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After working the election Saturday and on Examiner articles Sunday, I finally had some down time Sunday night to think about the dismal turnout at the county’s four early voting locations and six Election Day locations. As a disclaimer, my figures are approximate and based on access to information from my lowly position on the election totem pole. Our capable Elections Administrator Lucy Ybarra is the real authority on the numbers, but you don’t have to be an Einstein to see that Grimes County had a voting problem.
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Yes, they ran for the roses. But they also ran for an enormous paycheck. A little over $3M to be exact. The Kentucky Derby went off this past Saturday for the 174th year. Horse racing is a sport I can definitely embrace. This is a sport where all the hard work is done about 100 yards away from me, and it is done by people other than myself. The only sweat involved on my part is the accumulation on the sides of my mint juleps as I yell, “Run horsey, run!” What a workout.
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Before I begin this piece, some background information is necessary. I have a younger sister and a younger brother and in 1979 our collective lives changed forever when our parents got divorced. When I got the news of their divorce at age 12, I probably reacted pretty badly, but that was just the beginning of what my “brave new world” would come to look like.
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A couple of weeks ago, a “Monday Motivation” message was forwarded to me from Coach Gates. It was written by Coach Nikki Robinson to the staff for their motivation, to say thank you, and to express how we are ALL IN this TOGETHER.
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This summer of 2021, as the P. A. Smith Hotel on Railroad Street in Navasota is nearing completion of the current renovations by Stephen and Janice Scheve, who was this fellow that carries his name?
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It is interesting when a person confuses you for someone or, more specifically, something you are not. This happened to me twice over the past two weeks, which led me to consider what I am doing to send off these unusual vibes.
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It is with mixed emotions that I write this column. Father Time is catching up to me and doing things that I used to do are exceeding my abilities. In other words,” I ain’t what I used to be.” So, this will be my last column. I hope that someone got some help by reading my column, if not for the information, then surely for a laugh! Many of you have told me that you enjoyed my columns and for that I can only say thanks.
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It has been a great week here at Rattler Nation! We started the Spring Round of STAAR Testing and, other than the kinks in the system that had to be worked out on the TEA and ETS state side, we had a great week of testing at our 4th, 7th, and High School English 1 and 2 levels. Thank you SO much to Ms. Amberly Kolby and all of the campus testing coordinators and administrators for your patience, flexibility, and efforts to make it all come together.
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