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From the Creaux’s Nest
SLOW NEWS TIME Locally the big news for over a week has been youngsters at Bridge City swimming in Cow Bayou. More ink and airtime has been used up on this one subject than any other. That shows how slow
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SUNDAY WE HONOR OUR FATHERS Even though my own father has long departed, crossed over to a place that awaits us all, I still hold some fond memories made a longtime ago. That said, I have found myself blessed through
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LIVING WITH NATURE The first day of summer will appear in 20 days but already the mama raccoons are showing up with their young. I had been watching a mama coon for a few weeks, her bag hung to the
Collin, our caboose graduates
This week the last of our grandchildren, the caboose, Collin Slade Gros, graduates from high school in Bridge City. There was always something a little sad to me as each of our previous four grandchildren completed high school. I’m sure
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GRADS TAKE BIG STEP This week, we recognize all the youngsters who in the next few days will complete their high school years. Some day they will call the years they spent in school with their friends ‘the good old
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MONSTROUS TORNADO HITS MOORE OKLAHOMA On May 3, 1999, Moore, Okla. was destroyed by a tornado. On this Memorial week, when we remember our veterans killed in all wars, terror hits us again here at home. Scores were killed when
From the Creaux’s Nest
A LONGHORN VISIT WITH COTTON Well, most of the time Creaux and I are held hostage in this Creaux’s Nest. About once a year we go to Buna for a breath of fresh air. This Monday we decided to change
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MOTHER’S DAY MOST SPECIAL OF ALL To me one of the most special days of the year is Mother’s Day. For most of us there is no more special person in our lives than the one who brought us here,
Remembering George Jones–in a nutshell
A lot of people in this part of Texas have a George Jones story; my story goes back to the early 1950’s when we were barely adults. George was a few years older and was playing his music at any
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FAREWELL TO COUNTRY MUSIC LEGEND–GEORGE JONES I was saddened to hear about the death of George Jones at age 81. For over 50 years he sang his country music, recorded more than 150 albums with 143 on Billboard’s top 40 hits, including
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53 YEARS AND COUNTING Welcome to our 53rd anniversary edition. That’s a longtime for a locally owned publication to make available a free newspaper to everyone who wants one. Our newspaper is delivered to homes on every street, on every block
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TERROR IN BOSTON REAWAKENS WORST FEARS On Patriots’ Day, the day that marks the beginning of United States independence, at the world famous Boston Marathon, two well placed Iraq-style bombs hurled shrapnel, jagged glass and ball bearings at marathon runners and
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AND THE WORLD KEEPS TURNING I believe our last cool front is due this week. Word is we are in for a hot, dry summer and we will be hoping for a cool, rainy day. *****The Iron Lady,” Margaret Thatcher,
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SPRING MIGHT FINALLY ARRIVE Well, Easter came and yes I got everything I had looked forward to. I was surprised to learn that Peeps now come in many colors, mine were pink, that’s not right, Peeps should be yellow. My
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HOLY WEEK– SPECIAL TIME FOR CHRISTIANS Well, it’s come on Easter week. Come Sunday, 40 days of Lent would have flown by, Christy will be able to eat candy again and everyone else who gave up something for Lent will
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SPRING ARRIVES, EVERY THING IS GOOD Well, we’ve come on the first day of spring. We dodged the winter bullet that has plagued so much of the country. The azaleas are in bloom, the birds are singing and Catholics around
Roots of my Irish well Dunn
Often I’ve written about the Cajun side of me, but I never have said much about the fighting side of me. That’s my Irish side. While a kid in Abbeville, I was a strange youngster, the only person in the
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BASSMASTERS BRING FUN WEEKEND A little something for everyone will be going on along the bank of the Sabine River in Orange County March 14 through March 17. The events include the Bassmaster’s Elite Series, the first of its kind
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SPRING NOT ONLY FOR THE BIRDS Grandma used to say, “”Have the Robins come yet? Spring will come when the Robins come.” I always thought it was the other way around. The Robins would come when spring got here. Well,
My reflections of the day Dad died 54 years ago
~Growing up in a broken home, raised by my mother, I looked forward to the years ahead that I would spend learning from and about my dad It was about three hours before daylight on Feb. 19, 1959, when I
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AND THE WORLD TURNS Back in January, I said not to be fooled by an early false spring, that I expected cold weather in late February and early March. Hopefully, it will skirt a freeze but stay above it. Expect
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