Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
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Quite a few years ago, about 20-25 years ago when living in Colorado, the lottery jackpot there reached an unheard of level. I don't recall the exact amount but I think it was getting close to $10 million dollars. A huge amount for a lottery back in those days. One day a colleague and I made a pact. We would each buy a lottery ticket and if either of us won, we would have to buy the other lunch at the McDonalds about two blocks from the office building where we worked. Part of the irony was that neither of us ate at McDonalds. There was a...
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving might not be a good sport for you. If at first you don't succeed, you are probably headed toward a career as a cable TV news reporter. Silly jokes to be sure, but they do bring up an important point. A new beginning can sometimes mark the beginning of the end, or for some, it will hopefully help establish a strong base from which to build and grow. Picture a rookie pitcher, just called up from the minor leagues and his first game as a major league pitcher is against the world series champion team and in...
A Happy and Blessed New Year to you. I've got a question for you. How many of you made a new year resolution this year? I have another question. How many of those resolutions are still being kept? My guess is not very many but hopefully I'm wrong. Unfortunately, many of these resolutions that do fail to work are worthwhile and following through with them would certainly be beneficial to you and those around you. Some very good resolutions that you may have made might have been to quit smoking, start exercising, start eating healthy, cut down...
Greetings dear friends in Christ. Here we are, another year has come and gone. I truly hope the year 2020 was a good one for you and your families. No, I'm not joking about that. Yes, I know what this past year was like for many of you, but I still hope this year was a good one for yo. If you stop and think about it, there just may have been some very good times for you. There were so many among us that were affected by the COVID-19 virus. It's effect was felt through the community from our homes and our schools to our churches and our...
