by David Severn
Thirty years ago, in 1982, when we moved to Rays Road in Philo I started visiting the Navarro River just a short distance down the road on a regular basis. Many people did, though mostly in the summer. Access off the county road was on a road on the edge of the Van Zandt Resort [...]
by David Severn
Last year we got a rescue cat that my son-in-law named Barako — hoping, I think, that the animal would clean up the right-wing rodent population around the place. I’m not very good with names and found myself often calling the cat Obama. Recently two little puppies came on board. One my son-in-law named Banjo, [...]
by David Severn
Some years ago I was working out Clow Ridge and as usual had taken a couple of my kids along. On leaving the job my eight-year-old daughter Dandelion wanted to ride her bike down the hill. Descending that steep grade just above the stop sign on Nash Mill Road she lost control and did a [...]
by David Severn
One of the more rewarding aspects of this job is to discover the myriad and remarkable ways that people’s buttons get pushed. With regards to Nancy Mayer’s comments (see below) about last week’s tidbit on the mountain lion shot on Rays Road. I would have to agree that my thrown together coverage was somewhat "bereft [...]
by David Severn
George Bergner and his wife Roberta Ann Conger have filed for bankruptcy and put much of their holdings into Chapter 7 liquidation. I must confess that I am somewhat ashamed of the glee with which I greet the news that George Bergner has gone belly up but acknowledge that the shame is academic while the [...]
by David Severn
An emergency page-out came in from the Howard Forest Dispatch center for an escaped controlled burn Thursday night at about 9:40. Though fire conditions are quite low this time of year three engines rolled to take care of the situation. Philo’s Roy Laird in 7477 led the pack. The call was reported as seven miles [...]
