For the love of Maxx

To the Editor: Raising a newborn pup is a hard but rewarding job. Maxx was hand raised from 3 1/2 ounces and 5 inches long to a beautiful 6 month and 26-day-old Treeing Walker Coonhound. He and I bonded extremely close during these months and days. Maxx fought so hard to live. And he made it. He was a beautiful pup and so smart. He played games with me, and would just sit and stare at me with those beautiful brown eyes. I know he thought his “mama” was strange looking. Maxx and I had a very deep and very real emotional bond. Maxx made me happy. He made my life worthwhile. I know Maxx was happy with us here. Maxx was always playing with his “brothers and sisters.” The mother-child relationship definitely crossed the species.

I lost my beautiful, precious Maxx on Feb. 17, 2010, with kidney failure. I cannot even begin to say how tortured and miserable I have been. Maxx was my gift from God, and having Maxx for the short time I did, I will always thank God for him.

I would like to thank Dr. John Beck and Jennifer for the wonderful care they gave Maxx. They loved him, too. Thank you to Emily for putting up with me. Thank you to the wonderful kind staff at Dr. Barham’s office. Thank you to Clyde and Helen Smith for pulling me up off the ground. Thank you to my cousin Melanie Elmore for all of the information on A&M’s small animal emergency clinic and thank you goes to Patt McKinnley, my Streetman friend who is in Florida at this time, eight to nine phone calls a day — my support system. Also thank you to my wonderful animal loving friends here in Corsicana who helped me walk through this misery. I hope you will continue to support me as I struggle to get my devastated heart up to par.

God bless you all and God bless Maxx ...

In memory of MaddMaxx Mamadouba by his human mama —

Reneé Brown



Extreme gratitude

To the Editor: Sept. 17, 2009, my family and I were involved in a serious accident on I-45 at the 287 Business exit. The rain was heavy, we hydroplaned and struck the guardrail. The guardrail folded in two and came through the door of the car, injuring my leg and pinning my wife to the dash. My wife spent six weeks in the hospital at times battling for her life and I spent four weeks. My children and my dog came away unscathed.

The people who stopped and helped us were amazing. A gentleman, who I almost hit when we spun out, was the first to stop; he comforted my wife until the ambulance showed up. A wonderful lady held me up and tried to stop the massive bleeding in my leg; all I know about her is that she said she was a nurse. The firemen will be in my heart until the end of time; they were gentle, courteous, and life savers. The paramedics are the reason I still have my wife and I will never be able to repay them for that. Last but not least, the responding police officers who took care of my kids and my dog. By the way, my 10-year-old Labrador jumped out of the car after the accident (can’t blame him) and one of the officers went back to the scene and found him later that evening.

Without these people I have no doubt that I would not be able to write this letter now. Corsicana has been a town I drove through to go to my parents’ house for over 15 years. It will now always be so much more. If this fine group of people represents the citizens of Corsicana, then they are well represented.

I do not know how to express my gratitude and affection for these people whose names I do not know.

Thank you for your kindness

Thank you for your skills

Thank you for my wife

Thank you for my dog

Thank you for your dedication to a job I could never do

Thank you for my life

I love you all.

Sincerely,

Arlen Lindsey



A note of thanks’

To the Editor: The Navarro County District Attorney’s Office would like to thank our local Walmart Supercenter, especially Rene Solis, Jolene Rash, and Chris Smithhart, for their generous donation of over 150 stuffed animals to our victims’ services program. This donation will allow our office to create a more child-friendly environment for victims of crime and their families.

Sincerely,

R. Lowell Thompson

Criminal district attorney

Candace V. Heisserman

Victim Assistance coordinator

Alcohol argument

To the Editor: Concerning “Council approves later alcohol sales,” it gives me great comfort to know that late night drinkers will no longer stumble off their stools and hurry up I-45 to finish getting drunk in Ennis. It would give me greater comfort to know that Council will put an extra police officer on duty to help make sure our streets are not flooded with DWI drivers after 1 a.m. ...

Maybe Council can use some of the additional tax revenues collected from the extra hour of sales to buy more portable breathalyzers. Stay home after 10 p.m. folks. Thanks.

Larry Howell