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Hello once again my friends! It is once again that time of the week known as Point/Counterpoint! The question this week is should Texas education employees be allowed to receive Social Security? Technically educators in Texas can receive Social Security payments in addition to their Teacher Retirement but rarely do because the majority of school districts in Texas do not require employees to pay into Social Security. In certain cases where said employee was a widow or a widower they could receive their spouse’s Social Security benefits, but their own TRS funds would be reduced by two thirds of their original benefits.

Sabine County is fortunate to sit right between two of the best world renown big bass fisheries in the country, Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, and fishermen (who often bring their families) come from all over the country (and often times from outside the country) to catch the bass of a lifetime! Whether it's the individual angler, or a bass tournament trail, they all are drawn to our local lakes in search of our Big Bass.

Despite the landfall of Hurricane Beryl, Texas Game Wardens worked hard to keep Texans safe as they celebrated the Fourth of July on the water. Between July 4-6, 402 game wardens contacted 10,034 vessels, issued 1,326 citations and 1,794 warnings for various boating safety violations. Wardens filed 32 boating while intoxicated (BWI) charges and five driving while intoxicated (DWI) charges, two of which were drug related. Additionally, another 30 people were arrested for various other crimes.