| The Story | The drought continues in Wise
County. |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | The only thing more boring
than a drought is reading about a drought. |
| The Story | Secretary of State Roger Williams
visited the Lion's Club in Decatur and spoke about the low voter
turn-out in Texas. "Williams said he thinks the voting numbers can turn
around and that this November, 'we will show the nation that Texans
mean business.'" |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | This stirring speech was
the best moment at the Lion's Club meeting other than the chicken fried
steak, Pledge of Allegiance, and "review of old business." |
| The Story | Addie Blackwell writes a Letter to
the Editor wherein she goes off on the county commissioners for not
fixing the roads in Decatur. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | The commissioners, mumbling
something about Texas Government 101, fired back by proclaiming they
will never spend a dime on a roadway in the city of Decatur. |
| The Story | Wise County Sesquicentennial
planning heats up with the Wise County Heritage Museum to host a
fashion show called "From Button Hooks to Velcro." |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | That's not to say that Wise
County fashion ended in 1951 (when Velcro was invented) but that's
probably what it means. |
| The Stor | The World Extreme Rock Crawling
National Championship will come to Boyd in September. The
so-called "fastest growing motor sport" (which isn't possibly true) is
explained here. |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | "Ain't nothing says
'culture' like a truck that you have to have a step ladder to get in
to," said one fictitious Boyd city leader. |