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OPINION
4 COLEMAN CHRONICLE & DV, Wednesday, March 7, 2018
On The Edge Of Common Sense
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When the winds pick up about this time of year it reminds
me of the school track meets that my wife and I used to at-
tend. I enjoyed it very much and I learned to respect the ones
competing and their coaches. I was able to see where many
of the runners started and how they progressed and how well
they finished. I think track may be about a struggle within
yourself and trying to do better.
When you went out for track they gave you a pair of shoes
and a track uniform with the school colors. That uniform
told everyone which school you were running for and it was
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• Coleman celebrates
Con’t from Page 1
Alabama. Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina. South Carolina. Virginia..
Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky,
Louisiana. Missouri, Mississippi.
Tennessee
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas............
Arizona, California, New
Mexico
USDA helps cotton
producers maintain,
expand domestic market
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thumb, I find there are other ways to exhibit the spirit of a
Texan. You don’t even have to have been in Texas for gen-
erations, either. I believe getting involved in the community to
help affect positive change is the most impor-
tant thing anyone can do. Getting up every
morning with purpose and intent for some-
thing greater is Texan to the core. Coleman
County is overflowing with these kinds of peo-
ple, and I could not be prouder to be a part of
this wonderful community.
I would like to thank Bonnie West Hennig
and Destination Coleman for reminding me
how wonderful and unique it is to be a Texan.
I am certainly looking forward to celebrating
Texas Independence again next year.
So I can complain about the searing heat
and I can complain about the bitter cold, but
at the end of the day there is no where else I
would rather be than Texas.
The gas man won’t fill up the tank.
The feed company rep has forgotten his name!
He’s a leper down at the bank!
His ulcer is worse. His accountant’s in jail!
They repo’d the pickup he had.
His jeans don’t fit. They bag in the rear
They’ve chewed on his tail so bad!
He might get discouraged, but down at the
sale
His heart will rejuvenate.
A gambler in spirit whose living depends
On the fickle finger of fate!
So just like the story of Jekyll and Hyde
He’s a wise man or a clown.
A hero or fool depending on whether
The market goes up ... or goes down!
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He’s kind to his wife when the market goes
up
His children think that he’s neat.
The implement dealer sits by him in church
And his banker waves on the street.
Salesmen treat him like he was a king
The hired man asks for a raise.
The press is reporting exorbitant gains
But P.C.A’s singin’ his praise!
A genius, he humbly admits to himself,
Smart as a tree full of owls!
Twenty foot tall with a bulletproof brain
And a friend to all of his pals!
But something occurs when the market goes
down.
His family feels it first.
The mother-in-law gives him plenty of room
And the dog gets reg’larly cursed!
He gets lots of mail from lawyers in town.
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worn proudly. When we accept Christ we get a set of spiritual
clothes, (Isaiah 61:10). They were purchased, (Acts 20:28) for
us and given to us by Christ when we ask for them, (Ephe-
sians 2:8&9).
Many times those in track would face obstacles like hard
falls, scrapes and scratches and yet they would get up and go
on. The coaches worked very hard to help them do better or do
their best and that reminds me of Christ helping us.
I learned in track and in the Christian life that it takes a
lot of coaching and a lot personal effort to run well. May we
wear the colors of Christianity proudly and run well and bring
honor to His name, (1 Corinthians 9:24, Philippians 3:13&14,
Hebrews 12:1-3).
There is just something special about seeing the Texas flag
waving in the breeze, but to see many Texas flags waving on
the corner of Commercial and Walnut on Saturday was more
than special, it was breathtaking. I have con-
sidered living in other states and even consid-
ered an opportunity to live in another coun-
try, but have never been able to bring myself
to leave Texas.
You see my family, the Jennings family,
came to Texas in 1835, and Texas is in my
blood. My great-great-great-great-great grand-
father, Gordon C. Jennings, was the oldest
Alamo Hero. At the age of 56 he fought and
died at the Alamo, trying to preserve the new
life he had created for his wife and children.
His son Samuel, my great-great-great-great
grandfather, later joined the Texas Rangers
and fought in the Mexican-American War. My
family has worked the land and raised cattle
in Texas for more than 180 years. Those are some big shoes
to fill.
While I personally don’t raise cattle, and lack even a green
Price asked, “But what if you’re a Tejano?
Should you want to celebrate the day that Texas
separated itself from Mexico? I believe the answer
is you bet!” He cited that before Texas’ won its
independence Tejanos were already producing
their own clothing, customs, and food, making
themselves distinctive from Mexico.
Price closed by saying, “If you’re a Texan, be
you brown, black, white, yellow or red, you don’t
rightly belong anywhere else.”
Price then turned the evening over to event or-
ganizer, Bonnie West Hennig. She said, “I just
wanted to show something of the men who fought
in this war.”
She then read an excerpt from a letter Davy
Crockett wrote to his daughter shortly before the
siege of the Alamo, “...what I have seen of Texas
it is the garden spot of the world. The best land
and best prospects for health I ever saw ... There
is a world of country to settle.”
Hennig emotionally read the closing line of the
letter, “Do not be uneasy about me I am among
my friends. I must close with great respects,Your
affectionate father Farewell.”
Hennig then challenged the audience to ask
themselves if they would be willing to make the
same sacrifices as the brave men who fought for
Texas’ Independence. Price closed the event with
a prayer.
(MEMPHIS, TN, March 3,
2018) - U.S. Secretary of Ag-
riculture Sonny Perdue today
announced at the 66th An-
nual Mid-South Farm and Gin
Show the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is taking
action to assist cotton produc-
ers through a Cotton Ginning
Cost Share (CGCS) program
in order to expand and main-
tain the domestic marketing
of cotton.
“America’s cotton producers
have now faced four years of
financial stress, just like the
rest of our major commodi-
ties, but with a weaker safety
net,” Perdue said. “In particu-
lar, cotton producers confront
high input and infrastructure
costs, which leaves them more
financially leveraged than
most of their colleagues. That
economic burden has been felt
by the entire cotton market,
including the gins, coopera-
tives, marketers, cottonseed
crushers, and the rural com-
munities that depend upon
their success.”
The sign-up period for the
CGCS program runs from
March 12, 2018, to May 11,
2018.
Under the program, which
is administered by the Farm
Service Agency (FSA), cot-
ton producers may receive a
cost share payment, which is
based on a producer’s 2016
cotton acres reported to FSA
multiplied by 20 percent of
the average ginning cost for
each production region.
Perdue added, “I hope this
will be a needed help as the
rural cotton-growing com-
munities stretching from the
Southeastern U.S. to the San
Joaquin Valley of California
prepare to plant. This infusion
gives them one last opportu-
nity for assistance until their
Farm Bill safety net becomes
effective.”
CGCS payments are capped
at $40,000 per producer. To
qualify for the program, cot-
ton producers must meet con-
servation compliance provi-
sions, be actively engaged in
farming and have adjusted
gross incomes not exceeding
$900,000. FSA will mail letters
and pre-filled applications to
all eligible cotton producers.
The program was established
under the statutory authority
of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration Charter Act.
To learn more about the
CGCS program, visit www.fsa.
usda.gov/cgcs or contact a lo-
cal FSA county office. To find
your local FSA county office,
visit the USDA’s new website:
https: / / www. farmers, gov/.
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