"You may have noticed that Chile — and its flag — have been in the news lately," blogger Gillian Grace writes in this post on the canada.com network. "You may also have noticed that the Chilean flag bears — with its red and white stripes and lone star in a field of blue — some resemblance to the flag of Texas. Which has red and white stripes. And a lone star. And a field of blue."
Apparently the similarity proved too close for elections officials in Atascosa County, Texas, "who sent out absentee ballot packages bearing the flag of a country far to the south of America’s second-largest state."
Oh, Canada! :-(
Dear friends,
Once again ... last time, I promise ... please go to the KWES/Game Time/Band of the Week ...
Select Midland High.
Thank you!
Gooooo, PURPLE! ... Gooooo, GOLD! .....
I suppose there are several moves the Midland Reporter-Telegram could have made to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of editor Gary Ott ... maybe, maybe not, whatever, I don't know.
What I DO know is, I think they made a good one.
"Reporter-Telegram Managing Editor Stewart Doreen has been named editor to replace Gary Ott, who is retiring' says this report in the MRT. "Doreen, who has been with the Reporter-Telegram since Jan. 6, 1995, said, 'We will continue to work hard to deliver the news Reporter-Telegram readers expect.'"
The MRT has a history of moving people up, within the organization ... and I think the community is well-served by such a policy.
Here's a shot I took early last night, as I was heading across the Chap Center parking lot, getting ready for the College Fair - an event organized by the Midland Independent School District, taking place at MC.
My grandfather would have been thrilled! He served with the 102nd Balloon Company, US Army Air Corps, part of the American Expeditionary Force in France during World War I. He would have loved to watch the blimp pass overhead, especially one bearing this particular likeness of Snoopy, suited-up to do battle with that great nemesis of World War I - the Red Baron!
