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Thinking Out Loud:

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It was 42 years ago, almost to the day, when the world watched as President Jimmy Carter emerged from a larger-than-life summit at Camp David with a peace agreement between Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. It was a handshake felt around the world. It was a news story with legs, literally for years afterward, even long after Carter’s inept presidency went down in flames.

September is Suicide Prevention Month

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BIG SPRING – Emergency Department visits for young people with thoughts of suicide or self-harm increased by 25 percent during the latest CDC report.

Xcel Energy seeks input

AMARILLO – Xcel Energy is seeking information that will help guide the company toward its clean energy goals in Texas and New Mexico as planned retirements of large regional power plants create new opportunities for innovation and area development.

Musings by Marilou: “Nuthing” Better

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This was my third year to cover Mutton Bustin’ in Gaines County, and I can not, for the life of me, figure out why I never knew about this exciting sport before coming to West Texas. It is one of the funniest and most delightful things I have ever witnessed. Give me a camera, stand me out in the middle of a rodeo arena with kids on bewildered sheep charging toward me, and I am in heaven.

Sam Holbrooks: Thinking Out Loud: Shorts

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Another BLM “Martyr”

State Capitol Highlights

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Even during a pandemic, it’s best to not mess with Texas.

Thinking Out Loud:

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If and when future generations avail themselves of an accurate assessment of the Trump Years, free of media manipulation and outright non-reporting, what they will discover will be perhaps the most consequential presidency since Franklin Roosevelt.

The Mayor Built Fire Trucks:

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David Abernathy is the mayor of Pittsburg, Texas. His father held the same position for 52 years.

“I made a campaign promise I wouldn’t stay here 52 years,” says David.

He started serving his city at an early age.

“ I was working at the fire station by myself when I was 16. You could get a driver license back then at 14.” He became a Justice of the Peace when he was in college.

Mirror Ministries

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We’ve been sitting in this pot for awhile now. I’m referring to this world we live in, but my reference isn’t limited to those who are over a certain age– this situation we’re in now, it’s been a slow boil for all of humanity.

We’re like the boiling frog who didn’t know he was in danger. You see, if a frog is suddenly put into boiling water, it will jump out, but if the frog is put in cold water which is then brought to a boil slowly, it won’t perceive the danger and will be cooked to death (byebye frog).

And like I said, we’ve been sitting in this pot for awhile now.