Apaches too much for Spaniards

On Mar. 24, 1775, Gen. Hugo Oconor, an Irish mercenary on the Spanish payroll, submitted for the viceroy’s approval an ambitious plan to annihilate the Apaches. Although the men from Madrid preferred to parley, peace talks were doomed from the start.

Whatever happened to working?

What has happened to “I gotta go to work” anyway? Seems so many so-called adults have just decided that holding a job is for the birds. You hear them whine, “Yeah, I have a job, but I don’t want to have to show up on the days I got something better to do.

Strangers robbed us! Fear took over!

This column is for anyone who has ever been afraid of the dark, who has felt like you just can’t breathe. Strangers Come Inside The night I became afraid happened when someone broke into our home, and it was then, when I was around six-years-old that I started dreading bedtime.

LIBRARY CORNER

We’re gearing up for the seventh annual Art@the Library event coming up this Saturday, April 2, from 6-8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children. Tickets are available now in the library and at the door. Local artists will be featured, including our own Jared Chapman.

Don’t be surprised by Social Security taxes

When you reach the appropriate age, it’s easy to apply for Social Security retirement benefits – just go to Social Security’s website, fill out the online form and you’re essentially done.

Light is the best disinfectant

Editorial cartoonist Ben Sargent once penned a masterful sketch of a newspaperman — a skinny, bug-eyed fellow in a baggy suit with a press card in the band of his porkpie hat. The unnamed journalist was depicted in the simple act of entering a dark room at city hall and switching on a light.

You do have a voice

Each month, as part of my job here at The Bee, I sit through meetings for various municipalities. From city council and commissioner’s court to school board, most every governing entity in the area has a public meeting where they discuss the ongoings of the entity.

Living a life full of abundance

Speak positive thoughts into your life in Jesus’ name. We all struggle with jealous thoughts, hateful thoughts, and thoughts that are not clear. To know this, we have but to stop for a minute or a second and reflect on our current circumstance. What are we thinking about?

Catching two dreams in one equinox weekend

“Don’t just chase your dreams, catch them.” — Annette White, travel writer, author, serial adventurer, and creator of the travel blog, “Bucket List Journey.” Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman’s hilarious movie by the same name aside, I’m not fond of the term ‘bucket list.

Texans catch U.S. running guns to Mexico

While on patrol off the Mexican coast on Mar. 20, 1836, the Invincible whipped an enemy man-of-war and seized an American blockade runner on the high seas. All in a day’s work for the Texas Navy.