Columns

Winters in Texas can be unpredictable at times, and nature has a way of dealing with its unpredictability.

Traditionally, March Madness has referred to the annual NCAA college basketball tournament. Sports fans across the nation tune in to catch the excitement of young athletes in action.

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night …

It seems that the Washington bureaucracy is always a day late and a dollar short. A recent Gallup poll shows 70 percent of Americans think the pandemic is over; 89 percent of Republicans think so.

Join the partners at Carriage House Gallery of Artists from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, to celebrate Bonnie Mann’s lovely artwork and to learn about her inspiration and techniques.

For this month’s life skill, career/money management, the following words by Martin Luther King Jr. offer a clear mantle for living our core values both professionally and personally. You will then be a better doctor, better lawyer, better teacher, better husband, wife, father mother.

Editor’s note: This is a reprinted column from Jack Purcell’s “On the Journey” archives. It originally appeared in The Star in 2013.

Are you expecting a tax refund this year? If so, what will you do with it?

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered two state agencies to “use every available resource” to safeguard the state’s infrastructure as the potential for Russian cyberattacks increases. Abbott sent a letter to the Texas Department of Information Resources and the Texas Department of Public Safety to that effect last week. He ordered DIR and DPS to:

Q: My fiance and I are getting married in two months. We’re excited, but also a little concerned about weathering and adapting to the ups and downs that everybody tells us will come over the years. Do you have any advice?

We are currently taking appointments for people who would like to take advantage of the free tax service we have offered each year for at least 13 years.

When traveling on Herff Road on a Saturday morning, it is hard to miss the traffic turning into Herff Farm. Every Saturday, you can see folks pulling into the farm and descending onto the property.