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Welcome To Case's Column

Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken. Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.

In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.

Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!

Regards,

case44

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I-69 Update: New Lanes And Grade Separations Going In

Posted 10-11-2021 at 04:44 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)
Updated 10-11-2021 at 05:33 PM by case44

In Texas, Interstate 69 continues to take shape; albeit, ever too slowly. The temptation is for this writer to tell construction workers and designers: "Hurry up!"

That's likely the way people northeast and southwest of Houston are feeling right now. I-69 is seeing new mainlanes finally going in around Splendora and in El Campo. Basically, it's the eastern segment of what has been the U.S. Highway 59 bypass in the latter community. The western portion...
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Did A Chicken Restaurant Just Chicken Out On Selling?

Posted 10-10-2021 at 02:04 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

The following snippet from my life would qualify for the "What were you thinking?" file. It was something you had to see to believe.

A few days ago, on my way to work, I had stopped at a Starbucks to pick up a latte and take it with me to work. Unbeknownst to this writer, someone had snuck a little flyer under my windshield wiper so that I could see it. Now, since it was dark outside, I didn't see the flyer with the ad until I had arrived at work. It was the...
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A Voice From The Past: Nightsounds' Bill Pearce

Posted 10-07-2021 at 08:39 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Now and then, I pause on my computer and listen to some old shows, including one which played late at night on the radio for more than twenty-five years. It's a show which hosted a gospel jazz musician who spent many years on Chicago radio and took his show nationwide.

His name is Bill Pearce. He's no longer with us, as he passed away in 2010, not long after his longtime radio show ceased first-time production. Reruns of "Nightsounds" still live on today, both...
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More From Lubbock: A Future Lake Close To The City

Posted 10-06-2021 at 08:17 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Just when y'all thought that little jut from the Caprock boundary was worth another look, well, in about twenty years, you might be jet-skiing on it. That's right, everyone. Lubbock may just be getting a brand-new lake, and it's going to go in right off East State Loop 289 just to the southeast of town and west of Buffalo Springs Lake. Planners estimate that it will take approximately seventeen years to complete.

As if the aformentioned Leprino move weren't enough,...
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The Lubbock Economy Just Got A Little Bit Cheesy

Posted 10-06-2021 at 07:47 PM by case44 (Welcome To Case's Column)

Lubbock has had its hits. It's had many misses (too many to admit) down through the years. The city just got a new performing arts center, but now, a big company is about to do something very big.

How big?

Denver dairy company Leprino Foods is proposing a 258-acre manufacturing plant east of State Loop 289 and north of 19th Street. It's the city's newest, biggest project they've had, bigger than the failed College Baseball Hall of Fame project that they...
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