Getting my education around Bandera came in many forms. I, like many other kids with Polish ancestry, started at St. Joseph’s Catholic School and attended there through the eighth grade. I then transferred over to the public school system to complete my high school years. Over there, Catholics, Methodists, Baptist and students of all religions were lumped together. That is why folks of all religions around here use the same math and English in our everyday life, I guess. A lot of my country-life education was delivered by old-timers who were quite often seen and heard publicly in and around cafes, filling stations ...