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Age-old schoolyard kickball will be played in a two-day adult tournament on June 27-28 at Bluebonnet Park when teams come together for a Summer Co-Ed Kickball Bash. Ennis Parks and Recreation are hosting the fun. Details are posted on their website or teamsideline.com/ennisrecreation.

Making the news in recent months is an issue that will likely remain through the fall elections: voting by mail. It’s been discussed before though the coronavirus dynamic is pushing the idea to the forefront.

It is all around us, isn’t it? People calling for justice. Crying out for justice. Pleading with tears for justice to be served.

In our kitchen, one of my two simple bar stools lost one of its dowels. I should not be surprised because the stools are probably 30 years old and, as I well know, things can decline during three decades of life.

Unemployment claims increased dramatically in the wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. In an effort to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly virus, non-essential businesses were forced to change how they do business, which led many business owners to downsize their staffs through layoffs or furloughs.

Nothing communicates you are obsolete more than being compared to the 1959 Edsel. And yet that appears to be what’s happening to older adults.

Don’t believe something to be true when the person doing the talking is an “ex” or a former. That is a great lesson I learned years decades ago.

During my childhood, the lengthening days of spring which gave way to summer were thick with humidity and with opportunity. Lightning bugs affirmed the approach of June, July and August when the school doors would close, and the refrigerator doors would open wide with lemonade and Jell-O.

What is normally a time of celebration for high school seniors has become a strategic scramble by administrators to honor those who have earned their walk across the stage.

Get your popcorn ready, folks, because these next four months are going to be high stakes, serious drama. Much better than any athletic games, Netflix or summer movies. Just who will be tabbed as the running mate for Joe Biden as the next vice presidential candidate?