http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:06:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_135110746.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_135110746.html Recently I was called for juror duty. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:40:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_072114046.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_072114046.html Why is political slime so effective? First look in the mirror. If the shoe doesn’t fit, don’t take this personal. Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:25:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_038162621.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_038162621.html If the Mabank Panthers and the Eustace Bulldogs were suddenly reassigned to play in the NFL, Mabank’s Jimmy Cantrell, Eustace’s Doug Wendel and Kemp’s Gregg Anderson would react by shrugging and saying, “Bring ‘em on.” Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_017160146.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_017160146.html As you all remember, this past Thanksgiving weekend was raw, rainy and cold. Like so many holiday lake revelers, we had family and guests for the four-day feast. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:55:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_354145609.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_354145609.html To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. — Ecclesiastes 3 1-8 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_346172242.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_346172242.html Henderson County and its County Seat have a problem. That means you’ll eventually have a problem, too. Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:15:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_325115604.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_325115604.html Heard the one about the county attorney buying rifles for the sheriff’s department out of his Hot Check Fund? Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:06:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_320150720.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_320150720.html As each Veterans Day approaches I tend to recall memories that happened on top of the Nui Ba Den Mountain that helped shape what we know today about the Vietnam War. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:42:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_277114250.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_277114250.html When I first found the very large lump in my breast three years ago, I thought my world, as I knew it, was ending. As it turned out I was partially correct. Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:16:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_249151849.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_249151849.html In the end, an observer of the East Texas Medical Center vs. Henderson County hospital feud might be tempted to ask, “Couldn’t all of this have been worked out over a cup of coffee?” Thu, 16 Aug 2007 11:52:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_228115311.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_228115311.html The crowd wasn’t supposed to exceed 2,500, according to state statutes, but the crashers kept coming.By all accounts it was quite a party — to some, a not so quiet party. Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:52:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_200135128.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_200135128.html The caller seemed to have an edge in her voice. It happens from time-to-time when people take exception with my description of somebody else. Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:12:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_193124919.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_193124919.html Hey you!The one smoking that joint over there while I’m stranded in the dumpster. Have you no compassion?“Cool it bub. I’m all compassion. Where are you, anyway?” Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_172130546.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_172130546.html Faces are long, and chances are, they’ll soon get longer. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_158095500.html http://www.cedarcreekpilot.com/opinion/local_story_158095500.html The aging black and white picture shows a shirtless Illinois soldier named Joe Davis posing proudly with his weapon in August, some 30 days before being killed in combat