 |
 |
|
|||||
|
You know it’s hot outside when the national weather map describes the states as being rare, medium and welldone. And you know you live in the “well-done” region when the seats of your car can iron out the wrinkles on your backsides. I used to have a little friend from Mississippi who drawled “Hawwwt, ain’t it”. Although we weren’t allowed to say “ain’t”, it’s one of those quotes our family picked up many years ago and have used a lot this summer. More ... If you have ever stood over a hot pot of boiling grease under a shade tree in the middle of July, frying up catfish and fries, then you are probably doing it for a crowd. Maybe your family, or maybe friends, or maybe to help raise money for someone who is in trouble. It is then that you realize that you are doing much more than just cooking. You are cooking from the heart! More ... Wednesday, July 16, 1969, we watched with keen interest as Apollo 11 blasted off from Kennedy Space Center on what we hoped would be a historic mission to the Moon. Just 15 years before, my scout troop camped at the old West Ranch near Clear Lake, the future home of Johnson Space Center's Mission Control. Then space exploration existed only in science fiction. But the Russians abruptly changed all that Oct. 4, 1957, when they shocked the world with the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first human-made satellite. More ... 7-8-09 Dwight Myers transported a prisoner from Limestone County to the Leon County Jail. Dwight Myers responded to an animal complaint. Jack Tomlinson responded to Buffalo for the report of loose livestock. Bart Dorman responded to Centerville for the report of shots fired. More ... A few days ago we had an inmate carried to the ER due to seizures. He has a history of this problem, and other inmates stated that he fell to the floor with a seizure. The ER located bleeding present on the brain so he was helicoptered to Tyler. Later information of the next day indicates that he was struck by another inmate, went to the floor. Now on a ventilator in Tyler Hospital in serious shape. More ... |
      |
||||
