Opinion

This weekend as I was driving my daughter around, the date startled me.

I am sure I am not the only adult who enjoys watching Bluey.

It is graduation season in Texoma once again, and in the coming days students across the region will take the first steps into the next chapter of their lives. While it has been more than 20 years since I was in high school, the memories of when I graduated in the early 2000s still feel fresh to this day.

Graduation season is here.

  British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle greatly raised the prestige of the lowly detective story with his fictional alter ego Sherlock Holmes. One of Holmes’ most brilliant insights concerned something that was not present.

It was a good time to be a geek this past weekend as the world celebrated all things from a galaxy far, far away. This past Sunday was the unofficial holiday for fans of Star Wars, and I was sure to celebrate one of my favorite film franchises by sitting down with some friends to watch an old favorite.

Last week, the Herald Democrat underwent a change that you may have noticed.

It is the time of year again when voters will have their voices heard when they hit the polls this weekend. Cities, school districts and other municipalities will be holding spring elections this weekend and will be asking residents to weigh in on a variety of issues.

It seems that just as soon as one election cycle ends, a new one begins. Without a break, it seems like local officials, political party members and future leaders are asking area residents to take up certain issues and vote.