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Dear Editor,

A short time ago I wrote about herd immunity. Since then things have become worse. The only bright outlook are the new vaccines becoming available.

Currently, there are single days where we have lost to COVID more Americans than Pearl Harbor or 9/11. In times past we would have already declared war on some nation with those losses.

This week in Texas history

Father not son deserves place in Texas history

Erasmos Sequin took his seat in the Mexican constitutional assembly on Dec. 11, 1823 as the one deputy from the province of Texas.

Stephen F. Austin could not have made a better friend in 1821 than the patriarch of the Seguin clan. Sent by the governor to welcome Moses Austin back to Texas, Erasmos met instead the young foreigner who hoped to pick up where his dead dad had left off.

Let’s Talk About: Household garbage

Whether it is called trash, garbage, solid waste or refuse, it is smelly and unsightly, attracts insects, rodents and wildlife, may be poisonous, flammable or explosive and contributes to the spread of disease.

Because of the threat to public health, its disposal is strictly regulated by law, and it represents a continual challenge to city and county governments.

Gone are the days of having a burn barrel, dumping everything that didn’t burn into a pit, and then covering that pit and digging another one. That’s how my grandparents did it on their farm outside Hamilton.

Letter to the editor

Dear Editor,

I’m writing this with the hope that I can get some folks that have had the Covid virus, to write to you about their experience. Perhaps that will get the “non-believers” and I’m not talking about religion, to maybe rethink what they are doing/thinking.

I have had family members and friends that had gotten it. It knocked them down for about 2 weeks, but nothing like what we’re seeing and hearing in other parts of the state/country.

State sales tax revenue near $3 billion in November

AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Tuesday said state sales tax revenue totaled $2.98 billion in November, 6.3 percent less than in November 2019.

Food assistance deadline Dec. 11

WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds farmers and ranchers that the deadline to apply for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) is Dec. 11, 2020. This program provides direct relief to producers who continue to face market disruptions and associated costs because of COVID-19.

CARD OF THANKS

Thank you to our family and friends for your love and support during this difficult time. We were blessed by the nurses and staff of Hamilton General Hospital, Dr. Robbye Lengefeld, Solaris Hospice and the loving community of Rocking Chair Ranch. We will always remember the care they provided.

Let’s Talk About… Sewer system, bills

Last week, when many of us were preparing our Thanksgiving dinners and cleaning up afterwards, the question was not WHETHER we put grease into the sewer system, the question was, HOW MUCH? We all did it to some extent, and we all pay for it…

Guest column: Not my grandfather’s house anymore

I never thought about the house my dad’s parents built quite like I am thinking about it now, Thanksgiving 2020.Time has lurched forward without our noticing it and suddenly things have changed.

Letters

Dear Editor,