June 23, 2023 - It would be hard to find a Timpson citizen more active in civic affairs than Marilyn Corder, and that includes being director of Timpson's Annual Frontier Days celebration. The first Timpson Frontier Days was held in the early 1960s but by the mid 1990s interest had waned and the ambulance service and fire department, who had been putting it on, did not want to continue, according to Corder. In 1997, when Chamber of Commerce member Corder learned of the possibility of ending Frontier Days, she expressed her concern with then President George Frame.

June 23, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Friday, June 23.

Over the last three years there's been one word that has most often crossed our minds and crossed our lips - the word "pandemic". But during the first half of the 20th century, there was another pandemic that affected millions of lives - polio. On June 23, 1995, a man died that, more than any other person, brought that pandemic to a close. The man's name was Jonas Salk.

June 22, 2023 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, June 22.

I'm old school when it comes to writing. This daily devotion ends up on my computer, but it begins on a yellow pad, written by a pen. And not just any pen. It has to be the "Pilot Precise Rolling Ball V5 Extra Fine"! I'm not that particular about most things. If my coffee is hot, that's good enough for me. And if a car gets me where I need to go, I don't care that much about what it looks like. But when it comes to pens - there's only one choice. There is no substitute.

June 21, 2023 - The state budget bill passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor enhances the Railroad Commission’s work in regulating the oil and gas industry and serving Texans.

The bill provides the agency with approximately $481 million for the next two fiscal years.

The RRC regulates the major components of the state’s energy industry including oil and gas; surface mining of coal and uranium; the alternative fuels of LNG, CNG, and LPG; intrastate pipelines and natural gas utilities.