HAIKU BY CHRIS LANGER
creek bed fishing for fossils -------two turtles drift down the riverfamily bonding .
September 2022
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RUNNELS COUNTY JAIL LOG
This records package is presented as a public service by area law enforcement and the Runnels County Register. A person who is arrested or accused of a crime, present at a crime scene, or identified as a suspect in any printed report is not necessarily guilty of a criminal offense. Guilt or innocence must be determined in a court of law. The Register publishes all information provided by participating law enforcement agencies.
The Admiral’s Challenge
This challenge is open to ALL students in Runnels County. The student who clips the most original excepts will get a free lunch with retired Rear Admiral Albert Kelln in January.
THE IDLE AMERICAN
For many decades, football- loving men gathered in coffee shops to dissect the previous Friday night’s schoolboy football games. There was more dissecting than coffee-drinking.
Have you noticed the changes at your newspaper
BALLINGER - A lot has changed with the paper in the last few months. I interviewed our editor, Bill Hancock, in person and by email, to give an overview of all that has been going on with the newspapers new look. Well, he kind of asked me to because he didn’t want to write a lengthy story.
5 medical choppers evac injured from multiple collisions in Runnels County in 24-hours
RUNNELS COUNTY – Two days of accidents in Runnels County had 5 life flights in less than 24 hours in Runnels County. At one point… Login to continue reading Login…
West Texas Fair Livestock Judging Contest
Results from the West Texas Fair Livestock Judging Contest. We had 4 junior teams and one senior team competing.
Football Wrap-up
WINTERS, Texas - Well, the rivalry between Miles and Winters heated up quickly on Friday night. It wasn’t the two squads from a mere 20-miles apart that got the game off to a hot start on the night of Winters’ Homecoming. It was the officiating. And, it wasn’t decidedly one-sided calls that had the teams trying to compete against officiating and each other.
Get Involved
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about the decline of membership in civic groups. The decline is across the board, from Freemasons to Rotary to Lions, Optimist, Jaycees, etc. I am a member of the Ballinger Rotary Club and I am a director on the United Way of the Concho Valley Board of Directors. As part of United Way, each year I see these civic groups doing more and more, with less and less. At United Way, we fund a little over $1.2 million in programs throughout the year. The demand grows every year. I wish that we could help every program that comes to us for funding. With Rotary, Lions, etc., I don’t think that you could accurately quantify the good that our civic groups do in our communities. I’m going to put the ministerial alliances in the category of civic groups. They, too, do a great deal to help people throughout our community. The Ballinger Ministerial Alliance, and Ballinger Cares, help people in need on a daily basis.
Retired teachers
RCRSE (Runnels County Retired School Employees_ held their September gathering at the Ballinger ISD Boardroom. Amanda Kelley gave a legislative report on the TRTA Legislative goals for the new legislative session.