Columns/Opinions

By Sue Ransom

Goodness gracious I have been enjoying this cool weather. I know it will heat up again, but for now, I will enjoy. The official start of autumn is the 22nd of this month. We here in Central Texas know that is not always cool off time. I expect we will have a few more days or weeks of 90+ degrees. I wish some of the heavy rains that our neighbors to the south are experiencing would find their way here, but I am not complaining. We do need the rain for the crops and tanks.

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By Jo Price

Still no moisture for the dry conditions that we have around us. Just be thankful that we are not having to go through some of the stuff that the people in Houston, Florida and some of the other places that were hit by storms. Keep all those in your prayers.

These cool mornings make you think of Fall, but that will be changing soon, as the weather prediction is back to the 90’s next week.

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By Sue Ransom

Here I am on a beautiful Labor Day Weekend typing away in my classroom. This morning I tried to reach my son by Skype, but it didn’t work. That meant I would have to wait another week to speak with him. I didn’t understand the problem, but when I sat down to fix whatever was wrong I had no Internet connection. After using all the tricks up my proverbial sleeve, I called in the resident tech person. Russ informed me my modem was bad. So later we will go shopping for a new modem, but for now I am here at school working on this column.

By Cathy Ledbetter

The Next Right Step

It is a strange feeling to be a part of a funeral procession taking a beloved family member to be buried, looking around you at all the people going about their lives with no idea of the sorrow that is passing them. It has been strange this past week to turn on the TV and see news reports of the devastation along the coast followed by the latest celebrity gossip. Both of these situations are reminders that the world keeps turning and life goes on even when one person or a huge group of people are experiencing tragedy.

By Dr. Don Newbury

How’s That Again?...

“breaking news”--the kind that smacks us in the face on the front end of most newscasts. I felt faint--and my cell phone “clammy”--as my Uncle Mort’s words seared my brain.

“I’m going to be okay, nephew,” he said. “But Maude had to take me to the emergency clinic today, right after I rolled a joint.”

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By Cathy Ledbetter

Out and Back Again

I got back from my family/eclipse trip to Charleston this past Thursday morning, just in time for Hurricane Harvey. I got to see all but the totality of the eclipse as the clouds covered it up just before the moon fully covered the sun. We had crashed a party on Lake Moultrie in a lakeside community known as Short Stay. We did not know any of the people gathered in the back yard by the lake, but they invited us to fill up a plate with hamburgers and home-made goodies and find a place to sit and visit. I gave away a few pairs of my eclipse glasses to some people who had driven down from Western Pennsylvania to see the eclipse. I had a great time with these friendly strangers and invited them all to my house in 2024 to see the total eclipse that will pass over San Saba County.

by Sue Ransom 

Last Thursday the school staff were preparing for the first day of school and a dinner at the Fowler home when that big storm blew into town. It was one powerful event and many of us feared that dinner would have to be cancelled. We all look forward to spending time together right before the start of the school year.

It’s like the end of the year luncheon at my house…tradition. We had about 1.3 inches here at the house, but several others had closer to three inches. It was most definitely a blessing. I don’t know if you have thought about it very much, but it is August and our fields are green. That is not only unusual; it is awesome. I’m afraid Russ is going to have to cut the grass again. My new grass is enjoying this blessing.

Submitted by SSISD School Superintendent Michael Bohensky 

San Saba ISD Receives Distinction and Accountability Recognition at all Campuses and District 

San Saba ISD and all campuses received a “Met” Accountability Rating for the 2017 Ratings. Campuses must meet Index 1 or 2 and meet Index 3 and Index 4.

There are three measures on state accountability assessments — Approaches= Passed; Meets=Postsecondary Readiness; Mastered=Advanced Academic Achievement

Index 1 = Student Performance for STAAR results at each campus – this includes all assessments for all student groups meeting at least a 60% “Approaches” (passing) standard

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By Jennifer Kidd

We want our First United Methodist Church Hamilton to be known as caring for children. That is why we started providing a “kids kingdom” at our annual Harvest Festival, which will be alive and well from 9:00 to 3:00 again on Saturday, October 7. In Matthew 19:14, Jesus asserted, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." And that’s our guiding premise.

Repeating our set-up of last year, we will provide separate age-appropriate stations for each activity and run a tape around all of the area across the bridge from the church’s west side, to form a safety barrier from Highway 36 (Main Street) and N. Stidham Street. We provided a small break in the boundary for an entrance from Stidham Street, and another one on the east side of our space facing the sanctuary, to control access and provide the best security for the kids.

By Brother J

Severe thunderstorms, softball-size hail, swarms of tornadoes, and not too far away, 55-mile per hour wind gusts and dust and over 660,000 acres burned (1000 square miles or the size of 2/3 of the state of Rhode Island); plus, 28 inches of snow in two days in Arizona was our weather in the past.

Why was all of that going on? When God originally made the earth it was not this way. There were all kinds of fruits and vegetables and they were always ready to eat (Genesis 1:29 & 30). there were also no seasons, no rains, no tornadoes or other catastrophes. The earth was watered from a mist that went up from the ground (Genesis 2:6). Why so different now?

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