Opinion

Mary Bell Lockhart submitted this column that her father wrote in 1974 during a polio epidemic. Old-timers sometimes tell me they miss letters to the editor from my dad, Dr.

On a daily basis, we get to be involved in so many great things that our students are doing. Our students continue to reach achievements that everyone is proud of. As we move into the month of October, the students are busy with activities and events.

Simply saying something over and over doesn’t make it so. I know because I’ve tried it. No matter how many times I say, “I’m a good golfer, I’m a good golfer,” the reality is I still stink, as anyone who has seen me on the course will verify.

A gigantic thank you to our community. We had a wonderful turn out for the 2021 Family Crisis Center benefit dance held last weekend. We would like to thank all those who helped out, and our many generous sponsors who made the dance possible. We had a wonderful time.

In a day and age where volunteers are a precious commodity, it’s important to me to thank two volunteers who took time from their busy lives to help clean Holy Angels Cemetery. The cemetery looked like it had been abandoned, with the amount of overgrown brush, graves untended, trash lined up by the fence, and no one in sight taking care of the grounds.

I happen to believe vaccines are a good idea. That’s why I got one.

Although many locals are unaware, for the past several years there has been a quiet but incredible northward migration of animals from the Big Bend. Literally thousands of dogs and cats have had a second chance to live because of the continued efforts of a handful of people.

September 2021 was a strange month for Texans. The White House tried to force Texans to take CO- VID vaccines they didn’t want or need, as in young people with a high resistance and those with natural immunity. Those same vaccines were not forced on others in Texas such as the thousands of illegitimate migrants the feds allow to cross into Texas from Mexico - the same feds who restricted a drug being sent to Texas to cure COVID infections for any Texan who tested positive. Texas Doctors may now have to make difficult decisions of who not to give that cure to.

My husband and I were visiting Alpine, as we try to do several times a year from our home in Georgetown. We have a small RV. On Friday night we were returning from the Trappings of Texas opening night party at Museum of the Big Bend, and accidentally drove past the entrance to the Lost Alaskan where we always stay. We immediately turned right onto the next road and attempted to turn around, but got stuck. We couldn’t get out.

The City reminds the public that the quarterly bulk pickup event will take place on Monday, Oct. 11. As per the city ordinance, residents are required to make a pickup appointment one week prior to the event, between Oct. 4-8 by calling TDS at 432-837-0845.