Today's News

  I failed to pay as much attention as I should have when a lot of the material about the history of Europe was being covered, so I have less than a working knowledge of the events of over there that ultimately influenced things over here. As a result of that inattention in school, as I research or try to make comparisons of today’s events with things that have happened before, I find myself covering some high school and college work I vaguely remember.

 With our country in the grip of economic turmoil and at war in two different places at the same time, Barack Obama took the oath of office Tuesday and began his tenure as America’s 44th president. Now comes the “hundred day watch.”

   Ever Since Franklin Roosevelt pushed through sweeping reforms and new government programs in the opening months of his presidency, pundits and critics have used the first hundred days of a president’s term as a sort of score card.

OLE MISS WON THE COTTON BOWL!!

    Sharon cooked supper for all Ray Shirley’s family. Sharon bought and Malcolm cooked, but Sharon fixed his salad and rolls. All of Cyndi and Eddie’s family didn’t come, just them and Mende, Martha, Mark, Jay and Adrianne were here. It was a nice night.

New Year’s Eve night Belinda, Gary and Nancy and Malcolm and me played “Phase 10” until a little before 12:00. Malcolm won both games.

I had to go to the wound center Friday. My foot is still not well.

I’d like to start off this week by saying a huge congratulation to the students who competed in the National Geographic Bee this year. 90 students in 6-8 grades competed in the preliminary rounds, 27 students competed in a tiebreaker for the last two spots in the final round of 10. The students in the final round were: Mark Robbins, Will Robbins, David Kavistan, Will Golding, Kurt Hickey, Roman Jeter, Jake Broussard, Kristen Olson, Walter Smith, and John Wise. Here are the final places: Kristen Olson, 3rd place, Walter Smith, 2nd place, and John Wise, 1st place.