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Taking Time to Reflect
Commentary, Sports
Taking Time to Reflect
July 6, 2022
As I prepared to hit the road for McAllister Park in San Antonio this Tuesday to cover the Harper Little League Major All-stars, I began to reminisce about my little league days. Baseball is a sport I love more than any other and I firmly believe my love for the sport began in my little league days....
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
Commentary
50 YEARS AGO in the Standard
News Staff 
July 6, 2022
JULY 5, 1972 Hill Country KOA, owned and operated by Tobert and Barbara Jones, will have a formal opening Saturday and Sunday, five miles east of Fredericksburg at the corner of U.S. 290 and Ranch Road 1376. The July Fourth Horse Races at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds concluded Tuesday afternoon...
Say what?
Commentary
Say what?
News Staff 
July 6, 2022
In last week’s paper, a writer had a gripe against the Republican Resolution in support of Parental Rights, and makes a plea to Republicans to vote for the Democrat party in this November Election. The Parental Rights resolution came up from the community grassroots effort introduced at a regular me...
Democracy requires commitment to rules
Commentary
Democracy requires commitment to rules
News Staff 
July 6, 2022
The tenets of democracy and freedom are fragile, fraught with stumbles that require citizens to reaffirm the rule of law and unite around a common vis...
Small-town news a standing tradition
Commentary
Small-town news a standing tradition
July 6, 2022
If you read the paper each week, you’re probably used to seeing the Doss News and Harper News in the paper. If you never have read them, you need to. ...
Abortion officially illegal in Texas
Commentary
Abortion officially illegal in Texas
State Capital Highlights 
June 29, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe vs. Wade effectively ends all legal abortions in Texas within the next 30 days, many news media outlets ...
We’re in dire need of water conservation
Commentary
We’re in dire need of water conservation
News Staff 
June 29, 2022
Looking at the June 21 stats of the U.S. Drought Monitor, one will see that all of Gillespie County is experiencing “exceptional drought” conditions. ...
Parents’ choice
Commentary
Parents’ choice
News Staff 
June 29, 2022
In 2021, during a now famous debate between candidates for the Virginia governor’s race, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin raised the issue of “scho...
Uvalde
Commentary
Uvalde
News Staff 
June 29, 2022
We all mourn the loss of life. The question is whether one responds with angry rhetoric that does not work or with common sense approaches that deal w...
Working out in the haybale gym
Commentary
Working out in the haybale gym
Tunes & Tales 
June 29, 2022
My entire life, I have been compared to my father. Looks, voice and mannerisms have all been evaluated for comparison. Not too atypical. Most of us at...
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