IDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury In wildest dreams, it never occurred to me that one day I’d write a piece referencing three bigger-than-life personalities. This day, I am. Two of the three are valued friends whose names are well known in Texas, and the third I’ve never met. There’s nothing gained by keeping readers in suspense (as if I
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By DANNY MINTON It was a hot summer night in 1964 when a group of my high school friends and I were cruising around our hometown of Plano, Texas. Back then it was small, and there wasn’t much to do. That’s usually when a group of guys does something that they shouldn’t, and this night was no exception for our
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By LORETTA FULTON Standing at the site of the 1922 murder of a black man at the hands of “masked and robed” men, Andrew Penns let it be known that despite the evil that took place there, God was in charge. At the beginning of the ceremony commemorating the death of Grover C. Everett, Penns, pastor of Valley View Missionary
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By TERRY CAGLE I grew up in Abilene. I lived here the first 23 years of my life except for 18 months in Sacramento, California, when I was around 4. I don’t remember much about Sacramento; I do remember Abilene. Many of these memories involve the 900 block of Fannin, just down the street from Abilene High. My world was
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By NANCY PATRICK Many years ago during an especially bad period of depression (a condition that has plagued me my entire life), I went to a therapist for some guidance. She introduced me to the concept of co-dependency, an unconscious psychological game in which family members involve each other in emotional blackmail that holds them hostage to each other’s needs.
Read moreBy LORETTA FULTON A ceremony commemorating the murder of a black man in Abilene in 1922 has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 27. The event will begin at 10 a.m. at 341 Ash. St., where Grover C. Everett of Sulphur Springs was shot to death at the Joe Davis Hotel for “negroes” on Saturday night, Sept. 9, 1922. According to
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Dr. Phil Christopher and Loretta Fulton will present a program Wednesday on the life and legacy of Dr. Virginia Connally, Abilene’s first female physician, who died March 31 at age 106. The public is invited to the presentation, which will be part of the monthly meeting of the Abilene Association of Congregations. The meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. in the
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The Lord is Risen Indeed. Alleluia Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale,
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IDLE AMERICAN Commentary by Dr. Don Newbury The news that cursive handwriting is returning to elementary school curricula is being roundly applauded, perhaps equal to ovations that welcomed Dolly back to Broadway. Some of us thought cursive instruction had been “written off” in recent years, replaced by fingers fleeting across tiny keyboards on iPhones, iPads and such. No one is more
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Spirit Of Abilene 