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“Clara’s Culinary Calamities” by Neal Murphy

August 2, 2024 - When we were married in 1958 Clara knew nothing about cooking. Since I knew a lot about eating she made it her mission to learn all about preparing food fit for a king. I knew she must have thought of me as a king because she was always presenting me with burnt offerings. My, how things have changed over the years. I no longer receive burnt offerings from her as she has become a great cook.

DETCOG Board to Hold August Meeting in Groveton

August 2, 2024 - Deep East Texas Council of Governments (DETCOG) Board of Directors will hold their regular monthly meeting Thursday, August 22, 2024, at Methodist Church Edward Carter Hall at 181 E First Street in Groveton, Texas. A Luncheon will be served at noon, and the Board meeting will be held immediately following lunch. 

Welcoming members and guests to Trinity County will be Trinity County Judge Danny Martin and Trinity County Commissioners Tommy Park, Mike Loftin, Neal Smith, and Steven Truss.

David's Daily Devotion for August 2

August 2, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Friday, August 2.

What is life?

That's a pretty serious question for a late summer Friday morning. But it's an eternal question that has crossed everyone's mind from time to time. What is the meaning of life?

Is life just the accumulation of time? I did some math and figured out that I've lived 24,733 days, 595,160 hours, 35,711,920 minutes. I had to lie down after that. And that's something I've spent about 200,000 hours doing - sleeping.

Nichols' Five Cents: Broadband, TRS, Meta, TWIA Increase, SpaceX

August 1, 2024 - Last month Houston and the Gulf Coast were devastated by Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall Monday, July 8 near Matagorda. Thirty-six Texans died during and after the storm and 2.3 million were left without power, some for almost two weeks. Hearings were held in Austin to assess the response and hold utility companies accountable that did not perform well, including CenterPoint Entergy.  

Here are five things happening around your state:  

1. BDO accepting proposals for broadband grant funding

David’s Daily Devotion for Aug. 1

August 1, 2024 - Good Morning! It's Thursday, August 1.

What word is found the greatest number of times in the Bible? Well, that's kind of a challenging question to answer. First, you have to take out all those little words like "the" or "and", words that are important grammatically, but not important spiritually. Then, you have to take into consideration all the different translations and paraphrases and versions of the Bible that are available to us today. Like any endeavor that deals with information - more data doesn't always give you more truth.

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