The board decisions impact and guide county decisions. They are the ears and eyes of the community.

That is resulting, quite candidly, in some deals not being done here.

Sometime in the middle of the summer, we are expecting we could be approaching critical-stage drought.

We love to criticize government and we love to say that they don't listen to our needs. This is an opportunity for those who have a vested interest in drug and alcohol services in our community.

More than 100,000 Soldiers have trained on our combat convoy simulators, mostly National Guard. About 1,000 pilots, crew chiefs and Soldiers have trained on the door-gunner simulator at Fort Hood and Fort Rucker.

It's like a buffet line. You take what you need.