business 81/287 south of Alvord. There were no reports of injuries. As the rain continued to fall overnight, water rose over many roads, leaving several motorists stranded as they tried to make their way to work this morning. Reports included one foot of water over the roadway at Texas 114 and Farm Road 718 in Aurora. Several cars also stalled on U.S. 81/287 north of Decatur. A flash flood watch remains in effect for Wise and Denton counties until 8:15 a.m. A flash flood warning remains in effect through tomorrow morning. Rainfall amounts include 6 inches in Slidell, 5.78 in Decatur, 4.5 in Aurora and Runaway Bay, 3.05 in Alvord and 2 in Bridgeport. The rain is expected to continue throughout the day. |
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| Phil Ryan was stabbed by a suspect in 1986 and keeps the boot he was wearing and butcher knife as a reminder to never let down his guard. |
| Photo by Joe Duty |
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