August 17, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, August 17.

Seven years ago, I didn't know very much about Center, Texas. I was serving at a church near Texarkana, when I received a phone call from a man named Carl Smith. He was chairman of a committee at First Baptist that was searching for a Minister of Worship. At the end of that call, I still had lots of questions about Center, but I had a very positive impression... of Carl Smith!

August 15, 2023 - It’s August, which means kids are back in school and the fall hunting and fishing seasons are quickly approaching. Before packing your favorite tackle and camo for trips, be sure to purchase an annual fishing and hunting license for 2023-24.

Current-year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except the Year-from-Purchase All-Water Fishing Package) expire at the end of August. Licenses for the 2023-24 season go on sale August 15.

August 15, 2023 - Good Morning!  It's Tuesday, August 15.

On this day in 1969, half a million young people gathered on a dairy farm in upstate New York, for a music festival.  It was called Woodstock, even though the town by that name was 40 miles away.  Max Yasgur's farm was actually in the little hamlet of Bethel.  That's a Hebrew name that means "House of God".  And so, in retrospect, Woodstock was a better name for an event that saw rampant drug abuse, three deaths, monsoon rains, and acres and acres of mud.

August 14, 2023 - While reminiscing through some old family photographs from the 1950s, I happen to notice how my mother and grandmother always had on aprons while serving their Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. The apron was important attire worn by early homemakers while doing their cooking and other housework.

August 14, 2023 - Starting Monday, August 14th the buses will roll out of the Center I.S.D. Transportation Dept. to signal the beginning of the new school year.