Black Seminoles made their mark on Texas history
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Blas Payne stands under the big West Texas sky where he spent his life cowboying. His grandfather won the Medal of Honor while serving as a Buffalo Soldier during the Indian wars.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Cowboy Blas Payne and his dog outside his old fort home in Texas.Sam C. Pierson, Jr. / Houston Chronicle staff file photoShow MoreShow Less
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True to his Black Seminole heritage, Blas Payne was a superb horseman and cowboy.Joe Holley / ContributorShow MoreShow Less
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Birthdays this week: Melanie Melton, Diane Jones, Jim Hurst, Steve Naudascher, Dustin Bassler, Ed Lockhart, Kayleen Dunker, Kathryn Baker, Susan Carico, Helen McCoy, Susan Combs, Clark Pontius, Leah Rose Papczun, Connor Sebald, Julia Holthaus, Richard Miller, Linda Barnhart, Becky Simon, Troy Lunsford, Kay Napier, Mike Fahrenholz, Mark Weimer, Ronda Sollenberger, Jennifer Kincer Eury, Paula Wysong, Richard MIller, Jeanne Via and in memory of Michele Haynes.
Anniversaries this week: Curtis and Dorothy Early, Duayne and Sue Sewell, Eric and Misty Clayton.
Baked Steak Dinner
The WA Celebration Committee is sponsoring a Carry-Out Baked Steak dinner on Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. including baked steak with gravy, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, applesauce and a roll. Price is $7 per meal.
to keep our community safe. before you do any project big or small, pg&e will come out and mark your gas and electric lines so you don t hit them when you dig. call 811 before you dig, and make sure that you and your neighbors are safe. scott pruitt gets all the attention with his shenanigans at the epa don t take your eye off interior secretary ryan zinke. he s naming susan combs to oversee federal policy on wildlife in parks even though she is an ardent opponent of the endangered speesz act who once referred to proposed endangered species protections as incoming scud missiles.
precedent down the road. they re basically so far apart on house and senate. i don t see how $337 billion tax cuts is going to get them to pass a bill. you have susan combs last night saying this was eye popping. the house needs to return to her bill. a more moderate version. i think donald trump might be happy that he s not going to have to face the house freedom caucus tonight in the bowling tournament. that will get pushed down the road. jon: i call it $337 billion tax cut. it s a projected reduction in the deficit. susan crabtree, thank you both. the justice department is asking for more time to turn
who are not so fond of him. bill: and you come down in the political arena where? well, i think it s hard to tell what rick perry really is. is he a conservative or not? as you mentioned, the 27 billion dollar budget deficit, something texas had never had before, it was accumulated on his watch, he was out of the state during much of that time. denied it would be that much. he said at one point, it might be $10 or $15 billion. then when he finally came down and faced it, he blamed in large part the comptroller, susan combs for the deficit. our unemployment under rick perry, when rick perry became governor, texas unemployment was at 4%. in his double on his watch. it s now 8.2%. bill: but under perry, texas has one of the best job creations, if not the best in the country during the recession.