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Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by rev_bob

rev_bob — Wed, 29 May 2013 20:53:11 +0000

Actually, I did stop on my way through and took 32 pictures, which I then posted on facebook to show what a creepy town Clarendon is. But I will purposely never, ever spend a penny there. I find the overboard displays to be quite bizarre.

Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by texasmorrell

texasmorrell — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:20:38 +0000

Profit requires marketing my dear lady. Make no doubt about it, 16 churches, this is all about profit.

Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by texasmorrell

texasmorrell — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:16:10 +0000

My first thought is that it was creepy. I assumed the entire town was run by some sort of cult. I decided it wasn’t probably safe to stop there so I kept on driving.

Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by Boog

Boog — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:18:36 +0000

The only mistake Mr Griffin made was when he went with quantity over quality! If he had built a 190 foot metal cross, complete with bathrooms & a gift shop (like the cross over in Groom), this wouldn’t be an issue. Millions of people stop every year to check out the cross in Groom. If people started stopping in Clarendon to take pictures & videos of Mr Griffin’s crosses (& maybe buy some gas or an over-priced cheeseburger while in town), some of you people would be wanting to give him a key to the city.

The fact that some of you are portraying Griffin’s actions as some sort of birthing pains for the coming Saint’s Roost Christian Inquisition is more frightening than a slogan on a billboard or some crosses made of plastic!

Comment on Editorial: HISD should keep focus on town’s future by jhoggatt

jhoggatt — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:35:42 +0000

It is just so very sad to me to see the wonderful town I grew up in turn in to this. People used to love each other, watch out for each other, now it’s just about protecting the small little empire you’ve cut out for yourself, no matter what you have to do to everyone else to keep it. It’s sickening. Where is the respect for others, common courtesy, and sense of fairness? For four of those members, it’s about self, not about community. Folks in Hedley, you are the elective voice, use your voice in May! Do you really think these four board members best represent what Hedley stands for? I hope and pray it isn’t.

Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:57:42 +0000

How sad that all that money went to token expressions instead of ministering to the genuine needs within the community.

The overkill is indeed unwelcoming, creepy, and uninviting. It also sends a strong message about priorities (and not the one intended).

One idea would be to start selling the crosses (Craigslist, Etsy, Ebay — plenty of people would want the crosses or the raw materials), and using the money to meet the needs in the community and elsewhere. The Christ of the Bible would probably back away slowly and then break into a run if faced with the weird fanaticism and lack of compassion being displayed here. This type of thing is clearly not Biblical, nor tolerant or welcoming.

Complaints are not the same thing as persecution. Free Speech runs both ways. Imagine a sign or billboard promoting literally any other faith (or gasp, atheism) being posted on private property here in Clarendon. It would be defaced or destroyed as quickly as possible.

We are the town who proudly harassed and criminally destroyed property of a gay couple (who were likely Christians!) and ended up “running them out of town”! What a sad way to show love.

If we are indeed a “Christian” town where only those who conform to a specific set of beliefs are welcome (or at least welcome to express themselves), perhaps the manic amount of crosses and dark and disturbing signs (which as evidenced above, send visitors fleeing v. flocking to our myriad churches) are quite appropriate.

Perhaps notices need to be sent to all who do not conform so we’ll know to sell our homes and get out of town. How much would it cost Mr. PVC Crosses to send out such notices? Less than the cost of all his ineffective and frighteningly frenzied sign and cross campaign, I am sure.

Comment on Editorial: HISD should keep focus on town’s future by Michele McCann

Michele McCann — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:46:11 +0000

This is exactly why I want to become a member of the school board of trustees. These children, at least the ones I’ve talked to, absolutely adore Mr. Wallace and the great work he’s done for the school. He is a good man and deserves to stay, at least in my opinion. As for the minutes, they should have complied, no questions asked. We all deserve, and have the right, to know what’s going on and the reasonings behind such actions. I have three children within the Hedley school system, there are many good teachers and coaches there. There is a lot of love within our school system. I feel that the children deserve a voice. It is, after all, their school

Comment on Local man seeks to bring people to Christ by kathydianesmith@att.net

kathydianesmith@att.net — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:07:06 +0000

We came through Clarendon this past weekend and loved what we saw. I got so excited that a town would not be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. Thank you Clarendon. I also read a comment from a gentleman and his wife from Houston and they were freaked out by the crossed. Sounds like they watch to many scary movies to me. Anyway, we take our hats off to a town that would be so bold and take a stand. Good for all you good citizens.

Comment on Editorial: ‘End’ signs send wrong message by jbrown

jbrown — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:45:34 +0000

My wife and I drove through Clarendon on March 14, 2013, and were stunned by the amount of religious signage. Being from a small town near Houston, we are accustomed to seeing lots of religious billboards and icons, but we have never seen anything like what we saw in Clarendon.

Frankly, it was creepy. It seemed intended to intimidate and scare us, and it did … but not in any positive way. We had to stop for gas, and we were very wary of everyone around us. If you have ever seen ‘Children of the Corn’, you know what I mean. We did not feel welcome or wanted. We got out of town as quickly as we could, and are not looking forward to coming through again.

I am sure that most of the folks in Clarendon are nice, decent people, but your self-appointed public relations agents are not doing you a favor … unless you WANT people to pass through quickly, and tell their friends what they saw.

Comment on H’wick looks for leaders by John B

John B — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 15:57:05 +0000

The lack of interest is a nationwide issue. The culture of service is going away with each passing older person and what is left are people who “expect someone else to step up, not them.” I coached little league and served on the board for 13 years of a league with 640 children however when it came time for a work day at the fields to get them ready for that years play 6 to 8 people would show up to do the work for all.