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It takes a village

Last week we had tennis, one act play, golf practice, the ASVAB, UIL academic practices, online academic contests, FFA Career Development Events, the first junior high and high school track meet, our first tornado warning, our first Friday School, pizza, more play practice, the PTO Volleyball Tournament, the first Class of 2025 concession… and I think that was it for high school and junior high, and of course elementary is busy in their own right with their hundred day celebrations and crazy hats.

What to give up for Lent...

It is the season of Lent. Although I don’t give up chocolate or Diet Coke or some other minor sins, I do try to give up some of the things that pull me away from a faithful life. I’ve never thought that chocolate or Diet Coke in themselves were sinful. Of course, if I was stealing the chocolate or selling drug-laced Diet Coke to children in third world countries, I could see the reason to give that up for Lent.

Open season

Woodson News Essay Season is well underway and Lainey Townsley is headed to Washington DC! Claire is next in line and Baylee Gray was the first runner up! All the girls interviewed well! Spring FFA Season began with FFA Week and was a huge success! Thank you, FFA Officers for our faculty breakfast on Thursday; it was wonderful! PTO volleyball season! The PTO is hosting a volleyball tournament this weekend! On Saturday, March 4, eight teams will volley for the championship! The concession will be run by the Class of 2025! Come have breakfast or lunch or a snack and enjoy some volleyball. Play practice, a junior class meeting, and the school board meeting was held Monday, Feb.

Thunder in Feb., cold snap in April

Congratulations on a good basketball season to the Woodson Cowboys. The Cowboys played their first playoff game and ended their season in buzzer to buzzer excitement against Newcastle. Sadly the Cowboys fell to the Bobcats by three points. Justin Singleton and Caleb Valentic both had 11 points to tie for high point, with Sam Mills followed with 10 points. Jace Munoz had a great defensive game. All the Cowboys worked as a team, each giving his all. Coach Mills commented, “This year’s Cowboy team motto comes from proverbs 27:17 – ‘Iron sharpens iron.’ Our boys did an amazing job of making each other better in every aspect of the game! I am so proud of our TEAM and am looking forward to an amazing next year.”

Rolling bins are a boon to the mystery writer

English mystery novels often have a body being disposed of in a manner unseen in this part of Texas. In the older novels, bodies were left in suitcases or steamer trunks, but the pure size and weight of a dead human being would prohibit much prodding, poking, and lifting in these situations. Try to lift a sleeping dog and one can appreciate the problem. Also, the absence of wheels was a problem.

Uncle Mort writes again

Central to my Uncle Mort’s colorful life-now stretching over two centuries--are his scatter-brained decisions to “go off fourthcocked,” even when “half-cocked” action might be preferable. Someone said that he’d be ahead of the game if he’d “keep his gun holstered,” even if his trigger finger gets itchy.

Abbott lays out seven top priorities

Gov. Greg Abbott, in a State of the State address last Thursday, outlined his seven top priorities for the ongoing legislative session before an invitation-only audience at a manufacturing facility in San Marcos, the Austin American- Statesman reported. Those priorities include $4 billion for border security, property tax relief and more school choice for parents, which he called “education freedom.” He avoided use of the word “vouchers.’