I ran some errands that required me to travel through downtown to the other side of town. It took me less than 20 minutes and that’s with visiting two different stores. It helps that I was able to use the drive-through pharmacy at Walgreens (my other stop was the liquor store but don’t tell my mom) and that I hit both stoplights on green on the way there.
I got caught at the Walmart light on the way back but if you go anywhere in town after 7 pm there’s not much open and hardly any traffic. It’s rather convenient if the business you need is one that is open that late, not so much otherwise.
One of the businesses that is open late is the ice cream place “Udder Yum” and I was sorely tempted to stop and get a scoop or two and had it been 80 or more degrees out like it has been I might have stopped. I’m all about supporting small businesses and the local economy, but three times in two weeks might be a bit excessive even for me.
This week’s local paper was delivered, and the crime desk report was longer than the obituaries this week. I can’t remember for sure, but I think it was the opposite last week.
I think my favorite article was the one where one teacher from each grade at the elementary school named their top “High Five” student. It was cute and I liked how most were nominated because of how helpful they were.
The first newspaper I got (only 3 weeks ago?) had a bunch of lasagna recipes and I was excited about a recipe column, but for some odd reason, the last two editions have had dessert lasagna recipes. I can understand one week’s worth but two? I like dessert, but these were just weird. I hope there will be different types of recipes next week.
I find the Chamber of Commerce Column can be interesting, but the preachy column is a hard pass for me. Think they’d let me guest write a column on Buddhism? No, probably not. Maybe one of these days I’ll write something for the World Tribune, but it’s highly unlikely the Dunlap Tribune would be interested in anything I might write. Ah well, my ambitions don’t lie in journalism anyway.
Be well my friends.
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My favorite column in our small county newspaper is the sheriff’s report. Only in a small county could you see a deputy responding to a snake in a toilet, not once but twice. They stated that they relocated the snake further away the second time! The Wichita Falls paper was taken over by USA Today. It dropped to a fraction of what it was in size with very little local interest. I’m so glad we still have the Archer County News!
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