The Waco Citizen

With so many problems here on Earth I wonder why we are spending so much money trying to see what Mars looks like or is made of.. Now if we could send all the bad people there, it might make sense to me. I was against going into space in the first place, but I [...]

Will we all be healthier? After two weeks of watching the Olympics does that makes you want to get out and do more exercise yourself? If has been a breath of fresh air to see all these young people working so hard to get on the big stage. We didn’t seem to have any disasters [...]

Boy, do we have news A New York Syndicate asked us if we have any news. We told ‘em: Boy do we have news. Just this week Lady Bears in the White House to take pictures with the president. Robert Griffin III signs $22 million contract. Wonder if he can count that high? Baylor planning [...]

Children eat free during Summer. We are getting a lot of press about feeding the children this summer. While it is not the children’s fault. I wonder where the parents are?. And now even the grand parents?. Why should we be feeding them? While the kids are exuberantly shouting, “School’s out!” many parents may be [...]

Now I’m a graduate of driving school. The good Lord must have wanted me to get a radar ticket so I could write this story about On Line Driving school. You know I wasn’t really guilty. The posted limit on Franklin was 40 MPH then 30. Of course the officer wasn’t at the 40 sign [...]

Keep Waco Beautiful saved us Here’s my picture after I cut my finger picking up a broken glass and some of the Baylor students who helped me. We reported about the city of Waco jumping on me because some hoodlums dumped some discards on my lot. What started it was our decision to have a [...]

by Bill Foster Germany makes lighter cars, saving gas I get a magazine from Germany called de. The Germans seem to be ahead of us in many ways. Each month they have stories and pictures of the things they are doing in Germany. For instance Mercedes Benz is coming out with a car made of [...]

Lucas Oil — Rags to riches story  While we’re hearing a lot about Robert Griffin III at the NFL Scouting  Combine Feb. 28 at the Lucas Oil Stadium, in Indianapolis, you probably  don’t know about Forrest Lucas who is paying $122 Million over 20 years to  put his name on the stadium. It is a [...]

Price of gas getting to you? If the price of gas at the pump is getting to you, there’s good news for you. But you may have to wait a few years. Germany is ahead of us. All German vehicle manufacturers are developing hybrid engines or battery-electric vehicles. Mercedes is also forging ahead with fuel [...]

Let’s develop the river now During our visit to the Alamo Bowl we got a fresh look at the remarkable river walk in downtown San Antonio. Here’s a view I took there on that Thursday. I keep thinking our powers that be will see the viability of a revised river walk. For sure we need [...]