NO 'GOLDEN PARACHUTE'
TERRIE GONZALEZ
      When the CEO of Home Depot abruptly resigned in January, he pocketed $210 million in cash and stock options, including a $20 million severance payment and retirement benefits of $32 million. His contract is commonly called a "golden parachute.
More ...

SCENE IN PASSING
MARIE WHITEHEAD
      As you have read in this space many times, your thoughts and contributions are always appreciated. To hear from you is one of the joys that goes with getting mail. Thanks this week to a graduate of Rusk High, Class of '55, Ann McCarroll Irwin.
More ...

Cartoon
Read the Story...

HIGH POINTS FROM EL CAMINO REAL
CHRIS DAVIS
      Folks along El Camino Real didn't have any trouble figuring out it was summer in East Texas this past weekend. The humidity was high and so were the temperatures, so if you were outside the sweat should have been rolling off of you. If you are a little bit on the pudgy side like yours truly, it se...
More ...