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There are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some native Americans, need to understand.First of all, it is not our responsibility to continually try not to offend you in any way.

Watching my “kids” sneak out of town last Friday to go to the Cotton Bowl filled me with nostalgia and envy. Remembrances of 1950 filled my head, my first trip down there and how some of my closest Vacation Bible School friends made this trip came up.

A few years back my wife’s parents passed and the time came to sell their house. The house was nice and had nice furniture. When the house sold a lot of their belongings ended up on the street for anyone to carry off.

Falling for FallHeaven knows we waited long enough for it. Fall, that is. That first morning in late summer when we are greeted by bracing cool air — replacing that hot stuff we’ve had for so long this year. Those cool cloudy days?

It all started with the movie “Stagecoach” we had seen at the Friday night movie in Centrahoma. We knew all about the Butterfield Stage. John Wayne was the driver. But the famous line only existed about 4 years.

There were four of them that day, sisters named Lora, Cora, Dora and Ruth, and my dad went too. I loaded them all up in my motorhome and we headed East toward what had been home at one time for them. They did not know how to get down there any more but I did, so away we went to Kennedy, Oklahoma.

Here it is the first of September. I thought if we could ever make it through August, we would surely be done with the 100 plus temperatures but according to my TV the 100s will persist right through our new month of September.

A retired friend of mine fishes three or four times a week. He does it because he enjoys it and it is something to do. A retired school teacher friend played organized basketball until he was 85.

They Made It Back To AlabamaThis old 1909 family picture shows the family of John Robert Bullard (my greatgrandfather) and his family standing in front of their home on Lookout Mountain. I found it interesting that their two “valuable” hunting dogs showed up too.

Over the past few weeks, I have had a number of conversations about State Question 844. Almost every one quickly turned to school funding. That concern is understandable. SQ 844 raises real questions about funding for schools and local governments.