Dear Editor, We are all self-interested. It’s about survival. We are driven to get what it takes to have food, shelter, clothing, and medical care; the minimal requirements to continue to exist. Pure self-interest is about ME ALONE.
Gov. Greg Abbott said late last week that the statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country stands at 135, and the number of persons missing has dropped to three. The July 4 flooding began when the storm stalled over what is known as “Flash Flood Alley,” The Dallas Morning News reported.
It has been over seventy years since an international tragedy stunned the world — and the quiet towns of Groesbeck, Thornton, and Iowa Park — during a Cold War confrontation in the skies. Among the passengers aboard the British airliner shot down by Chinese fighter planes off the coast of China on July 23, 1954, was one of Groesbeck’s own: Frances Pringle Parish, her husband Leonard, and their three young children.
A team roping benefit held Sunday raised $2,000 to help cover medical expenses for Danny Dupree, who is currently awaiting a dual heart and kidney transplant.
Congratulations to Mark Zeman and Karen Wood for their consistently beautiful and colorful yard in the Durham Addition on Allison Avenue. They have been awarded the July Cynthia Ann Garden Club Yard of the Month.