By NANCY PATRICK People have many opinions about pets—cats, dogs, birds, hamsters, snakes, and even iguanas. I’m not judging anyone for preferring one over the other, but I love dogs. During my childhood, my family had at one time or another all those animals except snakes and iguanas. As an adult, my first pet was a sweet little Chihuahua named
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By JIM NICHOLS A quote from a verbal and precocious nine-year-old girl: “You think boys are nice, but then when you do something that’s a competition, they get stupid.” It happened again just the other day. I was stopped at a red light next to another stopped car. When the light turned green, the other car took off rapidly and
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON “Little did I know as I started for Uraga that that meeting was to be the first step in a complete transformation of my way of life.” As I read this statement, it reminded me of a man named Saul and the day he set out for Damascus. Saul had persecuted Christians, becoming someone to be feared
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury The late Will Rogers claimed that all he knew, he read in the newspapers. My aged Uncle Mort–whose routine includes puttering down the lane to the general store most days–still is an avid reader. However, he is not one claiming to read from “kivver to kivver,” like his parents before him. Most of
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The Rev. Richard “Ricky” Harrison, a 2014 graduate of McMurry University, will return as campus chaplain effective Aug. 1. Harrision will succeed Marty CashBurless, who served as chaplain from 2017 until her retirement at the end of June. She, too, was a McMurry graduate. “Harrison was an outstanding student leader when he was at McMurry. Those leadership qualities have manifested
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By LORETTA FULTON Rev. Demotis Sherman, Jr., pastor of Abilene’s historic Mt. Zion Baptist Church, is the new moderator of the Original West Texas Baptist District Association, Inc. He was elected Friday, June 30, to replace Rev. Andrew Penns, longtime moderator and pastor of Abilene’s Valley View Missionary Baptist Church. Representatives from two historic associations met in Abilene June 26-30
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By JIM NICHOLS The text message read, “It has been raining so much that we cannot work; the ground is too wet. You are still on our list.” After a few drier days, the workers arrived in a short caravan. Two pickup trucks joined a larger truck with a trailer containing the “chipper” that seemed to operate like an ultimate
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Scanning the internet, I came across a couple of pictures on several sites of statues and what was taking place with them that made a vivid impression in my thoughts. One picture represents a line of four rabbits attempting to pull a smaller rabbit up a wall to be with them. The picture shows a little boy
Read moreTHE IDLE AMERICANCommentary by Dr. Don Newbury Dr. Russell H. Dilday, Jr.–for 16 years president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth–died recently in Dallas, leaving a legacy that deserves more superlatives than space allows. He left marks of excellence as a minister, author, scholar and Christian statesman, known for his courage, conviction and commitment. The walls and shelves
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Spirit Of Abilene 