What is 4-H? 4-H is the youth development program for the Cooperative Extension Service. It focuses on the needs, concerns, and interests of young people. Its aim is to help youth gain a positive self-concept, rational social behavior, knowledge and problem-solving capabilities.
Hey, all you cool cats and kittens! Things have been better for me lately. More of my humans are at the office, and one of them even took me home for a weekend sleepover! I had lots of fun at her house knocking over vases and camping out on her face, but man am I tired. Today, I think I’ll just hang out and lay on top of the warm computer. I haven’t had many visitors lately. Oliver doesn’t come around anymore, and the humans who used to come in just to see me have been busy, I guess. Oh, well... Maybe I will have more visitors next week. Until then, I think it’s time for a cat nap. If you see me napping in the front window, paws your trip and come see me!
I have found it difficult the last few weeks to find a suitable topic to write about. Sometimes, that happens. I wouldn’t really call it “writer’s block,” because, for me, at least, it never seems to last too terribly long. But as we inch closer to November, I have something that is coming to the forefront more and more often.
Today we are honoring a fine upstanding man of our community, Mr. Walter E Bolton, Jr. His obituary and genealogy follows; Walter E. Bolton, 81, of Pittsburg, died Sunday, May 17, 2009, in Longview.
Have you ever been out wandering around say to New York City or the West Coast or virtually any place in or out of the country, and happy to get home you finally arrive at DFW and get on the last leg of your home to Bowie County. You have been listening to English improperly spoken, that is to say the wrong accent all week. And when you get on the plane home from DFW the sweet tones of the East Texas accent are like music to your ears. And of course we don’t have as profound an accent as was once the case. Media have mellowed our once distinctive way of speaking English.
