Doak Walker hangs up his cleats

Doak Walker ended speculation about his future in football by announcing on Jul. 29, 1955 that he had agreed to play one more season with the Detroit Lions. Grantland Rice, dean of American sportswriters, called him “the most authentic all-around player in football history.

We’ll wait to see if that one resurfaces

“Man, after all my grandma put into me learning the piano, that was a hard day telling her I was telling jokes for a living.” —Jamie Foxx, American actor, comedian, and singer. The call for “words of wisdom” at any Thursday Center Noon Lions Club meeting is an invitation to share a joke.

When the grief waves hit

To say I have been through a lot recently would be an understatement. In the last nine months, I have lost two very important people in my life. Over the course of my lifetime, there have been many more that I have lost.

Domestic chores that beg to be ignored

Some days, when the dishes refuse to be washed, we don’t fight them. We just let them sit in the sink covered in their own smelly pieces of boiled cabbage or dried up tomato sauce until they can’t stand how sticky and stinky they are, then scrub them down until they scream for mercy.

Avoid these estateplanning mistakes

When many people hear the words “estate planning,” they assume it’s just for the wealthy. But that’s not the case because everyone can benefit from an estate plan. And when you’re creating one, you’ll want to avoid some common mistakes.

LIBRARY CORNER

We’re more than books: Monday • Make and Takes all week • Book pick up at AA’s Day Care Tuesday • Story Time 11 a.m. • “Paws” to Read—3 p.m. (Pups are currently booked up, but call and see if a spot has opened.) Thursday • Pleasant Living Craft 2 p.m.

Democrats dump “Jumbo” Governor

After five days of inconclusive balloting, Texas Democrats were no closer on Jul. 22, 1878 to picking their candidate for governor than when they started. With an undergraduate degree from a college in his native Georgia and a law diploma from Harvard, Richard Bennett Hubbard Jr.

Isn’t that the craziest thing

A good writer is always a people watcher and eavesdropper.” — I overheard that somewhere. It was simply awful. How could such a terrible thing have occurred right here in our town? Last week, I was hardly settled at my table in a local eatery when I overheard a conversation nearby.

Hold the drama, please

There is a lot of drama in this world. It seems people thrive on it. And if they cannot find drama, they will stir up their own. Recently, I saw a post on Facebook and, just from the few comments that popped up with the actually post, I knew the thread was filled with drama.

Not all change is for the best

Way back in the good old days of 2020, several British meteorologists got together and started thinking about what the weather forecasts in the United Kingdom might look like 30 years from now in 2050 when the Earth is just a wee bit hotter than it is today.