Jeers for Big 12 only on ESPN+, but cheers for honest strangers
Cheers: To Dawn in radiology at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford for going above and beyond regular care in helping me, a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, get through a CAT scan on my lower back.
- Barry D. Wilson, Haltom City
Cheers: To the nice couple who paid for breakfast at Tom’s Burgers and Grill for my wife and me, both veterans. We will pay it forward.
- Jim Lucas, Arlington
Jeers: To the Big 12 Conference and TCU for broadcasting most TCU basketball games on the streaming network ESPN+, which requires a monthly subscription. I hate to think they will do the same for baseball and football.
- Joe Blackwell, Bedford
Cheers: To Richard Selcer for the wonderful columns he writes about the history of Tarrant County. Much of the past is lost in the urgency of the present, and Selcer brings to life the men and women who went before us to make Tarrant County what it is today.
- Rick Weintraub, Mansfield
Cheers: To Encore Senior Daycare Center in Bedford for a safe, secure environment, fun activities, my dad’s favorite bingo game, live entertainment and exercise. A special thank you to all the nurses and caregivers.
- Mary Frank, North Richland Hills
Jeers: To the NFL, for playing the Pro Bowl before the Super Bowl. What good is it to be selected to the Pro Bowl if you don’t get to play in it? Save the advertised best of the best for the final game of the season.
- Henry F. Thompson, Azle
Cheers: To Winstead Paint & Body Shop, Inc. in Fort Worth. I have taken my car there numerous times, and Jason and his staff have always done a great job.
- Suzanne Wyatt, Fort Worth
Cheers: To the person who turned in my mom’s purse at the Westside Market Kroger on Camp Bowie West Boulevard on Jan. 23. She was devastated when she realized she had left it in the shopping cart.
- Donna Cox, Benbrook
Jeers: To the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo for not providing shuttle service from Dickies Arena to the exhibit hall area. We were told, “It’s just a short walk.” Yeah, unless you’re disabled, old and feeble or a wounded warrior. And you have to walk it twice, even in bad weather.
- Don Reeves, Bedford
Cheers: To Harlow Jorgensen, the wonderful police officer who located the exact place I was attempting to find and led me in the dark to the establishment’s door.
- Carol Hendrix, Fort Worth
Cheers: To the gentleman who paid for my and my wife’s meals on Jan. 24 at Rudy’s Bar-B-Q. He noticed my Vietnam veteran cap and said his dad was a war veteran, too.
- Ruben F. Alarcon, Fort Worth
Cheers: To weather forecaster Pete Delkus on WFAA-TV Channel 8. He is handsome, and it’s so fascinating to watch the movement of his hands.
- Mary Day, Garland