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To most Americans, the orient is China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam, to Europeans it is the area of India and Pakistan.
And Now You Do
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13:9, The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
My father Steve Vernon grew a garden every year of his life. They were working gardens, meant to feed a large and growing family. We ate fresh produce from the gardens during the growing season, and we always had canned, frozen, and dried garden vegetables for the rest of the year.
Cultivating to start the farm garden was an easy task. Dad began by plowing the garden spot with the tractor and farm equipment that was already installed for field work. Then he planted and transplanted, laying everything out in rows. Tending the garden after that was hand work—chopping weeds, tilthing up the soil, picking off the potato bugs and tomato worms, and harvesting the ripe vegetables.
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randyghughes writes "In the East Texas town of Tyler, there will be a new cinema, only this one will be outdoors. It will open July 1st. It will cost six dollars for adults to get in. As you know, our fair city at one time had two outdoor drive-in movies. The Hillside on South 15th in Corsicana and the Navarro drive-in on West Highway 31. There is a drive-in in Garrett in Ellis County up the Interstate on Highway 45 North or you can go to the website driveinmovie.com to see if there are any drive-in movies in your area."
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Tribune Columns: Kerens.Com #146
The Wedding of Jamie Kay Inmon
December 16th, 2002
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I could not see his eyes for he was too far away, but I know they were beginning to blur. The emotions had been building throughout the on looking crowd and even the murmurs of quiet conversation had lulled and died away into the silent night. Looking across the stage that had been carefully put together piece by piece, the color of red dominated in contrast to the dark black gowns and the same colored tuxedo’s worn by the twin lines of solemn attendants.
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southerncrossranch writes "Today my wife and I have made a solemn vow: "No More Walmart." A company that has closed down it's layaway, a company that used to be pro-America is now buying products overseas. A company that used to stand for customer service.
Walmart, since Mr. Sam has died, has gotten too big for it's britches and no longer cares about the little person that it was originaly opened for. I at one time worked for Walmart and met Sam Walton many years ago he was a young man and I was even younger. Myself and a few others were lucky enough to have dinner with him at his hotel. He told us the most important thing was to give great service with a smile, be honest, sell a product that folks could afford and need, have great customer service, and care about your community."
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
Nostalgia: A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time.
The past is gone, and can never return. Yet the past is still with us, and will never disappear until our capacity for memory disappears. Just when we know we should forget, nostalgic memories arise--sometimes so suddenly and unbidden that it steals our very breath and moisture surreptitiously appears in the corners of our eyes!
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southerncrossranch writes "It was a bright clear fall morning as we woke in Kerens. I went over and turned on the TV to one of the local morning talk shows. I forget which one now.
They were talking about fall fashions and kids going back to school and the Christmas season to come in the winter months a head. I went over to the kitchen to cook myself and the wife some breakfast when I heard static come on the TV screen.
I flipped the channels just thinking they had lost their up link to the satellites and we would get another station. As I turned to each one from New York I realized they were all static so I turned to Fox News and it too was gone for some reason. My blood started to run cold."
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southerncrossranch writes "There are a few things that could be done to drum up economic business for Kerens and keep the kids off the streets. How about a skating rink? Where I grew up, generations of kids would spend Friday nights and Saturdays going skating and people had a place to give their kids birthday parties. Or how about a bowling alley or small indoor movie theatre. Or a putt putt golf course or a small arcade where they could purchase hot dogs and nachos and hamburgers while playing their games or shooting pool. Or how about a city park with a swimming pool area. Like the line says, you build it, they will come."
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Christmas parties are all around us this time of year and I hope each and everyone of all you loyal Kerens Tribune subscribers have a merry time at yours. We are all so lucky to have the Tribune right here in front of us continuing to defy the odds of survival for small town newspapers everywhere. How does the Tribune do it? It is done with your continuing support and the support of hometown business owners. You should all be proud of yourselves.
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
As Gentle as . . . a Bull
Think of those gaunt, wild-eyed, snorting, bucking bulls you see in the rodeos. A few seconds aboard one of these creatures will win the daring bull rider a prize!
Now imagine a bull that is the exact opposite of the rodeo bulls–well-fed, gentle as a lamb, but handsome as a Hereford gentleman could possibly be. Think of a massive bull, brown of body but with a white face–now the image of Domino Samaria III begins to come into focus. Domino Samaria III was my father’s bull–a registered Hereford bull of outstanding lineage, a bull fit to found a dynasty.
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southerncrossranch writes "Well Kevron, I read your article. So you say economic development will keep kids off drugs and any drug war is a waste of money. Ok, what about all those kids in Plano who overdoses on heroin who live in multi-million dollar homes and have every advantage our kids do not have. You sound like a bleeding heart liberal. Lets throw money at the problem and it will go away.
That is pure bs.
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southerncrossranch writes "When Katy and I moved to the Kerens area, I did not know I would find some of the most interesting characters I would ever meet.
First is my friend Jack Lovell. Hog hunter, fisherman, story teller, whopper spinner, and the one person I know who can out eat me under the table. If you want to know anything about hunting or fishing, this guy will gladly tell you and tell you and tell you until you either surrender or just plain have to get up and go home. "
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
When I was ten years old, in the summer of 1950, I woke up with an aching feeling in both my legs. It felt a little like normal sore muscles, only when I stretched, I felt more pain instead of relief—and it was pain that would not go away. When I tried to stand, the pain intensified and I could not remain on my feet.
I did not have to guess. I knew immediately what the problem was. In retrospect, I cannot imagine why I remained so calm in the face of this potentially crippling disease, but that is how I recollect matters. I called my Mom and Dad, told them that I had contracted polio, and asked them to take me to see Dr. Sanders.
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From the depths of dark circumstance, the world has disappeared and is silently waiting to be found again. It knows it has many disguises, but it also knows of its unfathomable brightness. Somewhere it exists and somewhere it can be seen, but right now it is not where I want to go. I hide from it and believe I cannot be seen, but inevitably it senses I am here again and begins to turn my way. From a distance I hear the slow rumble of a silent sound and can see it as it weaves its way toward eyes that do not see. Eyes shut and unseeing, but eyes that know the unwanted is coming.
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randyghughes writes "This summer, if you are out on a boat, it's very important to wear life jackets. They save lives. Everyone that goes out on the water at area lakes, if it's Richland Chambers or Cedar Creek Lake, needs to be safe so that your day in the sun won't turn into tragedy."
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Column by Dr. Ivan R. Vernon
Steve Vernon was my Dad. He farmed the Vernon place east of Kerens, the same place where he was born. He farmed elsewhere too, from time to time--four different places in Elm Flat as well as other smaller fields scattered around Kerens including a big hayfield in the Trinity River bottom way past Rosie Hammett’s place.
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 In less than a century, computers will be making substantial progress on
... the overriding problem of war and peace.
-- James Slagle
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