Opinion

Do you enjoy viewing old photos? Have you seen any printed on heavy cardboard, probably before 1930? Recently I found such a photo of my maternal grandfather with his parents and siblings. I calculated the date as before 1910, since his baby sister was born in February of 1909. She was still a baby in the photo. At the bottom of the photo is printed “J.S. McMillan” and beneath that, “Madisonville, Texas”.

As the clock ran down on the Legislature’s third special session, Texas House and Senate leaders exchanged barbs over Gov. Greg Abbott’s school choice bill and border security proposals, the Austin American- Statesman reported.

Last week I wrote about champions, but I neglected one type. One definitition of champion is “a person who fights for or promotes a cause.” I realized that I have neglected Denise and Michael Emanuelli of The Woodbine Inn and Restaurant, who have been quite supportive of Madison County Museum.

DEAR EDITOR: We were hit with strong rain and swirling winds with green skies. Then came crashing sounds of metal and boards flying everywhere.

Gov. Gregg Abbott and the Texas House are at loggerheads over which will come first — vouchers for parents to pay for private school tuition, or funneling more money to public schools, The Dallas Morning News reported.

I wanted to come at this story from an angle of someone who has never experienced a Texas Mushroom Festival before, as someone who is new to Madisonville, and someone who is new to working in the media. The experience is threefold in that way, in that they harmonize despite how often they divulge into their own separate monophonies.

Winners, champs, superstars! You should see the Museum’s current exhibit. Though you were forewarned of our Madison County Champions (Plus Bedias) exhibit, of the 88 visitors that signed in on October 14, few were locals.

Early voting is now underway for the Nov. 7 general election. Voters will decide the fate of 14 proposed amendments, including measures to provide property tax relief and raise the homestead exemption to $100,000.

Rosa Wolfe McWhorter-Alphin worked at the Elite Café here for a year and a half after graduating from high school in 1939. In 2010, she wrote her memories of that establishment, and I’ve borrowed her information below.

Gov. Greg Abbott, just hours after the Senate initially approved a school voucher measure, said he would add teacher raises and increased public school funding to the ongoing special session agenda if the Texas Legislature passes his voucher plan, the Texas Tribune reported.